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Well! we came very near
losing our job! We thought we
had written this column. That
is until they said “No Chatter
box”. . .and now we are tired out
from various activities, with not
a thought in our head. . .but
friends, if we ever stopped to
think, we’d never write a Chat
terbox!
We had invitations last week
that we regretted we could not
accept. . .as it is not as easy
to travel across state and else
where since we lost our dear
Companion. The first was Hie
dames of the General U.D.C.
a marker at the grave of our
beloved Mrs. Walter D. Lamar,
of Macon, who had served as
President-General of the U.D.C.
and Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Am
ericus, who also served as Pres
ident-General. As a past Presi
ident General, and having
worked hand in hand with Mrs.
Lamar since I was her General
Chairman of Pages, right on up
to President - General myself.
Americus was my Home Town,
where I graduated in High
School, just after the death of
our Father. They marked the
grave of Mrs. Harrold there.
“Miss Aleen” as we lovingly cal
led her was a dear friend. We
graduated with Mrs. Harrolds
son, Thomas, who we have lear
ned is a Physician in Macon now.
Her son, Frank, was also in
school with us, and is now in
Atlanta, they told me. Small
world after all, but these Geor
gians do love their Georgia.
Hie group of U.D.C. members
and Dames of the Court of Honor,
then met in Madison where we
attended the services at a dear
friends grave, that of Mrs. Ki
rby Smith Anderson, whom many
of you knew and loved. This
was one of the most beautiful
services we ever attained, in
that, a young man, who had come
up in Mrs. Anderson’s Children
of the Confederacy Chapter, paid
tribute to her. If “Andy”, as
we lovingly called her. . .had
been there, we could just vis
ualize her nodding her head in
approval to everything he said.
It was a beautiful tribute. . .
but he went on to tell how per
fect she tried to make every
child representing the C. of C.
in their manners, speech and
reverence. We agreed with all
he said, for we have been her
guest at many of those C. of
C. meetings when we served as
State and General C. of C. Dir
ector. Yes, all she taught them,
in addition to the Confederacy,
was priceless, and will ever live
in the hearts of those young peo
ple she worked with.
Hie National President of
Dames of Court of honor, and
Atlanta members, in addition to
Two Past President-Generals U.
D, C. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bachman, of Washington,
D.C., returned home with us for
an overnight visit before return
ing home. Mrs. Bachman spon
sored this 75th Anniversary of
U.D.C. and presided over the
Convention in Washington, when
each Past President General for
the past 75 years was represen
ted on the evening program. Many
have passed on, but a relative
or friend was chosen to repre
sent the absent President-Gen
eral, and wear one of the lovely
gowns she presided in when Pres-
General. Each of the ones liv
ing wore one of the lovely cos
tumes they presided in. Os cour
se we chose the one Belmont
always liked best, and this was the
first Convention we had attended
since his going away in 1961. Ne
edless to say, it was sad there,
for the first time without him. .
but two Ex-President’s General,
and very close friends took me
into their Suite with them, .and
that helped lots, for we had
worked hand in hand for many
years and become the dearest
of friends.
How about it? We still have
that lonely old hen, that got lost
and roamed the streets hunting
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SALEM TRUSTEES held a meeting at Salem Camp Ground Hotel Sunday, June 1. Shown above are left
to right- Bobby Elliott, Aaron Kemp, Sam Ramsey, Parks Warnack, Hardy Ogletree, Charles Candler,
Judge James C. Davis, Robert Christian, J. T. Hicks and C. D. Ramsey. In the background is historic
Salem Tabernacle, where the 141st Salem Camp Meeting will be held August 8-15, 1969.
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VOLUME 104 NO. 32
/Hiss Kirkland Top Honor Graduate
Dr. J. R. Sams Observes 80th Birthday With Surprises
Covington’s Dr. J. Roscoe
Sams, one of the county’s fav
orite sons for a half century,
was the surprise honoree of two
events on Thursday in Coving
ton. During the morning on the
City Square the Covington Ser
vice Guild spearheaded a program
that honored Dr. Sams, and his
Covington Kiwanis Club countered
with a surprise program at 1
p.m. at its regular meeting at
the Teen Can building.
In the morning program the
Newton County Blue Rambler
Band was on hand to render
music for the popular physician
of Covington on his 80th birth
day. ffls birthday actually was
on May 27. Service Guild Pres
ident Mrs. Jerry Bray presen
ted a key to the city to Dr. J.
R. on behalf of Mayor Walker
Harris who could not attend the
occasion. Mrs. Paul Adams,
of the Service Guild, opened the
program with some appropriate
remarks.
Dr. Sams then walked forward
and told the assembly that “I
wish I could live another 80 years.
I sincerely appreciate your th
oughtfulness here today.” Many
townspeople came forward and
wished the doctor much more
success and happiness in the
future.
At the Kiwanis Club meeting,
Rucker Ginn was the program
chairman and Mrs. S. M. Hay
made the principal address of
the day, recounting Dr. Sams’
life history and then she related
many funny and interesting side
lights of his career as a doctor
for more than 50 years in Cov
ington.
He was presented a plaque by
The Service Guild, and then a
huge birthday cake was brought to
the head table and presented to
him.
Dr. Sams is one of two charter
members of the Covington Ki
wanis Club, along with Leon Co
hen, who are now active in the
civic organization. The Coving
ton club was founded in March of
1927.
He is also a charter member of
Newton County Post 32 American
Legion, and attends as many re
gular meetings as his duties as
a doctor will permit.
Dr. Sams is active and interes
ted in almost all sports. In fact,
he still plays a good round of
golf and probably can defeat any
one his age today in the Pied
mont Area.
A Kiwanis club member, Rob
ert Fowler, said that “Roscoe
Mrs. Harwell’s Piano
Students In Recital
Mrs. Tom Harwell will pre
sent a group of her piano students
in a recital Friday evening, June
6th at 8 o’clock in the Flcquett
Auditorium.
This program lends much var
iety and contrast in musical style,
tonal color and rhythm as por
trayed by the masters of the cla
ssic as well as modern periods of
music — Ensemble numbers for
one and two pianos and solos
will be Included.
Appearing at this time will be:
Chris Adams, Tim Adams, Joy
Capes, Jim Evans, Betsy Hood,
Lefia Hudson, Bonham Johnson,
Jr., Joy Kirkland, Leslie Mc-
Intosh, Melinda Mclntosh, Laura
Pound, Gail Murphy, Melody Sav
age, Angela Sharp and Paul Jer
nigan.
Clnuingtnn Nnua
was a good baseball player back
in his younger days. He played
at Mansfield, Madison back in the
days when the famed “Million
Dollar League” was in opera
tion.”
He served for two years in the
armed forces in World War I,
and soon after his discharge he
started his practice in Covington.
A fine tribute to Dr. Sams was
evident at the Kiwanis meeting
Thursday. Four of his fellow
doctors were present for the
program: Dr. R. M. Paty, Dr.
F. C. Nesbit, Dr. Michael Pul
liam and Dr. James Purcell.
As Dr. Sams ate his meal at
one of the tables (not head table)
he probably noticed that the lar
gest crowd of the year was on
hand. Little did he know that
many present were there to pay
their respects to him on his 80th
milestone.
When Mrs. Hay was introduced
as a representative of the Service
Guild, she said “Today we are
paying tribute to Dr. Sams.”
This brought a thunderous round
of applause from the large dele
gation which included two inter
club meetings from nearby towns,
Jackson and Rockdale County.
Also, two other MDs who are
members of the Kiwanis Club,
Dr. E. J. Callaway and Dr. Good
win Tuck, were present Thurs
day.
Special Citation At Kiwanis Club Meeting
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COVINGTON’S DR. J. R. SAMS was awarded a special citation at
the Covington Kiwanis program Thursday afternoon. Dr. Sams is
shown above with Mrs. S. M. Hay, Program Chairman and repre
sentative of the Covington Service Guild. A charter member of
the Covington Kiwanis Club, Dr. Sams was pleasantly surprised
when the program unfolded at the civic club meeting.
Oxford College Students To
Address Emory Alumni Dinner
Two Oxford College students
will be the speakers at the an
nual dinner of the Oxford Area
Emory Club Saturday, June 7.
Carey Childrey of Grayson,
Ga., student body president at
Oxford for 1969-70 will speak
on “Oxford Bridges the Gap.”
Grant Lewis of Cedartown, will
speak on “Oxford Stimulates Sc
holarship.”
The dinner at Oxford College’s
dining hall takes place at 7:30
p. m. following dedication of the
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 5, 1969
Dr. Sams Presented Key To The City
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qAM<Ttooks at the large key to the City of Covington, presented to him Thursday morning on the
cS; Se bT CoviSon Irvice Guild President Mrs. Jerry Bray (center). At right is Mrs. Paul
Adams also a member of the Service Guild, who sponsored the special program. The NCHS Band
is shown in the background with Director Basil Rigney (left).
new Oxford library at 6:30 p. m.
Earlier at 4:30 p. m. there will
be tours of the new library.
There are 270 alumni of Em
ory in the Oxford Emory Club
which Includes residents in Gwin
nett, Jasper, Morgan, Newton,
Rockdale and Walton counties.
They include alumni of Emory
University and alumni of Emory’s
Oxford College.
The annual dinner observes the
founding of Emory College at Ox
ford in 1836 and the establish
ment of Emory University in At
lanta in 1915.
President of the club Is Samuel
D. Ramsey of Covington. Vice
President is William L. Ballen
ger of Oxford and secretary
treasurer is T. Rucker Ginn of
Covington.
2 Graduation
Ads Left Out
Os The NEWS
The Covington News Inadver
tently left two advertisements
out of the paper last week which
wishes the 1969 graduates “con
gratulations.” We apologize to
Hunt’s Household Goods, 6144
Washington Street; and Hooten
Motor Sales, Corner of Reynolds
& Hendricks street, for this over
sight.
The 44-page Graduation Issue
was accomplished mainly without
the services of The News’ Ad
vertising Manager Leo Mallard.
The Mallards are presently en
joying a vacation in Hawaii at the
International Rotary Convention.
I New Plant Starts |
I Production Here
Officials of Covington’s newest
industry, the Covington Moulding
Company on Industrial Boulev
ard, told the Covington Newton
County Chamber of Commerce
that the plant here is now in
production.
Speakers on the program of the
C of C Monday at the Teen Can
were Al LaFlamme, Plant Mana
ger, and Jack Glisson, Personnel
Manager. S. J. Morcock was
the program chairman of the
month and he Introduced the
speakers. Presiding at the pro
gram was Hugh Steele, presi
dent of the local chamber.
The Moulding officials said
that employees are now working
Donald Stephenson Elected
Covington Kiwanis President
Donald Stephenson, a faithful
member of the Covington Kiwanls
Club for many years, has been
elected president of the civic or
ganization for 1969-70. He was
elected at the club’s regular
weekly meeting Thursday at the
Teen Can building.
Other officers named to serve
with Mr. Stephenson are: Philip
Cohen and Rucker Ginn, vice
presidents; E. E. (Buck) Calla
way, treasurer; and R. R. Fowler
111, secretary. Members of the
board of directors will be: Spence
Ramsey, Edgar Wood, James
Hutchins, Jordan Callaway, Abe
Carmichael and S. J. Morcock.
Past-president of the club will
be Bond Fleming.
Mr. Stephenson has been New
ton County Ordinary since 1950.
In Kiwanls he has held chair
manship of many Committees In-
Surprise Program
At Kiwanis Today
Kiwanls Club program chair
man for this week, James Hut
chins, has announced that a sur
prise is in store for the mem
bers at the club’s regular week
ly meeting today (Thursday) at
the Teen Can building at 1 p. m.
Mr. Hutchins has not divulg
ed any particulars as to what
may be on the program. How
ever, as a past president of the
club, he has formulated many
novel plans for a 30-minutes of
entertainment for the members
of the club today.
Covington Kiwanlans paid a
glowing tribute to Dr. J. R. Sams,
a Kiwanian and Physician of Cov
ington, at the club’s regular meet
ing Thursday at the Teen Can.
It was a surprise program pre
sented by the Covington Service
Guild. Dr. Sams recently obser
ved his 80th birthday and he has
been a practicing physician in
Covington for the past 50 years.
Mrs. S. M. Hay, past president
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at the plant. Mr. Glisson said
that within four months some BO
SS employees will be on the pay
rolls here. He also said that
within the next year some ISO
-135 people will be employed at the
Covington facility.
Mr. LaFlamme told the C of
C members that annodizlng faci
lities will be built at the local
plant within the near future, and
that an expansion of the plant
will take place within the next
year.
Guests at the meeting Monday
included: Dan Grimes, Execu
tive-Vice-Presldent of the First
Citizens Bank in Covington; L. L.
Harwell, Gerald Dlmsdale, and
Kent Campbell of Covington.
eluding special projects in 1969,
and in 1968 was a member of
the boat'd of directors.
In his church work at the
Covington First Presbyterian
Church, Mr. Stephenson has tak
en an active interest in adult
and young people’s accomplish
ments. He is also a member
of the Newton County Mental
Health Association, Covington
Newton County Chamber of Com
merce, and several other social
and fraternal organizations.
The Stephensons are parents of
two sons, Dr. Grier Stephenson
and Mason Stephenson.
Oxford College Library Ready For Dedication
MUNK?
THIS NEW $600,000 LIBRARY at Emory University’s historic Oxford College will be dedicated Saturday,
June 7. A tour of the new building will begin at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served at WGamma
Hall. The dedication services will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Allen Memorial Church,
Fleming presiding. Dr. Guy Lyle, Director of Libraries at Emory University, will be the speaker.
Following the assembly, the group will go to the new building for the dedicatory prayer by Bishop
Arthur Moore and the official ribbon-cutting by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Emory ^ver
slty Henry Bowden. The new library has space for 60,000 volumes. According to Mrs. Sara M.
Gregory, Librarian, the book collection and library materials will be moved as soon as possible from
Candler Hall, which was built in 1898 as the library for Emory College. The public is invited to
attend all dedication ceremonies.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports .17-18
Legal 24-27
Classified ..25-27
Miss Susan Kirkland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Kirkland
of Covington, received top honors at the 1969 Graduation Program
of Newton County High School Monday evening at Sharp Field. She
was awarded the Billie Porter Memorial Scholarship which is em
blematic of the top student’s academic work at the school.
lHe Class of 1969 consisted of
some 190 students who received
their diplomas at the conclusion
of the program. Principal Hom
er F. Sharp and Assistant Prin
cipal Milton Me Laney delivered
the diplomas.
Other than Miss Kirkland, the
honor graduates of 1969 were:
Teresa Adams, David Brown,
Tommy Curtis, Elon Eidson, Jim
Gainer, Shellah Head, Glenn Hud
son, Leon Hughes, Sand! Ison,
Greg Jones, Barbara Mitchell,
Edward Mitchell, Emily Morgan,
Tana Morris, Karen O’Kelley,
Lynn Pignolet, Lee Piper, Mar
garet Price, Carol Thomas, Fran
Tuck, Teresa Walden and Mork
Winn.
High honor graduates were:
Carolyn Caulkins and Susan Kirk
land.
Many scholarships and awards
were made during the program.
They include:
Newton Federal Savings and
Loan Association, SSOO Science
Dept. NDEA.
Star Student, Lee Piper.
DAR Good Citizenship Pilgri
mage, Emily Morgan,
DAR Good Citizenship Award,
Sammy Ozburn and Emily Mor
gan.
Rotary Achievement Award,
Lee Piper and Susan Kirkland.
Athletic, Thad Blankenship and
Tony Harris, Truett-Me Connell
College (basketball).
Teacher’s Scholarship, Sandl
Ison.
Vocational Rehabilitation, Ca
rol Thomas (West Georgia Col
lege).
Music Scholarship, Leslie Ful
ler (Middle Tenn. State Uhlv.)
and Raymond Hammonds (Morris
Covington News Cookbook
The Seventh Annual Covington
News Cookbook will be publish
ed on July 24th, with recipes to
be In by July 17, for judging. Ca
tegories this year will be the
same as in former years, Over
all Grand Prize; Meats and Fish;
Vegetables and Salads and Bak
ing and Desserts.
SINGLE COPY PRICE 15<
Brown College).
Clay and Freeman Standard
Oil Station SSO, Althla Marie
Williams.
Pilot Club of Covington SIOO,
Debbie Jones.
Newton County Civltan Club
SIOO, Tana Morris.
Lithonia Lighting Company
S2OO, Cindy Moss.
Newton County Hospital Board
of Directors, Joan Laseter
(Georgia Baptist Hospital) full
scholarship.
American Legion Post 32 and
American Legion Auxiliary Uhlt
32 S2OO Nursing Scholarship, Je
annie Walton.
Registered Nurses of Newton
County SSOO, Margaret Price.
Golden Fleece Lodge SSOO In
Honor of Col. Reuben M. Tuck,
Fran Tuck.
Covington Service Guild S4OO,
Debbie Jones and S2OO, Jackie
Mathews.
Kiwanis Scholarships; (Amount
To Be Announced Later): Nolan
Cain, Pete Carter, Linda Digby,
Glenn Hudson, Debbie Jones,
Greg Jones, Jackie Mathews,
Barbara Mitchell, Tana Morris,
Terry Savage, Teresa Walden,
Charles Willingham, Debra Head
and Fran Tuck.
Oxford College:
Thomas Chalmers Swann 111
Scholarship S9OO to SI,OOO, Sam
my Ozburn.
David Brown, Top Ten Scho
larship $l5O, and Allgood Sc
holarship Fund $650.
Mobil Chemical Company SSOO
Scholarship To Be Announced La
ter.
Culinary artists of Newton Co
unty as wellassurroundingareas
send us your favorite recipes
to share with other cooks, and
you could also be one of the
lucky winners In this year’s con
test.
Prizes this year will be a Frost
King electric ice cream freezer
as the Grand Prize; Meats and
Fish winner will receive a GE
Mixer; a blender will go to the
winner In the Vegetables and
Salads division and a Lady Win
sted grill and toaster will be
awarded to the winner of the
Baking and Dessert recipe judg
ed as the best.
Mrs. Caldwell’s Piano
Pupils’ Recital Thurs.
Mrs. Lewis Caldwell will pre
sent the final group of her piano
pupils In recital Thursday even
ing, June sth at 8 o’clock in
Flcquett Auditorium. The public
Is cordially Invited to attend.
'lTie following will take part in
the recital: Biff Hutchinson,
Bill Callaway, Crystal Luke, An
drea Pinson, Susan Whatley, Nor
ma Snipes, Michelle Thompson,
Donna Coker, Brenda Pullin, Ca
rol Edwards, Ivy Carglle, Sharon
Tuggle, .Cookie Adams, Lynn
King, Nell Mauney, David Bailey.