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CONGRATULATIONS...
. . .to the 4-H Club Members and Leaders of
Newton County.
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NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
MARCH 4-11
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MARCH 4-11
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But small towns, particularly
those near larger city centers,
are also getting many large
plants. To illustrate, 14 out-of-
State firms established branch
plants in one Southeastern
State during 1959. Os these, six
located in large cities and eight
in the small town size group.
Out-of-State plants were most
important from the total em
ployment point of view. It ap
pears from the information ob
tained that industries favor
small town locations — the
larger industries generally pre
ferring small towns near larg
er population centers.
Small Town Benefits
Reasons industry favors
small town locations for new
plants include the desire to
avoid congestion, availability
of labor, attractive wage rates,
availability of workers who
can be easily trained, high pro
ductivity of labor, desire to
avoid large city competition
I for labor, and availability of
large plant sites at reasonable
। costs.
Other small town advantages
frequently cited are: more lei-
I surely living, greater friendli
ness of small town people,
small town desire for and
interest in industry, and the ex
istence of development groups
ready and willing to do what
they can to help an industry.
Some companies have reported
that they wanted to become
“nart of a community” and
this was considered easier to
attain in a small town than
in a large one. Some company
management personnel felt that
life was too short to spend so
much time commuting to and
from work.
Disadvantages of small towns
some businesses cite include:
the lack of trained workers, the
nonexistence or shortage of au
xiliary services and suoplies,
and the less than satisfactory
transportation facilities. Indus
try also frequently makes the
point that, if any substantial
number of workers must be
imported, they may be dissat
isfied with community facili
ties for education, culture, and
recreation. Water, sewerage,
police protection, and fire pro
tection facilities were also con
sidered by many industries to
be inadequate in many small
towns.
What does all this mean to
small towns which want to do
something about economic
growth? It means that most
small communities will have
an opportunity to obtain some j
kind of new job producing ac
tivities. |
Planning For Growth
Most small towns located
within the influence of larger
populati n centers will pro
bably grow whether they want
to or not. It is these small towns [
which have the best opportun
ities of acquiring the larger ।
plants. The problem here is one ■
of planning for orderly growth I
more than one of stimulating'
growth. It is in communities ofi
this type that industrial parks
may be a real inducement to
new industry because adequate
sites are often not availabel in ,
the nearby metropolitan areas. 1
Administrative centers, uni- ’
versity, and tourist towns
should continue to do well in
the future because government,
education, and tourism are ex
pected to continue to be grow
ing industries. These towns
should work to improve and
expand activities which fortify
their positions as administra
tive, education, and tourist
centers. This does not mean
they cannot develop industry,
too. The same things that at
tract tourists attract industry;
and many of the newer growth •
industries have large numbers .
of engineering and other pro
fessionally trained personnel
who wish to live near or in
education centers.
Research and development i
companies and some of t h e
growth industries employing
large numbers of engineers re
ported to the Industrial Loca
tion Division of the Office of
Area Development that they
must locate their new plants
where their professional per
sonnel can take courses leading
to advantage degrees, see an
occasional play (at least twice
a year), and commune with
other engineers. One of these,
companies said they believe at
least one Ph. D. per 1,000 po
pulation is necessary to pro-'
vide the intellectual communi- J
cation needed for its staff.
Suburbs Booming
There are, too, the small
towns which are developing
chiefly as “bedroom" centers
for workers commuting to large
cities or to larger small towns
which offer industrial jobs.
These “bedroom” towns are
also acquiring more and more
retired people. Perhaps there
is an opportunity here for some
small towns than cannot get
■ • industry to increase local busi
ness opportunities by making
their towns “specialists" in
_ meeting the needs of retired I
THE COVINGTON NEWS
! 4-H’ERS GEAR FOR OFF-THE-FARM JOBS
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Prepared bv National 4-H Service Committee, Inc.
Economists now predict that
only one out of nine farm youth
will make his livelihood by own
ing or operating a farm.
When this ratio is applied to
4-H Club members who are
brought up on farms and ranches,
several hundred thousand each
year will choose off-the-farm oc
cupations. To better prepare
these young people for jobs in
industry, education and else
where. the Cooperative Exten
sion Service of every state land
grant college or university is
keying 4-H educational programs
to current trends in jobs.
"The 4-H projects serve as
apprenticeships to career ex
plorations.” stated Dr. E. W.
Alton of the Federal Extension
Service, addressing a group of
business men and women whose
firms contribute about a million
dollars to 4 H work each year.
“Club leaders are placing more
emphasis on vocational guid
ance.” he said. Only two out of
10 high schools today offer voca
tional counseling, and most of
these schools are in large cities.
Extension workers are teaching
boys and girls to "convert the
complex cluster of 4-H experi
ences to day-to-day events," he
added.
A recent report states that
there are now three jobs await
ing every agricultural college
graduate. They relate to re
search, industry, business, edu
cation, communications, conser
vation, service, and farming.
More than 50 business firms,
educational foundations and in-
people and those workers com
um.-ng to jobs in other places,
active low cost rental units,
recreation developments, ade
medical services, and
shopping areas are some of the
WE SALUTE NEWTON
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Happy Hands make Happy Homes
4-H boys and girls take an eager interest in making their
homes attractive and comfortable . . . and as a result bring
joy to their parents and themselves. Through 4-H Club work
they learn skills of lasting value in later life.
During 4-H Club Week, March 4-11, we salute them for
their many accomplishments in the home, on the farm,
and in leadership and citixenship.
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dividuals annually contribute
$200,000 in college scholarships
besides other incentives in a col
lective effort to help 4-H Club
boys and girls become respon
sible self-supporting citizens.
This support is provided through
national and regional 4-H pro
grams arranged by the National
4-H Service Committee and the
Extension Service.
Award donors whose support
of 4-H programs ranges from 15
to 43 years are: International
Harvester — agricultural: Fire
stone Tire & Rubber — automo
tive care and safety; Mrs.
Charles R. Walgreen — beautifi
cation of home grounds; Kerr
Glass — canning; Coats & Clark
—clothing; Westinghouse Edu
cational Foundation — electric;
Allis-Chalmers — garden; Mont
gomery Ward —home economics;
Sears-Roebuck Foundation —
home improvement: Edward
Foss Wilson — leadership; Gen
eral Motors—safety; Sunbeam—
home economics.
The Armour, Cudahy and Wil
son companies plus Livestock
Conservation, Inc., each provide
awards in live-stock projects. The
following railroads contribute
educational awards: North West
ern. Burlington, Santa Fe. Mil
waukee, and Illinois Central.
Long-time supporters of the
4-H tractor program are Ameri
can Oil, Standard Oil Foundation
(Chicago), Standard Oil (Ken
tucky), Standard Oil (Ohio),
Utah Oil Refining, and more re
cently, Humble Oil Refining.
- advantages which could draw
. more and more such workers
, and retirement people to these
■ towns.
I, It is the small towns in rural
■ I areas which face the toughest
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State) Thm
Average Car
Uses 667 Gallons
Gas Per Year
The average passenger car,
according to the Petroleum
Council of Georgia, uses some
667 gallons of gasoline and
about 24 quarts of motor oil a
year.
These pertinent motoring
statistics were brought out by
Eric Holmes, Executive Secre
tary.
He noted that one of the
many responsibilities of the
state’s weights and measures
officials is to insure that gas
oline pump measuring devices
operate accurately. On a five
gallon purchase, for instance,
a pump must be correct to
within seven cubic inches.
job of area development. Here
the road blocks to growth in
clude isolation from larger po
pulation centers, non - availa
bility of skills, and lack of ser
vices and facilities which lar
ger industries need. While oc
casional large plants will lo
cate in or near these rural-type
small communities, the real
hope for the future for these
communities lies in the direc
tion of small industries based
on local resources and markets
and development of latent tour
ist and travel potentials.
Keep in mind, however, that
the future economic develop
ment of the rural - type towns
can be strongly influenced by
sound water and land develop
ment policies and programs
such as are now being worked
out by the U. S. Study Com
mission, Southeast River Ba
sins, with headquarters in At
lanta. Tourist industry dollars
(and industries, too) flow into
and will continue to go into
areas which can provide water.
The services of the Office of
Area Development and other
agencies of the U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce can be of
help to you in your day-to-day
work on community and indus
trial development. You can
get such assistance simply by
contacting the Manager of the
U. S. Department of Commerce
Field Office close to you.
Use these facilities to help
plan and carry out area devel
opment programs that fit your
town.
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WE SALUTE THE
4-H CLUB MEMBERS
OF NEWTON COUNTY
NATIONAL 4-H
CLUB WEEK
MARCH 411
E. V. MOSS
GROCERY
Groceries - Gas & Oil
Oxford, Ga.
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WE CONGRATULATE THE 4-H CLUBS OF
NEWTON COUNTY FOR THE FINE WORK
THAT THEY ARE DOING.
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NEARLY 600 4-H CLUB MEMBERS LIVE IN
NEWTON COUNTY WE ARE PROUD OF THESE
BOYS AND GIRLS - THEY ARE TOMORROWS
LEADERS
HENSON FURNITURE COMPANY
COVINGTON GEORGIA
There are 231 cubic inches to a
Known as inspectors or seal
ers, weights and measures per
sonnel “perform a largely un
heralded service to protect the
interests of both buyer and
seller”, he noted. “They fully
deserve the public recognition
that comes their way during
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NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
MARCH 4-11
"4-H Points the way to Success"
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National Weights and Measur
es Week.”
The earliest authenticated
strike of workers in the United
States in a single trade occur
red in 1786, when Philadelphia
printers gained a minimum
wage of $6 a week.