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Religion
The way to a good nights sleep
Do you do your very best? Do you
do your best if the task is for your- .
self or if it is for someone else? Do '
you put forth the best effort if you
know no one else will see your
work or will ever know it was your ,
best?
Long ago a farmer went into town
to hire someone to help him on his
farm. The person would have room
and board, and work along side the
old man as a son. Several young
men applied for the job. He inter¬
viewed each one. Chatting with the
first, he asked, “What can you do on
a farm?” The lad replied, ‘Y can
sow and reap.” Another replied, “I
can milk the cows and tend sheep.”
A third replied, “I can groom the
horses and clean the barn.”
Before the farmer had made his
decision, he met a fourth young lad.
The farmer asked, “Now, my lad,
what can you do on a farm?” The
lad replied, “I can sleep on windy
nights.” The farmer did not expect
such an answer. However, he was
struck with the answer and hired the
young lad. He soon learned he had
made a good bargain for every job
the boy did well.
One night a wind storm blew with
great force and the farmer did not
Rev. Bowden speaks to Happy Hearts
The monthly meeting of the
Hardison Happy Hearts was held on
April 1 in the church annex of
Hardison Baptist Church. Pres. Eva
Knowles welcomed members and
guests into the meeting room, beau¬
tifully decorated by hostesses
Wynelle Hanner, Marcia Griffiths,
and Nellie Hencley. Baskets of col¬
orful Spring flowers flaked by yel¬
low candles under glass accented
the green and yellow tableware
making a pleasant setting for the
delicious carry in luncheon. Mr.
Leland Hayes returned thanks for
the group before dining.
Afterwards, a hymn, led by Youth
leader, Rick Polar, was sung and
Mrs. Jean Davis was presented the
door prize after a drawing was held.
As the meeting progressed. Mrs.
Ophelia Rigdon, brought a thought
provoking devotional wtiich'she
called, Spring Cleaning. She used
Biblical references to emphasize the
fact that, even as our homes and
yards require regular sessions of
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sleep a wink. He was sure the hay
stacks would be blown across the
field. The next morning the farmer
went down’to breakfast. The lad
was already up and ready for work.
The farmer asked the lad “Did you
sleep last night?” “Like a log,”
replied the boy. “You wouldn’t
sleep if those were your haystacks
blowing across the field,” said the
farmer.
“Oh” replied the boy, “You see, I
didn’t worry about them, for I tied
down the stacks my self. 1 knew
they would hold.”
The story was told about a great
medical surgeon who operated daily
in a medical school “glass top”
operating room. Young medical stu¬
dents would watch from above the
doctor as he would perform very
specialized surgery. One young doc¬
tor watched very carefully as the
surgeon closed up the incision.
When the operation was over, the
cleaning, so do our spiritual lives
require evaluation and cleansing.
Spring is a good time to do so, she
added!
Mrs. Knowles then introduced
Rev. Clay Bowden, of Monroe
County, and Pastor of Mt. Zion
Baptist C hurch at Bolingbroke.
Rev. Bowden then gave is own styl¬
ized version of a humorous recita¬
tion called, A Phone Call From
God, which left his audience alter¬
nately laughing and squirming. At
times, perhaps recognizing familiar
behavior. It gave an believable ver¬
sion of an absentee church goer’s
astammering excuses to God for his
backsliden ways.
Reports followed, fiom Mrs. Rugh
Bryant, who read minutes, and Mrs.
Margaret Tucker, who gave a Trea¬
surers report. Pres.. Knowles
announced a planned trip to Savan¬
nah later this month following the
anticipated delivery of a 31 passen¬
ger van to the church on April 18;
an event eagerly looked forward to
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young medical student waited at the
doorway for the famous doclor to
come out. Without hesitation he
asked asked, “Doctor uoctor, doesn’t aoesn t medical medical sci- set
ence teach that two knots tied suffi
ciently in closing up an incision is
enough?” The famous doctor
replied, “Yes it does.” “But” the
young student stammered, “You tied
four knots!” “Yes, I did.” “You see
son tonight when I go home and go
S£5f E operatfon. S When Vget
down to closing up the incision, I
wonder if I tied the knot tight
enough, but then I remember I
didn’t tie one knot, nor two, but
four. Then 1 can go to sleep ^, without
W0 w^ ine abo “'77 ork
When you and I do our best--we
will not have to worry. We will be
able to sleep at night. We need to
resolve that whatever we do - - we
will do it as unto the Lord.
by the seniors.
Illness and birthdates among the
membership were noted and a new
member. Miss Fredonia Preston,
welcomed into the membership. A
poem, Share A Smile, by Mrs.
Knowles, and a dismissal prayer by
Dr. R.C. Barnes, closed the meet¬
ing.
Present were: Rev. and Mrs. Rick
Odum and daughters, Youth Minis¬
ter and Mrs. Rick Polar and his par¬
ents who were visiting, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Polar, Mrs. Knowles,
Mr. and Mrs. George Howard, Dr.
and Mrs. R.C. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs.
Leland Hayes, Mrs. Emma Boyd,
Mrs. Arlene Cameron, Mrs. Ruth
Bryant, Mrs. Ramona Horne, Mrs.
Doris Gokey, Mrs. Tillie Owen,
Mrs. Nellie Hencley, Miss Teresa
Upchurch, Mrs^ Marsha Griffiths,
Mrs. Jean Davis, Miss Kimberly
Hencley, Rev. Clay Bowden, Mrs.
Wynelle Hanner, and Mrs. Joyce
Matthews.
George Edward Harris, Jr.
George Edward Harris, Jr., 54,
of Fort Valley died April 1, 1997.
A native of Greenville, Missis¬
sippi, he graduated from Lincoln
University in Missouri. He joined
• Little Rock Baptist Church in
Detroit. He was a captain in the
U.S. Army and served three tours of
; duty in Vietnam as a helicopter
pilot. He moved to Fort Valley and
became the owner and manager of
The Shrimp Boat. He was active in
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Shed “Daddy Shed” Hill, 77,
died April 2, 1997.
A native of Crawford County,
he was a World War II veteran,
serving honorably in the U.S. Navy
as a Seaman 1st Class. He retired
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Price tag for early spring: Mosquitoes
By Dan Rahn
Georgia Extension Service
Spring has come early to Georgia
this year, bringing gentle showers,
warm days and swarms of
mosquitoes.
"Without question, we’ve got
some big mosquito populations
much earlier than normal,” said
Maxcy Nolan, an entomologist with
the University of Georgia Extension
Service.
Nolan said county extension
agents throughout Georgia have
called him with mosquito-control
problems. “It seems to be more of a
problem in south Georgia, though,”
he said.
Those wonderfully warm, unsea¬
sonably pleasant days have appar¬
ently come with a price tag. “We
seem to have had the warm weather
and the moisture at just the right
times for mosquitoes,” Nolan said.
Mosquitoes are mostly a nuisance
with their painful bites, he said. But
they can carry encephalitis to peo¬
ple and horses and heartworms to
dogs.
Mosquitoes don’t normally reach
troublesome numbers this early in
the year. “These things fluctuate,”
he said. “But we do have a heavy
population of mosquitoes earlier
than normal.”
Don’t count on that mid-March
cold snap to take care of the early
mosquito problem.
"It’s just going to slow them down
a little,” he said. “A freeze will kill
a ton of adult mosquitoes. And a
hard freeze will ice over the water
and kill the larvae and pupae. But
we’re not likely to get a hard
freeze.”
The early outbreak of mosquitoes
may have caught some cities
offguard with their control pro
grams.
“We learned from the 1994 flood
that hardly anyone is prepared to
handle things like this," Nolan said.
“We need to have equipment in
good operating condition for heavy
outbreaks when they happen.”
Nolan said some municipalities
will use their mosquito-control
equipment in nearby rural areas.
Most rural homeowners, though, are
on their own.
Whether you live in town or in the
country, you can do some things to
help ease your mosquito woes.
“The critical thing is to be sure
you get rid of the trash where
mosquitoes breed,” Nolan said.
"Spring cleaning is a great time to
take care of mosquito problems.”
Clean out gutters and pick up any
trash that could hold water. Look
carefully. A discarded cup or can—
even a plastic food wrapper can
be a breeding place for mosquitoes.
Remove old tires or drill holes in
those used for playground equip¬
ment to allow them to drain. Check
tarps on boats or other equipment
that may collect water in pockets or
indentions.
Remove any trash pile and clean
up other areas that can shelter adult
mosquitoes,
A thorough cleanup helps because
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Death Notices
from Happy Vale Flopur Mill sever¬
al years ago and was a seasonal
worker for both evan’s and Lane’s
Farms.
Survivors: wife, Caudia Hill of
Fort Valley; sons, Gale Hill
(Shirley) of Fort Valley, Larry Hill
of Cedar Rapids, Oowa and Herman
Hill (Rosemary) of Warner Robins;
daughters, Alma Marshall
(Kendrick) of College Park, Vir¬
ginia Ages (Donnie) of Fort Valley,
Wylene Williams (Eddie) of Jack¬
sonville, Arkansas, Marjorie Hill of
Fort Valley, Lucille Dewberry of
Warner REobins, Myra Greene of
Tifton, Lynda Neal of Cochran,
Karen McCrary (Bobby) of Warner
Robins and Paula Ashley (Sanford)
of Fort Valley; sister, Smitty Harris
(Willie) of Roberta; sisters-in-law,
Bessie Lee Solomon of
Hawkinsville, Mary Hill and Mattie
Pearl Hill, both of Fort Valley; 31
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchil¬
dren.
Services were held April 5,
1997 at Harris Chapel C.M.E.
Church, Rev. Gus Oglesby officiat¬
ed. Burial Willowlake Memorial
Garden Cemetery.
Edwards Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Fred L. Carter
Charles Franklin Lloyd, 39,
died Fred L. Carter, 88, of Central
Ave., Fort Valley died April 6,
1997.
A native of Clark County, GA
he was a minister and was retired
“99 percent of the mosquitoes that
bite people come from within a few
hundred feet,” Nolan said. “Most
inland mosquitoes don’t ny far.”
If you live out in the country, with
no municipal control program, be
sure to userepellants and wearprop
; er clothing outsid<^bft.S3KL You Can
also buy commercial foggers, from
aerosol cans to larger hand-held
producls, that will kill mosquitoes.
Check your screen doors and win¬
dows to make sure they aren’t tom.
And have fly swauers and aerosol
products ready for the pesky biters
that get inside despite your best
efforts.
Well-managed ponds aren’t good
breeding grounds for mosquitoes,
Nolan said. Wave action keeps lar¬
vae from surviving in open areas '
Fish feed on the larvae, too.
In shallow edges the fish and
waves can’t reach, you may want to
use a donut-shaped Bacillus
^tErand^LrfSsouam It floats and treats 00 square feet teet
of water for 30 days, he said. You
can get them in local farm supply
stores or mail-order catalogs. They
run about $11 for seven donuts.
And they won’t harm fish, pets,
livestock or people.”
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Middle Georgia Technical Institute,
1311 Corder Road, Warner Robins
on the following dates:
Tuesday: April 15, 1997
Tuesday: April 19, 1997
Saturday: April 22, 1997
Limited seating. Only the first 30
applicants will be allowed to test at
each time.
A cash payment of $7 per test
(there are five sections) or $35 is
required at the time of testing. All
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Applicants must have a current
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parts of the GED. If you have
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from Blue Bird Body Co. He was
active in prison ministry and was a
member of Kathleen Baptist
Church. He was married to the late
Idella Hanson Carter.
Survivors: children, Gwen
McGarity of Lawrenceville, GA
and A1 Carter of Byron; brother,
Jack Carter of Athens, Ga; four
grandchildren and six great-grand¬
children.
Services will be held Wednes¬
day, April 9, 1997 at 2 pm at Kath¬
leen Baptist Church. Rev. Keith
Kersey will officiate. Graveside ser¬
vice will be held at 4 pm at Benevo¬
lence Baptist Church Cemetery in
Crawford County.
In lieu of flowersm the family
requests donations be made to:
Kathleen Baptist Church, 103 Bear
Branch Road, Kathleen, GA 31047.
Rooks Funeral Home is in f
charge of arrangements.
Eva Mae Buffington t
Eva Mae Buffington, 91, of
Barnesville, GA died March 31,
1997.
Survivors: sister, Jewel '
Andrews Edwards of Barnesville;
niece, Betty Andrews Smith opf
Barnesville; sisters-in-law, Bessie
Taylor of Hixson, TN and Laura
Harrell of Barnesville.
Graveside services were held
April 3, 1997 at Lamar Memory
Gardens, Barnesville. Rev. Charles
Smith officated.
Williams Funeral Home in Bar¬
nesville was in charge of arrange¬
ments.
Gospel concert to be
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High-T Records, Inc. present a
gospel concert on Friday, April 11
at 7:30 pm, featuring The Hightow¬
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The concert will be held at the
Cathedral of Praise First Bom
Church ° f the Livin * God ’ INc ' 0n
Ca £ John H Road .
Co e and experience £, a new son *
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Cardof f lfum%s
We would like t0 sa y thank. S
you for all of your kindness e
andgood deeds that were
shown during the passing
away of our mother Qussie
Tripp Mitchell you will nev¬
er know how much it meant
to all of us, the flowers,
phone calls, food and cards
and for allyour many prayers.
May god richly bless each
and everyone of your, you are
always in pur prayers.
Qail, ‘Bobby, Sonja, Maurice
and grandchildren
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