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The average income per cap
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was $965; per capital income
of nonfarm people was $2,216,
according to U. S. Department
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learning how to pray
Most people do not know
how to pray! A lot of folks
who come to me for help could
find the answer to their prob
lems if they could only pray.
I sometimes tell people to
talk to God just as they would
talk to an understanding friend.
God is eager to help us with
our problems, but we must
turn our face toward Him and
ask for His help.
On almost every new adven
ture in my young life, I would
ask dad for his advice. He’d
tell me what he thought was
best in the situation I like to
think one of the most impor
tant phases of prayer is simply
asking God to advise us in all
of life.
“Thy Will Be Done’
Many have never come to
think of prayer as seeking
God's will. Most of us think of
prayer as a method of telling
God what we want.
There’s one phrase we should
always use when we pray. It
is a part of the prayer Jesus
taught His disciples to pray,
•‘Thy will be done.” This phrase
reflects at least three things.
Life Can
Ee Better
ROBERT V. OZMENT, Ph. D.
St. James Church, Atlanta
First, by praying “Thy will
be done,” we are saying tha.
we do not always know what
is best for us. Somewhere 1
have read this prayer: “Oh
Lord, we do not know what is
best for us, but Thou knowest
what it is. It is for this we
pray. Amen”
Second, we are saying when
we pray “Thy will be done,”
that God in His wisdom under
stands our spiritual needs. God
created us and loves us. He
knows what we need and if we
will give Him the chance, He
will supply our daily needs.
Finally, by praying “Thy
will be done”, we are saying
to God we cannot find the an
swer to our problems. There
fore, we are turning our lives
over to Him, believing that He
will do what is best. A man
doesn’t live long before he
comes to recognize that there
are many problems in life which
he cannot answer.
God’s Will?
Not too long ago, I stood by
the bedside of a mother who’d
just lost her infant daughter.
Her only question was, “Why?”
I told her that I did not
know the answer to her ques
tion, but I know God would
give her strength and courage
to face every day with con
fidence if she placed her life
in His hands. The important
question to answer is not
“why”, but “what is God’s will
for my life now?”
Prayer can become a key to
unlock God’s richest blessings
and spiritual power to our lives.
End of the day fatigue and
evening socializing make night
driving just as dangerous as
the darkness itself, the All
state Safety Crusade emphasiz
es. Errors in judgment that
lead to accidents are caused as
much by sluggish senses and
relaxed inhibitions as by the
poor visibility after dark.
The older the driver, the
more acute the problem of dis
tinguishing objects at night, a
highway lighting research study
points out. The average 55 -
year old person with 20/20
vision needs twice the light
needed by a 20-year old with
the same vision.
TH! COVINGTON N!WJ_
TOUR OF THE WEEK
Georgia Department es Commerce
North Georgia Leaf Tours
During October’s surviving weeks Georgia highlands make a ritual
of the harvest season, dramatically presenting a color pageant of fall’s
rich shades and mellow hues.
Trees, aglow from the touch of autumn's magie wand, shade the
hills and lowlands like thousands of giant umbrellas, forgetting they
must soon relinquish their treasure to winter's ehilling winds.
Autumn affords the tourist a variation of tempos —a spasmodia
excitement of witnessing the winning touchdown—the triumphant
thrill of bringing home a day’s quota of wild game—or the quiet fulfill
ment of experiencing nature’s sacrifice to winter, offering her forest
foliage, blazing like fires on the hillsides.
Northeast Georgia is the pathway of the Tour of Leaves. From the
crashing magnificence of Toccoa Falls to the steep, rugged walls of
Tallulah Gorge, the road winds to the summit of Brasstown Bald. From
Georgia’s highest peak, autumn brilliancy camouflages the earth below
while fleeing birds silhouette the sky.
In the heart of this mountain leisureland, Vogel State Park is an
ideal weekend host for the leaf tourist. Boating in Lake Trahlyta, hik
ing to Neel’s Gap or riding horses up the Appalachian Trail are part of
the Park’s fall entertainment. Picnicking areas and facilities are scat
tered throughout the wooded area and are available to all visitors.
Familiar fruit stands make their contribution to the fall scene with
bushels of crimson apples, tart and juicy, with neat stacks of newly
harvested Halloween pumpkins and sugar cane, with sunlight shining
through amber jugs of apple cider.
Eager to share this brief interlude of autumn beauty, Georgia ex
tends a cordial welcome to her M ountain Tour of Leaves.
-by LAURIE ANDERSON
Tests Evaluate
Colorants for
Winter Lawns
A recent development in lawn
beautification — applying a
lawn colorant or “paint” to
keep grass “green” throughout
the winter months — may give
an unexpected benefit to
groundskeepers and home own
ers who wish to adopt the prac
tice.
Research tests to evaluate
several of the more common
available lawn colorants have
been conducted by the Forage
Crops Section at the Georgia
Experiment Station at Experi
ment. Scientists found that
areas of lawn which were
“painted” in the fall appeared
to green up naturally somewhat
earlier the following spring
than did upainted areas. They
believe this earlier green
growth is due to the greater
absorption of light and heat by
the dark green, “painted” sod.
None of the five commercial
lawn colorants tested at Ex
periment had any detrimental
effect on lawn growth the fol
lowing spring.
Test results indicate that
grass to be “painted” with a
lawn colorant should be dry,
uniformly mowed, raked, and
otherwise well groomed. Since
the colorant is not absorbed by
growing plants, lawns to be
treated should be relatively free
of clover and winter weeds.
Lawn colorant can be ap
plied with almost any compres
sed air sprayer, from the handy
Georgia Center
Xmas Festival
On Channel 8
The University of Georgia
Center for Continuing Educa
tion will present a new kind of
Christmas Festival this year.
WGTV, Channel 8, will pre
sent five one-hour specials de
signed to bring the family to
gether around the tv set. Em
phasis will be placed on the
true spirit of Christmas.
The specials will run from
December 18 through Decem
ber 22 at 7:30 p. m. WGTV’s
programming and production
director, Hill Bermont, describes
the series as a “television
Christmas mural" featuring tra
ditional stories as well as cus
toms of other lands.
Using television, the Georgia
Center will make it possible
for many thousands more Geor
gians to “attend” the Center’s
annual Christmas program than
in the past.
The indoor and outdoor de
corations at the Center will
again be a focal point. The
Christmas art work of elemen
tary school children, which has
received national attention in
previous years, will be display
ed inside the Center’s lobby -
lounge. This work is being done
under the guidance of Mrs.
i Jeffie L. Rowland, Clarke Coun-
Ity elementary schools art su
j pervisor.
type to the large power type.
For satisfactory results, a lawn
colorant must be applied uni
formly. Uniform application can
best be achieved by holding a
relatively high pressure and a
fine spray and by keeping the
sprayer nozzle a uniform dis
tance above the grass.
The average cost of applying
lawn colorants, according to
these tests, is about $lO for each
1,000 square feet of lawn sur
face treated.
Tall, pointed evergreens
should not be used in landscap
ing a house that seems too tall
already, says Extension Land-
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Fire Number 1
Boating Hazard
With water, water every
where fire, it would seem, is
of only nominal concern to the
skipper of a small boat.
Yet, of the comparatively
few boats that run into diffi
culty during the summer
months, statistics show tha*
fire is the most common trou
blemaker. In 1960 fires and fuel
explosions caused $963,900 in
damages to boats, the U. S.
Coast Guard reports. And most
boat fires are gasoline fires,
caused principally by careless
ness—such as failing to wipe
up spilled gasoline, or failing
to make metal-to-metal contact
(fuel hose nozzle to tank fill
pipe) in fueling.
The slightest spark, say
Johnson Motors safety special
ists, can ignite a boat fire be
cause it takes very little gaso
line vapor—combined with air
—to create a highly explosive
mixture. And gasoline readily
changes from liquid to a com
bustible vapor, even in cold
weather. The rule is ventilate,
ventilate and ventilate.
Since gasoline vapors are
heavier than air they
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ARMY AMMUNlTlON—Produc
tion operators attach lead
wires to fuzes during the as
sembly of the 106-mm recoil
less rifle round at the lowa
Ordnance Plant, Burlington, la.
The shells move along the con
veyor assembly at a uniform
rate, resulting in maximum pro
duction. Operating contractor
of the lowa plant is Mason &
Hanger—Silas Mason Co., Inc.
flow downward and col
lect in confined spaces; the
bilge of a boat, for instance.
Armed with this knowledge
the boatman should heed these
safety precautions: — Prevent
gasoline from spilling when re
fueling. Outboard fuel tanks
should be filled on the dock
rather than in the boat.
—Be wary of using any
equipment—from open lights to
cigaretts — that could be the
source of a gasoline fire.
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Common sense dictates that
these precautions are doubly
observed when the refueling
process is taking place. In this
regard, the skipper should be
sure that all engines, fans—
any equipment remotely capa
ble of creating a spark are
stopped during refueling. Other
sources of ignition - electrical
wiring, switches and fuses •
should be located well above
the low areas where these va
pors might gather.