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VOLUME 96
Newton County 4-H’ers Observe The National Week
10 Clubs In Our County
Have Membership Os 550
Newton County’s 550 members of 4-H clubs are currently
in the midst of observation of National 4-H Week which
ends Sunday.
It is appropriate indeed, that
so many young girls and boys
of Newton County, are engag
ed in 4-H work since the move
ment was actually started in
the county some 55 years ago
by the late Prof, G. C. Adams.
The Corn Club organized by
Prof. Adams displayed their
products at the Courthouse soon
after the turn of the century
and that was the birth of the
present day 4-H Club.
A highlight of the week’s
observance will be the TV pro
gram Saturday at 1 o’clock
over WAGA - TV in Atlanta.
Newton County 4-H’ers will
have charge of the program.
Many of the clubs of the
county will present School pro
grams during the week and all
4-H clubs of the area will meet
in observance of the occasion.
Throughout The Covington
NEWS today are advertise
ments calling attention to the
National 4-H Week The coun
ty has 10 4 - H clubs.
The complete list of 1960 of
ficers of the county’s 4-H Clubs
are:
Cloverleaf, Flint Hill: Katie
Jones, president; Sidney Den
ny, boys vice- president; Gail
Hinton, girls vice - president;
Arlene Martin, secretary -trea
susrer; John Cowan, parlia
mentarian; Dickie George, re
porter.
Pine Grove: Carol Hitchcock,
president; Ronnie Elliott,
boys vice - president; Sandra
Hodges, girls vice - president;
Vickie Whisnante, secretary -
treasurer; Wayne Robertson,
parliamentarian; Reuben Whis
nante, reporter.
Newton County High School:
Hutch Jordan, president; Cyn
thia Harris, girls vice - presi
dent; Johnny Cowan, boys vice
president; Vickie Whisnante,
sec. - treas.; Virgil Costley,
parliamentarian.
Livingston: Peggy Ann Whit
ley. president; Dianne Carter,
girls vice - president; Johnny
Jolley, boys vice - president;
Dana Sue Kemp, sec - treas.;
Arthur HBrgrove, parliamen
tarian; Jerry Wheeler, report
er.
Palmer • Stone Girls: Dianne
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COVINGTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960
4-H Council Officers Are:
Vickie Whisnante, president;
Dickie George, boys vice -
president; Carol Hitchcock,
girls vice-president; Ginger
Knight, sec. - treas.; Johnny
Cowan, parliamentarian;
Frank Lazenby, reporter.
George, president; Arlene Mar
tin, vice - president; Nelda
White, sec. - Treas.; Linde
Winslett, parliamentarian; Peg
gy Williams, reporter.
Palmer - Stone Boys: Ronnie
Joe Johnson, president; Brad
ley Denman, vice - president;
Larry Hodges, sec. - treas.;
Herbert Beasley, parliamen
tarian; Barry Doggett, repor
ter.
Mansfield: Mary Della Rob
ertson, president; Betty Jean
Spears, girls vice - president;
Ronnie Elliott, boys vice - pre
sident; Sandra Hodges, sec. -
treas.; Reuben Whisnante, par
liamentarian; Byron Hays, re
porter.
E. L. Ficquett School: Linda
Shannon, president; Eddie
Johnson, boys vice - president;
Naomi Smith, girls vice-presi
dent; Susan Snodgrass, sec. -
treas.; Douglas Ewing, parlia
mentarian; Harry Lynn Colbert,
reporter.
Heard-Mixon: Brenda Moon,
president; Danny Digby, boys
vice - president; Beth Stubbs,
, girls vice - president: Jeanne
Pickett, sec. - treas.; Catherine
Jones, parliamentarian; Stevie
Norman, reporter.
Mansfield Out -of - School
Club: Dianne Holmes, presi
dent: Byron Hays, boys vice
president; Ellen Sams, girls
vice - president; Betty J.
Spear, sec. - treas.; Jim Ben
ton, parliamentarian; Mike
Dennis, reporter.
Approximately 35 percent of
the mixed fertilizer sold con
sists of non - recommended
grades, report agronomists, Ag
ricultural Extension Service.
For top yields and for maxi
mum use of money spent for
fertilizer they advise always
buying the recommended
: grades of fertilizer.
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HIGHLIGHT OF THE PAST YEAR IN NEWTON COUNTY 4-H
club work was the banquet held in January at the E. L. Ficquett
School cafteria attended by 216 members and adults. Persons
shown above had a part on the program or were honored during
the evening, from left to right: Johnny Jolley, Livingston: Leo
Mallard, Master 4-H'er; Bruce Brown. Mansfield; Walter Harris,
Master 4-H'er; Ginger Knight, 4-H Council: Mrs. Hazel Malone,
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TWO MEMBERS OF PROF. G. C. ADAMS' original Corn Club of Newton County in 1905 are
shown in the picture above admiring a 4-H Poster. Grady Adams (left) and Joe Laseter (right)
posed for the picture in 1958 at the County Agent's Office. Prof. Adams' clv»b was the forerunner
of the present-day 4-H Clubs of the world. This week the members of the clubs over America are
jbserving National 4-H Week.
What Is The 4-H Club?
By Ed Hunt
(County Agent)
Many of you have heard of
4-H Club work for many years,
but do you really know what
it is? I would like to use a
short space in this special edi
tion to tell you what it is and
how your son or daughter or
even you may find a place
with other 4-H’ers.
4-H Clubs are groups of
young people, chiefly in rural
and suburban areas, who carry
on a wide variety of farming,
homemaking, community ser
vice, and other projects. They
raise livestock and poultry,
grow gardens and field crops,
conserve the soil, sew, cook,
preserve food, make things for
their homes, and work for
community betterment. No,
these aren’t all. There are many»
many other things which can be
done by 4-H’ers.
The 4-H Club is open to any
girl or boy between 10 and 21
years of age who agrees to fol
low the 4-H ideals and stand
ards. The main requirement is
an earnest desire to “learn by
doing” which is the dub slogan
and to “make the best better”
which is the 4-H motto.
The 4-H program is a part
of the national educational sys
tem of cooperative extension
work, which the USDA, the
State Land-grant Colleges, and
the counties share. The Federal
Extension Service, USDA of
Washington, D. C. gives Na
tional Leadership and the State
Extension Service gives state
leadership to the program.
The term “4-H” refers to
“head, herat, hands and health,”
which are emphasized in the
club program.
As in the democracy in which
they live, 4-H’ers themselves
largely run their clubs, elect
their officers, help plan and
hold their meetings and select
their projects. These clubs select
their own programs to suit the
membership and the locality in
which they live.
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OUTSTANDING WORK
IN THE MANY
WORTHY 4-H PROJECTS
Home Demonstration Agent; Dickie George, 4-H Council; Hardy
McKinney, Extension Service. Athens; Vickie Whisnante, 4-H
Council President; Td Hunt, County Agent; Carol Hitchcock,
4-H Council; Grady Adams, member of Original Corn Club in
Newton County; Ronnie Elliott, Mansfield; S. G. Chandler, Ex
tension Service, Athens, main speaker; and Byron Hays, Mans
field.
These 4-H’ers are guided by
thousands of public-pirited men
and women, mostly parents in
the capacity as unpaid volun
tary leaders.
Many older 4-H’ers assist
the younger 4-H’ers also. These
leaders are assisted through
their training, counseling, etc.
Continued on Page 26
My 4-H Club
Experience!
By Dickie George
Four years ago I joined the
school 4-H Club at Palmer-
Stone School. Since then I have
discovered what a wonderful
opportunity the 4-H Club real
ly is.
For three years my main
project has been tractor main
tenance. I have enjoyed it very
much and at the same time I
have learned many fundamen
tals of the complex working
structiwe of gasoline engine and
good safety practices. I prepar
ed a demonstration and in 1958
I gave it on television, to the
Kiwanis Club and at various
other places. I have participated
in our District meetings at
Rock Eagle also.
My other projects have also,
helped me very much. My I
reading project extended my
mind and has helped me in my
school work. My safety project
helped me realize the unnoticed
dangers around the farm and
Continued on Page 26
CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES
TO NEWTON COUNTY
4-H Club Members
LEARN • LIVE • SERVE
through... 4-H
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We Look To You For Leadership Tomorrow!
Farmers Mutual Exchange, Inc.
DICK SCHNEIDER, Manager — HOWARD PICKETT, A«t. Manager
PHONE — 3403 - 3404 HIGHWAY 278 COVINGTON, GEORGIA
This Paper Is Covington’s
Index To Civic PRIDE and
PROSPERITY
Aims And Accomplishments
Os The Local 4-H Clubs
' By Carol Hitchcock i
The 4-H Club is one of t h e
Nations’ leading youth organi
zations. It ranks with such or
ganizations as the F. H. A.,
F. F. A„ F. T. A., and the Hi-Y
Clubs. Whereas these clubs are
making future homemakers,
farmers, teachers, and Christ
ian citizens the 4-H Club is
making a combination of these.
In 4-H Club work we have
learned to cook, sew, care for
children, improve our homes
and farms, as well as many use
ful things that will in general
make us better citizens, Health
and safety have been stressed
so that we may be better home
makers also.
The boys have learned about
farm equipment, dairying, beef
cattle, poultry, agronomy, and
many other subjects that will
enable us to better understand
farming.
The 4-H Club gives an op
portunity for leadership and
teaching others as well as learn
in. There are always new and
younger members who need the
help and guidance that the
older members can give in get
ting started in club work. We
are able to teach these younger
members through the demon
strations which we give as well
as programs of many kinds
which we give. We find much
opportunity to practice our
leadership in 4-H work.
I have attended camps at
Wahsega, Fulton, and Rock
Eagle during the summer
months and find them very re
warding. We took part in dis
. cussion groups, devotionals,
I program committees, and re
creation activities.
Another activity which I have
participated in is District Pro
j e c t Achievement Meetings
which have meant a great deal
to my 4-H work. State Council
Meeting is another phase of
club work which makes me ap
preciate my club work more. I
met many boys and girls from
other areas of the state.
Through these experiences I
have learned many qualities of
Christian Citizenship and feel
that 4-H club work has been an
important part of my life. I am
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I glad that I pledged my head to
clearer thinking, my heart to
greater loyalty, my hands to
larger service and my health to
better living for my club, my
community, and my country.
Working
Together
For4-H >
By Hazel Malone
HD Agent
The official framework sup
porting 4-H Clubs, as in other
Extension programs, centers in
a three-way partnership of the
United States Department of
Agriculture, the State land -
grant colleges and universities,
and the county governments.
Each of these has a unique and
important place to fill.
In addition to the three-way
partnership, 4-H Club work is
carried on by the local help
in Newton County through
friends and parents of club
members. The business houses
and civic clubs play an im
portant part in conducting and
sponsoring 4-H Club work.
t Through the cooperation of
j our school officials, we the
r Extension workers, meet the 4-
_ H members once a month dur
ing school hours. The teachers
, play a great part in helping
J 4-H Club members at school to
encourage them in their pro
e ject work.
Interested friends and pa
s rents meet with 4-H members
1 in out-of-school clubs. Gener
-1 ally these clubs meet once a
f month. Through the combined
. efforts of friends, parents, civ
[ ic clubs and business houses,
i 4-H work is carried on in New
ton County.
Prices paid by farmers aver
aged about two percent higher
in 1959, report economists, Ag
ricultural Extension Service.