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Newton County 4-H Clubs Observe National Week
Georgia's 141,000 Members
Achieve Many 1956 Goals
By HUTCH JORDAN
(4-H REPORTER)
Newton County members of the 4-H Club will join with
other club members from all parts of the United States in
observing National 4-H Club Week from March 2 through
March 9. The purpose of the national week is to let the
public know of the activities of various 4-H clubs.
The program in Newton Coun
ty will consist of a display in the
McConnell 5 and 10c Store win
dow. and each club will hold a
4-H Sunday program in various
community churches. Also the
Various members of the elub«
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Officers of ths Newton 4-M
Club County Council are as
follows: John Knight, presi
dent: Wanda Bailey, girls -vice
president: Freddie Greer, boys
▼ice-president; Eddye Cowan,
secretary: Eugenia McC art,
treasurer; and Hutch Jordan,
reporter.
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will contact prospective mem
bers relative to their becoming
members and to let them know
that the work is both fun and
instructive.
In speaking of the forthcoming
week of activities. Tommy Wal
ton. State 4-H Club leader, said:
“Not only has our enrollment
climbed to the highest point
ever — 141.825 — but project
completion and quahty of work
has remained high.”
Tha national observance will
give the more than 2.000,000
Four-H ers in America a ehance
to tell others how they have ac
complished their goal of improv
ing family and community liv
ing. which Ms ateo their theme
for 1057
More thee 90.000 Hubs through
out the United States will join
forces through loeal programs to
evaluate past achievements,
make plans An future activities,
inform the public of the value of
4-H training, and to interest
other young people in enrolling
in 4-H
A Georgia 4-H’er, Patricia
Venable Johnson, Jackson coun
ty, will have part in the national
observance when she meets with
other national citizenship win
ners in Washington to present a
report of 4-H work to the presi
dent of the United States on the
opening day of the special week.
On Sunday “Pat'’ will meet with
Department of Agriculture offi
c als at a tea and will attend
: ocial church services. On Mon
<’ v a luncheon for congressmen
rod senators from rhe states with
Moonlit Drive In
BETWEEN COVINGTON & CONYMS ON NfW HWY. 12
Saturday, March 2
"THE STEEL LADY"
With Tab Hunter • Rod Cameron
— ALSO —
"UNCONQUERED"
With Gary Cooper • Paulette Goddard
Also Cartoon "I'M COLD"
"Steel Lady" 7:15 A 11:30 — "Uneonquered 100
Sunday - Monday, March 3 - 4
"RUN FOR COVER"
With James Cagney
— ALSO —
"FLIGHT TO HONG KONG"
With Rory Calhoun - Barbara Rush
Also Cartoon "BROOMSTICK BUNNEY"
"Run for Cover" 7:15 and 10:40
"Flight to Hong Kong" 1:00
Tuesday- Wednesday, March 5-6
"The Beast of Hollow Mountain"
With Guy Madison
Also Cartoon "JOB FOR A GOB"
First show 7:1 5 — Second show 1:00
Thursday - Friday, March 7- 8
ELVIS PRESLEY In
"LOVE ME TENDER"
Also Cartoon "BABY BOOGIE"
First show 7:15 — Second shew 1:10
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citizenship winners will be held.
Monday night the 4-H’ers will
fly to New York where they will
spend the night at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel and attend a lunch
eon there Tuesday, at which Pat
, wil 1 preside.
The big week in Georgia will
get underway on Saturday,
March 2, when Leah Mae Jar
rett, Floyd county, state 4-H
Council president, appears on
the weekly television show, The
4-H Hour, over WAGA-TV, At
lanta.
On the same day Leah Mae
and other state council officer
will meet to make a last-minute
check on plans for the week.
Other state officers are:
Patty Lee Knight, Newton
county, girls’ vice president; Ger
ald Nix. White, boy's vice presi
dent; Melanie Matthews. Col
quitt, secretary; Joe Dalton,
Banks, treasurer, and Jack Bark-
i er, Ware, reporter.
; - On Sunday, the state officers
will meet at Druid Hills Baptist
' Church in Atlanta for their an-
I nual service — dedication of the
i plough.
Having hinch with the gover
; ncr of Georgia and other state
| officials, the Board of Regent*
'of the University of Georgia,
। Agricultural Extension Service
| leaders, and ehairmen of the ag
i ricultural committees in the
I House and Senate, will be the
I highlight of 'Wednesday's pro
. gram lor seven 4-H’ers.
j Mrs. Martha Harrison, associ
ate state 4-H leader, said this
■ year particular emphasis will be
! placed upon salutes to local
leaders. “County and home dem
onstration agents who direct 4-H
work on a loeal level could never
accomplish the goals 4-H'ers seek
! unless they had the help of some
19.000 leaders who volunteer
their time and efforts to assist
with the program.”
Banquets, window displays, ex
hibits, radio and television pro
j grams, special editions of news
papers, and special church pro
grams also are being planned in
many of rhe 2,400 Four H- Clubs
i in the state.
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MISS PATTY LEE KNIGHT. State Girls Vice-President of 4-H
Clubs, is shown in the picture above working in the kitchen at the
home of her parents at Brickstore Community. Mrs. Hazel Malone
(left), Newton County Home Demonstration Agent, supervises and
helps Patty Lee in one of her many projects as part of her 4-H
work.
Mr. Adams' "Corn Club" Has Now
Grown to A Membership of 2,000,000
Little did She Newton County
। Superintendent of Schools in
1905 realize that the “Corn Club”
he organized that year would
■ grow into an organization of
some 2.000.000 members in a
; little more than 50 years.
Mr. Claude Adams, beloved
Newton County educator and
: lover of boys and girls as well
a« of the soil, bonded together
101 members in that original
j club and out of it came the
modern day 4-H Club which
celebrates its anniversary with
a National Week March 2-9.
It was both fitting and proper
that the main 4-H Booth at the
Southeastern Fair in 1955 prom
inently displayed a placard giv
' ing Mr. Adams the credit he so
rightly deserved as rhe actual
founder of the 4-H movement.
In Georgia alone today there
a>e more than 141.000 members
of the 4-H organization. There
are also some 19.000 local volun
teer leaders in the state.
Possibly, many of the readers
of these lines may remember Mr.
Adams, and too, many may ce
| member some of the Newton
County boys m that original
1 "Corn Club” beck in 1905. The
county’s 4-H work has come a
i long way since that memorable
agricultural year soon after the
' turn of the centuew.
Club Meetings
For March
4 M Clubs
Heard Mixon 4-H, Friday
morning, March Ist. at school.
Palmer Stone 4-H, Monday
morning. March 4th at school.
Mansfield 4-H, Tuesday morn
ing. March sth. at school.
Livingston 4-H. Thursday
March 7th at school.
The 4-H boys and girls who
live in and around Pine Grove
Plan to meet Friday March
Bth, at 6:00 o’clock to organize an
out of school 4-H Club. All boys
and girls are invited to attend.
Home Demenstration Clvhs
Gum Creek. March sth at 2:00
P.M. at Ihe church.
Hays District, March 6th. at
2:30 P. M. at the clbhouse.
Heard Mixon, March 7th. at
2:00 P.M. at the clubhouse.
Pine Grove Community Club
will have supper meeting Friday
night, March Bth at 7.'.
O'clock at the clubhouse.
The boys and girls participat
ir g in the 4-H Poultry Chain this
. year are: Mary Deila Robertson,
j Cynthia Harris, Kenneth Mcln
tosh and Tommy Glanton. The
4-H Chicks will arrive Tuesday
morning, March sth.
GIVE GENEROUSLY
TO THE HEART FUND
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1957
Two New 4-H
Clubs Organized
During Year
Two new 4-H clubs were or
ganized in Newton County dur
ling 1956 and another is on the
verge of taking its place among
the organizations for farm boys
and girls. Brickstore and Clover
leaf (Flint Hill) were started
last year, according to Newton
County Agent W. H. McKinney.
Mrs. Jim Knight was instru
mental in forming the Brick
store Club and it was through
her efforts that many projects
have been instituted in that
community. Only last week Mrs.
Knight and her club members
1 and Mrs. Hazel Malone. Newton
County Home Demonstration
Agent, bad charge of a 4-H Pro
gram on an Atlanta TV station.
Those most responsible for
( forming the Cloverleaf Club
some three months ago are. Mrs.
J. T Jones, Mrs. J. E. Hinton,
Mrs. Richard George and Mrs.
Ed Cowan.
A 4-H Club at Almon is ex
pected to take up its duties next
week. Persons who are behind
the movement from an organiza
tional standpoint are. Mr. Fred
Lee. Harold Dobbs, and C. H.
Berry, Jr.
During the school year ending
June, 1956, more than 62.000
schools took part in the Special
Milk Program —a gain of more
than 50 percent over the previous
year, says John Conner, dairy
marketing specialist, Agricultural
Extension Service.
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Governor Marvin Griffin Proclaims
National 4-H Club Week in Georgia t
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
THE ST ATE OF GEORGIA
PROCLAMATION
National 4-H Club Weak
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WHEREAS: Georgia's 141,825 members of 4-H Clubs
are observing National 4-H Club Week
March 2-9, 1957; and
WHEREAS: The 4-H Clubs compose Georgia’s larg
est youth organization and its purpose
is to give equal training to the head,
heart, hands and health, being con
ducted by the University of Georgia :
College of Agriculture Extension Serv
ice through the County Agricultural
Agents and Home Demonstration
Agents, along with the help of 19.699
volunteer local 4-H leaders who are
leading men and women in the local
community; and
WHEREAS: Georgia's 4-H Club members, working
with over 400,000 projects, apply the
latest farming and homemaking infor
mation in these fields, keeping records,
arranging displays and giving educa
tional demonstrations to pass this in
formation on to others: and
WHEREAS: The leadership and citizenship train
ing which 4-H Club members receive
in this program is a valuable asset to
our Democratic way of life; now
THEREFORE: I. Marvin Griffin. Governor of Georgia,
do hereby proclaim March 2-9, 1957 as
NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK in
। Georgia and urge all of our people to
support and encourage the work of this
organization that has as its Motto “To
Make The Best Better.”
Signed
Marvin Griffin, Governor
Headlines Proclaim Record Year
In Georgia IH Club Work
Band together 141.000 young
t people, head them in the right
direction, and they will make
t' right kinds of headlines.
That's the belief of the 4-H
Club staff at the College of Ag
riculture Extension Service, Uni
versity of Georgia.
“It's also the philosophy of
19.000 local volunteer 4-H lead- '
ers. and it's the hallmark of the !
typical 4-H'er,” says State 4-H
Leader Tommy Walton.
“It took work from each of
the 141.825 members, local lead
ers. and county and home dem
onstration agents to make the
kind of good news Georgia
4-Hers made in 1956,’’ Walton
stated.
He pointed out that not a
month passed that 4-H'ers were
n’t in the news as thev accom
plished their Club's purpose of
making rural life and rural ;
youth better. The state leader
cited headlines of each month,
explaining that these are only
a few of ttie headlines written
about 4-H'ers. but are represen
tative of the accomplishments in
•56
Numbered among the articles
telling the Georgia newspaper
'readers about 4-H work was the
instituting of the project "Get
ting The Most Out Os A 7 our Sew
ing Machine.” Winner of the
leadership award was Mrs. Jim
Knight of Brickstore commun
ity.
Also, another Newton Coun
tian was cited for his help in
promoting Stale 4-H Club work.
He was Zig Callaway of Coving
ton, who was host to the fourth
annual planning meeting of the
State 4-H club group at Daytona
Beach. Fla.
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Newlon County 4-H Club Members
Present Program on TV Saturday
Newton Clubs
Are Near State
4-H, FFA Camps
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Members of Newton County
FFA and 4-H Clubs are within
a short distance of the two state
camps for the clubs — namely
J the FFA-FHA Camp on the
Jackson Highway and the 4-H
i Camp at Rock Eagle Park, near
Eatonton.
Each facility affords boys and
girls a splendid opportunity to
wisit the layouts at their leisure
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time and also to attend each
when their respective club is
slateo for training at the spots.
I Rock Eagle, only about 37
miles from Covington has com
plete facilities for club members
i and the general publie. It is an
ideal place for a family outing
of a family picnic during the
summer months.
Between school terms the FFA- ।
FHA Camp near Covington is
taken over by the various clubs ,
from most of the Georgia coun- '
ties and can accommodate about ’
6,000 during the summer months ‘
Newton County Agent W. H
McKinney this week stressed • I
! the suggestion “that all persons i
interested in agriculture andp
I farming in Newton Countv .
NUMBEK «
i Newton Counts' was saluted on\
the 4-H Club Hour on Atalnta s k
J WAGA-TV Channel 5, Saturday
morning, February 23rd at 11:00
odock.
The program featured demon
strations on "Know Your Sewing
Machine.” Mrs. Jim Knight, was
introduced by Mr«. Hazel Ma
lone. Newton County Home De
monstration Agent. Mrs. Knight
was seleied as he outstanding
homemaker in Georgia in 1956 as
having done the best job in
teaching 4-H girls the course in
"Know Your Machine.” Mrs.
Knight served as emcee in telling
what she had done and intro
duced the girls who participated
in the demonstrations. Sandra
Hodges, play-acted to show how
she fumbled before taking the
course and was in charge of the
large chart with thermometer
which each girl colored as she
completed the step.
Gail Hinton demonstrated the
first step on "How to Stitch Pro
; perly.” Step two “Stitching Wish
Thread”, was demonstrated by
11 Ginger Knight. "How to Thread
: the Sewing Machine’’ was illus
i trated by Carol Hitchcock. Step
' four, "Winding the Bobbin and
‘ Sitting Pretty” was shown Dy
> Betty Rogers.
Miss Avola Whitesell, Clothing
i Specialist, Athens, told the over
all purpose of the course and de
! monstrated some of the informa
i; ' tion which the leaders learned in
taking the course. Newton Coun
| ty had ten leaders to complete
i’ this course in 1956.
? Mrs. Martha Harrison. Assoei
| ate 4-H Leader, introduced Mr.
I C. B. Cotney and Miss Beatrice
I Brown of Singer Sewing Machine
Company, who have worked
very closely with Agricultural
Extension Service in this pro
gram.
Miss Fay Charstain. Clarke
Countv. modeled lovely mint
green ensemble which she had
made.
Saturday. March Ist., begins
National 4-H Club Week. Miss
Lelia Mae Garrett. President of
Georgia State 4-H Clubs will be
featured on WAGA-TV with
group from Monroe County.
should make nt a point to visit
both camps at their earliest con
venience.”
The number of tractors on
Georgia farms increased 47 per
ceni from 1949 to 1954. acording
to Stephen Brannen, economist,
Agricultural Extension Service.