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Wayne Vaughn Enters
Steer In Atlanta Show
ATLANTA—Future Farm
ersand 4-H Club members from
all over the State will be here
March 30-31 for the annual At
lanta State Junior Steer Show. It
will be held at the Southeastern
Fair Grounds.
According to Bob Nash, Gene
ral Manager of the Show and Sale,
281 entries have already been re
ceived for the show.
One member of the Newton
County chapter of Future Farm
ers of America has entered a
steer in the Atlanta show. He is
Wayne H. Vaughn.
The animals these Future
Farmers will exhibit have serv
ed as “laboratories” forthestu-
Charieston’s Gardens
Now In Full Bloom
CHARLESTON-Camellias are
in full bloom In Charleston’s
Famous Gardens.
Azaleas are showing the first
touch of color. Flowering fruit
trees-peach, pear and crabapple
should be at finest blossom with
in three or four days. The or
iental Magnolia is especially be
autiful this year. Spiraea adds Its
snowflake charm.
“We are late In the season by
10 to 14 days,’’explained Charles
Duell, proprietor of Middleton
Place. "We have had consistently
chilly weather, but no real cold
snaps to damage the plants.”
The gardens, Magnolia, Mid
dleton Place and Cypress, are
within an easy drive of the city.
Middleton and Magnolia lie off
Highway 61, the Scenic Route to
Summerville. Cypress Gardens
are north of the city, off highway
52.
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dents as they have put into prac
tice what they have learned about
selecting, feeding, handling and
grooming beef animals. The FFA
members are students of voca
tional agriculture and use their
steers as part of their supervis
ed practice programs. The real
test of their work will come in
the showring where they will
compete with other Future Farm
ers and 4-H Club members.
Judging of the animals will be
gin Monday, March 31 at 8:30
a. m. Sunday will be devoted to
receiving, weighing and sifting
of the cattle. Judging the show
this year will be Gary Minlsh
of Blacksburg, Virginia.
Sale of the cattle will begin
at 7:00 p. m. Monday, March
31. Auctioneer will be Ted Hugh
es of Valdosta.
FHA Office
Moves To The
Meadows Center
The Farmer’s Home Adminis
tration Office formerly In the
Newton County Courthouse has
been moved to 3177 Covington
Meadows Shopping Center.
The new offices offer more
space and will facilitate better
service to Newton County
citizens, according to Edgar Phil
lips of the local FHA Office.
Local 4-H And FFA Members To Show Steers
4-H Club Members In Apron Contest
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PICTURED ABOVE are the fifth grade girls who participated in the 4-H Club Apron Contest held on
March 20th. Left to right: Avis Williams, Carlis Nix, Miriam Mcßay, Jane McKissick, Linda Thomas,
and Cindy McKenzie.
Brickstore Home
Ec Club Met
On Wednesday
The Brickstore Home Econo
mics Club met Wednesday, March
19th at 1 ;30 p. m. Eleven members
and four visitors were present.
The meeting was opened with the
reading of the club creed and
singing of the club song. Roll
call, treasurer’s report and the
minutes of the February meet
ing were read and approved.
The club voted to make smocks
for the School of Care. Members
will be contacted by Nancy Morris
in regards to the work to be
done on the smocks.
A discussion on litter along the
Alcovy Road was held. It was
voted to compose a letter which
would be sent to the county com
missioner.
The meeting was turned over
THE COVINGTON NEWS
to Miss Carolyn Joyner, Home
Economics Extension Agent.
Miss Joyner presented to the
club a program on the use of
color in the home.
Refreshments were served by
hostesses Betty MacMahon and
Nelle Coggin.
The club will meet April 16th
at 1:30 p. m. at the Brickstore
Community Club House. All lad
ies of Covington are invited to
attend.
Three Newton County 4-H’ers
and one F.F.A. member will ex
hibit their well-groomed steers
in the first Atlanta State Junior
Steer Show March 29-April Ist.
They will join 4-H and F.F.A.
members from throughout Geor
gia who will be bringing their
finished top-grade steers to this
show. The site of the show will
be the Southeastern Fairgrounds
at Lakewood Park.
Sara Ann and Rose Marie
Thompson, 4-H Club daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Thompson,
Route #3, Covington; 4-H Club
member Jim Anderson, son of
Mrs. and Mrs. James Anderson <
of Route #4, Covington; and
F.F.A. member Wayne Vaughn,
son of Mrs. Lula Vaughn, Route
#4, Covington, will be showing
calves. “These young people have
spent a lot of time and hard
work on the calves in prepara
tion for the show. Early rising,
feeding, watering, walking, curl
ing the hair, posing, washing and a
lot of TLC (tender loving care) is
part of the process of show
calf preparation. These boys and
girls deserve a lot of praise
for a job well-done,” stated
County Agent Ed Hunt.
The new event follows on the
heels of the Georgia Cattle Show
which was discontinued last year
after a 21-year run in Atlanta.
It will feature a new look in
cattle shows, in that the young
exhibitors will get just as much
attention as the cattle they put
on display. However, quality of
the cattle is expected to be as
good or better than that of shows
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Newton 4-H Dress Revue
The Newton County 4-H Club
Dress Revue was held Thursday
night, March 20th, at the Snap
ping Shoals EMC Building. First
place winners will represent
Newton County at the 4-H Club
District Project Achievement
meeting at Rock Eagle 4-H Club
Center June 6-7.
Cloverleaf Fifth grade partici
pants in the Apron Contest were
Jane McKissick, Palmer Stone;
Cindy McKenzie, Mansfield; Mir
iam Mcßay, Heard-Mixon; Linda
Thomas, Ficquett; Avis Williams,
Washington Street; and Carlis
Nix, R. L. Cousins. The top
three places went to Cindy Mc-
Kenzie, first place; Jane McKis
sick, second place; and Miriam
Mcßay, third place.
Cloverleaf Sixth grade partici
pants in the skirt contest were,
Amy Daniel, East Newton; Rosa
mary Flournoy, Washington
Street; Marsha Waddleton, Pal
mer Stone; Sandy Malcom, Heard-
Mixoh; Gwendolyn Thomas, Fic
quett; Kathy Hardegree, Porter
dale. The top three places went
to Marsha Waddleton, first place;
Sandy Malcom, second place; and
Kathy Hardegree, third place.
In the Junior Division, Annette
Perry won the first place and
Diane Goodman in the Senior Div
ision won first place.
Farm Bureau
Asks Orderly
Cotton Program
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration wants an orderly cotton
marketing program for farmers,
and has asked USDA to establish
such a program.
Georgia Farm Bureau’s Board
of Directors meeting in Macon
went on record to ask the Secre
tary of Agriculture, the Under
Secretary of Agriculture and As
sistant Secretary of Agriculture
to establish such a program.
The Farm Bureau action in
Macon came on March 18 on a
motion by GFBF North Georgia
Vice President P. R. Bobby Smith
and seconded by third district
director Alton Fendley. The mot
ion received approval from the
board.
The federation wants a cotton
loan program that will give a
farmer 14 months to redeem his
loan and thus end the practice of
Commodity Credit Corporation
selling cotton stocks into the mar
ket at a time when cotton farmers
start harvest of their crop each
year.
in the past.
According to Elton Dunn, exe
cutive secretary, Future Far
mers of America, and Dr. T.
L. Walton, state 4-H leader with
the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service, the
old concept of emphasizing top
animals will not be in the spot
light at this show and sale. The
major emphasis will be on the
boys and girls who have worked
with the animals.
“Cattle shows and livestock
events are the tools through which
young people are taught citizen
ship, leadership, integrity and
good sportsmanship, “Dr. Walton
said. Through these events, young
people have an opportunity
to experiment in different areas
of interests and are taught skills
which might point them toward
their life’s work, he continued.
Cattle entries will be weighed
and tagged at the Fairgrounds
on Sunday, March 30, between the
hours of 8:30 and 11:30 a. m.
A special Sunday School will
also be conducted during the
morning. Sifting of the cattle
will begin at 2 p. m. that after
noon. Monday will be show day
and the sale will follow Monday
night.
The program is sponsored by
business and civic leaders from
throughout Georgia. To be eli
gible for the show and sale,
steers entered must have been
born on or after September 1,
1967. Animals in the event must
be owned by the exhibitor and
have been within the state since
November 15, 1968.
WHAT ARE YOU HIDINGIN YOUR
CLOSET?
Behind every well-groomed
woman is a well-groomed closet!
And, we might add, a neat dres
sing table, carefully arranged
bureau drawers, and an un
cluttered shoe rack. The way in
which clothing and accessories
are stored has a lot to do with the
way they look at the office, P.T.A.
meeting, or party.
It stands to reason that a closet
filled to the overflowing with
suits, dresses, skirts, and
blouses for all seasons is not
being used to proper advantage.
No matter how pretty a dress is,
if you have to search for
it through a sardine-packed clo
set, chances are it will emerge—
if you ever find it! —wrinkled and
mussed from being crushed
against other clothing.
The first step in organizing
your available closet space is to
remove everything and take stock.
Can the rip in that blue blouse be
repaired, or should the blouse
be relegated to dust-cloth cate
gory? oh oh, moths have got
ten into a sweater—that’s what
comes of putting it away dirty.
Spots and stains attract those
pesky little marauders. Make a
firm resolution to wash sweaters
the moment they need it, for
safety’s as well as beauty’s sake.
Do you really think you’ll ever
wear those skinny pants again?
Be honest--and if the answer is
no, earmark it for a rummage
sale. Do this with anything still
useable that you wish to discard.
You can’t afford to waste pre
cious space on things you haven’t
worn in years—and know you’ll
never wear.
Now remove the old paper from
closet shelves. Wipe out the
entire closet with a sudsy sponge,
cloth, or brush; dip it in rinse
water and wipe again. Replace
the paper with plastic or plastic
coated shelf covering to harmon
ize with your bedroom’s decor.
The plastic coating will allow you
to suds away the grime that nat
urally accumulates in even the
best of closets! And don’t neglect
hangers—they get dirty, too!
Put the current season’s cloth
ing back in the closet first.
(Needless to say, toss anything
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that needs laundering into the
hamper.) Take advantage of such
space-savers as skirt hangers,
belt loops, shoe and handbag files,
plastic hat boxes, and flat clothing
containers. These have the same
effect as enlarging the closet.
If you haven’t an extra closet
or wardrobe for out-of-season
clothing, do invest in garment
bags to house these things until
you need them. Hang them neatly
at one side of the closet—and
keep the protective covering free
from dust by occasionally spon
ging their surfaces with soap or
detergent suds.
Now that you see what a little
organization will do, get after
dresser drawers. Give them
the same treatment. Out with
the torn scarf, the one earring,
that too-small slip! Wipe each
drawer with a sudsy sponge. Use
some of the washable plastic
coated paper as liners—this will
protect against possible spillsand
will be easy to clean to boot.
Fold clean clothing neatly, and
put each article in the proper
drawer—stockings and under
things in one, pajamas and night
gowns in another, and so on,
according to your own preference.
A bandbox-look is easier to
achieve when drawers and closet
are as well-groomed as their
owner!
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EXTENSION HOME ECONOMICS
CLUB MEETING
March 25th, Gum Creek, 1:30
P. M., Clubhouse (Gum Creek
Church)
March 27th, West Newton, 2:00
P.M. Prospect Church.
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WASHDAY WISDON: Don’t
overdry durable press garments
after laundering.
The channel catfish is by no
means an unimportant little fel
low. Dave Almand, wildlife spe
cialist with the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service, says this fish is the
basis for big business in some
parts of the country. Producing
them for profit is catching on
fast in our area.