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PAGE TWENTY-FOUR
Home Demonstration Agent’s Column
By Mrt. S»ra Groves, HD Agent
Plentiful Turkey Supplies
A bountiful supply of Geor
gia turkeys is, reportedly, on
the way to market for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas
holiday season. And. it’s the
consumer who will benefit from
the expected economical prices
on this popular meat treat.
Georgia poultry growers
have raised 663,000 turkeys this
year, only one percent down
from last year's record crop.
The U. S. production is down
15 percent from last year but
the large carryover from 1961
st’ll leaves many turkeys to be
sold Last year’s U. S. product
ion jumped 28 percent over the
preceding year and still has
not been compensated for in the
national market.
You should be able to count !
on good supplies and good
prices on the traditional turkey
for Thanksgiving and Christ
mas. Make plans now for your
holiday feast.
Georgia Eggs
The eggs you served foi
breakfast this morning were
Georgia eggs. The story was not
the same aeven ago because you
more than likely served eggs
which were produced in an
other state.
This fact points up how fast
the Georgia egg industry has
grown. We are inded proud of
this Georgia agricultural in
dustry. As consumers, we are
particularly proud since we are
able to buy eggs that aren’t too
many hours away frxm the
farm.
In 1955. Georgia ranked 18th
in commercial egg production
in the nation. By 1960, this
state had pulled into ninth
place. By the end of 1961,
Georgia ranked fourth with a
gross income erf $89,400,000
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I Georgia poultrymen believe the
size of the egg industry will
expand. Georgia eggs continue
to move to markets in other
sections of the nation.
Landscaping Ideas
From time to time this fall
j and winter, I will be bringing
you some comments about good
landscaping points which are
made by our Extension Service
Landscape T. G. Williams in
Athens
Recently, Mr. williams sent
me some information concern
ing the selection of plant? for
landscape plantings. He was
most emphatic in pointing out
that homeowners should learn
’as much as possible about a
I plant before they buy.
The landscape specialist says
you should find out how big
the plant grows, the color of its
blooms, whether it’s evergreen
or deciduous in nature, the ex
posure in which it will grow
best and the rate of its growth.
This information should help
the grower plan a better land
scape.
It’s better to get slower
growth plants and have a little
more patience, William be
lieves. Some of the low or
dwarf type plants won’t grow
as fast as we might like but
thev are far less trouble when
pruning tune comes around.
Some of the lower type
shrubs that require little prun
ing include Dwarf Azaleas,
Dwarf Boxwood, Japanese Hol
ly, Dwarf Yaupon Holly, Cot
oneaster, Andora Juniper, Sav
in Juniper and Garcenia Radi
cans. These plants go well with
the ranch style or contempor
ary house.
Tall, rapid growing plants
soon grow out of proportion be
side a low building if severe
i pruning is not practiced. Such
I plants falling into this category
। are Ligustrum, Elaeagnus and
I Chinese Photinia.
I hope these point# will
i arouse some questions you may
' have concerning good landscape
planning. We have several pu
blications here in the office
which outline the points I have
mentioned, plus many more.
Emergency Housekeeping
Two weeks or more in a fall
out shelter would by no means
be a vacation from housekeep
ing chores for the homemaker.
In fact, it wouldn’t be a real
vacation for anyone.
Planning for housekeeping
in the fallout shelter is very
similar to such plans as you
might make for a picnic outing.
You would need to plan for
food, water, clothing and other
items the family would need
The fallout shelter, of course,
would have very limited space
and you must be prepared to
contend with this.
What would you need in a
shelter? I have some printed
material outlining such needs.
It lists water, bedding, food,
clothing, kitchen utensils, a
battery radio, sanitation faci- i
lities, a first aid kit and others.
Perhaps you would like to have
a copy of some of this civil
defense information. If so.
please let me know.
This Week's Tip
When you buy nuts, remem
ber that the way they are
packed and treated affects the
length of time they remain high
in quality. In general, nuts in
the shell keep longer than
shelled ones. Nut meats in
vacuum containers have a long
er shelf life than those in pl
astic. Whole meats keep longer
than chopped nut meats and
unsalted nuts retain their good
flavor longer than salted ones
Henry Napier, Jr.
Receives Honor
In 7th Infantry
Army Specialist Five Harry
Napier Jr., whose parents live
on Route 1, Covington, Ga.,
recently was named Non-Com
missioned Officer of the Month
for the 7th Infantry Division
in Korea.
A tank gunner in Troop A
of the division's 10th Armored
Calvary Regiment’s 2d Recon
naissance Squadron, Specialist
Napier was selected for his
soldierly appearance, knowl
edge and performance of du
ties.
The 24-year-old soldier is a
1956 graduate of Newton Coun
ty High School.
Studies show that the aver
age driver improves very little
m ability to judge distance and
estimate speed after he learns
to drive unless he receives
special training, according to
Miss Lucile Higginbotham, Ex
tension health specialist.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
News Notes From
Stansfield
| By Mrs. J. D. Wyatt
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Roque
more entertained on last Sun
day night with a chicken bar
becue supper. Guests for the
occasion were Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Roquemore and son Mike,
Charlie Kilpatrick of Atlanta
and Mr. and Mrs Fred Greer
of Hayston
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coley
from Pine Lake, were visitors
to the C. E. Roquemores and
Mrs. O. A. Womac, on last Sat
urday. They all visited in Dub
lin at Veterans Hospital with
Mr. Paul Roquemore. Friends
will be glad Mr. Roquemore,
remains about the same. The
party returned to Lake Sin
claire and visited the Jack Ro
quemores at their lakeside cot
tage.
Mrs, Carl Harwell and Mrs.
Willie Lunsford are at home
here after a stay of several
weeks in Atlanta Mrs. Harwell
was a patient at DeKalb Coun
ty hospital while there.
Mrs. Mary Lou Oaburn has
returned to the Marietta hos
pital for further treatment.
Friends are wishing her a rap
id recovery.
Mrs. James Benton, Marga
ret and Mrs. P W. Carroll vis
ited Mrs. Will Moore at Geor
gia Baptist Hospital Sunday.
Mrs. Moore is being moved this
week to her sisters home in
Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Skinner of
Atlanta visited Mrs. F. M. Hays
and Mrs. Kate Thompson Fri
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bradley
of Cartersville anti Mr, and
Mrs. Clarence Murphy of Ce
dartown visited w’ith Mrs. G.
P. Adams and Mr. and Mrs.
Ewell Lunsford Sunday after
noon.
Mr. Clayton Hays, Mrs. El
sie Piper, Miss Annie C. Hays
and Mrs. G. P. Adams attended
the funeral of Mrs. Arthur
' Jackson at Morningside Baptist
Church in Atlanta Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Derrin
ger and children and Miss Lin
da Andrea of Miami, Florida
spent the weekend with their
uncle Mr. C. R. Goodrich and
Mrs. Goodrich.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stuckey
and children and his mother
Mrs. Wilma Stuckey of East
man spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hardman.
Small Business
Is Big Business
Small business is very b i g
business in Georgia, according to
Comm, of Labor Ben T. Huiet.
Os the 29.175 firms insured under
the Georgia Employment Security
Law, over 96 percent have fewer
than 100 employees. They employ
337 933 or 45 percent of all insured
workers. They account for 40 per
cent of the state’s insured payrolls.
The fact that such a large per
cent of Georgia wage earners
work for small firms may explain
to some extent why our unem
ployment rate is below the na
tional average and our empoy
ment level is relatively stable
Approximately three percent of
all firms in Georgia employ from
100 to 500 workers, accounting for
24 percent of the insured employ
ed and eight percent employ be
tween 500 and 1.000 workers
Georgia's industrial giants with
1.000 or more workers had pay
rolls totaling 1206 7 million dur
ing the first quarter of 1962 This
represents nearly 28 percent of
the total.
Mazie D. Head
Completes WAC
Basic Training
Pvt. Mazie D. Head, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs, James W
Head, 9 Bay St., Porterdale,
completed eight weeks of basic
military training at The Wo
man's Army Corps Center, Fort
I McClellan, Ala., Oct. 19
Private Head received in
i struct ion in such subjects as
' Army history and traditions,
administrative and supply pro
cedures, map reading, first aid
and military justice.
On the basis of aptitude and
interest tests administered dur
ing the training. Private Head
wiU remain at the fort for spe
cialized training in typing and
clerical procedures.
She is a graduate of Newton
’ County H.gh School, Coving
ton.
The National Outlook
BY RALPH ROBEY
More New Facts on the
Business Trend
Traditionally, business picks up
after Labor Day. Vacations are
over, the new automobile models
are in the hands of dealers, plans
are being made by both manu
facturers and retailers for Chris
mas, and so forth and so on. And
business forecasters at all levels
make their predictions for the
following year All available sta
tistics, therefore, take on a really
important meaning in this fall
period. Six significant items have
been released in the past few
days.
The total value of all goods and
services produced in the nation— ,
that is, the gross national pro
duct — increased to $555.5 bil- I
lion, and it is the smallest growth
from one quarter to the next since
the recovery started. This is a
preliminary estimate by the De
partment of Commerce, and the
final figure may well be changed.
In September the over-all un
employment situation made no
improvement. As aproportion of
the civilian labor force it remain
ed at 5.8 percent, which was the
same as August There was some
decline in those out of work for
26 weeks or more, but this drop
was offset by an increase in those
out of work for less than 26 weeks.
Seasonally adjusted employment,
as contrasted with unemployment,
remained at just about the Au
gust level. There was a slight in
crease in the average work week.
This is encouraging because there
has been a consistent decline in
this item since last April.
Total personal income was the
same in September as in August.
This is disturbing because wage
and salary disbursement — which
comprise about two-thirds of to
tal personal income — were off
SSOO million from August. This
was offset by increases in divi
dends, interest, and transfer pay
ments The transfer payments
were up primarily because of
greater unemployment insurance
payments. The total of personal
income remains, of course, at a
tremendously high figure — $443
billion. This is the highest in our
history, and much above anything
prevailing in anv other nation.
Retail trade has been showing
a little less zest in recent weeks,
and there have been many actual
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declines. This is one of the rela
tively stable items in the econo
mic system and ordinarily it
climbs a little almost every month
when allowance is made for sea
sonal tactors. The recent minor
drop is not necessarily important,
but neither is it encouraging
Next is a report on industrial
production. This is measured by
the Federal Reserve Board and is
based upon physical units —
which means price changes do not
have any effect upon the index.
The board now uses 1957 as equal
to 100.
Between July and August there
was no change in the index, and
the September figure also shows
no change. The index now stands
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5-LB. BAG S. R FLOUR — S. R. M. 39c
12-OZ. JAR SMOOTH S. F. PEANUT BUTTER _> for 89c
S. F. ALL GREEN ASPARAGUS — 14' 2-oz. Cans 4 f or SI.OO
S. F. TOMATO JUICE — 46-oi.~C«r“ 3 for 79c
S. F. GRAPE JUICE — 24-oz. Bottle . 1 hr 49«
S. F. SALTINE CRACKERS — IJb Box 2 for 39c
S. F. CATSUP — 14-oz. Bottle 5 for 89c
S. F. MILK — 15' 2-oz. Can B for 98c
S. F. SWEET POTATOES — 23-oz. Can 4 for SI.OO
S. F. CRANBERRY SAUCE — 1-lb. Can 2 for 35c
S. F. MARGARINE — (Quarters) . 7 lbs. for SI.OO
S. F. ORANGE JUICE — Sweet or Natural — 46-01. 3 for 89c
S. F. GOLDEN CORN — Cream Style or Whole Kernel 7 for SI.OO
S. F. SHORTENING — 3-lb. Can ea. 59c
S. F. FRUIT COCKTAIL — 1-lb. Can 5 for SI.OO
S. F. EARLY HARVEST SWEET PEAS 6 for SI.OO
S. F. CLING PEACHES — Halves or Sliced — 2' 2 Can 4 for 89c
S. F. FROZEN ORANGE JUICE — 6-oz. Can 4 for 55c
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at 119. In January. February, and
j March last year the index was;
; 102. That was the bottom of the ,
; recession.
In the stability ot the past three
' months there have been many
j cross currents. It just happens
1 that they have offset each other.
! It is quite possible that the index
for October will show a rise of a
point or two. and it is to be hoped
; that this does happen. Certainly
i the figure cannot continue for
long to reveal such absolute sta-
I bility.
The Federal Reserve Board re
-1 duced required reserves on time
deposits by one percentage point,
lor from 5 percent to
; 4 percent. This will add some
$767 million to the net reserves of
> commercial banks and would give
I them a new lending power of
I close to $5 billion. It is widely be
lieved that this reduction reflects
a belief on the part of Reserve
i authorities that the economy needs
! a monetary stimulant to get off
Thursday, November 8, 1962
the present sideways movement.
Actually, there has been no t
! shortage of credit over all during
the past many months The change
in these reserve requirements,
however, will relieve the concen
tration of net free reserves in
, country banks, and thus give us a
better distribution of lending pow-
I er.
i,
j Schools with a total enroll
ment of more than six million
; are now operating a School
I Savings program for the pur
chase of U. S. Savings Stamps
and Bonds. If yours is not one
of these, you may be missing
, an opportunity to contribute to
thrift education and set an ex
ample in patriotic service to
‘ | the Nation.
According to the Southern
1 1 Pine Association, modern jy
! stems utilize this resiliency in
■ : a series of shock absorbers
f' under the floor.