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Gov. Sanders Proclaims National 4-H Week
Whereas: Georgia's 158,556 4-h members are observing National 4-H
Week, September 24-October 1, 1966; and
Whereas: The purpose of 4-H work is to give equal training to the
Head, Heart, Hands and Health of Georgia young people
and to help prepare them to be better leaders and citizens
who will fit into the society where their life's work may
take them; and
Whereas: 4-H work is a part of the educational program of the Uni-
versity of Georgia College of Agriculture, Cooperative
Extension Service, and is supervised on the local level
by County Extension Agents along with the help of 16,000
local "volunteer 4-H leaders who are outstanding men and
women in the local community; and
Whereas: Georgia 4-H members, working with over 528,609 educa-
tional learn-by-doing projects, apply the latest research
and scientific information to their work, keeping records,
arranging exhibits and giving demonstrations to pass this
information to others; and
Whereas: The leadership and citizenship training which 4-H members
receive in this program is a valuable asset to our
Democratic way of life; now
Therefore: I, Carl E. Sanders, Governor of Georgia, do hereby pro-
claim September 24-October 1, 1966, as "National 4-H
Week" in Georgia, and urge all of our people to support
and encourage the work of this organization which has as
its motto, "To Make The Best Better."
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Seal of the Executive
♦ Department to be affixed. This 12th day of
September, 1966.
/s/ Carl E. Sanders
Governor
Are Hardwoods Taking
Over Georgia Pines?
Georgia is losing more than
50,000 acres of pine land each
year to low-grade hardwoods,
a Cooperative Extension Service
forester declared this week.
And George D. Walker, of the
University of Georgia, said the
major cause is overthinning in
pine stands.
Heavy cutting, he explained,
results In large open areas, and
these areas are often taken over
by undesirable hardwoods.
Mr. Walker believes Increased
use of heavy equipment in timber
harvesting will contribute to the
trend toward heavier cuts. “This
may reduce harvesting costs,” he
said, “but it may also leave the
pine land too poorly stocked for
good profits in the future.”
Oil Paintings
Given To Tech
ATLANTA—Mrs. Hazard
Reeves of Tuxedo Park, New
York, has recently given three
oil paintings of the Aaron Burr
family to the Georgia Institute
of Technology.
A painting by Gilbert Stewart
of Aaron Burr in the collection
is believed to be one of the few
originals in Georgia by that
artist.
Peter Burr, Aaron’s uncle,
was painted by Johathan Black
burn in 1774 and a portrait of
Sally Burr, by John Vanderlyn,
is thought to have been done dur
ing the same period.
Mrs. Reeves is a direct des
cendent of the Burr family.
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Business Forms, Office Supplies, and so on solicits your
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and do business in your community?
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causes, churches, community drives, and charitable purposes
in your Community?
Does his firm give newspaper space every week free to
churches, schools, civic organizations, Boy and Girl Scouts,
4-H, FFA, and FHA, Woman’s Club, Rotary and other clubs
in your Community?
Does his firm publish frequently articles showing the ad
vantages of trading with home merchants and businessmen in
building up your Community?
Does he grant you every favor that you would reasonably
expect from your home newspaper in publication of news
items concerning you and members of your family?
Is he reliable and can the quality of his merchandise
stand inspection ?
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
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The Extension forester said
overthlnnlng and the resultant
hardwood problem Is especially
acute In middle and north
Georgia. He pointed out that
pine stands In these areas us
ually have an abundance of small
hardwoods and shrubs.
These low-value trees can to
lerate more shade than the pines,
Mr. Walker continued. "Over
thinning the pines opens up the
crown cover and allows sunlight
to fall on the small competitors.
The additional sunlight causes
them to put on a surge of growth.”
As a consequence, hardwoods
may become a major problem at
final harvest time, and costly
hardwood control or site pre
paration will be necessary to
reeestablish pines on the area,
according to Mr. Walker.
The best jbj.oi, t ? s'il s
to prevent ihe growth of low
grade hardwoods by keeping the
land well stocked with pines.
Mr. Walker said thinnings can
be made to maintain good growth
rates of the pines without un
duly opening up the stand for
hardwood competition. He added
that a good selective marking will
help insure these results, and re
commended that each tree to be
removed in a thinning be marked.
Private, Industry, and public fo
resters are available for this
work, according to him.
Highway transportation ac
counts for one of every six bus
inesses and one of every seven
jobs in the United States, where
more is spent on roads than in
all the rest of the free world.
My 4-H Story
By Walter Eller
My 4-H story begins while I
lived in Virginia. I was 12 years
old then. At this time we had
just moved out of a big city
into a rural farm community
where I first got Interested in
the 4-H Club. This was in 1960.
In 1961, I went to my first 4-H
camp. By this time I wanted to
learn all I could about the 4-H
program and 4-H club work.
In 1962 I entered a workbook
on Electricity and was asked to
go to the 4-H Electric Congress
in Richmond, Virginia that year.
While there I learned more about
the 4-H clubs and made many
friends.
In 1963 due to a forestry pro
ject I took, I was Invited to go to
a 4-H Conservation Camp at Vir
ginia Beach, Virginia. At this
camp I learned more about soil
and water conservation and wild
life. These things were very in
teresting and have been helpful
to me since then.
In 1964 I had the privilege of
being a junior leader at junior
4-H camp and to help younger
4-H’ers. Also in this same year
I was invited to join the 4-H
Honor Club, which is a club made
up of 4-H’ers fourteen years of
age or older who have completed
two or more years of outstanding
service in 4-H.
In 1965 I moved to Georgia
and joined the Newton High School
4-H Club. I have found that in the
different states there are many
differences in the way they work.
While in the 4-H club I have
held the offices of Vice-President
and Secretary-Treasurer.
GI Has Home
Loan Payment
Responsibility
Georgia veterans who have
received GI loans for the pur
chase of homes were reminded
today that they remain personally
liable on their note and mortgage
when they sell their homes if
the new buyer merely continues
the payments on the GI loan,
but defaults later.
A. W. Tate, Manager of the
Veterans Administration Geor
gia Regional Office, advised vet
erans that liability continues un
til the loan is paid in full or
until veterans are personally re
leased by the VA on the oblig
ation.
"The VA has guaranteed and
approved many home loans in the
area under our jurisdiction,”
Mr. Tate said. "We have ex
perienced cases where veterans
have sold their properties and
were led to believe they had no
further responsibility for the
mortgage debt.”
He warned veterans who may
be behind In their payments due
on GI loans to be very careful
before agreeing to offers by str
angers to make up their back
payments if the veterans will
sign sales contracts.
Mr. Tate said that if such a
proposition is made, veterans
should ask the holder of their
mortgages or the Loan Guaranty
Division of the VA Regional Of
fice for advice on the validity
of the offer. If the VA clears
the purchaser, the veteran can
be given a written release from
Liability.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
4-H Club Members Are
Busy During THE Week
By Judy Peterson
President
Newton Co. High School
4-H Club
The Newton High 4-H Club
plans to make this year of club
work remembered. This week,
being National 4-H Club Week,
the club members are giving the
devotlonals each morning. Bull
etin boards have been put up in
the library and halls to announce
4-H Club Week. The faculty was
presented apples to salute their
fine work for this school year.
“To Make The Best Better’’
is what each 4-H’er is striving
for this year at Newton County
High School.
I am proud to say that I am
a 4-H’er. And lam proud of
the various skills I have ac
quired through 4-H Club work:
from square dancing to kneading
yeast bread dough.
Living eleven of my seventeen
years in Connecticut, 4-H has
become synonomous with Geor
gia- -a fact which makes me ap
preciate this state. I cannot say
that my 4-H experience only in
cludes skills that I have deve
loped; my fondest and favorite
thoughts about 4-H concern the
wonderful people I have met at
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Forestry Camp, State Council,
and Leadership Camp. I realize
that if I had never become a part
of 4-H, I would be an entirely
different person from the one
that I am today.
New ideas and greater con
fidence stem from my efforts
in 4-H Club work. This year I
am serving as President of the
Newton High 4-H Club.
In my plans for the future,
I do not intend to forget 4-H;
I want to spread the joy of 4-H
too, by becoming a 4-H Leader
someday.
§ 'Paitenclate |
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Sincere sympathy is extended
to the family of Mrs. Bice(Moena)
Brownlee, who passed away on
Sunday, September 25, following
a brief illness.
** ♦ *
Miss Theresa Few has been
seriously ill at the Newton Coun
ty Hospital since Thursday, Sept
ember 22.
** * *
Tom Laster returned home on
Thursday, September 22, from the
Newton County Hospital where he
had undergone surgery.
** * *
Sincere sympathy is extended
to the family of Mrs. Walt Maloy,
who passed away on Wednesday,
September 21, after a long ill
ness.
♦* * *
Miss Alice Riddle and her mot
her have moved into the Teacher
age in Porterdale while Miss
Riddle teaches Social Studies in
the seventh and eighth grades at
Porterdale School.
♦♦ * *
Mrs. Henry Dennis is recu
perating at her home after an
illness at the Newton County
Hospital.
** * *
Mrs. Nora Jeffries continues to
recuperate from recent illness
which hospitalized her at the
Newton County Hospital.
** * *
Jack Gates of Chicago, Illi
nois has vacationed for the past
two weeks with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Gates.
** * *
Charles Sears of Fort Benn
ing, Georgia is spending a leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Sears, prior to a new
assignment at Fort Ord., Cali
fornia.
** * *
Porterdale friends of Mrs. L.
H. Smith will regret that she
has been a patient at the Cand-
Thursday, September 29, 1966
ler Central Hospital in Savannah,
Georgia with complications fol
lowing eye surgery.
** * *
Mrs. Elon Jeffries has been
a patient at the Newton County
Hospital and is being wished an
early recovery.
** * *
Little Felicia Farr of Ma
rietta, is the guest of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Laster, while her mother is a
patient at the Martin Army Hos
pital in Fort Benning, Georgia.
Tech Space Sciences
Center A Reality
ATLANTA—Under construct
ion at Georgia Tech is the first
of three buildings in a new space
sciences center. The new build
ings will house the department
of Aerospace Engineering, the
school from which Astronaut John
Young graduated.
Nuclear Reactor
At Georgia Tech
ATLANTA—One of the few
nuclear reactors on college cam
puses is located at Georgia Tech.
It is powered by 19 fuel ele
ments.
The reactor “went critical”
(became operational) December
31, 1964, after nine years of
planning and construction were
completed.