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By the Office Boy
Surely there has never been
an “Arthur Hays Family Re
union” as wonderful as this 1969
one. It was so good to see all
those daughters, and family mem
bers from afar once again. The
lake was never lovelier with that
sail boat having so much fun with
the boys? We just believe we
could live forever right out there!
How can they live in town when
they have that beautiful place?
We know we are not wrong about
the barbecue being better than it
ever has been, if possible...for
everybody said so!
The young people were very
much in evidence...the Annapolis
son of the Arthur Hays, Jr...was
home for this occasion..and the
story elsewhere in the paper
tells of the other fine young visi
tors. The only fly in the oint
ment was that we ate lunch right
across the table from Mabel and
never did see Mr. Zachery..nor
did we see “8i11”...my fisher
man friend, and they tell me he
was there. He really has some
beautiful mounted ones in the
Cottage.
Mrs. C. W. Wright is in a
Lawrenceville hospital quite ill
and the prayers of her friends,
and their good wishes must be
felt by her. Many of her fri
ends have driven over there but
she is having no company what
soever.
So delighted to know that Mrs.
Roscoe Sams is very much bet
ter...and glad that her daughter,
our “Froggy” is with her. It
was such fun talking to her once
again.
Brother, our Grands, Mary’s
and mine too, are back from Con
necticut. I only wish you could
hear about all they saw at the
Z 00...! Even little Judson look
ed a year wiser...but what, we ask
you, is sweeter and more won
derful than the chatter of little
ones trying to tell you the won
ders of the zoo, all at one time?
And what did they bring me..a
beautiful picture of two grand
redbirds, because they know I
have fed a family of redbirds for
years and love them so. We
are so proud of it.
We went out to the hospital
to see “Cousin Pearl”, as Miss
Pearl Taylor is lovingly known,
and she seems so much bet
ter.. Dr. Virgil Eady looked bet
ter than we have seen him in
years, but the Doctors had him
there.
The wife of one of our fine
men, who worked for me many
times in the garden, sent his wife
over here to tell me to come
to see him. So you bet I went
to the hospital that day to see
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Oxford Lions Dedicate
Burson Scout Lodge
The Oxford Lions Club dedi
cated David Burson Scout Lodge
last Thursday evening in Oxford.
The ceremony was opened with the
National Anthem and the rais
ing of the Colors. Sam Ramsey
Jr., past district director of the
Newton-Rockdale Boy Scouts had
the invocation.
Oxford Lions President Virgil
Eady Jr. presided over the cere
mony. The Burson family was
introduced and Mr. Tom Uffel
man, Chief Scout Executive of
the Atlanta Area Council, spoke
briefly about the importance of
Scouting.
Cary Allgood of the Oxford
Lions club unveiled the sign
marking and dedicating the David
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BOY SCOUT OFFICIALS, Oxford Lions Club officers and the parents
of the late David Burson are shown beside the name plaque dedi
cating the David Burson Scout Lodge at ceremonies held Thursday
evening In Oxford. Left to right are: Carlos Myer, Newton-Rock-
A Prize-Winning
Newspaper
I 1969
? Better Newspaper
Contests
BEST Ct X . >t OF NEWS, PICTURES, AND FEATURES OF ANY WEEKLY IN GEORGIA
The Georgia Enterprise, Established 1865—The Covington Star, Established 1874—The Enterprise, Established 1902, and The Citizen-Observer, Established 1953
VOLUME 104 NO. 39
Summer Paving Program Underway
City Summer Paving Program Underway On Conyers Street
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CONYERS STREET HAS been torn up, dusty, and unsightly most of
this summer, but the end result of a widened street with curbs and
gutters will be worth the inconvenience. The paving of Conyers
Mrs. F.S. Jones Wins Grand
Prize In NEWS Recipe Contest
Recipes for the 1969 News Cook
Book were judged Friday morn
ing, July 18, by Mrs. Fred Kit
chens, Mrs. Dungan McKinsey
and Mrs. Walter Pope. Mrs. Pope
and Mrs. McKinsey are home eco
nomics majors and Mrs. Kitchens
is a fine cook as well as having
been in the grocery business with
her husband for many years.
Overall Grand Prize winner for
Burson Scout Lodge. President
Eady then presented the key to
the lodge to Carlos Meyer, Dis
trict Chairman and chairman of
the Scouting Committee of the
Oxford Lions Club.
The ceremony was closed with
a prayer by Gene Whatley and
the lowering of the Colors. Re
freshments were served to those
present in the newly completed
scout lodge.
The new scout lodge is built
of concrete block with a large
meeting room and has an open
rock fire place. There is a fur
nished kitchen, several storage
rooms and small meeting rooms.
It is one of the finest scout
lodges in the district.
Xuuutntmt New
this year was Mrs. F. S. Jones
of Mansfield, with her recipe for
Chicken Oriental. For her winn
ing recipe she received the elec
tric ice cream freezer.
Mrs. H. A. Brown of Newborn
was the recipient of the mixer
for first prize in the Fish and
Meat Category. Honorable men
tion was given to Mrs. Starr Jo
nes of Mansfield for her Chicken
Pie entrle.
The winning recipe for Vege
tables and Salads was submitted
by Mrs. Boyce G. Loyd of Route
2, Covington, for her entry Egg
Plant Casserole. For this she
was awarded an electric blen-'
★ ★★★★★★★ Apollo 11 Blast-Off ★★★★★★★★
* Viewed Across The Bay »
To hear the mighty roar, feel
the earth tremble beneath your
feet, and see Apollo 11 rise into
the heavens from the launch pad
at Cape Kennedy must have been
the most thrilling experience of
a lifetime.
Bernard Dewey, nephew of Mrs.
Zora Hitchcock of Covington, was
present for this experience and
is back in town visiting relatives.
He dropped by the NEWS Mon-
dale District Chairman; Mr. and Mrs. John Burson, parents; Cary
Allgood, chairman of the Lions Building Committee for the lodge;
Virgil Eady, Jr., Oxford Lions Club President; and Tom Uffleman,
Chief Scout Executive of the Atlanta Area Council, BSA,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1969
Street is the first step in the City’s summer paving program which
is now underway. The program also calls for the paving of Crest
view Drive and other streets as weather permits.
der. Miss Carolyn Osborn of
Covington received honorable
mention for her Apricot Jello
Salad.
In the Baking and Desserts di
vision Mrs. Lucile Bowden of
Route 5, Box 385, Covington,
received the Toaster Grill for
her entry Ozark Apple pudding
and Mrs. W. O. McDowell was
awarded Honorable Mention In
this division for her Raw Apple
Cake
The NEWS would like to thank
everyone for their participation
in the Cook Book Contest and the
judges for their efficient help
in selecting the winners.
day to tell us about the Apollo
mission first hand.
Mr. Dewey lives in Columbus,
Indiana where he is employed
as a photographer with the pub
lic relations department of that
city. He is also a "stringer”
photographer for television sta
tion WFBM-Channel 6 in Indiana
polis.
While on vacation in Florida he
managed to get credentials th-
Burglars Hit
Local Pharmacy
professional Court Pharmacy
in Covington was the target Sat
urday night for burglars on the
prowl looking for narcotics, cash,
and other valuable items.
The pharmacy was broken into
sometime Saturday night accord
ing to Covington Police Chief
Hinton Bailey. The Newton Cou
nty Sheriff’s Department and the
GBI have been brought in on the
case.
The narcotics supply was vir
tually cleaned out along with SSO
cash from the cash drawer, sev
eral watches and cameras, and
about 20 cartons of cigarettes.
The burglars proceeded to br
eak into the office of Dr. Mich
ael Pulliam, from the pharmacy,
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rough the TV station to be on
hand at the Cape News Center
for the blast-off as part of the
WFBM news team.
"We were up all night before
the blast-off at 9:32 a. m. Wed
nesday morning,” Mr. Dewey
said, "and we even got pictures
of the astronauts boarding their
air conditioned van on their way
to the launch pad.”
At blast-off he and the TV crew
were across the bay approximate
ly 3.7 miles from the launch pad.
"We seemed to be much closer
than we were for the visibility
was great. It was the most
frightening, yet exciting experi
ence of my life for the roar was
deafening and the ground really
trembled under my feet,” Mr.
Dewey said.
"I didn’t know whether to stand
still or run, and if I ran I didn’t
know where to go, so I just
stood still and kept taking movies
and stills until Apollo 11 was out
of sight,” he said.
When asked about the most
impressive part of the mission
he stated that it was the preci
sion of every part of the pro
ject.
"Every answer to questions by
the news media was given to the
tenth of a foot or in millise
conds where time was Involved,”
Dewey said, "I guess that it’s
just away of life with those
people to be so precise.”
No Kiwanis
Meet Today
There will not be a meeting
of the Covington Kiwanis Club
today since the annual picnic set
for Friday evening will take the
place of the regular meeting.
Klwanians and their families
will gather at the Lions Club
Pavilion Friday evening at 7:00
p. m. for a picnic supper and
fellowship.
The Summer Paving Program
of the City of Covington is now in
full swing after delays due to the
weather and a late beginning by
paving contractors.
Topping the list is the curbing,
guttering, and widening of Con
yers Street beginning at the in
tersection of Davis Street and
Conyers and proceeding East to
the intersection of Conyers and
Dearing streets.
Puckett Paving Company of
Tucker, Georgia, who has con
tracted for the work, has al
most completed the curbing and
guttering on Conyers Street. They
will soon begin backfilling and
then resurface the entire street.
Second In priority Is the same
type of work to 6e done on
Crestview Drive beginning at the
intersection of Dearing Street and
proceeding south-east to the In
tersection with Forest Drive.
Some 14 streets in Covington
have been placed on the 1969
paving schedule, but due to the
late start this year it Is not
likely that all the proposed work
will be finished.
Other paving proposed for 1969
Julian Gregory Is Recipient
Os Boy Scout Eagle Award
Julian Gregory, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Gregory of
616 Cornish Mt. Road, Covington
was presented the Eagle Scout
Award Sunday, July 20, at Allen
Memorial Church by John Bur
son, camping chairman of the
Newton-Rockdale District.
During the ceremony conduc
ted at the 11:00 worship hour,
Mr. Burson also recognized spe
cial scout leaders and groups, In
cluding Cub Pack 211, Scout
Troop 211, Explorers Post 211.
Several Eagle Scouts were pre
sent. There were representati
ves from the Oxford Lions Club,
sponsors of the above scout gr
oups.
Mr. Burson reviewed the quali
fications for Eagle Scout, citing
that only two per cent of all scouts
attain this rank. He paid tribute
to the many people who supported
the scout movement; he emphas
ized the value of scouting to our
nation.
Other phases of the ceremony
Included the reading of a letter
of commendation from Governor
Maddox, the Award of the Eagle
Scout Badge, and the presenta
tion of the Mother’s pin to Mrs.
Gregory. He congratulated Ju
lian on this high honor and chal
lenged him to uphold always the
noble tradition of scouting.
Explorers participated In the
"Soup’s On”--At Boy Scout Jamboree
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AREA SCOUTS TURN CHEF during the Seventh National Boy Scout Jamboree at Farragut State Park,
Idaho. One million meals will be cooked by the boys. Soup, a favorite of the young chefs, will be a
staple (54,800 cans strong!) simplifying six otherwise complex recipes. Left to right are: Paul Jerni
gan, Covington; Phil Warren, College Park; Darden Cobb, Chamblee.
Editorial 2
Obituary 6
Society . 9
Sports 17-18
Legal .' 27
Classified 25-27
Include Ivy Street from the Emory
Street intersection east to Monti
cello Street; South Emory Street
from the Reynolds Street inter
section south to Ivy Street;
Martin street from the Floyd
Street intersection east to Flat
Rock Trail; Dearing street from
the Floyd Street intersection
south to Linwood Drive; Dear
ing Street from the Linwood Dr
ive intersection south to the end
of pavement;
Middlebrooks street from the
Floyd street Intersection north
to the end of existing pavement;
Woodland Avenue from the Old
Monticello street intersection
east to the existing end of st
reet; Hunter street from the Us
her Street Intersection north to
Stalling Street;
Phedora street from the Mid
dlebrooks street intersection
west to Mill Street; curbing only
on Rebecca Street from the Pine
crest Drive intersection north to
where existing curbing starts;
and Parnell Street beginning at
the Lakeview Drive intersection
south to where the existing street
ends.
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Julian Gregory
ceremony, serving as ushers and
standing with Julian at the altar.
They were Gerry Katz, Bobby
Burnett, Randy Higgins and Jon
Phillips. The Explorers placed
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Earl Tyre
Earl Tyre To
Speak At Rotary
Club Tuesday
Earl Tyre, Division Engineer
with the State Highway Depart
ment, will be the guest speaker
at the Covington Rotary Club
meeting on Tuesday, July 29,
at 12:30 p. m.
Mr. Tyre, a resident of Mill
edgeville, is a native of Alma,
and is married to the former
Miss Elizabeth Norton of Lake
land. A Veteran of World War
11, he first became associated
with the Georgia Highway De
partment in September 1949.
He was educated at several
schools and colleges including
two years of accounting and man
agement sponsored by the Uni
versity of Georgia.
After holding various positions
with the Highway Department, he
was named assistant Field Divi
sion Engineer on January 1,1962
and was promoted to Field Divi
sion Engineer on June 1, 1968.
Temperatures
Temperatures in Covington
during the past week, according
to local weatherman, Jack Chap
man were:
High Low
Wed. July 16 91 68
Thurs. July 17 90 68
Frl. July 18 93 67
Sat. July 19 95 68
Sun. July 20 91 69
Mon. July 21 89 67
Tues. July 22 88 71
Rainfall totaled .95 Inches.