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Thursday, December 12, 1968
When Investing In A Home, Let
Prospective Values Guide You
If you’re planning to buy or
build a home, it’s good to look
at things from an investor’s st
andpoint with value as important
an objective as comfort or li
vability.
While the purchasing power
of the dollar has shrunk, pro
perty values have risen and title
to a home is potentially more
lucrative than its present equi
valent in money.
So, as an investor, you sh
ould be looking ahead to the pro
bable worth of your home five
or ten years hence. If you in
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Mrs. Modine Tidwell visited
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mills and
family in Greenville, South Car
olina for the past weekend. She
was accompanied by Larry and
Melanie Mills all of whom were
joined on Sunday by Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Wheeler.
♦* * *
Sincere sympathy is extended
to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Norton
and family in their bereavement
at the death of his sister, Mrs.
Nancy Floyd, in Michigan.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis
visited their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Davis, on Sunday.
Other guests in the home in
cluded Mrs. Neal Holcombe, Mrs.
Leonard Standard, and Mrs. B.
B. Broadnax.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cason
were weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Cason at Lake Capri.
** * *
Mrs. Lucille Ray continues to
recuperate at her home after
hospitalization at the Emory Uni
versity Hospital.
** * *
Mrs. Sidney Johnson of Athens,
Georgia has been a patient at the
Newton County Hospital following
an automobile accident in Coving
ton on November 29. She is the
sister-in-law of Mrs. Alma Pat
terson.
♦* * *
Miss Dorothy Hardman, Miss
Lou Ann Tuck, and Miss Sherrill
Crowell are among the students
from Georgia College at Mill
edgeville who have arrived for
the holidays with their respect
ive families, Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Hardman, Mr. and Mrs.
Holland Tuck, and Mr. and Mrs.
B. C. Crowell.
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vest wisely, you can turn the
tables on inflation and very likely
get a much more attractive pri
ce at resale than that originally
charged to you.
Trends in real estate deserve
your closest scrutiny. Land costs
being what they are, the lot re
presents a sizable chunk of your
Investment. It’s difficult but not
impossible to find a bargain in
real estate. As a general rule,
the further out you go from the
heart of a city, the lower the
cost. While this may involve
temporary inconveniences, it
could turn out to be a bonanza
in the future if the area is up
and-coming.
It’s desirable to get a tho
rough sampling of opinion among
realtors, business associates and
friends on the probably outlook
for property values In locations
that appeal to you.
According to the Southern Pine
Association, the design and con
struction of your home are other
prominent factors that help de
termine its ultimate worth. Radi
cal extremes should be avoided
since they may very well go out
of style in the years ahead.
Simplicity is not only tasteful
but ageless.
Homes of simple character
which blend well with attractive
surroundings are usually the
most distinctive and have appeal
for all generations of all eras.
Still another feature that can
increase the value of your home
as time passes is abundant op
portunity for outdoor recreat
ion.
General demand for outdoor
recreation is expected to con
tinue to grow, and the presence
of secluded outdoor living areas
and open-air family rooms such
as wood patio decks can make
your home more appealing to
future buyers if the need or op
portunity to sell arises.
Last buy by no means least,
the factor of structural sound
ness has immense bearing on
prospective value. To be able
to resist the ravages of time
and tempest, to be economical
to maintain, a home must first
be structurally sound. This, in
turn, depends on the quality of the
framing lumber which supports
your house and holds its various
parts together.
Strength, ability to grip fas
tenings and size stability are the
three main essentials of quality
in framing lumber. The lumber
should be of an appropriate spe
cies and grade — properly sea
soned and pre-shrunk before be
ing surfaced to final size.
Floors do not creak, ceilings
to not sag, walls and ceilings
retain their form and smooth
ness when properly seasoned fr
aming provides their structural
support. And since nails do not
loosen in pre-shrunk lumber—
as they do when unseasoned fra
ming dries in service—safety is
assured along with the over
all snugness of structure ne
cessary to minimize maintenan
ce and achieve low cost heating
and cooling.
I News Notes From §
By Mrs. T. W. Binford §
The Lord is good, a strong
hold In the day of trouble; he
knows those who take refuge in
Him. (Nahum 1:7),
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mitchell,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wood of
Loganville and Mrs. Paul Har
well were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. G. B. Davis Thanks
giving Day.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Baker of
Oxford visited Misses Ruth and
Leone Duke Thursday afternoon.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sams and
Miss Patricia Sams, Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Binford attended the
American Legion and Auxiliary
Christmas party Saturday night.
** * *
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Brown
and Ricky visited Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Atkinson of Rutledge
Sunday afternoon and were sup
per guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Brown Sunday night.
♦* * *
Mrs. Albert Ozburn, Jr., who
had surgery in Newton County
Hospital last Thursday is Im
proving. We wish her an early
recovery.
More Airports
Needed To
Relieve Crowding
More than 800 airports must
be built In the United States dur
ing the next five years to relieve
present congestion and accom
modate future growth, says the
Federal Aviation Administration.
Recommended new facilities in
clude 808 airports, 31 heliports,
Tips On Taping
Seal Parcels For Safe Mailing
With Christmas fast ap
proaching, it’s a good time to
give some thought to the cor
rect wrapping and sealing of
gift parcels being mailed to
relatives and friends so they’ll
be sure to arrive in good con
dition.
According to Post Office offi
cials, more than 10 million
parcel post packages each year
are so poorly wrapped that
they must be Tewrapped be
fore delivery. Another million
or so end up in the “dead par
cel” box because the address
was destroyed or because the
contents became separated
from their cartons.
The major cause of parcels
breaking open, say postal au
thorities, is “poor closure.”
"Some packages have tape
all over them but in the wrong
places,” they point out. The re
sult is that millions of dollars
worth of gifts and other mer
chandise never reach their
destination.
In an effort to help the Post
Office cut down rewrapping
costs—estimated at $4 5 million
in 1967—and to educate the
public on the proper use of
tape, The Pressure Sensitive
Tape Council has published an
informative chart which illus
trates the right way to close
and seal parcel post packages.
Although intended primarily
as a guide to shipping clerks,
the chart contains many help
ful hints on how to prepare
Christmas parcels so they’ll get
through intact.
Copies of this chart are
available for 25 cents each to
cover handling and mailing
from The Pressure Sensitive
Tape Council, 1201 Waukegan
Rd., Glenview, 111., 60025.
and 4 seaplane bases.
Also recommended are Im
provements needed at 2,965 ex
isting airports. The cost of th
ese projects is estimated at $2.-
16 billion.
Georgia broilers consumed 1,-
800,000 tons of feed last year,
according to Milton Y. Dendy,
Cooperative Extension Service
poultry scientist. What this am
ounted to was almost 38 million
bushels of corn and almost 20
million bushels of soybeans.
Child’s Ills
Are Often
Disguised
“Stick out your tongue!” “Let
me feel your forehead!” are
familiar demands around the
typical American household.
Most mothers become fairly
proficient spotting childhood ail
ments. When children slow down
for any lengthy period, it usual
ly results in a fast throat in
spection or a check on tempera
ture.
This two-step kitchen diag
nostic procedure works pretty
well in catching a number of
ailments early in the game.
But there are childhood dis
orders that can creep up on a
family, says the Health Insur
ance Institute. Eye and ear
troubles are typical. Symptoms
often develop slowly and deteri
oration from normal eye func
tion can go undetected.
Gathering information from a
number of sources, including
the New York City Department
of Health and several state
optimetric associations, the In
stitute has compiled a list of
symptoms that may signal the
presence of one of these diffi
culties.
Poor Hearing
It may be time to seek med
ical advice if your child:
• Seems more aware of move
ment than sound.
• Frowns, wears a strained
expression, or consistently
watches a speaker's lips while
listening.
• Becomes inattentive during
conversation he might ordinari
ly be interested in.
• Confuses words that sound
alike, or speaks inaccurately.
• Develops an unusual qual
ity of voice.
• Develops difficulty with
phonetic spelling.
Poor Sight
It may be time to seek an
eye examination if your child:
• Develops poor eye-hand co
ordination, or becomes unusual
ly clumsy.
• Consistently seeks out the
nearest chair to the TV.
• Performs poorly in coloring.
Draws or reads at arms length.
• Can’t concentrate on visual
tasks.
• Blinks excessively, is af
flicted with watering eyes, or
frowns and squints at distant
objects.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
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Stan Leek (right), an official in Customer Relations Division of
the Post Office Department in Washington, D. C„ shows Richard
G. Breeden, executive secretary of the Pressure Sensitive Tape
Council, a typical package that has been damaged due to im
proper closure. The illustrations below were prepared as a guide
on how best to use tape for Christmas mailings. As an added
safeguard, the post office recommends using cartons strong
enough to stand rough handling and also that cartons themselves
be addressed in case something happens to the wrapping.
CARTON SEALING — The six strip method of taping is recom
mended to seal cartons before wrapping. First, close the top
and bottom flaps with tape at least two inches wide. Be sure to
run tape four or five inches onto each end. Then seal each of
the four open edges as shown. Print address and return address
on the carton.
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OVERWRAPPING — Use enough heavy kraft paper to complete
ly enclose the carton. A small piece of tape will help hold the
wrapping in place while the ends are being folded. Tape one
flap closed, then the other, making sure to overlap the two
pieces of tape where they meet along the wrapping edge.
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Highway Board Asks For
2-Cent Gas Tax Increase
MACON—“We believe that it
is our duty to face our highway
needs head on, and that the re
sults of our failure to do so
would be far more unpopular
in the long run than a tax in
crease.”
This was State Highway Board
chairman Reginald Trice’s ans
wer to why, in the face of con
siderable public sentiment aga
inst tax increases, the Highway
Board has endorsed a biennial
budget requiring over $42 mil
lion a year in new revenue and
called for a two-cent-a-gallon
increase in motor fuel taxes to
“balance” this budget.
The Highway Board Chairman
pointed out that the Highway
Department is required by
law to match all apportionments
from the Federal Highway Trust
Fund, to meet all bond obligat
ions, and to spent 15 per cent of
its total annual appropriation on
100% State fund construction.
“The only way to do this with
existing revenues would be by
cutting back on other items in
the budget, particularly main
tenance expenditures. But the
completion of more and more new
road mileage especially costly
Interstate mileage, dictates that
maintenance funds be increased
rather than cut back if the roads
are to be kept in good condition.
Georgia has made a lot of pro
gress in this in the last few
years, and we don’t believe Geo
rgians want to take a backward
step now,” Mr. Trice said.
The popularity of completed
Interstates has created a demand
for four-laning of other highways
far greater than can be met by
the basic State-Federal highway
program, and recognition of the
needs of the cities Is being
voiced by almost all State lea
ders, Chairman Trice noted.
“The Highway Department
wants to establish a bond program
that will do for crowded city
streets what earlier bond progr
ams have done for local county
roads, and to have available
several million dollars a year
for four-laning of many rural
highways on right of way that is
already available or that can be
provided by local governments.
“Many of the projects that
would be considered under these
two programs could never be done
under the regular Federal-aid
program because of stringent
Federal design and construction
requirements. While these high
standards are desirable and wh
ile we fully Intend to meet or
exceed them wherever possible,
we believe that in cases where
existing roadside development or
other factors make the Federal
standards Impossibly expensive
or disruptive a compromise im
provement with 100% State funds
is more desirable than no im
provement at all.
“Such State-financed prog
rams could also speed up other
projects that would eventually be
eligible for Federal aid but would
have a low, long-range priority
under the Federal-aid pro
grams” the Board Chairman add
ed.
“We have a clear legal obli
gation on some of these items
and feel a strong moral obli
gation on the others. And we be
lieve that when the people see it
as we see it they will be willing
to provide the $14.00 per year
that a two cent gas tax Increase
would cost the average driver,”
Mr. Trice concluded.
Walacifes
Move Ahead
Los Angeles, November 10
(LLNS) Representatives of thirt
een states met here this weekend
to form a national committee for
the new party movement.
The states met at the invitat
ion of the American Independent
Party of California. They drew
up by-laws and established struc
ture designed to coordinate their
efforts, Including support for
congressional candidates In 1970
and the nomination of a candi
date for Presi' ant in 1972.
In addition to California, the
states initially approving the nat
ional committee are Alaska,
Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine,
Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Virginia, Wash
ington and Wisconsin.
Elected chairman of the
national committee was William
K. Shearer, chairman of the
California party. Secretary is
Mrs. Edna Russo, of Washing
ton.
The second meeting of the naU
ional committee Is scheduled for
Tulsa, on February 22. 1969.
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