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Thursday, December 7, 1961
Students to Plant Tree
Seedlings on December Bth
Georgia’s tree population
should increase by several
hundred thousand during the
afternoon of December 8.
This is not unusual in itself
because the time of year is ap
proaching when landowners
will be setting them out by the
millions. These, however, could
be some of the most important
trees ever planted in Georgia
soil, according to the man be
hind this project.
The trees will be planted by
elementary and high school
students all over the state as
a part of 4-H Club Tree Appre
ciation Day. This project is be
ing organized by C. Dorsey
Dyer, head of the Extension
forestry department of the
University of Georgia College
of Agriculture, with the help
of other College of Agriculture
foresters, county agents and
professional agricultural and
forestry workers.
Purpose of the day is to teach
the youngsters, who soon will
be responsible for the future
of the state, the value of trees
and some of the problems in
volved in growing them, Mr.
Dyer said.
Tree Appreciation Day has
been endorsed by the agricul
ture committee of the Georgia
Bankers Association. In most
counties the trees to be distri
buted are being purchased by
local banks. In other counties
they are being furnished by
garden clubs, forest industries
and other supporters of 4-H
Chibs.
Four-H Club members are
promoting the observance in
each county and will handle
the task of giving out the seed
lings to their classmates, as
well as planting some them
se’ves.
On that day throughout the
state students will be given
tree seedlings at school and
asked to take them home and
plant them. Before they go
home they will be given thor
ough instructions on how to
plant and care for the young
tree by a county agent, voca
tional agriculture teacher,
forester, or experienced 4-H
member.
“Trees have played a big
part in the economic growth of
Georgia, and their roles is go
ing to increase in importance
in the future. We want to im
press on these boys and girls
just how valuable the tree is
to everyone in the state,” Mr.
Dyer declared.
He pointed out that the an-
Bual value of forest-related
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products made in Georgia is
already more than three-quar
ters of a billion dollars. Most
of these industries are located
in the state because of the
abundant supply here of their
raw materials.
In addition, landowners are
currently being paid about
$155 million a year for their
timber.
Mr. Dyer cited a recent pre
diction by the U. S. Forest
Service that by the year 2000,
more than half the lumber
used in the United States will
be manufactured in the South.
The last 4-H Club Tree Ap
preciation Day was held in
1953. At that time, programs
were conducted at 1,646 schools
and 4-H members distributed
at least one tree to each of
547, 682 boys and girls.
Cotton Fashions
Os 5,000 Years
To Be on TV Show
Five thousand years of cot
ton fashions will be featured
on the Growing South, on
Channel 8, Friday, December
15 at 7:00 p.m.
Some 20 live models will
show cotton fashions through
the 5.000 years spanning his
tory from the Mohenjo - Darn
period to 1962. The collection
of historical costumes will be
furnished by the National Cot
ton Council of America. Miss
Peggy Ott, Extension clothing
specialist, will be hostess of
this show.
During most of the week of
December 11 the Growing
South will be of special inter
est to cattlemen and poultry
men.
On Monday, the 11th, J. R.
Johnson, Extension agronomist,
will present a program on
“Grasses.”
County Cattlemen’s Associa
tions will be highlighted on
December 12 under the direc
tion of Dr. O. G. Daniel, Ex
tension livestock specialist.
Nelson Maddux, Extension
dairymen, will use scale mod
els to show the characteristics
of the various dairy breeds on
Wednesday, the 13th.
Growing South is one of the
educational programs present
ed each weekday evening on
Channel 8, the University’s
educational TV Station. It is
produced by the Georgia Cen
ter for Continuing Education
in cooperation with the College
of Agriculture.
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ON THE MORNING OF DEC. 7, 1941, the Japanese made a surprise air and submarine attack
on Pearl Harbor and the Army and Navy airfields of Hawaii. Caught on the ground or at their
moorings were about 300 U. S. airplanes and almost 100 ships. Aircraft destroyed numbered
about 140 in addition to approximately 80 damaged. Os the eight U. S. battleships at Pearl
Harbor, five were sunk, one severely damaged and the other two hit. Two destroyers and nine
other ships were sunk or severely damaged. The Pacific fleet’s three aircraft carriers, not at
Pearl Harbor on that fateful morning, escaped damage. Casualties among the military person
nel numbered over 3,000 including more than 2,300 killed. The Japanese made no effort to land
at Hawaii, nor had they any plans to do so. The slogan “Remember Pearl Harbor” became
reminiscent of “Remember the Maine." The attack precipitated, on Dec. 8, America's declara
tion of war upon Japan and the beginning of active U. S. participation in World War IL
How Can We Best Educate
The Gifted Children
(Editor’s Note: This is one
in a series of articles about
your health which will appear
regularly in The Covington
News as a public service fea
ture.)
By The Medical Association
Os Georgia
Although the mark at which
various authorities separate
the intellectually gifted from
the non - intellectually gifted
child differs, an intelligence
quotient or IQ or 139 is a fair
ly widely accepted dividing
line. An estimated three per
cent of the population has an
IQ of 130 or above.
What are these very bright
youngesters like? One physi
cian has noted that these chil
dren, when given psycholo
gical evaluations, tend to be
able to generalize better, think
more abstractly and synthesize
their thoughts better than
other children. They show a
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remarkable ability for inde
pendent thinking, imagination
and creativity. They’re gener
ally physically superior, par
ticularly in their motor devel
opment. They’re less suscepti
ble to didactic teaching, slow
er to adopt opinions and slow
er to change concepts once
they’ve formed them. They’re
generally above average in
health and maturity.
Many of the problems faced
by these youngsters are re
lated to their giftedness.. A
good number of them center
around frustration, apathy, and
boredom in the classroom and
schools. There are many theor
ies on how best to educate the
gifted child. The three main
methods advanced are rapid
, progression through the grades,
enrichment in regular classes
' and separation of the gifted
child into an “ability group”.
Each method has advantages
and disadvantages.
Another important consider
ation is the selection of the
teacher who deals with the
gifted children. Most experts
in the field agree that the
teacher should be brighter than
the average, have better pre
paration in the subject matter
to be taught, a basic psycholo
gical understanding of the spe
cial characteristics of the
gifted child, and some special
training for working with
them.
Parents ean do a great deal
to supplement the education
the child receives in school.
They can help by stimulating
and encouraging the child in
his interests and by seeing that
he has the tools—books, ex
periences, associations—which
will help him develop more
fully. Schools obviously can’t
meet the educational require
ments of every child and par
ents should do what they can
to fill in the gap.
Doc MAG Says:
1. Everyone in the field of
gifted children today seems to
agree that a special education
al program is needed, but they
differ on just what program is
best. But. regardless of what
the schools provide, parents
can help by providing their
own educational enrichment
program for their gifted child ।
at home. ।
2. The enrichment should be- 1
gin at an early age — before <
the child becomes bored, apa- 1
thetic. disinterested and rob- i
bed of creativity and the ex- i
citement of new learning. i
3. Work with school officials
to improve the educational 1
programs for all children and i
remember that the gifted child i
has as much need for love and 1
affection as any other. His <
“difference” of giftednes* is '
one of degree, not kind.
Editor’s Note: If you’d like
Doc MAG to discuss some t
health topic of particular in- i
terest to you, send your request i
on a postcard or in a letter to I
Doc MAG Says, 938 Peachtree
Street, N. E., Atlanta, 9, Geor
gia. 1
Thank you. I
Lighting the way of men to 1
betterment is the finest pro- t
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Tips on Living
The Frozen
Food Way
Thousands of people each
year change over to frozen
foods as away of keeping a
year-round food supply. They
have some mighty good reason^
for doing so too. Frozen foods
are more economical, nutriti
ous, better tasting, easier to
prepare, convenient, versatile
and unlimited in variety.
Some families enjoy the oc
casional use of frozen foods.
To millions of enthusiastic
users, they have literally be
come a “way of life.” This
complete and whole-hearted
acceptance of frozen foods
takes place when families un
derstand and intelligently use
three main factors that con
tribute to the frozen way of
living — home freezer, locker
plant, and commercial frozen
foods.
The home freezer places
food at your finger tips. Regu
lar meals and unexpected,
guests are no problem because
of the well-stocked home free
zer. Not only can you store
fresh foods when in season but
can buy meats in large quan
tities wholesale. Left-overs be- |
come planned—overs and can ■
be served weeks or months lat- '
er. When preparing your fam- j
ily’s favorite dishes, you can i
prepare enough for several fu
ture meals all at one time.
Your commercial locker plant
is equipped with heavy-duty
commercial machinery that
make it possible to quick-free
ze large quantities of food at
one time. Freezing large quan
tities of food in a home freezer
not only results in a slow frozen
product of inferior flavor but
also endangers the quality of
the foods already in storage. I
Money may be saved on meats I
by purchasing it by wholesale I
cuts. The locker plant opera- I
tor is trained to help you se- I
lect high-quality meats. They I
have facilities for cutting, I
wrapping, and quick-freezing I
the product. Storage may be I
obtained if the home freezer I
won’t hold all your frozen I
foods. And too, in case of a I
unit breakdown or power fail- I
ure, your locker plant usually I
can supply safe storage until I
the trouble is corrected. S
Almost every kind of food
from hors d’oeuvres to short
cake, from meat and potatoes
to coffee are available as com
mercial frozen foods. The pack
ers of commercial frozen foods
have contributed in great mea
sure to the unbelievable va
riety, convenience, economy
and better eating.
Thanks to frozen foods—
prepared at home and com
mercially—we have more eco
nomical, more nutritious, bet
ter tasting, easier to prepare,
er to prepare, more convenient,
versatile meals.
The new instant sweet po
tato developed in USDA labo
ratories can be readied for a
pie or casserole in 60 seconds
by adding hot milk or water.
A tall, box-like house may
be scaled down in appearance
by the use of a background
framing of large trees and
large, rounded shrubs at the
base, suggests Extension Land
scape Specialist T. G. Williams.
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AMAZING STRENGTH
“Engineered wood” is the
popular term for great glued
laminated arches and beams of
Southern Pine lumber which
are building hundreds of schools
and churches in various parts
of the nation.
While the streamlined beau
ty of these timber titans is an
obvious asset, their strength is
even more impressive. The
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Sneeze Menace
You could practically go in
to orbit on the propulsive
power of a sneeze. Research |
shows that a cough or sneeze I
shoots out germ-laden drop-i
lets at a rate of 150 feet a sec
ond. The larger droplets usu
ally travel for about five feet
before they fall to the ground.
They’ve been known to hit the
twelve foot mark, though.
Small droplets float onwards
and upwards for hours.
Many illnesses, including the
common cold, flu, pneumonia,
and tuberculosis, are spread
from person to person by jet
propelled germs in somebody’s
careless cough or sneeze.
It is possible to have an in
fectious illness without know
ing it. So—anytime you feel a
cough or sneeze coming on.
whip out a tissue and cover
your mouth and nose. A hand
kerchief will do as well, though
it seems silly to put germs
back in your pocket. Paper tis
sues are best, but don’t forget
to dispose of them.
Use the same method to pro
tect yourself if you see some
one about to cough or sneeze
in your direction.
If you catch cold, don’t pes
♦er your doctor for an antibiot
c. It won't do anv good. You
can keep yourself comforta
ble with nose drops, aspirin,
■md cough syrup. But if fever
'asts more than three days, or
you are short of breath or have
a persistent cough, see your
doctor at once.
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true extent of their structural
potential will be evident from
the following comparisons:
1. U. S. Forest Products Lab
oratory tests have proven that
several wood species have a
natural strength which is
greater for its weight than
steel’s.
2. Southern Pine is the
strongest of these «unerlor
structural woods. Moreover,
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the Southern Pine grading
standards require proper sea
soning and “pre-shrinking”—
a process that virtually dou
bles the natural wood streng
th.
A basic requirement for pro
fitable broiler production i>
between broods, according to
-n«j on Poultryman Milton
Y. Dendy.