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PAGE TWENTY-TWO
Aging Process Varies
(EDITORS NOTE: This is
one in a series of articles
about your health which will
appear regularly in The
Covington News as a public
service feature.)
By The Medical Association
of Georgia
The idea that all old folks
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are doddering and hard-to-get
along-with is being disproved
every day by countless healthy,
likable oldsters. But unfortu
nately, this isn’t true of all of
them.
It is important for us to know
what we can do to increase our
own and others’ chances of
staying mentally and physical
ly well in old age. In 1900 only
one in 25 persons in the nation
j was over 65. Now the number
i is about one in 13. This in
! crease in the older population is
reflected in the number of pa
tients hospitalized with senile
psychosis.
In general, these patients are
disoriented or confused in one
or more areas of their lives.
They can’t remember recent
events although their memory
of events of their earlier years
may be surprisingly clear.
Their interest narrow and they
become concerned with them
selves to the exclusion of every
thing else. Their thinking be
comes sluggish. They cling to
old habits, old ways of doing
things. They show poor judg
ment and are emotionally un
stable. They may become sus
picious of those dearest to
them. They frequently hoard,
suffer hallucinations, have
phobias or commit anti-social
acts. As senility progresses,
some old folks become care
less in their personal habits.
There is no doubt but that
our modern civilization de
creases rather than increases
the ease which one can grow
old. Our highly competitive
world requires maximum ef
fort. There is little that the old
person, who must slow down
some, can do under these cir
cumstances. In may occupations
retirement is forced at age 65.
This means a sudden stop for
many physical and mental fun
ctions which have kept t h e
person active and alive for
years.
It is not surprising that old
people so often feel that they
have been rejected by society
and are useless. In such a sit
uation, needing to be inter
ested in something, they fre
quently become overly con
cerned or preoccupied with
their own body organs and
functions. This overconcern, in
stead of helping their physical
condition, weakens it because
it adds the stress of worry.
Old persons need to have a
sense of usefulness, security
and importance. Some child
ren foolish object to their eld
erly parents working because
they fear they will be criticiz
ed for not supporting their pa
rents. If Grandpa, or even
Grandma, wants to work and
is capable of doing so, by all
means let him.
A sense of security is en
couraged by familiar surround
ings. This means that unless a
THE COVINGTON NEWS
4-Year Fight By State, Federal
Forces Brings Control of Bangs
Georgia’s successful four
year fight to eliminate costly
and dangerous brucellosis from
cattle herds of the state will be
celebrated today (Feb. 18) dur
ing the annual meeting of the
Georgia Livestock Association
in Thomasville.
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. Phil Campbell will receive a
certificate from the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture signi
fying that Georgia has reached
a modified-certified brucellosis
free status.
Although testing of cattle
was completed in December
and certification was effective
December 31, official celebra
tion of the event was postpon
ed until today so it could be
part of the livestock meeting.
Before the campaign to free
cattle of brucellosis, which
causes undulant fever in peo
ple, was launched in 1956 one
out of every ten animals was
infected. Certification means
that not more than one per
cent of the cattle nor more
than five per cent of the herds
in the state are infected. Still
to be eliminated is brucellosis
in goats and hogs.
The number of human infec
; tions from both cattle and hogs
in Georgia has dropped from
an average of 150-200 cases
i yearly in 1940 - 45 to only 20
! last year. None of these could
; be traced to cattle.
The Georgia campaign was
I conducted cooperatively by the
State Department of Agricul
ture under the leadership of
Commissioner Campbell and
the Agricultural Research Ser
vice of the U. S. Department of
Peach Growers
In Georgia Fare
Better Pricewise
Georgia peach growers have
fared much better pricewise
than growers in other states,
manly because Georgia growers
harvest their peaches earlier.
This fact and others about the
Georgia Industry were publish
ed recently at the Georgia Ex
oeriment Station as Mimeo
Series No. N. S. 89, by K. E.
Ford and J. C. Elrod.
Concerning peach prices, the
report says that during the
1909-58 period, the seasonal
price of Georgia peaches was
equal to or higher than the
price in South Carolina in all
years except four — 1909, 1947,
1949, and 1958.
According to the research
ers, the early marketing of the
Georgia crop has contributed to
the higher price received for
peaches in this state.
Through 1945, Georgia led
the Southeast in the number of
bushels of peaches sold. Dur
ing several years the state ac
counted for 80 % of the peaches
sold from the southeastern
states.
In recent years, however
Georgia has had only from one
fourth to one - third of t h e
sales. The decline in produc
tion in Georgia and the increase
in production in other states,
the investigators say, account
for this reversal in Georgia’s
position among the southeast
ern states.
As to how the peach crop
, ranks with other crops in Geor
| gia, the report says that for
the past 35 years the value of
peach sales has been about five
percent of total cash receipts
for crops in Georgia. In some
Georgia counties peaches are
the major source of agricultur
al income.
A copy of the report may be
obtained by writing to the
Georgia Experiment Station,
Experiment, Ga.
move is absolutely necessary,
the old person should stay
where he is used to living. He
certainly shouldn’t be made
to move merely to suit the
whims of the rest of the family.
Neither should he be carted off
to a nursing home or other in
stitution so long as he can care
for his personal needs and is
not a threat to himself or
others. He’s just better off at
home than in strange surround
ings.
Doc MAG. Says:
1. Keep in as good physical
and mental health as possible
throughout life. Studies have
shown that the person who has
always had good emotional
health tends to keep it during
his older years. Those who have
had only superficial control
face a much bigger risk of em
otional disturbance when the
controlling powers break down
in later life.
2. Help reduce the common
stresses of old age. Some bf
them are economic dependency,
lack of security, loss of affec
tion, respect and recognition
and sexual frustration.
Agriculture. Dr. C. J. Mikel,
USDA veterinarian, directeed
Federal efforts in the state.
Many other agencies and or
ganizations, including the State
Health Department, cooperated.
Director W. A. Sutton of the
University of Georgia Exten
sion Service, is chairman of the
State Brucellosis Committee.
Director Sutton will present
certificates of apprecia ti o n
from the committee to the
Georgia Livestock Association
for the cooperation of its mem
bers in the brucellosis fight,
and to the Georgia Veterinary
Medical Association for the part
played by veterinarians in the
actual testing program.
Also appearing on the cele
bration program, presided over
by Dr. Harry L. Brown of
Mountain City, president of the
livestock association, will be
Dr. C. K. Mingle, Animal Di
sease Eradication Division,
USDA, Washington: Dr. Joe B.
Crane, president of the Geor
gia Veterinary Medical Asso
ciation, and Dr. Alexander
Nunn, editor, the Progressive
Farmer magazine.
Director Sutton points out
that most Georgia farmers co
operated willingly in the pro
gram as a result of educational
work done by county agents,
although many thousands of
animals were slaughtered.
“But,” he continued, “they
can look forward to healthier,
better producing and more pro
fitable herds with fewer still
born calves.”
Despite this milestone, the
Extension director asserted,
“two major jobs lemain. One
is the calfhood vaccination pro
gram, now underway, to build
resistance in cattle, and she
other is an all-out effort to
eliminate brucellosis in swine.”
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Law Goes Into
Effect in July
Because of the wide-spread in-1
terest among veterans and their
dependents on the new pension
law going into effect later this
year, the Covington News today
prints the first of five columns of.
pertinent information on the new
law. Succeeding columns will ap
pear in future issues Cut out
and save each column for a com
plete fact sheet. The following
questions, with appropriate an
swers, were chosen by the Vete
rans Administration from the
thousands being asked:
Q When will the new system of
pension payments go into euect?
A. On July 1, 1960. The first
checks under the new system will
not be mailed before August 1,
1960.
Q. Who will be affected by the
new system?
A. All veterans of World War I.
World War II and the Korean con
flict and their dependents who
qualify and begin to receive non
service pensions after June 30,
1960, will be under the new sys
tem. Those already on the pen
sion roles on June 3p. 1960. wUI
not be affected unless they choose
to come under the new system.
They can make this choice at any
time, but once the election is
made, the pensioner can never re
vert to the old system.
Q. How does the new law af
fect those drawing compensation
or service-connected benefits’
A. The new law does not alfect
benefits paid for service-connect
ed disabilities.
Q. Does the new law affect ser
vice pensions?
A. No. Service pensions are
paid only to Indian War. Civil
War and Spanish American War
veterans. These pensions are not
affected by the new law.
Q. Does the new law change the
eligibility requirements for pen
sions paid to veterans?
A. Not basically. Ninety days
active wartime service and an
honorable-type discharge are
required. The veteran must also
be permanently and totally dis
abled. There are important chan
ges in the income lin'its under
the new system as well as some
changes in the methods employ
ed to compute the pensioner's
annual income. Under the new
law the veteran’s estate or “worth”
will become an eligibility factor.
Q. Let’s go into this a step at a
time. What are the criteria for es- :
tablishing permanent and total
d ratiiiy"
A. The degree of disability may
vary according to the age oi the
veteran. Generally he must have
a disability which at his age pre
vents him from getting regular,
full-time employment. This dis
ability must be such that doctors
do not expect it to improve materi
ally.
Q. What are the changes in a
veteran’s income limits ?
A. Under the old law a veteran
without dependents could not
draw a pension if his annual in
come exceeds SI4OO. .Under the
new law he may receive some
pension if his income is as high
as SIBOO.
Under the old law a veteran
with dependents could not receive
a pension if his annual income
was more than $2700. Under the
new system his annual income
may be as much as S3i)CO and he
still will be eligible for some p'm
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