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NEWS OF AGRICULTURE, FAMILY LIVING AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES IN NEWTON COUNTY
Local Fishermen Land Rainbow Trout
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COVINGTON FISHERMEN landed this string of rainbow trout
last Wednesday on Rock Creek near Blairsville in the North Ge
orgia mountains. The fish dressed out at 29 pounds. Shown from
left to right: Grady Hubbard (standing), Joe Wilson, Lewis Ma
son , Kent Anglin, Sunny Harmon, R, A. Holifield, Buddy Daniel
and Johnny Presley.
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Anthony Malcolm
Receives Homelite
Scholarship
At the Annual Banquet of the
University of Georgia School of
Forest Resources, Anthony Mal
colm received a scholarship for
his senior year at the university.
The scholarship was presented to
Anthony by the Atlanta Division
of the Homelite Corporation,
manufacturers of chain saws and
other forestry equipment.
Anthony was also recognized
as being in the top five percent
of his class atthe Annual Honor’s
Day Program of the University
on May 15. The following day at
the Air Force Honor’s Day Pro
gram, Anthony received the Am
erican Legion Silver Scholastic
Medal. He Is presently a junior
at the University of Georgia.
'Medicare Handbook’
Lists New Changes
Within the coming weeks, older
people In this area will be receiv
ing a new copy of "Your Medicare
Handbook,” a new up-to-date
guidebook on their Medicare ben
efits, how the program works,
and how payments are made.
Edward M. Womack, Decatur
social security district manager,
said the new Handbook highlights
the changes enacted in the 1967
social security amendments, im
proving protection and simplify
ing Medicare procedures. It has
also been made easier for older
people to read and understand.
In developing the new edition
of "Your Medicare Handbook,”
Womack said, the SSA sought the
suggestions of elderly readers as
well as experts In the field of
communications and representa
tives of professional organiza
tions.
Delivery of the new red, white,
and blue edition to the 19.6 mil
lion Americans 65 and over will
be cycled over the next 6 weeks,
Womack said.
In an Introductory letter on the
inside front cover of the new
Handbook, Robert M. BaU, Com
missioner of Social Security, re
minds older people: "If you need
further Information or want help
concerning your Medicare pro
tection or anyother social secur
ity matters, please get in touch
with your social security office.
The people there are always glad
to help you.”
The social security office
serving this area is located at
755 Columbia Drive, Decatur.
The office is open from 8:30
a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Monday
through Friday and until 7:30
p. m. on Tuesdays.
Dog Inoculation
At Oxford June 5
The Oxford Mayor and Coun
cil has announced that a dog
inoculation will be held at the
Town Hall, Wednesday, June 5,
1968 between the hours of 2 and
4 p.m. A veterinarian will be
present to inoculate dogs a
gainst rabies.
All dogs in Oxford must be in
oculated each year and wear
a certified tag.
Any dog caught without a tag
will be disposed of,. Town of
ficials have announced.
Atlanta Bus
Service To
St. Mountain
Stone Mountain Park is as close
as the nearest bus. Effective Ap
ril 19th, the Atlanta Transit Com
pany will make dally scheduled
runs to the 4,000 acre historical
recreational park, located in De-
Kalb County. Leave from down
town or transfer to the Stone
Mountain bus from any Atlanta
Transit bus. Monday through
Friday buses will leave down
town (Prior and Alabama) every
thirty minutes beginning at 9:41
a. m.-last bus leaving at 3:23
p. m.
On Saturday the buses will
leave every thirty minutes from
9:30 a. m. until 5:30 p. m. On
Sunday buses will leave Marie
tta and Broad Streets every hour,
from 9:26 a. m. until 5:26 p. m.
The schedule from Stone Moun
tain to downtown Atlanta is as
foUows: Monday through Friday
buses will leave Memorial Hall
every thirty minutes from 10:41
a. m. until 4:20 p. m. Saturdays
every thirty minutes from 10:30
a. m. until 6:30 p. m.
On Sunday buses will leave ev
ery hour from 10:31 a. m. until
6:31 p. m. "Die fare is 40 cents
from downtown to Stone Mountain
Park.
Palmer Stone 4-H Officers
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N E W LY—ELECTED Cloverleaf 4-H officers for 1968-69 at Pal
mer-Stone School pictured above (left to right): Donna Davis,
Parliamentarian; Vickie Meador, Sec.-Treas: Marsha Waddleton,
Girls Vice- President; back row: Clarke Whitsett, President; Dale
Garner, Reporter; Steve Day, Boys Vice-President.
JUST FOR YOU
Have you ever wondered where
you could get professional in
formation on problems in home
management, clothing, nutrition,
housing and home furnishings and
art? Just give me a call or
visit my office. That is one
of the reasons lam here. These
services are offered without
charge for interested homemak
ers.
My office is located in the
Courthouse and my telephone
number is 786-2574. In addi
tion, I would like to invite in
terested homemakers to attend
our county-wide home economics
meetings and special interest
classes. Give me a call or
write for the exact time and
place of these meetings.
Leader training programs are
also available through my office
to any organization desiring help
in presenting home economics
programs.
Another way in which my office
provides Newton County home
makers with information is
through our Extension Service
Home Economics Newsletter. We
mail this monthly newsletter to
any homemaker wishing to re
ceive it. It contains up-to-date
ho me making information based
on research. If you are not
now receiving our newsletter,
call my office and have your
name placed on the mailing list.
As your County Extension
Home Economist, I am jointly
employed by the Newton County
Board of Education, Newton
County Commissioners, the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service, and the Unit
ed States Department of Agri
culture.
Why not drop in to see me
the next time you are in town?
I have some interesting informa
tion which might make your
homemaking chores easier.
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FAMILY AFFAIR
Have you noticed how much
warmer the days are getting?
Sorta makes you want to work
in the yard and enjoy the out
of doors, doesn’t it? You know,
this is also a good time to
make certain your home and
yards are ready for spring and
summer use. Now is a good
time to make a “family affair’’
of the needed clean-up and
fix-up chores around your home.
Did you know disorder ranks
second only to poor judgement
as the cause of accidents? An
accumulation of trash is often
the reason for disorder. Take
a minute and consider this check
list for home hazards. If you
find any of these at your home,
now is a good time to correct
the situation.
Inspect steps, stairs and hand
rails. Repair those which are
in poor condition. Replace un
safe ladders. Avoid foot in
juries by removing nails from
loose boards, picking up broken
glass, loose wire and other po
tentially dangerous items.
If you plan to paint a room.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Home
Economist
Miss Carolyn Joyner
do make certain the room is
well-ventilated. Place oily rags
in a tight-fitting can in a cool
place, store insecticides and
chemicals out of the reach of
children. Don’t store volatile
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Voting On Cotton Allotment Transfers
Cotton growers in Newton
County were reminded today that
the period extending through May
17 is the time for voting on whe
ther a cotton farmer may sell or
lease his farm’s 1969 cotton all
otment outside the county (but
within the State). A "yes” vote
by at least two-thirds of the
county’s cotton farmers who vote
in the referendum will permit
such transfers for 1969.
H. G. Jones, Chairman, Agri-
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Covington temperatures dur
ing the past week, according to
local Weatherman Jack Chapman,
were as follows:
High Low
Wed., May 15th 76 62
Thur., May 16th 82 63
Fri., May 17th 79 63
Sat., May 18th 79 64
Sun., May 19th 77 61
Mon., May 20th 75 45
Tues., May 21st 71 48
Week’s rainfall 1.98 inches.
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NEWLY-ELECTED Junior 4-H Club officers for 1968-69 at Pal
mer-Stone School. L to R; Sandra Barnes, Sec.-Treas.; Carol
Tribble, Parliamentarian; Vickie Maughon, Girls Vice-President;
Back row, Curtis Elder, President; Mark Waddleton, Boys Vice-
President; and Randy Kimble, Reporter.
fuels like kerosene, gasoline,
cleaning fluids and paints in the
house.
Remove paper, rags and rub
bish from closets, attics, base
ments and other areas. Inspect
and clean furnace, stove, heater
and chimney.
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation County Committee, ex
plains that a grower is eligible
to vote in the referendum if he
produced upland cotton in the
county. Ballots have been mailed
to all known cotton producers,
and any cotton producer who did
not receive one by mail is urged
to get in touch immediately with
the ASCS county office. The bal
lot may be mailed in or brought
to the county office at any time
within the voting period, but the
Chairman emphasized that the
ballot must be in the county office
by the close of business --or
it must be postmarked by mid
night — on May 17 and it must
arrive at the county office be
fore ballots are counted on May
22.
The vote will not affect the
transfer of upland cotton allot
ments by sale or lease from one
farm to another within the same
county, and it will not affect
transfer across county lines
(within the same State) from one
farm to another owned or con
trolled by the same person as
provided by regulations. Both
of these kinds of transfers are
already provided by law.
The Chairman pointed out that
similar referendums have been
A TIME FOR INITIATIVE
SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK
May 19th to May 26th
“TO EACH AMONG US - A SHARE”
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Fertile Soil and an Abundance of Water Are Necessary for Our
Existence. Each Shares the Blessings and Responsibilities.
PATRICK FEED COMPANY
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Thursday, May 23, 1968
conducted during the past 3 years,
and growers in 95 counties thr
oughout the Cotton Belt have al
ready approved such transfers
for the 1969 crop. The first
such vote conducted, however —
in 1965 — covered only the
1966-68 crops, so the vote this
year will be held in all counties
where such transfers have not
previously been approved for
1969, including those where
transfers were approved in the
1965 vote.
If more than a third of the
growers voting in the referen
dum vote "no”, sales and leases
of cotton allotments outside the
county may not be made for the
1969 upland cotton crop.
Farm Bureau Essay
Contest Now Open
Georgia teenagers may win for
themselves and parents a weeks
vacation and SIOO in spending
money by competing in a state
wide essay contest on "Dairy
Products and You”, the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation an
nounced today.
William L. Lanier, President
of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation, from Metter, and
Mrs. J. Andy Rape, Chairman of
Georgia Farm Bureau Women
from McDonough, said today that
the federation was sponsoring the
program to help teenagers rea
lize the value of adequate nu
trition and eating habits and the
value of dairy products in such
a personal program.
The state essay winner will
receive a weeks’ vacation for
himself or herself along with
their parents to Callaway Gar
dens - the vacation facilities be
ing provided by Callaway Gar
dens, and the SIOO to provide
meals and other incidentals
through courtesy of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
Company.
The contest is open to any
junior or senior boy or girl in
Georgia. The program is part
of the Farm Bureau June Dairy
Month program.
Participants may obtain de
tails on the essay contest from
the County Farm Bureau Chap
ter. All entries for state com
petition must be submitted
through the county Farm Bureau.
Only the county winning essay
should be submitted for state
competition.
County winning essays should
be submitted for state competi
tion by June 15, 1968.