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There they were! Bags and bags
packed, plans in the making for
weeks to go see Grandmother and
Father in Connecticut. Flyagain
on the plane! They had to get up
at 5 A. M. in order to get to the
Airport in time, in Atlanta. So,
they told Bubba age 5; Lisa 3
and Little Judd that they had de
cided they would not go, they
would just put them on the plane
and let them go. Nobody spoke!
Seriously Bubba thought this over
and accepted the worst. ‘Wwell,”
he said, ¢ guess I can hold
Judd and feed him his breakfast,
NO!”” he said, ¢l’ll get one of
those nice old ladies to hold
him while I feed him.” You
do not get the best of Bubba. . .
I hope he can always work out
the problems of life in such a
fine way.
We have not been out, but that
home of their is surely empty I
know. . .even the walls will qui
ver with loneliness and the sound
of little voices...WE were home=
sick before they left! But think
of the fine reunion with Grand=-
parents who have not seen them
since they were here last. We
guarantee they will have not only
a house full but all three will
have their hands full! Happy visit
all. These ‘homecomings”. ..
after a certain age are only
memories, sweet memories, of
the long ago. So young people
enjoy them to the fullest right
NOW, knowing that they can’t
last forever.
We missed Church and Sun
day School, B, T. U, and every=
thing yesterday and this just can’t
seem like Monday morning that
we are writing. We did hear a
wonderful sermon however over
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God showered the town with
beautiful Hydrangeas this year.
We think these at our place are
the loveliest ever. Every shade
+ « Jfrom pale pink, lavender,
blue, right into the darker sha=-
des. . .with one almost red. Mrs.
Tullie Smith’s Hydrangeas are
beautiful at this time. See them
on the right hand side of her home
as you return from Oxford or out
that way.
The birds seem very happy
now, for we feel sure they are
feeding upon the finest fat bugs
ever from the flowers and gar=-
dens. Little tender shoots of
grass to say nothing of the feed
they get at my back door. . .and
from the many Bird Houses, of
Bird Lovers all over town. A
young Cardinal and his little mate
called me early for their morn
ing feeding. . .and when they call
« « syou can bet they get me out
of bed at 6 o’clock. . .sick or
well, . .for their Mothers and
Fathers told them this was a
fine place to get food if they
just talked loud enough.
Our only trouble with the birds
has been Four Squatters, bird
hunters. . .great big cats! They
talk real loud in a certain chat
ter, however, and most of the
time we get there before one
runs off with beautiful red fea=-
thers in his mouth. Cats, like
birds, know a good place for
food and you can’t blame them for
being good hunters.
The weather is hot and humide..
rain most every day. . sWhen the
sunshine comes to evaporate all
this moisture, we do believe we
will get well. . «and so will many
at the hospital, and out of it,
who suffer with colds, throats and
what have you along that line. « «
asthma too.
I wonder if all you Mothers
have seen the PERFECT RE
CORD BOOKS, being sold by the
Hospital Auxiliary. . .Sure, re=
cords for your children from
Kindergarten through High School
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Shopping Center
On July 3rd
The Covington Meadows Shopp=
ing Center in Covington will be
the scene again this year of a
fire works show on Thursday,
July 3 from 9 to 9:30 p, m,
In observance of July 4th, the
fire works will be free to the
public through the generosity of
the merchants of the local Shopp~
ing Center, The public is in-
Vitedo
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Oxford Lions Club Officers For 1969-70
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OXFORD LIONS CLUB Officers 1969-70 are from left to right: Mike Wood, 2 year Director; James
Dobbs, 3rd Vice President; James Byrd, 1 Year Director; Marshall Elizer, Ist. Vice President; John
Burson, 2 Year Director; Virgil Eady Jr., President; Charles Ellis, Secretary and Treasurer; Gene
Whatley, 2nd Vice President; Virgil Costley, Lion Tamer. Notshown, Jay Higgins, Tail Twister.
The Georgia Enterprise, Estal S he Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 104 NO, 35
Walter Partee New City Manager
Dairy Program
Set At Kiwanis
Newton County Agent Ed Hunt
will have charge of the program
today (Thursday) at the Kiwanis
Club meeting at the Teen Can at
1 p, m, The theme for the pro=
gram will be ¢Dairy Month?’
with a prominent speaker of the
dairy industry appearing on the
program,
Mr, Hunt’s office said thathis
original program for today had
fallen through and that he is gett=
ing another person with a Dairy
background to speak at the local
civic club’s meeting in Coving=-
ton, -
Steve Sylvester, Industrial Co
ordinator of DeKalb Area Tech=-
nical School of Decatur, was the
guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club
Thursday of last week. He gave
a slide presentation of the sc=-
hool’s facilities and told the mem=
bers of the many courses offer=-
ed at the institution.
Guests at the meeting includ=-
ed Hugh Steele, President of the
Covington=-Newton County Chame
ber of Commerce; Carlton Pin
kerton of the shades Valley Ki
wanis Club, Birmingham, Ala,;
J. D, Davis, Scoutmaster of Tr=-
oop 58, Covington; and Andy
David, a Boy Scout of Troop 58,
who plans to attend the Boy Sc
out National Jamboree in Idaho
this summer.
KIWANIS KETTLE:
John Tate and Goodwin Tuck
led the club in singing ¢‘Take
Me Out To The Ball Game?”’
in keeping with Covington-New
ton County Night at Atlanta Sta
dium Friday.
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Marion Piper gave an up-to=-
date report on the Kiwanis
Swimming Pool.
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Bill Dickey reported that he
has just about talked Marshall
Elizer into accompanying him
to the International Convention
in Miami next week.
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Hugh Steele, a past president
of the Covington Rotary Club
(owner of the Teen Can build=
ing), was a visitor at the meet=
ing and he took some ‘/kidding’?
about the air conditioning system
being on the blink, just as it
has been for the past month,
H. V. Johnson Promoted To
Porterdale Superintendency
PORTERDALE—H, D, Stroud,
General Superintendent Porter=
dale Division, Bibb Manufactur=-
ing Company, has announced the
promotion of H, V, Johnson, Jr,
to Superintendent Units #2 and
#3 of the Osprey Plant,
Mr, Johnson began his career
with the Bibb on June 6, 1937
and brings to his new position
a valuable knowledge of plant
Gamblers Caught Here Forfeit
525 Cash Bonds In Court
Eight gamblers were appre=
hended in Covington during a
raid recently and when their
cases were called for trial Mon=
day most of those charged did not
appear for trial and therefore,
forfeited their $25 cash bonds,
One of those caught was charged
with operating a dive and gamb=
ling and he too forfeited his $25
bond in Judge E, W, Strozier’s
City Court session,
Another case called for trial
involved multiple charges again=
st a man on speeding, reckless
driving, driving under the in
fluence, failing to stop for a red
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Christian Receives Rotary Gavel
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OUTGOING ROTARY PRESIDENT Jim Morgan hands the Presi
dent’s Gavel to Jack Christian, newly elected President of the Cov=
ington Rotary Club,
Covington Rotary Club
Installs New Officers
The Covington Rotary Club in=
stalled their 1969-70 slate of
officers Tuesday evening at th=
eir annual Ladies Night dinner,
Dallas Tarkenton, Registrar at
Oxford College, ai ‘0 a Rotarian,
was the featured speaker,
Mr, Tarkenton spoke of the
importance of humanunderstand=
ing and human relationships. He
challenged the group to ¢‘light
a candle” to dispell the dark
ness of ignorance and prejudice
among men,
Former President Jim Mor=
gan handed Incoming President
Jack Christian the gavel follow=
ing Mrs, Christian’s placing the
Presidents pin upon her hus=
band,
The incoming President spoke
operations,
After completing the Porter=-
dale Junior High School, he was
graduated from the Covington Hi=-
gh School, For two years, he
attended Young Harris College
and did a quarter’s work at Mer=
cer University,
Upon choosing a career at Por=
terdale, Mr. Johnson worked
for the first three years as a
light and siren, He was fined
SSOO and his license was sus
pended for one year except to
drive to work,
Other cases onthe docket Mon=
day in Judge Strozier’s Court
were against persons for speed=-
ing (six), DUI (six), having ex=-
pired motor vehicle inspection
stickers (four), loud mufflers
(three), and reckless driving
(three),
Only four drunk cases were
called for trial Monday in the
weekly session at City Hall,
One woman was fined $lO or
five days in jail on a contempt
chargeo
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COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1969
of Rotary’s theme for the new
year of ¢‘Review and Renew”’
and challenged the club mem
bers to move forward toward
this objective,
The 1969-70 slate of officers
for the Covington Rotary Club
are as follows: Jack Christian,
President; Jim Morgan, Vice Pr«
esident; Billy Smith, Secretary;
Bob Mitchum, Treasurer; Paul
Byar, Sargent-at-Arms; Sam
Hay, Bulletin Editor; Directors:
Bill Cook, Howard Brooks, E, M,
McCart, and Herbert Vining,
Howard Brooks presented the
Perfect Attendance Awards to
the following Rotarians: Howard
Milligan, 16 years; Bud Dennis=
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Winder Tender Learner and ad=-
vanced to Doffer of Novelty Twis=
ters for the next year, For app
roximately five years, he was
the Third Hand on Winders and
subsequently was Foreman for
another year beforebecoming As=
sistant Overseer of the Twist=
ing Department, which position
he held for five years,
In 1952, he was elected to Over=
seer of the Twisting Department,
The support and esteem which
his employees feel are indica=
tive of the successful seventeen
vears in this latter position.
A resident of Porterdale to
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$14,880,000 Spent
For Car Upkeep
To Newton County families who
will be spending their vacations
this summer by taking automo=
bile trips to the hinterlands, be
prepared. Costs are up.
Food, gasoline, lodging for the
night, tolls and sales taxes in
many places will be found to be
higher than in previous years.
Two years ago, according to a
survey made then by the Ameri=-
can Automobile Association, a
day on the road cost about $36
per couple. Now, at today’s pri
ces, it takes nearly s4l, it is
estimated.
This assumes that they cover
300 miles a day and that they get
15 miles to the gallon of gas.
Thus, a two-week trip for two
Newton County people will cost
approximately $574. And that is
just for the necessities. It does
not take care of any outlays for
amusements, souvenirs or ad=-
missions to places of interest.
The facts and figures are ba=
sed upon the latest reports from
the Commerce Clearing House,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
and others,
The s4l-per-day budget breaks
down to $15.50 for meals and
snacks, or $2.50 more than in
1967, $13.00 for sleeping acco
modations, $1 increase, $9 for
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Georgia Conservancy
To Air Alcovy Plan
Members of The Georgia Con
servancy and their guests will
examine the Soil Conservation
Service Alcovy River watershed
plan at the organization’s regular
Field Trip meeting this month.
The group will meet at the high
school in Winder to hear pre
sentations from individuals re=
presenting the different points of
view concerning the proposal.
The plan at present calls for
the construction of several re=-
servoirs on the upper reaches
of the Alcovy system, and the
channelization of the stream be=-
low these reservoirs down to a
point above Jackson Lake. Ac=
cording to Don Nichols, Execu=
tive Director of The Georgia Con=
servancy, all parties concerned
agree on the construction of the
lakes. However, sportsmen and
other conservationists object to
the channelization aspects of the
plan, saying that it will convert
the clear river into a muddy
ditch, void of life and scenic
values, in addition to increasing
the silt going into Jackson Lake.
Bentley Says The
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Insurance Finance
Act Has Changes
Comptroller General James L,
Bentley has announced that after
a hearing with top insurance and
finance representatives today, he
issued an order to implement
the insurance premium finance
act, passed by the 1969 session
of the General Assembly.
The comptroller general ex=-
plained that this law provides for
the licensing and regulation of
companies to finance insurance
premiums for the policyholder,
Mr, Bentley said, ¢¢This law
was needed for several reasons,
and will have a beneficial effect
on many phases of the indus=-
try,’” He pointed out, ‘“ln the
past, there has been no unifor
mity or clear standards in pre
mium financing, As a result,
insurance premiums have been
financed at widely varying rates,
making the companies offering
this service vulnerable to chal=-
lenges of their fees., Conseq
uently, many good companies did
not enter this field because of
the cloud over it, The new law
will establish clear standards for
premium financing, and open the
field to a larger number of com=
panies,”’
Further, the comptroller gen=
eral said that today’s financial
responsibility laws make liability
insurance mandatory in manyar
eas, and load higher costs on
drivers who have had an accid=-
ent or a moving traffic violation,
This law will help them to be
financially able to continue their
insurance.
Mr, Bentley said that another
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gas and oil, also $1 more, and
$3.50 for tips and miscellaneous
an increase of 50 cents.
In addition to the cost of a
vacation being higher, the an
nual expense involved in the own
ership and operation of a car
has mounted considerably.
For the typical driver of a
standard-size car in the medium
price range, driven 10,000 miles
a year, it now comes to $1,550,
it is estimated. The cost per
mile, 15.5 cents, compares with
the 13.6 cents that the AAA re
ported in 1967,
Most of it $1,160, is for fixed
costs, which have nothing to do
with how much the car is used.
This includes depreciation, in=-
surance and license fees.
The variable costs, chiefly for
gas and oil, total $390 for 10=-
000 -~ mile usage.
Based upon the 9,600 cars in
operation locally, residents of
Newton County are spending some
$14,880,000 a year in this di
rection,
The record number of cars in
the area has also been a boon
to local service stations. Their
business volume in 1968 came to
$3,869,000, as against the prior
year’s $3,452,000.
They also fear that the channeli=
zation of the Alcovy is indicative
of Soil Conservation Service plans
for some 150 of Georgia’s small
rivers and streams.
Members attending will hear
presentations on the question
from Robert W, Oertel and Wil=-
liam H, Harber, Jr. of the Soil
Conservation, Service Jim
Morrison of the Georgia Game
and Fish Commission, and Dr.
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Temperatures during the past
week according to Jack Chap
man were:
High Low
Tues, June 17th 79 63
Wed.,, June 18th 87 69
Thur,, June 19th 88 65
Fri,, June 20th 82 65
Sat,, June 2lst 88 64
Sun,, June 22nd 90 67
Mon,, June 23rd 88 69
Tues,, June 24th 92 71
Rainfall during the past week
totaled ,53 inches,
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George S. Allen
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Businessman
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Died June 19
George S, Allen, 74, promi
nent citizen and businessman of
Covington passed away in an At
lanta hospital on Thursday, June
19, following a lingering illness
and hospitalization of three days
at the time of his death. Anative
of Pawatan County, Virginia he
had made his home in Newton
County since 1938, and in Cov=
ington since 1949,
George, as he was knownto his
many friends throughout this
area, had been the owner of Geor=
ge Allen Cleaners since 1945,
prior to which time he had been
a salesman. During his active
years he and his wife owned
and operated their business as
well as he having taken an ac=-
tive part i n church and civic
activities.
He was a member and fore
mer officer of the First United
Methodist Church of Covington,
a member of the Covington Ki=
wanis Club, Covington Elks Lod=
ge 1806, American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars, have
ing served during World War I
with the US Forces overseas.
For many years he was a mem=
ber of the City Council of Cov=
ington.
Funeral services were con=-
ducted on Saturday morning, June
21, at the First United Methodist
Church with Rev. Owen E, Kel=
lum, Jr., pastor of the church,
and Rev. Ralph Hawkins of At
lanta, a former pastor, officia=-
ting at the last rites.
Interment was in Covington
City Cemetery with J, C. Har=-
well and Son Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements. Ser=-
ving as pallbearers were Ed
gar Wood, Homer Sharp, Tho=-
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Southern Bell’s Ray Reece Is Safe Driver
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CHIEF E. E. HARDY of the Athens Police Department and Charles Henagan, North Georgia Division
Manager of Southern Bell, join together to recognize an outstanding record of safe driving accom=
plished by the Management Employees of the Athens District Commercial Department of Southern Bell.
District Manager, Tom Strickland, and the local managers of the Athens District have driven a total
of 59 years without having a single motor vehicle accident. Shown in the photograph receiving safe
driving certificates at a recent meeting are (L to R) Chief Hardy; Ray Reece, Covington Manager (19
years); Tom Strickland, Athens District Manager (17 years); Albert Harrell, Griffin Manager (13 years)
E. T. Blackman, Gainesville Manager (7 years), Tom Waddell, Athens Manager (3 years) and Charles
Henagan, North Georgia Division Manager.
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Walter D, Partee of Covington was hired as Covington City Manager
by the City Council at a special called meeting Monday night, He
will begin work on August 1,
Mr, Partee was born in So=-
cial Circle; attended the Univer=
sity of Georgia, where he gra=
duated in 1951 with a bachelors
degree in business administra=
tion and accounting, He is marr=
ied to the former Francis Rain=-
ey of Covington,
The Partees have four child=-
ren: Linda, who lives in Wash=
ington, D, C,; Jimmie Ruth, who
coincidentally is featured with
her fiancee Wayne Rooks in the
‘“June Bride’s Tour?” supple
ment this week; Kathayand Mary,
The Partees reside at 6132 For
rest Drive in Covington,
Mr, Partee is presently em=
ployed by Lockheed in Mariet=
ta as a cost co-ordinator in the
cost accounting department, He
was formerly secretary-trea=
surer of the Standard Factor
and Finance Company of Atlanta,
For several years he was asso
ciated with Dave Hemrick and
Company, certified public ac=-
countants, in Atlanta,
Mr, Partee is active with the
U, S. Army Reserves where he
serves as Executive Officer of
the 310 Civic Affairs Group and
holds the rank of Lieutenant Col
onel, He served during World
War II as a combat infantry
man in Europe and in the Paci
fic, and also served during the
The North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church
announced the list of appointments for 1969-70 at the conclusion
of the Annual Conference held at Glenn Memorial United Methodist
Church, Friday, Five new appointments were made in Newton
County churches,
New ministers who will be
taking up their work herg in
clude:
Almon, Curtis Rivers (suc=
ceeds Robert Standifer),
Mansfield, R, Britt Hadley, Jr,
(succeeds T, E, Betts),
North Covington, Jerry Horton
(succeeds Sydney Whiteman),
Alcovy-Mt, Pleasant, Mell Si=
mons (succeeds V, Y, C, Eady,
Sr.).
Oak Hill Circuit, Jack Black=
stone (succeeds James Olivant),
Returning as the Atlanta-De
catur-Oxford District Superin
tendent is Dr., Nat G, Long. All
other pastors not listed above
will return to their respective
churches for another year,
Rev, E, Owen Kellum, Jr, re=
turns to the Covington First Met=
hodist Church for his sixth year
and this is believed to be a re=
cord, The late Dr, Claude Hay=
nes served five years as the
pastor in Covington, Dr, John
Tate at Allen Memorial Church
in Oxford will return for his
fourth year, and Rev., Harold
Lyda at Porterdale will be ser=
ving his third year there, Rev,
Sydney Whiteman had served for
Ronald W. Digby President
Med College Association
Ronald W, Digby, a third year
medical student at the Medical
College of Georgia in Augusta,
has been elected President of
the Student American Medical
Association, a professional and
service organization at the Medi=
cal College which represents
more than 80% of the students
in the School of Medicine. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
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Walter D, Partee
Korean war,
He is an active member of
the First United Methodist Chur=-
ch of Covington and is a former
member of the Administration
Board of the church,
“I’m looking forward to accept=
ing the challenge of the city mane=
ager’s job and look forward to
working with the city officials
and the people of Covington,” Mr,
Partee sald during an interview
Wednesday morning.
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Rev. Owen Kellum
four years at the North Coving=
ton Church,
One of the new district super=
intendents announced Friday by
Bishop John Owen Smith was
Delma Hagood for the Augusta
District. Rev, Hagood was for=
merly District Supt, of the At=
lanta=Decatur-Oxford District,
L. Digby of Rte. #4, Covington.
During the past two years, Dig=
by has served on the Student
Faculty Council of the Medical
College and has been -elected
secretary-treasurer of that or
ganization for the school year
1969-70. Digby has also serv=-
ed during this past year on the
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