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Newton County 4-H’ers Observe
10 Clubs In Our County
Have Membership of 460
Newton Countys 460 members of 10 4-H clubs are in the
midst of the national observance of 4-H Week which runs
through Sunday, March 12.
4-H Council
Officers On
Kiwanis Program
Members of the Newton
County 4-H Council will pre
sent the program today (Thurs
day) at 1 o’clock at Legion
Home. Appearing on the pro
gram will be Dickie George,
Sandra Hodge and Ronnie El
liott.
County Agent Ed Hunt has
charge of the program, which
is being presented during Na
tional 4-H Week. The week is
observed nation - wide from
March 4 through March 11,
and pays homage to the late
Prof. G. C. Adams of Newton
County whose Corn Club was
forerunner of the present - day
4-H movement.
The Covington Kiwanians
enjoyed their annual Ham
and Egg Show and Auction at
the Washington Street School
on Thursday of last week. An
other article on the auction is
carried in The News today.
4-H Club Camp
Set For July 3-7
Newton County 4-H Club
boys and girls will be attend
ing Camp Fulton in Southwest
Atlanta according to Ed Hunt,
County Agent. Space for 80 is
reserved for the week of July
3-7th this year.
Any of the club members
who heve not received a camp
application should contact the
county Extension Office im
mediately because reservations
for the summer must be in by
March 20th with a five dollar
($5.00) deposit.
Newton County and Henry
County 4-H’ers will camp
jointly at this camp.
Speaker Says
Newspaper Ads
Are Privilege
Newspaper advertising was
described as a “privilege ra
ther than a gamble” by Orville
W. Johler, vice president in
charge of advertising and mer
chandising for the more than
5,000 Independent Grocers
Assn, food stores. He made his
statement in a speech delivered
at a seminar of the association’s
advertising men held recently
in Atlanta.
A Look At The 4 • H Motto
“To Make the Best Better”
—this is the motto of one of the
finest organizations I know, the
4-H Club. I am happy to re
port that I have been in the
4-H Club seven years, and
during these seven years 1 have I
learned skills and practices
that I could have learned no |
w here else. In addition to skills
learned, fellowship shared, and
the competition involved, there
are awards to be gained from
the 4-H Club.
There are many awards in
the 4-H Club on the club,
community, county, state or
even national level. Naturally,
these awards can and do have
quite an influence on the 4-H
program. Because of these
competitive program* the club
member learns the absolute
necessity of honesty and fair
play and how to enjoy the
fruits of good sportsmanship.
For the past year it has been
my privilege and opportunity
to serve as the President of the
4-H Council for Newton Coun
ty. As president I have seen
younger members join and
The Covington Enterprise, Established in J 864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 add TheMutizen \pbserverffg^^ S > V
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 here
soon after the turn of t h e
century. The late Prof. G. C.
Adams in the year 1905 or
ganized a Corn Club and the
members displayed their pro
ducts at the Courthouse at that
time. This was the birth of the
4-H movement which now
includes all sections of Ameri
ca and many foreign countries.
In Georgia alone there are
some 146,000 members of t h e
4-H clubs.
A highlight of the local ob
servance of the week will be
the appearance of Newton
County 4-H'ers on Atlanta
Television Station WAGA-TV
at 12:30 P. M. Saturday, March
18. Newton 4-H’ers who will
appear on the program include
Wayne Robertson, Lynn Jones,
James Stinchcomb, Virginia
Thomas and Susan Elliott.
Home Demonstration Agent
Mrs. Hazel Malone and County
Agent Ed Hunt will also ap
pear on the program.
In a special section of t h e
Covington NEWS today mer
chants, business and profes
sional men are running adver
tisements in commemoration of
the 4-H work in our county
and nation.
Officers of the various 4-H
clubs in the county are:
Flint Hill: Jeffrey Hinton,
president; Edna Fisher, girls
vice - president; Dewey Fisher,
secretary - treasurer; Cath
erine Cowan, reporter; Jimmy
Jones, parliamentarian; Eddie
Hinton, recreation chairman.
Advisors are Mrs. Dewey Fish
er, Mrs. Jack Hinton, Mrs. J.
T. Jones, Mrs. Edward Cowan,
Mrs. Roy Martin, Mrs. Gene
Whatley.
Newton County High School:
Gail Duncan, president; Ar
lene Hargrove, girls vice-presi
dent; Dickie George, boys vice
president; Virgil Costley, sec
retary - treasurer; Betty Kent,
reporter; Bruce Brown, parlia
mentarian.
E. L. Ficquett School: Tim
Christian, president; Jackie
Sue Acuff, girls vice - presi
dent; Elliott E. Hewitt, boys
vice - president; Jane Autry,
secretary - treasurer; Linda
Mitchell, parliamenta
rian; Freeman Batchelor, re
porter.
Palmer - S otn e School j
(Boys): Jeffery Hinton, presi
dent; Tommy Henderson, vice
president; Larry Hodges, sec
retary; J. T. Owens 111, re
porter; Charles Berry 111, par
liamentarian.
Palmer - Stone School
(Girls): Wilda Motes, presi
dent; Lola Bankston, vice -
president; Connie Mitchell,
secretary; Phyllis Hinton, re-
strive to perfection in their
own projects. These junior
members have learned new
skills and reached great ac
complishments as they “Learn
by Doing.”
4-H Club work can best be
described as a laboratory for
living. Members will find joy.
happiness, and success, and
some disappointment and fail
ure, let there be no mistake
about that —but a great trea
sure of fun will be gained. The
4-H Club helps young people
keep focus on the important
things that help them achieve
a high standard for life. These
will not be included in the list
of accomplishments of individ
ual members, or the club an
achievement day, or at the An
nual Awards Banquet. Yet,
you will find satisfaction
knowing that each member’s
life has been enriched and he
or she is better able to face
the future because these boys
, and girls have discovered the
important values in the 4-H
Club program
Dickie George
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NEWTON COUNTY 4-H CLUB COUNCIL Officers are shown in the picture above with
County Agent Ed Hunt. Seated, left to right Ronnie Elliott, reporter; Arlene Hargrove, sec
retary-treasurer; Ginger Knight, girls vice-president; Dickie George, president. Standing,
left to right: Mary Della Robertson, parliamentarian; Ed Hunt, Newton County Agent:
Sandra Hodges, program chairman.
porter; Gail Bankston, parlia
mentarian.
Mansfield: Reuben Whis
nante, president; Rissa Spears,
girls vice - president; Mike
Dennis, boys vice - president;
S u z a n Elliott, secretary -
treasurer; Tim Prosser, parlia
mentarian; Betty J. Spears,
reporter.
Heard - Mixon: Ronnie Ai
ken, president; Robbie Ann
Fisher, girls vice - president;
Billy Parrish, boys vice-presi
dent; Charlene Stubbs, secre- i
tary; Gary Mills, parliamenta
rian; Carolyn Johnson, report- |
er.
Livingston: Johnny Jolley,
president; Arthur Hargrove, |
boys vice - president; Diane ।
Kirkus, girls vice - president;
Diane Carter, secretary -treas
urer; Barbara Farrow, reporter;
Jerry Wheeler, parliamenta
rian.
Pine Grove (Out Os School
Club): Ronnie Elliott, presi-
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I 4-H Club, was made when he was Commissioner of Agricul
ture of the State of Georgia. Prof. Adams ori?nized his
Original Corn Club in the county in 1905. He died April 2, 1949
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961
dent: Susan Elliott, girls vice- ।
president; Wayne Robertson,'
boys vice - president; Sandra
Hodge, secretary - treasurer;
Jan Hitchcock, reporter; Alvin
Whisnante, parliamentarian.
4-H Council
Officers For
Newton County
Newton County Council 4-H
। Club Officers are:
Dickie George, president;
■ Ginger Knight, girls vice-presi-
I dent; Bruce Brown, boys vice-
I president; Arlene Hargrove,
secretary - treasurer; Ronnie
Elliott, reporter; Mary Della
Robertson, parliamentar
ian; Sandra Hodges and Virgil
Cotsley, program chairmen;
Selma Spears, music chairman;
Carol Hitchcock, Dana Sue
Kemp and Jim Benton, recrea
tion committee.
Educational
TV Schedule
GROWING SOUTH “LIVE”
FEATURES TO BE PRESENT
ED 7:00 - 7:30 P. M.. MONDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY, WGTV ■
CHANNEL 8:
Thursday, March 9: Dr. Jack
Thompson, economist, College
of Agriculture, “Marketing Cost
of Beef.”
Friday, March 10: Dr. Blake
Brantley, horticulturist, Geor
gia Experiment Station, Grif
fin, “How a New Variety is De
veloped.”
Monday, March 13: Milton
Dendy, Extension poultryman,
“Environment for Broilers.”
Tuesday, March 14: Dr. H. H.
Tippins, entomologist, Georgia
Experiment Station, Griffin,
“Scale Insect Control.”
Wednesday, March 15: Car
lisle Cobb, Jr., Agricultural
Engineer, College of Agricul
ture, “Construction of Farm
Ponds.”
Newton High 4-H
Met Wednesday
The Newton County High
I 4-H Club met Wednesday,
I March 1, in Room 3. Mr. Hunt
had charge of the meeting. He
gave us a talk on 4-H Record
Books. We had seven members
present.
Betty Kent, reporter
Prize Winners In 1905 Newton County Corn Club Contest
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PRIZE WINNERS in the Original Corn Club
?hown in the picture above. The club wai or
n the 1905 photo above at the Newton C' un
} aine, Henry Edwards, George Plunkett. To
3gletree. Members of the Original Corn Club
Xwards Ba--met in T »n tary w^r-^j G ady
Adama. (Thia photo is through the courtesy ।
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work diltgentV^^H
'^■rote time and effort to
xneclubs.
As many people believe the
4-H club does not only em
phasize agriculture and home
economics, although these are
major parts. It’s main objec
tive is to develope yourth - 1
mentally, physically, socially 1
and spiritualiy.
As 4-H members grow men- I
tally, we learn to be leaders
by helping with club camp,
and leadership training pro
grams. We learn better citi
zenship through community ac
tivities, and in 4-H camps,
where we participate in flag
raising and citizenship cere
monies. Good citizenship in
camp and in the community is
।an essential part of the pio-
, I gram.
4-H members participate in
community activities and in 4-
H camps where we participate
in flag - raising and citizenship
ceremonies. Good citizenship
in camp and in the community
is an essential part of the pro
gram.
4-H members participate in
common activities, speak of
■ their activities to service clubs,
speak on radio and appear on
• television. We gain poise, con
fidence, and respect for
. American leadership. W i t h a
‘ project in agriculture or home
1 economics or in participation
of the various 4-H activities,
, a youth learns the meaning of
' responsibility.
The 4-H club trains youth
socially. With 4-H membership
in common, young people are
1 brought together from all over
the United States. We learn to
1 accept each other, to appre
ciate each other’s problems,
’ and in general, to get along.
4-H bears a certain spiritual
significance to it’s members.
There is inspiration in t h e
vesper programs which are an
important part in 4-H camp
life. District Project Achieve
ment, and Leadership Pro-1
grams. A portion of each day
is spent in developing spiritual
growth through religious ser
vices conducted by 4-H mem
bers themselves.
4-H emphasizes working with
our hands and the necessity
for good health and personal
grooming. Nutrition is empha
sized in both agricultural and
home - economics projects.
4-H gives us the opportun
ity to become a useful citizen,
to gain the power to think,
plan, and reason — to train the
of Newton County. October 16. 1905 are
■dzed by the late Prof. G. C. Adams. Shown
Courthouse are from left io right: Marion
Greer, Oscar Owen. Phonso Rogers. Abbie
ho attended the 1961 Newton Coun’y 4-H
■fams, Joe Las^ter, Tom Greer, and Henry
of Grady Adams) ।
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Monday ntgntin January,
members of all 4-H Clubs in
Newton County had a council
meeting. Here, this assembly
planned 4-H Club activities for
the county in the following
year.
This group broke into small
i er groups to plan for the com
: ing year. One group decided on
' plans for the council in t h e
I following year. Another group
worked on special activities
for this year. And still, another
group worked on another
subject.
The meeting then adjourn
ed for a social hour.
This is just a sample of a 4-
H County Council business
meeting. Eeach month, the
council has new business, but
this business will be taken care
of by 4-H Club members at
the County Council. The 4 - II
County Council is very impor
tant to 4-H Club activities.
Virginia Thomas
Livingston School
The 4-H Club
The 4-H Club gives many
youths of Newton County an
opportunity to do things which
otherwise, they would not be
able to do. There are many ac
tivities in which they may par
ticipate. such as; The 4-H Club
Camp, District Project Achieve
ment Meet at Rock Eagle, For
estry Camp, and Wildlife
Camp. All of these activities
are fun. I know because I have
attended three of the camps.
Last summer I attended
Forestry Camp. This is an all
expense paid trip to different
camps around Georgia. It was
held at Camp Wahsega last
and we had lots of fun. But
the 4-M Club members work
I also and we always try to
। make the best better.
Sidney Denny
Newton High
Heard Mixon PTA
Turkey Supper
The Heard-Mixon School P
TA will sponsor a Turkey Sup
per on Friday night, March 17.
Supper will be served at the
school lunchroom from 5 to 8
p. m.
Tickets are now available
from any member of the P-TA.
The price is $1.25 for adults 75c
for children.
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This quotation by William
J^Xlf^SttkLe is^Qen used and
, is one whiVi canXcertainly be
| applied to Zh. In \his case we
could add ajew etwing to this
saying so it \muld lurther ap
ply to 4-H. It ilauUf read thus:
"To be or not to be a good
4-H’er, that is the question."
। The word “good” in this quo-
I tation is the type 4-H’er who
constitutes the backbone of the
4-H program, for it is t h e
I hardworking 4-H boy or girl
who makes for stronger and
better 4-H clubs. The hard
workers gain not only honor
for their clubs and communi
ties but rewards for themselves
as well.
A hardworking 4-H’er not
( only gains experience as a lead
i er but earns profits from his
’ I project. For instance, a pro
. ject, such as beef or poultry
can be the means by which a
boy or girl can furnish his or
her college education.
The moral to this is, then,
’ “work had in everything you
’ do, especially with such an
t excellent opportunity at 4-H
, provides, and you will always
j be a success.”
Arlene Hargrove
Newton High 4-H.
4-H Club Work
Makes Progress
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11 By ED HUNT
(Newton County Agent)
The small beginning of the
- Corn Club in 1905 here in New
j ton County under the direction
. of Prof. G. C. Adams has
. given rise to one of the largest
> Youth Organizations in Geor
-5 gia. The 4-H club is the or
. ganization which grew out of
the Corn Clubs, Tomato Can
। ning Clubs, Pig Club and
। many other individual com
modity group clubs. These
, clubs were combined under one
head in 1921 in order that the
; club members could be united
in one larger organization.
This in turn would make a
' stronger group and make for
more efficient use of Extension
Workers.
The State 4-H organization
stands at 146,000 members in
the rural and urban areas. Pro
ject work is available to t h e
urban boy and girl the same as
it is to those in the rural areas
' with projects of special inter
est to these urban 4-H’ers.
There are 450 boys and girls
in our 4-H clubs of Newton.
Interest in many projects such
as poultry, dairy calves, sew
ing, cooking, canning, freezing,
tractor, forestry and many
others is high. Many of our 4-H
young people participate in
project competition which in
volves giving a demonstration
on some project of interest to
them.
Newton County is very for
tunate to have many local lead
ers which help these young
people prepare and train them
selves to give their demonstra
tions. The guidance given our
4-H’ers by these adults and
junior leaders is a real reason
for the strong 4-H Club pro
gram in our county. Leaders
not only contribute to the 4-H
Club Program in time and ef
fort, but the financial assis
tance given by these people is
most helpful to our Club Pro
gram.
Many people ask “what are
4-H clubs”’ I might answer
this question by saying that
“4-H dubs, are organic 1
groups of boys and girls who
learn to work, plan, and play
together und?r sk'lled leader
ship. These young people a a
engaged in farming, homema' -
ing. or community activities un
der the guidance of Cooperativa
Extension workers and local
volunteer leaders.
4-H Club work is benetici -l;
it builds qualities of leadership
in boys and girls, develops self
confidence, self - expression,
ind pride of ownership. It r -
cognize^ work well done,
reates initiative and promotes
good sportsmanship. 4-H club
work is part of the National
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