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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 - - - - - 1 (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. WESTERN SIZZLIN STEAK HOUSE 1412 N. EXPRESSWAY GRIFFIN, GEORGIA 30223 TELEPHONE 228-1064 It’s All Right Here II Begin Your Summer With A Special Treat. Banquet Facilities Just For You. ESTATE LIQUIDATION HIGH FALLS LAKE PROPERTY Sat., June 11,10:30 a.m. HUDSON AND MARSHALL [ INC. REALTORS AND AUCTIONEERS j •iOBJ HOw - ' ON AV E M/. CON G~ PH jVi>7Q ’ - 2601 . f * 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.