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WWI Veterans
Maimed May
Get Free Tags
ATLANTA — World War I vet
erans who lost a limb or the use
of a limb or are blind as a result
of wartime service are entitled to
the same free auto li- ^nse tag
granted similarly disabled World
War II and Korean veterans bv
the State of Georgia, Georgia Vet
erans Service Director Pete Whe
eler said this week.
World War II and Korean vete
rans who suffered these specific
disabilities as a result of their
wartime service were granted
sl6o# toward the purchase of
specially built automobiles by the
federal government. The State of
Georgia, in turn, each year grants
special free “HV" license tags for
these automobiles.
Two years ago the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly passed a bill au
thorizing free license tags to vet
erana of World War I who sus-
4'H
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Wherever you see a 4-H Sign denoting the home of a 4-H
Club Member, there you will find a conscientious citizen
— one who has dedicated Head, Heart, Hands, and Health
to Club, Community, and Country. During 4-H Club Week,
March 2-9, we salute these boys and girls, men and
women, who are working together for the betterment of
Americe.
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"Dogwood Culture"
Is TV Subject on
Channel 8-WGTV
Growing South for Thursday,
March 14, will feature Gerald
Smith. Extension horticulturist, in
a program on dogwood culture.
Homeowners and community
planners will be given tips that
should help them produce more
beautiful dogwoods.
Other programs to be featured
on Growing South next week will
include one of interest to “meat
eaters.” On Monday. March 11,
Tom Frazier, economist. College
tamed the same disabilities.
Wheeler said.
Any veteran desiring advice or
assistance on this or any other
veteran benefits should contact the
nearest office of the Georgia De
partment of Veterans Service,
which is located at the Courthouse.
The office manager is Mrs. Dot
Cason.
4-H’ers Urge: 'Belt ’em For Safety’
“Don’t be caught dead sitting on your seat belt,” was the theme
of a safety article by 4-H National Safety Winner Gayle Gillen, 17,
of Sparta, Tennessee.
Gayle was typical among eight national winners of S4OO General
Motors scholarships for outstanding 4-H farm, home and highway
projects. The winners also received all-expense trips to the Na
tional 4-H Club Congress in Chicago.
The “safety-prone” boys and girls pointed out that all new
model cars since 1962 are equipped with front seat belt connec
tions.
Safety authorities estimate that some 5.000 lives would be
saved annually if everyone wore a seat belt. Moreover, traffic
accident injuries could be reduced more than one third.
“Despite increasing purchases of the belts and widely published
information on their effectiveness, many people who have belts
don’t use them,” said Gayle.
“They feel they’re safe just driving to the store,” she added,
“but it has been established that three out of four traffic fatalities
happen within 25 miles of home. Over half of traffic accidents
resulting in either injury or death involve speeds under 40 miles
per hour.”
The national winners were selected from a group of 42 state
safety winners. General Motors, now in its 19th year as safety
awards donor, also gave state winners all-expense trips to the
Club Congress.
The 4-H safety program Is conducted by the Extension Service
of the state agricultural colleges, the United States Department
of Apiculture and the National 4-H Service Committee.
Other national winnera inelude: Leeland Alexander, 17, Okmul
gee, Okla.; Jeanette Arburua, 18, Bakersfield, Cal.; Phyllis Brooks,
18, Auburn, Mass.; Bobby Cofer, 18, Forest, Va.; Jim Lowe, 17,
Morrison, Col.; Sandra Price, 18, SL Francis, Kan. and Jewell
Yordy, 21, Morton, 111.
Their advice for the nation’s motorists:
WHEN YOU GET IN YOUR CAR, FIRST FASTEN
YOUR SEAT BELT. THEN FLIP THE KEY.
of Agriculture, will trace the route
that meat takes from the producer
to the consumer, relating the pro
cesses and services to both produ
cer and consumer prices.
On Tuesday, March 12. Harry
Ukkelberg, horticulturist, Tide Wa
ter Field Station, Fleming, Geor
gia, will show how they are pro
ducing vegetables in Coastal Ber
muda sods. This is somewhat re
volutionary in vegetable produc
tion but shows much promise for
future years.
The Wednesday, forestry series
of programs continues on March
13. featuring Dr. John Boyce,
pathologist, and Dr. Ching Tsao.
Soil, Fertilizer and Water Are
Substitutes for "Green Thumb"
Gerald Smith, Extension Horti
culturist, Floriculture and Nursery
Specialist from the University of
Georgia was guest speaker to an
appreciative audience of Newton
County citizens Wednesday after
noon at the Snapping Shoals E. M.
C. Building.
Mr. Smith stated, “As a Geor
gia home owner, you are probably
growing a variety of flowers,
shrubs, and shade trees in your
yard — sometimes with disappoint
ing results. You don't need a
green thumb to make these plants
grow, but you must pay close at
tention to both soil preparation and
fertilization if satisfactory results
are obtained.
The following pointers were giv
en for better shrubs and flower
growth:
1. Spend more time in soil pre
paration.
a. Dig a large hole.
b. Thoroughly m i x organic
matter into the soil.
2 Fertilize properly.
a. Make frequent light appli
cations instead of one large
application.
b. Soak fertilizer into the soil.
e. Don't apply nitrogen con
taining fertilizer in late
summer or early fall to
shrubs.
3 Water frequently during dry
periods
a. Make deep application in
stead of frequent applica
tions
b. Mulch area underneath
plants to reduce loss of wa
ter.
Another important fact learned
by the audience, was that there
are sixteen known elements that
are required for plant growth. For
discussion, Mr. Smith broke the
elements into three groups
A. Major Elements; Nitrogen,
phospherous and potassium. These
are the elements that are present
when the fertilizer bag says "6-12-
12“ or "8 126". This does not
mean that they play a more im
portant role in plant nutrition
than the other elements, but they
are generally more limiting in the
soil.
B. Secondary Elements: Calcium
magnesium and sulfur — These
elements do not play a secondary
role in plant nutrition, but they
are generally not as limited in the
soil as the major elements.
C. Trace Elements: Iron, man
ganese. copper, borax, zinc, moly
bdenum. and chlorine — These
elements are referred to as trace
elements because they are requir
ed in plants in much smaller
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entomologist. Their subject will
be, "Disease and Insect Problems
of the Forest.”
The “Skills and Bills” programs,
currently seen on Fridays, will
feature Miss Lucile Higginbotham,
Extension health specialist, on
March 15.
Growing South is televised each
weekday evening at 7 o’clock on
WGTV, Channel 8. the University
of Georgia’s educational television.
The program is produced by the
Georgia Center for Continuing Ed
; ucation in cooperation with the
’ College of Agriculture. Ronny
Stephens is host.
amounts than the major or secon
dary elements.
It is important that both fer
tilizers and soil additives as they
relate to the growth of plants, be
understood if one is to obtain good
results.
Plants suffer from deficiency
diseases the same as people do.
Iron deficiency causes yellowing
of the newest foliage in a definite
pattern. Nitrogen deficiency also
causes yellow discoloration. This
usually begins on the lower foliage.
A number of soil conditions can
result in chrolatic symptoms. This
includes too much or too little
water, a soil that is poorly aerated
from compactness or lack of or
ganic matter, PH too high, es
pecially when there is building
mortar debris in the soil, and also
nematode ctemage to the root
system.
"Research work gives us the
answer to our Horticulture prob
lems”, states Sara Groves, New
ton County Extension Agent. If
you wish further information on
growing ornamental plants, you
may call the Newton County Ex
tension Office. 786-2574, either Sara
Groves or Ed Hunt can help you
find the answer to your horticul
ture problems.
A series of four Horticulture
Workshops are planned for New
ton County. The second in t h •
series will be March 13. Land
scaping of Home Grounds, Exten
sion Landscape Specialist in
charge The third is March 20th.
Diseases of Ornamental Plants.
Dr. Wiley Garrett. Extension Plant
I Pathologist in charge, and the
fourth on April 3rd Control of In
sects Attacking Ornamental Plants.
Rodney Coleman, Extension En
tomologist in charge These meet
| ings are open to the public.
Most rural areas cannot pro
vide community fall-out shel
ters. say specialists of the Uni.
of Georgia Extension Service.
If a nuclear attack ever comes
most rural families will need
a home fall-out shelter. They
will also need to provide pro
tection for livestock and live
stock feed.
Planting Cotton
Cotton seed should be plan
ted in a warm, moist soil, say
agronomists of the University
of Georgia Extension Service.
Many farmers, they add, can
avoid costly replanting by pro
per seed treatment and by us
ing recommended planting
practices.
Dr. Irvine Ingram
Comments on Vital
Questions Today
By Dr. Irvine S. Ingram.
President Emeritus West
Georgia College
AS I READ: .
Cuba is a real and serious prob
lem. This Cuban question cannot
be easily resolved. The problem
did not begin with the Bay of Pigs.
It happened by design and long
planning by the Communists. Here
come and go Soviet or Communist
agents to and from middle and
South America, engaged in intri
gue.
Occasionally, a writer will com
ment that our country has bases
near the Soviet or communistic
countries. We do. But these bases
do not have United States civi
lians going about as propaganda
agents and messengers dedicated
to conspiracy. The communistic
government’s first purpose is to
take the world for communism.
With their untiring and continu
ous activity, they seek to implant
their ideas everywhere. Cuba is a
revolutionary training ground for
Latin Americans.
POLITICS OF HOPE: by Arthur
M. Schlesinger, Jr. The author of
this book is a young Harvard pro-
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lessor whose father, now retired,
was a long time professor at Har
vard. The younger professor is an
advisor to the President.
In this book, the young profes
sor treats many subjects, but with
the brightness of an intellectual
and with the characteristics of a
good writer. He is a foe of com
munism as he exposes all facets of
its deceit.
As some reviewer said, the
young professor makes a distinc
tion between the conservative and
liberal in the best sense.
And this reminds me of a story
told last week on the campus of
Birmingham - Southern College in
Birmingham, Alabama. It is that
a conservative pays his bills on
the first of the month but that a
| liberal cannot. Os course, this has
no significance.
The young professor not only re
views some aspects of history, but
he does it with optimism. He is
typical of a group of intellectuals
who surround the President. For
tunately, the ushering in of science
and research has given all a heal
thy respect for the intellectual.
THE AMERICAN MIND, Com
manger. Dr. Commanger is one of
America's greatest historians. His
scholarly treatise makes referen
ce to the learned men of which
! the most outstanding was Wood-
I row Wilson. The editor quotes
Thurman Arnold, which impres
es me: “The wages of pessimism
are futility. The writer has faith
that a new public attitude toward
the ideals of law and economics is
slowly appearing to create an at
mosphere where the fanatical
alignments between opposing po
litical principles may disappear,
and a competent, practical, oppor
tunistic government class may
rise to power.”
A HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN
GEORGIA, Orr. This book is well
and ably done. It is the story of
education in Georgia. All impor
tant statements are carefully doc
umented. It should be read by
every Georgian interested in the
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NATIONAL 4-H CLUB WEEK
MARCH 2-9
"Keep Up Your Good Work"
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history of his state.
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN
GEORGIA, Boogner This book
was written by scholarly Yankee
and covers the period from 1732 to
1858. The author has done exten
sive research in this early history
of education in Georgia. One
should read it along with Miss
Orr’s HISTORY OF EDUCATION
IN GEORGIA. Only during my
own lifetime has substantial sup
port of public education in Geor
gia taken place.
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