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Could it have been nearly 39
years ago? It seems like just
yesterday, as we live over again
all of those sacred moments.
We saw the Covington News ad
vertised for sale. Without tell
ing anybody we wrote to the own
ers lawyer, Col. Tuck. The hus
band traveled seven states and
we were only home every few
weeks. He kept saying some day
we would buy a County Weekly
paper and settle down. Weeks
went by, then a telegram came.,
and all gathered around for in
those days it surely meant a dea
th in the family. Alas! My se
cret was out! Col. Tuck advised
that Dr. Snowden was now ready
to sell the News. Down we came
to one of the loveliest small
towns we had seen...went direct
ly to the Courthouse and the first
person we met in this fair city
was our beloved friend Col. Tuck.
He and Louise, and Dr. and Mrs.
Combs were intimate friends...
they took us right into their
hearts, homes and the First Bap
tist Church, as we were Bap
tist. They were ever our dear
est friends, and the younger of
their sons was only about 3 years
old. We adored those children.
Reuben was later in the Sunday
School Class we taught. We could
not have loved an own child more
than we did him, and the other
seven girls and boys in that
class, and still do..
This morning we were talking
to a friend and she said: “Did
you know Col. Tuck — died this
morning? We knew he was be
coming feeble, his brother’s sud
den death so recently, was a
great blow to him. The loss of
his dear wife made him all the
dearer to the entire Church, for
we knew how inseparable they
were, and lovers always. She was
organist at First Baptist and he
was a member of the choir. We,
and all our Church members,
feel we have lost a member of
the family, and our heart goes
out to those dear children of
theirs. Their children will ever
be dearer than words can ex
press. Words are so inadequ
ate when the family feels as your
own. Everybody In our church
feels the same way. However,
the beauty of the lives of Col.
Tuck and his dear “Louise”
will ever be reflected within the
lives oi their children and grand
children.
We have never seen anything
more beautiful than the “Daught
ers-in-loves” devotion to both
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Mrs. Goode’s Piano
Pupils In Recital
Sunday At 3:30
Mrs. M. E. Goode will present
her piano pupils In recital Sunday
afternoon, May 25, at three
thirty, at the Newton County High
School Auditorium. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
The following will take .part in
the recital: Becky Hutchins,
Mary Ann Hays, Michael Rose
berry, Susan Crowell, Regina
Morton, Mary Thigpen, Jocelyn
Hinton, Vicki Thompson, Sheila
Me Cart, Jane Exley, Phyllis
Ward, Debra Watkins, Cindy Cor
ley, Cindy Moss, and Mary Rose
Longblne.
Cindy Meyer and Janice Tuck
will serve as ushers.
Flint Hill Water
Turned Down
The application for a com
munity water association in the
Flint Hill section of Newton Coun
ty has had its plea turned down
by the United States Dept, of
Agriculture, Farmers Home Ad
ministration, according to a let
ter received from Edgar J. Phil
lips, County FHA Supervisor.
Cary Allgood, an officer qf the
proposed association, said’that
the project would have involved
about $225,000 for a community
water system in the Flint Hill
Community, which is north of
Oxford. Mr. Allgood said that
the money received as deposits
would be refunded to the patrons
by C. J. Morris after Tuesday,
May 23.
Allgood said that this was the
third application submitted for
the water system. The FHA let
ter stated: “The Farmers Home
Administration would like very
much to be of assistance, but at
the present time it is not pos
sible. We suggest that the mon
ey that has been received as
deposits be returned to the peo
ple. . .We regret that the loan
cannot be made at this time.”
Jaycees Announce Renewed
Youth Center Fund Drive
The Newton County Jaycees
have announced the renewal
of their Youth Center Fund Drive
with the receipt of a SSOO donat
ion from the Newton Federal
Savings and Loan Association.
The Youth Center, located on
Brown Bridge Road, was under
taken by the Newton County Jay
cees as a project to provide the
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VOLUME 104 NO. 30
Torr o Dips Down In Newton Area
Hutchinson Portrait Hung In School Lobby
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GEORGE B. HUTCHINSON portrait is hung in the hall-lobby of
E. L. Ficquett School following unveiling of the portrait at special
Memorial services Friday afternoon at the school cafetorlum.
Hanging the picture is faculty member Tom Rowland. Bradley
Studios of Atlanta presented the picture and faculty members fur
nished the attractive frame for the portrait.
Hutchinson Memorial Service
Held On Friday Afternoon
An impressive Memorial Ser
vice was held Friday afternoon
at the Ficquett School cafe
torium for the late George Brown
Hutchinson who served as princi
pal of the school from its open
ing in 1956 until January of 1969.
The sacred occasion was the
time for unveiling a portrait of
Mr. Hutchinson which will be
located In the lobby of Ficquett
School. Students of the school
stood in silence in the cafetorium
as the program unfolded. Mrs.
C. D. Ramsey, a member of the
faculty, gave the eulogy on Mr.
Hutchinson.
As the program opened, mem
bers of the Newton County Board
of Education, Hutchinson Memor
ial Committee, and family mem -
bers took their places on the
stage. Alan Mitchell, Music Dir
rector of the Covington First
"Newton Singers”
Kiwanis Program
Today At 1 PM
The “Newton Singers” of New
ton High will conduct the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club program to
day (Thursday) at the Teen Can
at 1 p. m. Mrs. Perry Hay
more of the NCHS faculty, is the
director of this group.
Program chairman for the
week is Kiwanian and Newton High
Principal Homer F. Sharp.
Commander Thomas J. Keane,
US Navy (Ret.), was the guest
speaker at the Kiwanis Club
meeting Thursday. He gave a
stirring address on Americanism
in which he traced the glorious
history of the United States since
July 4, 1776.
Commander Keane was intro
duced by Lester Dollar of the
Atlanta Area Boy Scouts of
America.
Guests at the meeting includ
ed Roger Zuercher, Newton-
Rockdale District Boy Scout Exe
cutive; Key Clubbers Tray Polk
and Bubba Sammons. Also pre
sent for the meeting in obser
vance of Soil Stewardship Week
with Kiwanian Ed Hunt(County
Agent) were: A. E. Hays of the
Upper Ocmulgee (Watershed)
District, Joe Marks of the New
ton County Cattlemen’s Assn.,
Rip Harwell of the ASCS Office,
and H. G. Jones, Chairman of
the ASCS in the county.
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KIWANIS KETTLE:
Marion Piper, Kiwanis chair
man of the swimming Pool com
mittee, passed out membership
tickets to the club’s private
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youth of Newton County with a
facility for their activities.
The Jaycees welcome all con
tributions to this fund whether
large or small. Anyone interes
ted is asked to contact any Jay
cee or write the Jaycee secre
tary, Don Autin, at 8114 Capes
Drive, or call him at 786-6136.
QJomngtnn New®
Baptist Church, led the assem
blage in singing “America, The
Beautiful.”
Mrs. James Pound, a faculty
member, spoke briefly of Mr.
Hutchinson and then Mrs. Ram
sey delivered the Impressive bio
graphy of the late principal of
the school who died of an appa
rent heart attack in an Atlanta
hospital.
Newton Supt. of Schools J. W.
Richardson delivered a prayer
after a moment of silence was
observed.
The unveiling of the portrait
was by Mr. Hutchinson’s son
Biff, and Mrs. Harry Faulkner,
chairman of the Memorial Com
mittee Fund. Tom Rowland, a
teacher at Ficquett School, then
took the portrait and hung it in
its place of honor.
Mrs. Teal’s Piano
Students Recital
Friday 8 P.M.
Mrs. Frank Teal will present
a group of her piano students in
a recital Friday evening at 8
o’clock in Ficquett Auditorium.
This will be the final recital of
this group of students for the
year, and will include solos and
ensemble numbers from classic
and modern periods to musical
composition.
Students from Newton High,
Ficquett, Palmer Stone, Porter
dale and Heard Mixon will per
form, and will include the fol
lowing: Susan Aiken, Kathy
Coody, Brenda Dickerson, Bev
erly Forrester, Janis Greer, Kyle
Hancock, Mike Hancock, Terri
Hubbard, Susan Hunt, Kathy Hud
son, Jim Jones, Harriett Jordan,
Judy Morrell, Sherri Ogletree,
Penny Parker, Amy Shields, Lisa
Smity, Lynn Thompson and Gin
ger Wade.
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THESE TWO PICTURES show damage on opposite sides of “Aunt Mitt’ Morgan’s home at starrsville
Sunday afternoon when a tornado swooped down. At left Jerry Poss and Paul Roberts look over a giant
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1969
Col. Reuben Tuck
Died On Tuesday
Final tribute was paid Col.
Reuben McDaniel Tuck 81, pro
minent Covington attorney and
City Attorney emeritus, who died
at his home early Tuesday morn
ing following a recent stroke,
in 4:00 p.m. services, Wednes
day, at Covington First Baptist
Church. The Rev. Edgar A.
Callaway, pastor, officiated in
the last rites, concluded at the
City Cemetery, where interment
took place.
A native of Walton County, Mr.
Tuck was the son of the late Ja
mes and Ida Lee Watson Tuck.
He was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia Law School;
and served as a congressional
secretary in Washington, D. C.,
prior to establishment of his
own law firm in Covington In
1919.
Keenly interested in youth, he
helped organize and served as
first president of the local lit-'
tie League; and as president of
the Board of Parks and Recrea
tion. A loyal member of the
First Baptist Church for half
a century, he had served as dea
con since soon after joining, as
S. S. teacher, S. S. superinten
dent, member of the choir, and
church treasurer, for 35 years;
and for 20 years as secretary
and treasurer of Covington Sc
hool Board. He was a past pre
sident of the Newton County Bar
Association; City Attorney for
25 years, with emeritus status
retirement; former member of
the Civitan Club, and member of
Golden Fleece Lodge #6, of which
he served five terms as Wor
shipful Master and 18 years as
secretary. Members of the Ma
sonic Lodge served as honorary
pallbearers.
Col. Tuck’s Innate integrity and
dedication to the principles of his
profession and his religious con
victions were legendary; and won
No New Arrests
In Salesman Killing
Newton County Sheriff Henry
Odum, Jr. reported yesterday
that no other arrests have been
made in the pistol-killing of Cl
arkston salesman David Hada
way, 24, whose body was found
in Newton County on Sunday, May
11.
One man is being held in De-
Kalb County and charged with
murder. He is Eddie Paul Har
ris, 17 year old Negro, of a
Kirkwood Road NE address in
Atlanta. He was arrested in
Charlotte, N. C. on May 13.
Police had theorized that another
man may have been Involved in
the murder, and that the crime
was corpmitted in Newton Coun
ty near the scene wher Hada
way’s body was found unclothed
except his shorts and sox.
However, Sheriff Odum said
that Harris is being held in De-
Kalb on other charges and that
it may be sometime before he
is brought to trail In Newton.
Harris was arrested in Char
lotte when a policeman who was
questioning him at a bus station
found he was carrying credit
cards bearing a name different
from the one on his driver’s
license. The cards belonged to
Hadaway, 24, who was found dead
Sunday in a roadside ditch in
Newton County.
Harris, at first give his name
Two Photos Show Damage From Tornado At "Aunt Mitt” Morgan’s Home
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Col. R. M. Tuck
the respect and esteem of his
fellowmen in the community he
loved and served.
Serving as pallbearers In the
services conducted by J. c. Har
well and Son, were: Holland Tuck,
Rucker Ginn, Terry Avery, Char
les Strickland, Jim Morgan, and
J. T. Tuck.
Surviving him are two sons,
Dr. Goodwin G. Tuck, and Reu
ben M. Tuck, Jr. of Atlanta; six
sisters, Mesdames Rufus Haw
kins, Valecia Cowan, Covington;
Mrs. B. L. Tuck, Florida; Clif
ford Smith, Clarkston; Gene Ad
ams, Atlanta; and Roy Gower of
Loganville; five grandchildren,
among whom are Lisa, Carey and
Janis Tuck of Covington; and se
veral nieces and nephews, includ
ing Holland Tuck, and Mrs. J. H.
Branham of Covington and Ox
ford, respectively.
The NEWS joins hosts of other
friends In extending sincere sym
pathy to members of the bereaved
family.
and age as Eugene Bernard Hick
son 25, and said he was an em
ploye of the Procter and Gamble
Co., the firm for which Hada
way worked as a salesman. De
tectives learned his true identi
ty later and said that he had
never been employed with Proc
ter and Gamble.
The suspect said he was a
heavy user of narcotics and told
police that he had “sniffed” a
quantity of cocaine last Thurs
day, the day that Hadaway dis
appeared.
Hadaway, father of two chil
dren, was last seen alive Thurs
day at the Parkview Plaza Shopp
ing Center on Memorial Drive,
where he had stopped to make
a sales visit on a customer.
Three hunters walking along
County Line Road in Newton Co
unty near 1-20 found Hadaway’s
body lying face down in a dit
ch beside the dirt road. He
had been shot once in the fore
head and was clad only in his
shorts and socks.
Detectives said after Harris’
arrest that Hadaway had been
abudeted in the shopping cneter
by Harris and another person,
shot and then left beside the
road.
Harris and the other person
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Many areas of Newton County,
especially the Starrsvllle com
munity, felt the rath of a tor
nado Sunday afternoon about 3:30
o’clock. The twister dipped down
in several neighborhoods but did
very little damage to houses,
and no one was reported injur
ed.
Much of the damage from the
heavy rains and high winds was
to large trees, barns, dwellings
and the back porch of one house
near the East Newton Elemen
tary School on Dixie Road.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
my Lee Williams, across the
road from the East Newton
School, shook on its foundation
and a chimney and back porch
became dislodged about 4 p. m.
More 1-20 Is
Let To Contract
ATLANTA, MAY 16, 1969-
Contracts for 9.6 miles of new
construction on two Georgia
Interstate routes, paving of 16.6
miles already graded, and sign
ing and marking of over 21
additional miles were among
new road contracts upon which
a total apparent low bid of
$17,486,836.15 was received
by the State Highway Depart
ment'today, according to State
Highway Director Jim L. Gil
lis.
Hie new mileage consists of
four miles of Interestate
95 northward from the Florida
State line in Camden County
and 5.6 miles of Interstate 85
between Georgia 34 and U. S.
29 In Coweta County. The
paving contract covers Inter
state 20 between Georgia routes
83 and 44 In Morgan and Greene
counties east of Madison. The
sign contracts are for 15.8
miles of 1-75 between Mc-
Donough and Morrow in Clay
ton and Henry counties and 5.5
miles of 1-285 in DeKalb County
above Clarkston.
Two other Federal-aid con
tracts provide for four-lane
reconstruction of Georgia 34
between 1-85 and Newnan for
better service to and from the
Interstate route, and for 2.7
miles of grading and paving on
U. S. 278, the Sand Bar Ferry
Road, at Augusta.
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Roof Os Barn And Shed Ripped Off
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blown down in the yard.
tree in the yard of the 98-year-old Negro woman, and at right is all that remains of a small barn.
One side of the barn and the roof were swept away by swirling winds.
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Several large trees In the yard
came up by the roots and seve
ral of the limbs and tree trunks
fell on a car parked In the yard.
A neighbor’s back porch near
the Williams home was swept
awar. Not far away several pe
can trees on the farm of Aub
rey Ewing were blown over.
Farther West on Dixie Road
the twister touched down again
and uprooted large trees and tore
off roofs of small buildings. At
the home of “Aunt Mitt” Mor
gan, located near the M. D. Mc-
Rae’s residence, a small barn
was blown away on one side of
her house, and two large trees
In the yard on the other side of
the house were blown over. No ap
parent damage was done to the
house, “ Aunt Mitt” said. The eld
erly Negro woman says she was
98 years old “on Mother’s Day
last week.”
On Eastward along the Cov
ington-Jackson Raod at the farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Aik
en, a large barn and a small
barn had their tin roofs taken
off by the winds. Several trees
in the yard of the Aiken home
were blown over, but the house
was not damaged at all. Up
the road about a quarter of a
mile an abandoned farmhouse had
its chlmeny swept away by the
twister.
Grading equipment Including a
front loader and a Bulldozer
belonging to Jack Morgan
were busy early Monday m o r n -
Ing clearing up the trees and
fallen limbs at the home of the
Williams’ on Dixie Road. The
house belongs to Larry Greer.
Mrs. Williams said that there
were about 14 people in the house
when the winds starting blowing
amid the big rainfall. No one
was Injured Inside the house,
but the building shook on Its
foundation and the back porch
moved off Its foundation. Eight
grandchildren were among those
In the house when the tornado
came at 4 p. m., she stated.
Guy McGlboney, Jr. who lives
in the Starrsvllle community,
said he first thought from the
noise that high winds were com
ing, but when he “Saw trees
swirling through the air, I knew
it was a tornado.” It was In a
circular motion.”
The M. D. Mcßae’s had recent
ly built a small tool shed on
the side of their place on Dixie
Road. That structure was blown
away and much of the tin siding
was found In an adjacent field.
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Judge Hubert’s
Order Restrains
Mobley,Walker
Judge H. O. Hubert, Jr., pres
iding in Superior Court of New
ton County, ruled Friday after
noon In favor of the Trustees
of White’s Enterprises by Issu
ing an order enjoining and res
training Edward Mobley and Wes
ton J. Walker, owners of White’s
Auto Store In Covington, from the
use of the trade name “White’s.”
Plaintiff’s in the civil action
case were Annie White, Miss
Marian Elise Nash, and The First
National Bank of Atlanta, as co
trustees under the will of Lucy
Stephenson White, deceased. The
defendants were Edward Mobley
and Weston J. Walker.
The order was Issued after
the plaintiffs presented their
complaint and evidence from both
sides was heard by Judge Hubert.
The Judge’s order read:
“Upon reading the duly verif
ied complaint herein and this mat
ter having regularly come on for
hearing before this Court and
counsel and witnesses having ap
peared for both parties herein
and,
It appearing to this Court that
irreparable Injury would result to
Plaintiff unless an interlocutory
injunction Is granted as set forth
herein,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that
defendants, Edward Mobley and
Weston J. Walker, their heirs,
administrators, and assigns, and
their employees, attorneys in
fact, confederates, and those act
ing in consent or participation
with the defendants, pending a
final determination herein, be
and each of them is hereby en
joined and restrained from the
use of or employment of, dir
ectly or indirectly, In Newton
County, Georgia, the trade name
“White’s”, any phonetic equi
valent of the trade name
“White’s” or any colorable imi
tation, word, name, symbol, or
device which causes or is likely
to cause confusion, deception or
mistake with plaintiffs’ trade
name “White’s.”