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Nearly two years ago we ad
monished you who are Baptists,
or undecided as to which church
to come to. . .to come to the
First Baptist Church and “Sing
along with Mitch.”
“Almost everybody in Newton
; County heard the young people
from Carrollton, Ga., singing
Folk Songs in various Churches,
including First Baptist where
there was not much room for the
crowds from all over the County.
They were GREAT! But, you
really missed something Sunday
night if you were not at First
Baptist to hear our own Newton
County Boys and Girls singing
Folk Songs! OH! That “MITCH
O’ OURS’’ is GREAT. . .withboth
young people and adults. First
thing you know he’s going to have
me singing, really singing a tune!
Our young people were magni
ficent! Great! With just a little
more practice (and I don’t think
they need it) they will be, per
haps, “Traveling, and singing
with Mitch.”
Yes, Alan MitcheH has put new
life into our Community. . .he
draws our young people into the
folds of the Church and song ser
vices, the choirs, the banquet sup
pers, I mean, on Sunday nights...
the Training Union. . .and HOLDS
THEM? You say? They would
not miss a Sunday School,
Training Union, or Church Ser
vice. . .Mr. Callaway made a wise
selection when he chose this tal
ented young man, and his young
wife to come to us!
This all comes about to tell
you, not only how proud we are
of this service into which Mr.
Mitchell puts his whole life and
talents into. . .but it is a chal
lenge to every Church in the Co
unty to employ a man like our
“Mitch” to sing along with, and
train your Church Choirs. . .
especially the young people. If
he leaves us in the Fall to con
tinue his education for the Min
istry. . .we will certainly have
an empty void within our church,
in this Department, until it can
be filled in some way. . .BUT,
we realize full well that there
are great things In the future
for this fine Christian. Do come
and hear our youth Choir the next
time they are to sing!
So many things to attend this
week. . .“Things” we said. . .
wonderful programs! We regret
w ith all our heart that we could
not accept the invitation to the
Boy Scout affair at the Atlanta
Stadium. Just think how we love
these young people. . .but there
is another reason. . .we have
never yet seen, except on TV...
the Atlanta Stadium! What about
that ! We get around in the day
time pretty well. . .but to At
lanta at night. . .WOW! , There
are many friends who are ask
ing me to go. . .and relatives,
too. . .but since we are alone..
somehow we backoff..whenthese
affairs are held on SATURDAY
NIGHT. .We just heard that there
were 23 deaths over this last
weekend in our State, from ac
cidents. We love the ballgames
(in fact, you won’t believe it!
We had a girls team all thru
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George Hutchinson Memorial
A memorial program for the
late George Brown Hutchinson,
Principal of the E. L. Ficquett
School from 1950 until his death
January 6, 1969, will be held in
the Ficquett Cafetorium at 1:00
P.M. on Friday, May 16.
A portrait of Mr. Hutchinson
given by the Bradley Studios of
Atlanta, who have made the school
pictures for many years, will be
unveiled at this time. The fac
ulty, staff, and students at Fic
quett School selected and pur
chased the frame and prepared a
permanent location for the
portrait at Ficquett. A memorial
committee selected from the
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LOOKING OVER PLANS for a proposed covered recreation area for E. L. Ficquett school are mem
bers of the project committee of the George B. Hutchinson Memorial Fund, seated are Mrs. Robert
Fowler, Mrs. Guy Evans, Mrs. Floyd Allen, Mrs. Herbert Vining, and Herbert Vining, standing are:
Mrs. C. D. Ramsey, Tom Rowland, Superintendent Whitlow Richardson, and Mrs. Harry Faulkner,
chairman.
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Murtu ed Salesman Found In Newton County
Newton Boys
Selected For
Boy’s State
Newton County Post 32 Ameri
can Legion has announced that
five Newton High boys have been
selected to attend the 1969 Ameri
can Legion Boy’s State at Wood
ward Academy, College Park,
June 8-14. Legionnaire Edgar
Wood is the Post 32 chairman
of the project.
Boys named include: Jim Peay,
David Hays, Bill Brooks, Lynn
Rainey and Walter Sammons.
Sponsoring organizations of these
boys are: Covington Elks Lodge
No. 1806, Golden Fleece Masonic
Lodge No. 6, Covington Rotary
Club, Covington Kiwanis Club,
and Post 32 American Legion.
A well-balanced program is in
store for the boys during the
week at College Park.
It is emphasized that the pri
mary objective is to give the
boys an intensive course in gov
ernment principles and proce
dures. In doing so, however,
other basic needs of the boys
will be met.
WeH-planned and coordinated
programs of athletics will be
conducted, and each day all citi
zens will be expected to parti
cipate for one to two hours in
one or more of the several ath
letic activities, including swim
ming (with qualified lifeguards
on duty at all times), softball,
tennis, and basketball, etc., all
under the supervision of the Boys
State Athletic Director.
A devotional service will be
held each day, with well-known
Georgia ministers assisting.
Plenty of wholesome enter
tainment will be provided.
Rotary Hears
Talk By SCS
Engineer
The Covington Rotary Club had
as its speaker Bill Harper, the
District engineer for the Soil
Conservation Service. Mr. Har
per spoke on the technical as
pects of the Alcovy River Water
shed project.
The assembled Rotarians were
shown a large map outlining the
project. Mr. Harper gave a
detailed breakdown of costs and
project goals.
A brief question and answer
period followed the talk. Mr.
Harper brought out several points
which are important to Newton
Countians during this portion of
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Faculty will have charge of the
program.
The George Brown Hutchinson
Memorial will be a covered
playground adjacent to Ficquett
School. The Memorial Committee
felt this would be an appropriate
memorial to Mr. Hutchinson be
cause every child and teacher in
the school will use it. They will
be able to have play and recrea
tion outside the schoolroom ev
ryday regardless of the weather,
something Mr. Hutchinson de
sired very much. The size of
the covered playground will de
pend on the size of the Memorial
Fund gifts.
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Aerial View Os Covington’s New Low-Rent Housing Development
COVINGTON’S NEW LOW-RENT Housing Development is almost
ready for occupancy on Alcovy Road, Northeast. The 180-unit com
plex is shown in this aerial photo taken recently. The houses will
Bands In Concert Tuesday
The annual Spring Concert to be presented by the Newton Junior
Symphonic Band has been scheduled for Tuesday night, May 20, at
8 o’clock in the Newton County High School auditorium. To be
presented on the program with the Junior Symphonic Band will be
the Ficquett Fourth Grade Training Band and the Newton Elemen
tary Training Band.
The Ficquett Fourth Grade
Band has been organized less
than two months and is under
the direction of James Bell. They
will perform several short tunes
to be selected from their initial
training book.
The Newton Elementary Train
ing Band is composed of stu
dents from Livingston, Porter
dale, Palmer-Stone and Ficquett
Schools who have one year or
less of training. This group,
directed by Basil Rigney, will
perform Celebrity March, by Es
tes, Little Scotch Suite, Jack
son and Village Charm, by Os
terling. Matt Klimaszewski will
Initial donors to the George
Brown Hutchinson Memorial
Fund include J. C. Harwell
and Son, Covington Flower Shop,
H. F. Meadors and Son, Cald
well and Cowan Funeral Home,
Walker Harris Autos, Newton
Federal Savings and Loan As
sociation, First National Bank of
Newton County, Piper Hardware,
American Legion Auxiliary, The
Bank of Covington, V.F.W. Post
9146, Evans Drug Store, and
the Covington Elks Club.
The people of Covington and
Newton County are invited to at
tend the memorial program.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1969
be featured as trumpet soloist
in Blue Moon and Greensleeves
will present Gay Lane, Natalie
Lunsford and Marcie Robertson
as a clarinet trio.
The Junior Symphonic Band
will present a varied selection
of music under the direction of
James Bell and will be the high
light of the evening’s entertain
ment. Their opening number will
be Latham’s beautiful concert
march, “Brighton Beach”. War
ren Morgan will be featured in
their second selection, “Solilo
quey for Trumpet”, by Morri
sey. An arrangement for band
of Handel’s famous “Fireworks
Music” and “Song for Trom
bone”, will feature Charles Ro
bertson. Also on their program
will be Richard Wagner’s rous
ing “Processional March from
Die Meistersinger”, highlights
from Meredith Willson’s popular
“Music Man” Broadway show
and movie and a special Dixie
land arrangement of “Swanee
River” will conclude their por
tion of the program.
Admission for the concert will
be SI.OO for adults and 50 cents
for students and children under
six admitted free. The same
ticket purchased for this concert
will be your admittance ticket
for the Blue Rambler Band Con
cert to be held on Thursday night,
May 22.
Members of the Ficquett Four
th Grade Band are Cheryl King,
Cheryl Henderson, Donnie Mil
ler, Joe Keeney, Lilia Ginn,
Charlene Miller, Debbie Brown,
Judy Morgan, Beth Elmore, Diana
Robertson, Judy Gaither, Melisa
Norton, Steve Stroud, Glenn Kel
lum, Rene Chapman, Lias Hay
nes, Cathy Thraen, Debbie De-
Loach, Wanda Cook, Sandra My
ers, Pat Wiggins, William Mor
gan, Tony Petty, David Mizelle,
Greg Brock, George Ellis, Jeff
Penick, Carl Pickering, Kenne
th Banks, Rick Anglin, Donnie
Hudson, Steve Hardy and Billy
Barker.
Newton Elementary Band is
composed of Flutes: Suzy Adams,
Mary Carmichael, Teresa Mask,
Terri Mote, Lyda Griffin, Nikki
Turner. Clarinets: Marcia Ro
bertson, Gay Lane, Kim Street,
Natalie Lunsford, Lucy Brown,
Lynn Hudgins, Janice Jones,
Mary Lynn Bruce, Terri Lynn
Sammons, Tim Nellis, S'ney
Wade, Melinda Mclntosh, Valeria
Maddox, Timothy Lee Carithers,
Horace Johnson, Jonathon Car
nes, Mary Ann Barton, Shelia
Hudson, Johnette Satterfield,
Scott Brown, Susan House, Su
san Kinard, Rhonda Head, Char
les Phillips, Cathy Bryant, Cin
dy Maddox, Judy Ledford, Me
lanie Clive, Sherell Smith, Vicki
Blackstock. Trumpets: Matt Kli
maszewski, Greg Jones, David
Connell, Dana Strange, Eddy She
rod, Johnny Norrington, Alton
be ready for residents sometime in June, according to Executive-
Director Charles Strickland. Rental fees will be based on the family
income.
Mason, Gail King, Travis Coll
ins, Timmy Johnson, Ann Law
son, Terry Hall, Suzanne Co
wan, David Melton. Trombones:
Jim Adams, Paul Schlageter,
Joe Mobley, Randy Johnson, Paul
Clemens, Timothy Carnes, Jeff
rey Hall, Carroll Bryant, Fred
die Henderson, Terry Coker,
Bloodmobile Visits
Porterdale Monday
PORTERDALE—The annual
May visit of the Red Cross
Bloodmobile for Porterdale will
be on Monday, May 19, at the
Anderson Building from eleven
o’clock until five, according to
Porterdale’s Blood Chair
man, James E. Hardman.
Ninety pints is the quota
which should be met at that
time.
Here is a good opportunity to
repay with dedications the blood
needs experienced by friends or
relatives.
Here is the privilege of giving
Scouting Spotlighted
Friends of Scouting in the
Newton-Rockdale District gath
ered Tuesday night at E. L.
Flcquitt School for the Annual
District Banquet in honor of the
Scout leaders, Scoutmasters,
Post Advisors, Pack Leaders,
Den Mothers, Institutional Re
presentatives, and friends who
work hard throughout the year in
behalf of the Scouting program
in this district.
Outgoing District Chairman
Sam Ramsey, who has served In
this position for the past two
years, served as master of cere
monies and welcomed the guests.
The opening ceremony featured
Cub Scouts of Pack 222 in Cov
ington singing patriotic songs of
America. Mrs. Thomas Jay, a
Scouting mother, sang the Na
tional Anthem as Eagle Scout
Darrell Huckaby brought “Old
Glory” to the stage.
Twelve Scouts and Explorers,
representing different units in the
district, presented the Scout
Laws and explained briefly what
these 12 laws meant to them as
Scouts.
Roger Zuercher, Newton-
Rockdale District Scout Ex
ecutive, gave a short presentation
of the highlights of the past years
in the district. Sam Ramsey made
several Scouting recognitions be
fore introducing Ivan Allen 111,
speaker for the evening.
Dr. Carlos Meyer, long time
Scouter in this district and holder
of the coveted Silver Beaver
Award, was installed as District
Chairman of the Newton-
Rockdale District for the coming
year by Lester Dollar, Director
of Field Activities, Atlanta Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Jimmy Hodges. Percussion: Ted
dy Heyllger, Mark Shetter, John
ny Stowe and David Dollar.
Newton Junior Symphonic Band
members are Flutes: Roxanne
Callahan, Winifred Clements,
Sherry DeLoach, Jackie Ellis,
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some of yourself to assist In
healing sick bodies.
Here is the challenge to in
sure your own family members
for any emergencies which mi
ght arise.
Your cooperation is sincerely
encouraged for this worthy pro
ject.
Volunteers as donors or for
the canteen are encouraged to
contact either James E. Hard
man or Miss Mae Hardman,
Social Worker for Bibb Manufac
turing Company, prior to Mon
day.
After the installation, Chair
man Sam Ramsey presented a
tribute to the lives of George
Hutchinson and David Burson, a
Scout Leader and an Eagle Scout
who died during the past Scouting
year. The program was closed
with the Scoutmasters Benedic
tion.
Two Eagle Scouts Recognized At Banquet
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CAPTAIN DENNIS RAY SMITH, U. S. Army a former Eagle Scout from Covington and holder of the
Silver Beaver Award, presents a letter of “congratulations” from Governor Lester Maddox to Eagle
Scouts David Aul of Conyers and Johnny Gregory of Oxford, at the annual district banquet Tuesday
night.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports , . . . . 17-18
Legal 27
Classified 25-27
The body of a Clarkston salesman, David Thomas Hadaway,
24, was found Sunday afternoon in the edge of Newton County just off
the intersection of Interstate 20 and US Highway 278 about 10 miles
East of Covington. The man had been shot with a .32 caliber pistol
and was unclothed except his shorts and black socks.
Tuesday a suspect was picked
up in Charlotte, North Carolina,
in possession of the dead man’s
car and several of his credit
cards. The suspect Is a 25-
year-old Negro, Eugene Bernard
Hickson of 25 Rogers Street, At
lanta.
Newton County Sheriff Henry
Odum, Jr. and DeKalb County
Detectives T. H. Spruill and J.
Glosson went to Charlotte Tues
day morning and returned the
man to DeKalb County later that
afternoon. Warrants have been is
sued on a murder charge in both
DeKalb and Newton Counties,
Sheriff Odum stated. It is not
yet known in which county Hada
way was killed.
Odum said that the suspect
apparently followed a Greyhound
bus to Charlotte, when he asked
a Charlotte patrolman where he
could get some gas. He showed
the patrolman a credit card which
belonged to Hadaway.
When Hickson was questioned
he was found to have the num
ber of the Greyhound bus, and he
replied that he was going to
follow the bus to New York, Char
lotte police told Sheriff Odum.
Hadaway’s body was found Sun
day afternoon about 2:40 p. m.
off a dirt road near the inter
section of Interstate 20 and U.
S. Highway 278, near the New
ton-Morgan County line. Three
hunters, Bobby Peppers, Loy
Peppers and Cliff Parham, dis
covered the body.
The hunters reported finding
the body to the Newton County
Sheriffs Office. Sheriff Henry
Odum, Jr., Deputies Billy Banks
and Gerald Malcom investigated
soon thereafter. Newton County
Coroner Sam Cowan was also
at the scene.
Identification of the body was
made Sunday night by Hadaway’s
brother who had come to the
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home
in Covington about 10:30 p. m.
Dr. Meyer Is New District Chairman
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LESTER DOLLAR, Field Activities Director of the Atlanta Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America, pins a Scout lapel button on Dr.
Carlos Meyer as he Installs him as District Chairman of the Newton-
Rockdale District for the coming year at the annual district banquet
held Tuesday night at E. L. Ficquett School.
Price 15£
The victim was last traced
Thursday afternoon about 2 p. m.
to a customer at the Parkview
Plaza Shopping Center. His wife
Linda, said that her husband
was to have gone to Covington
during the day to call on some
customers here. She said he
left home about 8 a. m. He
worked for Proctor & Gamble
Company in Executive Park in
DeKalb County.
He joined that company about
six weeks ago after finishing his
studies at Georgia State College.
His father, R. N. Hadaway,
said his son was to have re
ceived his diploma in June.
He had been married five years
and was the father of two child
ren, David, Jr., age 4, and a
daughter Michelle, age five mon
ths.
One of the DeKalb officers
investigating the death was De-
Kalb County Detective Capt. T.
H. Spruill. Capt. Spruill said
he knew Hadaway as he had
worked with him in several
cases while Hadaway was an ad
juster for an insurance com
pany while he was attending Geor
gia State College.
“He was a pleasant person
and did not seem to have any
problems,” the captain said. Ac
cording to both police and fami
ly relatives, Hadaway had no
family or domestic problems.
Officers here stated that Hick
son may be a suspect in a re
cent robbery of a person at a
Conyers Shopping Center. Hick
son was said to be originally
from LaGrange, Ga. but had sp
ent sometime in the North be- _
fore returning to Atlanta to take
up residence.
Dr. Larry Howard of the St
ate Crime Laboratory perform
ed an autopsy on Hadaway’s
body and ruled that he was
killed with a .32 caliber pis
tol.