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God comes within our midst
and gathers His children home,
one at the time, There is never
a time when you, nor I, areready
to say “Goodby’ to one of our
beloved friends. We have been
reminiscing . . and Ah! such
sweet memories, when thirty-six
years ago we came here to live,
We bought the “Miss Florrie?
Franklin home, as so many
friends called her. It is just
across the street from one we
grew to love devotedly. Natalie
Turner Rogers, was a sweet
neighbor, friend and Christian,
She lost her husband not so very
long ago, her health was not
good, and she just went HOME,
as quietly and serenely as she
lived. She was a wonderful student
of the Bible, and taught a Sunday
School class for many years at
the First Baptist Church.
It seems only yesterday that
her precious little daughter, and
her Kkittens, spent many happy
hours with us, She leaves for
her child, and grandchildren a
wonderful example of Christian
Living. This is a priceless
heritage! Our heart as well as
many others, are sorely grieved
at giving her up, but we know
it was God’s will, Our heart
bleeds at our loss, along with
the hearts of her loved ones.
Twice this week God called,
taking home another good and
precious friend of all who knew
her. This was Miss Annabel
Robinson, beloved by all who
knew her, for her wonderful faith
in God; her fine character, her
thoughtfulness of every person
within her reach. Next to
Covington, Athens was the place
she loved best. She had wonderful
friends there, and visited them
ever so often. She was never
happier than all the years she
went to the Press Institute held
in Athens., We carried her there
with us. She visited her friends,
but they would come over each
day for the wonderful programs.
We never know what moment,
or hour God will call us to come
and live with Him ~ . . but we
know that Annabel, had she had
a choice of the time or place
to go Home . . . she would
probably have said Athens! She
became interested in the
Presbyterian Church when Peter
Marshall was the pastor, and
yloined this Church . . we are
‘fortunate in our Fine
Presbyterian Ministers...for the
Rev. Thomas White conducted a
beautiful service for her, which
we are sure she would have
loved. /
To her wonderful, and beloved
sister and brothers and families,
we extend our heartfelt sympathy.
We trust that God will be very
near to not only these neighbors
and friends but to all the families
in our county that have lost loved
ones this week.
Newton County Hospitalheld its
first Orientation Class on
Tuesday of this week. It was a
beautiful and well planned
program, Surely with such
training, and such fine leaders
as we have, every patient, visitor
and the Doctors, will benefit
greatly from even finer service
from the Volunteer Workers
« o « The Hospital Auxiliary
Members. They all seemed eager
to learn every phase of service
to be rendered the patient, the
visitor, Doctors and Nurses.
This Newton County Hospital
is one of the most beautiful hos=
pitals for a city of our size
that we have ever seen. Even
we, who work there, were amazed
at the fine new equipment, second
to none! Our fine physicians,
and surgeons, have the most
modern equipment, and every
thing that they need in almost
any emergency, This makes
every Newton Countian PROUD
for many lives will be saveé
that might not have been, had
they not had this equipment . ..
and had to rush them to Atlanta,
and have them die enroute. OH!
How thankful we know you each
one are!
Winter is really creeping up,
in full force, it looks like outside
. » we are afraid we might awaken
in the morning and find things
frozen over. The flowers are all
killed now . . « but just remembe:
thist It is time to plant your
fall bulbs, fine flowering trees
and many shrubs . . just call
one of our local nurserymen and
see what he can suggest for your
garden or landscaping!
Thanksgiving Day is very near
now. Families should gather
together instead of dashing off
in different directions tofaraway
places, on these sacred days.
The happiest days of our life,
as a child, were when the families
all gathered together for truly
a love ¢‘Feast”. Let us not be
selfish on this day however .. .
Sharing, and Caring is one of the
greatest things of all. Let each
of us see just what we can do
to make some home brighter,
which might otherwise need food,
clothing or even medical atten
tion.
God gives us many opportu
nities, every day in the year, and
He expects you, and expects us,
to go into the highways and by
ways and seek out those who
need 2 helping hand, There are
so many elderly people, and
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VOLUME 105 NO,. 4
Santa C.aus In Covington Tuesday
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United Fund
Nears Goal
With the end of the campaign
in sight, United Fund workers
Tuesday reported $72,313,75 in
pledges.
Ted Stroud, Campaign Chaire
man, urged all volunteer workers
to report to the United Fund of=
fice so that a final tabulation
may be made,
¢«¢With the budget of $79,281.00,
some seven thousand dollars is
still needed to meet our goal.
All residents of Newton County
are urged to give their fair share
so that the United Fund may con=
tinue the services of the thirteen
member agencies helping people
in Newton County. The United
Way saves time by eliminating
thirteen separate campaigns,’
stated UF President Ted Stroud.
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Action Proposed
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Local Seminars
Seven priority areas for action
have been established by the
Covington=-Newton County
Priorities Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce following
the six seminars on county
problems sponsored by the
Chamber and the Northeast
Georgia Area Planning Come
mission.
First on the priority list is
the establishment of a sewer
and water authority to provide
sanitary and health services for
the citizens of Newton County.
Other recommendations in
order of priority are: (2)establish
county planning commission and
enact zoning law; (3) establish
comprehensive recreation
program with full-time director;
(4) encourage improvement
of schools, including adult and
vocational classes for Newton
County; (5) improve and beautify
city square and downtown
business area; (6) encourage
program for improved housing;
and (7) vrelieve downtown
congestion by better traffic con=
trol and alternate routes.
This list of priority projects
was drawn up and voted on at
the last seminar on Thursday
night. The Chamber of Commerce
will work with the Newton County
Board of Commissioners and the
city governments involved to see
that on these projects is initiated
at the earliest possible date.
Basketball
Tabloid In
NEWS Today
Mobil Chemical Execulives
Visit 2 Covinglon Plants
A group of Mobil Chemical
executives from the New York
City home office toured the Mo=
bil Chemical - Plastics Division
plants in Covington on Novem=
ber 18, 1963, The group led by
T. W, Nelson, President, Mobil
Chemical, included R. C, Adam,
Executive Vice President, Mo=-
bil Chemical; G. A. Birrell, Le=-
gal Counsel, Mobil Oil; I. V.
DeChellis, Manager, Strategic
Planning and Environmental An
alysis, Mobil Chemical; I, W,
Krantz, Employee Relations Ma=-
nager, Mobil Chemical; and P.
J. LaMarche, Vice President and
General Manager, Chemical Coa=
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Division plants Tuesday, During lunch time at Oxford College the visitors reviewed the operations
of the firm, Shown at the Oxford College cafeteria are, from left to right: I, V, DeChellis, Manager,
Strategic Planning and Environmental Analysis;l, W, Krantz, Employee Relations Manager; T. W, Nelson,
President; Dr. Dallas Tarkenton of Oxford College; G. A. Birrell, Legal Counsel; R. C. Adam, Executive~
Vice President; and P, J, LaMarche, Vice-President and General Manager,
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MAIN ENTRANCE of the newly-built, modern Covington Manor Nur=-
sing Home and Convalescent Center with some of the administrative
personnel, is shown in the photo above. Open House will be held
Sunday, November 23 from 2 until 5 p. m. shown on the porch are
(from left to right): Dr. Jim Purcell, Jr., MD Chief of Staff; Guy
New N ursing Home Open House Sunday
Open House will be held Sun
day afternnon, November 23, at
the new Covington Manor Nursing
Home and Convalescent Center,
4148 Carroll Street, SW, in Cov
ington. Visitors are weicome to
view the new facility from 2 p.m.
until 5 p.m, :
Vice - President and Admini
strator of the nursing home is
Paul J, Bennett, T. Rucker Ginn
of Covington is the President,
Ramsey Way is the Secretary,
S. A, Way 111, treasurer, Mrs.
S. A, Way, Sr., director, and
Mrs. Augusta B, Bennett, RN,
is the Director of Nursing.
Other supervisory personnel
at the home will be Mrs. Robert
Christian, food service super=-
visor; Mrs., Polly Maddox, sec=
retary; Dr. J, W, Purcell, Jr.
MD Chief of Staff; and Guy V.
Evans, Pharmacist.
The home costs approximate=
1y $300,000 and has 67 beds. It
contains central heat and air
conditioning. Some 35=40 people
will be employed initially by Cove
ington Manor. The annual pay=-
After a tour of both the Pack=
aging and Foams Plants, Cov=-
ington management personnel,
headed by General Manager, Mel
vin Cagen, presented to the vi
sitors an operations review at
Oxford College. Discussed was
current status of business in the
Southeast Region and generalbu=
siness plans for the period 1970=-
1972,
At Oxford College the group
also met with Dr. Dallas Tar
kenton, Registrar and Director
of Admissions, In 1969 Mobil
Chemical donated a yearly sc=-
holarship 4o the University for
use by a Newton County stu
dent.
iNGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1969
~ roll will be about $150,000, Mr.
. Bennett stated.
; Mr. Bennett said that patients
- are now being accepted for the
, nursing home and convalescent
E.lr. Achievement Program As
Local Kiwanis Club Today
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‘ Marvin L. Butts, Vice=-
President of Junior Achievement,
~ Inc., will be the guest speaker at
the Covington Kiwanis Club
meeting today (Thursday) at the
.~ Teen Can building at 1 o’clock.
- M Butts is Southeastern
Director of the youth organiza
tion.
Kiwanian Bill Ballenger is in
charge of the program today and
he will introduce the speaker.
Junior Achievement is directed
to Juniors and Seniors in high
school and offers practical educa=
tion in economics. It teaches
a boy or girlhow to open, operate,
manage, produce and sell
a product. The organization has
been valuable to new industries
locating inaneighborhood inquest
of competent employees, es=
pecially in management.
Newton County Agent Ed Hunt
conducted the program Thursday
at the Kiwanis Club meeting. He
showed slides and lectured on
his trip to Michigan and Wiscon=-
sin., I concerned the Marketer
Tour sponsored by the Citizens
& Southern Banks of Georgia.
The program was in obser=-
vance of Farm=-City Week which
is an annual week each year in
Kiwanis Club’s program. Many
farmers and businessmen of the
county attended the program Th=
ursday as guests of the club., In
cluded were: Bill Hardy, Soil
Conservationist of Newton Cou-
Evans, Pharmacist; Mrs. Robert Christian, Food Service Supervisor;
Mrs, Polly Maddox, Secretary; Mrs. Augusta B, Bennett (RN),
Director of Nursing; and Paul J, Bennett, Vice-President and Ad
ministrator. T. Rucker Ginn of Covington is the president of the
~ organization. The home has 67 beds.
center, which is located between
Clark and Washington Streets on
Carroll Street. The new building
is situated next to the National
Guard Armory.
nty; John Dickens of The First
National Bank of Newton County;
Hugh Miller of Quality Equip=
ment & Seed Company; Henry
Barrow, Vo-Ag Teacher at New
ton High; M., O, Campbell of the
Bank of Mansfield; Ronald Cook
of Madison Production Credit
Assn.; Lee Hays, Hays Truck &
Tractor Co.
Others present for the pro
gram were: Circle K members
Lee Hawkins and John Chafin of
Oxford College; Newton High Key
Club members Hugh Steele and
Joe Brown; Bob Mitcham, New
ton County Hospital Administrat
or; and Roger Zuercher, Newton-
Rockdale Boy Scout Executive.
A new member was inducted
into the Covington Kiwanis Club.
Lamar Callaway, Covington
Postmaster, is the new mem
ber. The induction ceremony
was handled by Charles Strick
land.
Callaway-Dobbs
In Mayor’s Race
Two candidates are in the race
for Mayor of Covington in the
City Election, Wednesday, De
cember 3 as the qualifying dead
line for office came to an end
Tuesday. E, E, (Buck) Callaway
and Dr. W, L, (Bill) Dobbs, both
present councilmen, areaspiring
for the mayor’s post since the
incumbent Walker Harris is not
seeking office again,
A third candidate, Ernest Lee,
a Negro, failed to qualify for the
Mayor race by the 4 p, m, dead
line Tuesday, A City Official
said that he was not qualified to
enter the race because he was
not a property owner, he was in
arrears in his utility bill, and
he had not paid taxes for more
than a year,
In the City Council race each
of three posts are contested,
In Post 1 race the candidates
are Harold Cobb, Clarence O,
Hall and Don J, Wood, Sr. Post
2 has Allene C, Burton opposing
incumbent Fred J, Kitchen, In
the Post 3 race there are three
aspirants; W, Thomas Greer,
Jr., J. E, Loyd and Grover T,
owens,
Sen. Russell
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Receives ACA’s
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Service Award
WASHINGTON, D, C. — The
Honorable Richard B, Russell,
United States Senator from Geor=-
gia, was honored today in the
Nation’s Capital. Senator Rus
sell was presented the Distin
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NEWS To Print
Early Next Week
The Covington NEWS will print
a day early next week due to
Thanksgiving on Thursday, The
paper will be printed Tuesday
night and delivered to the Post
Office and routes for delivery
Wednesday, the day before
Thanksgiving.
All correspondents and adver=
tisers are reminded that the
deadline for news and copy will
be moved up one day next week,
Your cooperation will be sin=-
cerely appreciated,
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Newton Basketball Teams
Open Saturday At Home
Newton County High basketball
teams (boys and girls) will open
the 1969«70 season Saturday night
at the NCHS gymnasium. The
girls’ game will get underway at
7 p. me with Jackson High as the
opponent.
An air of anxiety always pre
vails prior to the first game of
the season for both local squads.
The NCHS girl’s mentor, Tom
Wortman, is starting his fifth
season here and his overall re=
cord to date is 64 wins and 31
losses.
Wortman can call on three
players from his team of a year
ago who were starters. Forward
Martha Ellen Banks, and Guards
Carole Freeman and Marcia
Johnson, were on the first string
last year. Other starters Satur
day will see Becky Smith and
Cindy Meyer at forwards, and
Jamie Henderson at the other
defensive slot.
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COVINGTON POLICE CHIEF Hinton Bailey (left) and Patrolman Harold Pickett look over some of
the goods recovered Monday morning in Covington just off Clark Street, The loot was found by Dan
Sharpton, Jr. The articles shown in the photo were stolen Thursday night from a DeKalb Policeman
M, J, Jacobs. He said he left his garage unlocked and the thief or thieves took the equipment during
the night,
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Santa Claus is coming to town
to his house on the square in
downtown Covington on Tuesday
afternoon, November 25, at 4:00
p. m. On hand to welcome Santa
and play in the Christmas Pa
rade will be the Newton County
High School ‘“Blue Rambler?’’ Ma=
rching Band, the R. L. Cousins
‘‘Wolverine’’ Band, and the Ju=
nior High School ¢‘Cadet’ Band.
The ¢¢‘Cadet’” Band will play
Christmas music on the Square
from 3:30 p. m. until the parade
at 4:00 p. me The Newton and
Cousins bands will then usher
Santa into town for his official
“«‘Welcome”? to the city.
Covington Retail Merchants
have announced plans to be open
all day each Wednesday during
December for shopping convene
ience. The following stores will
be open for business until 9:00
p. m, Monday through Friday,
December 15-19, and Monday
and Tuesday, December 22-23:
Harper’s, Allen’s, J, C. Pool’s,
White’s Tire and Auto, Economy
Auto, Belk’s Western Auto, R& L
Shop, White’s Department Store,
Big W Discount Center, Cohen’s,
and Hutchin’s.
Council Changes
Trailer Ordinance
Covington’s City Council
approved the first reading of an
ordinance on Trailers and
Trailer Parks which will delete
the portion of the present
ordinance which reads:
¢“Notice shall be sent by
registered mail to the applicant
and to all owners of property
within three hundred (300) feet
of the ) roperty in question; and:
¢, . o provided however, that
of any property owner to whom
notice is required to be sent
should object to the proposed
location of the trailer park, the
same shall be disapproved by
the planning commission with no
other ground for disapproval
being necessary.”
The motion for approval
carried with Councilmen
Callaway and Dobbs not voting,
The ordinance as changed
appears on the Legal Page of
today’s NEWS,
A representative of the Newton
Newton Ram mentor Ronald
Bradley has a sensational record
in 11 years as head boys’ coach
at NCHS, His teams have won
306 victories and lost 36 in that
span of time. Included in those
wins is a State AA Championship
club in March 1964, Last year’s
team went to the State AA meet
in Atlanta and lost a close game
to the eventual State winner
Carver 66-61,
Most Newton fans like to refer
to the Rams’ home court consec=
utive victory skein of 129 before
the strong Wills High team came
here in December of 1967
and broke the record. Bradley’s
boys had not lost here previous
to that tilt and the record dated
back to December of 1958 when
Baldwin County turned the trick.
Answering the bell Saturday
night for the local boys will be
three seniors, Mickey Dickerson,
center; Bubba Hill, forward; and
SINGLE COPY PRICE 15¢
Other stores that will be open
until 9:00 p, m. on December 19,
22, and 23 are: 3-M Furniture
Mart, King Hardware (also De
cember 18), Ramsey Furniture
Company, and possibly a few
others who have not yet announ=
ced plans,
A pool of the downtown mer
chants showed that all stores,
with one exception will be clo
sed Christmas Day and Decem=
bery 26, to give their employees
a well earned extra holiday. All
Belk Stores will be open Friday
after Christmas.
The Covington Retail Mer=-
chants Association has voted to
ask that employees of downtown
businesses ‘/please’ park off the
Square Friday and Saturday so
that more parking spaces will be
available for the convenience of
customers.,
A Covington Retail Merchants
‘‘After Thanksgiving Sale and
Clearance’’ circular will be mai=-
led throughout the trade area on
Tuesday, November 25, and will
also appear in The Covington
News on Wednesday, November
26, Over 18,700 copies of this
promotion will be distributed.
Junior Football League appeared
before the Council Monday night
saying that the league had changed
its position on the two pieces
of land offered by the city for
the constructionofa junior league
football field, and that the league
would like to lease available
property on Jackson Highway.
Either site had already been ap
proved by the Council in action
. two weeks ago.
| After a discussion on the sale
. of city water to the Newton County
| Water and Sewer Authority the
» Council approved such sale based
on a feasibility study.
» Covington’s water system is
| presently in need of expansion,
and the above plan would involve
. enough expansion to service the
. Water and Sewer Authority with
~ enough water to serve water and
| sewer customers in Ozxford,
' Porterdale, and generally the
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Walter Sammons, guard. The
other two starters are juniors:
Clay Summers, forward and Stu
art Clive, guard. The average
height of this team is slightly
less than 6 ft.
Probable starting lineups for
Saturday’s games follow:
NEWTON GIRLS;
Forward ¢ e o o o MarthaE.mks
Forward « « « « « « « Becky Smith
Forward .......Clnd}'Meyer
Guard « ssesese Carole Freeman
Gmdoooco-oMmmJohnson
Guard . « « eseeJamie Henderson
NEWTON RAMS:
Forward ¢« ¢« o o o ..BlbbaHill
Forward « « « «e+ Clay Summers
Center . « « « « Mickey Dickerson
Guard « ¢« « « « Walter Sammons
Guard o o ¢ o » « Stuart Clive