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Rangers Urge
Fire Prevention
Noting that the early spring
with its accompanying good fish¬
ing has brought out almost a rec¬
ord number of fishermen early in
the season, Crawford County
est Ranger, J. H. Rigdon, this
week urged double care in fire
prevention on the part of who may
be trying their luck with rod and
reel.
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only dwarfs trucks of 16,000 and 17,000 from regular gas.
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records show a number of
tive wildfires that are started by
sportsmen being careless with fire
while fishing and camping in the
woods and along the streams and
lakes of the county. Usually, the
fires result from a match or cig¬
arette that’s discarded before it
completely out. or from a camp
fire or warming fire that’s left
before it is dead out. The wind
rises and the fire, match, or cig
arette sets the surrounding woods
on fire and a fast-moving wall of
flames results.”
Rigdon cited as an example of !
j such a fir e s tailed by Forestry carelessness Unit
the one which the
suppressed on the land of Henry
Lee Walker several days ago, dur¬
ing the dry windy weather we were
having at that time. This fire,
which burned 150 acres, could eas¬
ily have 25,000 had it not been
brought under control by the For
estry Unit.
In warning fishermen against
the danger of wildfires and asking
their cooperation in preventing
fires, Rigdon stressed the fact that
fires at this time of year are par¬
ticularly destructive because trees
are more easily killed by fire at
the present time than during the
uonnant period of the winter. This
is due to the fact that trees have
begun to grow again and the trees
are more susceptible to fire dam¬
age and a higher mortality is often
suffered from fire than during the
winter when the trees are dormant.
The Ranger also called attention
to the fact that fire free, vigor
our, green and growing forests
are essential to good fishing
through the seasons. “It therefore
behooves all would-be Isaac Wal¬
tons to take an active part in
fire prevention,” Rigdon empha¬
sized, “if for no other reason than
to insure a perpetuation of their
own favorite sport.”
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To Have
Drive
ATLANTA Mothers’ Day will
an added significance for
he Baptist Churches of Georgia
or it is also their day to raise a
of $100,000 to help pay
cost of charity work done at
he Georgia Baptist Hospital.
Dr. Louie D. Newton, chairman
the Hospital Commission, said
least $100,000 would be needed
the year to provide for the
work in the 500-bed insti
“The Georgia Baptist Hospital
primarily to minister to
sick people who cannot pay
medical treatment,” Dr. New
said. “Most of the patients pay
own way, but our first con
is for those who cannot
"or the medical care. »»
necessary
Edwin B. Peel administrator of
hospital, said that the annual
produced $76,330 last
' rhe hos l,,,al made addlt,on '
funds available, . with the re
that $145,679 was spent for
charity work. In addi¬
the doctors donate their serv¬
for such work.
Mr. Peel said there is no His
among charity cases
of religious affiliation.
The annual Mother’s Day Offer
on May 10, will be received
the Baptist Churches of
state and through their Sun
Schools.
“We are hoping for one hundred
cent cooperation,” Dr. Newton
“for this is one of the most
offerings in our Bap¬
churches during the year.”
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with the outsides of the two halves
towards the center, space the two by
fours, and nail them to the casings
through the concave sides, as shown.
This reel, used by an Illinois farm¬
er, will roll easily on the ground to
wind, or unwind, barbed wire.
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The men and women of Southern Bell have
the skill to do the big job of furnishing more m
and better telephone service to the growing #
South. But it takes more than skill. Sill
The millions of dollars required and used ft. m
for constructing buildings and lines and in¬
stalling from investors—people central office equipment who put their must money come I ft:
into the telephone business with the expecta-. m
tion of a reasonable return.
That’s why it is so important that earnings
of your Telephone Company be kept at a
fair level.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Dates Listed For
Pre-School Clinic
The pre-school clinics for Byron
will be held at Dr. Kay’s office
in Byron on the following dates:
Thursday, May 7 from 9 un¬
til 11 A.M. for white children.
Thursday, May 21 from 9 until
10 A.M. for colored children.
Each child will be given a medi
cal examination and the immuni
zations, free of charge. Or, if the
parents prefer to do so, they may
take their child to their private
physician for this checkup and pay
him for the visit,
j Ernest Anderson, County School
J Superintendent, and Mrs. Louise
r Braswell, Peach County Nurse
j are reqnesting each child entering
SP bool to attend one of these clin
j cg and g e ^ the required immuni
| j zations, the medical examination,
i and a health card, which will be
j j kept in the school files.
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[uSUrailCe
At a recent meeting of the city
council a contract was made with
^ the Sun Life Assurance Company
| of Canaria, through its local agent.
j T. F. Flournoy, to pi'ovide life
ar)( j hospital insurance for all city
. employees, half of the cost of this
j,j an to be paid by the city,
Dependents of the employees
may be covered for the hospital
insurance at a small additional
cost, this to be paid for by the
employee.
The mayor, councilmen and wa¬
ter and light commissioners are
also eligible for this protection but
they pay the entire cost of the
; plan.
Soil ( Conservation
Farmers of Crawford County,
cooperating with the Ocmulgee
Soil Conservation District, have
planted 14,012 acres to slash and
loblolly pine trees in the past
years.
When a complete soil and water
conservation plan was made on the
farms, some class VII soils were
found that were not suitable for
row crops or grass. It was the
desire of the farmer to plant pine
trees, because Class VII' soils are
capable of producing pine trees.
As an example of the good work
done by the fire protection
there has been only 35,3 acres of
woods to burn in Crawford Coun¬
ty since July 1, 1952. This is one
of the many reasons why it is
profitable to plant pine trees.
Some of the cooperators that
have planted pine seedlings are:
L. A. Slade, W. H. Seagler, R. B.
McLane, H. L. Justice, II. J. Horne,
Frank Stembridge, W. M. Dickey,
O. C. Cochran, Paul Tucker, W. W.
Chrisman, Charlie Baggarley, W.
H. Carroll, L. M. Burnette, W. W.
Bechan, F. G. Bechan, G. H. Cleve¬
land, J. C. Pierson, L. D. Baggar
ly, J. B. McGee, D. Y. Hicks, J. T.
Mathews, E. E. Mathews, C. E.
Thaxton, and Armstrong Cork
Georgia Tree Farms Incorporated.
Seed Corn Planting
BY R. P. SWAN
Peach County Agent R. P. Swan
this week cited a report from Sam
mie Parkman, agronomist at the
University of Georgia’s Coastal
Plain Experiment Station at Tift-
THE LEADER TRIBUNE Thursday, April 30, 1983
ton, as his basis for recommend-1 their
int? that farmers .not go to ,
cribs this spring to get seed corn
which was harvested from a field
of hybrid coin last year.
The county agent said Park
man’s report pointed out that seed
•orn planted from a field of hy
brid corn is certain to give a re
ducod yield as much as 20 to;
25 per cent lower than the first
generation in most cases.
This reduced yield is caused by
the high-yielding eharacteristcs of
the first generation being broken
up in the second and following
generations. I he Experiment Stu
tion agronomist’s report explain
ed that a hybrid, like any other
vai'iety of corn does not perpetuate
its original characteristics, “The
height of productivity of a good
hybrid,” the report continued,
“holds for the first generation on
ly.”
Mr. Swan stated that seed corn
of the better adapted hybrids usu¬
ally sells for about twice the price
of the ordinary varieties. He in¬
dicated that the hybrids are worth
the difference. j
Again citing Parkman’s figures,
the county agent said a farmer
can plant an acre of one of the
best adapted hybrids for about
• 1.25 seed cost as compared to
about 50 cents an acre for open
pollinated varieties. With only 10 !
er cent increase in yield when a
hybrid is used, this means sev
ral bushels of corn per acre for;
an investment of about 75 cents
jer acre increased seed cost.
Explaining that money invested j
in good seed is good insurance.
Mr. Swan urged Peach County
farmers to be aware of this when
they plant their corn. I
CARD OF THANKS j I
I want to thank every one, es
P ecial ‘y th ? P astor and members I
of the Tabernacle Church and I
Blue Bird Bod y Company and cm-:
P k ’y ees for the S ifts > f!owers aad ;
cards sent me during my months
of illness. Also thank you for your
prayers.
May God bless each of you.
R. C. Humber
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Your Savings ST Insured
Up to $10,000
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lIVTOIl ScllOOl _ INCWS _
BY ESTHER ALLRED
We have two new pooils in the
first grade. They are William Sav*
a £e from Carnesville, Ga. and
Ca'hy Peacock from Irwinton. be
welcome them to Byron School,
The second graders have made
pretty hoard borders. They are
umbeiilas that give our room a
very cheerful look,
We’ve got two new pupils in
^ ie third grade. They are Tim Pea
coc j c an( j James Savage. We’re
happy to have them in our class,
On the third grade honor roll
this week are: Walter Shelnut,
Jim Smith, Stanley Sorrels, Pau¬
, la Bryan, Joann Flowers, Sandra
Murdock, Erin Parder, Patrica
Smith, Barbara Wages, Helen
Yaughn and Mary Ann Brewer,
The fourth graders making the
spelling honor roll are: Connie
Jackson, Eleanor Rowland, Mar¬
tha Lansford, Carolyn Morris, and
Shirley Bagley.
We drew some tulips for board
borders. We didn't trace or copy
them and they turned out very
good,
The fifth grade is having a
hard time with the parts of speech,
Wonder if they’l ever learn them?
Everybody wants to know what
the pretty flowers and flowerpots
j n the fifth grade windows are
for? Here’s hoping they’ll tell us
all about this big secert soon,
We sixth graders had a swell
time last Friday, finger painting
W£mt everybody to come up
and see 0 ur work,
We’ve finished working on our*
Indian pottery. Donnie Giles,
Ralph Nix and Randy Rowland
made a good copy of the council
chamber at Ocmulgee National
Park,
The seventh grade welcomes a
ne w pupil to their class. He is
Billy Joe Peacock, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Peacock.
The ones to make all A s are:
Shirley Holt, Latrelle Giles, Vivian
Thomson, Annette Clard and Char
lotte Cheek.