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July 25, 1742—Georgia's
First Thanksgiving
By Charles E. Hooper
The weather was hot and
humid .... the troops were
ti. ed .... but the Spanish had
been defeated, and there was
cause for thanksgiving. Eigh
teen days earlier, the English
regulars and colonial troops,
along with a few Indians, had
ambushed and defeated a large
Spanish force. This battle w*as
later to be named the Famous
Battle of Bloody Marsh. It was
a most important battle be
cause it determined that Geor
gia and South Carolina would
be English speaking areas in
stead of Spanish.
General James Oglethorpe,
the founder of Georgia, was so
delighted at the news of the
Victory that he proclaimed a
day of public Thanksgiving on
July 25, 1742 at Frederica on
St. Simons Island. Georgia. It
was a day for special gratitude
and he called on the people to
celebrate in “a Christian and
godly manner.” And so Geor
gia’s first Thanksgiving was
held.
Historians are unable to tell
us whether the colonists had
turkey or not: however, since
there were plenty of turkey on
the coast as well as oysters,
fi'h, fruit and vegetables it is a
fair assumption that the set
tlers enjoyed a fine meal. Gen
eral Oglethorpe ordered wine
for the victorious troops and
pieces of ancient wine bottles
are still being found occasion
ally around Ft. Frederica.
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are given credit for proclaim
ing a national day of Thanks
giving . . George Washington
in 1789 and Abraham Lincoln
in 1863. However, most of the
credit for initiating a nation
wide observance goes to Presi
dent Lincoln.
. . Savannah, Washington, Au
gusta, Louisville, Milledge
ville, and now Atlanta . . .
through the years Georgia’s
leaders have called for special
days of Thanksgiving, and
Georgians have much to be
thankful for.
This year’s Thanksgiving
will not be basically much dif
ferent from that of 1742. Sure,
the season of the year is dif
ferent, the mode of travel ouite
changed, and the styles of dress
modified. But as General Ogle
thorpe observed, it will be “a
day of gratitude and celebra
tion in a Christian and godly
manner.” During the Thanks
giving week-end friends and
relatives will be visiting with
one another in one of the nicest
traditions of the season.
Perhaps you will be visiting
on St. Simons Island during
the holidays and perhaps you'll
visit Ft. Frederica .... where
a small band of colonists gave
thanks to God for their deliver
ance and victory.
In your traveling during the
Thanksgiving week - end, be
sure to call upon your local
service station operator for
helpful advice in routing your
trip. He will be glad to assist
you!
Vets Children
Due Pension
Upon His Death
Many widows of Georgia
veterans are overlooking the
fact that their minor children
may be eligible for pensions,
even though the widow may
have been disqualified because
of excessive income or remar
riage, Georgia Veterans Direc
tor Pete Wheeler said this
week.
Deceased wartime veterans’
minor children and certain
stepchildren are entitled to a
pension of $35 per month for
the first child and sls per
month for each additional
child, the total amount to be
equally divided among all the
children.
The benefit continues until
the child reaches 18 years of
age, but may be extended to
age 21 if he is attending an
approved educational institu
tion.
The only other limitations
on a child’s eligibility is that
he must not be receiving more
than SI,BOO per year in un
earned income in his own name,
and must not be married. The
income of other members of
his family is not a considera
tion.
Foster parents of deceased
veterans’ children should also
take notice of these provisions,
since the child will still be eli
gible for the pension even
though he may have been leg
ally adopted.
Anyone desiring further in
formation on this or other vet
erans' benefits or for assistance
in filing a claim for a benefit
should contact the nearest of
fice of the Georgia Department
of Veterans Service. The near
est office is located at the
Courthouse. The office man
ager is Mrs. Dorothy Cason.
Speed lowers visual perfor
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eye can see 80 feet further thap
at 60 mph.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Fatigue Has Many Causes
(Editor's Note: This is one in
a series of articles about your
health which will appear regular
.ly in the Covington News as a
^public service feature.)
By the Medical Association of
Georgia
There’s an old Hindu proverb
that says ‘‘fatigue is the best
pillow.” It apparently means
J hat fatigue is a big help in get
-1 ting people to rest. And rest is
■ probably the best treatment for
fatigue.
Despite the casual manner i n
which we talk about fatigue, it is
one of the most serious menaces
to health and life. One investiga
tor estimates that at least half of
all patients seen by doctors special
izing in internal medicine complain
of or admit to fatigue. One autho
rity notes that physicians t h e m
selves “are far from immune” to
it.
Fatigue shows up in feelings of
tiredness and in a decrease i n
work. Quite often, fatigue is a
normal state brought on by ex
treme or prolonged exertion o f
either a mental or physical nature.
It can be relieved very easily by
sleep. But fatigue can be a sym
ptom of organic disease. It is a
factor in three main classes of
disease: those affecting the body
processes, aftermaths of infectious
diseases, and in various emotional
conditions.
Signs of fatigue include yawning,
sleepiness, sweating without exer
tion. trouble in remembering where
you put things or what has been
said, and a tendency to talk more
than usual. The person who’s fati
gued may be easily distracted,
easily annoyed and slow to be up
and going.
Anybody who is fatigued should
examine his life to see what is
bringing on the feeling and elimi
nate these factors if at all possible.
Just recently one physician
made a study of mothers co m
plaining of chronic fatigue. They
showed no evidence of an organic
Family Food Buying
By Dr. Mary Gibbs,
Marketing Specialist
University Os Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service
Q. As I plan menus ahead
for December and the Christ
mas holidays. I would like to
know what foods will be in
good supply then.
A. The U. S. Department of
Agriculture is featuring tur
key, cranberries and broiler
fryers on its December “Plen
tiful Food’’ list. Also on the
list for December are apples,
pork, grapefruit, pecans, al
monds. honey, vegetable fats
and oils, peanuts and peanut
butter. You will be a wise and
thrifty buyer if you take ad
vantage of plentiful supplies
and lower prices as you plan
for your family’s foods.
Q. Do citrus fruits need to
be stored in the refrigerator?
A. No. Citrus fruits actually
have better eating quality
when stored at room tempera
tures of 60 - 70 F. Although a
short stay in the refrigerator
doesn’t noticably harm citrus
fruits, long refrigerated stor
age causes the skin of citrus
flesh to discolor.
Furman Bisher
Christmas Seal
Campaign Chmn.
Furman Bisher, sports edi
tor of the Atlanta Journal, has
been named chairman of Geor
gia’s 1961 Christmas Seal
Campaign, it was announced
today by J. Roy Willbanks,
Macon, president of the Geor
gia Tuberculosis Association.
An outstanding sports writ
er and analyist, Mr. Bisher will
be working with the national
chairman, Charles O. Finley,
owner of the Kansas City Ath
letics, and other sports figures
throughout the country to alert
every citizen of “the urgency
to conquer a disease that takes
an American life every 50 min
utes,” Mr. Willbanks said.
Long interested in the di
sease which strikes athletes
and weaklings alike, Mr. Bisher
accepted the appointment by
saying, “The Christmas Seal
has been symbolic of the fight
against tuberculosis for more
than fifty years. I know of no
better way to seal a message of
good wishes at such a happy
season.”
A native of North Carolina,
Mr. Bisher has been sports edi
tor of the Atlanta Journal since
1 9 5 7. Following graduation
1957. Following graduation
from the University of North
Carolina, he served on the staff
of two North Carolina week
lies, the Highpoint Interprize
and the Charlotte News. Prior
cause. More than half were
; described as “normal tired
; mothers'’ with average emotional
' stability and no particular prob
lems that would have triggered
i fatigue at the time. The doctor
' concluded that these women were
1 simply trying to do too much too
well. What they needed was re
, assurance and education to live
within their supplies of energy.
Boredom frequently enters into
' fatigue. We say somebody makes
|us tired. What we mean is that
the person bores us. We say a
■ job tires us when it really bores
i us. One way to distinguish bet
ween boredom and fatigue is to
remember that boredom is usually
blamed on some outward circum
stance while we blame ourselves
for our fatigue. The two are often
related, however.
What can you do to avoid
fatigue? It’s probably impossible
to avoid it entirely. But certain
ly we can train ourselves to stop
physical or mental activity before
I we reach the point of exhaustion.
We can rest regularly and frequent
ly. It's generally recognized that
short, frequent rest periods relieve
fatigue better than prolonged, in
frequent rest. This is pointed out
in a recent issue of Therapeutic
Notes, published by a pharmaceu
tical company for doctors. W e
should also keep in mind that tak
ing coffee or some other stimu
lants or “pep” pills doesn’t cure
our fatigue. They merely push
the worn out mind and body into
more activity.
Doc MAG Says:
1. Fatigue is an enemy of mind
and body and should be avoided.
2. Frequent and prolonged fati
gue may be a sign of serious ill
ness and should be investigated.
Editor’s Note: If you’d like
Doc MAG to discuss some health
topic of particular interest to you,
send your request on a postcard
or letter to Doc MAG, 938 Peach
tree St., N. E., Atlanta 9, Ga.
Q. I know that frozen foods
should be stored at zero de
grees F. or below. Is there a
recommended temperature for
storage of foods in the refrige
rator?
A. Yes. A refrigerator tem
perature of 42 F. provides a
temperature at which food
poisoning bacteria can’t grow
A recent U. S. Department of
Agriculture publication recom
mends that you check refrige
rator temperature with an or
dinary indoor thermometer,
placed in different parts of the
refrigerator.
Q. My neighbor says that
eggs should be stored in the
carton. Is she right, if so, why?
A. Since uncovered eggs
loose moisture through their
porous shells, eggs should be
covered when -stored in the
refrigerator. The original egg
carton helps prevent this mois
ture loss.
(Selected questions from
readers will be answered by
Dr. Gibbs in this column. Ad
dress questions to Dr. Mary
Gibbs, 7 Hunter Street Build
ing, 7 Hunter Street, S. W., At
lanta 3, Ga.)
to his appointment on the Jour
nal, he was sports editor of the
Atlanta Constitution for 7
years.
A regular contributor to na
tional magazines, the Bisher
byline has appeared in Satur
day Evening Post, Sport, True,
and Sports Illustrated. He is a
four-time winner of the Georgia
State Associated Press Sports
Writing Award and in 1956 was
further honored by the editors
of the “Best Sports Story of the
^ear’’ for a column written at
the Master’s Golf Tournament
in Augusta.
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Better Breeding,
Management
Improve Herds
Use of artificial breeding to
improve dairy herds is still in
creasing in Georgia, reports of
the Extension dairy depart
ment of the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture
show.
H. K, Welch, Jr., head of the
Extension dairy department,
said that 5,415 first service
cows were artificially bred on
Georgia farms in October. This
is 698 more than in October of
last year, or a 15 percent in
crease.
This continuing increase in
artificial breeding is a result
of dairymen realizing that they
must breed higher producing
cows and then do a good job of
feeding and managing them to
meet the increasing cost of pro
duction, the dairymen stated.
A recent Extension study
shows that 1.134 artificially
sired daughters produced an
average of 816 pounds of milk
and 45 pounds of butterfat
more than their dams.
Much of this increase may
be attributed to the use of
great proved sires, he declared.
Steady improvement in
Georgia dairy herds and their
management is reflected by
comparison with the tradition
al dairy sections of the country
Mr. Welch pointed out.
Several Georgia herds this
year are producing more than
15,000 pounds of milk per cow
This is higher than the top
producing herd in Dane Coun
ty. Wisconsin, (the county in
which Madison is located)
which gave 14,690 pounds of
milk last year.
If a bleach must be used on
resin-finished fabrics, use a
perborate bleach rather than
a chlorine bleach, advises Miss
Leonora Anderson, head of the
Extension clothing department.
CAST YOUR VOTE TO
RE-ELECT
FRED KITCHENS
TO THE COVINGTON CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 6,1961
IF RE-ELECTED 1 PROMISE TO CONTINUE TO
SERVE ALL THE PEOPLE OF COVINGTON TO THE
BEST OF MY ABILITY. THE CITY OF COVINGTON
HAS MADE GOOD PROGRESS FOR THE LAST EIGHT
YEARS DURING WHICH TIME I HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOUR VOTE FOR FRED KITCHENS WILL BE A VOTE
CAST FOR FUTURE PROGRESS OF OUR FAIR CITY.
YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE
WILL BE SINCERELY APPRECIATED
Swift Strike . . .
SWIFT STRIKE—An eight inch howitzer and its prime mover start
across the Pee Dee River north of Cheraw, S. C., during the joint
Army-Air Force exercise, SWIFT STRIKE. The equipment, a part
of the retreating "aggressor” 101st Abn. Div., is moving onto
a 700 foot float bridge built by the 70th Engr. Bn. and 586th
Float Bridge Co. The action took place during lh» final phase
of th* stateside exercise.
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