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Can New Home Be Made
Safe From The Tornado?
Spring is the season of home
building. It also ushers in the
tornado.
And if more people knew the
importance of a well-built
home, less havoc would be
w rought by the funnel destroy
ers.
At their centers, tornadoes
cary 500 to 600 mile-per-hour
winds. Absolute safety against
winds of that force can be
found only in the hydrogen
bomb shelter — hardly the most
desirable resort for year-round
living.
But for comparative safety,
you don’t need a bomb shelter
for a home. In most instances
of exposure; the conventional
variety of house gives ample 1
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protection, provided that — and
this is the big “if” — it is de
signed and built according to
recognized principles of good
modern construction.
The history of tornadoes in
the United States shows that
by far the most damage and
loss of life occurs not at the
turbulent center but on the less
violent peripheral areas.
“Less violent,” in this sense,
is strictly a comparative term,
since the peripheral winds of a
twister often attain velocities
in excess of 100 miles-per-hour.
However, the record books
are packed with good, well built
homes that survived winds of
between 100 and 200 miles-an
hour, and chances are that
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' should a twister strike your
■ area, those are the velocities
your own will encounter.
The reason is that the vio
i lent center of the tornado is
j very narrow, sometimes no
more than a few yards in width.
On the other hand, the peri
pheral winds are many times
as extensive, often stretching
out several miles from the cen
iter in all directions.
The peripheral winds cause
the most damage simply be
cause they cover the most
ground, and it is also here that
the best opportunity is found
to curtail the havoc and loss
of life.
The Southern Pine Associa
tion’s booklet “Fifteen Cardinal
Points of Good Construction”
outlines many of the salient
protective features.
None is more important than
adequate anchorage of the
house structure to its founda
tion. This should be done with
bolts securely fastening the
lower elements of the frame to
the masonry or concrete base.
The house structure is built
of lumber which • offers some
protection because of the resili
ent character of wood’s strength
—it bends but usually doesn’t
break under force of wind.
However, the secure structure
demands a special quality of
wood, not only a good grade,
but also a species that provides
the maximum nail-holding pow
er. Furthermore, the lumber
should be properly seasoned or
“pre-shrunk.”
When unseasoned lumber is
used and shrinkage occurs after
it is in place in the house frame,
nail popping, loose joints and a
generally weakened structure
are possible.
Proper seasoning nearly dou
bles the strength of wood and
increases its natural nail-hold
ing power.
A final precaution is tying
together the various elements
of structure through the med
ium of sheathing: a one inch
thickness of boards nailed flat
to the upright stud of the walls
and the rafters of the roof.
When wall sheathing overlaps
the top of the floor structure
and the base of the roof struc
ture, all elements are integrat
ed and the house immeasurably
strengthened. For best ‘ results,
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wall sheathing should be appli
ed diagonally.
Roof sheathing has the same
bracing effect for the roof com
ponents. It also provides a con
venient nailing base for the
roofing materials, which, in
turn, secures them from wind.
Union Bag-Camp
Gives Out 10,000
Seedlings Here
During the 1958-59 tree
planting season, 10.000 pine
seedlings were given to local
landowners in Newton County
through the free seedling dis
tribution program of Union
Bag-Camp paper corporation.
This announcement was made
today by B. E. Allen, Woodlands
manager of the Savannah plant.
According to Allen, “Approxi
mately 750 seedlings are re
quired to convert an idle acre
to full productivity. We of Un
ion Bag-Camp are pleased to
be able to aid in the reforest
ing of these idle acres, and at
the same time, provide for in
creased income and a stronger
economy in this area. In years
gone by, many landowners had
an indifferent attitude toward
their timberland and the po
tential which it would produce
in the form of future income.
Our forests of yesterday were
destructively cut over, burned
time and again, with little or no
thought given to reforestation
so that we might adequately
supply the needs of the future.
“Today the demand for forest
products is the greatest in the
history of our country. Tomor
row this demand will be even
greater. We are convinced that
the present-day landowner re
cognizes this challenge and is
taking advantage of every op
portunity to keep his timber
land green and growing—and
at the same time assure himself
of a higher standard of living.
“The 10,000 seedlings distri
buted by Union Bag-Camp in
Newton county should plant 13
acres. We are proud to be able
to play a small part in the de
velopment of our most valuable
natural resource —our forests!”
Mr. Allen concluded.
Early American missionaries
forced the Hawaiians to give up
the hula because they thought
it was immoral, but the dance
originally was a religious ritual.
According to The World Book
Encyclopedia, the hula was part
of the ceremonial rites for the
ancient goddess of the woods,
Laka.
Hawaii had its own conquer
ing hero before Napoleon made
himself master of Europe. The
World Book Encyclopedia seys
King Kamehameha I, the chief
who united most of the islands
in 1785, was called the “Napo
leon of the Pacific” because of
his conquests.
The nation used to have to
import leather to supnly its de
mand. Now cattle hides are sur
plus.
First Anesthetic Administered in Ga
(Editor's Note: This is one in
a series of articles about your
health which will appear reg
ularly in The Covington News
as a public service feature.)
By The Medical Association
of Georgia
March 30th of this year marks
the 117th anniversary of the
administration of the first sur
gical anesthetic by Dr. Craw
ford W. Long in the town of
Jefferson, Georgia in Jackson
County.
The Southern Medical and
Surgical Journal of December,
1849, had in it an account of this
momentous event written by
Dr. Long himself. This account
is quoted in the late Dr. Frank
Kells Boland’s book, “The First
Anesthetic.”
Dr. Long relates how he and
his friends frequently inhaled
ether “for its exhilarating pro
perties.” Following these ex
periences Dr. Long noticed
bruises on himself which he
felt were received while under
the influence of ether but which
he couldn’t remember causing.
He noticed also that his friends
received falls and blows while
etherized which were sufficient
to cause pain, yet they s?id
they felt none.
These observations led Dr.
Long to suggest using ether in
an operation on a patient who
had been refusing to have it
because he feared the pain. The
patient, James M. Venable, who
then lived two miles from Jef
ferson, was familiar with ether
and he consented “to have one
tumor removed” from the back
of his neck.
Here’s Dr. Long’s description
of the operation:
“The ether was given to Mr.
Venable on a towel; and when
fully under its influence I ex
tirpated the tumor . . . The oa
tient continued to inhale ether
during the time of the opera
tion: and when informed it was
over, seemed incredulous, un
tiT the tumor was shown him.
“He gave no evidence of suf
fering during the oneration, and
assured me, after it was over,
that he did not exuerience the
slightest degree of pain from
its performance. This oneration
was performed on the 30th of
March, 1842.”
In Jefferson today a museum
now stands on the exact spot
where Dr. Long’s office, in
which he performed the opera
tion, was located. The wooden
building that occupied the spot
when Dr. Long had his office
there was replaced by the ex-
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1860 s or 1870 s.
One of the interesting sights
in the museum is a diorama, or
small scale model, of the great
operation. It shows Dr. Long
administering ether to Mr. Ven
able as he sits in a chair. Ac
tually, the patient’s position I
during the operation is debata- I
ble. Some historians say the pa
tient was lying down on a cot
or a table. But the seated posi
tion is most widely accepted. In
the miniature, three witnesses
stand around the chair.
The museum also contains a
collection of medical instru
ments like those Dr. Long must
have used. Photographs of doc
uments relating to the opera
tion also are on display. The
originals of these are scattered
in various museums. Among
them are the $2.25 bill rendered
Mr. Venable —$2.00 for the op
eration and 25 cents for the
ether.
There have been other claim
ants to the honor of saving the
world from surgical pain. In
cluded among these are Dr. Wil
liam T. G. Morton a dentist who
performed a public operation in
Boston in 1846 using “Letheon,”
Dr. Charles J. Jackson, a Boston
physician-geologist, and Dr.
Horace Wells, a Hartford den
tist. Dr. Long was aware of the
controversy. He auietlv an
nounced that he had used ether
in 1842—before any of the other
claimants had. But he didn’t
press his claim.
The use of ether as a surgi
cal anesthetic revolutionized
medicine. It made possible op
erations unthinkable un to then.
It has saved many lives and is
still widely used as a pain killer
during surgery.
Doc MAG says:
1. Visit the Crawford W. Long
Memorial Museum at Jeffer
son. There’s no charge. Be proud
1 of your heritage.
The first successful cross
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THREE SAFETY RULES
Three safety rules for kitch
ens are listed by Miss Lucile
Higginbotham, health education
- specialist. Agricultural Exten
-1 sion Service. Keep disinfectants
' out of reach of small children;
1 use a smooth-cutting can open
: er rather than a piercing one;
i and keep sharp knives stored in
■ i racks.
NITROGEN NEEDED
Georgia farmers are now us
ing approximately 42,000 tons
of actual nitrogen for direct ap
plication annually, deciare
agronomists at the Agricultural
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