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Calling Colleen:
Cutting Off Mom
Won’t Solve
the Problem!
BY COLLEEN DUDGEON
What’s a nice girl like you
doing in a fix like this? You
gave the girl who wrote the
letter “Needs a New Mom”
lousy advice.
The mother
calls her .' iT
three times J
a day. That
is enough yx'Sr
to drive the
girl up the wall. Tell the
girl to say “I’m busy”
and hang up fast. Tell the
mother to find something
else to keep her mind oc
cupied. Mothers are just
people, and some of them
are a pain in the neck. This
girl seems to have a mother
like that. Tell the mother to
“bug off.” If I treated my
daughter the way this grown
woman is being treated, my
daughters would put a stop
to me.
MRS. RINGO
Dear Mrs. Ringo:
The girl who wrote
“Needs a New Mom” want
ed to know a way she could
reason with her mother.
Hanging up the phone isn’t
exactly my idea of confront
ing the problem directly.
The young woman is better
off if she tries to understand
her mother —and by telling
her to “bug off” she would
be making matters worse.
* * *
I’m still involved after
breaking it up. It’s been
about three months now
since I’ve seen or spoken to
him. Everytime I hear a car
coming down the street, I
leap like a frog to the front
window to see if it’s him.
Even when the phone rings,
somehow I feel inside that
he’s still thinking of me.
When I told him it was
over, I said he should never
bother me again. The reason
why I told him goodbye was
Kissing Under Mistletoe
The word “mistletoe” derives from the Anglo-Saxon
word “mistleltan.” It is a parasitic plant which grows
on evergreen trees, with small yellowish-green leaves,
yellowish flowers and waxy white, poisonous berries.
Under a sprig of mistletoe men are by custom privi
leged to kiss any women standing under it. The man
is supposed to first remove one of the berries and pre
sent it to the woman. When all the berries are gone,
this kissing game is over. It is thought this custom
comes from an early pagan marriage rite.
Mistletoe was considered sacred by the Druids in
ancient Britain and they performed elaborate cere
monies around it at the winter solstice. Because of
these pagan associations, it is seldom used in church
decorations.
Bless You *
* * At Christmas
J. HOWARD ROOKS
Addison-Jackson Plant
DICK O'HARA
that he had been seen with
other girls by my friends.
But he kept saying it wasn’t
true. One day I saw him with
a very close friend. After
that he was with her almost
everyday. The thing that
gets me is that he still had
enough guts or gall to say he
loved me.
After a couple of weeks
went by, he saw me talk
ing to his friends and stop
ped the car and got out. He
didn’t talk to me and I ig
nored him. He was very
drunk and started bringing
up our past as the evening
went on. As I was leaving he
ran up to me and told me
that I am the only one in his
life and that he missed me
desperately.
All I kept thinking was
that he was drunk and
probably didn’t realize what
he’s saying. But yet, I fell
right into his arms.
He made me promise to
wait for him and we could go
some place to talk. I got
nervous and made my broth
er tell him I was sick and
couldn’t go. I just felt it was
wrong for me to go with him.
The next day he was with
a girl. I don’t know what to
do I’m so lost without him.
DAYS OF CONFUSED
Dear Days:
Confused you are! One
way to approach the sit
uation would be to con
tinue ignoring your friend
however you tried that
and are still upset. Try to
run into him when he’s not
drinking and simply ask
him to clear up a few things
for you. Your relationship
with him doesn’t sound all
that promising but it might
help if you tried airing your
feelings honestly. Good
luck!
(If you would like Colleen s comments
on your particular situation or problem,
write COLLEEN, Box 639, Frankfort, Ky.
40601.)
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON. GEORGIA
Veteran Administration Spends
471 Million in Georgia in 1976
Veterans Administration
(VA) expenditures in
Georgia totalled $471,833,405
in Fiscal Year (FY) 1976, a 12
percent increase over last
year's VA spending in the
state, according to figures
released today by V. Ralph
White, director of the
Georgia VA Regional Office
in Atlanta.
“VA expenditures in Geor
gia rose by over $57 million
during the last fiscal year,”
White reported. “Our per
centage increase during 1976
closely followed the 13
percent average increase in
VA spending throughout the
southeast.”
White explained that the
bulk of the increase went
directly to Georgia veterans
in the form of compensation,
pension, readjustment and
vocational rehabilitation
payments. He noted that VA
Farm PS?
Weather TW?
Watch 1C
To January 15 JL
Provided as a service to growers and gardeners in this area by
this newspaper, the Georgia Extension Service and the
National Weather Service
Some improvement in the
Georgia farm weather picture
is expected during January.
The trend of below normal
temperatures during the past
few months will be replaced
by near normal temperatures.
Afternoon temperatures
should range from the low
50s in North Georgia to the
low 60s in South Georgia.
Overnight lows should aver
age in the low 30s in the
northern counties, the mid
30s in the central counties,
and the upper 30s to low 40s
in the south.
A return to normal temper
atures will improve many
stands of small grains and
other cover crops. Cattlemen
will benefit because they will
be able to use less supple
mental hay feeding.
However, rainfall amounts
FOREST SERVICE
CHARGES FOR MAPS
Forest Service give-away
days are over. Over, at least,
for the thousands of recre
ationists who have tradition
ally obtained recreation and
special area maps of Nation
al Forest lands free of
charge.
Recreation maps of the
Chattahoochee National For
est. the Appalachian Trail
and other U. S. Forest
wilderness area will cost 50
cents apiece, beginning Jan
uary Ist.
Maps are on sale at
District Ranger offices in
Montiecllo and several other
locations.
According to White, VA
expenditures in Georgia
during FY 1976 broke down
as follows:
$216,397,325 paid to vet
erans for compensation for
disabilities incurred during
military service and for
pensions for totally disabled
veterans.
$138,864,560 paid to vet
erans for GI Bill educational
assistance and for vocational
rehabilitation to veterans
with service-connected dis
abilities.
$17,192,345 paid to benefi
ciaries of deceased Georgia
veterans in VA insurance and
indemnity benefits.
$96,636,879 to operate the
VA regional office in Atlanta
and VA hospitals in Atlanta,
Augusta and Dublin.
Georgia’s top five counties
in 1976 VA expenditures were
DeKalb - $78,429,147; Fulton -
will continue to be above
average through mid-January.
South of Atlanta and Athens,
amounts normally total be
tween three and one-half and
four and one-half inches.
North Georgia usually gets
near five inches, except in the
mountains where rainfall is
usually over six inches in
January.
More wet weather during
the next 30 days will con
tinue to delay the harvesting
of cotton, corn, and soy
beans. Other field work will
also be interrupted.
Poultry flocks will be
under less cold stress as tem
peratures remain at near
normal levels through mid-
January. Heating demands
should be about normal for
this time of year.
MELVIN WALKER
IS ON DUTY
IN GERMANY
Spangdahlem, Germany-
U. S. Air Force Airman First
Class Melvin Walker, son of
Mrs. Mary L. Walker of 415
Mallet St., Jackson, Ga., has
arrived for duty at Spang
dahlem AB, Germany.
Airman Walker, an air
craft maintenance specialist
with a unit of the U. S. Air
Forces in Europe, previously
served at George AFB, Calif.
The airman is a 1974
graduate of Jackson High
School.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1976
$76,538,814; Richmond -
$47,628,298; Cobb - $21,192,
645; and Laurens - $17,298,
516. All except Cobb are sites
of VA centers or hospitals,
construction, though a small
part of total VA expendi
tures, rose substantially in
Georgia during FY 1976.
"The VA spent $2.3 million
on construction and related
costs in Georgia in 1976,” he
said. “That’s about a million
more than the year before
and VA building expendi
tures will continue to grow
now that the new VA hospital
in Augusta is under contrac
tion.”
Construction on the new 420
bed Augusta VA hospital,
adjacent to the Medical
College of Georgia, began in
July. The $57.5 million
facility is scheduled for
completion in April 1977.
The Friendly Beasts
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good,
Was humbly born in a stable rude.
And the friendly beasts around him stood,
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good.
"I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
“I carried his mother up hill and down,
I carried her safely to Bethlehem town,
"I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown.
“I,” said the cow, all white and red,
“I gave him my manger for his bed,
I gave him my hay to pillow his head,
"I” said the cow, all white and red.
“I,” said the sheep with curly horn,
‘‘l gave him my wool to keep him warm,
I gave him my coat on Christmas morn,
“I,” said the sheep with curly horn.
A Christmas Carol by Robert Davis
From ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE LIFE
by The Millers, published by Harper & Row
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State Parks
Offer Variety
At Christmas
The Division of Parks and
Historic Sites, Georgia De
partment of Natural Re
sources, announces a variety
of special Christmas pro
grams.
December 19: An old
fashioned Christmas in north
Georgia is the theme for
decorations and merriment
at Traveler’s Rest Historic
Site (off U. S. 123, 6 miles
east of Toccoa). Traditional
caroling, dancing, story-tell
ing and goodies will bring
back the cheer of holidays
past in this handsome
nineteenth-century stage
coach inn.
December 15 - January 1:
Homemade candies, orna
ments and greenery add
glitter to the holiday season
at the Lapham-Patterson
House (626 North Dawson
Street, Thomasville,
Georgia) where decorations
and programs echo the color
and jubilation of the Vic
torian Yuletide when Jolly
Ole St. Nicholas came of age,
and the thrill of celebrating
Christmas came to full
flower.
December: When Joseph
Vann brought the Moravian
missionaries to Georgia he
brought to Georgia strong
celebrators of Christmas.
How the Moravians observed
Christmas among the Chero
kee Indians is the subject of
interpretation at the Vann
House Historic Site (U.S. 76
and Ga. 225 at Spring Place,
Georgia) during the holiday
season.
December: Learn to deco
rate a Christmas tree which
will be a feast to your eyes
and an actual feast for the
wildlife around your home
during the Christmas pro
grams at Unicoi State Park,
(1 mile N. W. of Helen via Ga.
356). Other activities
throughout the month of
December include fireside
yule programs, decorations
workshops, and hayrides.
For more information call
(404) 878-2201.
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Jimmy's Nursery & Garden Center
170 N. Mulberry St.
Celebrating the time
of Santa, of Joy, of
Giving! We send you
sparkling wishes and
sincere appreciation.
VIRGINIA’S
PET PLACE