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Thursday, August 28, 1969
24 Traffic
Violations
During Week
Traffic violations continue to
be the Number One law broken
by motorists in Covington, ac
cording to the weekly City Court
session held by Judge E. W.
Strozier. Monday morning the
Judge called a total of 24 cases
of persons who had been ticket
ed by Covington City Police for
a variety of charge's.
Seven persons had their cases
called on charges of speeding,
and six faced charges of driv
ing under the influence of into
xicants (DUI). Three were gi
ven citations for reckless dri
ving. In most cases the person
so charged forfeited his cash
bond.
Three cases against persons
were on multiple charges, cne
man was found guilty of reckless
driving, driving without a licen
se and resisting arrest. He was
fined SSO or 25 days in jail. He
paid his fine.
Another person paid a $75 fine
on charges of having a wreck,
disorderly conduct and leaving
the scene of an accident. The
other man forfeited his $35 cash
bond on charges of reckless dri
ving, running a red light and
causing a wreck.
The usual number of some 15
persons charged with drunken
ness had their cases called for
trial by Judge Strozier.
Two persons drew fines on
charges of discharging a fire
arm in the city.
Flood Insurance
Now Available
ATLANTA—“The tragedy and
havoc caused by Hurricane Cam
ille forcefully points up the need
for flood Insurance, which until
recently has been unavailable,”
said Comptroller General James
L. Bentley, in announcing that
Georgia’s towns and communit
ies may now be eligible for this
coverage under the National Fl
ood Insurance Act of 1968.
According to Bentley, this act
makes flood insurance available
for one to four-family structures,
and later small business prop
erties will be eligible. The com
ptroller general said, “Since the
Federal Government assumes a
large part of the risk, flood
coverage will be available at
relatively low rates for existing
structures. Structures erected
after an area has been officially
designated as eligible for such
insurance will assume the pay
ment of full risk premium rates.”
Mr. Bentley spoke out strongly
and worked for the passage of the
National Flood Insurance Act, and
it was passed the year that he
served as president of the Nat
ional Association of Insurance
Commissioners.
Bentley said, “We understand
that qualification for the flood
insurance program has thus far
been aimed strictly at disaster
areas, and that only a few areas
have been officially approved. We
are very anxious to assure that
all areas in our state where
flooding is a problem will be
eligible for the program.
Mr. Bentley pointed out that
the initiative for obtaining this
coverage must come from each
community. Officials of those
communities who feel that their
areas are vulnerable to flooding
should contact the Federal Insur
ance Administrator of the United
States Department of Housing and
Urban Development. Bentley con
tinued to say that the request to
HUD should clearly identify the
county seeking the coverage, and
should specify the bodies of water
that constitute the threat.
“Due to the widespread and
diverse exposure of many areas
of Georgia to flood damage from
rivers, lakes, bays, oceanfronts
and even some smaU streams,”
said Bentley, “our office has ad
vised all of Georgia’s mayors
and county commissioners by let
ter of the need to act jointly to
qualify their Jurisdictions with
HUD.
Mr. Bentley continued, “We
have been advised that any sub
mission to the Federal Insurance
Administration will be reviewed
automatically, while the commu
nity is placed on a mailing list to
receive appropriate regulations
and bulletins.”
Regarding the requirements of
the Flood Insurance Act, the
comptroller general said that the
most Important provision of the
act Is that a community must
commit itself to adopting land
use control measures that are
consistent with the standards pub
lished by the Federal Insurance
Administrator by JUne 30, 1970,
in order to qualify for flood cov
erage.
In closing Bentley said, “I
am sure that many of Georgia’s
communities have already not
ified HUD of their Interest In
qualifying for flood Insurance.
I strongly urge any who have
not to contact the Georgia Insur
ance Department for assistance
In obtaining the benefits of such
coverage. Through the tragedy,
heartache and inconvenience of
a flood disaster, we can at least
cushion the financial blow by
making this a viable, widespread
program, available and utilized
by every Georgia community that
may be faced with this problem.”
North Highlands and Oliver
dams, Georgia Power Company
hydroelectric Installations on the
Chattahoochee River near Col
umbus, form one of the few
fully automated, remote-con
trolled electric power complexes
in the world.
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Miss Fleming
Awarded Emory
Univ. Degree
Emory University awarded 359
degrees to the largest summer
graduating class in its history
Saturday, Aug. 16. Over 80 per
cent of the graduates received
graduate or professional de
grees, Including 24 Ph.D.’s.
Dr. Clark E. Myers, dean of
Emory’s school of business and
a pioneer In Introducing American
management training techniques
into Europe, was the speaker.
Among the graduates listed is
Master of Librarianship, Jane
Ellen Fleming, 1205 Wesley St.,
Oxford, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
N. Bond Fleming.
Christian Church
Sets Plans
At the congregational meeting
of The Covington Christian Chu
rch held last Sunday, several
important decisions, involving
the growth of the church were
made.
The congregation voted unani
mously to purchase property east
of the city. Future building plans
were discussed and plans for
calling a full time minister will
be made in the near future.
Until that time Roger Zuercher
will serve as part time minister.
Covington Christian is pre
sently meeting in the First Citi
zens Bank Building. For any
further Information regarding the
church and its activities please
contact Mr. Zuercher at 786-
9700.
Members of this denomination
are cordially invited to attend
the services and any other citi
zens wIH be given a cordial wel
come.
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Hospital
feW Notes
Patients Admitted During the
Week of August 18th Thru Au
gust 24th, 1969:
Mrs. Ruby Henderson, Vickie
Daniel, Mrs. Mary Mock, James
C. Jeffries, Walker L. Lester,
Helen Armus, Herman Armus,
Mrs. Fairy Cartledge, Doris Lo
gan, James E. Smith, Peggy Lane,
Clarence Day, Kenneth P. Bates,
Evelyn Anderson, Mattle S. Ma
lone, Jody Nolan, Kimberly NO
- Melba Jean Atha, Howard
Hodges, Holland Sears, John B.
Criswell, Hulon Jones, D. O.
Whatley, Mrs. Jeanette Khight,
H. F. Cannon, Deleda Ann May,
Mavis Day.
Lois M. Rogers, Kate S. El
liott, Raymond Roseberry, Dor
ris Morris, Susan M. Harris, Je
rry Ray Hllland, Charles W. Hag
gard, Christine M. Bardy, Mrs.
Ruby Lee Harris, Herbert T.
Carson, Charles R. Christian,
Eliza Jane Smith, Ruth Grace
Ray, Gussie Lou Payne, Thomas
Otis Hinton, Daniel D. McGee,
Mildred Livingston, Betty L.
Dunn, Lizzie Mae Starr, Carrie
Lee Brown, Woddie L. Knight,
Floyd Bradford, Otis HalL
Henry James Wright, Pearl
Robinson, Nellie Maude Thras
her, Ralph Davis, Lizzie Mae
Starr, Yolanda Cosby.
Patients Remaining the Week
of August 25th, 1969:
Melba Jean Atha, Evelyn An
derson, Mrs. Helen Armus, Her
man Armus, John Barker, Mrs.
Jessie L. Bell, Floyd Bradford,
Mrs. Fairy L. Cartledge, Miss
Josephine Clark, Mrs. Trellis
D. Crowder, H. F. Cannon, John
B. Criswell, Annie Lee Day, Cl
arence Day, Vickie Daniel, Kayte
S. Elliott, Mrs. Ruby Henderson,
Howard Hodges, Thomas Otis
Hinton.
James C. Jefferies, Mrs. Jean
ette Knight, Mrs. Peggy Lane,
Emmette Loyd, Mrs. Doris Lo
gan, Mrs. Mary Mock, Mattle s.
Malone, Deleda Ann May, John E.
McElreath, Mrs. Lula G. Moore,
Ruth Grace Ray, Lois M. Ro
gers, Mrs. Pearl Robinson, Ja
mes E. Smith, Nannie L. Strawn.
Cleo Benton, Carrie Lee Br
own, Yolande E. Cosby, Ralph
Davis, Walker L. Lester, Mrs.
Lula Kate Manuel, Eliza Jane
Smith, Henry Smith, Nellie Mau
de Thrasher, Henry James Wr
ight.
Cake Sale Saturday
The Newton County Junior
Football League will have a cake
sale on Friday afternoon, August
29, at Covington Meadows Shopp
ing center and on saturaay, Au
gust 30, at the Courthouse in
downtown Covington. Buy your
weekend holiday cake from the
Junior Football League and help
them in their fund raising drive.
Adult education is what
goes on in a household con
taining teenage children. —
Joe Harrison, The Spur,
Dickens County, Texas.
Why spend time looking
for four-leaf clovers...when
there are weeds growing in
your garden?—Jim and Barb
Gardner The Fowler (Kans.)
News.
Patrol Predicts 36 Road
Deaths Over Labor Day
ATLANTA (GPS)—A massive
traffic enforcement operation —
similar to the one staged during
the past Fourth of July holiday
weekend — will be carried out
by the Georgia State Patrol over
the long Labor Day weekend.
In announcing plans to cope
with the heavy traffic on Geor
gia’s highways during the action
packed, summer-ending holiday
weekend, Col. R. H. Burson, dir
ector of the Georgia Department
of Public Safety, warned motor
ists that this will be a “no
holds-barred” crackdown on tra
ffic lawbreakers. State troop
ers have strict orders to “get
tough” If need be.
The Labor Day holiday period
officially begins at 6 p. m. Fri
day, Aug. 29, and continues to
midnight Monday, Sept. I—a tot
al of 78 hours.
Despite careful safety cam
paign planning and an all-out
effort by patrolmen throughout
the enforcement operation to
maintain safety on the roads,
Indications are that tragedy will
strike — and strike hard.
For example, after studying
past holiday experiences and pre
sent trends In the traffic arena,
the patrol predicts that at least
36 persons wIH be killed and
360 others Injured in 1,128 ac
cidents during the long weekend.
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(Last year during Labor Day’s
78-hour holiday period 32 per
sons lost their lives — an all
time record for that particular
holiday weekend — and 390 oth
ers were Injured in a total of 764
accidents.)
In an effort to turn the tide,
as many as 1,000 patrolmen, GBI
agents, license examiners, radio
operators and agents from other
state enforcement agencies will
be used In the gigantic safety
drive. In addition to regular
patrol cars, unmarked cars, air
plane spotters and the special
roving “tactical squads” will be
utilized In rounding up traffic
violators, Col. Burson said.
“On top of that,” the safety
director said, “we’ll have 68
Vascar units in operation, 25
more than we had during the
Fourth of July enforcement cam
paign.” (Vascar is a miniature,
cigar box-sized speed-timer de
vice placed underneath the patrol
car dashboard. It is reputedly
a foolproof Instrument when it
comes to clocking speeders going
in all directions.)
Col. Burson, Lt. Col. L. G.
Bell, and Maj. Porter Weaver,
the patrol’s commanding officer
and chief strategist In mapping
the enforcement drive, will dir
ect the huge operation from str
ategic points throughout the state.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Miss Moody Gets
Degree From GSC
Miss Donna Ann Moody, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Moody of Covington, received her
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Georgia State College in Atlanta
on August 19.
Miss Moody, who will be teach
ing fifth grade at E. L. Flcquett
School, was a 1966 graduate of
Newton County High School and
attended Georgia College In Mil
ledgeville prior to her enrollment
at Georgia State College.
Mrs. E.M. Turner
Mrs. E. M. Turner of Ma
rietta, the former Sibyl Marks
of Mansfield, passed away in
Cobb General Hospital on Tues
day, August 26, at the age of 41,
following a very short Illness and
hospitalization.
Funeral services will be held
today (Thursday) at 11 a. m. at
the Eastland Heights Baptist Ch
urch In Marietta with Rev. J. W.
Jordan officiating. Graveside
services will be held at 2 p.m.
Thursday afternoon at the Marks
Family Cemetery at Mansfield.
Surviving are her husband, E.
M. Turner, two daughters,
Misses Donna and Marty Tur
ner, Marietta; mother, Mrs. Gl
adys S. Marks, Covington; sis
ters, Mrs. L. M. Moncrief, Mil
ledgevfile; Mrs. J. J. Lieb, Kent-
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