The Brantley enterprise. (Nahunta, Brantley County, Ga.) 1927-2014, January 20, 1972, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextIn our 31 years as YOUR Chevrolet Dealer we’ve gone . ..and without your continued patronage and good friendship throughout the years we couldn’t have done it. On this, our 31st Anniversary, we want to say “THANKS” to you, our customers and friends. NI MM ER 'S’ CHEVROLET . k BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA from this... .. -To This Impala Custom Coupe T 972 Chevrolet’ YOUR CO. EXTENSION OFFICE FROM Co. Extension Home Economist VIRGINIA N. RAULERSON, I TEEN AGE NUTRITION No one needs to be told how I much youngsters eat. Yet for all I their eaUng, surveys show re- I peatedly that a great majority of I teenagers do not eat enough of the I right foods. During adolescence, boys and I girls go through a “growth Sp- I urt” and all through adolescen ce, the body has so many de mands that youngsters must ha ve adequate diets to be sure of having soand, well-formed bod les strong bones, a healthy nervous system and good vitality. Properly planned meals must include these essential nutrients protein for growth and to build and repair body tissues; min erals and vitamins for growth and to keep the body function ing correctly; fat and carbohy drates to supply energy. To meet greater nutrient re quirements during adolescence teens not only need a well-bal anced diet but a few extra hel pings, to boot. In general, the nutritional needs of active, grow ing teenagers will be met with the recommended adult servings form the basic four food groups PLUS : two or more cups of milk an extra serving of meat and clt rus fruit and a snack of a meat or cheese sandwich. Snacks, of course, may be varied but shou ld contribute to the total diet. To Translate all these nutri ^ent-needs into daily foods, the following groupings are helpful: BREAD GROUP- at least 4" servings, daily (2 slices of bread equivalent to 1 serving of cereal). Choose from bread; cereal; crackers; flour, macaroni, spa. ghettl, noodles; quick breads and other bakery foods if made with enriched or whole grain flour. ( Check labels to be sure these foods are enriched, whole grain, or restored.) MEAT GROUP—2 ormoreser. vings daily, ( 2 ounces, edible portion, to a serving). Choose from beef, veal, lamb, pork; variety meats, such as liv. er , heart, kidney; poultry eggs; ■fish and shellfish; dry peas, dry beans, lentils; nuts peanuts, pea. nut butter. FRUIT VEGETABLE GROUP 4 or more servings, daily. Include one that is deep green or yellow for vitamin A at least every other day, (carrots, sweet potatoes, ’eafy greens, yellow qu. ash, etc. and one that is rich In vitaminC.(strawberries, gra pefruit, oranges, lemons, gr. eens, etc.) MILK GROUP-for teenagers, 4 or more cups daily. Milk may be whole or skim, evaporated, dry or buttermilk. Cheese or ice cream may re place a part of the milk. News Briefs METHODIST BISHOP JOHN OWEN SMITH TO RETIRE Bishop John Owen Smith, resident bishop of the United Methodist Church in Georgia, will become the first Churchman in Residence at Candler School of Theology at Emory Unviersity upon his retirement next summer. The newly-established Churchman in Residence program was created to enable the Candler School of Theology to invite outstanding church leaders to the school for a specified stay for the purpose of offering colloquia, seminars and courses along lines of interest and eminence **♦ Nurse* in the special care unit of a hospital’s newborn nursery are being provided with old fashioned rocking chair*. Infant* left alone for week* in a hospital incubator can become socially retarded, it ha* been found. To prevent thi*, the nuraee'hold, fondle, pet and pat the babies during feedjngperiods. INFORMATION County Agent PAUL E. THOMPSON, JR.... VEGETABLE TRANSPLANTS Vegetable producers should consider growing their own tran splants. This is one m eans of ass uring that an ample supply of quality plants of the desired var iety will be available at the right time. Good quality plants can be gr own in plastic covered beds if proper production practices are followed. First select well drained ar eas In full sun for growing veg etable transplants. Tie soil should be thoroughly prepared and then fumigated to control disease. About one-half pound of fertilizer per square yard should be worked into the soil. Treated seed of desired var ieties should then be planted in rows six inches apart and cover ed with one-half inch of soil. Then a plastic cover over a frame should be utilized. On warm days, this cover may be rolled back. Cabbage transplants should be ready in about six weeks, egg plant in six to seven weeks, pep per in seven to eight weeks, and tomatoes will take from five to seven weeks. We expect to receive our all otment of Pamplets “Growing Your Own Transplants** by the m iddle of next week. we have a supply of “gardening” bullet, ins in the office if you would like to have one. ~WHAT qEORqiA pApERS ARE SAyiNq aßout EDUCATION. An idea whose time has come It took a good while for the idea to bear fruit. But now counties, particu larly the smaller ones, are beginning to pool their resources to work togeth er in improving their schools and other educational facilities. Only recently, officials in nearby Marion, Schley and Webster counties put together what they had to set up a single school system to serve all three counties. They are purchasing a 50-acre site for the construction of a consolidated school at a spot so cen trally located that it is between eight and 12 miles from the courthouse of each county. This school will be both academic and vocational and will serve about 1,300 students from the three counties. There is no reason that a child in any of these counties should not be afforded the same quality education that he might receive in a larger sys tem. such as here in Muscogee. Now comes further word of the sharing approach. School systems from 19 Southwest Georgia counties are pooling resources in purchasing educational equipment, repairing equipment and training teach er aides. The sharing approach is under the Southwest Georgia Educational Ser vices Center in Leary. Gov. Jimmy Carter’s reorganization program incorporates a plan for school systems to start sharing programs and services through such regional pro jects. When the program was outlined by Carter, he said, “Shared service pro grams will make available the kind of services many schools desperately need but are unable to provide, or can pro vide on a limited basis.” His plan calls for the programs to be administered through the 18 area planning and development commissions of Georgia. This newspaper has long been an advocate of school consolidation and The Brantley Enterprise, Nahunta, Georgia, January 20, 1972 Veterans Corner The Assistant Director oTthe Atlanta Veterans Administrat .on Regional Office announced today that 73,498 Georgia veterans will receive govern ment life insurance dividends totaling $5,416,000 in 1972. Harry W. Piper reported that .he dividends are part of a re cord S2B 6 million which 4.1 million veterans throughout the country will receive during the first six months of this year. The dividends are ordinarily paid on the anniversary dates of individual policies during the course of the year, but payment in 1972 will be ac celerated so that all dividends will be paid in the firstsix months. Piper also revealed that e ffective January 1 interest rates on dividends left on credit with VA were increased from 4.25 to 4.5 percent on NSLI divi dends and from dour to 4.25 percent on USGLI dividends. Commenting on the 1972 dividends, Piper said 3.9 mill ion veteranswith World War II " V" - prefixed National Service Life Insurance (NSLI) will re ceive $265 million in dividend check or credit, averaging S6B per policy. Another 155,000 veterans with World War I "K"-prefix ed United States Government Life Insurance (USGLI) polic ies can expect s2l million in dividends averaging $135 per policy. All ficidends will be paid by about April 15, he said. He also pointed out that USGLI policyholders will re ceive the largest regular div idends since 1953, and that 1972 will be the fifth consec utive year that dividends have increased on NSII policies. For further information con tact the nearest VA office or your local veterans service or ganization representative. the idea of sharing acrosp county lines. It just makes good sense to think about the educational welfare of young people. The young people in the three coun ties mentioned in the consolidation move, and those in the other. sharing counties will be the beneficiaries of the new approach. A small school system simply cannot offer the wide range of courses that can be provided in a large district with many thousands of students. For example, Muscogee can offer many foreign languages, advanced math, vo cational training, special education for the gifted, the slow learner, the handi capped. It has a highly specialized reading center, a $1 million library of instructional materials, counselors, outstanding music and drama pro grams. There is no good reason for a child in a rural area to be penalized in such a situation. He is behind before he starts in this highly competitive age. This is one of the causes of frustration, dropouts, and a lack of desire to con tinue on into higher education. Georgia can never have quality schools so long as 194 separate systems are in operation. It is neither economi cal or efficient to operate a system for less than 10,000 pupils, and yet 110 systems in Georgia have enrollments that are below 3,000. Georgia’s multiplicity of school s • terns is mainly an outgrowth of multiplicity of counties. But even u there were just one system p«r coun ty, it would still be too many. Systems are simply going to have to cross county lines. Happily, West Georgia is pointing the way to improve the lot of the rural child. Consolidation or sharing is an idea whose time has come. May the number of such arrangements grow in the months and years ahead. The child should come first, no mat ter where he lives. Vets’ Parents May Be In For Boost In DIC Benefits Atlanta — A number of veterans’ parents receiving de pendency and indemnity com pensation (DIC) benefits may be eligible for an additional monthly allowance of 55 dol lars. Georgia Veterans Service Director Pete Wheeler said, “Recent changes in the law provide for an ‘aid and attend ance’ allowance of 55 dollars per month for a dependent parent drawing DIC or death compensation if the parent is a patient in a nursing home or is so nearly helpless or blind as to require the regular aid and attendance of another person.” Changes in the law also increased income limitations for parents; Wheeler said, “The new bill has completely altered the income and pay ment structure for depend ency and indemnity compen sation being paid to parents of servicemen who die in ser vice or of veterans who die of service-connected causes.” The new limitations on in come are $2600 for one sur viving parent and S3BOO for two surviving parents living together. For two parents not living together, the limita tion is $2600 for each parent. “Because of these changes in the law,” said Wheeler, “some parents, previously denied DIC benefits by the VA, may now be eligible for such benefits.” Pointing out that the new laws and regula tions are “lengthy and de tailed,” Wheeler said he ad vises anyone wanting com plete information to contact any office of the Georgia Department of Veterans Ser vice. wg Lava can flow from a volcano as fast as 50 miles an hour.