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Susan Millsap
Home Economist
W*f wm Georgia Power
How to summerize
homes, apartments
Whether you own or rent, there are steps you
can take now to keep cool and minimize electric
bills when air conditioning season arrives. For
homeowners, increasing insulation and attic ven
tilation will result in the greatest reduction of
energy needed to cool a dwelling.
For renters, however, these improvements may
not be a practical solution financially or structur
ally. The next wisest step, then, is to minimize
the loss of cooled air around windows and doors
and cut down heat gain from summer sun.
Inexpensive options include thin plastic storm
windows or plastic sheeting. Tape these over
screens or around window frames, and you’ll re
claim one third of the energy usually lost through
windows. Heavy curtains drawn across windows
will also reduce this loss.
Conventional storm windows or double-pane
glass may represent the most practical choice for
homeowners to reduce cool air loss around
windows.
Doors in both homes and apartments can be
improved to help keep the cool in and the heat
out. Just a few dollars will buy weatherstripping
made of plastic, felt or metal that can be fastened
to the door frame and threshold.
If your home or apartment has central air
conditioning, make sure that all ducts, intake as
well as exhaust, are free of clutter. Check the
filter before the cooling season, then at least every
month. A clean filter reduces operating costs and
can prevent the need for more costly maintenance
later on. Filters are another inexpensive item,
and frequently are provided by landlords at no
charge.
During the cooling season, a thermostat set
ting of 78 degrees F. is about the best compromise
between comfort and conservation. Every degree
below that will add four percent to the cost of
cooling your home. It’s important to remember
that when the air conditioner is running, you’re
buying electricity; and the less you buy, the lower
your bill will be at the end of the month.
Home Buyers
Advised To
Be Cautious
Are you thinking about
buying a house? Make sure
you ask all the right
questions to be certain you’re
getting a good deal. To help
you know what to ask, the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development has a
free booklet. For your copy of
Wise Home Buying, send a
postcard to the Consumer
Information Center, Dept.
636 E, Pueblo, Colorado 81009.
When you think you’ve
discovered the house that’s
really “it”, check it very
carefully. If you’ve got any
doubts about the soundness
of the house, find a reputable
inspection firm to examine
the house and give you a
detailed report. It’ll be a SSO
or SIOO fee well spent.
Also, for an older house, if
you’ve got any doubts about
termites, the wiring, plumb
ing, or the heating plant, the
owner may let you have it
checked by an expert (at
your expense.)
And, ask some questions.
Ask if the attic and the space
between the interior and
exterior walls has been filled
with insulation and how
much. Find out what kind of
roofing material was used
and how old it is. Check
inside the attic for water
stains and discolorations
from leaks. A basement that
looks dry in summer may be
four inches under water in
the spring. Are there signs of
water seepage around the
foundation walls? Be sure all
windows and doors operate
and are in good repair.
If you’ve decided that a
new home will best meet
your needs, don’t let yourself
be overwhelmed by a
glittering model home. Pin
down exactly what features
are provided with your new
house and which are
“extras” on the model just
for show.
Be very sure the contract is
complete and that there is
agreement on all the details
of the transaction. Don’t
assume an item is included
and later discover you
misunderstood.
Check the lot site in
advance. Is it the size and
setting you want for your
home?
And don’t be afraid to
check construction progress
regularly while the house is
being built. And the day
before you take title to the
house, make a thorough
inspection trip. Check all
equipment, windows and
doors. This will be your last
chance to request changes.
When you take possession
of the house, insist on getting
the warranties from all
manufacturers for equip
ment in the house; also
certificates of occupancy and
certificates from the Health
Department clearing plumb
ing and sewer installations.
Wise Home Buying (free) is
one of over 200 selected
Federal consumer publica
tions listed in the Spring
edition of the catalog,
Consumer Information. The
catalog is published quarter
ly by the Consumer Informa
tion Center of the General
Services Administration.
You can get a free copy by
sending a postcard to the
Consumer Information Cen
ter, Pueblo, Colorado 81009.
Don’t Save
There may be exceptions,
but it is not good practice to
save seeds from your veg
etable garden to plant the
following year.
Notice To Lot Owners
In Jackson
City Cemetery
On Monday, June 13th, the City will begin a clean-up
campaign of the Jackson City Cemetery.
City workers have been instructed to remove all dead
flowers and flower containers from all grave sites, with the
exception of those containers that are attached to, or a
permanent part of the grave site.
Those citizens having flower containers in the cemetery
which they may wish to keep are advised to please remove
them prior to the June 13th date to avoid their being destroyed.
Citizens need not be concerned about those containers of a
permanent nature, as they will not be moved. Your
cooperation in this regard will be appreciated.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
CITY OF JACKSON
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
Weekly
Devotional
By Eugene Maddox, Pastor
The Rock Baptist Church
SUMMER SUNDAYS
BELONG TO HIM TOO!
It’s that time of year again.
We are having some beauti
ful weather and we should
thank God for it, but some of
our church members will do
just the opposite. They will
take those beautiful week
ends for their own pleasure,
neglecting their church and
their Lord (Jesus Christ).
No man can break away
from the church and its
worship of God without
feeling the effect of it in his
own soul. If you see a man
begin to serve the god of
pleasure or money or fame,
you will observe that very
soon there begins a moral as
well as spiritual decline.
When a man begins to
absent himself from church
worship something bad is
taking place in his heart.
Church attendance is option
al as far as choice is
concerned, but it is obliga
tory as far as moral and
spiritual welfare is con
cerned.
When Adam and Eve
sinned they failed God at the
appointed hour of worship,
God was there but Adam and
Eve were elsewhere. We, the
sons and daughters of these
first parents, are not all so
different. If there is sin in our
souls, it robs us of any desire
to meet God.
The first step to take to
attain a happy whole life are
Church Steps. Great deci
sions for great living have
been more often reached in
God's appointed place of
worship.
When we neglect and
despise and absent ourselves
from His appointed place of
worship, we do so at our own
peril. Whipping will certainly
follow. We should know that
payday will come someday.
“Forsake not the assem
bling of yourselves together”
for worship. (Hebrews 10:25)
SAVE SUMMER SUN
DAYS FOR THE SAVIOUR.
Plant Hatch
Opened Again
By Power Cos.
Georgia’s only nuclear
powered electric generating
plant has resumed operation
on schedule, following two
months of refueling and
routine maintenance, Geor
gia Power Company an
nounced Tuesday. The Plant
Hatch unit had been out of
service since March 12 while
fresh uranium oxide fuel was
loaded into the reactor. This
was the first refueling since
the unit went into operation
in November, 1974.
Citing a recent 12-month
study which showed the unit
to have a high 75.6
availability factor, Execu
YOUR WEEK AHEAD b> urns
Forecast Period: June 12—June 18
ARIES Keep communications open with kinfolk.
Mar. 21-Apr. 19 There will be pleasant social gatherings.
Don’t let confusing chatter cloud your
mind.
TAURUS Approach financial matters with a me-
Apr. 20-May 20 thodical plan and get your books in or
der. Take time out for some family
celebration.
GEMINI The New Moon is in your sign, Gemini, and
May 21-June 20 it’s your ballgame. Turn on the charm and
watch the wonderous effect.
MOONCHILD Behind the scenes activity takes over. It’s
June 21-July 22 a favorable time for seeking professional
guidance. Rest and relaxation help.
LEO Your popularity is high. Social activity in-
July 23-Aug. 22 volves new friends with mutual interests.
Listen as they relate their unique ex
periences.
VIRGO Something new seems to be shaping up
Aug. 23-Sept. 22 career wise. An intriguing new assign
ment may be in the offing. Be ready.
LIBRA Now is the time to delve into that new
Sept. 23-Oet. 22 course of study. Read the books you’ve set
aside a long time and get started.
SCORPIO Financial matters have to be attended to.
Oct. 23-Nov. 21 Something happens to bring credit or tax
matters to the fore.
SAGITTARIUS Partner or mate provides a lively chal-
Nov. 22-Dec. 21 lenge. Your reaction makes for lots of ex
citement. Look at things from the other
person’s standpoint.
CAPRICORN Health matters seem to occupy your mind.
Dec. 22-Jan. 19 If work responsibilities are getting too
heavy, rearrange and reassign duties.
AQUARIUS The New Moon in your fun house brings a
Jan. 20-Feb. 18 bit of romance perhaps, or you start anew
creative project.
PISCES Get your home clean and ship-shape while
Feb. 19-Mar. 20 the New Moon gives you the energy. Much
can be accomplished.
tive Vice President Harold C.
McKenzie, Jr. said Plant
Hatch should be able to meet
a large portion of anticipated
demand during the summer
air conditioning peak, and at
lower fuel costs than are
possible without nuclear
power.
He termed the resumption
“good news for Georgia’s
electric consumers, for high
er-priced fuels we’ve had to
use since March 12 had added
$7 to $8 million to fuel costs.
We ran Plant Hatch last year
on nuclear fuel for just that
amount.
“It is significant,” McKen
zie said, “that power
resumption at Plant Hatch
almost coincides with a
negative and completely
misleading nuclear power
report issued by an organiza
tion terming itself Council on
Economic Priorities. As it
does at this time each year,
this professional anti-nu
clear, anti-investor-owned
utility organization releases
a report purporting to reveal
that nuclear power is costly
and inefficient.”
This year, according to
McKenzie, CEP, being aware
that newer plants go through
an early “shakedown peri
od” that reduces the percen
tage of on-time they are
available to produce power,
added 10 of the country’s
newer plants to its data.
“CEP made the point it
wished, but it had to use
weighted figures to do it,” he
added.
“Even if CEP’s figures
were accurate,” McKenzie
noted, “they would not apply
to the Hatch plant, whose
availability exceeds perfor-
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1977
mance figures compiled by
the Atomic Industrial Fo
rum.”
Fuel for the 4.1 billion
kilowatt hours produced at
Plant Hatch last year cost
$8.66 million. At one of the
company’s large, modern
coal-fired plants, the utility
executive pointed out, the
cost would have been $34.5
million. At an older coal-fired
plant, the cost would have
been $64.9 million. And at an
oil-fired plant, the cost would
have been up to $138.8
million.
Plant Hatch, located near
Baxley, is operated by
Georgia Power, which owns
the facility jointly with the
Oglethorpe Electric Mem
bership Corporation and the
Municipal Electric Authority
of Georgia.
REWARD
$200.00 Reward for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of
persons involved in robbing house be
longing to Jesse Fendley on Keyes
Ferry Road.
CALL 775-3767
lAUCTIONI
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(J. N. Ham Estate, selling by order of the
Superior Court of Monroe County, for divis*
ion amonz heirs)
"ABSOLUTELY THE BEST PROPERTY
AVAILABLE IN THE HIGH FALLS AREA”
\ <* ’■ • - - ....
This select Hudson and Marshall
Auction features over 4000’ of prime
water frontage on High Falls Lake.
The property has been in the same
family for over 100 years and has
never before been available.
Located on the uncluttered East
side of High Falls Lake, this property
features 28 lake front lots ranging in
size from 1 to over 2 acres. The
remaining 48 tracts range in size from
14 to 15 acres and have exclusive
access to High Falls Lake via a large
access park.
There are 10 tracts with frontage on
paved High Falls-Jackson Rd., and a
15 acre tract with a lake. Also selling
the Old Ham homeplace, a large
country home located on a 4 acre
tract.
HIGH FALLS IS LOCATED:
50 Miles South of Atlanta
35 Miles North of Macon
11 Miles North of Forsyth
2.5 Miles East of 1-75 on High
Falls Road.
Patricia’s HHB
Pondering!
By Patricia Smith, MfvL
Butts County jHHHySfKH
Home Economist
PLUM GOOD
Each year for a few short
months, summer fruits are
readily available locally.
Fresh fruits are delicious and
convenient when eaten “as
is” but they are also great
sliced into a salad or baked in
a pie or used as a topping for
ice cream or an accompani
ment to meat, fish or
chicken. Fruits also provide
vitamins, minerals, and
sugar for energy. One fruit
that Mrs. Sara Freeman,
secretary in the Extension
Office, tells me she is really
enjoying is plums, which are
currently in season.
Plums have been cultivat
ed for more than 2,000 years
and vary in shape and in skin
color. The fruits vary in
shape from round to oval and
skin colors may be blue,
green, yellow, purple or red.
Taste varies from sweet to
tart. The color or shape will
not tell you a great deal about
taste or ripeness. When
plums yield to gentle
pressure, they are ready to
use. There should be no
cracked or wrinkled skin.
Unripened plums can be
ripened at room temperature
but watch them closely.
Plums can turn over-ripe
quickly. Ripe plums should
be refrigerated and used as
soon as possible.
Fresh fruits such as plums
can be cooked in a sugar
syrup and used to add variety
to meals. To prepare plums
for cooking wash but do not
peel them. Either half and pit
plums or leave them whole.
Combine one half cup water
and two thirds cup sugar and
bring to a boil, add
approximately one pound
prepared plums and cover,
returning to boiling; reduce
heat. Cook until fruit is
# Selling Tract by tract
for the highest dollar
bid
# All lots completely
approved
# All roads approved and
deeded to county
# 28 Lake Front Lots
(1 to 2 acres)
# 48 Lake Access Lots
(1.5 to 15 acres)
# Old Homeplace
Sells (4 acre tract)
# Attractive Bank Financ
ing Available
f Free Barbecue Dinner
served to all attending
tender but not mushy. (For
variety try adding a teaspoon
of fresh grated orange or
lemon peel during the last
few minutes of cooking or
add a stick of cinnamon and a
few cloves to the syrup.)
Firm but ripe plums can be
either canned or frozen. You
can also enjoy plums the
year round by preparing
products such as plum sauce,
spiced plums and plum jelly.
For further information or a
copy of Extension bulletins
“So Easy to Can” and “So
Easy to Freeze” call the
Butts County Extension
Office at 775-2601 or come by
the office located in the
basement of the Butts County
Courthouse.
Georgia Road
Death Record
Being Studied
Georgia is one of the ten
states chosen for an indepth
study of enforcement proce
dures of the national 55 mph
speed limit law by the
International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP)
according to Georgia Public
Safety Commissioner Colonel
Herman Cofer.
Georgia’s enforcement and
public education efforts by
the Georgia State Patrol will
get a close look by field
representatives of the State
and Provencial Section of the
IACP as part of the three
year study of the U.S.
Department of Transporta
tion. A result of the study will.
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ESTATE LIQUIDATION
HIGH FALLS
LAKE PROPERTY
Sat., June 11,10:30 a.m.
HUDSON AND MARSHALL [ INC.
REALTORS AND AUCTIONEERS j
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be guidelines on procedures,
techniques and equipment
for use in effective national
enforcement programs ac
cording to the IACP.
According to Colonel Cofer,
Georgia’s reduced traffic
death rate since the lower
ing of the speed limits three
years ago is directly attri
buted to a vigorous enforce
ment and public education
program which has resulted
in a high level of public
compliance with speed laws.
Georgia’s death rate reduc
tion record has been the
second greatest in the nation
since lowering of the speed
limits.
The IACP surveyors will
spend several days riding
with Georgia troopers evalu
ating enforcement methods
and take a look at public
education methods ana pro
cedures used by the State
Patrol to sell voluntary
compliance by the driving
public.
tCHIRO
INFORMER
Stomach and digestive
disorders cost patients mil
lions for mere relief, not
correction, of a problem.
Various ulcer types can
develope chronically.
Chiropractic patients learn
that normal nerve systems
control ALL body growth and
functions. In most gastric
cases, major interferences
are revealed in the mid-spine
about level with the lower tip
of the shoulder blades.
If illness or malfunction
prevails, as in gastric
problems, a rational pro
gram of Chiropractic adjust
ment can give CORREC
TION, aided by common
sense dietary help.
For professional assist
ance, phone 775-7193, after 1
pm daily (exc. Wed.) for Dr.
R. J. Cartwright at 540 West
Third Street.
Sale Site: From 1-75 and High Falls
Exit, take High Falls Road East
approx. 24 miles, entrance to the
subdivision is on the left. Auction
signs and arrows will direct. The
auction will be held rain or shine
under the big Hudson and Marshall
Auction Tent.
Free Barbecue Dinner Served To
All Those Attending This Select Land
Auction!
Terms: 25 percent down sale day,
attractive bank financing available.
Information: For complete infor
mation, call sale manager Ron Zieve
or the auctioneers.
Call Toll Free: Ga. Wats 1-800-342-
2666 (Outside Ga. Dial 1-800-841-9400)
Ga. Auction License No. 274
Open House: Hudson and Marshall
auction representatives will be on
duty at the property with plats, and
boats available to show the property
from the water: Sunday June 5 From
2 till 7:00 pm, June 9 & 10 From 10:00
am till 7:00 pm, June llth From 8:00
am Until Sale Time.