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'OLUME 90
4-H Clubs Have Origin In Newton County Corn Club
History 01 Club Recalled
On Center Dedication Eve
By J. O. Martin
On October 30, Georgia will dedicate her 4-H Club
Center at Rock Eagle Park in Putnam County. This project
has been under construction for several months and has
cost two and a half million dollars. It will accommodate
twelve hundred club members at any one time. The 4-H
Clubs in the United States has
a membership of approximately
three million, the largest youth
membership in the world. It suc
ceeded the Boys Corn Club,
which had its origin in the New
ton County Boys Corn Club or
ganized in 1904. The history of
this club, written in 1911, al
though never published, is print
ed below.
THE ORIGINAL BOY'S CARN
CLUB OF THE SOUTH
Practically every County in the
Southern States has had a “Boys’
Corn Club”, and now have a
4-H club, and the question is
often asked, “How did it all
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come about?”
It happened in this way: In
the issue of the Covington En
terprise, published December 23,
1904, there appeared the follow
ing notice, headed, “A Corn Con
test”. “It gives me pleasure to
announce that during the com
ing spring there will be a con
test among the school boys of
Newton County as to who. can
make the best showing in corn
culture. This will be a contest to
interest the farmer boys and
have them show their fathers
how we can succeed on the farm,
even when cotton is seven cents
per pound. Several handsome
prizes will be offered.” Signed:
G. C. Adams, County School
Commissioner, Newton County.
RULES
On February 3, 1905, there ap
peared in the Covington Enter
prise this item, under the cap
tion “Rules of the Corn Club”.
1. The contest is open to all
Newton County boys between
the ages of six and eighteen
who shall have been enrolled
in one of the County’s public
schools during the present term.
2. Notice of entering the con
test must be given to G. C. Adams,
County School Commissioner, by
March 15th.
3. All work of raising the corn,
such as preparing the soil, fer
tilizing, planting, and cultivat
ing must be done by the con
testant himself.
4. There are no limitations as
to the variety of corn planted,
kind of land- or extent of field.
It may be grown on upland or
bottom, on one row or ten acres.
5. The corn must be pulled
and weighed by disinterested
committees, when thoroughly
dry”.
COMMENT BY COMMIS
SIONER MERRITT
When the above plans were
discussed with W. B. Merritt,
State School Commissioner, he
said: “I think it an excellent
plan. I had hoped to introduce
more of an agricultural feature
in many of the schools in the
State, and this is a good way to
begin. We will see how it suc
ceeds in Newton, and if it suc
ceeds there it will be introduced
all over the State”.
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WINNERS in the First Corn Club Contest staged at Covington, October 16, 1905, left to right: Marion
Paine, weight of corn (twenty ears), 23.9 pounds; Henry Edwards, 23.13 pounds; George Plunkett,
first prize, 29.9 pounds; Tom Greer, second prize, 27.8 pounds; Oscar Owens, 24 pounds; Phonso
Rogers, 23.9 pounds; and Abbie Ogletree, 23.13 pounds.
Covington Corn Exhibit, Oct. 1, 1905
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SONS OF G. C. Adems, originator of the Corn Club, are shown with the corn exhibit held n Cov
ington on October 16, 1905. They are: left to right, Henry Grady Adams and William Cleveland
Adams. Prizes were given for the twenty heaviest ears, regardless of quality of variety. One
hundred and one boys entered ihe contest, and thirty-one remained io the end and made exhibits
and written roprts on how they grew the corn.
INTEREST CREATED
ELSEWHERE
On March. 31, ‘The Enterprise”
said; ‘‘No contest ever inaugurat
ed in the County has aroused the
interest and enthusiasm that the
Corn Contest has among the
boys of ' the public schools of
Newton County. There are 101
boys enrolled at the office of
Commissioner Adams. Beyond
the borders of Newton a live
interest is being taken in the
contest, and every mail brings
letters asking for particulars
and details of the contest. These
letters come from many states.
The two great agricultural pa
pers of the North, The Country
Gentleman and the American
Agriculturist have requested de
tails for publication”.
The Houston (Tex) Daily Post
of April 5, said: ‘‘Many good
things come from Georgia and
not the least meritorious is that
of the corn growing contest in
Newton County, inauguarted by
the County School Commissioner,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1954
. G. C. Adams. The plan is to give
t a suitable prize to the farmer
. , boy who raises the best crop of
corn. The Southern farmers have
, devoted so much time, area and
, attention to cotton that corn pro
, duction has been very much
, neglected. Even Texas with an
nual production of 150,000,000
, bushels is frequently compelled
। to import corn from the North.
, A yield of 200,000,000 bushels in
' Texas would not be too much.
' The Post would like a number
of contests similar to this one
’ in Georgia. They would tend
to stimulate interest in corn
production and eventually in the
. up-building of our stock indus
! try”.
Among the State papers that
commented editorially was the
Atlanta Journal which said:
“This is an excellent idea. As,l
a means for stimulating the ac- I
tivity of the farmers in raising
other things besides cotton the
Newton County scheme appears
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to be an excellent one. It should
be tried in every county in the
Cotton States and not only corn
contest should be inaugurated
but several farm product con
tests, as well”. The Atlanta Con
stitution gave a long editorial
under the heading: “The Germ
of a Great Idea”.
PLANS FOR CONTEST
OUTLINED
In September, Mr. Adams sent
the following notice to the boys
who were contesting: “You will
please gather your twenty ears
of corn in the presence of a dis
interested person by October
first. It must be shucked, sacked
an dnailed in a ratproof box and
brought to Covington not later
than October 7th. It will be
weighted on very sensitive scales
and the exact weight marked on
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Many Students Get Certificates
Thru Vacation Reading Club
Certificates were presented to
members of Covington Juniof
High School for books read at
the Newton County Library dur
ing the summer months. Tlpe
presentations were made at a
recent chapel progams held at
the school with the certificates
being awarded by Mrs. Harry
Dietz, librarian.
Mrs. Dietz stated the largest
number of books were read this
summer in the reading clubs.
Numbers of children read books
that were not entered in the
reading clubs.
The following is a complete
list of children receiving the
certificates and the number of
books read by each.
Second grade: 50 books, Cheryl
Parr, Kathy Harwell; 25 books,
Barry King, John Hunt, Chip
Jernigan, Tim Christian, Brenda
Bott, Jimmy Wiley, Judy Las
eter, Mary Jane Odum, Egee
LassiteA, Patsy Warren, Joan
Dial, Amelia Spillers, Melanie
Coody.
10 books or more: Johnny
Mask. Kathy Mitchell, Anthony
Malcolm, Diane Allgood, Nancy
Smith, Linda Crawley, H. B.
Adams, Nancy Lewis, Betsy
Worsham, Carole Hudson, Bren
da Raines, Freddy Harwell, Ter
ry Cofer, Cynthia Steele, Mary
Moore.
Third grade: 50 books, Pam
Smith; 25 books, David Rainey,
Lila Jo Callaway, Cheryl Mc-
Michael, Cindy Richardson,
Sammy Bankston, Gary Rooks,
Homer Trimpi, Jane Kesler,
Tommy Allgood, Rita Harris, El
len Christian, Bill Lunsford, Re
becca Prather, Diane Hooten,
Larry Darby, Lynn Barker.
10 books: Lamar Booth, Helen
Mask, Mason Stephenson, Wayne
Stowe, Lanier Crawley, Roy
Tolbert.
Fourth grade: 50 books, Betty
Jean McElrath; 25 books, Day
Morcock, Eileen Loyd, Gloria
Jean Malcolm, Carolyn Darby,
Curtis Jackson, Bill Allgood, Lin
da Lee Briscoe, Emmett Guy
Loyd, Billy Blair, Elizabeth
Fitzpatrick, Alva Spillers, Jud
ith Steadham, Mary Ann Bry
ant.
10 books, Priscilla Sorrells,
John Cheek, Molly Dawkins.
Fifth grade: 50 books, Mar
garet Rape. 25 books. Susan Bar
nett, Beverly Booth, Harriet
Dietz, Mikie Savage, Lauree
Cook, Miriam Gardner, Charles
Loyd, Elizabeth Ann Greer, Rob
bie Elizer, Barbara Ann Camp
bell, Sandy King, Susan P. Moon
ey.
10 books, Cody Cobb, Gail
each box. The exhibit will be
held in the County Court House,
October 16th. Congressman L. F.
Livingston will speak, and
others.
You will please write out as
much information as you can
about the time of planting, kind
of soil, distance, kind of corn
planted, kind of fertilizers used,
how cultivated, number of ears
that grew to the stalk, and any
other information of interest”.
THE EXHIBIT
Thirty-two boys exhibited corn
and the following were awarded
prizes:
1. George Plunkett; weight of
corn, 29.9 lbs.; priz»—Olivier
(Continued on page 24)
Robinson, Neal Hinton, Betty
Jo McMichael.
Sixth grade: 75 books, Mary
Ann Harwell; 50 books, Lynn
Clower; 25 books, Margie Mc-
Cart, Kathryn Corley, Tommy
Wiley, Jo Ann Hill, Beverly Mac
Donald, Marie Paden, Patsy Loyd,
Delores Malcolm, Tommy Rape,
Nancy Haralson, Carol Bryant,
Roy Steadham, Sandra Rich
ardson.
10 books, Madelyn Bates,
Johnny Hamby, Jacqueline Lat
ham, Kathleen Chambers, Bub
ber Pratt, Gerald Crawley, De
lores Tolbert.
Seventh grade: 75 books, Ca
milla Dietz; 50 books, Jakie Hoo
ten, Betty Sockwell, Dennis
Trimpi; 25 books, Brenda Brooks,
Cynthia Harris, Ramona Briscoe,
Peggy McClure, Grier Steph
enson, Betty Jean Warren, Penny
Moore.
10 books, Linda Hudson, Lin
da Darby, Stephanie Ginn.
Eighth grade: 75 books, Jim
my Richardson; 25 books, Henry
Fitzpatrick, Godfrey Trammell,
Harriet Johnson, Jimmy Ramsey.
10 books, Jane Mask.
Ninth grade: 25 books. Oscar
Harper, Joe Rainey; 10 books,
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Tenth grade: 25 books, Janis
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Eleventh grade: 25 books,
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