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Safely Trimmed Trees-
A Sign Os Good Will
' For this holiday season, turn
' good Intent Into good will with
- safely trimmed Christmas trees.
• Christmas fires that bring sor
row instead of joy for too many
• families can be avoided. The
Newton County Health Depart
ment and the National Safety
Council urge that common sense
reminders be as basic a part
of Christmas preparations as the
decorations treasured from year
, to year.
1. Keep your tree In a con
tainer of water. Make a fresh
saw cut at an angle across the
trunk base before setting It up.
11115 will help the tree to ab
sorb the water and not dry out
_ so quickly.
2. Place tree away from so
. urces of heat such as radiator,
fireplace, and candles.
3. Use nonflammable decor
ations made only of metal, glass,
mica, or flake asbestos. Never
place on or around the tree cot
ton or paper which has not been
treated for fire resistance.
4. Do not smoke while trim
ming or dismantling the tree.
And, of course, don’t smoke
near a decorated tree.
5. Use only UL (Uhderwrit
; ers’ Laboratory)approved wiring
and lights. Check them care
: fully each season BEFORE str
inging on the tree for frayed
: cords, broken sockets, and lo-
Georgia Peach Marketing
Agreement Referendum Set
ATLANTA-Georgia peach gro
wers will be voting the next few
Edays on a referendum on whether
they wish to continue the federal
marketing agreement and other
-program which regulated the in
terstate shipment of peaches gr
:own in Georgia.
• December 7 to 15, inclusive,
was designated by the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture’s Con
sumer and Marketing Service as
S.P.
Trademark of
STEELE-PRESCOTT AGENCY
Symbolizes
Service • Protection
When Thinking of INSURANCE
Call or Visit
STEELE-PRESCOTT AGENCY
14 W. SQUARE
For Better Service
Phone Our New Number 786-9213
PersonaI INSURANCE Busine s s
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ALL KINDS OF RIN6S AVATCH
BULOVA and ELGIN
AND MANY OTHERS
electric razors
JEWELRY OF ALL KINDS RADIOS OF ALL KINDS
GIFTS TO MAKE CAMERAS
SANTA HAPPY PIERCED EAR RINGS
FLETCHER’S JEWELRY CO.
14 SOUTH SQUARE PHONE 786-2955 COVINGTON, GEORGIA
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ose connections. NEVER use
candles on a tree.
6. Avoid the possibility of
short circuit by checking metal
tinsel to see that it does not
touch light sockets.
7. Always turn out lights when
no one is to be in the room.
8. Remove tree from the ho
use immediately when it begins
to dry out (when needles start
dropping).
9. NEVER use electric lights
on a metal Christmas tree. For
If the wiring were faulty, the
tree could electrocute anyone
touching It. Instead, use one of
the colored revolving spotlights.
10. In case of fire, call the
fire department at once.
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“Coffee, tea or milk?”
the voting period. Ballots to be
effective must be postmarked
not later than December 15.
Provisions of the marketing
agreement, originally effective
April 27, 1942, require a re
ferendum of this kind every two
years.
Georgia growers have been
mailed blank ballots by M. F.
Miller, field representative of the
Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice, Fruit and Vegetable Div
ision, P. O. Box 9, Lakeland,
Fla. 33802. Any grower who
failed to receive a ballot may
obtain one from the office of
his county agent, or from Mil
ler’s office. Growers engaged
in the production of Georgia
peaches for market In 1968 are
eligible to vote In the referen
dum.
Auxiliaries Contribute To Cousins Band
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AUXILIARIES CONTRIBUTE to R. L. Cousins Band. From left to right are; David Banks, President of
the Springhill Sportsman Club ($91.20); Mrs. Shirley Benton, President of The Silver Stars Club ($50.00^
Mrs. Annie Nora Thomas, The Golden Star Club ($100.00); Mrs. Mary Benton, The High Light Club
(sloo,ooo^ Miss Rubye Grier, Hie Star Lighter Club ($91.20). Mrs. Essie Kate Heard, (picture not
shown) President of The Rainbow Club ($50.00); presenting checks to Mrs. Mary Baker, President of
the R. L. Cousins Band Booster Club. The money is to be used to defray the cost of the band uniforms.
The cost of one of these uniforms is $91.20 and the remittance for them is to be by December 1, 1968.
The R. L. Cousins Band Booster Club is very elated over the contributions made by these organizations.
ARMED FORCES NEWS
Frederic Reynolds
FT. BENNING, GA. (AHTNC) -
Fredrlc C. Reynolds, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Rey
nolds, Route 1, Covington, Ga.,
was promoted to Army private
pay grade E-2 upon completion
of basic combat training Nov. 22
at Ft. Benning, Ga.
The promotion was awarded
two months earlier than is cus
tomary under an Army policy
providing incentive for outstand
ing trainees. The promotion was
based on his scores attained dur
ing range firing, high score on the
physical combat proficiency test,
military bearing and leadership
potential.
ARMED FORCES
ADDRESSES:
Sp-4 Wayne C. Hinton
US 53454304
67th Transportation Co.
APO N. Y. 09069
Sp-4 Thomas L. Parham
US 53454300
527th Personnel Service Co.
APO S. F. Calif. 96238
Mike H. Lott
LAKEHURST, N. J. (AHTNC) -
Michael H. Lott, 26, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall H. Lott, 4167
Legion Drive, Covington, Ga.,
was promoted to Army Captain
during ceremonies at the U, S.
Army Strategic Communication
Command’s Satellite Communi
cations Station, Lakehurst, N. J.,
November 18.
Capt. Lott, operations officer
for the station, entered the Army
in January 1966 and was last sta
tioned with the 596th Signal Com
pany In Vietnam.
A 1960 graduate of Newton
County High School, Covington,
Ga., the captain received a B. S.
degree in 1965 from the Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta,
Ga.
John A. Adams
QUI NHON, VIETNAM
(AHTNC) - Army Sergeant First
Class John A. Adams (right), 29,
son of Mrs. Isabell S. Adams,
Mansfield, Ga., receives his se
cond award of the Army Commen
dation Medal during ceremonies
November 8 near Qul Nhon, Viet
nam.
Sgt. Adams received the award
for meritorious service while
serving as noncommissioned of
ficer inchargeof machines, 527th
Personnel Service Company near
Qul Nhon.
The sergeant entered the Army
in January 1962 and was stationed
at the Ent Air Force Base, Colo.,
before his arrival In Vietnam.
His wife, Patricia, lives at
2116 Hicks Ave., Covington, Ga.
Ival T. Arnold
FT. BENNING, GA. (AHTNC) -
Ival T. Arnold, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford E. Arnold,
Route 3, Covington, Ga., was pro
moted to Army private pay grade
E-2 upon completion of basic
combat training Nov. 22 at Ft.
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Benning, Ga.
The promotion was awarded
two months earlier than Is cus
tomary under an Army policy
providing incentive for outstand
ing trainees. The promotion
was based on his scores attain
ed during range firing, high
score on the physical combat
proficiency test, military bear
ing and leadership potential.
Attend Church S un day
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Four Quarter School Year Receiving
Consideration By School Administrators
The present nine-month
school year needs to be ex
tended to twelve months, ac
cording to James D. Edgett.
Edgett, who is president of
North American Van Lines,
Inc., of Fort Wayne, Indiana,
says, “Fifty years or more ago
the nine-month school year
made sense. Today, the story is
different. To shut down multi
million dollar buildings and
equipment for three months a
year is a lavish extravagance.”
Edgett says the nine-month
school year is a critical problem
in America today.
“Most of our elementary and
high schools, and many of the
universities and colleges are
still pegged to the system,” Ed
gett says. “This closes nearly
500,000 classrooms early in
June, sends more than 57,000,-
000 children on vacation, fur
loughs nearly 3,000,000 teach
ers and leaves this SBS billion
plant idle 30 per cent of the
time.”
“Our U.S. Government
School Spending,” he adds, “ac
celerates at $5,000 per second,
or $300,000 per minute,
$1,800,000 per hour!”
Edgett’s solution is the four
quarter, or quadrimester year.
He says, “This would provide
year-around employment for
professional teachers. Better
pay would attract better quali
fied young people into the
teaching profession.”
Under the four-quarter, or
quadrimester plan, teachers
could elect to teach two quart
ers instead of three. Another
benefit: money which the pub
lic sets aside for teacher retire
ment would be reduced sub
stantially, Edgett observes.
He lists these other argu
ments in favor of the four
quarter system:
1. Americans are rapidly be
coming adjusted to having va
cations at anytime during the
year.
2. Air conditioning of class
rooms during the summer
would cost one-tenth of what it
costs to create a new classroom
—535,000.
3. Programmed maintenance
schedules throughout the year.
4. The scheduling of children
in a four-quarter plan by com
puter services.
5. Students who can be shown
that they will get a better edu
cation by using the classrooms
all year-around, will buy it.
Edgett points to some of
America’s leading educators
who agree with him in prin
ciple.
The dean of the University
of Southern California’s school
of education has said that
American public schools of the
future may operate 12 hours a
day.
The New York Education
Department also believes that
the longer school year will help
meet the needs of the present
industrial society.
Edgett says Federal Govern
ment leaders are in accord.
They have listed, as necessary
Thursday, December 12, 196 b
educational guarantees, year
around schools for all those who
want them, an overhaul of our
vocational system, and higher
national standards of teachers
salaries.
Edgett compares our school
system with that of European
countries. “Soviet youngsters
attend school for 230 days,” he
said. “In Denmark, Germany
and China, between 230 and
240 days. Italy has an average
of 154 days of school.”
“Under the four-quarter sys
tem,” he adds, “our students
would attend school from 204
to 220 days depending on the
specific system. That’s a lot
more education, and in the
world we live in today our
children need more time in the
classroom.”
Brave Notes:
Two promising youngsters in
college in North Carolina are pit
cher Garry Hill (University of
North Carolina) and infielder Van
Kelly (Western Carolina Univer
sity).
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Two Braves pitchers are fin
ance majors — Rick Kester has
his degree from UCLA in that
field, and Jim Britton has work
ed toward a finance major at both
Penn State and Tennessee.
** * *
Six-foot-five Robert Wiswell,
lefthanded pitcher currently
working towards a Masters De
gree in history at UCLA, met
his bride, Sue, in a Long Beach,
Calif., high school biology class.
** * *
Billy Lothrldge has played only
four games as a starting safety,
but already he has intercepted
three passes, and he continues
to maintain his position as the
NFL’s top punter.