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“The Pride of Newton Coun
ty”! You do not know the name
of the Newton County High-School
Band? Well we know no more
suitable name than “The Pride
of Newton County.” Our Basil
Rigney and our Boys and Girls
have made it just that! One week
ago they were on the square,
doing their bit for the Easter
Seal Fund for crippled children
and adults..that is, a portion
of that entire group was. And
MY! OH ME! They not only
collected monies, that children
and adults might have crutches,
wheel chairs, etc., But...the town
gathered around to hear this
beautiful music and to watch the
lovely Majorettes dance and
twirl, and entertain the ones who
gave so generously to this worthy
cause.
That music, and the group,
“PRIDE OF NEWTON COUN
TY”, with Basil Rigney direct
ing, entertained so beautifully,
that people came..and they gave..
Suddenly we looked up and there
came our fine Music Director
from the First Baptist Church,
and the Pastor, stepping lightly
to the music as they approach
ed the scene.
We know no language, or other
means of expression, with which
we might adequately express our
sincere appreciation to each of
you who form that “PRIDE OF
NEWTON COUNTY”.
Is it any wonder that Century
made a beautiful recording of
some of your wonderful music?
That Record is one of our prized
possessions, and will ever be.
Your know what? I’ll just bet
you had a GREAT part in the
outstanding success of our Foot
ball, Basketball and all compete
tive sports! YOU; it was who
cheered them on, Cheer Leaders!
You it was, Band Members, who
thrilled them on to winning...
And you beautiful Majorettes?
Well? You were a challenge to
win too!
Did you hear about the little
boy visiting his Grandparents
on the farm who kept begging to
go back to the barn and feed the
geese? It was almost dark, and
Granddad did not thing he’d go,
so he said “alright!” Away the
tiny tot went..he stayed and stay
ed. Finally he came slowly in,
looking a little crest fallen.
“Well, did you feed them, son?”
“Yes Sir.” “Well”, grandfather
said: “What did you feed them?”
“I fed them some hay” “Did
they eat it?” “No Sir” he said
“But I sure left ’um talkin’ about
it.”
You, boys and girls from our
High School, have left people
talking about your fine work too,
all over the State, and else
where...so that’s why you were
called “The Pride of Newton
County.”
Mr. Tom Wortman and his
group worked for Easter Seals
at The Shopping Center on Sat
urday, the last day of our work
of this nature. They brought the
Cans “rattling” with dimes,
quarters etc., in to be counted.
We wish to thank each of you,
with all our heart, and we know
our patients of Georgia will be
grateful to you also. We never
know how far reaching our ef
forts may be, but you, and all
taking a part, especially contri
butions of money, these last five
weeks, will know that you wiH
surely be blessed by the Heaven
ly Father. Thanks until we see
you.
We trust that many of the boys
and girls who attended High
School, and perhpas College, with
Marshall Edwards, will plan to
visit your folks here, if you are
not now living here..WHY, you
ask? Rev. Marshall Edwards,
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Livingston Sets
Pre-School Day
L. E. Mullins, Principal of
Livingston School, announces
Pre-School Round-up for first
graders for the Livingston School
will be held on May 1. Parents
having children planning to enter
this school next September are
asked to bring them to the school
during the hours of 8:30 until
10:30 on this date.
Newton Man Dies
As Car Runs Off
Gum Creek Bridge
A young Newton County man
was listed as a highway traffic
victim Saturday morning as his
car left the road near a bridge
in the Gum Creek section of the
county and landed upside-down
in a shallow creek.
According to law enforce
ment records Sammie Lee Rus
sell, 23, of Stone Mountain Street,
Covington, suffered a broken neck
and broken right arm about 6:25
a.m. when the car left the road
and went into the creek on Cook
Road north of the town of Oxford.
Another occupant of the car, He
len Wilborn, was only slightly
injured.
The Sheriffs Department and
' Coroner Sam Cowan investigated
the wreck.
This was the second traffic
fatality in the county within the
past two weeks.
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NEWTON SENIOR PLAY cast of “Tom Jones” is shown above in an informal photo on the eve of the
presentation Thursday (tonight) and Friday at the NCHS auditorium. Left to right, front: Ricky Pratt,
Sherry Thompson, Kathy Klem. Second row: Tommy Curtis, Sand! Ison, Jim Allen, Deborah Henderson,
Susan Kirkland, Rick Edwards and John Eller. Back row: Fred Alexander, Luke Odum, Lee Piper,
Mork Wynn and G. W. Davis. Other principals not in the picture: Lynn Pignolet, Jim Gainer, Thad
Blankenship, Faye Hamby and Marilyn Johnson.
Senior Play
Tonight, Friday
At 8 PM tonight the curtain
will rise on the first performance
of the 1969 Senior Play, “Tom
Jones.” This dramatization of
the Henry Fielding classic will
be repeated tomorrow night, Fri
day, in the Newton County High
Auditorium. The production pro
mises an abundance of laughter,
music and excitement with a happy
ending that should leave audiences
singing and smiling.
The eighteenth century back-
MacGregor Receives Second
Consecutive Safety Award
The Covington MacGregor
Plant of the Brunswick Corpor
ation’s Consumer Division was
presented the “President’s Safety
Trophy” by the Company Presi
dent, J. L. Hanigan, at special
ceremonies held on Friday, April
4, 1969.
The “President’s Safety Tro
phy”, a sleek tower of extruded
aluminum mounted on a rich oiled
walnut base, is presented to the
facility within the Brunswick Cor
poration that obtains the best
safety record for the past
calendar year.
Mr. Hanigan congratulated the
Covington Plant employees for
their excellent safety record est
ablished during the past two years
and pointed out that although this
record is impressive, it also
confirms the fact that effective
safety programs do produce des
ired results—the most important
result being the safeguarding of
Brunswick employees, the Com
pany’s most important asset. He
further stated that it should be
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WAYNE RUMBLE (right), current Brunswick-MacGregor Plant manager in Covington, and two former
managers, Wally Hastings (left) and Dean Getz, are shown steadying the President’s Safety Trophy
awarded the local plant Friday for the second straight year, Getz and Hastings are now with the Bruns
wick golf club plant at Albany, Georgia.
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ground affords additional oppor
tunity for color and beauty in cos
tumes and setting. Hie staging for
the current version is novel and
interesting. For the first time,
a local play will make use of
photographic projections and sty
lized blocks of color.
Add to the romance and farce,
a procession of people who must
go past a novice robber in the
woods, a confusion of doors in
a matter of satisfaction to all
employees to know that no one
has experienced the pain and
personal loss that comes from
serious accidents.
The Covington MacGregor
Plant has become the first fac
ility within the Brunswick Cor
poration to be awarded this honor
for two consecutive years. When
the trophy was first awarded to
the MacGregor Plant employees
in 1968, a challenge was then
made to establish a new two
year record and to complete one
million man-hours of safe ope
rations. Both of these objectives
were met in 1968.
J. Wayne Rumble, Covington’s
plant Manager, accepted the
trophy from Mr. Hanigan on behalf
of his Plant’s employees. In
accepting the trophy, Mr. Rumble
emphasized the safety programs
withing the Plant and the impor
tance of them in preventing human
suffering. He then informed the
gathering that at the time of this
meeting, the Plant had operated
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1969
the local inn and a duel with en
suing trial! This combination
still has not allowed for the eag
erness of forty enthusiastic
seniors. A trite old adage best
describes the situation: “Seeing
is believing!”
See “Tom Jones” Thursday
(tonight) and you will want to
return for the second per
formance Friday (tomorrow).
Admission is $1.25 for adults and
75 cents for students.
1,400,000 manhours without a lost
time injury since September 1966.
Mr. Rumble further stated that
the records that are currently
intact can be continued by each
employee making each day a safe,
accident-free day. These fac
tors are important not only to
you, but also to your families.
Dean Getz, Manufacturing Man
ager of Hard Goods for the Con
sumer Division and Michael Krik
orian, Corporate Safety Director
also attended the presentation and
offered their congratulations.
Herb Martin, Director of Indus
trial Relations for the Consumer
Division and J. E. Hastings, Plant
Manager of MacGregor’s Albany,
Plant were among the guests.
Following the presentation of
the President’s Trophy, all the
employees were presented with
personalized wallets and a key
case to commemorate the oc
casion and refreshments were
served.
Low-Rent Housing Project
Now Taking Applications
Local Watershed Project
C Os C Topic Os Discussion
The Alcovy Watershed project
was the focal point of the program
at the April meeting of the Cov
ington-Newton County Chamber
of Commerce Monday at the Teen
Can.
Program chairman was County
Agent Ed Hunt who served as a
moderator for a question and ans
wer session pertaining to the pro
ject which would affect farm
lands In parts of Newton County
and the Jackson Lake area.
Serving as panelists were Mil
ler Dial, chairman of the Upper
Ocmulgee River Soil and Water
Conservation District; Bill Har
ver of the Soil Conservation Ser
vice; Jim Morrison, Information
Officer of the Georgia Game and
Fish Commission; and Newton
County Representative Donald
Ballard.
Dean Harwell To Speak
To Kiwanis Club Today
C. Lee Harwell, Academic
Dean and Professor of History at
LaGrange College, LaGrange,
will be the guest speaker at the
Covington Kiwanis Club today
(Thursday) at the Teen Can at
1 p. m. Dean Harewll is a native
of Newton County and was a
member of the Emory-At-Oxford
faculty for 24 years prior to his
LaGrange tenure.
Kiwanis chairman of the pro
gram for the week is Judge E.
W. Strozier, and lie will intro
duce the speaker. Prof. Strozier
taught Mr. Harwell at the Ox
ford College some years ago.
Mr. Harwell was graduated
from Covington High School, Ox
ford College and Emory Univer-
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MACGREGOR CORP. President John L. Hanigan (right) presented
the President’s Safety Trophy to Covington Plant Manager Wayne
Rumble at ceremonies at the local plant Friday morning. The Mac-
Gregor - Brunswick plant here has won the award for the past two
years for its safety record.
Gov. Maddox To
Visit Hercules Plant
It was “Back To School” today
fora U.S. Congressman, the Gov
ernor of Georgia, and scores of
leading Georgia educators. The
distinguished guests will visit the
olefin fibers plant of Hercules
Incorporated here to learn how
this unique fiber is made and why
carpeting of the fiber has become
the leading choice for schools
throughout the United States and
Canada.
Governor Lester Maddox and
U. S. Congressman Robert G.
Stephens, Jr., headed a list of
government officials and top exe
cutives of Georgia state depart
ments, together with Rep. Don
Ballard, Comm. Jack Morgan,
Mayor Walker Harris, and Mayor
A, W. Jackson, invited to tour the
new fiber plant and to hear an
Mr. Hunt invited questions fro m
the audience, and many res
ponded. Members of the panel
answered the queries.
An overflow crowd of mem
bers and visitors were on hand
for the meal and program. Pres
ident Hugh Steele was In charge
of the session following the meal.
Vice-President S. J. Morcock
read the minutes of the March
meeting. W. J. Dickey introduced
the guests.
Guests Included: Bob Camp
bell and Kent Campbell; Judge
Clarence Peeler, Miss Beverly
Mesh of Decatur; Milton Light,
Wayne Rumble, Albert LaFlamm,
Mr. Gils man, Mrs. Hugh Steele,
Allen De Loach, John Hall of the
Game and Fish Commission;
Richard Vanatta, Henry R. Lerna,
and Peter Beazley.
Dean Harwell
sity, Atlanta. He received his
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts
degrees, and his PhD at Emory
University. The subject of his
dissertation was “William Henry
Stiles, Georgia Gentleman-Poli
tician.”
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address by Dr. Sanford S. Atwood,
president of Emory university.
The visitors were welcomed by
Paul L. Johnstone, a director of
Hercules and general manager of
the company’s Fibers and Film
Department, and Henry Caulkins,
local plant manager.
Approximately 100 superin
tendents of Georgia public and
parochial schools, plus top exe
cutives of Hercules, including
Elmer F. Hinner, board chair
man, also attended.
The Oxford plant, first of its
kind in the nation, supplies “Her
culon” olefin fiber to all of the
major carpet mills of Georgia
and is the newest of two olefin
fiber plants operated by Hercules’
Fibers and Film Department.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports • • 17-18
Legal 4, 23
Classified 21-23
Applications for occupancy of the new low-rent Housing Project
located in Covington are being received at the Housing Office In
advance of their completion which Is scheduled for early in June.
Charles D. Strickland said two main factors govern eligibility
for admission to the new homes. First, he said, the family’s annual
Income must not exceed the admission limits set by the Covington
Housing Authority. Second, the family must have lived in Newton
County one year prior to their application for admission:
It Is anticipated that annual Income admission limits will be as
follows:
No. of Persons in Family Maximum Income for Admission
1 $3,200.00
2 $3,900.00
3 $4,100.00
4 $4,300.00
5 $4,500.00
6 $4,800.00
7 $4,900.00
8 or More $5,000.00
One ea fa mily has been ad mitted
as a tenant, the family may remain
in the project until the family
income reaches or exceeds the
limits that have been established
for continued occupancy.
Dwellings in the project range
in size from efficiences to five
bedroom units. Rents are based
on family income rather than the
size unit occupied. Each family
in low-rent housing is required
by state law to pay a rent rate
which is at least one-fifth of the
net family income minus an ex
emption of SIOO for each minor
other than the head or his spouce.
Rental rates are established ac
cordingly. TTie receipts from
rents must be sufficient to pay
all expenses incurred in operating
the housing project.
Mr. Strickland said; “Low
rent housing often is erroneously
referred to as “Government Pro
jects.” The U. S. Government
he emphasized, does not own the
projects, does not manage them,
does not operate them nor does
it select the tenants for them.
The projects are owned by the
Covington Housing Authority,
which also selects the tenants
to occupy them. The Authority
is a separate corporate entity
which operates as a non-profit
body for the public good, and was
created under the laws of the
State of Georgia. The Authority
Is composed of five Commis
sioners, all of them prominent
citizens. They serve staggered
terms of from one to five years
and were appointed by the Mayor.
They serve without pay as a public
service In much the same manner
Covington Manor
Nursing Home
To Be Built Here
Plans have been announced by
President T. Rucker Ginn of Cov
ington Manor Nursing Home and
Convalescent Center, Inc. to build
a 67-bed home In the City of
Covington. Mr. Ginn said that
construction of the modern, up
to-date facility will be started
in the near future.
Site of the proposed Nursing
Home will be determined in the
near future, Mr. Ginn stated. Se-
Rev. Edwards To Speak
At First Baptist Revival
First Baptist Church of Coving
ton will begin a series of revival
meetings Sunday, April 13. These
meetings will continue through
Friday night, April 18th. The
speaker will be Marshall Ed
wards, formerly of Covington.
Rev. Edwards is the son of Mrs.
Harry Edwards and the late Mr.
Edwards who were residents of
Covington for several years.
Marshall attended Newton Coun
ty High School from 1953 until
he graduated in 1957. He was
very prominent in extra curricu
lar activities, serving his last
year as president of the Newton
County High School Student Body.
He was also Mr. NCHS his senior
year and recipient of the DAR
Good Citizenship Award. While
a senior he was president of the
Northeast District Hi-Y Clubs.
During his years in First Bap
tist Church he was active in all
the Youth Programs. Not only
that but he served as president
of the Stone Mountain Association
Youth Council. The young preach
er graduated from Baylor Univ
ersity in Waco, Texas, where he
figured in extra curricular activ
ities and at one time was a mem
ber of the Baylor Student Con-
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as they serve on church or civic
club committees.
“The projects were financed
in their entirety by loans from
the U. S. Government through the
Housing Assistance Adminis
tration, to the Covington, Geor
gia Housing Authority. They
were built without cost to the
city and no financial liability
is assumed by the city. Upon
completion of the projects the
Covington Housing Authority will
issue bonds for refinancing of the
projects. The bonds, which are
tax free, will be sold for refin
ancing of the projects. The bonds,
which are tax free, will be sold
on competitive blds to private
Investors, such as banks and
Insurance companies. When the
bonds have been sold, the loans
from the Housing Assistance Ad
ministration will be repaid in
full with Interest. The bonds
extend for a period of 40 years
and are NOT a lien against the
city.
“The integrity of the bonds Is
supported by the Housing Assis
tance Administration’s pledge of
“Annual Contributions” to the
authority. The pledge In effect
says, the Housing Assistance Ad
ministration will make up any dif
ference necessary to meet annual
bond amortization requirements
If rental receipts are not suffic
ient to cover operating and amort
ization costs. This Is the “sub
sidy” feature of the low-rent
program which thus far Is the
only means found to provide
decent, safe, and sanitary hous
ing for the low-income families.”
veral key locations are now un
der consideration by the owners.
Mr. Ginn said that the owners
of the nursing home-convales
cent center wiH be: T. Rucker
Ginn, president; S. A. Way, in,
treasurer; Ramsey T. Way, se
cretary; Mrs. S. A. Way, Sr.,
board member. In charge of
administration of the home win
be Paul J. Bennett, vice-pres
ident and administrator; and Mrs.
Paul J. Bennett, Head Nurse.
Rev. Edwards
gress. He graduated in 1961; he
then went to Southwestern Bap
tist Theological Seminary in Fort
Worth, Texas, graduating with
the B.D. degree.
He is presently pastor of Wind
sor Park Baptist Church in Aus-
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