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Unemployment Increases
In Most Major Areas
The U. S. Labor Department's
Bureau of Employment Secur
ity said its latest survey of em
ployment condtions in 150 of
the Nation's major industrial
arear indicted that unemploy
meant had increased in a ma
jority of the localities during
th" autumn.
The Bureau said that on the
basis of these surveys it had
officially classified nine addi
tional major areas as “areas of
substantial labor surplus” in its
regular bimonthly November
classification listing. These
areas are Bridgeport and Wa
terbury. Conn.. South Bend,
Fort Wayne, and Gary-Ham
mond - East Chicago, Ind., Spo-
Kane. Wash., Hamilton-Middle
ton. Ohio. Steubenville - Weir
ton. Ohio - West Va.. and San
Bcrnadino - Riverside - On
tario. Calif. Cutbacks in steel,
aircraft, aluminum, and other
durable goods manufacturing
were mainly responsible. The
Bureau said these changes
brought the number of major
areas officially classified as
areas of substantial labor sur
plus to 51. There were 32 ma-
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jor areas listed in this category
in November 1959 and 83 in No
vember 1958.
The autumn local area sur
veys, conducted by the Bureau
and its affiliated State employ
ment security agencies, covered
both emploment canditions be
tween September and Novem
ber and the outlook through
mid-January.
The surveys showed that un
employment had increased to
some extent in three-fifths of
the areas largely as a result of
employment losses in manufac
turing both durable and non
durable goods. However, in
most instances the increases
were of relatively small or
moderate proportions, with the
result that job totals in most
sections of the country contin
ued to be reported at relatively
high levels.
The Bureau said that employ
er estimates as to their future
hiring requirements pointed to
a temporary employment rise in
some areas just prior to the
holiday shopping season follow
ed by a perhaps slightly more
than seasonal decline in non-
Letters To
Santa Claus
Dear Santa Claus,
We are in Mrs. Ramsey’s first
grade. We hope you'll read this
letter and will come to see us on
Christmas Eve night.
Jackie Brown wants a doll and
doll bed, Henry Kines wants guns
and a cowboy suit, Judy Shrop
shire doesn’t know what she wants
and neither does Andy Johnson
will you select something you
think they will like, please? Jack
ie Leonard wants a doll, doll bed
and high chair, Phil Savage wants
a Superman Suit, a "Scat” car
and color books, Walker Kent
wants a bicycle, Pam Anglin says
she’d like a pretty majorette suit,
Debbie Denham wants a baton.
Lanier Johnson would like a gun
and a Go-Cart, Becky Henry
says not to forget she wants
records, a doll and a bicycle,
Beverly Hogan wants a Barbie
Doll, Ted Greer wants a hook and
ladder fire truck and an airplane.
Don Chambers says that he has
already written to you. He says
not forget the gun and cowboy hat.
Larry Dean says he wants a bicy
cle to play with outside and small
cars to play with in the house.
Shelly Parnell wants a pretty doll
and a surrey with fringe on the
top, Abra Ward would really like
a red wagon, Kevin Bates wants
a bicycle and an overland trail
set, Janice Tuck says she wants
framed pictures for her bedroom,
a doll and some skates. Holly
Johnson wants a Saucy Walker
Doll and an ice cream mixer.
Please bring Eddie Rowe an air
port set, a gun like one he saw on
TV and a B. B. gun.
Marigene Banks wants a Shirley
Temple Doll and some good sur
prises, Carol Tribble says she's
like table and chairs, a doll and a
bicycle, Lamar Sorrells wants a
Go-Cart. Be sure to bring Dan
Porter, Sidney Norton and Ricky
Jackson something nice. Keith
Garner and Jane Crowley want
something nice, too.
Remember all children every
where. We send our friends best
wishes for a happy Christmas fill
ed with joy and peace.
Your First Grade friends •
At Ficquett School
farm payrolls to midwinter.
All of the 150 major areas are
classified bimonthly according
to adequacy of labor supply.
The classification structure pro
vides for placing areas in six
major labor supply groupings
designated by the letters A to
F, with A indicating those areas
with overall labor shortages and
F those with the largest labor
surpluses. Areas are classified
in B if they have low unem
ployment, in C if they have
moderate surplus, and D, E, or
F if they have substantial la
bor surpluses. Unemployment
in areas in group D generally
ranges between 6 to 9 percent
of the labor force; in group E,
from 9 to 12 percent; and in
group F, 12 percent or more.
The nine areas classified in
the substantial labor surblus
category in November were
shifted from the C to the D
grouping. In addition, five areas
were changed from the low un
employment B category to the
moderate labor surplus group
C (Sacramento, Calif., Macon,
Ga., Des Moines, lowa, Okla
homa City, Oklahoma., and
Lancaster, Pa.), Within the
substantial labor surplus cate
gories, four areas were changed
from group D to E (Muskegon-
Muskegon Heights, Mich., At
lantic City, N. J., and Erie and
Pittsburgh, Pa.) and one
(Johnstown, Pa.) was moved
from E to F.
Carry a bright red light and
extension cord in your plove
compartment. Plugged into
your cigarette lighter outlet, it
gives an added measure of safe
ty when you change a tire or
check motor trouole at mgm.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Old Lands and New People
By Dr. Irvine S. Ingram
Editor’s Note: Dr. Ingram is
the president emeritus of West
Georgia College, Carrollton,
Georgia. He is nearing the end
of a 3 1/2 month journey
around the world which is tak
ing him into 21 countries.)
* • * *
SPAIN—I like Spain. Per
haps I should say Madrid. We
rested here for a few days.
Spain is good for that. The peo
ple let you alone. One can sit
for hours over a cup of tea,
coffee or a drink. You can go
unmolested into the shops.
There is no urging to buy. This
is the first country in which we
have found this attitude.
Madrid is a well ordered
city and beautiful. No one here i
in a sense speaks English and
they do not want to learn.
Spain was the first Western i
nations to arrive. They were in
the new world long before the
others knew about the new
world. 1
All of us know of Columbus
and his many immediate suc
cessors. They, these Spaniards,
appreciated gold and silver,
they found it in the American ■
and neighboring islands. With ;
the sword and the church they
seem to have gone everywhere.
The first bad luck came when
the English destroyed their
great fleet. We know this as
the destruction of the Spanish
Armada.
Historians say the Spanish
nation was rich and soft by the
beginning of the 17th Century.
I don’t know too much about
that. They had in their pos
session Southeastern United
States, the Southwest, the Cali
fornia area, Mexico and Mid
dle America South America
with the exception of Brazil
and the islands in the Carib
bean Sea, and the 7,000 or
more islands in the Philippines.
But about 1800 and there
after, Spain began to loose her
holdings. General Oglethorpe
pushed them out of Georgia;
in 1819 the U. S. purchased
Florida; and other countries
were lost by them. So around
1900, Spain was out, so to
speak. For over four hundred
years Spain had gathered rich
es from new countries. But she
was not a good colonizer. In
the first place the Spaniard,
unlike the Englishman, did not
bring his wife to the new
world. Nor did they train the
natives to work, as civil gov
ernment officials. They did,
however, bring the priest, and
the natives of the respective
countries became Roman Ca
tholics.
Spain in 90 per cent Catho
lic today and let me say to you
they go to church. The men, the
women, the children.
The government is a die- |
tatorship. This seems to have
been conferred on General |
Franco for life. He is now an I
old man but no one discusses I
his successor. Those who were
reading in the thirties remem
bered the civil war in Spain.
Under the guise of humanity it
was partly inspired by the’
Russians. Great groups of ideal
istic young people came to|
Spain to help carry the ban
ner of freedom, A son of a
prominent Georgian was killed
in this war. It was a cruel and
bitter war. The so-called Dem
ocrats lost. Spain has not fully
recovered from this disaster.
There are many, many poor
people in Spain and many who
are rich. Many in remote sec
tions live as they lived hun
dreds of years ago. The houses
are built of stone with ground
floors and no conveniences.
The United States recently
got permission to establish a
military mission here. It is
comprised of a contingent of
the Air Force. The American
village, composed of eight hun
dred houses for the dependents,
is nine or ten miles from the
I city of Madrid. These houses
Ornament On
Swiss Tree
On December sixth, the chil
dren dress in quanit costumes,
visit the homes of friends, as
we do on Hallowe'en, to col
lect apples, nuts, cookies, and
gifts. Several weeks before
Christmas a wreath with four
I candles is placed on the table
and one is lighted each Sunday
until Christmas Day. The
Christmas season is celebrated
with the giving of presents and
festivity around the Christmas
i tree. Each child has a table
covered with a napkin on
which his presents are placed.
The Swiss tree is decorated
with ornaments gathered from
the woods, pine cones, nuts,
snail shells; and with fruits,
cookies and candies. A star is
usually put up the night be
| foie Christmas.
are well appointed. This really
is the United States away from
home. The base is some twen
ty-three miles from Madrid.
On our withdrawal this pro
perty becomes the property of
Spain. I am speaking of the
housing.
In the meantime old Spain
retains her easy going way of
life. They are not too concern
ed about the outside world.
As far as I can tell they are
happy. They like their way of
life. The shops are closed from
one to four. Evidently, they
must sleep and rest. Suddenly
at four the city becomes alive.
They have snacks and drinks
and prepare for dinner around
ten at night. The streets in the
evening are full of people. They
seem to mill around until mid
night. Tomorrow is another
day, so why worry.
Around the hotels I saw
many beautiful Spanish wo
men. They were tastefully and
elegantly dressed. The Spanish
know how to live the good life,
if you know what that is. I like
this unhurried and elegant way
of living, but I am afraid it
does not belong to this century.
Spain, however, belongs to the
Eighteenth Century. Who can
say they are wrong? I want to
come back to Spain.
HOT BISCUITS
Build your holiday meals
around light, piping hot bis
cuits. Made up easily in min
utes, biscuits serve as the ba
sis for quick and economical
meals during the busy holiday
season. Prepare a basic biscuit
dough and roll out to 1/2 inch
thick. Then try one of these
ideas for a simple main dish:
(1) Cut into rounds with a 3-
inch cutter. After baking, split
the biscuits and serve barbe
cued beef or creamed tuna,
turkey or eggs between halves
and over the top. (2) Make
little biscuit cups by pressing
3-inch squares of dough into
2 3/4-inch muffin cups. Fill
them with creamed meat or
vegetables after baking. (3)
Top leftover stew or chili with
biscuit rounds and bake. The
biscuits will extend your left
over enough to make another
substantial nutritious meal.
For an outstanding career op
portunity, see your local Army
recruiter.
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I PHONE-786-2546 SOUTH SQUARE COVINGTON
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State) Thursday. Decemb __
State Has
Had m Fires
Since Dec. 1
Due to a lack of general rain
since October, forest fire dan
ger is at a peak according to
James C. Turner, Fire Chief of
the Georgia Forestry Commis
sion.
Since December 1, Georgia
has had 862 fires which have
burned 6,800 acres. Any one of
these fires could have result
ed in a “blow-up” fire, one
which would quickly envelop
thousand's of acres before it
could be brought under control,
Turner added.
Hardest hit areas in the state
so far have been the Statesboro,
Mcßae, and Waycross areas.
Trash burning has accounted
for the majority of these fires.
The Fire Chief commended
the nublic for their quick re
porting of the fires to their lo
cal Forestry Unit. Without this
help, we would have lost many
more acres, state Turner. How
ever, until we get a general
rain. Turner is asking the pub
lic to cooperate with their local
forest rangers and to refrain
from doing any outside burn
ing.
Turner reminded citizens
that most counties now have
the “County Option Fire Law”
in effect which states that any
one wishing to do any burning
must notify the county forestry
unit of their intent to burn.
Failure to do so constitutes a
misdemeanor.
All of us know what our
forests mean to the economy of
the state. Turner explained, so
I hope all Georgians will co
operate with the Georgia For
estry Commission and prevent
these fires which rob our state
of untold wealth.
Pere Noel in France
Religious features are promi
nent in Christmas celebrations
in France, especially the Cre
che, representing the nativity,
in churches and homes. Chil
dren go into the woods and
gather evergreens to make
large hoop wreaths which they
call Ambres de Nau. They de
corated these wreaths with
gilded nuts and fruits. Santa
Claus is called Pere Noel.
Caramel
Nut Loaf
A rich caramel flavor and
nutty texture describe Cara
mel Nut Loaf. This delicious
quick loaf bread is fancy enough
for company dessert, yet easy
and economical enough to slice
and tuck into the kids’ lunch
boxes. To prepare, sift together
2 cups sifted enriched flour, 1
tablespoon baking powder, 1
teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup
brown sugar. Stir in 3/4 cup
chopped nuts. Combine 1 beat
en egg, 3/4 to 1 cup milk and
3 tablespoons melted shorten
ing. Add liquid to flour mix
ture. stiring until flour is moi
stened. Turn into greased 4
1/2 x 8 1/2-inch loaf pan.
bake (350 F.) about 1 hour.
Cool before slicing. Makes 1
loaf.
The law does not permit
girls under 18 or boys under 16
to work on U.S. Government
supply contracts of over $lO,-
000. A firm that violates these
provisions of the Public Con
tracts Act is liable for a. fine of
$lO for each day each minor
is employed contrary to the
law.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND
CUSTOMERS!
After more than 50 years in the grocery
business, I have decided to take a little rest.
As of January 1, 1961 I am selling my
place on Floyd Street to Mary and Ray Bras
well, who will continue to operate this store.
I thank everyone for all their favors in
the past.
For the same courteous and friendly ser
vice, Phone 786-3020.
Sincerely,
W. G. HAYS
Coffee Ring
Whether brunch,
ch or maybe just breakfast
time—most any time « meal
for tempting Breakfast Coff
Ring. To prepare, beat one egg
slightly. Stir in 3/4 cup milk
and 1/3 cup melted butter or
margarine. Sift together 3/
cup sugar, 1 1/2 cups sifted en
riched flour, 2 teaspoons bak
ing powder and 3/4 teaspoon
salt. Add dry ingredients and
1 teaspoon grated orange rin
to milk mixture, stirring only
until well blended. Pour into
a well-greased 9-inch ring
mold. Bake in moderate over
(375 F.) 25 to 30 minutes. Cool
for 5 minutes. Remove from
pan. When cool, drizzle con
fectioners’ sugar over top.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Makes one 9-inch ring. Thi«
coffee cake may also be bak
ed in an 8-inch square pan.
Employment of white-collar
workers has grown faster in the
postwar period than the labor
force as a whole. From 1947
to 1959 the total number of
civilians employed increased
13.4 percent, while white-col
lar employment rose 38 per
cent. —