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Georgians Enjoy Fun Weekend
Atlanta-The weekend of June
21-22 was a busy one at Georgia’s
vacation/recreatlon areas as th
ousands swarmed to the lakes,
beaches, resorts and parks look
ing for fun. Officials at the re
creation areas throughout the
state report excellent weekend
crowds.
Atlanta is known as the inland
boating capitol of the United st
ates and her citizens were true
to form on Saturday and Sunday.
City dwellers by the hundreds
hitched their boats to their cars
and headed for surrounding lak
es.
As the temperatures climbed
into the 90’s, Georgians and out
oi’-state vacationers left their air
~ keeneye’s tips
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MATT CROWELL blasts out of a sand trap as this photo was taken at the 1969 Snow Open Tournament
June 22 at the Porterdale Golf Course. Looking on are Gary Curtis (left) and Tony Moon (right).
Atlantan Amon Sparks won the tourney.
The new C&S Biwnch Bunk, North Avenue, AtlnntH
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The new
C&S Bank Building
is all-electric.
Naturally. Who knows more about
a wise investment than a banker?
A banker doesn’t make big mistakes and stay
in business. Nobody does. Any enterprise needs
low-cost, dependable energy. But C&S also
wanted a structure of elegance and practicality.
Given these problems, the architect designed an
exciting solution. A round building. With all
floors suspended from overhead trusses and a
central core. And a profile which sparkles
with sun and city lights.
Electricity was a good choice for this design.
Because electricity adapts to any space without
wasting it. And in business, space is money.
The owners of 7,300 commercial buildings in
Georgia feel the same way. If you want to learn
more about why, see Georgia Power’s commercial
representatives. They can help make your
money work hard for you, too.
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conditioned homes and cars and
took to the out-of-doors. The cool
climes to the North Georgia
mountains attracted large num
bers of visitors for camping,
hiking and trout fishing. Others
went south for the sun and sand
along Georgia’s coast.
Spokesman for state-owned
Jekyll Island said that more than
20,000 persons visited the Island
Sunday. The 2,000 picnic tables
were occupied by eleven o’clock.
The sun worshippers were out in
record numbers and swimmers
were plentiful, too.
Approximately 221-thousand
campers and out-door enthusiasts
spent the weekend In Georgia’s
43 state parks. The weather
was Ideal and campers took ad
vantage of the situation. Camp
ing rigs of all shapes, sizes and
descriptions were erected on the
state parks’ camping areas.
Stone Mountain reported a
weekend attendance of 57-thou
sand persons; Callaway Gardens
reported 18-thousand; Six Flags
Over Georgia reported 40-thou
sand; and 48,184 fans turned out
to watch the Atlanta Braves base
ball game on Sunday.
happy
summer
faces
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your face, avoid washing with
soap and water. Instead, get v,
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V By Mrs. Roy Kimble Y
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Moss and
Diane visited Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Farmer and children of
Conyers Thursday night.
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kimble
and Heather spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Georgia
Ballard of Porterdale.
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Mr. and Mrs. Oran Kimble
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kimble
Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Farmer
and children of Conyers, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Kimble and
Heather, Mr. and Mrs. George
Ballard and Margie of Porter
dale were Friday night supper
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble
and Douglas.
♦* * *
Mrs. Ernest McElreath and
Sue McElreath spent this week
in Florida.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ellis
spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Moss.
*♦ ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cheek of
Conyers were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kimble and
Douglas.
♦♦ ♦ *
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Fincher
spent the weekend in Porterdale
NEW LOW PRICED
HEARING AMPLIFIER
PERFECTED
Hearing i> rapidly becoming
the mo>t neglected of the len
ses. Thousands of Georgians
having sub-normal hearing live
with mounting strain and tension
beeeuse they cennot efford ex
pensive aids.
A Florida firm has perfected a
PERSONAL AMPLIFIER which
offers new hope to these peo
pio. Designed for those who
cen hear when sounds ere loud
er and for those who cen hear
but do not always understand.
This tiny compact unit can pro
vide the help people need to
live full active lives. Weighing
only a third of an ounce with
out wires or cords, this emaxing
electronic marvel hides behind
the oar. Space-aga techniques
make it possible to offer the
PERSONAL AMPLIFIER at a
very small fraction of the cost
of a hearing aid.
For full details, without ob
ligation, write VANCO, Dept.
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Florida 3361*.
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By 808 GREER
News and Sports Editor
Ogletree Wants Football Weather
Buster Ogletree, a dyed-in-the-wool Georgia Bulldog sports fan,
was sweltering in his backyard on July 4th in 96-degree heat when
he told his wife; 'Tm ready for football weather.” ... All of Vander
bilt’s home basketball games next season are sold out . . Sign on a
truck tail-gate in Covington reads; “I may be slow, but I’m still ahead
of you.” ... Phil Niekro has won 14 games this season. He has also
finished 14 games and that is a mark of a fine pitcher.
Newton Ram football coach Wilbur Fisher is one man who hopes
that the present heat wave does not extend into the middle of Au
gust Cm August 21 he will take his football squad to the week of
practice at the Jackson Lake FFA Camp ... We finally found out
who was the first baseball player voted into the Hall of Fame. It
was the Georgia Peach, Tyrus Raymond Cobb . . . Only two original
Atlanta Falcons are with the team as of now. They are Junior Coffey
and Randy Johnson.
Single game ticket sales will begin in mid-July for Atlanta Fal
cons pro football games for this fall. The first regular season game
is with San Francisco at Atlanta, September 21. . .We overlooked
an important confrontation in the pre-season pro schedule this Au
gust when the New York Giants and the N. Y. Jets meet in Yale
Bowl. This would have pitted the two leading QBs Fran Tarkenton
against Joe Namath. . .Mark your calendar for Oct 11 when the
Georgia Bulldogs meet Ole Miss at Jackson, Miss. That football
game may settle the SEC for 1969.
Wanta’ know who made the last out in that memorable no-hit,
no-run game pitched bv Bobo Holloman of the Old St. Louis Browns?
Well, it was Oxford resident Eddie Robinson who was a member
of the Athletics at the time, May 9, 1953. Holloman, who lived in
Athens a few years ago, never pitched another complete game in the
majors; but he did on his first start that year .. . Roy Callaway,
Vince Evans and Mike Kimbrell, 1969 Newton Ram candidates for
the football team, attended the Summer Football Camp at the Uni
versity of Georgia recently.
Pro 4 on T)our
A
RAY FLOYD
1969 Greater Jacksonville
Open Champion
by Doug Treadwell
When you’re young, hand
some and healthy, it’s hard
to take the world around
you very seriously, but in the
past two years, Ray Floyd
did and it paid off.
At the age of 26, this
young man that turned pro
fessional golfer in 1961 has
been giving this old world
a run for its money. By the
time that he reached 20, he’d
already won a PGA tourna
ment, been named “Rookie
of the Year”, and it looked
like a down-hill pull from
then on. However, even the
best can falter. Especially,
if the label is “Party-Boy.”
In 1963, Ray was the sec
ond youngest man to ever
win a tour event, the St.
Petersburg Open. That year
he won $10,529.17 official
money, and he’s been in the
five figure income bracket
ever since. 1964 —$21,407.03;
1965—He won the St. Paul
Open and $36,692.29 for the
year. In 1966—529,712.85. By
1967, his earnings had slip
ped to $525,254.05. That was
when he took a look at him
self and made some vows
that changed his life as a
touring pro.
He said that he was go
ing to quit partying and that
he intended to concentrate
on golf. “The game has been
good to me and I intend to
start returning something
rather than taking all the
time. I’ve quit drinking,
I’ve lost some weight, and
I’m practicing more. I mean
business.”
These truisms were very
profound to be coming from
such a young man, but he
did buckle down to the ex
tent that in 1968, he finished
24th on the PGA money list
with $63,002.10. His best
yearly earnings to date.
Coming up to the Greater
Jacksonville Open, Ray had
won a little over SII,OOO for
the 1969 season, but after
winning the tournament, he
jumped to 6th place on the
money list with a total of
$36,604.39.
“You’ve got to be lucky
to win,” he said. Maybe you
do, but luck counts in a
game of chance. In golf, it’s
skill and Ray, it seems, is
blessed with both.
At Jacksonville, Ray won
in a play-off with Gardner
Dickinson, but with the ex
ception of Gene Littler, near
ly all of the big guns of
golfdom were there. Palmer,
Player, Casper, Trevino,
Nicklaus, and the ever pres
ent Miller Barber.
As he stated, “I played
well and was very lucky.”
That might be so, but at
that point in the PGA Tour
his stroke average was 70.25,
the 3rd low’est of all the
pros. Luck heck, skill.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
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follow the suggestions listed be
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, Contact the local VA of
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ington, D. C., as all records are
maintained locally.
. Bring a copy of the ve
teran’s discharge form when first
applying for a benefit.
. Full name, address and file
number should be included in aH
correspondence.
. When writing about insuran
ce, include the policy number.
. Be prompt in reporting ch
anges of address to the VA.
. Make certain the right be
neficiary is named on the insu-
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Lee Puckett Enjoys Week At Pro Football Camp
SHOWN WITH Dan Reeves (left) and Billy Lothridge is Lee Puckett (center) of Indian Creek Circle In
Covington who was the lucky winner of a scholarship to the Johnny Unitas* All-America Sports Camp
in College Park, Georgia, sponsored by the Dairy Queen Store of Covington. The scholarships, award
ed by the Dairy Queen Sores throughout Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida, offer
ed the lucky boys a whole week of Individual instruction in football from the "Pros” Johnny Unitas,
Jimmy Orr, Billy Lothridge, Bubba Smith, Randy Johnson, Dan Reeves and Alex Hawkins. Lee’s week
at Camp not only included his heart’s desire of football training by the "Pros” but allowed him to en
joy living at the Camp with the Pros and in his spare time .. all the camp sports such as swimming,
basketball, football, etc. Consistent with their community involvement, John Bengel, operator of the
Dairy Queen on Highway 278 in Covington, feels the Camp helped nurture the qualities of good sports
manship and promote the spirit of good fellowship enjoyed between boys of varied communities.
rance. VA can pay insurance
only to beneficiaries whose na
mes are on record, so be cer
tain to update to reflect marri
ages, deaths, divorces, etc.
. Veterans can save time and
money, and avoid lapse of insur
ance by having premiums deduc
ted from monthly VA compensa
tion or pension checks.
. Those not receiving mone
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insurance premiums quarterly,
semi-annually or annually —ra
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Thursday, July 10, 1969