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Southern Pine Producing States
Employed 576,000 During 1960
Cousins School
Adult Class {
Completes Prolectl
Early in January 1961 the
R. L. Cousins School Adult
Class discussed the possibilities
of doing something for the com
munity. The class agreed to
initiate a cemetery cleaning
project in the City of Oxford.
As a recult of talks made to
citv officials, citizens an d
other interested persons much
inierest was brought about in
the community. It was pointed
out that community pride must
be shown in various forms or
th2 community will continue to
lag in its future undertakings
for the good of all concerned.
The teacher of agriculture,
¥. L. Murphy, Jr. is proud to
bave worked religiously with
the following men in cleaning
off the cemetery:
Eddie Benton, Robert Dobbs,
FEdward Hamm. Albert Moses,
Frank Nolley, E. M. Nolley,
Croley Nolley, Jessie .Nolley,
Melvin Nolley, Doybe Nolley,
Earvin Nolley, Sam Saffo, Sr.,
Robert Turk, Sr., and the fol
lowing boys: Bobby Florence,
Henry Gaither, Gardner Perry
Jr, Thedore Pitts and S a m
Saffo.
We hope that this will serve
as an inspiration to other civic
minded groups in our commu
rity, and that they will also
undertake projects of this na
ture in order to bring about the
desired community improve
ments.
We appreciate the legal ar
rangements that the city of
ficals of Oxford made in mak
ing this project possible a n d
successful.
AR s i o).
Horace L. Payne
Takes Part In
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NATO “Attack
Army PFC Horace L. Payne,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo A.
Payne, Route 1, Covington,
Ga., recently participated with
other personnel from the Bth
Division’s 16th infantry in a
special NATO “attack” exer
cise near Baumholder, Ger
many. {
The exercise was designed to
demonstrate the combat poten
tial of units from three NATO
nations operating as a single
task force. This force, under the
control of a French command
er, consisted of units from Ger
many, France and the U. S.
A forward observer in the
infantry’s Company B in Baum
holder, Payne entered the Army
in May 1960, completed basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. C,
and arrived overseas last Oc
tcber, :
When using pesticides, al
ways avoid inhaling the sprays
or dusts, warns Miss Lucile
Higginbotham, head of the Ex
tension health department.
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Several “old timers” were on hand for the dedication of the old time railroad depot at Stone
Mountain Seenic Railroad. The depot, an authentic replica of a Civil War railway station, was
designed by noted artist-historian Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr., who lists among his accolades service as
technical advisor to Gone With the Wind. 1t is the first building completed in the $12,000,000
development program for the Stone Mountain Memorial Park and the first step in construction
of 2 scenic railroad that will encircle the mountain.
Shown here are Fred L. Hester, president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Morse Telegraph
Club of America seated at a mid-Nineteenth Century Morse telegraph set which he presented to
the railroad; WSB news coordinator Roy McMillan, dean of Southern broadcasters, who served
as master of ceremonies: Matt L. McWhorter, chairman of Stone Mountain Memorial Association;
Reid H. Cox, president of Stone Mountaip Scenie Railroad, Inc.: and Mr. Kurtz
The Covington Enterprise, Established in 1864 — The Covington Star, Established in 1874 and The Citizen - Observer, Established in 1953
During 1960, the South again
manufactured more than $8
billion worth of forest pro
ducts.
This and other statistics are
disclosed in the 1961 edition of
Blue Book of Southern Pro
gress, published by Conway
Publications, Atlanta, Georgia.
It was the second consecu
tive year that this mark has
been surpassed. Producing
states covered in the area re
port are: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maryland, Missis
sippi, North and South Caro
lina, Oklahoma, Texas, Ten
nessee, Virginia and West Vir
ginia.
A total of 576,000 people in
these states worked in the for
est products industries during
1960. Os these, 283,000 were
engaged in lumber manufac
ture: 146,000 in the pulp and
paper industry, and 147,000 in
production of furniture and
other wood products.
While the gross value of for
est products now exceeds that
of petroleum products in the
South, the region’s forests
could safely sustain an even
higher level of industrial ac
tivity.
This was revealed by a
Southern Association study of
figures released by the United
States Forest Service. Growth
of timber in sizes sufficient for
lumber manufacture exceeds
drain by 3 billion board feet
per year. This is a net gain
since drain includes losses to
natural causes as well as the
harvest for industrial use. Al
though several billion board
feet of Southern Pine lumber
are produced annually, cur
rent growth is being maintain
ed at a far higher level
The Association said a well
managed timber stand would
provide a sustained yield of
raw material for both lumber
and paper manufacture while
actually gaining in overall
tree volume. Tree Farming and
other industry sponsored pro
grams designed to stimulate
good forest management were
cited as prime factors in the
overall supply improvement.
The Southern Pine producing
states have more than two
thirds of the nation’s total acre
age in Tree Farms.
Plants For Patios
Wooden or concrete contain
ers of flowering plants are a
good way to make home ter
races and patios more attrac-~
tive, suggests Extension Land
scape Specialist T. G. Williams.
Some plants he recommends
using are caladiums, geran
iums, lilies, petunias and some
of the woody plants such as
azaleas, camellias, gardenias,
and mahonia.
Recent economic studies in
dicate that to provide for ex—i
panded domestic and export
demand in 1975, farm output in
this country will need to in
crease 35 percent above 1956-
58 levels.
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ARCHITECTS’ PERSPECTIVE sketch of Baptist Village at Waycross, Georgia, which will observe
its Fifth Annual Baptist Village Day, Sunday June 18 as a big expansion program is proposed,
will look like the picture above when completed. Solid black line shows units already built and in
use. Dotted lines indicate new apariment unit, administration building and infirmary scheduled for
immediate constiruction upon approval by the Southern Baptist Convention.
Baptist Village
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entire Village, are included
in the million dollar building
plan proposed by the board
of trustees of the Village.
Completion of these propos
ed buildings will increase the
resident capacity of the Vil
lage to 112, according to the
administrator, the Rev. Har
vey Mitchell. The overall plan
for the Village calls for an ul
timate capacity of 300 men
and women.
Another phrase of the Vil
lage program will begin in
August when work will start
on two cottages for couples,
the administrator said.
One of the cottages will be
financed by a couple already
accepted for residence at the
Village, while the other will
be built as a gift by an indi
vidual and his church. Bap
tist Village architects have
been engaged to design t h e
cottages.
“Erection of these units
will mark a significant step
in the overall ministry for
older people at Baptist Vil
lage,” the Rev. Mr. Mitchell
said.
Dr. Dick H. Hall, Jr., pre
sident of the Georgia Baptist
Convention and a former pre
sident of the Village board of
trustees, expressed the hope
that “we can continue with
our building until we have
reached the capacity of 300.”
Residents at the Village
come from all walks of life
and from many areas of the
state. The residents share the
cost of their care at the Vil
lage according to their ability
to pay.
“Baptists of G eor g i a,
through the Baptist Village
Day offering and other con
tributions, supplement t h e
cost of care for those w h o
are unable to pay the full
amount,” the administrator
explained. |
Ga. Pine Gum Production
Georgia had approximately
3,500 producers of pine gum
in 1960. They worked 24 mil
lion faces and accounted for
81 percent of the nation’s total
supply of gum rosin and tur
pentine, report Extension for
esters of the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY., JUNE 15, 1961
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cial standing. It is a progres
sive illness. The more drinks
. .. the more turmoil inside the
mind and body ... and the sad
part is that each drinker, it has
been estimated, effects the
lives of at least ten other peo
ple ... it might be their dear
est possession . . their children
. . their neighbors . . their bestl
friends who rejected it at first
. . . took, finally, little drinks
to be sociable . . and they
turned out to be alcoholics. It
is estimated, over the nation,
that the Father sets the pace
for the home . . for his wife,
his children and his neighbors
. . . think that over friends. I
know one father now who is
grieving over his teen age
daughter . . . but she says he
taught her to drink at 13 . . .
and she can drink as much as
any man now . .. yes, they are
prominent in Georgia . . she
is a beautiful girl . . but the
father set the pace in the home.
As the head of the home he
could have said “alcohol will
never come to my home.”
Taught from infancy that God
and his work came first that
home would have been differ
ent . ... She is in college and
almost an alcoholic now . . in
fact she is . . but nothing has
yet been done about it. How
many of her room mates and
class mates will she influence?
Maybe it will be your son
brought up in a Christian home
or your daughter.
There are six million alco
holics in the U. S. today . . .
75,000 in Georgia . . . one out
of every five families! Is that
not alarming? |
It is estimated that 65 to 851
percent of the population
drinks . . . Many alcoholics . . .
(now listen to this) drink far
less liquor over a period of
years than the prominent so
cial drinker.
I believe the Russian Mr. K.,
after his visit here in the U.S.
was right . . . since I heard ac
tual figures . . . when he said
“America is drunk!” Why is
the U. S. in such a turmoil
right now? I've said it before
... butl say it again ... God,
you will find from your Bible
often uses such men as Russia’s
Mr. K. to bring us right to our
knees . . . or wipe us out if we
do not see that our Nation as
a whole comes to it’s senses.
There is more illness from al
coholism than anything else.
Who can do anything about it?
You can...l can...not alone..
but banded together to rid our
homes of it first . . . our towns
next . . our States and then the
Nation will be clear sledding
for the Creator, who made us,
to smile lovingly upon . . . To
day is the day to START. We
were told that five per cent of
the “charming” people you and
T know and work with in
{ P.T.A., Clubs and organizations
| were heavy drinkers, almost
! alcoholics.
Just had to pass this on to
everybody who did not hear
it . .. for what it may be worth
in each home where this is
read.
1 The Brice McDonalds, of Mi
ami, Florida, are visiting their
mother, Mrs. Nellie McDon
ald, with their three fine young
nephews . . next door to me
. .. and you can bet they are
loves. Brice grew up here, you
know, and is one of the fine
pilots who shoots across the
sky for one of the larger Air
Lines .. . and they have one of
the loveliest homes on Bick
well Avenue, in Miami. All his
friends are welcoming him
home for this all too short vis
it . . . and hope he will bring
the family more often.
My, Oh Me ... I must dash
to the garden and see that
those huge wire frames get my
tomato plants tenderly nestled
in them, with not a leaf brok
en ... You wanter bet on me
growing, even one ripe tomato?
I'm not a bettin’ boy . . but I
will bet one thing . . . I'll be
fresh outten a job, if T don’t
get 1o My "Jjobs ot , . . 'jest ~
“SWEEPIN’ UP.”
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Bobby Kennedy's
' Move Dangerous,
’ Absurd--Talmadge
U. S. Atty. Gen. Robert F.
Kennedy's latest move aimed
at forcing integration of South
ern schools—this one through
intervention in a lawsuit in
volving a strictly local deci
sion to close public schools in
Louisiana’s St. Helena Parish
-—was described by Georgia’s
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge as “absurb” and “dan
gerous.”
Taking the Senate floor to
denounce Kennedy’s contention
that it is the ‘“constitutional
duty” of a state to operate
public schools, Talmadge said:
“Atty. Gen. Kennedy and the
Department of Justice have
taken the incredible position
that the Constitution of the
United States requires the 50
states to provide public edu
cation, |
“That is a position which is
as absurb as it is dangerous. It
cannot be supported by either
the language of the Constitu
tion and the amendments there-
to or by the express intent of
their framers.
“The methods of amending
the Constitution are clearly set
forth in its provisions. Judicial
decrees and opinions and briefs
of the attorney general are not
included among them.
“The Washington Evening
Star in its editorial of June 6,
entitled ‘Federal Big Brother,
correctly assessed the alarm
ing implications of this new
attempt of the attorney general
to usurp for the national gov
ernment rights and powers
which without question are re
served by the Constitution to
the 50 sovereign states and their
citizens.”
Sen. Talmadge then had the
text of the editorial inserted in
the Congressional Record.
CENTENNIAL REMINDER
This being the Centennial
year of the War Between The
States, many lumbermen are
reminded that their industry
proved the salvation of the
South during the Reconstruc
tion period after the Conflict.
Readers of “Gone With The
Wind” will recall that Scarlett
O’Hara started a sawmill in|
Georgia to salvage the shatter- i
ed family finances. What shej
did and why she did it were
typieal of thousands of return- !
ing veterans. |
The resulting surge of lum- |
bering saved the South’s econ
omy and marked the begin
ning of large scale Southern
Pine lumber manufacture as it
exists today.
"Farm Inferphone” System Now
Available To Farmers Here
A new telephone system that
keeps the farmer in constant
touch with his family and ac
tivities around the farm — and
even lets him take and place
calls in the barn—is now avail
able in the Covington area.
Ray Reece, Manager for
Southern Bell said today that
the Covington telephone of
fice has the equipment and is
ready to install the new sys
tem, which is called Farm In
terphone.
“With Farm Interphone”, Mr.
Reece said, “ a wife can talk
with her husband in the barn
and outdoor work areas with
out leaving the house. He can
answer without stopping work
or lifting a receiver.”
The new system works
through standard telephones
and handles outside calls as
well as around-the-farm com
munications, he explained. The
usual installation will consist
of a telephone set with a small
speaker - microphone in the
house and the barn, or other
work area, and a special out
door loudspeaker - microphone
Covington FHA
Held Final
Meeting Os Year
The Covington FHA held its
last meeting for the year 1960-
61 on May 24 in the Home Ec
onomics Department. i
Bede Campbell called t h el
meeting to order after which
Rosemary Smith read the min
utes and called the roll,
The highlight of our pro
gram was the installation of of
ficers for the 1960-61 year.
Bede Campbell charged Ann
Patrick, president-elect to car
rying out the duties of the of
fice of president. Then in turn
she charged Jovce Hudspeth,
vice president; Day Morcock,
secretary; J a n e Richardson,
treasurer; Sandra Hodges, re-‘
porter; Dean Stapp and Vicki
Reynolds, project chairman,;
Ira Jean Willard and Robin
Dennison, recreational chair
man; Lauree Cook, parliamen
tarian. All the officers wore the
club colors, red and white.
Mrs. Bob Bayliss and son of]
' St. Petersburg, Florida was a|
guest of the club. She is t h e
former Martha Ann Reynolds, |
a former FHA president. |
Afterwards refreshments[
were served to the members |
and guests. '
Mrs. J. D. McKinsey is the|
advisor. .
l How To Transplant Small Sudlingsi
Transplant seedlings on either a cloudy day or in the early
evening, if possible. Otherwise if the young plants must be put
into the sunshine, provide them with shade for several days until
they become acclimated.
The seedlings should not be transplanted until they have their
first true leaves. Do not transplant until after the last frost
of the spring.
I -
L (- s 1. Slip a small trowel, knife
\ R blade or even a pencil under
v N O"W each seedling and ho it care-
L fully from the seed bed.
2. Keep the roots unbroken
o and intact by letting as much
o soil as possible cling to them.
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slp s CR secdling is to be planted wide
L U‘/\ il and deep enough to receive the
b Lo roots without crowding.
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o \\,/,> Bl just before planting the seed
; s ling.
l f" BQ% N 5. Set the seedling in the hole
bRt S EUII TR before the water has entirely
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\ 6. FKill the soil in close around
N\ !-"»\“’_ the roots and press top soi
Ca iTN TS ey 1 0 down firmly at the base ©
in the barnyard. Additional
equipment is available if need
ed.
“This system is really ver
satile”, the telephone manager
said. “The farmer never misses
a call if he’s outdoors because
he’ll hear the phone ring over
the loudspeaker”, he said.
To speak with her husband
in the barn or yard, the wife
simply picks up the telephone
received in the house and turns
a button to an intercom line.
At the farmer’s location, the
two-way conversation is car
ried over the speaker-micro
phone — completely “hands
free’,
The system also provides 24-
hour monitoring of yard and
farm buildings. The family can
“listen in” on a new litter of
‘pigs, a faulty pump and even
the children while eating or
‘relaxing. This feature not on
ly saves steps, but provides
protection of life and property,
the telephone man said.
Farm Interphone has been
thoroughly tested on farms and
is now available to all South
ern Bell customers.
S. S. Manager
Says Some Folks
Losing Payments
Who would refuse a valuable
cash prize if all he had to do
was claim it? Joseph R. Mur
phy, Manager of the Atlanta
Social Security Office, says
that many people are doing
even worse. These folks are
losing their monthly social se
curity payments just because
they haven't asked for them.
Social security has been chang
ed. Many more people can now
be paid.
t The soeial security law was
changed in September 1960 and,
as a result, the work needed to
get retirement or survivors
checks has been reduced. For
example: Anyone who reach
retirement age before 1957 now
needs only 1-1/2 years w o r k
credit. People who reached re
tirement age in 1959 now need
only 2-1/2 years credit.
Anyone who was denied pay
ments before last September
should check again. The time
spent in checking may pay off
with a social security benefit
for many years to come. ’
The Social Security office is
located at 275 Peachtree Street,
NE., in Atlanta, Georgia. Tele
phone number is Jackson 2-
4121. '
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Porterdale Girls
Had Annual Picnic
PORTERDALE—The weath=
er cooperated beautifully with
the Maud King Girl Reserves,
Group No. 1, who planned an
annual picniec at Indian Springs
State Park on Saturday, June
3. Almost every member was
waiting at eight-thirty o’clock
to board Mr. Bill Austin’s
school bus. They were accom=
panied by their adviser, Miss
Lucy Robinson, and two teach
er friends, Mrs. J. W. Loyd
and Miss Ruby Lane.
Rides, wading, bowling, and
people attracted their attention,
and so many things beckoned
that they had quite a time de
ciding what to do and how to
spend their money.
- Mrs. T. C. Christian, lufche
room supervisor, and Cecil
Brewer, school maid, assisted
by Miss Jordye Tanner, Prin
cipal, had prepared a wonder=
ful lunch of fried chicken,
sandwiches, potato salad, chips,
deviled eggs, pickles, cup
cakes, lemonade, and tea.
Everyone - was hungry and
thirsty when called to eat.
More fun and rides occupied
the early afternoon hours.
Three o'clock arrived much
too early, but each child re
turned home happy and ex
cited.
Vets Must File
For Policy
Premium Waiver
“A disability waiver of pre~
mium on a GI life insurance
policy doesn’t take effect au
tomatically,”
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler reminds
veterans who become totally
disabled that they must apply
to have their policy payments
suspended, and continue mak
ing payments until the VA ape
proves the premium waiver.
If a GI policyholder is to=
tally disabled for 6 consecu
tive months he may apply to
the VA for a premium waiver,
Wheeler said.
Then if the VA agrees that
the disability has been total
for at least 6 months, premiums
from the effective date of the
waiver are refunded without
interest and premiums are
stopped as long as the disability
remains total — even if for
life. Annual dividends a r e
payable and the insurance stays
in force just as if the veteran
were paying for it.
! Wheeler said this benefit ap
' plies only to disabilities that
» | begin before age 60.
| He added that most GI ine
"|surance policies contain dis
_lability waiver of premium pro
visions.
Offices of the Veterans Ser=
vice Department will assist GI
policyholders with any insur
ance problem. The nearest of
'fice is at the Courthouse and
the manager is Mrs. Dot Cason.
Dairy, Layers,
Hogs Combined
On Barrow Farm
Diversification of farming
practices has paid off for a
'Bax'row County farmer, accord
ing to Dr. Wayne Tennille, Ex
.| tension agronomist at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Billy Perkins, Jr., who op~
erates a 397 - acre farm near
Statham, milks 80 dairy cat
‘tle, produces an average of 200
lto 300 hogs for sale each year,
{and has 5,000 laying hens.
Mr. Perkins produces most
of the feed for his cows and
hogs on the farm. He grows
|silage and has 40 acres of
| Coastal Bermuda which is used
[for hay production and graze
{ing. This year he has estab
| lished five more acres of Coas
| tal and hopes to establish more.
‘ Mr. Perkins started operat
|ing the family farm when he
Xgl‘aduated from high school and
| has made a very good living
(with the diversified farming
;operation which he follows, Dr.
| Tennille said. Three years ago
[he built a brick home for his
| family.
{ During the fall of 1960 Mr.
iPerkins took soil samples of
| all fields in his farm and has
'told H. C. Williams, Barrow
county agent, that he is follow=
ing soil test recommendations
on fertilizing his enum
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Home accidents cause about
662 deaths in Georgia e a¢ h
vear, reports Willis - Hustcn,
Extension agricultural engineer,
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