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Educational Level
Is Rising Locally
How many people in Butts
County would be unable to
qualify for the following job
because they lack the normal
reading and writing skills?
General office worker,
bright, good at figures.
Excellent opportunity for ad
vancement. Write fully, stating
education, experience etc.
to ... •
The vast majority of local
people would be quite capable
of doing work of this kind
because they have had ade
quate training. They live in an
area where the level of
education has been on the rise
in recent years.
The median amount of
schooling being attained local
ly, according to the latest
Department of Commerce
statistics, is 9.5 years, as
compared with the 1960 median
of 8.0 yeaYs.
PC A Loans
Are Still
Available
“The availability of finan
cing for homes in the country is
most important for continuing
development of our rural
areas throughout Georgia,”
according to Grover C.
Worsham, Jr., President of the
Flint River Production Credit
Association.
The Flint River Production
Credit Association has been
making agricultural loans for
more than 40 years including
farm homes and recently
expanded services to include
non-farm rural home loans.
“Rural home financing is
becoming an even more
important part of our lending
operations as more people
learn that financing for homes
in rural areas is available
through the association,” Mr.
Worsham said.
Both farmers and non-farm
ers may qualify for rural home
loans through the association.
The association makes short
and intermediate term loans
and is currently serving more*
than 346 farmers, growers,
ranchers and rural home
owners with loans totaling
$12,125,674 in Butts, Clayton,
DeKalb, Fayette, Fulton,
Henry, Lamar, Monroe, Pike,
Spalding, Taylor, and Upson
counties. The association’s
home office is located in
Thomaston and branch office is
located in Griffin.
Directors of the association
are Hubert Hancock of
Thomaston, W. G. Burch of
Fayetteville, Wiley A. Brown
of Locust Grove, David P.
Elder of Griffin, J. J. Pierson
of Culloden, William Neisler of
Butler, and Elijah J. Martin,
Jr. of Milner.
Home Improvement Loans
for Rural Homeowners
Have you talked with your PCA representative about
financing additions or improvements to your home?
Your PCA is more flexible than ever now ... and farm
ers and non-farmers are eligible. Also ask about re
financing.
ASK YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT US.
FLINT RIVER
/QXgflfc PRODUCTION CREDIT
UpiiV association
Griffin, Georgia
There still remain, however,
a sizeable number of local
residents who have reached
adult age without having
acquired sufficient proficiency
in reading, writing and
arithmetic to hold down the
advertised job.
There are 150, the govern
ment figures show, who have
had no schooling at all or who
have gone for less than one
year.
Some 623 have reached
adulthood with a background of
only one to four years of
schooling and another 1,180
with five to seven years.
Those who cannot read or
write at all are called totally
illiterate. Others, for whom
books, newspapers, welfare
forms, license.applications and
the like are unfathomable
mysteries, are designated
“functional illiterates.”
Timely Tips
For Farm And
Home Owners
MILLARD
CHRYSANTHEMUM CARE
Chrysanthemums, whether
planted last spring or installed
at this time of year, need care
so they’ll get through the
flowering season in good
shape.
Most mum plants have
completed stem and foliage
growths and are devoting their
energies to the development of
flower buds.
Success requires soil.mois
ture and getting rid of disease
and insect problems. You
should water your mums once
a week by thoroughly soaking
the soil if sufficient rain doesn’t
come.
Place the hose in the flower
bed and allow the water to run
slowly. The foliages, stems,
and flowers should be dry
before nightfall, however.
Water laden foliages, stems
and flowers will bend or break
when wetting of the foliage
occurs, so avoid this. Too,
flower diseases become more
severe when the foliage is wet.
So, give your chrysanthe
mums some care at this time of
year.
NEW DAYLILIES
The fact that September is
considered an ideal time to
transplant daylilies is well
known to many Butts County
gardeners. However, few gar-
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare, in a
recent statement, declared
that there are 19 million adult
Americans who are totally or
functionally illiterate and
another 7 million elementary
and secondary students who
have severe reading problems.
A national effort is being
made, under a Right to Read
program aided by Federal
funds, toward correcting the
situation.
In Butts County, an estima
ted 1,953 men and women fall
into the functionally illiterate
category.
The proportion is smaller
than in some areas of the
country but larger than in
others.
deners realize there are new
varieties available that will
bloom twice or even three
times during the summer.
The new plants are referred
to as blooming daylilies.
Beautiful colors and petal
formations are added incen
tives for gardeners to try these
multi-bloom varieties.
If you plan to add daylilies in
your garden this fall, don’t be
satisfied with the more
common varieties. Visit a local
hybridizer and choose these
more outstanding ones.,
FALL IS COMING
Even though the heat of
summer may still be with you,
your gardener’s instinct should
tell you it is time to be thinking
about future seasons.
Fall will bring an end to the
colorful coleus, impatiens,
begonias, geraniums and many
other plants. To grow a few
colorful plants this fall in a
brighter window (or a green
house if you are so fortunate)
you should root a few cuttings.
People Come First
With Us
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America's rural electric systems are peo
ple .. . our consumers are our owners.
That's why we're working to meet people
needs, solve people problems . . . helping our
communities thrive. That's why we’re encourag
ing new economic growth for our area—-lending
expertise and assistance when and where
needed . . . and of course providing basic de
pendable electric power.
When it comes to developing hometown
opportunities for hometown people, count us in.
People come first with us.
Central Georgia
Electric Membership Corporation
Flovilla Happenings
By Mrs. S. A. Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Fet Jones of
Jackson visited Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Johnson Sunday after
noon. Also Crystal and Alan
Hart and Mary Ann Elliott
visited the Johnsons.
Mr. Carl Funderburk of
Valdosta came by Friday to
visit his mother. She and Mrs.
Hightower returned home with
him. On Sunday Mr. Cliff
Funderburk of Stockbridge
flew down and returned Mrs.
Funderburk and Mrs. High
tower home in his plane. They
had a very enjoyable visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Funderburk and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Long
visited her sister, Mrs. Henry
Giles, at Gray on Sunday.
Mr. A. F. Floyd and son,
George, of Jackson visited
Saturday with Mrs. D. T. Long
and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Long.
Mrs. Winnie Moncrief spent
Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Annie Nelson, so Mr. Jack
Nelson could visit his brother,
Mr. Joe Nelson, who is quite ill
in Kennesaw hospital. We wish
him a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Mary Nixon of Corsi
cana, Texas returned home
Friday after an extended visit
with relatives and friends here
and at Stockbridge. Mrs. Nixon
will be remembered as Miss
Mary Higgins, daughter of Mr.
Gus Higgins and Mrs. Annie
Funderburk Higgins, former
residents of Butts County.
Mr. Henry Collins visited
Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
Joe Waits, and Mr. Waits.
Mary Ann Elliott spent the
weekend with Crystal Hart
while her parents were at the
Nazarene Laymen’s Retreat at
Norman Park.
Mrs. Robert Grier and Mr.
and Mrs. John Webb of Indian
Springs stopped by for a short
visit with the S. K. Smith
family Sunday evening on their
way to church at Flovilla
Methodist Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shu
mate of Kemah, Texas visited
her mother, Mrs. Annie
Nelson, last week.
Miss Irma Thomas of
Atlanta visited the S. K. Smith
family Sunday.
Mrs. Winnie Moncrief visited
Mrs. D. T. Long and Mrs. J. D.
Long last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Jenkins
spent the weekend at Cumming
visiting their daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Sparks, and
family, and Mrs. Gene Yather
and family. Sunday evening
the Jenkins visited her brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Quincey Camp
bell, of Forsyth.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boyd
of Forest Park and Mrs. Nan
Boyd of Jackson visited
Sunday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny King.
PERSONAL
Friends of Tom Peek are
glad to learn he is doing nicely
from recent surgery at
Coliseum Park Hospital.
Friends regret that Mrs.
Lizzie Gunn continues to be a
patient at Georgia Baptist
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Troyce
Hutchison of Atlanta spent
several days last week with
Mr. and Mrs. Herman H.
Harris.
Could you afford
a big hike in
lurniture prices?
■j
That’s why
railroads are essential.
Almost halt of the furniture Americans buy is shipped by rail.
Why do the turniture industry and so many other industries
ship by rail? They know its usually the most economical way to go.
What's economical? Well, consider these figures for the
thousands ot things delivered by rail. The average cost per-ton
mile b\ truck is five times as much as by rail. Air shipping is
fifteen times more expensive.
And shipping b\ rail is dependable too. Put that together with
econorm and you have a good idea why you need railroads. And
wh\ vou need Southern. , —ni —n — m-\ n
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I AN equal OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE RAIIWW SYSTEM THAT GIVES A GREEN LIGHT TO INNOVATIONS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1973
Howell Cook
Goes On
Mackerel Binge
Howell (Nub) Cook was the
recipient of a General Electric
all expense paid trip to
Panama City, Fla. where he
and about 149 other GE
salesmen in the Atlanta district
enjoyed some of the finest
fishing ever reported here.
CITY REXALL PHARMACY
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COMING SOON!
Mr. Cook said that 116
fishermen chartered 18 boats
and when the fishing epic was
done they had iced 6,881 pounds
of King Mackerel in slightly
less than two days, the largest
being a 17 pounder. Mr. Cook
said his largest fish weighed
some 9-10 pounds.
Mr. Cook won the trip on his
sales record and said that those
who did not sign for the fishing
trip played golf. The group left
Sunday and returned Wednes
day.
PERSONAL
Friends of Elmer Cawthon
are glad to learn he returned
home Wednesday of last week
from Emory University Hospi
tal and is slightly improved.
Forming a congenial four
some to attend Saturday’s
game in Athens between
Georgia and Clemson were Mr.
and Mrs. Millard Daniel and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnson of
Thomaston.
