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NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
Jan Hitchcock To Attend
Washington, D.C. Course
Miss Jan Mtchcock, Newton
County Senior 4-H Club member,
has been selected to attend the
National 4-H Citizenship Short
Course in Washington, D. C. July
29 - August 6.
Each applicant was selected on
the basis of their leadership and
community service record in 4-H
Club work. Jan is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hitchcock of
Newton County and has been act
ive in 4-H Club work during her
seven years as a club member.
Jan’s main 4-H project is Health,
but she also carries Clothing,
Dairy, Leadership, and Foods
and Nutrition.
The participants in this pro
gram will learn through discus
sions, tours, lectures, and re
creational programs which will
broaden their citizenship aware
ness and leadership training.
This program is sponsored by
the National 4-H Club Foundation
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and while in Washington, 4-HClub
members will stay at the National
4-H Center.
6 Newton Countians
Named To Honors
List At WC College
MILLEDGEVILLE — Thirty
three students at Georgia Col
lege at Milledgeville earned all
A’s in their spring quarter work
and were among 167 students to
attain academic averages high
enough to be placed on the Dean’s
List, Dr. George Christenberry,
dean of the college, announced.
The 33 students to make all
A’s Included Betty Faith Jaynes
of Covington.
Others to be placed on the
Dean’s List for academic ex
cellence Include: Sandra Diane
Allen, Covington; Sherrill Marg-
Attending State 4-H Leadership Camp
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Pictured above from left to right are Newton County 4-H’ers Carol Thomas, Teresa Ison, Jan Hit
chock, and Sandl Ison, who are attending State 4-H Leadership Camp at Camp Wahsega, near Dah
lonega, the week of July 3-7.
Newton Delegates To State 4-H Club Council
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Pictured above from left to right are Bill Marks, Sandl Ison, Mr. Art Hargrove, Brenda Marks, and
Leslie Fuller, shown standing In front of the stage decorations designed and created by Mr. Har
grove State 4-H Chairman, Volunteer 4-H Leaders, for the 34th Annual State 4-H Club Council me
eting ’held at Rock Eagle June 26-28. These four Newton County Senior 4-H’ers attended as official
delegates to this event.
aret Crowell, Porterdale; Linda
Susan Ivy, Covington; Eugenia
Jane Richardson, Covington; and
Lou Anne Tuck, Covington.
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Georgia Power
Gives $3,500
For Fellowship
A $3,500 research fellowship
to the University of Georgia’s
College of Agriculture has been
awarded for the second consec
utive year by the Georgia Power
Company.
C. M, Wallace, Jr., Georgia
Power senior vice president,
presented the fellowship check
to Dr. C. C. Murray, dean of the
College of Agriculture, during a
special luncheon meeting at the
University of Georgia’s Center
for Continuing Education.
The fellowship supports farm
AT AUCTION
10.30 A.M. SATURDAY, JULY 8
65 HEAD OF HORSES
A complete dispersal of registered and grade quarter horses of
the estate of Mr. Richard B. Curtis, to be held at the Curtis
Cattle Company Ranch.
12 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO, GA.
Horses at this sale at the ranch, on Ga. Route 15, represent
one of the finest quarter horse herds In the South ... and now
these outstanding animals will sell to the highest bidder at
public auction! Included are approximately 40 brood mares,
with papers showing such breeding as King P-234, Wimpy P-1,
etc. Two registered mares with colts by side are bred back
to the famous Sir Jag. Sale also Includes two Appaloosas,
yearlings, fillies, stallions and several gentle and well man
nered childrens* riding horses.
SPECIAL FEATURE OF SALE
Offered will be two outstanding mares bred to Jesse James
P-2257, a stud regarded by most authorities to have been the
greatest natural-abilitycutting horse of all time! Stud fees
on these two mares to go at public auction July 8 was SI,OOO
each and both have colts by side.
THIS IS AN ESTATE DISPERSAL
Sale under our big auction tent, with seating provided. Barbecue
cooked on the grounds and served free to all who attend the
sale. All horses in excellent condition and papers available
for transfer to buyers of 35 registered animals. Also selling
bridles, saddles, blankets, other tack. Remember, every
animal sells for the high dollar bid. Call or write today for
brochure, breeding records.
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
electrification research conduct
ed by the University of Georgia’s
agricultural engineering depart
ment, headed by Dr. R. H. Brown.
The funds are being used for
research in solar and radiant
energy that can be applied in
the design of environment-con
trolled housing for poultry and
livestock.
“We are proud, through this
fellowship, to expand our re
search association with Dr. Br
own’s agricultural engineers,’’
Mr. Wallace said.
At the luncheon, Olin Ginn,
manager of Georgia Power's rur
al division, emphasized the need
for maximum use of electricity
In agricultural mechanization.
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Watermelon Day At Atlanta
Market Sunday, July 9th
Watermelon Day, cllmazlng a
week of festivities at the annual
Georgia Watermelon Festival In
Cordele, July 3-8, Is expected to
attract more than 35,000 melon
eating Georgians to the Atlanta
State Farmers’ Market Sunday,
July 9 from 2 to 6 p.m.
According to State Commiss
ioner of Agriculture Phil Camp
bell, it should be the biggest
and best Watermelon Day yet.
Emceeing the festivities will be
Jim Axel on a one-hour WAGA
TV live remote show.
The Watermelon Growers and
Distributors Association is pro
viding an additional incentive to
visitors by offering a free slice
of Georgia watermelon to each
visitor who attends the after
noon’s festivities.
An innovation on the fifth an-
Newton 4-H’ers
Attend Session
Camp Wahsega
Four Newton County 4-H Club
members left Monday, July 3rd
for Camp Wahsega near Dahlon
ega, to attend a week-long Senior
Leadership Camp.
Taking part In leadership acti
vities from July 3-7thwillbe Ca
rol Thomas, Teresa Ison, Sandl
Ison, and Jan Hitchcock. This
camp Is open only to Senior 4-H
Club members 9th grade through
high school, and offers Instruct
ions In Junior Leadership, writ
ing news articles, talk and de
monstrations, exhibits, recreat
ion leadership, as well as allow
ing time for sports and recreat
ion. The delegates are selected
on the basis of their leadership
records.
Art Hargrove, local 4-Hvolun
teer leader, will also take part
on the program by teaching one
of the classes.
The group will return to the
county on Friday, July 7th.
Georgia Corn
Grower Named
'Money Maker’
Dave Harper of southcentral
Georgia was well pleased with his
corn yield last year. In fact,
his yield made him the district
winner in Georgia’s Money Maker
Corn Club.
A report from University of
Georgia credits this corn gro
wer with 138 bushel yield on
150 acres In Berrien County.
Mr. Harper followed the usual
soli preparation and then applied
600 pounds of 5-10-15 fertilizer
per acre followed by 130 pounds
of nitrogen.
Strict weed control and recom
mended fertilization aided Har
per In producing more corn at
less cost, Indicates the report
quoted by National Plant Food
Institute. His cost per bushel
produced was 54 cents.
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nual Watermelon Day agenda will
be a “Beat the Band” contest,
with six contestants chosen from
Georgia’s top rock and roll and
Country-Western bands. Each
entering band will be paid SIOO
for its appearance, with the win
ning group receiving an additional
S3OO bonus. Brooks Clift, Burke
Dowling Adams Advertising Ag
ency director of broadcast, John
Fox, WPLO radio personality,
and “Dr. Don” Rose of WQXI,
will judge the competition.
Another highlight on the pro
gram will be a watermelon eat
ing contest for children ages
5-10. Each child will be judged on
the amount of watermelon he can
eat In a given period of time.
The winning youngster will be
awarded a SIOO C&S Savings
Bond and a new bicycle. Mr.
Plx of WAGA Television will
conduct the contest.
There will also be competition
among watermelon growers to
determine which farmer has gro
wn the state’s largest melon.
Entries must be submitted to
judges between 1:00 and 2:00
p.m. Sunday for weighing and
judging. The contest winner will
receive a SIOO Savings Bond with
second and third places being
awarded SSO and $25 bonds, re
spectively. Previous contests
have produced dozens of melons
weighing over 70 pounds.
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Thursday, July 6, 1967
guests will be the newly-crowned
Georgia Watermelon Queen, to
be selected at the Cordele fes
tival and the National Watermelon
Queen. Elsa Miranda who sky
rocketed to national prominence
as “Chlqulta Banana” will also
make a special guest appearance.
The Atlanta State Farmers’
Market Is located on the Atlanta
South Freeway, at the Forest
Park exit. A Department of
Agriculture facility, the market
is a hub for the sale and pur
chase of produce throughout the
Southeast.
Home Economics
Meeting Schedule
July 6, 2:00, Macedonia, Mrs.
Inez Clark.
July 6, 2:30, Heard Mixon,
Clubhouse.
July 6, 7:30, Town & Country,
City Hall.
July 11, 10:00, Flint Hill, Club
house.
July 11, 7:00, Mansfield, Club
house.
July 11, 2:00, Almon, Club
house.
July 12, 2:30, Pine Grove,
Clubhouse.
July 13, 11:30, Salem, Club
house.