Newspaper Page Text
Thursday, June 12, 1969
Lee Puckett Is Winner Os Camp Trip
J^W? BEj
11 IB
B W
■ i i ai
LEE PUCKETT of Covington is the local winner of the Johnny Uhitas
Sports Camp award and will attend camp from June 15 through
June 20 at Woodward Academy in College Park. Puckett is pictured
above with John Bengel, manager of the local Dairy Queen Brazier,
sponsor of the contest.
ARMED FORCES NEWS
Steven Jackson
MEMPHIS (FHTNC) May 26 —
Airman Apprentice Steven D.
Jackson, USN, son of Mr. Cla
mon B. Jackson of Route 2, Cov
ington, was graduated from the
Avionics Fundamentals School at
the Naval Air Technical Training
Center in Memphis, Tenn.
The comprehensive 19 week
curriculum includes such sub
jects as, fundamentals of direct
and alternating currently elec
tricity; vacuum tube and tran
sistor theory and circuit ap
plication; radio receiver theory,
alignment, tracking and trouble
shooting; transmitter theory and
troubleshooting, radar electronic
fundamentals, circuits and appli
cations; and introduction to com
puter fundamentals.
Prior to attending this course
he graduated from the two-week
Indoctrination course in naval
aviation.
ENGINE TUN E-UP-$6-66
Call
GENE ASHLEY
PRATTS TIRE and APPLIANCE
PHONE 786-8175
Why be hot again
this summer?
Carrier whole-house air
conditioning can make
your home comfortable in
the hottest weather!
• Buy now — don’t wait for the midsummer
rush!
• Immediate installation by our experts!
• Free home survey—it won’t cost you a
cent for details!
• Carrier whole-house equipment is quality
built to give satisfaction for years!
• No money down — take up to 5 years to
pay ।
Authorized Carrier Dealer
For Free Estimate Call James P. Hayes
(on (lili ort in (J Spectated One.
Call Day Or Night 786-8253
(Best Coverage: News, Pictures, and Features)
William R. Lynch
IGIAK, Alaska—Staff Sergeant
William R. Lynch, son of Mrs.
Mattie L. Lynch of 6 Maple St.,
Porterdale, Ga., is a member of
a unit that has earned the U. S.
Air Force outstanding Unit
Award.
Sergeant Lynch, a recreation
specialist in the 795th Aircraft
Control and Warning Squadron
at Cape Romanzof Air Force
Station, Alaska, will wear the
distinctive service ribbon to
mark his affiliation with the unit.
His unit was cited for its out
standing record in the areas of
readiness, safety and training.
As a member of the Alaskan
North American Air Defense
Region the unit identifies air
craft and monitors air traffic
control over its region.
The sergeant, a graduate of
Newton County High School, Cov
ington, attended Middle Georgia
Junior College, Cochran, and
Grayson County Junior College,
Sherman, Tex.
His wife, Lois, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Emerton
of 3031 Poinsettia St., Dallas.
Oxford Club
Tackles Cemetery
Cleanup Task
The Oxford Willing Workers
Economic Opportunity Club met
at Russ Chapel Methodist Church
on Thursday, May 29th. Hie fol
lowing slate of officers was elect
ed: President, John W. Cody;
Vice-President, Irvin Nolley; Se
cretary, Mrs. Minnie Gaither;
Treasurer, Mrs. Roy Coleman;
Reporter, Mrs. Nellie syphoe.
The families having relatives
buried in the Oxford Cemetery
have for a long time been con
cerned about the cemetery’s con
dition. The club members unani
mously voted to take as the first
project this problem and request
that every concerned family join
them in an effort to get the ceme
tery into better condition.
The next meeting of the club
will be Thursday, June 12th, at
7:00 P. M. at the Russ Chapel
Methodist Church. All residents
of the community are invited to
come and join the club.
Rummage Sale
Set Saturday
Ladies Auxiliary for the Lit
tle League will hold a rummage
sale Saturday June 14th between
the Post Office and Wood-Dick
inson.
Anyone having a donation for
this sale please bring it to the
concession stand at Baker’s Fi
eld between 6 and 9 P. M.
Denny M. Dobbs
YORKTOWN, VA. (FHTNC)
June 3—Coast Guard Ensign
Denny M. Dobbs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George H. Dobbs of Route
2, Covington, and husband of the
former Miss Suzanne D. Adams
of Mansfield, was graduated from
the Officer Candidate School and
commissioned an Ensign at the
U. S. Coast Guard Reserve Tra
ining Center, Yorktown, Va.
His graduation marks the suc
cessful completion of 17 weeks
of specialized and rigorous tr
aining.
He will now proceed to his new
assignment and aid in the Coast
Guard’s mission of protecting
life and property at sea with
long range aircraft and cutters.
A graduate of the University
of Georgia in Athens, Ensign
Dobbs entered the service in
July 1968.
Edward H. Adams
T/Sgt. & Mrs. Edward H. Ad
ams and daughter, Kelly have
just returned from two weeks in
Phoenix, Arizona. Sgt. Adams
was receiving special training
there before being sent to Phu
Cat, Vietnam.
He is a 1955 graduate of New
ton County High School and since
that time has served nine years
with the Strategic Air Command
(SAC) and four years as a Tech
nical instructor with Air Train
ing Command (ATC).
Edd is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Harold Adams of Mans
field. Mrs. Adams and Kelly
will remain in Covington with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph B. Hale.
Alan G. Coker
USS BRYCE CANYON(FHTNC)
Optical Seaman Apprentice
Alan G. Coker, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald G. Coker of
□ 159 Hillside Drive, Covington,
is serving aboard the destroyer
tender USS Bryce Canyon at Long
Beach, Calif.
The Bryce Canyon has the
mission of furnishing repair and
logistic support to Navy destroy
ers.
Commissioned in 1950 at the
Naval Shipyard in Charleston,
S, C., the ship is a 492-foot
vessel named after Bryce Canyon
National Park in the plateau coun
try of southern Utah.
Larry D. Brown
WICHITA FALLS, Tex.—Air
man First Class Larry D. Brown,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Brown, Rt. 5, Covington, has
graduated at Sheppard AFB, Tex.,
from the training course for
U. S. Air Force communications
equipment repairmen.
Airman Brown, a graduate of
R. L. Cousins High School, is
being assigned to Robins AFB,
Ga., for duty with the Air Force
Communications Service.
Larry Houston
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) —Army Private First
Class Larry Houston, 23, son of
Mrs. Rozie Houston, 8174 Hazel
Brand Road, Covington, was as
signed to the 25th Infantry Divi
sion in Vietnam, May 10.
Certified private tree farms in
New Mexico now number 19,
with a total acreage of 328,839.
Partezdate
PeiAavtoU
Mrs. Modine Tidwell accom
panied Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bl
ankenship and family to Nash
ville, Tennessee, for a weekend
visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Horton and family. The occasion
marked the graduation of Miss
Carole Horton from Donaldson
High School after which she will
be enrolled at Murfreesboro at
Middle Tennessee State College
for the fall quarter.
»« ♦ ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cason were
guests of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Cason, on Sunday.
»« » ♦
Mrs. Bessie Moye has as her
guest this week, a granddaughter,
Miss Debbie Rowe, of Jackson
ville, Florida.
Sincere sympathy is extended
to the relatives of Mrs. Frank
(Hester Switzer) Helton who pas
sed away on Saturday, June 7.
«* * *
Sincere sympathy is extended
to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Bowden
and other relatives in their loss
of a nephew, J. E. Reed, in At
lanta on Saturday, June 7.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. 9iawwere
weekend visitors of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ivey.
** * *
Sunday evening guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. B. Davis were Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Davis and Mrs.
Julie Dickerson of Salem Com
munity and Conyers, respect
ively.
♦» » *
Miss Melba Mosteller of Perry
was houseguest of Miss Dorothy
Hardman and her family from
Wednesday through Saturday,
June 4-7. Both young ladies
will be enrolled for the summer
Quarter at Georgia College, Mil
ledgeville, where they are sopho
mores.
»* ♦ ♦
Sincere sympathy is extended
to the Pat Jeffries’ family and
other relatives in their loss of
their mother, Mrs. Lynch, who
passed away after a brief
illness.
** * »
Friends are remembering
Mrs. S. T. Gattis, Sr., who has
undergone surgery at the Ponce
de Leon Infirmary and will re
cuperate at Wesley Woods Cen
ter, Atlanta, prior to returning
home.
»* ♦ »
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denckhoff
and Carol of Glendale, Missouri
have returned home after a visit
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. O. Siirah, Sr. On Saturday,
the D. O. Siirah, Jr., family
joined them for the day.
*• * *
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Crowell,
and family attended the grad
uation of their daughter, Sher
rill, from Georgia College, Mil
ledgeville, at the Russell Audi
torium on Friday, June 6.
*• * *
Terry Moody, a student at the
Kentucky School of Mortuary Sc
ience, has been named class
chaplain in a recent election. He
is also a member of Phi Sigma
Eta Fraternity.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Friends in Porterdale and
Newton County are congratulat
ing Julius Johnson upon his sele
ction as Teacher of the Year by
the graduating class at Porter
dale Junior High School. The an
nouncement was made by Miss
Priscilla Shannon at their Grad
uation Program on June 4 at the
Porterdale School Auditorium.
** * *
Mrs. Rachel Grier remains ill
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Allen in the Salem Com
munity and friends continually
send good wishes.
«♦ ♦ »
The family of Mrs. Ada Sue
Harper enjoyed a delightful fam
ily dinner at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Stubbs on Jack
son Highway last Sunday, June 8.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hard
man and family are attending the
State Elks Convention at Jekyll
Island this weekend.
•* * *
Mrs. Donald Raymer is recup
erating at home following hospit
alization at the Newton County
Hospital.
«♦ ♦ ♦
Sincere sympathy is extended
to die family of Mrs. Thennie
Parker who passed away fol
lowing a long illness.
** * ♦
Sincere sympathy is extended
to the family of J. H. (Gussie)
Thompson of Conyers who pas
sed away on June 9.
** * *
Miss Jane Mitchell and Mrs.
J. B. Mitchell, Jr., are vacat
ioning in Nassau this week. Their
trip was a graduation present
upon Miss Mitchell’s graduation
from Newton County High school
and was the gift from her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Spivey
of Taibottom.
«* * »
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Johnson
are vacationing .in Michigan, this
week with their children, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Ellington, and
are especially welcoming their
new granddaughter who arrived
last week.
*» « «
Mrs. Walter William Jensen
has returned to her home in
Clinton, lowa after visiting her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh McCart. This
was Mrs. Jensen’s first trip to
Georgia.
Cottons can be made to
look like linen, silk, wool.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Father And Son Are 1969 Graduates
VI
a-
- WEEK was a big week for Jim Honeycutt and his son Andy.
Andy graduated from the Little Red school House Kindergarten,
while his Dad received a B.S. degree from Georgia State College.
Not to be left out, Jim’s wife, Barbara, received a Mistress of
Patience in Husband Administration, which Is given to the wives
of graduates of Georgia State. Jim has for the past five years at
tended Georgia State in Atlanta, while working as a milkman for
Ideal Dairies and then as a grocery clerk for Krogers. He has
attended 20 straight quarters and worked at least 40 hours per week,
maintaining above average grades. Jim majored in Physics with a
minor in Mathematics and Is a member of Phi Sigma Physics Club.
The past quarter his research work was a microwave spectroscopy.
Jim plans to teach at Newton County High School in the fall.
5 756,280 Paid
Local Veterans
During 1968
The Covington Field office of
the Georgia Department of Ve
terans Service assisted the vete
rans, their dependents, or their
survivors in this area to receive
$756,280.72 in benefits from the
Veterans Administration during
1968 it was announced this week
by Evan Jordan, local office
' ' • ..
(Our Advertisers Are Assured of Best Results)
manager.
The Covington field office of
the Georgia Department of Vete
rans Service serves Newton and
Henry counties.
The money was paid to the vete
ran or his survivors In the form
of death claims, compensation,
pensions, education benefits, or
GI Insurance claims in recogni
tion ofthe veterans’wartime ser
vice to his nation at considerable
personal sacrifice to his own
economic progress or his physi
cal health.
By their very nature, these
sums flow Immediately Into the
local economy in the form of
purchases at local retail stores,
thereby creating local jobs, sup-
Cousins Band Director To
Serve As Assistant Director
During the Ist Annual Amer
ican Concert Tour of the Junior
High School Band of America,
T. K. Adams will serve as an as
sistant to personnel which In
cludes Edward T. Hom and Clark
R. Waldmler, directors of School
Band of America.
The itlnery for this tour in
cludes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Wash
ington, D. C. and West Virginia.
This tour Is from June 9 through
June 19, 1969. The proposed
schedule Includes such places
as Pere Marquette Hotel, Hotel
Elkhart, Town Manor Motel, Ho
ward Johnson Motor Hotel, Ch
arter House Motor Hotel.
“The R. L. Cousins Band and
porting local churches and sch
ools, and even paying local tax
es.
Statewide Georgia veterans and
dependents received over S2BO
million in benefits and services
in 1968.
YOUR
DREAM
CAN BE 1* * 9
VERY REAL! 9
Bl
Whether it’s a trip, furniture, gift for your
family —or even a home of your own —
your dream can become very real when
you have an interest-earning Savings
Account here. The time to start dream
ing is when you start saving .. . here. Do
it now! «
FULL^'
First National Bank
Os Newton County
“The Only National Bank in Newton County’’
Covington, Georgia Phone 786-5383
MM|
I
T. K. Adams
community at large Is proud of
another honor bestowed upon
their director, Mr. T. K. Ad
ams,” stated a school official.
Page 15