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April Programs
On Growing South
Offer Variety
Area development, insects on
shrubbery, peanuts on the
menu, or findings for use on
troublesome fabrics —take your
choice of these Growing South
programs to be shown the first
week in April on WGTV,
Channel 8.
Monday's program will fea
ture D. L. Branyon, Extension
agronomist, who will show
some of the history and deve
lopment of the Tennessee Val
ley. He will also explain how
the program of the Tennessee
Valley Authority is boosting
progress in Georgia’s agricul
ture.
The program for Tuesday,
April 2. will be devoted to
questions in the horticultural
field. An entomologist, a path
ologist, and a horticulturist will
answer questions that have
been received from viewers.
Dr. H. H. Tippins, entomo
logist at the Georgia Experi
ment Station. Griffin, will
present the program on Wed
nesday, April 3. Dr. Tippins
will show how to identify scale
insects that attack ornamental
plants, and will demonstrate
how to control them.
Peanuts will take the spot
light on Thursday, April 4.
when Miss Sarah Robertson
from the Georgia Experiment
Station at Griffin will demon
strate ways peanuts can be
used on the family menu. Miss
Peggy Ott, Extension clothing
-specialist, will present the
program Friday, April 5. Find
ings that are used in sewing
will be featured, along with
Suggested ways of using them.
- Growing South is televised
each weekday evening at 7
o’clock on WGTV, Channel 8,
the University of Georgia’s
educational television station.
The program is produced by
the Georgia Center for Con
iinuing Education in coopera
tion with the College of Agri
culture. Ronny Stephens is
host.
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THE R. L. COUSINS BAND, along with two other highly rated bands
in the state, has been selected to play at The Georgia Teachers and Edu-
GIRL
SCOUT
NEWS
TROOP 774
PORTERDALE — Brownies
of Troop No. 774 met in their
clubroom at ten o’clock on
Saturday morning, March 23.
Gail Moon called the meeting
to order. Susan Crowell called
the roll. Dianne Shaw collected
dues.
The girls helped Miss Mae
Hardman, their leader, pack
kits to be used for the Educa
tion Funds Crusade of the
American Cancer Society dur
ing the month of April.
Cookies, Pepsis were the re
freshments which were pre
pared by the committee ap
pointed. Assignments for the
next meeting were made. When
the room was cleaned, every
one joined in the Brownie
Smile Song and repeated the
Promise.
The group was dismissed
with the Brownie Good-bye
Song.
Os every S2O Americans
spend on groceries, $1.50 to
$2.00 goes for packaging, the
USDA says.
First Grade
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and explain registration proce
dures. Please have the follow
ing information available:
Child’s Name, Telephone, St
reet Number, Birthplace, Bir
thdate, Father’s Name and Oc
cupation, Mother’s Name and
Occupation, Names and Birth
dates of all Children under 16
years of age, Family Doctor,
and the Child’s Birth Certifi
cate. We will not keep the
certificate. A properly certified
copy or statement that it is on
record will be accepted. The
pupil does not need a medical
record until next Fall.
Parents will be given a
blank form for this at regist
ration time. Each child must be
six years of age before or on
December 1, 1963. After regist
ration, parents will want to
visit all four first grade rooms
with their prospective first
grader. Please plan to eat sup
per between 5:00 and 7:30 p.
m. Tickets available as above.
A jet-propelled flying belt
made of steel tubing is being
tested. It is to be worn by as
tronauts, enabling them to
move about in space so as to
make outside repairs to their
space vehicles.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
cation Association Convention this year in Alania, Georgia, at 8:00 P. M.
in the Municipal Auditorium on April 4, 1963.
News Notes From
Stansfield
By Mrs. J. D. Wyatt
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Hays last week were Mrs.
W. N. Reagin and Larry and
Mrs. J. J. Dixon of Atlanta.
Mrs. Mattie India Sigman
spent one day recently with
Mr. and Mrs. Idus Harwell and
children of Conyers.
Recent visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Goodrich were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Brantley of At
lanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph John
ston and children spent the
weekend at Lazy Acres.
Mr. and Mrs. Zilmon Peters
were visitors of Mr. Howard
Hays, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Hays
and E. L. Hays spent one day
recently on a business trip to
Swainsboro, also they visited
the Ross Hays family in Wrens.
Hannah Wyatt and Dianne
Carson spent part of their
Spring Holidays with Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Jowers in Atlanta
on Thursday. Hannah accom
panied Mr. and Mrs. Jowers on
a weekend trip to Cairo.
News is short this week,
please make it better next week
by calling items to 786-6651.
Miss Hardman
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more adults to have an annual
health checkup as a precaution
against possible death from
cancer. The fund-raising aspect
will supply needed funds for
research, education and service
programs.
Miss Hardman appealed for
a record number of volunteers
to join the Crusade so that the
fight against cancer can be
stepped up. He urged volun
teers to call her at 786-2826.
"If we all work together,”
she said, “I am sure we can
make the 1963 Crusade a re
cord one in lives saved and in
the funds that are urgently
needed for research.”
PROCLAMATION
CANCER MONTH
WHEREAS: The month of
April 1963. is designated as
Cancer Month; and
WHEREAS: The health and
welfare of the citizens of our
city is of utmost importance;
and
WHEREAS: A medical
check-up requires only a min
imum amount of time compared
to the years of time it might
save for an individual con
fronted with Cancer in its
early stages; and
WHEREAS: A donation from
each of our citizens would en
able “The Newton County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross” to make a worthwhile
contribution to the AMERI
CAN CANCER SOCIETY for
further educational and re
search programs; and
WHEREAS; Under this pro
gram, funds are available to
Cancer patients in our city and
county who are unable to pay
for their own drugs and for
their transportation to obtain
the proper medical care; now
THEREFORE: I, N S. Turn
er, Mayor, City of Covington,
Georgia, do hereby proclaim
the month of April 1963, as
CANCER MONTH, and ask sin
cerely that you "support your
Cancer Fund with a check and
a check-up".
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I
have hereunto set my hand.
This 25th day of March, 1963.
N. S. TURNER.
MAYOR
CITY OF COVINGTON
During the first 11 months
of 1962, aggregate payroll for
hourly and salaried employees
of the steel industry was a rec
ord $3.6 billion, according to the
American Iron and Steel Insti
tute. This was up some SI 00,-
000 over the comparable period
for 1961. Steel profits declined
Tax Return
NOTICE
STATE AND COUNTY TAX
BOOKS NOW OPEN.
Please Make Your Returns Promptly.
Close April 1
HUGH STEELE
Tax Receiver
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1962.
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Thursday, March 28, 1963
KNOW YOUR AMERICA—The 50 states
of the United State*; cover an area of
5,625.000 square miles. Alaska is the larg
est in area and Texas is second in size.
Texas alone is larger than France, and
Alaska is twice as big as Texas. (ANF)