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December 11, 1975
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The Covington news., December 11, 1975, Image 13
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CEILING IN DINING ROOM WAS LOWERED TO COVER
STAINS AND FLOORS CARPETED TO COVER CREOSOTED
BOARDS
Old Farmhouse in Newton
Transforms Their Lives
By LESLIE NELSON
After years of living in Atlanta, Mrs. George Verhey
is back in Newton County, her girlhood home, and
convinced she was meant to spend the rest of her life
here.
"The Lord put us here,” she said of her 85-year-old
farmhouse outside Oxford on Ga. 81. "We needed to
be in Newton County and we're so happy here."
The story of how the Verheys came by their house,
known to many as the George Day house, began
several years ago.
The couple had driven down from Atlanta to lay
flowers on the grave of Mrs. Verhey's mother, Essie
Butler Gilreath, a charter member of Sardis Congre
gational Church who is buried in the church ceme
tery.
Passing by the Day home, Helen Verhey noticed the
LIVING R(M)M FLOORS WERE RESTORED
AND RUGS ADDED FOR ACCENT
house was vacant and asked her husband to pull up
into the yard. The couple looked the house over and
two weeks later found themselves its owners.
"It was all very strange,” recalls Mrs. Verhey,
"because we had no intention of buying a house or
living here. I feel there was a reason the Lord put us
here.”
The Verheys had no intention of living in Newton
County because they already had a nice house in
Atlanta and plenty of good neighbors. Besides that,
George Verhey works in Atlanta and Mrs. Verhey
was then recovering from back surgery.
But they did buy the house and during the follow
ing year rented it and made some improvements,
including the addition of central heating and air con
ditioning.
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(Couingtim Netos
J-tuing
GAS LOGS FOUND IN BARGAIN SHOP ADD COZY WARMTH
TO MASTER BEDROOM
STAIRS LEAD TO ROOM CREATED FROM ATTIC SPACE
SIGN OUT FRONT WAS A GIFT FROM FRIENDS
