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Maintaining Discipline
Is Chief School Problem
The Georgia Association of
Educators has concrete
evidence that discipline is a
serious problem in Georgia
schools, and educators iden
tified irresponsible parents,
unsatisfactory home condi
tions and reading difficulties
as the three major causes
contributing to misbehavior.
These facts are conclusions
drawn from an extensive,
in-depth study of discipline
conducted by GAD’s Re
search Division this past
summer. The survey, involv
ing a random sampling of
GAE members, explored the
extent and nature of disci
pline problems in Georgia
schools, the causes of
disruptive behavior and
suggested remedies.
Educator’s responses
showed that maintaining
discipline has become more
difficult in recent years and
that approximately 12 per
cent of a teacher’s students
are real “Troublemakers”
the kind who cause serious
trouble.
The survey responses
identified student violence,
dangerous weapons, physical
attack and personal property
damage as problems. Other
discipline problems included
lack of responsibility for
assignment and duties,
swearing and vulgar lan
guage, theft, fighting, imper
tinence and discourtesy to
teachers and cheating on
tests.
In addition to irresponsible
parents, unsatisfactory home
conditions, and reading diffi
culties, other ma jor causes of
discipline problems listed
were overcrowded classes,
curriculum deficiencies, lack
of authority for teachers,
poor guidance programs,
lack of recreational facili
ties, radio and TV programs
and theories held by teachers
and administrators.
To combat discipline prob
lems, more than 75 percent of
Georgia teachers indicated
they favor suspension and
the judicious use of corporal
punishment as disciplinary
actions. They also said they
needed the right to determine
punishment and the right to
suspend unruly students
from their classes without
the approval of the principal
until a parental conference is
held.
Dr. Carl V. Hodges, GAE
executive secretary, said the
most significant conclusions
which can be drawn from this
study are:
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CORN’S LIME NEEDS
Just about all of the corn
produced in Butts County has
been gathered for this year,
but successful corn pro
ducers must continue with
their activities by deciding if
they need to apply lime to
their corn fields before next
spring rolls around.
Lime is needed to correct
soil acidity. Corn grows best
in soil with a pH between 6.0
and 6.8. Lime supplies plant
nutrients to the corn. All
plants need calcium and
magnesium for growth, and
on soils low in one or both of
these nutrients, the use of
liming materials containing
these elements will increase
corn yields.
A soil test is the way to
determine if a field requires
lime, and corn producers are
urged to get their soil tested
now and to apply lime where
needed.
VEGETABLES NEED
LIME
Many vegetable growers
also continue to ignore the
importance of pH. Asa
result, they are losing much
1 That discipline is a
problem in Georgia schools.
2. That Georgia teachers
believe that, in order to solve
the discipline problem, two
primary changes are need
ed: (a) more parent interest
and involvement in the
education of their children,
and support of teachers in
maintaining good discipline;
and (b) more freedom and
fewer limitations for teach
ers in managing the pupils in
their classrooms.
“Our members indicated
that the primary problem
they face is how to discipline
their students,” Hodges said.
“Busing prevents teachers
from keeping students after
school and many teachers
are not allowed to suspend
students or use corporal
punishment.
“GAE has asked the State
Board of Education to
provide statewide guidelines
on discipline so all teachers
will know exactly where they
stand when a problem arises.
The rules and policies now
are up to local discretion and
they vary from school
system to school system and
even within schools,” Hodges
maintained.
“There is neither a state
law nor a State Board policy
that deals with corporal
punishment or discipline
now, and too often teachers
lack support from principals
and the school administra
tion in dealing with student
behavior.”
During a news conference
to release the finding of the
statewide survey, Hodges
identified improvement in
the teaching of reading from
the first grade up as probably
the most important remedy
for solving discipline prob
lems in Georgia schools.
“Other remedies include
providing teachers more
freedom to punish unruly
students, getting parents
more interested and involved
in their children’s education
and securing administration
and parental support of
teachers in dealing with
students,” Hodges advised.
“GAE will use the informa
tion gathered in the survey to
institute programs to do what
we can to improve instruc
tion in the state’s schools.
That is our primary goal as a
professional association,”
Hodges said. “Although GAE
doesn’t have a policy
statement on discipline, we
will support our members in
any effort to maintain
discipline in the classroom.”
of their potential yield.
Most vegetables do best
when the pH is 6.0 to 6.5. Such
crops as cantaloupes, lima
beans, tomatoes, and turnip
greens are particularly sen
sitive to low pH. In some
instances, these crops are a
total failure when grown on
very acid soil.
With the exception of Irish
potatoes, just about all
vegetables respond well to
the addition of lime if it is
needed.
The best way - in fact, the
only way - to find out if lime
is needed is to have a soil test
made. And now’s the time.
Lime applied now will have
time to react with the soil
before the next crop is
planted.
REMEMBER - DON’T
GUESS SOIL TEST.
TRANSPLANT SHRUBS
NOW
Now is the best time to
transplant shrubs. The plant
ing may be extended past
March if the shrubs are
watered properly.
Container-grown shrubs
can be planted any time of
the year. However, if they
are planted in the late spring
or during the summer
months, extra care in
watering is necessary.
The best time to transplant
shrubs is determined by the
soil moisture. Shrubs should
not be planted when clay soil
is soggy wet or extremely
dry.
For more information on
how and when to plant or
relocate shrubs, call or come
by your county Extension
Office.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARCUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
CARE Reaches 24 Millions
With $163 Millions of Aid
Over $163,000,000 worth of
food, self-help-development,
medical and emergency aid
was provided during the last
fiscal year by CARE to some
24 million suffering people
overseas, according to the
29th Annual Report (1974-5)
just released by the agency’s
Executive Director, Frank L.
Goffio. The aid was rendered
in 37 developing countries in
Africa. Asia, Latin America
and the Middle East.
“As the most widespread
famine in all recorded
history moved through the
developing countries, dona
tions from Americans and
Canadians, themselves feel
ing the pinch of inflation,
reached an all-time high,”
reported Mr. Goffio. “A total
of almost $32,000,000, in
cluding close to $18,000,000 in
cash—up 41 percent over the
previous year—and ‘contri
butions in kind’ from U.S.
manufacturers valued at
nearly $14,000,000, was re
ceived.”
"With individual contribu
tions as the base, CARE
obtained some operating cost
inputs from the govern
ments of peoples being
helped, plus U.S. Govern
ment Food-for-Peace farm
commodities and special
project funds from both U.S.
and Canadian Governments.
All this, combined with
CARE’s economical manage
ment, enabled the agency to
deliver $5.13 in assistance to
the needy overseas for every
dollar donated by the
public.”
More than 21 million
people, most of them
children, received nourishing
food day after day at
nutrition centers, schools and
other institutions as well as
through Food-for-Work pro
jects and during emergen
cies. CARE delivered relief
supplies valued at over
$3,000,000 to refugees from
the devastating hurricane in
Honduras and rushed food to
PERSONALS
Friends of Mike Allen, who
has been a patient at Medical
Center of Central Georgia
since December 16th, and
who underwent surgery
December 30th, will be
interested to learn that he
was removed from the
Intensive Care Unit on
Sunday and is now in his
room at the hospital. Mr.
Allen is in Room 547.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie
Moore of Atlanta were guests
New Year’s Eve and Day of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moore.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
10=00 A. M. on the premises
McDonough, Georgia
3 miles west of McDonough on Jonesboro Road. 3/4 miles east of Interstate 75, 27
miles south of. Atlanta.
51.343 acres with 925 feet frontage on Jonesboro Road. This property will make an
excellent residential development. Many beautiful homes have been built in this im
mediate area on Jonesboro Road and Oak Grove Road. Henry County Water Authority
states that a 14 inch water line should be down in front of this property within three
months.
Builders, developers, speculators, this property is ideally located, convenient to I-75,
McDonough and Atlanta. Check this property over before sale day and be ready for
residential building boom expected in the spring. Signs on property. Terms - 25%
down, balance 5 annual payments at 8% interest.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15
11 =3O A.M. on the premises
BUTTS COUNTY
At the intersection of 1-75 and Georgia Highway 16
Immediately following the above listed auction we will move to this property and sell
approximately 4 acres of valuable commercial property with frontage on heavily traveled
Georgia Highway 16 and the on ramp to Interstate Highway 75 with excellent exposure
from 1-75. This property adjoins the Amoco Service Station at this intersection.
Developers, investors, speculators, don't miss this opportunity to buy this type valuable
property at auction. Signs on property. Terms 25% down, balance 5 annual payments
at 8% interest.
JOHNSON AICTION COM I*ANY
413 Standard Federal Bldg., Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Phone 525-7701
SFF US F OR QUICK. SATISFACTORY RF-bUL IS
350,000 drought victims in
Haiti. Following CARE’s aim
of helping people become
self-supporting, other high
lights of the agency’s annual
report show that a wide
variety of development pro
grams aided oyer two million
rural people:
Self-help projects in
creased agricultural pro
duction in 12 countries and
provided water systems for
more than 400,000 people in
the same number of coun
tries. In Africa, Asia and
Latin America more than
200,000 people benefited from
projects that included har
vesting over 10 thousand
acres of fruits and vegeta
bles.
Farm-to-market roads
helped farmers transport
their produce to marketplace
and brought education, med
ical aid, mechanized equip
ment and other supplies to
remote villages.
CARE helped extend edu
cation to rural children in 10
countries, mostly in Latin
America where there is an
extreme shortage of schools.
The agency constructed
classrooms and provided
desks for nearly 37,000
primary school pupils last
year.
CARE-MEDICO’s work
continued to expand with
special emphasis on training
local personnel by more than
150 doctors and paramedical
specialists—both long term
teams and visiting volun
teers—from the U.S., Cana
da, Australia and other
countries. Anew training and
treatment orthopedic pro
gram in Bangladesh was
begun.
Looking ahead, Mr. Goffio
declared: “With the help of
our long-time friends and
contributions from new
donors, CARE hopes to
broaden its program to give
people in the developing
countries the chance for a
better life.”
Friends of Mr. Wright
Watkins, Sr. regret to learn
he continues a patient at
Sylvan Grove Hospital and
will be interested to know his
wife is with Mrs. Ophelia
Andrews during his hospitali
zation.
Mrs. G. N. Etheredge
attended a luncheon and
meeting of the Georgia
Chapter of The Daughters of
Founders and Patriots of
America at the4jpme of Miss
Elise Shaver on Ridgeland
Road in Atlanta last Friday.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,197 U
More Georgia
Vets To Get
Free License
Many more Georgia vet
erans will become eligible for
the free, lifetime drivers’
license when anew Georgia
law goes into effect Jan. 1,
1976.
Under current law, one of
the basic requirements is
that a veteran must have
been a resident of Georgia at
the time of entry into active
military service.
The new law extends
eligibility to veterans who
entered active service from
other states, provided they
have been residents of
Georgia for at least five
years immediately prior to
the date of application for the
license. In addition, the new
law also makes eligible all
members and former mem
bers of the National Guard
and other reserve forces who
have 20 or more years
creditable service.
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler sup
ported the new legislation
saying, “Many veterans
from other states have, over
the years, settled in Georgia,
becoming good citizens and
taxpayers in our state. To
these veterans and to the
members of our reserve
forces, we consider the free
driver’s license as a token of
our appreciation for their
service to our nation.”
Other eligibility require
ments will remain the same.
These include: service
during wartime or participa
tion in any conflict in which
personnel were committed
by the President of the
United States; separation
from the military under
honorable conditions, and
Georgia residency at the
time of application.
Wheeler said that while
veterans’ licenses are free,
holders of such licenses are
subject to an eye-test for
license renewal every four
years as are all Georgia
drivers.
Applicants are advised to
bring along their DD-214
forms or other discharge
papers, and proof of Georgia
residency (for the past 5
years for those who entered
active duty from another
state) to any office of the
Georgia Department of Vet
erans Service for certifica
tion.
CARD OF THANKS
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank my
friends, relatives and loved
ones for all the visits, cards,
food, telephone calls and
prayers in my behalf while in
the hospital and since
returning home. It is with
heartfelt gratitude I say
thanks again to each and
everyone of you. Mrs.
Rebecca Duffey.
Buffs Courtfians Enjoying
Much Longer Life Span
Special to the
Progress-Argus
NEW YORK. DEC. 20
Residents of Butts County,
taken as a whole, were given
an added lease on life in 1974.
According to the latest
statistics, their chances of
living to a ripe old age
became greater than ever.
That conclusion is based
upon data compiled by the
National Center for Health
Statistics, the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company and
others. Their figures show
that the span of life of
Americans increased by a
full six months during the
past year.
Asa result, life expectancy
is now at an all-time high of
71.9 years. It compares with
71.3 years in 1973.
This was the largest annual
increase in the past 20 years.
It was due in large part, it is
explained, to the drop in
coronary heart disease and
other cardiovascular-renal
diseases, which accounted
for half the decrease in
deaths from all causes.
Down, also, were deaths
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from motor vehicle acci
dents, pneumonia and in
fluenza.
The average change, ap
plied to the local area, means
that a child born in Butts
County at the present time
has a life expectancy that is
12' 2 years greater than its
grandparents had in 1929 or
so, when they were born. The
life span at that time was
only 59 years.
The chances of a person
surviving from birth to age 65
is also at an all-time high of
72 percent.
Because of the added
longevity there has been a
steady increase in the
proportion of older people.
Locally, 10.7 percent of the
population is now 65 or more.
Some 1,200 men and women
are at that age level. And,
having reached, 65, a man
has the likelihood today of
living to 78 or over and a
woman to at least 82. That is
what the latest figures on life
expectancy show.
For a man, the period of
maximum financial respons
siblity begins when he
marries and it continues for
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the next 30 years or so. His
survival over that span,
when there are likely to be
dependent children at home,
is of great social and
economic importance. The
odds are now 89 out of 100 in
his favor.
As for the future, if heart
disease could be eliminated it
would add 8 to 10 years to the
average lifetime in this
country, it is estimated. And,
if cancer were also done
away with, there would be a
further extension of about 2'/2
years.
4 1 HOSPIlftl NEWS
Patients at Sylvan Grove
Hospital during the period of
Dec. 30 - Jan. 6 include:
James Holcombe, Ina
Thaxton, Inez Ridley, Lillie
Mae Davis, Linton Harper,
Eloise Edwards, Horace
Watkins, Marvin Hightower.
Mary Harkness, Rebecca
Smith, Allie Singley, William
Brown, Grace Crum, Alice
Sims, Charles J. Brown, Jane
Mallet, Wright Watkins, Sr.