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Thursday, January 27, 1955
Poultry Schools Scheduled
For 4-H Members in February
“The heart of the 4-H Club
poultry chain” is what H. W.
Bennett, Agricultural Extension
Service Poultryman, calls poul
try schools which are conducted
every year to help members
learn how to manage their chic
kens.
“The Georgia 4-H poultry
chain is the largest in the United
States. One of the reasons for
its growth has been these an
nual schools,” Bennett said, He
explained that youngsters are
taught management of flocks
from brooding and growing birds
right on up to managing layers.
“This is the 11th year of the
poultry chain and I believe every
4-H’er taking part this year has
it in the back -of his mind to
break the present record of
295.4 eggs per bird per year.
That record was set last year
by Jerry Stewart, Floyd county,”
Bennett stated.
The chain — sponsored by
Sears, Roebuck Foundation —
provides a 4-H Club boy or girl
100 baby chicks in the spring.
When the poultry show is held
in the fall members either pay
for the birds or return 12 hens.
Highlight of the work comes
during the State Fair at Macon
when the best flock is chosen
and $25 prize awarded. Club
members whose flocks produce
over 180 eggs per hen per year
are presented certificates. Those
Tractor Clini
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At 4-H Clinic
It will be a matter of fipst
come, first served, when the
first district 4-H Club meetings
are held at the State 4-H Club
Center at Rock Eagle Park next
month.
Two persons from each county
in the six Agricultural Extension
districts are being nominated to
attend "the district 4-H Club
Maintenance Demonstration Clin
ics.
“We can have only 30 Four-H
members and advisors in attend
ance at each of these clinics. We
will just have to accept the first
30 names that are sent to, us
from each district,” R. J. Rich
ardson, State 4-H Club leader,
said in a recent letter to county
agents.
The two-day schools will fea
ture talks and demonstrations
on the care and use of farm
equipment. “All of the major
farm machinery companies will
furnish equipment and send ser
vice managers to help instruct
the boys. After lectures 2nd
demonstrations the boys will ac
tually service the tractors them
selves,” the 4-H leader said.
Far the first time, Richardson
announced, an advanced course
will be taught in what he term
ed “first aid for farm equipment
to prevent major repairs later
on.” He explained that only club
members and advisors who have
previously attended a tractor
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whose hens have laying records
of 200 or more egges per bird
during the year are given certi
ficates of excellence.
Jim Thaxton, assistant Exten
sion poultryman, will help Ben
nett conduct the schools this
year.
In some places schools will be
held in the morning and after
noon also.
The schedule for the schools
and the places they will be held
are:
Feb. 8, Alamo; Feb. 9, Fitzger
ald, Sylvester, and Tifton; Feb.
10, Valdosta, Thomasville, and
Pearson; Feb. 11, Baxley and
Soperton; Feb. 14, Vienna; Feb.
16, Bainbridge and Ft. Gaines;
Feb. 17, Americus; Feb. 18, But
ler; Feb. 22, Brunswick and
Ludowici; Feb. 23, Pembroke and
Statesboro; Feb. 24, Millen, and
Feb. 25, Waynesboro and San
dersville.
Dates for schools for Negro
club members are: Feb. 10, Val
dosta; Feb. 15, Bainbridge; Feb.
17, Dawson; Feb. 18, Macon, and
Feb. 24, Millen.
Bennett said part of each pro
gram will be devoted to prob
lems of commercial flock own
ers. All poultrymen are invited
to attend the schools.
Schools also will be conducted
in March. Dates of these meet
ings will be announced soon,
Bennett stated.
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"Y" Clubs Have
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Church Program
At Ist Methodist
The Hi-Y Club and the Tri-Hi-
Y Clubs of the Newton County
High School presented a program
on Church Loyalty and World
Service at the First Methodist
Church of Covington on Sunday
night, January 23.
Emily Eady of the Senior Tri-
Hi-Y. presided. The scripture was
read by Marsha Lott and Leo
Mallard led in prayer. Particia
McGuire sang a solo for the
special music.
The subject for the program
was “ Is the Church Necessary?”
Sue Pratt spoke on “Jesus So
Taught.” Clifton Benton’s discus
sion was “The Apostles So
Taught.” Jackie Heard spoke on
“History Confirms It,” and Elaine
Hornbuckle presented a talk on
“Today Affirms It.”
The closing part on the program
was a report on the YMCA World
Service program by David John
son. David told of the particular
interest of high school Y Club
members in the David Howell
maintenance clinic will be given
the more detailed courze.
Jack Hassell, lubrication engi
neer, American Oil Company —
sponsor of the 4-H Tractor
Maintenance Project — will
serve as one of the instructors
for the clinics. Willis Huston,
Extension engineer, also will as
sist with the program.
The schedule for the district
clinics is: Southcentral, Feb. 2-3;
Northwest, Feb. 8-8; Southwest,
Feb. 10-11; North, Feb. 15-16;
Northeast, Feb. 17-18, and South
east, Feb. 22-23. :
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My first Newton Memory ap
peared in the January 29th issue
of the Covington News 1941 and
man “Memories” have been
printed since that date and the
writing has been a labor of love
and I am grateful to Mr. Bel
mont Dennis, editor and owner
of the NEWS for printing them.
It has been oted by some readers,
however, that no “Memories”
have ver appeared during the
Christmas season, and this is why:
These articles have been carried
gratis and hence I have not
thought it right to ask for space
at a time when such space might
be used for Christmas or New
Year advertisements. This date
is January 10, somewhat early but
I wish to refer to items carried
in last week’s issue:
One is the editoral which re
views the history of the NEWS
and its predecessors, a continu
ous chair of history and service
during a span of ninety-one years.
First, the Star, edited by Captain
J. W. Anderson, a native; then the
Enterprise, organized and edited
by Charles G. Smith of Thomas
ton (he had attended Emory Col
lege); and the Covington Newton,
organized and edited by Lon
Flowers and Edwin Taylor both
natives. The Star was merged in
to the Enterprise and later the
Enterprise was merged into the
'NEWS, making one continuous
chain as one paper during this
long time in which the marriages,
the births, the deaths and the
other events as they occurred
locally and elsewhere have oc
curred have been chronicled. This
editorial, and its is more than an
editorial, should be read by every
reader of the NEWS and placed
in the scrapbook of every organ
ization. |
In last week’s NEWS issue was
carried a story of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Hicks of Covington on their
fifty-seventh wedding anniver
sary. Mrs. Hicks, the former Miss
Lulu Ogletree, and Mr. Ogletree
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~ 4-H Council
Projects in home industries,
livestock, farm crops, vegetable
production and home and farm
management, were set-up as ma
jor activities for the year by the
county colored 4-H Club Council
during their regular meeting on
January 18.
The county council is composed
of the officers from the communi
ty 4-H clubs in the county and its
responsibility is to assist with
deciding and planning the county
4-H program for the year, set-up
‘projects objectives, sponsoring
educational tours, achievement
programs and cooperate with
other organizations in a coordi
nated program of farm, home and
community improvement,
There are ten community 4-H
Clubs in the county with a meber
ship of over 1,000 boys and girls.
These members are engage in pro
ject work that will help carry out
the objective of the council.
The County Council meets
quarterly for periodic evaluation
and examination of objectives.
Officers for this year are: Henry
Banks, president; Deloria John
son, vice president; Leroy Nalley,
vice president; Bernice Johnson,
secretary; Allyne Marks, reporter;
James Thrasher, treasurer,
Project committee chairmen
are: health and nutrition, Annie
M. Shelds; food preparation,
Helen Brown; gardening, Robert
Clark; home improvement, Sarah
Woods; clothing, Emma Brown;
poultry, Willie L. Banks; beef
cattle, Weaver Banks; hogs, Geor
ge Williams, cotton, Avon Ham;
corn, D. Banks, recreation, Patri
cia Aikens, and program commit
tee, Christine Weaver.
The work of the County 4-H
Club Council is supervised by
Seabie Russell and J. W. Horne,
local colored extension service
workers.
Fund. This money is used for
YMCA work in Liberia, Africa.
This program was presented in
connection with the Church Loy~
alty Campaign of the Y Clubs for
the month of January.
Devotionals were given Sunday
Schools throughout the county on
Sunday morning b;* various mem
bers of the three Y Clubs. |
NEWTON
MEMORIES
J. O. MARTIN
were sister and brother, hence
their marriages took place at the
same time in a double ceremony
and it was on this occasion that
they were celebrating, It was fit
ting that a picture should be
taken of the two couples and just
as this was done Mrs. Hicks
collapsed with a cerebral hem
morrage and knew no more. What
a tragic climax to what had been
a glorious and joyful oceasion.
All of these persons and their
immediate forebears had been re
sidents and citizens of West New
ton, the Oak Hill community. The
Hicks and the Ogltree family cir
cles were large ones and when I
was the principal of the old Liv
ingston school, beginning back in
1908, they were patrons of the
school,
Several years later Mr. and
Mrs. Hicks moved to Covington
where Bethany Communty, Mr.
and Mrs. Ogletree moved to Con
yvers where he entered business
and where they have lived ever
since,
My school duties took me into
every county in Georgia and for
other reasons into every area of
the United States into thirty-six
countries around the world but
never have I taken my heart out
of Newton County. I glory in the
progress of her schools usder the
effificent management of Prof.
Ficquett and the County Board of
Education; and I read with much
pride the column of the Coving
ton NEWS as I know its valiant
tGovernoraCOV No evw ANs. S
record of progress in growth and
service to the people of Coving
ton and who would not be proud
of Newton’s growth i line of pro
gress and endeavor! Hence all
reverence for the Faithful Fath
ers who made her past so brilliant
and durable and all honor to
those who have freely accepted
this to its precious glory, for
there are those who would stop
the march of progess and let the
clock of time stand still.
Jan. 31 Deadli
Jan. 31 Deadline
Benefits Told
! A deadline of Jan. 31 has been
set by President Eisenhower on
Korean Veterans’ benefits. Young
men and women in this area,
interested in taking advantage of
them by enlisting in the Air
Force should do so at once, it
was pointed out by Sgt. Linton
L. Tench, head of the Air Force
recruiting station at Decatur.
Sgt. Tench cited the executive
order recently issued by the
president cutting off for new
recruits a substantial amount of
the veterans’ benefits granted
after the outbreak of the Ko
rean conflict.
Young men and women now
in uniform and those who enlist
prior to Jan. 31 will not be af
fected by the order, Sgt. Tench
added. Only those who enlist
after that date will be affected.
The benefits withdrawn affect
hospitalization and non-service
connected pensions, educatioal
allowances, GI loan assistance for
the purchase of homes, farms
and businesses.
Bobby Reagan Is
- Promoted to Sgt.
~ Bobby Reagan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Reagan, has been pro
moted to sérgeant.
Sgt. Reagan has been stationed
with the U. S. Army Headquart
ers, Intelligence Division, in
Heidelberg, Germany.
He was drafted into the service
in 1953 and received his basic
Carolina,
Sgt. Reagan is a graduate of
Newton County High School, He
training in Ft. Jackson, South
sails for the states the latter part
of January.
Electric utilities continue to
increase the efficiency with
which they burn coal, accord--
ing to the Federal Power Com
mission which reports that the
average October rate of con
sumption was down to 0.97 pound
of coal to one kilowatt of elec
tricity, a record low. In Oct
ober, 1953, a year earlier, it
was 1.03 pounds per kilowatt.
In 1920, the rate was three
pounds of coal to one kilowatt
of electricity. ]
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When our big money-saving - o i mas
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-~ Covingion = Porierdale
ONLY FOUR (4) MORE DAYS
b TO SAVE MONEY 'ON
CLEARANCE
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Ladies’ Shoes
Originally t 0 7.95.... 2.99
Originally 10 498....1.99
Others Reduced Accordingly
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Men’'s Shoes
- 5.95
Values to SIO.OO — SAVE NOW!
Covington m= WHITE'S == Porterdale
PRICES DRASTICALLY REDUCED TO A SENSATIONAL NEW LOW!
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Covington - wHI T E s - Porterdale
Come Discover the Season’s Most Exciting Values . . . Cut for Clean Sweep Clearance!
DON'T MISS THESE
AT PORTERDALE ONLY
Girls’ Dresses: Values to 598 . Now 2.98
Values to 3.98
Boys” Western Jackets: ... _ Now 198
Ladies Sweaters: Values to 3.98 Now 291
Ladies’ Sweaters: Values to 5.98 Now 3.98
Girls’ Jackets: Values to 3.98 _ Now 1.94
Ladies’ Jackets: Values to 498 __ Now 291
Ladies’ Blouses: Values to 598 ~_ Now 2.98
Boys® Sport Coats: Values to 7.98 Now 3.98
Boys’ Sport Shirts: Were 1.49 _ Now 98¢
Boys’ Corduroy Pants: Were 598 Now 198
Men’s Sweaters: Were 5.95 Now 198
Child’s Raincoats: Values to 7.95 Now 3.00
Men’s Pants: Were 598 =~ Now 198
Girls’ Raincoats: Were 1095 . Now 5.00
Girls’ Coats: Values to 1098 ~_ Now 599
Boys” Jackets: Values to $5.98 . Now 3.98
Men’s Jackets Reduced Now!
SALE ENDS MONDAY JANUARY 31,
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Covington - w l'l IT E s -~ Porterdale
YOUR STORE OF QUALITY, FASHION, SERVICE — ALL AT LOW, LOW PRICES!
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State)
ONLY FOUR (4) MORE DAYS
‘ TO SAVE MONEY ON
CLEARANCE
LADIES’
Betiter Dresses
SAVE 50 to 60~
Values to 1495 now 5,99
Values 10 895 now 3.99
Valuesto 595 n0w1.99
Juniors - Misses - Half Sizes
All Sales Final — No Alterations'
SALE ENDS MONDAY, JANUARY 31
Covington == WHITE'S == Porterdale
DON'T MISS THESE
AT COVINGTON ONLY¥
Boys’ Quality Shirts: Reg. 298 ~_ Now 1.98
Men’s Dress Pants: Were 895 __ Naw 5.95
Men’s Felt Hats: Were 398 .~ Now 198
Men'’s Dress Pants: Were 1095 .. Now 6.95
Men'’s Better Shirts: Were 7.95 __ Now 3.99
Men’s Sport Shirts: Were 298 __ Now 1.49
ONE GROUP
Life Stride Shoes: Values to 9.95 Now 4.45
Ladies’ Sweaters: Values to 3.98 .~ Now 1.98
Girls’ Coats: Values to 895 __ __Now 599
Girls’ Coats: Values to 1098 .__ Now 6.99
Ladies’ Suits: Values to 37.95 . Now 2295
Boys’ Jackets: Were up to 598 __ Now 3.98
Boys’ Jackets: Were up to 498 __ Now 298
ALL MEN’S SPORT COATS REDUCED!
ALL BOYS' SUITS REDUCED!
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