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Local-County-State
By the Office Boy
These Atlanta Constitution
newsmen really get around!
Imagine finding a story way down
in South Georgia between DeSoto
and Leslie, Ga.! To say nothing
of just finding these two towns!
But they have grown some, we
hope, since we were there. That
story woke me up good on this
Tuesday A. MJ When sleepily
we drug in the Morning Constit
ution to be digested with our
fruit juice, cereal and HOT Cof
fee.
Bob, you will be interested to
know that this newspaper Editor
was born in DeSoto, Ga.! You
brought back wonderful memor
ies! We started reminiscing and
could name every family living
there in 1915. Cause my little
sister was born there too.. .My
best chum was Frank Cato when
we were babies up to school age.,
and then Mother Mae, (his mot
her) would put his lunch in a
school basket, and he would come
by and give Mother the basket
and she would put more in it..
and he carried the lunch on his
handlebars to Mid-Way school
between Leslie and DeSoto. His
father, Dr. Frank Cato and my
father William J. sessions were
classmates in College, .so the
families were very close. Dr.
Cato loved me as much as Frank,
I think, for he so wanted a little
girl too. .and I was that little
girl. One family never went any
where without the other.
We are delighted to know that
there is a Mid-Way telegraph
station now. When we went to
Americus (where we later lived
and I finished High School) we
had to go on early morning tr
ain, stay all day and come back
on the Shoo-Fly at night, .real
black night in the winter.
Some of the old families are
still in DeSoto and the Sister and
I hope to go back someday and
just see all of them. . .William
Smith, we understand is now
Judge of the Court in Americus.
Our almost brother. .Frank Cato
is in New Orleans, La. We have
visited in his home. He married
a French girl, who is a practic
ing physician, as was her father.
We enjoyed seeing them when in
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Boy Drowns In
Salem Lake
John Larry Hardegree, age 14,
of Route 5, Covington, drowned
Friday afternoon at standard’s
Lake in the Salem Community
when his boat overturned. The
young man apparently could not
swim.
Covington Rescue Diver Steve
Biggers recovered the body in
the lake soon after arrival on the
scene. Bobby Thompson, a com
panion, was with Hardegree and
the two were apparently getting
ready to fish the lake, a Newton
County Coroner’s report stated.
Funeral services were held
Sunday, June 15, at Salem Metho
dist Church with Rev. Phillip
P. DeMore officiating at the ser
vices.
He was a native of Bar row Co
unty, and had just recently com
pleted the Bth grade at Living
ston school.
Those surviving were: father,
John Hardegree, Winder; mother,
Mrs. Betty McCord, Covington;
brothers, Edward W. Hardegree
and Royce Hardegree, Winder;
David Hardegree and Donnie Par
ker, Covington; grandmother,
Mrs. Willie Mae Hardegree, Win
der; and grandfather, Thomas H.
Hooten, Winder.
Those serving as pallbearers
were; Paul Standard, Steve Har
ville, Bobby Thompson, Gary Ch
ambers, Jimmy Dial and Billy
Reagan. Interment was held in
Salem Cemetery with Caldwell
and Cowan Funeral Home in ch
arge of arrangements.
Street Intersection Widened In North Covington
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Department to cut down on wrecks. Foreman Howard Walls and other workers of the SHD are shown
putting the finishing touches on the concrete corner which made the thoroughfare some 7 ft. wider.
The comer is at the bridge on Rivers Hill in North Covington near Interstate 20.
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VOLUME 104 NO. 34
Georgia Writers Conference At Oxford
Wages Outpace Costs
In Newton County
How much can the average wor
ker in Newton County pur
chase today with his weekly pay
check?
How does this compare with
the buying power of a week’s
work In his father’s day?
In general, according to fig
ures released by the Bureau of
Labor statistics, even though the
cost of living has zoomed since
then, the working man is in a
much better economic position
now..
Without putting in as many
hours on the job as was nec
essary in his father’s time, he
is able to live more luxuriously
than was possible then. The in
crease in his Income has more
than made up for the Increase
in living costs.
Twenty years ago, for exam
ple, it took 37 hours of work to
Rotary International
Convention Largest Ever
Over 15,000 Rotarians, Rotarl
anns and guests from 70 count
ries converged by plane and ship
upon Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii for
Rotary international’s 60th Con
vention, May 24-29, to give the
islands state its largest conven
tion in history.
Some had arrived from weeks
to several days ahead of sche
dule for pre-convention tours of
the other islands, Including Ha
waii, Molokai, Maui and Kauai.
The largest segment was from the
U. S„ or the “mainland”, as the
50th state refers to its sister
states. Japan was second with
4,200; followed by Austrailia, New
Zealand and South America. And,
most of them agreed that if Ha
waii were not the “Paradise”
It claimed to be, It would do nice
ly until one departed for that
celestial state.
One of Hawaii’s most delight
ful characteristics is the happi
ness of its people, who seem not
to have forgotten that life is sup
posed to be a joyous experience.
Whether the placid, azure waves
of the Pacific which caress 1m-
Newton County
Action Committee
Meets June 20
The most Important meeting
of the Newton County Community
Action Committee will be held at
City Hall, Friday, June 20th, at
7 ;00 P. M.
The Governing Board of the
Upper Ocmulgee Economic Op
portunity Commission is being
expanded and new members will
be elected. Re-election of of
ficers for the Community Action
Committee and the Governing
Board will be held at this meet
ing.
All members are urged to at
tend this meeting, according to
an announcement by Mrs. Kat
herine Paty of the EOC.
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buy an electric vacuum cleaner.
Today It can be bought with less
than 15 hours of work.
A pair of nylon stockings that
required 40 minutes on the job
at that time, can now be pur
chased after 19 minutes. Simi
larly with many other items.
The average working man in
Newton County now earns enough
in 19 minutes to buy a pound
of bacon or a pound of coffee,
which is about half the time he
would have needed in 1959.
By putting in 30 minutes of
work he is able to buy a pound
of round steak, best grade. He
can get an automobile tire, size
7.50 by 15, with the proceeds of
some 11 1/2 hours on the job.
In dollars and cents, these
items are priced higher, but be
cause hourly wages have gone up
at a faster clip, they amount to
partially the white sands of Wai
kiki Beach, green sands of Hilo
or black sands of Panuluu Beach
at Kau; the languid frangrance of
orchids, plumeria and stephano
tis; or the haunting strains of
Hawaiian music that weave this
majlc of contentment, one can
not say. You only know that
your dream vacation is for real.
To those of us who can rem
ember the first airplane and para
chute jump we ever saw, (and most
vividly the following take-off from
the barn roof with an umbrella),
flying never ceases to be a th
rilling experience. Also, we had
gained 3 hours on Father Time
as we jetted to San Francisco.
However, we needed that 3 hours
when our favorite Rotarian learn
ed that the Delta agent in At
lanta had detached the wrong
ticket; and it looked as though
he would be swimming to Hono
lulu! A few frantic ’phone calls
to Atlanta retreived his reser
vation however; and a Honolulu
susset had set the horizon aflame
as the plane cruised down for
landing. A typical Hawaiian wel
come, with Alohas and flower
leis awaited us!
The Ilkial Hotel was official
headquarters for the Conven
tion; but Rotarians were regist
ered at numerous hotels, many
at The Outrigger, right on Waik
iki Beach, where we had reserva
tions. Sunday morning found some
45 Rotarians and guests attend
ing services with us at Olivet
Baptist Church, where Col. Ches
ter R. Lindsey, Command Chap
lain, U. S. Army, Pacific, was
guest speaker. There were 22
Baptist Churches, almost as many
Methodist and other Protestant;
as well as Confuslonists, 31 Budd
hist, and other sects in Hono
lulu. Another Sunday found us at
Central Baptist Church which
operates with Hawaii Baptist Aca
demy, where Rev. H. R. Tatum
is pastor. However, the Tatums,
friends of Covington’s Miss Lois
DVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1969
less in terms of working time.
In the general area, it is shown,
income per household is 62 per
cent higher, on average, than it
was 10 years ago. The cost of
living, on the other hand, has
risen only 20 percent in the per
iod.
Just how an 8-hour day breaks
down, for the typical American
worker, in meeting his various
bills, is shown in a Tax Found
ation study.
It finds that 2 hours and 34
minutes of it goes to pay his
taxes. Another hour goes for
housing and household needs, 56
minutes for food, tabacco and
alcoholic beverages, and 40 min
utes for transportation.
The rest is for clothing, 25
minutes, medical, 21, recreat
ion, 18, and all others, 1 hour
and 46 minutes.
Gray, were at the SBC In New
Orleans at the time. Fortune
smiled on us in having Dr. and
Mrs. Marshall Woodson, retired
Presbyterian minister and his
wife, in our group; for Dr. Wood
son conducted meaningful worship
service for us on the interim
Sunday, while touring the islands.
All Convention programs were
held in the expansive Honolulu
International Center, where the
Convention’s spectacular Sunday
evening opening featured the pre
sentation of flags by local Boy
Scouts, of the 146 countries and
territorial areas where Rotary
Clubs place “Service Above Self”
in their communities. Singing
of the host country’s national an
them followed - and the Star
Spangled Banner never sounded
more beautiful. Greetings were
extended by Cecil W. Gilchrist,
of Charlotte, N. C., Ch. 1969
Convention Committees, who pre
sented RI President Kiyoshi Tog
asaki of Tokyo, Japan.
President Togasaki graciously
welcomed Rotarians and guests.
In his message he emphasized
the Convention’s Theme - "Par
ticipating For a Better World”.
"The world Is changing”, he said,
"But this only serves to give
Rotary a better chance to play
a larger role in making this
change for the better. In our
space age, who knows? Rotary
may some day be literally ‘Out
of this world’”. His concluding
words were, "May God bless and
keep you”. Mr. Togasaki Is edi
tor of The Tokyo News in Ja
pan. He was born and reared
in California; and is a Chris
tian.
In a colorful Hawaiian Court
Ceremony President Togasaki
was escorted to the seat of honor;
and the Convention was underway.
In Monday’s first Plenary Ses
sion James F. Conway of Rock
ville Center, N. Y. was named
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11 DUI Cases
In City Court
Covington City Court session
Monday morning saw a total of
11 cases called for trial on char
ges of driving under the influence
of intoxicants (DUI). Judge E.
W. strozler was on the bench
at the weekly court session. Most
of the cases saw the subject
forfeit a cash bond rather than
appear for trial.
In all, a total of 28 cases
were on the docket Involving tra
ffic violations during the past
week. Four persons were char
ged with driving without a lic
ense (DWOL), three for running
red light, three for running stop
signs, three for operating vehic
les with loud mufflers, one reck
less driving, one for improper
parking, one for speeding and one
for having an expired motor ve
hicle inspection sticker.
One case heard by Judge Stro
zier was on charges lodged ag
ainst a man for being drunk and
shoplifting. He was fined $65
or 40 days in jail.
During the morning the court
session had 10 cases called for
persons being drunk during the
past week.
Officials Ready For Game Friday
COVINGTON-NEWTON COUNTY Chamber of Commerce President
Hugh Steele (right) and Vice-President S. J. Morcock appear to
be ready for the Covington-Newton County Night at Atlanta stadium
Friday when the Braves meet the San Francisco Giants.
Covington-Newton County
Night Friday At Stadium
Newton County baseball fans
will have their special night at
Atlanta stadium Friday when the
Atlanta Braves meet the San
Francisco Giants at 8 ;05 o’clock.
The Covington-Newton County
Chamber of Commerce has
spearheaded the ticket sales here
during the past month. Hugh
Steele, C of C President, said
that Indications point to another
large crowd from our area at
tending the game Friday.
Dr. John Tate, Director of
Religious Activities at Oxford
College, will lead the singing of
“Our National Anthem.” Cov
ington Mayor Walker Harris will
throw out the first ball to start
the game.
A large group of local fans
from the Covington Rotary Club
Carolina Quartet To Appear
At Tabernacle Saturday Night
The Mixed Quartet from pied
mont Bible College, Winston-
Salem, N. C„ will be at the
Baptist Tabernacle In Coving
ton Saturday night, June 21 at
7:30.
Pastor Hudson Moody and the
members of the Church invite you
to hear these dedicated young
people. The ensemble will have
charge of the entire Service which
will last approximately one hour.
The Inspiring Music and Testi
monies of the Mixed Quartet will
make this a Service to be enjoyed
by the young people and the whole
family as well.
Members of the Mixed Quartet
are:
David Washburn. A Junior
Dr. Williamson
Named Assistant
Dean At GSC
Dr. Jerry M. Williamson of
Route 2, Covington, has been
named assistant dean of the Ge
orgia State College School of
Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Williamson succeeds Dr.
C. L. Grant who leaves his ad
ministrative post as assistant
dean to return to the College
faculty as a professor of his
tory.
Dr. Williamson was an assoc
iate professor of English at St.
Andrews Presbyterian College,
Laurinburg, N. C., before as
suming his present duties at Ge
orgia State College. He has
recently returned from an as
signment as Director of the Flo
rida Presbyterian College Sum
mer Institute In Caribbean Cul
ture.
Dr. Williamson will be invol
ved in program and course plan
ning for the School of Arts and
Sciences and will also hold the
title of associate professor of
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Temperatures
Temperatures In Covington
during the past week, according
to local weatherman, Jack Chap
man were:
High Low
Wed., June 11 83 64
Thur., June 12 84 66
Frl., June 13 86 69
Sat. June 14 86 71
Sun., June 15 85 68
Mon., June 16 84 65
Total rainfall for the week was
1.93 Inches.
has chartered a bus and the
c lub’s me mbership will attend the
game In a body as a weekly re
gular meeting date. Some 60
Rotarians and Rotariannes are
expected to attend the game via
this special bus.
Ticket sales in the county was
terminated Tuesday afternoon as
all unsold tickets were returned
to the Braves Office at the sta
dium. However, Newton fans
who still plan to attend the game
may request tickets at the stad
ium in the Upper Level, Aisle
309, or the Field Level, Aisle
113, in order that they may be in
or near the Newton County sec
tions at the game. Upper Level
tickets are $2.50 each, and the
Field Level seats are $3.50.
from Martinsville, Virginia.
Majoring In Theology. (Tenor)
Delores Robbins. A 1969 gra
duate of Piedmont Bible College,
from Asheboro, N. C. Majored
in Church Music with a profic
iency in Voice. (Soprano)
Julie Pizzino. A 1969 gra
duate of Piedmont College, from
Worthington, Pa. Majored in
Christian Education. She Is the
wife of Randy Pizzino. (Alto)
Randy Pizzino. A Senior from
Shady Spring, West Virginia.
Majoring in Theology. Randy
does the preaching for the tour.
(Bass)
Professor William E. Mc-
Donald. Chairman of the Music
Department. Professor of Plano,
Organ, and Music Theory. (Pia
nist)
Dogs Face
Impoundment
All citizens of Covington own
ing dogs are advised to have their
dogs inoculated for rabies. AH
dogs that have not been
inoculated, will be impounded for
5 days and should be claimed by
their owners within this period.
“We invite the cooperation of
all our citizens in carrying out
this program of protection ag
ainst rabies,” a City official sta
ted.
Kiwonis Club Awards Scholarships To NCHS Students
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KIWANIS CLUB Scholarships were awarded at the club meeting Thursday to Newton High Seniors of
1969. Pictured at the meeting are, front row, left to right: Tana Morris, Debbie Jones, Jackie Mathews,
Debra Head, Barbara Mitchell and Teresa Walden. Middle Row: Pete Carter, Glenn Hudson Nolan B.
Caln, Charles Willingham, Terry Savage and Greg Jones. Back Row: Terry Avery, Edgar Wood, Bond
Fleming (President), James Hutchins and Guy Evans, all Kiwanls Officials. Two students were not pre
sent, Fran Tuck and Linda Digby.
Editor ial 2
Obituary 4
Society 9
Sports .13-14
Legal 22-23
Classified . .20-22
Spotlighting Georgia authors, Georgia writing and publishing, and
three distinguished out of state guest authors, authorities in their
fields of writing, the Georgia Writers Association opened its Summer
Conference today at Oxford College of Emory University. Registra
tion began at 9 A. M., in Phi Gamma Hall, where the Georgia Writers
Association was formed in June 1948, at the close of the First Georgia
Writers Conference, organized and directed by Mrs. Raymond Massey
of Atlanta. Mrs. Massey has continued as president of the Asso
ciation and as director of its conferences and programs.
James Playsted Wood, prolific
author of thirty-five books in the
adult, young adult and juvenile
fields, outstanding lecturer on
creative writing, and an associate
of the Curtis Publishing Com
pany for 20 years, will be the
Anniversary Dinner speaker this
evening, at 6:30 P. M. He is the
author of four books published in
1968, and four in 1969, and has
just turned over to his publisher
the manuscript of a new book
on Scotland Yard. He is now
doing research for “Cyrus H. K.
Curtis and His Magazines, 1883-
1969,” which will be a history
and interpretation of the Ladies
Home Journal, the Saturday Even
ing Post, Country Gentleman, and
the other Curtis publications. He
is the author of “Os Lasting In
terest, The Story of the Reader’s
Digest”, now in a second edition.
His best known novel is probably
“The Beckoning Hill,” which was
a Sears Readers choice in 1954.
His favorite is a young-adult
humorous story, “When I was
Jersey,” published in 1967.
Madison Jones, writer in resi
dence at Auburn University, pro
fessor of English and author of
four novels, will speak on “Writ
ing The Novel,” at today’s lun
cheon at 1:00 P. M. Mr. Jones
is the author of four outstanding
novels: "The Innocent,” publish
ed in 1957; “Forest of the Night,”
1960; “A Burled Land,” 1963, and
“An Exile,” published in 1967.
He is the author of short stor
ies published In literary journals
including particularly Sewanee
Review. One story, “The Home
coming,” was reprinted in Mar
tha Foley’s Best American Short
Stories. He also is the author
of book reviews and articles in
the New York Times, South At
lantic Quarterly, Mississippi Qu
arterly. He was the recipient
of the Sewanee Review Fellow
ship, 1954-55, the Award of the
Alabama Library Association,
1967, and a Rockefeller Founda
tion Fellowship in 1968.
Dr. Robert Drake, short story
writer and associate professor
of English, University of Tenn
essee, Knoxville, will speak at
the Friday (June 20) luncheon
at 1:00 P. M. His subject, “The
Paradigm of Flannery O’Connor’s
True Country.” Dr. Drake is the
author of “Flannery O’Connor: A
Critical Essay,” published by
Eerdmans* in its series: Con
temporary Writers in Christian
Perspective. Dr. Drake joined
the University of Tennessee
faculty in 1965 as a specialist
in practical literary criticism
and creative writing. He Is the
author of more than 60 articles
and reviews in journals on lit
erature. A native of Tennes
see, he earned the B. A. de
gree at Vanderbilt in 1952 and
his Ph.d at Yale three years
later. Another book by him is
“Amazing Grace,” an autobio
graphical collection of stories
which won the Texas Writers
Roundup In 1965. He was the
recipient of Bolllngen Founda
tion research grants in 1960 and
1961.
The opening session today pre
sented “New Georgia Authors,
New Books from Georgia,” at
10:00 A. M., including George
Core, editor at the University
of Georgia Press, Athens, and as
sistant professor of English, Uni
versity of Georgia, for his edit
ing of “Southern Fiction Today-
Renascence and Beyond, ” a sym
posium containing original essays
by three distinguished critics of
Southern letters: Walter Sullivan,
C. Hugh Holman, and Louis D.
Rubin, Jr.; Charlotte Hale Smith,
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Doraville, for “I Remember, I
Remember,” by 103-year old
Layona Glenn of Atlanta as Told
to Charlotte Hale Smith. Mrs.
Smith is a staff writer of the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ma
gazine, and vice-president Geor
gia Writers Association. Qie of
her articles led to the Revell
contract. Recently, while on
vacation, she flew 10,000 miles
for two publishers, interviewing
subjects for two more books in
1969, and two in 1970; Paschal
Reeves, associate professor of
English, University of Georgia,
and a native of Alabama, for his
“Thomas Wolfe’s Albatross:
Race and Nationality in Ameri
ca.” Mr. Reeves is a co-edi
tor of the “Notebooks of Tho
mas Wolfe,” to be published soon
by the University of North Caro
lina Press; Ida Lee Vonk, At
lanta, for her “The Will of the
Wind: Inspirational Thoughts on
Christian Virtues”. She is an
Instructor at Oglethorpe College,
teaching Language Arts, Child
ren’s Literature and Art in the
Elementary School. She is the
wife of Dr. Paul Kenneth Vonk,
president of the college, and is
a vice-president of Georgia Wri
ters Association.
Also, Edwin B. Feldman, At
lanta, for his “How To Use your
Time To Get Things Done,” Mr.
Feldman writes from the experi
ence of an industrial engineer
and executive turned management
consultant and author; Carolyn
Becknell Mann, Atlanta, for “The
Guide to Antiques, Boutiques and
Uniques in Atlanta.” Mrs. Mann,
a decorator, is widely known for
her witty and artistic guides to
Atlanta.
At noon guest author James
Playsted Wood discussed the
writing of two of his 1969 books:
“I Told You So: A Life of H.
G. Wells,” and “The Mammoth
Parade.”
Following the 1:00 lunch, at
which Madison Jones was the
speaker, the Conference heard
Joel Turner of Emory univer
sity discuss the problems of re
search and writing a biography
on Julian Harris, oldest son of
Joel Chandler Harris.
Thursdsty afternoon’s session
will climax with a “Symposium
on Problems in Writing,” by Au
thors Madison Jones and James
Playsted Wood.
The Anniversary Dinner is
scheduled for 6:30 P. M., with
Mrs. Raymond Massey, founder,
presiding; Invocation by Ida Lee
Vonk, welcome to conferees and
guests by Mrs. Massey and Dr.
Bond Fleming, dean and division
executive of Oxford College, the
Introduction of guest author Madi
son Jones, introduction of vice
presidents and trustees, special
guests. Mrs. Charles Jarrell,
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DeKalb Tech
Official To
Speak Today
Guest speaker for the regular
weekly meeting of the Covington
Klwanls Club today (Thursday)
will be Steve Sylvester, Indus
trial Coordinator of the DeKalb
Area Technical School In De
catur.
Mr. Sylvester will tell the Kl
wanians about his school’s train
ing program for Industry and co
mmercial establishments.