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EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1171
COUNTY AGENT
STORING PECANS
People all over Georgia are
busy picking up pecans--about
87 million pounds of ’em, in
fact. This year’s crop is the
third largest on record.
Most commercial growers
know what they’ll do with theirs
--they’ll either sell them or
store them. But I’ve had a
lot of calls recently from peo
ple who have one or two trees
in the backyard. They want to
know the best way to keep their
pecans fresh and flavorful. Here
are a few tips which 1 hope will
help.
No doubt about it, lowered
temperatures help maintain
pecan quality longer. And in
shell pecans can be stored long
er than shelled pecans. The
smaller the pecan meat, the
shorter the storage life.
At 32 to 36 degrees Fahren
heit, in-shell pecans can be
stored successfully for 18
months. At zero degrees F.,
in-shell pecans can be stored
although we doubt anyone will
want to keep their pecans that
long.
Most people like to go ahead
and shell pecans. This cuts
down on storage space and makes
them readily available when you
want to use them. Shelled pecan
halves will remain fresh up to
12 months if stored at 32 to
36 degrees F.
Remember, pecans absorb o
dors easily--onions, wood, am
monia, paint, things like that.
So store pecans separately or
with products which produce no
strong odors.
Os course, storage does not
improve quality. At best, prop
er storage only maintains what
ever quality is currently there.
POULTRY STATE
Georgia poultrymen produced
more than nine times as many
broilers as Georgians ate last
year. And they produced more
than four and one-half times
as many eggs as were consumed
in Georgia.
In other words, Georgia ex
ports over 90 percent of its
broilers and over 77 percent
of its eggs. But we are a
deficit state when it comes to
turkey; we go outside Georgia
for about 20 percent of the turkey
meat we consume.
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TREES AND NOISE
Everyday people are dis
covering new uses and values
for trees. Now they’ve found
that you can muffle noise with
them. And with the growing
noise pollution problem, people
are becoming more and more
concerned about what they can
do to screen it out.
Our Extension foresters say
trees and shrubs may offer some
help along this line. They cited
research which has shown that
100 feet of trees can reduce
noise of 60 to 80 decibles by
about ten percent. With planned
plantings using the right com
bination of trees and shrubs,
the efficiency can be improved
even more.
Sunday School
Lesson
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
November 28, 1971
God Brings The World To Ful-
Fillment
Romans 8:18-24
Revelations 11:15
Memory Selection: The King
doms of the world are become
the kingdoms of our Lord, and
of his Christ; and he shall reign
forever and ever. Revelations
11:15.
The human race has a great
tendency to live only for the
present. The future often means
little or nothing. We find our
selves tied to a clock or cal
endat. The God of the universe
has no such limitations. He
can see into the future, while
we only speculate.
It is quite difficult for us to
think of the event described in
the memory selection. The rul
ers of the world seem to desire to
have all possible authority.
These leaders would only re
luctantly give their position to
another. The time will come
when our Savior will take over
the reigns of a world govern
ment. Then, will be ushered
in the time of universal peace.
The statesmen of our day can
only speculate a peace of the
future. The Savior of the world,
the Master of the universe, can
bring this peace.
The external condition of suf
fering will not last forever. The
hope of the future might not
BY WARREN CLEVELAND
County Executive Dimeter
PEANUTS
The 1972 national peanut al
lotment has been set at 1,610,
000 acres. This is the mini
mum allowed by the law. Early
County’s allotment has been set
at 33,325 acres, the same as
last year. All 1972 farm al
lotments will be the same as
in 1971.
Farmers will vote by mail
during December 6-10 to de
termine if marketing quotas will
be in effect for the next three
years.
If at least two-thirds of those
voting favor quotas, price support
will be set at not less than 75
percent of parity. Excess pea
nuts will be subject to a penalty
equal to 75 percent of price sup
port.
If less than two thirds of those
voting favor quotas, price support
will be 50 percent of parity and
penalties will not be due on
excess peanuts. Another refer
endum would be held next fall.
In prior years quotas have been
approved by approximately 96
percent of those voting.
Farmers may lease and trans
fer peanuts between farms within
the county. They cannot be trans
ferred out of the county. A
farm may not receive more than
50 acres by lease. A farm is
land under one ownership. A
farm owner may transfer any
number of acres from a farm
owned by him to another farm
operated by him.
The provision authorizing the
transfer of peanuts is a perm
anent law and will continue un
less another law is passed.
remove the present conditions,
but will make these things more
bearable. The temporary suffer
ing in our lives will seem noth
ing when we come into the king
dom we see pictured in the
Scriptures. “For I reckon that
the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be com
pared with the glory which shall
be revealed in us.” Romans
8:18.
We find great words of en
couragement from the pen of
the Apostle Paul. He sees the
time when all creation will find
the complete fulfillment and lib
erty it can enjoy.
Even though the creation will
see the final fulfillment come to
pass, we find the spirit of man,
also, needs to find a liberty
and freedom. This freedom
can belong to us if we are
willing to let the Spirit of God
rule in our daily lives.
The Apostle tells us, “For
we are saved by hope. . ." Ro
man .8:24. Many seem to think
this is the unknowing hope so
often expressed. The hope we
have is in our Savior. The
Apostle never says “I hope I
am saved”. When he speaks
of his personal experience with
Christ, the sense of a personal
encounter always prevails. We
have as our “happy expectation
an eternal reward promised to
all who are faithful”. This is
hope with a purpose.
Do you know Christ lives in
your heart? Do you know your
sins have been forgiven? Do
you say you “hope” you are
saved without the full knowledge
of Christ in your heart? Why
not let the Savior come into
your life today so you can be
one of God’s children?
Rev. James C. Temples
Pvt. T. E. Wright
assigned to
Seoul, Korea
Friends of Pvt. Thomas E.
(Tommy) Wright, Jr. will be
interested to learn upon can
cellation of his orders to Viet
Nam he was reasigned to the
Bth Army near Seoul, Korea.
Pvt. Wright completed his
basic and A. I. T. Training
at Fort Jackson, S. C., where
he was awarded medias in rifle,
pistols and mortar proficiency.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Wright Sr., 308 Ft.
Gaines Street. His grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. John Wright
of Columbia, Ala., and Mrs.
Grace Page of Cuthbert, Ga.
He is the great-grandson of Mrs.
Mary Tabb and the late Mr.
Edd Tabb of Columbia, Ala.
Pvt. Wright is a 1969 grad
uate of Early County High School
and at the time of entering the
U. S. Army was employed by
Great Northern Paper Co., Cedar
Springs, Ga.
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Ca]] STATK FARM
Stanley Houston frSwt
Blakely-723-3670
Mrs Anne Fincher
Nichols dies in
W. Hollywood Fla.
Mrs. Anne Fincher Nichols,
a former resident of Early Co.,
where she was born Feb. 6,
1923, died at her place of res
idence in West Hollywood, Fla.,
Tuesday, March 16. She was
a member of the Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church of Blakely.
Funeral services were held in
the chapel of Manry-Jordan Fun
eral Home the past Friday after
noon, the Rev. Trellis Mayhall
officiating. Interment was in
the Oak Grove cemetery in Arl
ington. Pall bearers were
Charlie Fincher, Gerald Finch
er, Talmadge Fincher, Truman
Fincher, Albert Wiley and
Tommy Cotton.
Survivors are the widower,
Steven Nichols and daughter Su
san Nichols, of West Hollywood;
parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Fincher, Arlington; 4 brothers,
C. E., Jr., Springfield, Va.,
Grady, Savannah, Harold, Austin,
Texas, Melvyn Fincher, Atlanta,
and a sister, Mrs. Robert Lis
enby, Arlington.
Ga. Farm Bureau
Convention Held
At Jekyll Island
Georgia Farm Bureau Feder
ation’s 33rd annual convention
delegates meeting at Jekyll Is
land last week (Nov. 14-17) es
tablished policy statements and
recommendations to guide the
federation and elected a number
of board members and officers.
Voting delegates, represent
ating chapters from 158 of
Georgia’s 159 counties, adopted
some 37 pages of policy state
ments and recommendations to
the American Farm Bureau Fed
eration. The following directors
were re-elected:
Lex Strickland, Evans County,
First District; Fred Collins,
Grady County, Second District;
Alton Fendley, Clay County,
Third District; William Harris,
Monroe County, Fourth District;
W. T. Jordan, Sr., Jefferson
County, Sixth District; Paul
Bandy, Catoosa County, Seventh
District; Frank Strickland,
Lanier County, Eighth District;
Roy Holt claw, Forsyth County
Ninth District; and Buford Cary,
Madison County, Tenth District.
W. J. McKemie, Jr., Clay
County was re-elected South Ga.
Vice President and First Vice
President of the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation; and re-de
signated as Second Georgia Farm
Bureau Vice President was John
Coley, Jr., Bleckley County; and
re-designated Third Vice Pres
ident for Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation was P. R. “Bobby”
Smith, Barrow County.
Re-elected to the Georgia
Farm Bureau Women’s Commit
tee were Mrs. George Collins, ‘
Vice Chairman, Danielsville;
Mrs. C. M. Anderson, South
Georgia Chairman, Meigs; and
Mrs. G. W. McCurley, North
Georgia Chairman. Mrs. A. J.
Joiner, Statesboro, was elected
to the post of Middle Georgia
Women’s Chairman.
NOTICE!
The Tax Books are now open
for the collection of
1971 State, County,
and School Taxes I
TAXES MUST BE PAID BY
December 20, 1971
to avoid payment of fifa cost
and interest.
Willie Jim Hammack
TAX COMMISSIONER, EARLY COUNTY
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By: Ann Akers
County Extension- Homo Economist
QUOTE: O give thanks unto the
Lord, for He is good: for his
mercy endureth forever.
PANTS EVERYWHERE
We received an interesting bit
of information the other day from
Miss Margie Mclntyre, Extension
home economist - clothing. The
title Margie had on the piece
was “Pantology.” Then she went
on to explain that pantology is
“the study of pants from hot
to long.”
Margie started out by saying
“pants, pants everywhere,” and
added that this is just what she
meant.
And sure ’nough, from the
brief fabric-saving hot pants to
the wide-legged, side-slit long
ones, pants are being seen just
about everywhere.
To meet the variety of oc
casions for which modern women
must dress, pants have appeared
in a multitude of fabrics and
just about that many styles. Mar
gie points out that women are
wearing pants not only for out
door sports and country living,
but tailored types for dress-up
wear and for dinner parties.
“Today,” she says, “there are
Social Security
Q. In addition to paying me
cash wages, the farmer I work
for furnishes me with room and
board. Can the value of this
room and board be counted as
wages for social security pur
poses?
A. No. If you work on a
farm, only wages paid in cash
count for social security pur
poses.
Q. I have a 20-year-old daugh
ter who is studying to be a beau
tician. If I retire, can she
get monthly benefits from social
security on my earnings record?
A. If you receive monthly
social security benefits, your
daughter can also receive ben
efits until she reaches age 22
if she is a full-time student
at a State-approved school and
is unmarried.
Q. My father and mother
were getting monthly social se
curity retirement benefits in a
single check when my father
died last month. We reported
his death to Social Security, but
when the check came yesterday,
it still had both my mother’s
and father’s name on it. What
Following adjournment of the
33rd annual Georgia Farm Bur
eau Federation Convention, the
GFBF Board of Directors re
elected Mrs. James C. Ray,
Macon , for Secretary-Treas
urer of the Georgia Farm Bur
eau Federation and renamed
Denmark Groover of Gray, as
General Council for Georgia
Farm Bureau.
H. Emmett Reynolds, a Crisp
County farmer, is President of
the Georgia Farm and Mrs. L.
T. Whitehead, Oconnee County
is State Chairman of Georgia
Farm Bureau Women.
pants designed for everybody
from 16 to 60 and from size
10 to a sturdy 44.”
KNITS HELPED
The introduction of knits of
manmade fibers has added a
new dimension to the pants look,
the clothing specialist continued.
According to Margie, “If properly
styled, knit pants can make the
most of a woman’s figure.”
Pants sales are estimated to
have increased as much as 60
percent in the last two and one
half years. The big increase
came when fashion fabrics were
first used for jeans.
Women are not only buying
more pants suits but are putting
together more of their own looks
with pants, tunics and accessor
ies.
And Margie says women are
also making many more of their
pants outfits as the number of
home sewers steadily increases.
The various types of pants
are discussed in “Pantology.”
If you are the least bit inter
ested in this new and explosive
fashion trend, you may be in
terested in additional informa
tion. Call 723-3072.
We found pantology fascinating.
should we do?
A. You or some member
of your family should bring the
check to the Social Security Of
fice. We will stamp it so that
it can be cashed with just your
mother’s endorsement on it. Any
adjustments necessary will be
made in your mother’s next
check.
Q. I recently moved just
across the street from my old
address. Since the mailman
knows where I live, is it really
necessary to change my address?
A. Yes. Your present mail
man may know where you live,
but a new one may look for
you at the address shown on
the check. If he doesn’t find
you there, he may send the check
back to the U. S. Treasury De
partment, and delivery of your
check will be delayed.
Q. When I first applied for
my social security card, I used
my nickname. Now that I’ve
started working full time, I use
my proper name. Does it make
any difference that my nickname
is on my card?
A. Yes. To ensure that your
earnings record is accurate and
up to date, you should call or
visit any Social Security Office
and have your name corrected.
FRUIT TIP
Interested in growing some
fruit around your house? The
first order of business this time
of year is to decide what plants
are needed and where you’ll
get them. C. D. Spivey, Ex
tension Service horticulturist,
says the best plants
possible—not necessarily the
largest—should be bought. “A
grower will be way ahead if he
purchases certified,
true-to-type plants from a
reputable nursery,” he adds.
k
The Army Drill Sergeant may
be getting a new image. At
Third Army Drill Sergeant
School, Ft. Jackson, S. C., the
emphasis is on leading and un
derstanding men. The school’s
graduates sound more like kindly
instructors than the strict dis
ciplinarians of the past.
The theme of much of the
school’s instruction is human
psychology and problem solving.
In fact, courses in the six-week,
240 hour training session are not
unlike those taken by an educa
tion major in college.
“You can’t force a man to
obey orders through fear. That’s
self-defeating,” says Sergeant
Major Wade Damron at the
school. “We try to teach a
man how to control a soldier
without harassing him. . .and
how to lead a platoon of men,
rather than a platoon of soldiers.”
“We try to instill an under
standing of human behavior into
each man who passes through
the school.”
According to the Sergeant Ma
jor, the most difficult thing for
the average candidate is learn
ing to lecture. To overcome
shyness, each man gives at least
one 12-minute and two2o-minute
presentations before an as
sembly.
SINGING MEDIC
The men of Co. B, 501st In
fantry Regiment, of the 101st
Airborne Division, have a medic
of some note.
PFC James Morabito, of Peek
skill, N. Y., is a medic withan
extrapleasant bedside manner.
He sings for his patients. It
comes naturally for Jim, who
has been a professional singer
for 16 years. Before entering
the Army, Jim was one of “The
Chosen Seven,” a popular New
York group in night clubs, dis
cotheques and on records.
“If a man’s sick or hurt he
certainly knows it,” says Jim.
“So I try to cheer him up a
little by singing while I’m work-
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Burmese women still wear the
traditional wraparound skirts.
Vermouth is a fortified wine
with an alcoholic content of be
tween 15 and 21 per cent.
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In 1931,
it took 13 cents’ worth of electricity
to roast a 12-pound turkey.
Today it takes just seven cents.
Os course, the turkeys were tougher in ’3l. And the
ovens weren’t as hot. But the biggest reason it costs
less today is that the price you pay for electricity
is lower.
Forty years ago. our average residential price
per kilowatt-hour was 5.6 cents. But it’s just 1.7
cents today. At that price, you can bake a pumpkin
pie for less than four cents. Make your own cranberry
muffins for two cents. And do the dishes afterward
for less than two cents.
Compared to 1931, most prices are higher. But
not ours. Just measure the value you get against the
price you pay. We think you’ll agree. Electricity con
tinues to be a bargain. The biggest bargain in your
family budget. In any season.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®
ing on him. It usually helps
calm him down and keeps his
mind off whatever may be ail
ing him.”
THE SOLDIERS RIGHT TO
SPEAK
Do soldiers have the right
to speak before a group or write
an article? Os course, they
are free to do so. Members
of the military require clear
ance only when their subjects
involve matters of military or
foreign policy.
Clearance is not necessary on
statements and opinions con
tained in letters to the editor.
FACTS ABOUT THE ARMY
Did you know?
--That the Army helped test
the space suit worn by the astro
nauts in the July Apollo 15 lunar
shot? The suit, designed to pro
vide better mobility and more
ease of movement, was tested
inside the environmental branch
of the White Sands (N. Mex.)
Missile Range. As one phase
of its test, the suit underwent
four 30-minute periods inside
the range’s dust chamber.
QUESTION
When is military pay exempt
from tax?
Although military pay is usu
ally taxable, it is exempt when
received by enlisted men and
warrant officers for service in
Viet Nam, or elsewhere under
conditions qualifying for hostile
fire pay. It is also exempt
when such men are hospitalized
due to such service. Family
separation allowance for over
seas assignment, and allowances
for subsistence, uniform, and
clothing are also non-taxable.
COMING WEEK
During the coming week, we
will be making the rounds of
our area. If you’ll be in the
vicinity, why not stop by and
say hello.
Here’s our schedule.
We will be at the Post Office
in Blakely every Monday from
10 A. M. till 2 P. M.
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The main section of the city of
Bombaby is an island 11 miles
long and three to four miles
wide, with bridges connecting it .
with the mainland. •
Earthworms live mostly on ’
decaying plant matter.