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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCT. 23, 1969
The County Agent
BY JUDSON COOPER
Early County Agent
STINGING CATERPILLARS
Each year, beginning in August
and continuing through October,
we hear people complain that they
were stung by a caterpillar.
Well, in Georgia there are
caterpillars which have hollow
poison hairs on their bodies and
they do inject venom in much the
same way as the common nettle
plant.
Not all of the hairs on a
"stinging" caterpillar are of this
type—only certain ones which
connect at their base with poison
gland cells. When these hairs
penetrate the human skin the
poison is released at a broken
point. This may create a serious
Ikin eruption accompanied by
intense itching and intestinal dis
turbance.
The best known of the "sting
ing’ ' caterpillars are the saddle
back caterpillar, puss caterpillar
and the hag moth caterpillar.
There is nothing distinctive about
these caterpillars as a group.
One has simply to learn to recog
nize them. There are many
caterpillars which appear dan
gerous, such as the hickory horn
ed devil caterpillar, but are not.
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THE FILTHIEST BUG
Os all the household pests,
cockroaches are the filthiest and
most repulsive. Their repugnant
odors and objectionable habits—
plus the fact that they carry
thousands of disease organ
isms—make them highly unde
sirable.
Roaches usually hide during
the day and are active at night.
So infestations, more often than
not, are much higher than the
homeowner suspects.
These pests feed on various
food products, magazine and book
bindings and paper coverings of
boxes. Everything they walk
over or feed on is fouled with
excrement or an oily secretion
from the scent glands. These
make up the nauseating "roachy"
odor.
Once an infestation is pre
sent a vigorous and sustained
program of control is neces
sary to eliminate it. A com
plete cleanup should be under
taken and an insecticide applied
to all infested areas.
For further information on
roach control, including which
insecticides to use, rates and
methods of application, call or
come by our office in Blakely
in The County Office Building.
Our telephone number is 723-
3072.
FARM MANAGEMENT
SHORT COURSE SET
FOR NOVEMBER 18
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sues facing commercial far
mers” is promised delegates
to the annual farm management
short course November 18 at
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College, Tifton.
"What Are the Alternatives?”
is the theme, and ten speakers
will address their remarks to
this question.
The course is sponsored by
ABAC and the division of agri
cultural economics, University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
Registration will begin at 9
a.m. in the Rural Life Building
on the ABAC campus.
"Agriculture—Current Status
and Outlook’ ’ will be the subject
of Dr. Walter G. Harter’s key
note address at 9;45. Harter is
head of Georgia Extension Ser
vice farm management depart
ment.
Other speakers during the
morning program include Dr. La
vaughn Johnson and Cecil Smith,
Extension economists - farm
management, who will discuss
"Land Use Economics,” and Dr.
Frank McCain, assistant director
of the Rural Development Center,
Tifton, whose topic will be
"Training Labor for Farm Em
ployment.”
One of the afternoon sessions,
"Evaluating Changes in Techno
logy,” will spotlight self-propel
led, irrigation systems and con
fined swine production. Speakers
will be Bobby Locke, Terrell
County Extension agent, and
Doyle Mitchell, com merical
swine producer from Monroe.
Three program participants
will discuss "Evaluation of New
Enterprises” in a 3 p.m. pre
sentation. They are Dr. Fred
Saunders and Dr. Evan Brown,
professors of agricultural eco
nomics, University of Georgia,
and Dr. Bill Givan, agricultural
economist, Economic Research
Service, U. SI Department of
Agriculture-
Dr. J. S. Brannen, head of
the department of agricultural
economics at the University, will
give a summary and conduct a
discussion of the program at
4 o’clock. Adjournment is set
for 4:30.
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IRRIGATION SET
FOR GEORGIALAND
SERIES OCT. 29
Is irrigation the answer to
crop failure caused by drought?
It may be the answer for some
farmers and not for others. How
ever, because of the drought
suffered by Georgia farmers dur
ing the last two years many are
looking to irrigation to help them
save their crops next year.
Irrigation and its related pro
blems will be discussed on the
Georgia Educational Television
Network next week. The pro
gram, "Georgialand”, will be
carried on all nine ETV stations
at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29.
Extension Engineer Willis
Huston will appear on the pro-
Social
Security
Older people who enter the
hospital under Medicare next
January 1, or later will be res
ponsible for an additional $8
of their hospital bills, a man
datory increase required by law.
The increase results from a
provision in the law requiring
an annual review or nospital costs
under Medicare, and an adjust
ment of the portion of the hos
pital bill for which a Medicare
beneficiary is responsible if
these costs have risen substan
tially.
Medicare now pays all but the
first $44 of a Medicare bene
ficiary’s hospital bill in each
spell of illness.
In announcing the increase in
the deductible amount from $44
to $52, Robert M. Ball, Com
missioner of Social Security, not
ed that the hospital bill for an
average stay by a Medicare bene
ficiary now runs about S7OO.
"The increase of $8 that a
Medicare beneficiary will pay in
his hospital bill effective in-
January,” Ball said, "is a re
sult of the long term trend to
ward increasing hospital costs
and also, of course, results in
part from the general inflation
that has been taking place.' ’ "The
Administration,” he said, "is
committed not only to bringing
the general inflation under con
trol but to working with the health
community, Insurance carriers
and others so that die consumer
will get more for the health care
dollar. ’ ’
Tne hospital deductible a
mount, Ball explained, is intended
to make the Medicare beneficiary
responsible for expenses equiva
lent to the average cost of one
day of hospital care. It is simi
lar to the deductible amounts
provided in many auto insurance
policies where the car owner
pays the first SSO or SIOO of a
repair bill, and the insurance
company pays the rest.
The law states that if this an
nual review shows that hospital
costs have changed significantly,
the hospital deductible must be
adjusted for the following year,
with any necessary adjustments
made in $4 steps —to avoid small
annual changes.
Ball said that when the hos
pital deductible amount changes,
the law requires comparable
changes in the dollar amounts
that a Medicare beneficiary pays
toward a hospital stay of more
than 60 days, or a post-hospital
extended care stay of more than
20 days. These amounts also
gram to discuss the various type
of irrigation systems available
today. The advantages and dis
advantages of each system will
be explored as well as the eco
nomics of irrigation. One of the
newer systems has been instal
led at the Southeast Georgia
Branch Experiment Station at
Midville. Huston will describe
this particular system in detail.
"Georgialand” is aired twice
each week on the Georgia Tele
vision Network. The program
is seen each Monday and Wed
nesday at 7 p.m. and is produced
by the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service.
The program for Monday,
October 27, 1969, will feature
Extension Horticulturist James
Barber who will outline proce
dures in "Soil Testing and Liming
for Vegetables. ’ ’
Network stations include:
WGTV, Channel 8, Athens;
WXGA-TV, Channel 8, Waycross;
WVAN-TV, Channel 9, Savannah;
WJSP-TV, Channel 28, Colum
bus; WCES-TV, Channel 20,
Wrens; WABW-TV. Channel 14,
Pelham; W'CLP-TV, Channel 18,
Chatsworth; WACS-TV, Channel
25, Dawson; and WDCOTV,
Channel 15, Cochran.
ANNUAL
meeting
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Mitchell County REA Auditorium
in Camilla, Georgia. Located on
State Highway 112 just south
of Camilla.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1969
AT 10:30 A. M.
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND
ALBANY PRODUCTION CREDIT
ASSOCIATION
902 S. SLAPPEY DR. ALBANY, GA. 31705
will go up beginning January 1,
1970.
When a Medicare beneficiary
has a hospital stay of more than
60 days he will pay sl3 a day
for the 61st through the 90th day,
up from the present sll per day.
If he has a post-hospital stay
of over 20 days in an extended
care facility, he will pay $6.50
per day toward the cost of the
21st day through the 100th day,
up from the present $5.50 per
day.
If he needs to draw on his
"lifetime reserve” the reserve
account a beneficiary can draw
upon if he ever needs more than
90 days of hospital care in the
same benefit period, he will now
pay $26 for each day used, in
stead of the present $22 per day.
For Medicare beneficiaries who
enter a hospital before the end
of this year, the hospital deduc
tible amount will be $44 rather
than $52, Ball pointed out. Also,
the dollar amounts they will pay
toward the cost of a hospital
stay of more than 60 days or for
post-hospital extended care more
than 20 days will be payable
at the present rate—even though
the services may be provided
in 1970 rather than in 1969.
Q. I applied for social se
curity several years ago when I
was age 65, but have not re
ceived any checks as I am still
employed and paying the maxi
mum social security tax each
year. Will this increase my
benefit amount when I am ready
to retire, and how do I apply for
the increased amount?
A. Your benefit will be au
tomatically refigured in the late
of each year to include all earn
ings up to January Ist of that
year. Since the maximum tax
able earnings under social se
curity was increased from S4BOO
a year to $6600 a year effective
January 1, 1968, you will be
due an increase when these ad
ditional earnings are refigured
in your account. You are noti
fied automatically of the new
monthly benefit rate when the
recomputation is completed.
Q. My 66 year old husband
has had a series of strokes
and is presently hospitalized.
The doctor tells me he can come
home now, but I am fully em
ployed and cannot afford to stay
home to take care of him. Will
Medicare pay for his care in a
nursing home ?
A. No. Since you state the
doctor advised your husband may
come home, apparently he does
not need skilled nursing care.
Medicare provides reimburse
ment for care in a nursing home
after a minimum of three days
in a hospital only if skilled nur
sing care on a continuing basis
is required. There is no pro
vision under Medicare for "cus
todial” care.
Q. I normally live in Florida
and my family doctor is there.
However, while on vacation I be
came ill and required medical
attention in Georgia. May I send
all my bills together to Medi
care, Jacksonville, Florida?
A. No. Medicare claims
for Part B medical reimburse
ment must be filed with the state
intermediary in the area of the
doctor’s address. So your bill
from the Georgia doctor should
be sent to John Hancock Insu
rance Co- in Atlanta.
Q. I do housework for three
different families each week and
earn SIO.OO a week from each.
Do they have to pay social se
curity tax on these wages ?
A. Yes. Social Security tax
es must be paid on wages earned
doin domestic work if each per
son you work for pays you at
least $50.00 within a calendar
quarter.
The VA estimates that some
50,000 men now in service are
attending school this fall under
the G. L Bill, compared to 36,
382 in 1968 and 22,847 in 1967.
Library News
Animal stories are irrestible
for the true animal lover or the
city-bound reader who dreams of
life in nature’s unspoiled and
dramatic wilderness. There has
been an avalanche of novels in
volving animals to hit the book
market during 1969.
BICHER, THE JAGUAR by Alan
Caillou. Novel of survival re
corded through the eyes and
minds of Bicher, the jaguar and
an Indian as the cat and man
are driven across the South A
merican pampas.
THE CROSSBREED by AlanW.
Eckert. His mother was a house
cat gone wild; his father a bob
cat, while his intelligence and a
bility enabled him to survive in
a world of enemies and to undergo
odyssey of over 2000 miles in
4 years.
SYLATHE MINK by Ewan
Clarkson. A female mink es
capes from a fur farm in England;
narrow escapes and the coming
of winter challenge Syla's ability
to survive; this novel reveals
nature through the story of one
small animal.
SOFTLY ROARS THE LION by
Mel Ellis. The white-tailed deer
and the mountain lion are natural
enemies; when brought upas pets
on a ranch by the Gallaghers but
they learn to live in peace and
solve the problem of survival.
Sunday School
Lesson
October 26, 1969
REFORMS AMONG GOD’S
PEOPLE
II Kings 18:1-8; 22-23; Jere
miah 25:1-7
MEMORY SELECTION: Let
the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts:
and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55:7.
The religious history of the
nation of Israel resembles the
action of a "yo-yo”—sometimes
up and sometimes down. When
the spiritual tide was low, God
would send a prophet to call the
straying nation back to Himself.
Sometimes the leaders would
heed the messenger from God.
When this happened, there was
a spiritual revival.
The kingdom of Judah, the
southern kingdom, seemed to
have a greater tendency to heed
the voice of God than did her
sister kingdom to the north. The
southern kingdom was ruled by
the descendants of David- They
could use the message of his
tory as an inspiration for their
following God. However, many
of the kings of Judah still re
jected God.
Hezekiah was one of the kings
who was willing to listen to the
voice of God and serve Him.
"And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord,
according to all that David his
father did.” II Kings 18:3. He
was king during the time of the
prophesy of Isaiah. He want
ed the nation to heed the call
of the prophet and enjoy the
blessings of God. "Seek ye
the Lord while he may be found,
call ye upon him while he is
near: Let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him
return unto the Lord, and he
will have mercy upon him: and
to our God, for he will abund
antly pardon.” Isaiah 55:6, 7.
This king did not simply speak
of a relation with God, he ex
perienced personal communion
with his Maker. Isaiah 38:2-20.
One of the youngest people to
rule the kingdom was a great
leader in a revival. Under his
command the temple was re
paired and the worship of God
was renewed. While cleaning the
House of God, a book of law was
found, which told of the wrath
of God. This wrath was to be
experienced by those who were
disobedient. The information in
the book was not "secret". This
was read to all the congregation.
II Kings 23:3. The finding of the
book and the reading of the same
seemed t o be the thing that
initiated the return to true wor
ship.
If a revival of reading the W ord
brought revival to the hearts
of a straying nation, why will it
not do the same today? It will
do the same today. Spiritual
enemies are unable to resist the
Word of God. "For the Word of
God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the di
viding asunder of soul and spirit,
and of the joints and marrow,
and is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.” He
brews 4:12. We need to get back
to the Word.
There are many who raise ob
jections to the study of the Word.
To them it is clothed in mystery.
This does not have to be the
case. One of the functions of the
Holy Spirit is to "teach you all
things”. John 14:26. Have you
Farm Bureau
News
WHAT'S HAPPENING DOWN
ON THE FARM — Fifty years
ago an idea bloomed into birth.
The idea was that farmers should
have an organization whereby
farmers might work together for
the economic, social, and educa
tional advancement of the rural
community. Farmers decided
that the organization would be
known as Farm Bureau.
While some other groups in
the nation might not hold an
appreciation for basic principles,
these farm people from the soil
while working for advancement
of the rural community have up
held basic principles involving
the American way of life and
freedom.
Farmers in Farm Bureau have
held to the belief that certain
political and economic rights are
protected by our laws. And have
held as important the —
Right to vote freely, Right to
move about freely, Right to trial
by jury- Right of habeas corpus,
Right to privacy. Right to peti
tion, Right to assemble. Right to
free speech, Right to worship,
Right to contract, Right to com
pete, Right to save, Right to seek
a profit. Right to opportunity,
Right to go Into business. Right
to bargain collectively, Right to
work, and the Right to own prop
erty. All of these beliefs are
wrapped up in a fundamental
belief in God.
The opposite of these rights
extended to humanity is slavery.
Farmers from the soil know
that any action to Infringe upon
the right of man is an infringe
ment upon all men.
Farm Bureau doesn’t deal in
personalities but in principles.
Often whe n opposing many pro
posals of law in these first fifty
years, Farm Bureau has done so
based on its beliefs in principles.
VA News
Veterans widows were remind
ed today that if they have a limit
ed income they may be eligible
for a Veterans Administration
pension.
Under current law, according
to V. R. White, Adjudication Of
ficer, Atlanta Veterans Admini
stration Regional Office, quali
fied widows of wartime veterans
wh o have died of causes not re
lated to their service are eligible
if their income is no more than
$2,000 or if they have no chil
dren, and no more than $3,200
if they do.
If a widow does not qualify
for a pension because of a higher
income or because she remar
ries, her children may still be
eligible to receive pensions.
Pensions are based on need,
Mr. White explained. Compen
sation is paid to the survivors
of veterans who die of service
connected causes, and the in
come of the survivor has no
bearing on eligibility or the a
mount paid.
Persons seeking further in
formation were urged to contact
their nearest VA office, Mr.
White said.
BURIAL EXPENSES
Up to $250 for the burial ex
penses of an eligible deceased
veteran will be paid by the Vet
erans Administration without re
gard to whether the Interment
is in a national cemetery or a
private burial place.
The VA said today that the
allowance is payable in the case
of wartime veterans, Including
those who have served after Au
gust 4, 1964, but he added that
peacetime as well as wartime
veterans are eligible for burial
in any national cemetery that has
available space. The only re
quirement is that their last period
of active duty must have ended
with an honorary discharge-
Administered by the Depart
ment of the Army, the benefits
include grave site and actual
interment in the national ceme
tery including opening, closing
and marking the grave-
Hie Army also furnishes a
headstone or grave marker for
deceased veterans buried in un
marked private plots.
Information and assistance on
filing for these Army-adminis
tered benefits will be furnished
by an VA office
Claims for the burial allow
ance may be filed with the VA
within two years after the vet
eran's burial or cremation.
The claim may be filed by the
undertaker, if he has not been
paid, or by the party who paid
the undertaker, the VA explain
ed.
become acquainted with your
Teacher? Have you allowed your
Teacher to help you understand
the Word ? Why not return to a
regular study of the Word and
a time of meditation in the pre
sence of your King? This can
be a great help to you, and can
give you peace in your heart.
Rev. James C. Temples
BY SSG H. R. LESIEUR
Here's the story of a man who
joined the Army after nine years
in the Air Force — so he could
fly. Sgt. Curtis J. Casey, who
was an air policeman, recently
entered the Army’s Warrant Of
ficers flight training program at
Camp Wolters, Texas. "Ex
perienced pilots I worked with
told me that Army flight training
alone was worth four years ex
perience," Sgt. Casey said. The
Army won't vouch for Sgt.
Casey’s statistics, but it is proud
of its program and of its exper
tise. Sgt Casey, a Californian,
likes to fly and he’ll certainly
get his chance in the Army.
Incidentally, you don’t need to
have a college degree to be an
Army pilot- High school gradu
ates are eligible if they meet
the mental and physical require
ments. Drop in the office one of
these days and see if you can
qualify.
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DCS GENERALS
There’s no question that the
Army's Officer Candidate School
must be doing something right.
Statistics received from the
Department of the Army show
that as of May of this year,
45 out of 489 Army Generals
on active duty received their
commissions through OCS.
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60th FOR WALTER REED
It was in 1909 that a new hos
pital in Washington, D, C,, open
ed its doors to admit its first
patients. That hospital was the
Walter Reed United States Army
General Hospital and this yeai
this world-famed institution
celebrates its 60th anniversary.
When it opened, the hospital ad
mitted ten soldiers as a start
toward filling its bed capacity
of 80. By World War 11, Wal
ter Reed was handling more than
3,000 patients.
Today it has a duty roster of
1,200 military personnel and
more than 1,000 civilian em
ployees. Dedicated to the care
of the American soldier, the cen
ter is also noted for treating
world officials and leaders of
all nations. Hie hospital is an
important research and treat
ment center for cancer, and with
the continued involvement in
Vietnam has become a prime
treatment center for the wound
ed. The hospital, named for the
man who conquered yellow fever
in 1900, is accredited in 21
of the 24 specialties approved
by the American Medical Asso
ciation.
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FACTS ABOUT THE ARMY: Did
you know??????
♦♦That the use of serial numbers
for men In the Army started in
1918, and the first serial num
ber to be held by an officer
was assigned to General John
J. Pershing?
♦♦That Medal of Honor winners
receive an additional SIOO.OO a
month.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
If I am stationed overseas
does the Army have a program
by which I can save money?
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NEW PHOTOGRAPHS
A new flight of photography
of Early County was made in
the fall of 1968. We received
them in May of this year. We
dellnlated all farm boundaries
and plotted the permanent field
boundaries. Then we determined
the acreage in each field by
the use of the planimeter. The
determined acreage was written
within the field on the photograph.
These acreages are guaranteed.
The field boundaries were not
plotted nor was the acreage
determined for fields with inde
finite or unclear boundaries. Af-.'
ter this work was completed
we delivered the photographs to
one of our central offices. They
made 10 photocopies of each farm
tract. The photocopies are the,
same scale as the photographs.
They are not as accurate as the
photographs.
All farm operators will be
mailed one photocopy of each
tract of his farm. Additional
copies are available if he needs
them. The purpose of the photo
copy is to help the farmer in
determining the acreage of crops,
planted and diverted. It may have
many other uses such as re
cording in each field the year
limed, crop planted, fertilizer
used, production, etc.
Some farmers may want a
photograph of their farm. They
may be ordered for $3.50 each.’
Prior year acreages will not
be official any longer. This is'
due to our receiving the new’
flight of photographs for use in
1970.
YES. If you are stationed
overseas you can save money
through the overseas saving de
posit program which pays you
10 percent interest. •
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NON-DRINKERS
Prohibition, it seems, is not
dead. At least not in Vietnam.
Members of the 196th Infantry
Division recently ran into a lone
Viet Cong sentry. The man
yelled a warning to his com
rades, but the 196th group rush
ed ahead to find 30 Viet Cong
having a party. They were en
joying themselves so much, that
they had not heard their sentry’s
warning yell. After capturing
most of the men at the party,
the American soldiers came a
cross 30 gallons of rice wine
at the party. In true prohi
bition style, they poured out the
wine and smashed the bottles.
It probably wasn’t a good year
anyway.
NEW ENLISTEES
During the past week I had
the pleasure of helping enlist
a sister and brother into the
Army. They enlisted together.
They are Randy L. and Annie
C. Wlmbush, son and daughter
of Mr- and Mrs. Randolph Wim
bush of Rt. 2, Box 193. Our
very best of luck to Randy and
Annie- We are looking forward
to seeing both of them very
soon back in Blakely in their
new ARMY GREENS