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Thursday, August 21, 1969
Sunday Evening Reception Honors The Mitchells
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AT THE SUNDAY EVENING reception honoring the Mitchells, are shown, L-R: Miss Becky Hutchins,
Youth Choir President; Mrs. W. K. Hancock, Reception chairman; the Rev. Edgar Callaway, Little Teri
Marie and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. MltcheH and Adult Choir President Otis Murphy.
/Hrs. Clower, Hugh Sams
Head Auxiliary, Legion
Mrs. Dan Clower of Covington
and Hugh Sams of Newborn are
the 1969-70 top officers of the
Covington Legion Auxiliary Unit,
and Post 32 American Legion.
They were installed at a joint
meeting of the two organizations
Tuesday evening at Legion Home.
Other officers of the Auxiliary
Unit are: Mrs. Stone Cooper,
past president; Mrs. Ty Cason,
vice-president; Mrs. Luke Hill,
second vice-president; Mrs. Le
wis White, secretary; Mrs. Gor
don Baxter, treasurer; Mrs. Jack
Christian, historian; Mrs. T. W.
Mrs. Nixon Gives Piano To Salem Camp
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MRS. C. O. NIXON stands beside the grand piano that she gave the
Salem Camp Ground in memory of her late husband C. O. Nixon.
Mr. Nixon was a member of the Board of Trustees for many
years.
NOTICE!
All citizens of Covington owning
dogs are advised to have their dogs
inoculated for rabies. All dogs th
at have not been inoculated, will be
impounded for sdays 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 against rab
ies/* City of Covington.
C/TY OF COVINGTON
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Binford, corresponding secret
ary; Mrs. G. T. Sumner, chap
lain; Mrs. Bennell Myers and
Mrs. John Chapman, sergeant
at-arms.
Aiding Commander Sams this
coming Legion year will be: La
rry Greer, senior vice-comman
der; Glenn Shropshire and Char
les Savage, junior vice-comman
der; Ty Cason, finance officer;
Charles Smith and Nat Morgan,
house committee; Lewis White,
adjutant; Tom Binford, chaplain;
Gordon Baxter, sergeant-at
arms. Charles Smith Is the
immediate past commander.
Installing the officers of the
Legion Auxiliary Unit was past
president Mrs. Hugh Sams. C. T.
Bohanan, a past commander of
Post 32, Installed the Legion of
ficers.
Camp Meeting
(From Front Page)
Nat Long, Jennie Jenkins, Byrd
Hull, C. D. Ramsey, Jr., Ruth
Hardwick, Van Freeman, Leon
ard Standard, Madle Flowers,
George Ramsey, Miss Nell Far
rell; Rhonda and Renee Chap
man, Beth and Joe Cook, Nan
and Tom Elliott; Gus Vaughn,
Susan Jones, Robin standard,
Pamila Ificks, Lisa Potts, Tracy
Sellers, Joy Francis, Laura
Kemp; Rev. Phillip DeMore,
Gregg Carter, Judy and Todd
Ogletree, Walter Cowan, Tammy,
Laura and Lee Milton, Susie,
Chuck and Bubba Copeland, Susan
Robertson, Katie Barksdale,
Donna, Debra and Joe Ogletree,
Billy Jones, Jimmy Head, Jan
ice Spratllng, Lynn and Janet
Smith, Kim Sasser, Eddie Potts,
Tim Smith, Joe Morgan, Jeff
Reagan, Terry, Renee and Lisa
Hicks, Johnny Addison, Vicki Al
len, Carey Tuck, Sherri Cook,
Jan Thaxton, Patricia Vaughn,
Kell Carter, Deborah Parrish,
Susan Cowan, and Cindy Head;
Blue - Miss Layona Glenn, Chris
Evans, Rosemary Head, Tammy
Milton, Phil Copeland, Paul St
andard, Pat swords, Otis Cris
well, Mary Ann Mitchell, Mes
, dames S. I. Cowan, J. S. Potts,
Lon Rice, Ada Moore, Ann Cook,
Ruth Addison, Ronald Reagan;
Dr. John Tate, and Rev. Tom
White; Red - Mike Reagan, Ch
eryl Anderson, Joy Harris, Susan
Me Waters, Vera Lynn and Glenn
Kellum, Craig Corban, Cindy
Aldridge, aiella Childs, Cindy
Kelley, Debbie Anderson, Randy
Klrkus, Sandra Pate, James Bell,
Robyn Elliott, Mesdames W. S.
Hicks, Velma Hambrick, Callie
Stallsworth, John Tate and Jerry
Aldridge.
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS
September 1, 1666 — The
great London fire started on
this day.
September 6, 1781 —Bene-
dict Arnold plundered and
burned New London, Conn.
September 9, 1776 —Second
Continental Congress makes
the name, United States,
official.
September 14, 1814 — The
words of the Star-Spangled
Banner written by Francis
Scott Key at Baltimore, Mary
land.
September 18, 1851 —The
first issue of the New York
Times published.
September 23, 1837 —De-
Pauw University, Green
castle, Ind., opened.
September 27, 1732 — The
first issue of the Rhode Island
Gazette, published by James
Franklin, brother of Ben
jamin.
September 30, 1906—Elec
tric locomotives installed by
New York Central Railroad.
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Mitchell Reception
(From Society Front)
charge of arrangements and wore
a double knit model In white,
with colorful scarf, also assist
ed in serving.
Among the some one hundred
and twenty guests were the par
ents of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell.
They were respectively Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Mitchell of Molena,
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cochran and
son, David, of Decatur.
Mrs. Myrtle E. Malone
Observes Birthday
A reception honoring Mrs. My
rtle Evans Malone in celebration
of her 80th birthday was held
recently at the Sidney Lanier
Cottage.
Mrs. Malone’s four daughters,
Mrs. Mack Dodd, Mrs. S. Ber
nard Hummel and Mrs. Wilburn
H. Hill of Macon, and Mrs. Ver
mont Pratt of Covington, were
the hostesses.
Mrs. Malone, widow of Edward
Lansford Malone, has been a re
sident of Macon all her life.
She was associated with Ralph
B. Small Studio, Interior De
signers, before her retirement.
She has seven grandchildren:
Mrs. Richard B. Thornton and
Miss Arden Hill, of Macon; Mrs.
Donald Adcock, Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio; Benjamin Hill, San Diego,
California; Albert B. Hummel
and Lunsford Hill, Atlanta; and
Richard Evans Hill Pratt, Cov
ington. She also has seven great
grandchildren.
Teachers, Principals To Begin
Week Pre-Planning Activities
All Newton County profession
al personnel will report to their
respective schools on Monday,
August 25, to begin a week’s
preparation for the opening of
school. The first day for stu
dents will be Tuesday, Septem
ber 2.
In-service education will be
given priority on Tuesday and
Wednesday, August 26 and 27,
with emphasis on up-dating in
struction in English. All tea
chers of English, grades 1-12,
will attend classes taught by
well qualified instructors of con-
Bunch Disease Os Pecan Trees Now In Georgia
Georgia county agents are on
the lookout for a new disease of
pecan trees.
The disease—bunch—has been
■ observed in a 55-acre grove so*
uthwest of Camilla in Mitchell
County. This is the first time
bunch has been reported east of
Meridian, Miss. The disease
has been present for more than
40 years In the bottomlands of
Mississippi and Louisiana where
pecans are native.
We don’t know if bunch is cau
sed by a virus or fungus, said
Dr. Norman E. McGlohon, plant
pathologist with the University
of Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service, Athens. The most char
acteristic symptom is a "witch’s
broom” growth which usually
takes on a dark green color and
James Elected
President Os Key
Club Intnl.
Reid C. James
Chicago, nilnois-Reld C. Jam
es, 17, a member of the Plan
tation High School Key Club,
Plantation, Fla., was elected
President of Key Club Interna
tional, July 9 In Miami Beach,
at the close of the organization’s
26th annual convention.
Key Club International Is a
high school boys’service organi
zation sponsored by Klwanls in
ternational. It performs the same
type of service work In the school
community that Klwanls per
forms In the adult world. There
are 3,300 Key Clubs with 93,000
members In the United States,
Canada, the Bahamas and Puerto
Rico.
The new Key Club leader is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert C. James, 1160 N.W. 70th
Terrace, Plantation. He is a
former lieutenant governor and
governor of the Florida Key Club
District.
The 2,800 high school men at
tending the Key Club convention
adopted as their theme for the
1969-70 school year ... "Under
standing: Pathway to Human Dig
nity.”
Delegates from Covington Key
Club attending were Joe Brown,
Lane Britt and Jimmy Hutchins.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
"Moments With The Mitchells” Honored Mitchell Family At Sunday Service
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CLOSE ASSOCIATES of Covington First Baptist Church’s Minister
of Music-Youth Alan Mitchell, who has resumed studies at South
western Baptist Seminary, are shown with the Mitchells at the
“Moments With the Mitchells” which followed Sunday morning’s
worship service. L-R are: Miss Becky Hutchins, Youth Choir
temporary English. These clas
ses are scheduled from 8:30-
1:00 on both days at the follow
ing places:
Grades 7-12 in Room 142 at
the Newton County High School
with Ronald Midkiff, Director
of Linguistics Research and De
monstration Center at Rome, as
Instructor.
Grades 4-6 in Room 143 at
the Newton County High School
with Gary Smith, Consultant with
the Linguistics Research and De
monstration center at Rome, as
instructor.
causes the tree to have a bunchy
appearance. Clusters of leaves
might grow close to the main
branch while the terminal grow
th is suppressed.
McGlohon said the disease Is
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Grades 1-3 at Snapping Shoals
EMC Building with Miss Glorl
anne Smith, Newton County High
School English Department, as
Instructor.
A number of smaller group
meetings are scheduled for tea
chers in subject areas other than
English. Emphasis during these
meetings will be on preparation
for teaching through utilization
of Newton County’s local curric
ulum guides, according to New
ton County Curriculum Director
Miss Louise Reeves.
most common In bottomland or
along river banks, but he added
that this does not mean It cannot
show up In any county where pe
cans are grown.
president; Hugh Steele, S. S. Superintendent; Rev. Edgar A. Call
away, pastor; Dr. Goodwin Tuck, Adult Choir representative; Mrs.
Mitchell holding little Teri Marie; Board of Deacons chairman,
Rucker Ginn; Mr. Mitchell, and Ed Hunt, Church Training director.
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