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Thursday, January 9, 1969
New Industry Alone Won’t Solve Rural Joblessness, Study Shows
WASHINGTON — New industry
alone will not solve the problems
of rural unemployment and un
deremployment, a report by Lo
yola university of New Orleans
indicates.
Unless the inhabitants have a
good education or skill train
ing, “often the introduction of
new industry does nothing for the
local people, but rather imports
ai new work force,” the report
states.
The report was based on re
sults of an experimental and de
monstration program funded by
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Atty. Allen
Opens Office
In Covington
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Atty. Allen
Dr. Robert W. Allen has re
cently opened law offices in the
Starr Building, above White’s
Department Store.
He will continue to maintain
his Oxford office for the bus
iness of the Justice Court, and
the telephone will ring simul
taneously in both offices.
Friends and clients are in
vited to visit him in his new
location.
NOTICE
PLEASE MAKE
YOUR CITY TAX RETURN
PROMPTLY
TAX BOOKS OPEN AT THE
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
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January 2, 1969 - March 31, 1969
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the U. S. Department of Labor,
and carried out by Loyola’s In
stitute of Human Relations.
It concludes that “a concen
trated program of employment
and skill training in these rap
idly industrializing rural areas”
is needed if the jobless or un
deremployed men and women
"are to be fully integrated into
the industrial society.”
The 15-month project involved
933 men, women and youths in
the rural Louisiana parishes of
St. James, St. John the Baptist,
St. Charles and St. Tammany.
Over one-half of all those re
cruited listed no skills, and few
of the others had the skills re
quired by employers in the area.
Almost one-third had never been
employed in a regular job.
Nearly all had had trouble
finding suitable work despite the
dramatic economic expansion of
the region, spurred by the growth
of the space and petrochemical
Industry.
Most participants were 16 th
rough 45 years old and were
classified as hard-core rural
unemployed. Women slightly out
numbered men. They learned
about job placement and training
during a 10-day, 6-hours-per
day period. They were taught
how to prepare for a job in
terview. The project was str
uctured to give the people it
enrolled the work attitudes re
quired plus special placement
assistance. Through group co
unceling sessions, the project
sought to transorm self-defeat
ing negative behavior by the poor
into a set of creative and pos
itive attitudes.
Despite intensive efforts at
placement by the project, only
244 of the 933 enrollees had
jobs at the time of final tab
ulation. Another 191 were in
school, the armed services or
a training program. The rest
were unemployed.
“Perhaps the most important
conclusion to be drawn from
Project Reach is that the people
served need additional, or in
many cases their first, skill
training,” the report notes. “171-
ese individuals stand with one
foot in the traditional agrarian
culture of the South, and with
the other in the space age.”
The report also made these
observations:
1. Special arrangements for
transportation must be made in
rural areas in any scheme to
place the hard-core in perma
nent jobs or in training.
2. Living allowances during
training cuts the dropout rate
significantly.
3. The poor are much more
apt to finish a training program
if there’s a job waiting at the
end. Job development is the
key element in any such pro
gram.
Senate Elects
Russell Pres.
Pro Tem
Washington, D. C. — Senator
Richard B. Russell was unanim
ously elected President Pro
Tempore of the United States
Senate today in a vote in the
opening session of the 91st Con
gress.
As the Senate’s President Pro
Tempore, the Georgia Senator is
third in line of succession to the
office of President of the United
States. Senator Russell, who be
gins his thirty-seventh year in
the Senate on January 12th, is the
senior member of the upper body
of Congress.
He will also be elevated to the
position of Chairman of the Se
nate Committee on Appro
priations. He has served on this
Committee since he came to the
Senate in 1933. It is regarded
as the most important Senate
panel since it considers legis
lation to provide money for all
federal activities before It is
brought to the Senate Floor.
Senator Russell will relinquish
the Chairmanship of the Senate
Armed Services Committee—a
post he has held since 1951 with
the exception of a period in 1953
and 1954 when the Republicans
had control of the Senate. He
will continue to serve as a mem
ber of the Armed Services Com
mittee and as Chairman of the
Defense Sub-Committee of the
Appropriations Committee.
Home Management Report Given
By Upper Ocmulgee Commission
A staff meeting for Home
Management aides was held on
Monday, December 30th at 10:30
A. M. in the Butts County Heal
th Department Conference Room.
The Acting Director for Upper
Ocmulgee, Mrs. R. M. Paty,
Home Management Director,
Mrs. Nan B. Watkins and all
aides were present.
A brief report was given by
each aide on activities during
the preceding month.
Mrs. Paty then gave an ex
planation of Vista Volunteer work
and booklets were given out to
be distributed in all three coun
ties. She explained to and re
quested help from the aides con
cerning in-kind information.
During the month of December,
over six hundred home visits
were made in all three counties.
Fourteen group meetings were
held with one hundred people at
tending. Some of these meetings
were for demonstration purpo-
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Roundtable for Unit leaders is
tonight at the Snapping Shoals
REA Building in Covington at
8;00 p. m.
♦* * *
District Philmont Rally for
any boys and parents Interested
in this great experience will be
Jan. 21 at the Snapping Shoals
REA Building in Covington at
1 :30 p. m.
*♦ * *
Pack 532 adult meeting for the
Cub Pack will be at the Heard-
Mixon school at 7:30 p. m. Pa
rents of boys who want to join
the Cub Pack and leaders are
asked to attend.
** * ♦
1969 Scout Show Rally is set
for Saturday, Jan. 18, at 8;30
a. m. at the Atlanta Board of
Education Training Center on the
South Expressway in Atlanta.
Each unit ticket sales Chairman
and unit leader should attend.
Coffee and donuts will be pro
vided.
** * *
Council Pot Luck Dinner will
be Feb. 1 at the Atlanta Civic
Center at 6;00 p. m. This is a
recognition meeting for adults
and leaders. To attend a unit must
reserve a table for SIO.OO. Unit
Pot Luck Chair lady’s co-ordinate
the planning of the menu and at
tendance for each unit.
** * *
SCOUT REGISTRATION
FEES INCREASE
For the first time in many
years the cost of joining the Boy
Scouts has increased. Effective
January 1, 1969 the registration
fee for any boy joining Scouting
increased from 50? to SI.OO per
year. At the same time the regis
tration fee for adults increased
from SI.OO to $2.00 per year.
The registration period for the
Newton - Rockdale District for
upj.t routed bovs and adults ends
ses. Some were in interest of
the program for next year.
Two people have been brought
to the attention of aides in New
ton County as being in need of
dental care, one needs glasses.
We are making a concentrated
effort to seek out these persons
and get aid for them.
Many families in need were
referred to the Empty Stocking
Fund, Big Brother Fund and other
organizations for special help
at Christmas. The aides were
directly responsible for taking
boxes of food, clothing and toys
to thirty nine families.
Thirty nine trips were made
to take people to the Family
and Children Services Office for
certification, re-certification
and various other needs. The
aides picked up surplus commo
dities for about forty families
during December. (This is done
only in case of dire need by the
recipient).
Forty five new families were
certified du ring October, Novem
ber and December.
The aides are working very
hard in Newton County getting
low-income families interested
in taking advantage of adult edu
cation opportunities to be offered.
The aides in Butts County have
been working with Head Start
in their county.
In answer to a questionnaire
concerning need, the aides list
ed housing, nursing care and care
of aged as immediate concerns.
Lack of motivation remains a
great problem.
The aides contributed much
overtime and much of their own
money for Christmas for the re
cipients.
VEGETABLES AND PH
Some farmers and gardeners
continue to Ignore the Importance
of liming. By doing this they are
losing much of their potential
yield.
Crops such as cantaloupes,
lima beans, tomatoes and turnip
greens are especially sensitive to
low pH. The pH of a soil can
be so low that the crops are a
total failure In some cases.
Practically all vegetables—lr
ish potatoes are an exception—
respond well to the addition of
lime if it is needed. Soil test
now and apply lime if results
show a low pH. Lime applied
now will have ample time to re
act before the next crop is plan
ted.
Some vegetables are heavy us
ers of magnesium; therefore, do
lomitic lime should be used to
supply this needed element.
Outpatient visits to Veterans
Administration hospitals, cli
nics, and physicians paid by VA
increased by 300,000 over the
previous year to 6,564,000.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
annually in October. The regis
tration fee for both boys and
adults is pro rated throughout
the year based on the number of
months remaining before Octo
ber. The subscription cost for
Boys’ Life magazine for a full
twelve month period is $2.00
plus state tax. This cost is also
pro rated throughout the year.
For the month of January the
registration fee for boys is 90?
and for adults it is SI.BO.
♦♦ * *
LEADERS OF CUB PACK 523
TO MEET
All adult leaders, and parents
of boys, of Cub Pack 532, spon
sored by the Heard-Mixon PTA
are asked to attend a special
training and orientation meeting
on Jan. 14 at the school at 7:30
p. m. Any boy from the school
area who is between eight and
eleven years old can join the
pack.
Parents of boys in this age
group who want their boy in our
Cub Pack should also attend this
meeting. Roger Zuercher, Dis
trict Scout Executive will show
film strips and show how to plan
the various Cub meetings.
We urge all those affiliated
with our newly organized Cub
Pack to attend this important
meeting.
Don’t forget Roundtable to
night, Jan. 9, at the REA Build
ing at 8 p. m. in Covington. All
Scout leaders are invited to at
tend these meetings.
♦* * *
District Committee will hold
their first meeting of 1969 at the
Oxford Cafeteria on January 27,
at 6 p. m.
** * *
Has your unit made plans to
attend “The Pot Luck Dinner” on
February 1 at the Atlanta Civic
Center? If not, contact Mrs.
C. D. Ramsey Jr. for details.
** * *
Advancement Committee
Committee Objective
To enable each boy to advance
a minimum of one rank per
year.
To assist unit committees with
advancement procedures and ac
tivities.
Provide guidance and instruc
tion to units lacking sufficient
advancement.
Our local advancement Chair
man is Bill Creetch of Porter
dale.
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A U.S. Accident Zone:
Your Home Sweet Home
Is your home a safe place to
spend 10, 16 or 24 hours a day?
Don’t bet on it.
Recent statistics reported by
the Health Insurance Institute
indicate that no one should take
the safety of his home for
granted. It may be as hazardous
as it is comfortable.
Consider these home accident
figures from government
sources:
• Nineteen million Americans
are injured in American homes
each year. That means that 106
out of each 1,000 Americans is
involved in a home mishap.
• More than half the fatal
non-transportation accidents in
the country occur to people in
or around their homes.
These figures tell the story:
85 per cent of all deaths from
fires and explosions occur in the
home; 85 per cent of the na
tion’s poisoning deaths occur
there; about 70 per cent of all
deaths from poisonous fumes oc
cur in homes; 65 per cent of all
fatal falls occur in homes, and
56 per cent of the nation’s fatal
shootings occur at home—not on
the range!
Who are the home accident
victims?
Generally, the people who stay
Amblyopia, or lazy eye, th
reatens the vision of about one
out of 20 American youngsters.
Early detection and appropriate
treatment can prevent this visual
condition which can cause blind
ness in one eye, states the Am
erican Optometric Association.
STRAND
THEATRE
COVINGTON. GEORGIA
Thursday-Friday
Jan nary 9, 10
Julie Christie
Richard Chamberlain
"PETULIA"
Not For Children
Saturday, January 11
Stewart Granger in
"FLAMING FRONTIER"
One Day Only
Sunday • Monday - Tuesday
January 12, 13. 14
Michael Caine in
"DEADFALL"
COMING
Jane Fonda in
"BAREARELLA"
home the most—namely elderly
persons and children under the
age of five. These two groups
account for two-thirds of all the
nation’s fatal home accidents.
In addition, more women than
men are involved in fatal home
mishaps.
All of these statistics point up
the need for making your home
as hazard-free as possible. Be
sure all potentially dangerous
equipment—stoves, heaters, elec
trical appliances—are in good
working order. And, if repairs
are needed, make sure they are
done by someone qualified to do
the work.
Many mishaps can be avoided
through an awareness of the
potential hazards. Nonetheless,
there is the human factor that
can trigger a disaster. Accidents
can happen, despite efforts to
eliminate potential dangers.
Children can get into mischief.
Elderly people can stumble.
Often, the victims of accidents
seriously hurt themselves, re
quiring medical attention and
hospitalization. In this time of
rising medical costs, most
families —and four-fifths of the
population — protect themselves
with health insurance, as a
means of offsetting much of the
expense.
MOONLIT
DRIVE-IN
CONYERS, GEORGIA
Thurs, Fri., January 9-10
Billy Joe Royal
"MONDO DAYTONA"
In Color
Anthony Perkins
’"THE CHAMPAGNE
MURDERS"?
Technicolor
Saturday, January 1
Richard Boone-Vera Miles
"KONA COASR"
Technicolor
Also
Jack Lemmon
"LUV"
In Color
Sunday, January 12
"SAMSON ANO DELILAH”
Also
Richard Boone-Vera Miles
"KONA COASR"
Technicolor
Monday - Tuesday- Wednesday
CLOSED
Thurs., Fri., Jan. 16-17
Mary Ure - Robert Ryan
"CUSTER OF THE WEST"
Temperatures
Covington temperatures, dur
ing the past week, according to
local Weatherman Jack Chapman,
were:
High Low
Wed., Jan. Ist 46 21
Thurs., Jan. 2nd 39 21
Fri., Jan. 3rd 50 32
Sat., Jan. 4th 47 26
Sun., Jan. sth 39 12
Mon., Jan. 6th 46 13
Tues., Jan. 7th 49 33
Total rainfall for the week was
.21 inch.
SHOP-GROWN TIMBER
Soaring timber arches which
provide clear spans of several
hundred feet in huge domed or
pyramid-shaped structures are
made with one and two inch thick
lumber.
According to the Southern Pine
Association, the lumber is bonded
and built up with powerful ad
hesives to the desired shape and
size.
Attend Church Sunday
THE
HUB
DRIVE-IN
THEATRE
PHONE 786-9484
Thurs. • Fri., Jan. 9-10
(Double Feature!
"KILLERS THREE"
(Color) with Robert Walker
Diane Varti
Alio
"THE CONQUEROR WORM"
(Color) with Vincent Price
Saturday. January 11
(Double Feature)
"COUNTRY WESTERN
HOEDOWN"
(Color) with Pee Wee King
end TOP HILLBILLY STARS
Also
"THE HELL WITH HEROES"
(Color) with Rod Taylor
and Claudia Cardinale
Sun.-Mon.-Tues.. Jan. 12-13-15
CLIOT EaSTWOOD
(( Sa«eeted
IN COLOR
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE LiiSigJ
Starting Wednesday, Jan. 15
(Double Feature)
"THE ANGRY BREED"
And
"THE DARING GAMES"
(Both in Color)
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