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Thursday, February 1, 1968
NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
Newton Dotes Set For 1968
Commodity Program Signups
Signup dates for farmers in
Newton County who wish to take
part in the 1968 feed grain, whe
at and cotton programs have be
en announced by H. G. Jones,
Chairman, Agricultural Stabili
zation and Conservation County
Committee.
All commodity program sign
ups will be held during the same
period February 5 through March
15. Signup applications indicate
the farmer’s program intentions,
including the extent of his part
icipation in the programs.
Under both the feed grain and
cotton program for 1968, farmers
may earn diversion and pric
support payments as well as
qualify for price-support loans on
their corn and grain sorghum cr
ops; feed grain diversion payme
nts will be available to all prog
am participants in 1968. The wh
eat program provides price- sup-
Why Sap Rises
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What makes sap rise in plants,
even to the tops of tall trees?
Is it pushed or is it pulled?
Walter L. Haldeman of The
Pennsylvania State University
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of why plants’ sap rises from
tneir correspondence course on
Plant Life.
According to the Penn State
course, sap is pulled by a force
exerted at the tops of plants.
As moisture transpires from
leaves, more water is pulled up
the plants’ tubes to replace that
evaporated.
Water moves Inside plants
through the vascular systems,
which are networks of tubes.
The vascular network which car
ries water upward is mostly in
the wood of plants’ stems.
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port loans and marketing certif
icates to bring returns up to fu
ll parity on the part of the wheat
crop allocated fordomesticeuse;
no diversion payment is available
for wheat.
While the signup period for
1968 commodity programs will
extend through 6 weeks, the Cha
irman urged that farmers who
wish to take part in the programs
file their applications as soon as
they decide on 1968 production
plans. “Time has a habit of
getting away from us sometimes
before we know it, so it’s a
good idea not to delay in filing
program intentions,” he said.
Oxford Tapped
4 New Members
For Society
Alpha Epsilon Upsilon, the ho
norary scholastic society of Em
ory University, tapped four new
members at the Oxford college
Assembly, Monday, January 29.
These members are: Jack T.
Bechtel, Jr., Eau Gallie, Flor
ida; Patricia Carol Bishop, Way
cross, Georgia; Edward Ruffin
Hobbs, Jacksonville, Florida; and
William Rawlings, Sandersville,
Georgia.
These students attained an ov
erall quality point average of 3.5
during their first three quarters
in residence at Oxford College.
NEW YORK —Auto thefts in
the United States nearly
doubled in the 10 years from
1956 to 1965, according to the
Insurance Information Insti
tute. The number of cars stolen
rose from 258.900 in 1956 to
more than 486,000 in 1965.
Gov. Maddox Signs Heart Month Proclamation
ATLANTA—Governor Lester Maddox signs the official proclamation making February “Georg ; a Heart
Month” as Gen. Louis W. Truman, 1968 State Heart Fund Chairman and Director of Georgia's Depart
ment of Industry and Trade, and Mrs. Anne Fligg, Director of Field Services for Georgia Heart Asso
ciation, look on.
Ronny Stephens Memorial
Program On WAGA-TV, Sat.
A special program in memory
of Ronny Stephens, for many
years Radio-TV Editor of the
State Extention Service, will be
telecast on WAGA-TV, Channel
5, on Saturday, February 3, at
7;00 a.m. It will take the place
of “The 4-H Hour” which had
been planned for that time.
Dr. Tommy Walton, State 4-H
Club Leader, and Miss Para Lee
Brock, producer of “The 4-H
Hour” will show a favorite pic
ture of Ronny Stephens and pay
their personal tribute to him.
Mrs. Jimmy Cagle, pro
fessionally known as Penelope
Sutton, a student at Berry
College, will sing two soprano
airs from Handel’s Messiah:
“Come Unto Him” and “I Know
that my Redeemer Liveth.” She
will be accompanied by Miss
Mary Louise Haack of the Berry
College faculty.
Dr. R. Paul Crank and Dr.
Harold W. Whiteman will give
Deral Morris
Named Radio-TV
Coordinator
ATLANTA—Commissioner of
Agriculture Phil Campbell an
nounced today the appointment of
Deral Morris as Radio-TV Co
ordinator for the Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Morris, a member of the Na
tional Association of Radio and
TV Farm Directors, was general
manager of WMRE in Monroe,
Ga., for 14 years prior to re
ceiving appointment with the Ag
riculture Department.
A native of Oconee County,
Morris began work in radio in
1952 with the Armed Services
Network while serving in Korea.
He later worked in Covington at
WMOC.
Morris, 39, Is Immediate past
president of the Monroe Rotary
Club, present vice president of
the Rotary Club, past president
of the Monroe Optimist Club,
and is a member of the Ameri
can Legion and the V.F.W.
Morris, his wife the former
Grace Williams, and their three
children live at 418 Woodlawn
Road, Monroe.
medical information about the
hear and stress preventative
heart-disease measures. A dem
onstration on the heart will be
given by Ray Russell, a 14-year
old Henry County 4-H’er who has
given his demonstration before
the Staff of the Georgia Heart
Association. Public information
director Dan Knight of the
Georgia Heart Association will
also appear on the program.
Ronny Stephens, one of the
guiding spirits of “The 4-H
Hour” from its beginning, has
thousands of television and radio
fans and countless friends from
personal appearances throughout
Georgia. His sterling character,
professional ability and warm
personality will long be felt
throughout the state.
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Now that you have closed the
books on 1967, how would you
say your family finances worked
out last year?
Three families answered the
question like this;
Family No. 1 said — “Well,
the main thing Is that we keep
getting hit by expenses that we
aren’t ready for. We started
the year with a big drive to
economize and to putmoreaside.
But the minute we figure we’re
getting out of the woods, some
thing clobbers us. The bigonce
a-year bills—taxes, insurance,
things like that —we have to
‘sweat’ those out every time!
We’ll come out of the year owing
money here and there. But
you might say we’ve been keeping
our heads above water, which Is
about all you can expect these
days.”
Family No. 2 said — “Wecan’t
complain. We set some ambitious
goals at the start of the year,
including a heavy savings sch
edule aimed mostly at building
a college fund. Some months we
just couldn’t spare all we intended
for savings, but other months we
managed to make it. We won’t be
carrying over any big debts into
’6B except the mortgage and we
THE COVINGTON NEWS
FB Presidents’
Conference Set
Today, Friday
County Farm Bureau Presi
dents from throughout Georgia
are slated to attend the Annual
County FB Presidents’ Confer
ence in Macon on February 1-2,
William L. Lanier, GFBF Pres
ident has announced.
Conference registration is
slated at 9 a.m., Thursday, Feb
ruary 1 in the Dempsey Motor
Hotel.
Georgia Farm Bureau Pres
ident William L. Lanier, of Met
ter, will welcome County FB
Presidents, and the delegates wIH
receive Farm Bureau’s Plan of
Action for 1968.
Slated for the agenda is an
nouncement of new service to
member programs, and discus
sion on membership plans for the
year.
Farm Bureau’s group hospital
medical care program operated
through Blue Cross - Blue Shield
is slated for discussion, plus a
presentation of Farm Bureau Wo
men’s Report by Mrs. J. Andy
Rape, State Chairman, from Mc-
Donough.
Legal structure of the County
Farm Bureau Chapter will be
dicussed by A FBF General Coun
sel Allen Lauterback, from Chi
cago. Mr. Lauterback is also
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
of the American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Latest developments in live
stock marketing will also be
discussed. The conference will
end noon, Friday, February 2.
have a bigger reserve than we
had last year.”
Family No. 3 said — “This
has been a good year. Most of
our spending was within limits we
set for ourselves. We did have
some medical bills last spring
that might have thrown everything
out of kilter, but luckily our in
surance saw us through. We
think we managed rather well.”
These three different families
have different finances and
different sentiments but all three
are alike In that they have livable
incomes and could live in reason
able comfort and security pro
vided the money is managed
wisely.
On the surface it appears that
only Family No. 1 has a real
problem. It is easy to see that
Family No. 1 has difficulty be
cause predictable expenses catch
It off guard. This family is aware
of the need for saving for the
future and made an effort through
a crash program. Severe pro
grams won’t work. They result
in the attitude that in these days
one can’t hope to do better.
Family No. 2 has a brighter
report. Some progress was made
toward goals set by them. They
made a plan and the effort helped.
Perhaps their goals were too
high, so the program of saving
for college faltered. They aren’t
downhearted now but repeated
failures could bring discourage
ment.
The rosy report comes from
Family No. 3. They are pretty
smug about their plan which
worked so well in 1967. The dan
ger here lies in thinking they can
use this same plan for 1968.
The moral of these stories Is
that no family can afford to be
without a working plan for hand
ling family money. It need not
be formal or elaborate.
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Pennington Is
Named Director
Agri.-Council
Georgia’s fledgling Agribus
iness Council celebrated its first
birthday last week with progress
reports on a ten-point action
program which could add $250
million a year to agribusiness
income in the state.
Headed by W. A. Sutton, vice
president of the Citizens and Sou
thern National Bank, Atlanta, who
was re-elected president, the
Council now has 100 member
firms. President Sutton said new
members are continuing to join
in increasing numbers.
Henry M. Simons Jr., execu
tive director of the Council, said
two new agribusiness firms will
be located in Georgia during 1968
as a result of the Council’s work
and that several existing plants
have expansion plans.
The Council’s board of direct
ors voted to establish a perio
dic newsletter on agribusiness
development to be sent to those
in the agribusiness field, which
they described as “Georgia’s
largest industry.”
Council officers re-elected, in
addition to Mr. Sutton, were C.
W. Paris, assistant general man
ager, Cotton Producers Assoc
iation, Atlanta, vice president;
W. C. Greenway, executive dir
ector, Sears - Roebuck Founda
tion, Atlanta, vice president; El
mo Hester, editor, the Georgia
Farmer, Atlanta, secretary and
Olin Ginn, manager, rural di
vision, Georgia Power Co., At
lanta, treasurer.
Two directors re-elected for
three year terms were Mr. Pa
ris of CPA and Frank Bailey,
executive vice president, Red
fern Foods, Inc., Atlanta.
Three new directors elected
for three-year terms were Clem
White, vice president, Columbia
Nitrogen Corp., Augusta; Brooks
Pennington, president, Penning
ton Grain and Seed, Madison, and
John T. Phillips, president, LA-
Uiston Implement Co., Albany.
PIERSON JOINS
FB INSURANCE
Jeff Pierson of Culloden,
Georgia has been appointed Dis
trict Sales Manager for the Ge
orgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insur
ance Company according to John
R. Batts, Executive Vice Pres
ident.
Pierson Is well-known In Mon
roe and surrounding counties.
He has been active in his church
and in the civic affairs of his com
munity. He is a member of the
Monroe County Board of Educa
tion. For the past eighteen
months he has represented the
Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance
Company as sales representative
in Monroe and Upson Counties.
In making the announcement
Batts stated, “Mr. Pierson has
done an outstanding job in help
ing Farm Bureau members in
Monroe and Upson Counties to
plan Insurance programs that
meet their needs.
“Farm Bureau members
throughout his district will ben
efit from his ability to person
alize an insurance program to
meet the needs of the individual.”
In his new position Pierson
will be responsible for the re
cruiting and training of sales rep
resentatives for the company in
his district which Is composed
of the following counties: Troup,
Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Meri
wether, Pike, Upson, Lamar,
Taylor, Monroe, Crawford,
Peach, Bibb, Jones, Butts,
Henry, Rockdale, and Newton.
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Adult And 4-H Leaders
Get Awards At Banquet
Adult 4-H Leader Awards for
1-5-10-15 year records were
made at the Newton County 4-H
Awards Program January 22 at
the Ficquett School Cafetorium.
Also, the National 4-H Awards
were presented during the pro
gram.
Adult 4-H Leaders receiving
awards were:
1 Year Certificates: Mrs. Olin
Pickens, Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown
Nevels, Mrs. Ray Brown.
5 Year Certificates & Pins:
Miss Cora Mae Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. James Anderson.
10 Year Certificate and Pin:
Miss Sarah Stone.
15 Year Certificate and Pin:
Mrs. Odessa Washington.
National 4-H Award:
Achievement: Marshall Ginn,
Teresa Ison, Bill Marks, Ru
thella Sawyers.
Agricultural: Leslie Fuller,
Terry Harwell, David Maughon,
Jerry Mclntosh.
Automotive: Mark Davis, Fr
ank Moss.
Beef: Jim Anderson, Leslie
Fuller, George Lazenby.
Bread: Vera Mae English,
Robin Kimble, Vivian Sawyers,
Sherry Shepherd.
Citizenship: Jan Hitchcock,
Jerry Mclntosh.
Clothing: Patricia Brown, Pa
mela Henderson, Cheryle John
son, Freida Taylor.
Conservation: Tommy Curtis,
John Nevels, Reginald Smith, He
nry Stowe.
Dairy: Becky Marks, Ben
Marks, Bill Marks, Brenda Ma
rks.
Dairy Foods: Helen Yvonne
Aiken, Ann Bailey.
POTATO MAGIC
Potatoes offer menu planners
the kind of cooking magic that
can make mealtime fare tasty,
delicious and different.
And I would like to remind
Newton County homemakers that
potatoes are now in good supply
and selling at attractive prices.
The Consumer and Marketing
Service of the United States De
partment of Agriculture has esti
mated this year’s potato crop
at 16 percent above average.
For some people, potatoes are
a staple food—standard to be in
cluded in most menus in the tra
ditional boiled, mashed or baked
style. Most good cooks also know
the kind of menu miracles po
tatoes can perform.
The potato is an entirely us
able vegetable and there is no
need to waste any of it. Just
scrub the jackets and the potat
oes are ready to be cooked.
They yield readily to instant coo
king which modern homemakers
demand.
If you have about 25 to 40
minutes, then cook whole potat
oes in bubbling salted water until
tender. But if you have only half
that time, cut the potatoes into
halves or quarters. If your time
is even shorter, dice or slice the
potatoes and they will be “ser
ving tender” in the time allowed.
Why not give this tasty potato
menu booster a try during the
cold winter months — wieners,
potatoes and sauerkraut.
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Hargrove, Rocky Harper, Becky
Hill, Terrie Scott.
Dress Revue: Diane Goodman,
Doris Nevels.
Electric: Michael Belcher, Di
ane Carnes, Steve Cowan, Mark
Davis.
Entomology: Gaylor Dial, John
Moody, Robert Reed.
Field Crops; Ben Marks.
Foods-Nutrition: Calva Mae
English, Genia Harwell, Ruthella
Sawyers, Kathy Stewart.
Food Preservation: Hattie Ba
ker, Barney Ruth Brown, Patricia
Brown, Susan Hunt.
Forestry: Carol Thomas.
Health: Randy Henderson, Su
zel Riley.
Home Economics: Barney Ruth
Brown, Patricia Clack, Sandi
Ison.
Home Improvement: Doug Ha
rgrove, Joyce Hinton, Wanda Sha
dix, Julie Thomas.
Home Management: Jan Hitch
cock, Angela Smith, Kathy Ste
wart.
Horse: Susan Bowden, Char
les Chesnut, Jane Hamilton.
Horticultural: Margaret Ad
ams, Roger Clemons, Joan Wil
liams.
Leadership: Grady Amerson,
Tommy Curtis, Marshall Ginn,
Teresa Ison.
Photography: Margaret Ad
ams.
Public Speaking: Wayne Glaze,
Sandi Ison.
Safety: Richard Baker, Frank
Moss, Carl Norman, Michael Sy
phoe.
Tractor: Mark Hitchcock.
Veterinary Science: Mark Hi
tchcock.
Home
Economist
Miss Carolyn Joyner
Cook halved potatoes in bubb
ling salted water until just about
tender, add wieners and cook for
seven minutes. Add the sauer
kraut and cook for another five
minutes. Serve this typically
German fare with horseradish
mustard and lots of butter, salt
and pepper for the potatoes.
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BIG STRETCH
Adolescence has been called
the “big stretch” period of life.
Coupled with the increase in size
is the increase in nutritional re
quirements. Unfortunately many
Newton County teenagers are not
fulfilling these accelerated food
needs. Lack of vivaciousness and
less resistance to infections are
among the tell-tale symptoms.
Studies have shown that from
childhood to teenage, the percen
tage of young people with poor
diets increases sharply. Teen
age girls rate as having the poo
rest diet. Teenage boys could
also improve their nutritional
intake. To be more exact, out
of every ten girls, six have poor
diets and out of every ten boys,
four have poor diets. By poor
diets, I mean that they receive
two-third or less of the nutrients
recommended for their age gr
oup.
Some of the health problems of
the later years may be budding
during the teen years. This sh
ould serve as some food for th
ought for parents and teenagers.
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