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By the Office Boy
One of the most heartwarming
meetings, at which we have been
a guest, was the meeting of the
Piedmont C.B, Radio Club. Here
we met the most heartwarming
group of people, as a whole,
that we have had the pleasure
of meeting with in some time.
This Club is one whose mem
bers give their hearts, their hands
and themselves in full time Club
work to raise monies for Every
worthwhile project in the com
munity in which they live. On
this very evening they had in
vited Mr. Mitcham, Newton Co
unty Hospital Administrator, to
the meeting. They presented him
with a $500.50 check to buy need
ed equipment for the hospital.
Our hearts were all filled with
grateful appreciation for this
wonderful gift, which was truly
a labor of love for their hospi
tal.
Every person living can give
of themselves in God’s work here
on this earth if they will open
their hearts and minds to the
needs of their fellow man, and
just “Let Go, and Let God!”
It truly is in giving that we re
ceive.
We do not believe that there
has ever been a greater need for
a message of hope and faith than
at this time, when our world is so
torn with war and strife...with
animosity among our own peopl
es, races and what-have-you?
We do not suffer from this in
the United States as much as
in other parts of the world. How
ever, there is a tension in plac
es among our own two races,
but we must all remember that
love begets love, and that we re
ceive the same kind of treat
ment that we dispense.
We are supposed to share the
God we know, if we truly know
Him, with every person with whom
we come in contact, no matter
how slight that contact might be.
Sharing the caring? “What can I
do?” you may be asking your
self... God will show you the way,
and lead you in the pathway of
righteousness and serving your
fellow man with love, compassion
and material goods, if possible..if
we but open the doors of our
hearts and let Him come in.
Let’s all determine within our
hearts today to seek..yes SEEK
HIS guidance every day? What
a different world, what a diffe
rent Newton County this could
be!
The brother-in-law of the Leo
Mallards is critically ill in San
dersville Hospital. Mr. Noah
Deal, and a fine person he is.
We are sure their friends will
appreciate the prayers for his
recovery.
We have many friends in New
ton County Hospital who need our
prayers...we found Miss Ethel
Belcher out there.. She was in good
spirits even if she did have a
cracked ankle! Mr. H. F. Can-
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New Voter
Registrars
Board Named
To comply with new Georgia
Election Laws, a new Newton
County Voters Registration board
has been appointed to begin duties
July 1, 1969. They are: Robert
G. Plrkle, Chief Registrar; W.
Roy Aiken, Registrar; W. Clif
ford Savage, Registrar.
If you have changed name by
reason of marriage or if you
have moved voter district loca
tion, you should have proper
record made by change of regis
tration card or notifying either of
Registrars or Tax Commission
ers office.
“If clubs or organizations de
sire representative of board to
meet with them at any time to
discuss registration or voting
requirements they will be glad
to do so on proper notice,”
Mr. Pirkle stated.
Newton County Voter Registration Board
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NEWTON COUNTY VOTER Registration Board is shown above as they were sworn in by Ordinary
Donald G. Stephenson, Monday. From left to right: Ordinary Stephenson, W. Clifford Savage, Robert
G. Pirkle (Chief Registrar), and W. Roy Aiken. The new board began its duties on July 1, 1969.
A Prize-Winning
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| 1968
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Contests
BEST COVERA ' /PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enterprise, Established lb. ng ton Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 104 NO. 36
Heat Wave Engulfs Newton County
| NEWS Receives Honorable Mention
| Best Sports Story In National Contest
Hie Covington NEWS has re
ceived an Honorable Mention for
a “Best Sports Story” written
by News and sports Editor Bob
Greer. Winners in the various
categories of the 1969 National
Newspaper Association Better
Newspaper Contest were announ
ced Saturday night at the assoc
iation’s annual banquet at Atlan
tic City, New Jersey.
Greer’s entry in the contest
was published in The NEWS on
Covington Lions Install New Officer Slate
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COVINGTON LIONS CLUB OFFICERS shown at Ficquett Cafeteria following their installation on Thurs
day evening are left to right: James Lord, Director; James Nolan, 2nd Vice President; Richard Marsh,
Director- Bill Henderson, 3rd Vice-President; David Dodd, Outgoing president; Robert Stanton, Past
District Governor; Jim Deas, President; Bob Todd, Ist Vice-President; BIU Hancock, Tail Twister;
Cleon Dial, Treasurer and Joe Haymore, Director.
Deas Installed As President
Os Covington Lions Club
Covington Lions Club held their
annual Installation meeting and
banquet on Thursday evening,
June 26, at E. L. Ficquett Cafe
teria. The opening song and
Pledge of Allegiance was led by
Neal Banks with Rev. Jim Luke
giving the invocation prior to the
delicious meal.
Following the dinner Bill Han
cock gave a cordial welcome to
the members and their wives, and
David Dodd gave an interesting
recap of activities during the
past year. Perfect attendance
awards were presented to 17
members for one year to 10
years attendance with James
Lord receiving a 10 year cert
ificate with 11 years service.
Three Key Club members were
presented awards and appreciat
ion gifts were also presented to
Chamber-Commerce
Meets On Monday
The Covington-Newton County
Chamber of Commerce will meet
Monday, July 7, at the Teen Can
building on Newton Drive at 12:30
p.m.
Program chairman for the July
meeting will be Ray Reece, Man
ager of the Covington office of
Southern Bell. Tom Bailey is the
C of C program chairman for the
year, and he will have charge of
the introductions.
New
August 8, 1968, and concerned
an interview with Mrs. Sherrod
Smith of Reidsville, widow of the
great lefthanded hurler of the
Brooklyn Dodgers who was a
native of Mansfield. “Mrs. Smith
Reminisces” told of her recol
lections of many old time pro
fessional baseball players such
as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Tris
Speaker, George Sisler and oth
ers.
In the “Best Sports Story” cat-
Leo S. Mallard of The Covington
News and Bill Hoffman of Radio
Station WGFS for their valuable
service to the Club during the
year in publicity through both
the news print and radio med
ium.
Indoctrination and Installation
of new officers was conducted by
Melvin Allen in charge of indoc
trination of the new member,
Dave Thraen and Robert Stanton
installing the officers for the new
year. To serve for 1969-70
are President, Jim Deas; Ist
Vice-President, Bob Todd; 2nd
Newton To Be Represented In
“Salute To America Parade”
On Friday, July 4 at 3:00 P.M.
WSB-Television will present its
annual Salute to America Parade
with Raymond Burr, star of “Ir
onsides” and “Perry Mason” as
grand marshal. The parade will
start at Peachtree Street and
Baker Street, proceed to Five
Points and disperse at Spring
Street in Atlanta.
Several well-known persons,
about a dozen high schools and
many organizations will be re
presented in the parade. Some of
those featured will be politicians,
Armed Forces Officers, Boy
Scouts, professional athletes, te
levision stars and recording star
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1969
egory of the Better Newspaper
Contest the plaques were given
by the Brunswick Corp. The win
ners were:
First: East Lansing (Mich.)
Towne Courier.
Second: Vandalia (Ohio)Cross
Roads Chronicle.
Third; Phillipsburg (Kansas)
Phillips County Review.
Honorable Mentions: Coving
ton (Ga.) News, St. James (Minn.)
Courier, Caribou (Maine) Aro-
Vice - President, James Nolan;
3rd Vice-President, Bill Hend
erson; secretary, John Rooks;
Treasurer, Cleon Dial; Tail Tw
ister, Bill Hancock; Lion Tamer,
Bill McCoy; 2 Year Director,
Joe Haymore; 2 Year Director,
James Lord; 1 Year Director,
Richard Marsh; 1 Year Director,
John Howard and Corresponding
Secretary, John Satterfield.
Following their installation a
short talk was given by the newly
installed President Deas, prior
to the benediction given by Rev.
Jim Luke.
James Brown.
Among the high schools to
appear will be R. L. Cousins of
Covington in the second division
of the parade. The bands will
perform for two minutes In front
of the reviewing stand and tele
vision earners at Five Points.
Each band will compete for a
trophy in its division. The win
ning band will be given a fifteen
minute program on a date after
the parade.
"Patriotism” is the theme of
this year’s Fourth of July Parade.
The parade has attracted nation
wide attention and the parade
committee expects a crowd of
350,000 people on Peachtree st
reet plus an additional 250,000
at home viewing the parade on
television.
Courthouse
Offices Get
2-Day Holiday
Most Covington business firms
and Post Office will take Friday
the Fourth of July as a holiday
and will reopen on Saturday the
sth.
However, the offices In the
Newton County Courthouse will
take a two-day holiday, Friday
and Saturday, July 4-5. The
Courthouse offices will reopen
at the usual time on Monday
morning.
Covington’s four downtown su
permarkets, A&P, Big Apple,
Colonial and Kroger, will all
remain open until 9 p.m. on Th
ursday night, July 3. These
stores will also remain open on
Wednesday until 6:30 p.m. for
their customers.
Traffic in the Covington and
Newton County area is expected
to be heavy due to the long week
end for the 1969 Fourth of July.
All persons driving automobiles
are asked to use extreme caut
ion during the next few days.
ostock Republican.
The NNA reported that over
2,800 entries competed in the
judging in the 1969 contests.
The NNA is composed of small
daily newspapers and weeklies
over the united States.
Two years ago The NEWS was
awarded an Honorable Mention
citation for our sports coverage
of “Louise Fowler Day” in Cov
ington. Our paper has been a
past winner in many NNA con
tests, having taken first place in
Service To Agriculture three
years ago, and a second place in
the all-important General Exc
ellence in 1961.
Highway Patrol
Predicts 24
Holiday Deaths
ATLANTA — The State Patrol
predicts 24 Georgians will be kil
led over the July 4th holiday per
iod starting 6:00 p.m., Thursday,
according to Col. R. H. Burson
of the Patrol.
Col. Burson said all units of
the State Patrol along with the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
wiH be patrolling the 97,000 miles
of Georgia highways in order to
reduce the predicted carnage.
The 78 hour holiday period be
gins at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, July
3 and ends midnight Sunday, July
6.
During this period the State
Patrol chief said, “in addition to
the 24 predicted fatalities, we
also fear 360 injuries along with
1,128 reported auto accidents.”
Last year 25 persons died dur
ing the July 4th holiday period,
he pointed out.
Kitchens Joins
Sheriffs Dept.
Wendell Kitchens, former Chief
of Police of the City of Coving
ton and later City Detective, has
joined the Newton County Sheriffs
Department as a deputy.
Sheriff Henry Odum, Jr. said
that Kitchens has already start
ed work with his department.
Mr. Kitchens has more than
a quarter century in law enforce
ment here. He has availed him
self of many courses and schools
conducted by the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation (GBI) and the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
(FBI).
Golden Fleece
Family Barbecue
Set July Bth
Golden Fleece Lodge No. 6,
F & A M , will meet at 6:30
p. M. on Tuesday, July 8, 1969,
for a family barbecue. The
Lodge will open at 7:30 P. M.
and Immediately thereafter the
Grand Master, Durwood B. Mer
cer, will present the Grand Lodge
50-year award to Brother Tom
Greer.
All qualified Masons and their
immediate family are invited to
attend the barbecue and presen
tation of the award, according to
an announcement by Charles D.
Strickland, Worshipful Master.
Bill Burson
Is Kiwanis
Speaker Today
W. H. (Bill) Burson, Director
of State Department of Family
and Children’s services, will be
the guest speaker at the Cov
ington Kiwanis Club today (Thurs
day) at 1 p. m. at the Teen Can
building.
Program chairman of the week
is Ed Robinson and he will in
troduce the speaker.
June was Dairy Month in Ge
orgia and the program at the
Kiwanis Club Thursday had that
theme with two local 4-H mem
bers giving demonstrations, Kim
Cason and Ben Marks. County
Agent Ed Hunt was in charge of
the program and he gave some
facts and figures on dairying and
farming in the county and nation.
Four prominent Newton Dairy
men were guests of the club at
the meeting. They were: James
Elliott, Joe Marks, L. D. Hodge
and Tillman Towns. Other visi
tors at the meeting were: John
McWhooten, guest of Ray Reece;
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One of the hottest 10 days in
recent Newton County history en
gulfed the county and city starting
early last week. Temperatures
remained in the 90’s during the
days and in the 70’s at night, ac
cording to the weather report Is
sued by Jack Chapman of Cov
ington. The local radio station
WGFS reported that the tem
perature hit 101 degrees during
the weekend.
The problem of mosquitoes In
the city caused the Mayor and
Council to purchase a “Fogging
Machine” to combat the pests.
Many calls were received at City
Hall for the Sanitary Department
to do something to rid the re
sidential areas of the mosquitoes.
The Fogging Machine is used
early in the morning and late in
the afternoon in order that its
chemical would not interfere with
the residents’ morning and even
ing meals. The Malathion chem
ical is said to be harmless except
to the insects.
City Water Supt. H. O.Whel
chel, Jr. and his crew have been
busy this week installing a new
pump at the reservoir. This has
| Fire Works Display At
| Shopping Center Tonight |
A free fireworks show and dis
play will be held tonight (July 3)
at the Covington Meadows Shopp
ing Center in Covington. The
fireworks will be detonated from
9 until 9:30 p. m.
Dr. Charles Lester To Head
Graduate Academic Programs
Dr. Charles T. Lester, dean of
the graduate school of Emory
University, has been appointed
to a one-year term as chief of
the Graduate Academic Pro
grams Branch of the U. S. Of
fice of Ecucation’s Bureau of
Higher Education.
Dr. Lester will plan and con
duct the fellowship program for
graduate students authorized by
the National Defense Education
Act; the program of grants to
colleges and universities to help
train college teachers, ad
ministrators, and education spe
cialists authorized by the Edu
cation Professions Development
Act of 1967; and the program of
grants to Improve graduate edu
cation authorized by the Higher
Education Amendments of 1968.
The last program Is not
in operation and the Emory dean
will have the responslblity of re
fining preliminary guidelines,
rules and regulations, and pol
icies for its administration.
Dean of Emory’s graduate
school since 1957, Dr. Lester has
been connected with the uni
versity as teacher or adminis
trator since 1935 except for one
year spent as a research chemist
with American Cyanamld Co. in
1941-42, and two prior years
spent working toward his Ph.D.
degree.
In 1935 he received the Herty
Medal from the Georgia Section
of the American Chemical Society
for his outstanding contributions
to chemistry in the Southeast.
He has served recently as a mem
ber of the executive committee
of the Council of Graduate Schools
In the United States and as a
member of the board of direc
tors of Oak Ridge Associated
Universities. He is a member
of the Georgia Science and Tech-
Citizens Band Club Donates $500.50 To Hospital
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orrnMONT CITIZENS BAND (CB) Radio Club has made a generous donation to the Newton County
wntnital to buy equipment. Club officials are shown at Covington City Hall presenting the check for
SSO to Hospital Administrator Robert Mitcham (right), president Barney Johnson made the pre
^ntation as Bobby Savage, Vice-President looked on at left. Seated are Robert Few, Secretary;
and Mrs. Gladys Ellis, Treasurer. The money wiU be used to buy two wheel chairs (collapsible),
Audio-Visual machine, and a traction cart.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society 9
Sports 13-14
Legal 22-23
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created a low water pressure sit
uation which the department
hopes to have cleared up by today
(Thursday). Monday and Tuesday,
the department asked that re
sidents conserve water due to the
low pressure.
Hot weather invariably brings
an over-abundance of mosqutioes
and that has been the problem in
the City of Covington during the
past week. Many old-timers said
that the present hot wave com
pares tothe hot wave hereof 1954.
At that time the City rented a
machine that sprayed many parts
of the city in order to kill the
mosquitoes.
Covington temperatures for the
past week, according to local
weatherman Jack Chapman, were:
High Low
Wed., June 25th 92 72
Thur., June 26th 94 70
Fri., June 27th 95 71
Sat., June 28th 97 73
Sun., June 29th 96 71
Mon., June 30th 88 68
Total rainfall for the week
.87 Inches.
Total for the month 3.68 Inches.
The public Is invited to view
the fireworks. The event Is a ges
ture of the merchants of the local
Shopping Center in observance of
the Fourth of July.
nology Commission.
A native of Covington, he re
ceived his A.B. andM.A. degrees
at Emory and his Ph.D. in che
mistry from Pennsylvania State
University. He is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary aca
demic society, and Sigma XI,
honorary science society.
Dr. Lester taught in Emory’s
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Food Tops In Local
Consumer Spending
For Newton County’s retail
merchants, 1968 proved to be a
good year, the final figures show.
Because local families, as a
whole, were In comparatively
good financial shape and spent
their money accordingly, expend
itures for goods and services
hit a new high.
The details are noted in the an
nual survey made by the Standard
Rate and Data Service. It reveals
just how much was spent locally
for food, clothing, automobiles,
furniture, drugs and other Items.
Comparable data is given for
communities in other parts of
the country.
In Newton County, the figures
show, food was In the top spot.
Local residents spent more of
their money In that direction than
In any other.
Their expenditures In local
grocery stores, meat markets,
bakeries, delicatessens and other
stores selling food for home
consumption, came to a grand
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General Hendrix
General Hendrix
To Speak At
Rotary Meeting
Brigadier General Mike Y.
Hendrix, Georgia State Director
of Selective Service, will speak
to the Rotary Club in Covington
Tuesday, July 8, at its luncheon
meeting, according to an announ
cement by E. G. Lassiter, Jr.,
Program Chairman.
Gen. Hendrix was appointed as
State Director of Selective Ser
vice for Georgia by Governor
Maddox on Sept. 26, 1967. In
the 1950’s he had served as
State Director under Governor
Griffin and continued under Gov
ernor Vandiver. He transferred
to the Adjutant General’s Office
in Washington in 1963.
A native Georgian, General
Hendrix was born In Pulaski Co
unty. He distinguished himself
in World War II as one of the
first five American ground of
ficers to serve in New Guinea.
After World War H he was
separated from active duty but
recalled In 1949 to The Pentagon
on a special project there. Gen.
Hendrix Is prominent in social,
fraternal and club activities in
Savannah and Atlanta. He is a
singer with the famed “Shrine
Chanters” of Atlanta.
total of $9,783,000, an increase
over the previous year’s $8,742,-
000.
This was exclusive of the amount
spent in restaurants and in other
places where food and drink are
consumed on the premises.
In effect, approximately 28 cents
out of every dollar spent in local
retail stores was for take-home
food. This was more than in many
localities.
In general, throughout the united
States, 22 cents went for that
purpose, and, In the South Atlantic
States, 21 cents.
What each family’s food bill for
the year would have amounted to,
if the total were divided uniformly
among the local population, would
be $1,468 per family.
The report Indicates that busi
ness was good in the area for
most other types of retail busi
ness also.
Sales of cars and other automo-
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