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Deer hunters in Georgia may soon be bugging
both bucks and does throughout the state.
Georgia has become overcrowded with doe deer
and only an open season on the lady deer will keep
them from starving to death. The plan has been
put into effect in several south Georgia counties
and seems to be working successfully.
Action was taken when game biologists noted
that a shortage of food and browse for deer existed
in certain areas. In one of these areas, average
weight of a deer taken in 89 pounds. A few years
ago. deer taken from this same area averaged 135
pounds.
In South Georgia, where deer herds are
large, more and more hunters complain of see
ing more does, but less bucks. Game biologists
have tried to remedy this situation by trapping
the doesand restocking them in areas less popu
lated with deer. But these areas are now grow
ing overcrowded.
Public sentiment is the only stumbling block in
the plan. People have become so used to the “bucks
only” law that they object to killing doe deer. Peo
ple objected to a plan carried out 10 years ago when
* mixed season was opened in the Blue Ridge man
sgement area to improve the balance between does
ind bucks. But now, residents of the area realize
the change has done a lot of good.
I would like to see a mixed bag limit put
into effect next year throughout the state, but
first the Game and Fish Commission will have
to overcome public sentiment.
Commission biologists says the “bucks only” law
has not done the job of removing the harvestable
number of deer each season.
And though many states allow the killing of
both sexes, some of them are admitting that hunters
■till cannot harvest enough deer.
In addition, more str’ ' regulations would
have to be put into effect w.ih the law, concern
ing the registration of deer killed by hunters.
We need to know how many deer are taken from
each area and from what area they are taken.
With this information, we can easily tell where
deer are abundant or where they may need more
management because of lack of food or over
population.
In a nutshell, here’s the story: land can only
■upport a certain number of deer. Seasons are
opened to keep the deer herd on this land down.
F>ut when the herd keeps growing in size and num
ber and hunters cannot remove the excess deer, the
animals soon*starve.
For instance, in 1905 a poacher claimed to
have removed the last deer from the mountain
region. A restocking program, begun in 1928,
bloomed and brought back the deer herd in the
area.
Today, this same area is overpopulated. There
are enough deer to cause serious damages to the
management areas.
So in the near future—very possibly next year—
hunters in Georgia will be given the task of remov
ing both bucks and does. This will assure better
deer hunting in the state for years to come.
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GAME
AND
FISH
By FULTON LOVELL
Porterdale School Speaks
Miss Ramsey’s Sixth Grade
Thanksgiving meant a great
deal to us all. We were thank
ful for the opportunity of be
ing able to visit many places
of interest. We had children
from our room who visited
Jackson, Rome, Villa Rica, Ce
dartown, Monroe. Atlanta, Cov
ington, Douglasville, Rocky
Plains, and Dialtown. Boys and
girls enjoyed visiting their
grandparents and other rela
tives. Fishing, hunting, yard
and house cleaning, television
shows, and playing were our
favorite activities.
For the past week, in addition
to our regular school work, we
have constructed and painted
two boards, four by six feet
with Christmas scenes that are
to be used on the goal posts at
the gym at the annual Bibb
Manufacturing Company Christ
mas Party. We made these of
colored eggshells and colored
gravel. We are proud of these
as every boy and girl had a part
in making them.
Our artists are busy painting
Christmas scenes. We have
made a Christmas tree of ap
ple packing boards with our
pictures as the ornaments. It
wishes everyone entering our
room a “Merry Christmas”.
THE ETOWAH MOUNDS
By Glenn McCullough
Ever wonder what it was
like here before the white man
discovered America?
What were the Indians, who
occupied Georgia, like? What
did they do? How were they
governed?
Interesting to just imagine,
but downright exciting to take
a look back to about 1000 A.
D. And such a look back can
be taken in the Etowah Valley,
near Cartersville, at a village
site—the largest and most im
pressive of more than a hun
dred Indian settlements in the
entire valley.
Officially called the Etowah
Archaeological Area and Mu
seum, the area is convenient to
U.S. 41 and U.S. 411, just east
of Cartersville.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
We enjoyed having Mrs. Ed
Hertwig, Mrs. Albert Davis,
Mrs. Brownie Osman, and
Mrs. J. B. Dial visit our room
during the week.
We are looking forward to
next week as we are making
plans to visit Mrs. Wendell
Crowe and see her shell collec
tion and visit the Newton
County Library.
Brenda Cook, Reporter
Mr. Sailers’ Sixth Grade
On Wednesday, November 30,
Mr. Sailers’ Class had a class
meeting. Wanda Daniel read
minutes of the last meeting.
The people chosen to clean the
room were: Gary Wilkerson,
Sammy Bowen, Tim Allen, Di
ane Wells, Gayle Allen, and
Mary Beam. The monitors are
Steve Piper and Judy Moore.
Steve Piper suggested that Mr.
Sailers not reveal who the
monitors are each week. He will
start this next Wednesday, De
cember 7.
Gary Wilkerson made a mo
tion the meeting be adjourned.
It was seconded by Jerry Fish
er.
Rhonda Jeffries, Randy
Digby, Myron Huckaby,
Reporters.
traveling.
through
Georgia
At its peak, there probably
were several hundred people
living in this fortified town,
surrounded on all sides but the
river side, by a stockade of
wooden posts in a deep moat.
Within the palisade, the peo
ple of Etowah built their
houses using a post framework,
clay plastered walls, and grass
thatch or cane mat roofs.
There were no windows. A clay
basin-shaped fireplace was in
the center of the earthen floor
and the smoke escaped through
a hole in the roof-probably the
very first center post-free
fireplaces which some of our
modern homes feature!
Elaborate religious rites were
held here, designed to insure;
a continued and abundant har- i
vest. And when they buried the ■
dead, it was with quite a cere
mony. The chiefs or priests ;
were buried in elaborate cos- I
tumes and accompanied by |
special paraphernalia. In some :
cases special tombs were built
to hold the remains.
The Etowahs were quite i
skilled in many crafts. They!
worked with copper, shell, flint,
wood, cane, clay and bone, pro- |
ducing hundreds of different
items. Copper was used almost
exclusively for ornamentation.
They made lovely pottery and
were quite adept at weaving I
baskets or matting from cane.
They made cloth from plant
fiber, hair and feathers. They
also made their own sewing I
implements, weaving tools,
hairpins and fishhooks!
Nobody needs to tell you all,
this. A visit to Etowah Mounds j
will convince you. There it is, j
all out on display. The almost |
complete history of the Etowah
can be traced from exhibits in >
the museum and at the exca
vations in the area.
The Georgia Historical Com- •
mission bought the property j
in 1953 from the Tumlin fam- l
ily, which had owned it since j
the first land grants in Geor
gia. Since then it has been de
veloped, explored and excavat
ed to produce a well - woven i
story of the Georgians who |
pre-date the first white Geor
gians.
There is too much at the
mound site to relate here. It
will prove an interesting and
educational visit.
Plan to visit the Etowah
Mounds on a weekend soon.
Your neighborhood servi c e
station attendant will provide
direction and maps.
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Many famous people have
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Make Inexpensive Christmas
Decorations For Original Touch
Decorating the home for
Christmas can be fun because
it is the one time we can really
let our imaginations run wild
in thinking up new decorating
schemes, declares Miss Ava
Rodgers, home furnishings and
art specialist for the Univer
sity of Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service.
Miss Rodgers has come up
with three of her favorites —
all of them easy and inexpen
sive to make — to which you
can add your own original
touches.
Too, making these decora
tions can serve a double pur
pose, Miss Rodgers suggests, by
letting those youngsters who are
getting pretty excited about
Christmas work on them, there
by keeping them busy and let-
-Porterdale Personals-
Sincere sympathy is extend
ed to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sim
mons in their bereavement at
the death of Mr. Simmons’ sis
ter, Mrs. L. A. Bryan, in Eaton
ton, Georgia on Friday, Decem
ber 2, where she was visiting
her daughter. She was a resi
dent of Madison, Georgia.
Friends of Mr. Magnus Beam,
Sr. regret that he is confined
to his home due to illness and
wish for him an early recov
ery.
Mr. J. N. Allen has been a
recent patient at the Newton
County Hospital and is wished
an early recovery by his many
friends.
Mr. C. J. Elkins has been a
patient at the Newton County
Hospital. It is hoped he will
soon be well again.
Magnus Beam. Jr. has re
turned to his home from the
Battey State Hospital in Rome,
Georgia and is recuperating
satisfactorily.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Allen
and daughters, Misses Peggy
and Gayle Allen, spent a re
cent week-end with PFC and
Mrs. Gene Hammonds and
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ting them have a part in decor
ating the home.
Her first suggestion is a door
wreath made of small Christ
mas trees. All you need is five
of the six-to-eight-inch ones
that can be purchased at any
dime or variety store, some
ribbon, tree ornaments and a
styrafoam ball.
Remove the trees from their
stands and stick them into the
styrafoam at angles to form
a star. Catch the wire loops on
the ends of the tree ornaments
with a hair pin, and stick the
pin into the styrafoam in the
center of the star. Make a big
bow with the ribbon and fas
ten it behind the ball.
Coat hangers are the primary
construction materials of Miss
Rodgers’ second decoration, the
daughter at Fort Campbell,
Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Mrs.
Hammonds and Tammie return
ed home with them for an ex
tended visit.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Golden
and children of Winder, Geor
gia were visitors of their mo
ther, Mrs. Grace Hord, and
other relatives on Sunday.
Sincere sympathy is extend
ed to the family of the late Mrs.
Jane Harper, who passed away
following an extended illness.
Funeral services were held at
the Salem Methodist Church on
Wednesday, November 30. She
has resided for many years with
her daughter, Mrs. Hoyt (Thel
ma) Grier, in Porterdale.
Sincere sympathy is extended
to Mrs. Lillie Mae Morris in her
bereavement at the death of
her husband, Mr. E. B. Morris,
at Emory University Hospital
on Friday, December 2. Mrs.
Morris is a teacher in the Por
terdale School.
Larry Hayes, who has been
stationed in San Antonio, Tex
as arrived by plane for a visit
with his parents prior to report
ing at Pope Air Force Base,
Fayetteville, North Carolina on
December 15.
“kissing ball.”
Paint ten or 12 of the hang
ers gold, silver or another
bright color. When dry, stack
together and tie at either end
of the long bottom wire. Us
ing rubber bands of the same
size, loop each neck to the next.
When completed, this should
form a spiral cage of equally
joined hangers around a center
column of the long wires.
Now, slip a large tree orna
ment over the curve of each
hook, and straighten the top
of the hook a little. Remove
the wires from smaller tree or
naments and use the ornaments
to cap the end of each hook.
Then, with a big bow at the
top and sprig of mistletoe at
the bottom, place the ball where
it will be the most fun!
A good project for children
is a container for Christmas
candies made of an oatmeal
box.
Put the top on tight and
cover the outside with white
paper to make the body of a
“snowman.” The feet are sim-
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ply pieces of black construc
tion paper cut in ovals so that
they will extend out about one
inch when pasted on the bot
tom of the box.
Arms are made from two
rounded tabs, three inches long.
Paste the top of these at
shoulder level and, a[ lowin f;
fullness so the arm bends,
fasten other ends at waist.
Cut a circle out of the con
brim, leaving tabs around the
inside edge to glue to the box
Glue this on about one inch
from the top of the box.
The fact can either be paint
ed on the box or cut from black
paper and glued on. A shiny
red nose can lend personality.
Use Christmas wrapping paper
to make a scarf to cross under
his chin, and a broom made of
sticks and pine straw can be
stuck through the crook of one
arm. With a button or two on
the front of his coat, he is
ready to sit on a table and of
fer delicious decorations to vis
itors.