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MRS. JOHNNIE H. WISE retired on May 2, 1969 upon the comple
tion 'of thirty years of active service in the Weaving Department
of Osprey Plant, Porterdale. Fellow employees presented her with
lovely tokens of love and appreciation and extended good wishes
for a happy retirement. Mrs. Wise is the mother of seven child
ren who with her sever grandchildren will keep her busy. Mr. Wise
and two sons, Douglas and Lanier, are also employees of Bibb.
Mrs. Wise receives congratulations from her overseer, Nat Walden,
right, and assistant overseer, Perry Goss, left.
ON THE BEACH
If you are planning a vacation
home on an oceanshore or gulf
shore locale, it’s prudent to use
raised construction.
The Southern Pine Association
recommends a pole-frame type
structure for beach dwellings.
SELL YOUR TIMBER TO
Call or Write To:
WILLIAMS BROTHERS
WMBER COMPANY
934 Glenwood Avenue S.E. Atlanta
Atlanta onice: MAT-a 421
S. C. McCULLERS, Phone: Conyers 483-8626
Route 1, Lithonia, Georgia
Farrar, Ga. Mill: Mont, 468-6219
Covington, Ga. Mill: 786-5717
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the lights go on at twilight
and off at 10 p. m.
Same goes for Ayaviri, Cuyo Cuyo and Coota.
Every day of the year. Except when they flicker
and go off. Like if one person too many turns
on an iron and the whole town goes black.
But in Athens. Rome, Cairo and everywhere else
in Georgia you can count on electricity 99.9%
of the time. Even in summer when everyone is
running air conditioners, electric fans, and raiding
the refrigerator for ice cubes. Or on a cold
winter morning when thousands of coffee makers
are perking, hot showers are running, electric
blankets are making it harder to get up and
electric heating is making it easier.
We apologize for that .1 %. We're trying to close
the gap and make a perfect record. Maybe
someday we will. But until then, you can depend
on the other 99.9. And that's a promise!
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hurricane-spawned tidal waves
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Spring Music
Festival At
Hiawassee
Plan a visit to Hiawassee,
Georgia during the weekend of
May 16, 17, 18 and attend their
Spring Country Music Festival
and Gospel Singing. Ibis spe
cial event in Hiawassee is
sponsored by the Georgia Moun
tain Fair, me., and the Towns
County Lions Club. Fiddlers,
Guitar and Banjo Pickers—over
100 in number, from several
states, will gather in a big 3,000
seat tent on the Georgia Moun
tain Fairgrounds. The best in
country and bluegrass entertain
ment will be featured with Fid
dlin’ Howard Cunningham, Master
of Ceremonies.
Three big shows are plan
ned, the first on Friday night,
May 16, at 8;00 p.m. and on Sat
urday, May 17, two shows at
10;00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
The Hiawassee doggers, a
group of mountain youngsters who
THE COVINGTON NEWS
entertains with a combination of
buck and tap dancing, wiH be guest
at each Country Music Show.
Also, planned for Saturday, May
17, an Old-time Hog Rifle Muz
zle Loading Beef Shoot. Hie
Shoot will begin at 9:00 a.m. and
last all day long.
On Sunday, May 18, Gospel
Singing from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. Featured will be Wendy
Bagwell and the Sunliters, The
Sego Bros, and Naomi, and the
Thrasher Bros.
The Georgia Mountain Fair Ca
mpground will be open for tent
and trailer campers.
So, come and bring the family—
Stay all weekend and enjoy the
fun—The Spring Music Festival-
May 16, 17, 18—Hiawassee,
Georgia.
Bake Sale Sat.
Will Aid NCHS
Cheerleaders
The mothers of the NCHS Var
sity Cheerleaders will hold a bake
sale on The Square, Saturday,
May 17. The ladies and girls will
be stationed in front of the Court
house between the hours of 10
and 12 Saturday morning. They
will have all types of homemade
cakes and cookies for sale.
Proceeds will be used to cover
expenses of the cheerleaders for
next year.
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Soil Stewardship Week
Means Much To County
The annual observation of Soil
Stewardship Week will be held
May 11-18 this year. The purpose
of this annual event is to em
phasize that conservation of our
soil and water resource is of
vital concern to all Americans.
Rural and city dwellers alike
are dependent on our soil and
water resources for the food we
eat, the water we drink and use and
most of the clothes we wear.
If either soil or water were to
become scarce, a national
calamity could quickly follow.
This is the reason every individ
ual has a stake in the preser
vation of these resources.
Soil and water conservation and
preservation measures are
expensive. The people who can
perform these measures best are
the people who live on the land.
The burdensome financial aspect
of this problem was recognized
over 30 years ago by our National
Congress. As a result, the law
creating the Agricultural Conser
vation Program was passed in
1936.
The ACP has provided financial
Ag Commissioner Irvin
Is Farm Bureau Speaker
The Newton County Farm Bu
reau will meet Thursday, May 22,
at 7:30 P.M. at Henderson’s Rest
aurant.
This will be a joint meeting
with the Newton County Dairy As
sociation and will have as their
speaker, Mr. Tommy Irvin, Com
missioner of Agriculture.
All members of Farm Bureau
and of the Dairy Association are
urged to attend and bring their
wives.
Heard Mixon 4-H
Elects Officers
The Heard-Mixon 4-H Club
met on May 6, at 10:30 A. M.
The Club elected new officers
for the next school year. The
officers are: Sara Ann Thomp
son, President; Sandy Malcom,
Girls Vice President; Clifford
Tilson, Boys Vice President; Kay
Johnson, Secretary; Andy Davis,
Reporter; Barry Henry, Parlia
mentarian.
This has been the best and
most successful year for the He
ard-Mixon 4-H Club. We will
have five people from our club
to attend Rock Eagle. These
people are Andy Davis, Barry
Henry, Clifford Tilson, Sara Ann
Thompson, Kay Johnson. All have
worked hard for this achieve
ment.
Heard-Mixon 4-H Club Officers
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THE HEARD MIXON 4-H Club officers who wiH serve for the 1969-1970 school year are pictured above.
Left to right: President, Sara Ann Thompson; Girls Vice-President, Sandy Malcom; Boys Vice-Presi
dent, Clifford Tilson; Secretary-Treasurer, Kay Johnson; Reporter, Andy Davis; Parliamentarian,
Barry Henry.
assistance down through years
through cost-sharing payments to
farmers to help perform needed
soil and water conservation prac
tices on their land. This cost
sharing assistance is approved by
county ASC committees for on
farm conservation measures
which are considered necessary
and which will generally not be
done within the financial resour
ces of the farmer making the re
quest. In general, the assistance
provided by the ACP represents
about fifty percent of the cost of
the extent approved by the county
committee. The farmer pays the
balance of the cost and, in addit
ion, furnished the necessary labor
and machinery.
All counties annually develop a
program which contains adequate
conservation practices to meet
the more urgent local soil and
water conservation problems.
Some of the 1968 conservation
accomplishments in Newton
County under the ACP are; per
manent vegetative cover estab
lished on 1,248 acres, permanent
Ficquett
Cloverleafs
Met Wednesday
The Ficquett 4-H Cloverleaf
Club met Wednesday, May 7th in
School Auditorium at 9:30. The
meeting was called to order by
Mike Ewing, President. The Pl
edge to the American Flag was
led by Wayne Marks. The Pres
ident then called on the Secre
tary, Cindy Klem to read the
minutes and call the roll. The
President then called foroldbus
iness. James Bowen gave our
part on The Land Judging Contest
held on May 3rd. Wayne Marks
reported on Dairy Judging held on
the same day.
Under new business Mr. Hunt
announced the 4-H Council
meeting on May 28th, 4:00 at the
R.E.A. Building. New officers
for the coming year were ele
cted. They were: Kim Street,
President; Natalie Lunsford, Gi
rls Vice President; Al Johnson,
Boys Vice President; Terri Sam
mons, Secretary Jonathan Carnes,
Parliamentarian and Wayne
Marks, Reporter.
Four 4-H members gave the
following demonstrations: Anne
Anderson, “How todo Your Laun
dry”; Cindy Klem, “Horses”;
Becky Griffin “Electronics”;
Lisa Gruenhut, “Collecting
Rocks”. Mike Ewing then ad
journed the meeting.
Thursday, May 15, 1969
pasture and hay land improved
on 1875 acres, winter and sum
mer cover seeded on 1,586 acres,
lime applied on 405 acres.
In performing these practices
Newton County farmers earned
$43,753 in ACP cost-sharing as
sistance.
Watersheds,
Recreation
Go Together
Outdoor recreation facilities
expected to attract more than one
and one-half million people an
nually will be provided in 15 small
watershed projects being dev
eloped in Georgia with assistance
from the Soil Conservation Ser
vice, according to C. W. Chap
man, SCS state conservationist,
Athens.
“The primary purpose of all
watershed projects is watershed
protection and flood prevention,”
Mr. Chapman pointed out, “but we
are working with watershed spon
sors to add recreation facilities
wherever possible.
“Provision is being made for
swimming, boating, water skiing,
picnicking, hiking and other out
door recreation in and around
19 watershed lakes being built
in 17 Georgia counties. These
lakes range in size from 48 to
1,750 surface acres of water,”
Mr. Chapman said.
The Tobesofkee Creek project
in Lamar, Monroe and Bibb Co -
unties includes a 1,750-acre lake
which is expected to provide a
wide range of outdoor recreation
activities for Bibb County and
Middle Georgia.
Mr. Chapman said the estima
ted cost of 19 recreational deve
lopments will be about $9.4 mil
lion. Local and other non-federal
sources will furnish $5 million.
The federal government will pro
vide the remaining $4.4 million.
In addition to watershed protec
tion and flood prevention, the pro
jects will provide extra water for
rural and municipal use, fish
and wildlife development, and
agricultural water management.
Watershed projects are spon
sored and carried out by local
organizations with technical and
financial assistance from the U. S.
Department of Agriculture under
the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act (PL-566).
Congress in 1962 authorized fed
eral financial assistance in dev
eloping recreation in the pro
jects to encourage multiple-pur
pose development in rural areas,
and to respond to the need for
increased recreation facilities.
Os the 51 watershed projects
that have been authorized for in
stallation in Georgia, 15 will have
recreation developments, all of
which will receive financial help
under the 1962 provision.