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"Os Mice And Men”
By DR. JOHN L. SHIBLEY
Biology Department,
LaGrange College
"The solution to pollution,"
So a friend of mine once said,
"Is fewer souls and better care
About our food, water and air."
It is important not to let our
frustrations undermine our st
rength. We know "what” to do
as in most crises. We apparen
tly are afraid to commit oursel
ves to group action when there
would be personal discomfort,
disappointment, or financial loss
for people we Know, as Dr. Eu
gene Odum of the University of
Georgia has pointed out, Ameri
ca is no longer an expanding,
pioneering nation. Americans
used to think the larger the fa
mily the better, the more na
tural resources we used up the
richer we were, the more we
"tamed” nature the more "pro
gress” we were making.
We have now passed this stage
and have reached the "mature"
stage in which numbers of peo
ple must be managed much as one
would cattle — Is there enough
pasture? Plenty of shelter from
cold and rain? Big enough feed
lots and sufficient medication?
Enough transportation facili
ties?
Now what is the use of grow
ing a bumper crop of people,
when the result Is crowding and
less attention to the individual,
less opportunity for each child
to develop his own peculiar ta
lents and interests, and less
medical attention?
There are interesting paral
lels between the crowding of peo
ple and house mice. In an ex
periment at the University of
Wisconsin biologists established
a small colony of mice in the
basement of an old building. A
set amount of food was provided
each day. At first this was not
completely consumed, but the
mice reproduced quite rapidly
and the population grew until
they were eating all the dally
Six Flags To End
Season On Nov. 30
"It” all began on April 12
and "it” will end on November
30. "It” happens to be Six Flags
Over Georgia’s third year of
operation. The 200-acre family
entertainment center’s third sea
son of operation has been every
thing but short of fantastic.
With an expected year end at
tendance record of 1,850,000
guests, topping both previous
years’ attendance, the park has
become a major tourist attrac
tion for Georgia and the South
east. Guests from all fifty
states and numerous foreign
countries have passed through the
entrance mall of Six Flags to
enter a realm of family fun and
entertainment.
But the end is really the be
ginning at Six Flags. For as
soon as the six flags — British,
French, Spanish, Confederate,
Georgia, and USA — are lower
ed, denoting the end of another
season, in actuality It is the be
ginning of a new season.
For the passerby, traveling on
1-20 West of Atlanta, the sounds
of fun, and the fluttering of the
flags are conspicuously absent.
The sounds are there, though.
The sounds of the hammer, saw,
and the drill, as workmen begin
preparing for a new season that
will bring new shows, rides, and
attractions to Six Flags Over
Georgia in only four months time
on April 11, 1970.
Elect
W. Thomas Greer, Jr.
City Council Post 3
City of Covington
Dec. 3, 1969
I pledge my best efforts on
behalf of all the citizens of
Covington. Your vote and
influence will be greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
FF. Thomas Greer, Jr.
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food supply. Soon afterward,
mice were seen on the upper fl
oors of the building where mice
had not previously been found.
In the basement, mice continued
to be born, and there was no
evidence of a change In the death
rate. Evidently, the supply of food
had become a limiting factor on
the size of the population, and
emigration was the solution. Thus
the population density in the base
ment became stablized and did not
Increase.
A similar experiment was per
formed, but with one Important
difference: the mice were con
fined to pens made of sheet me
tal with nesting boxes along the
Insides of the pens. From then
on, whenever a shortage of food
developed as a result of an ex
pansion of the population, emi
gration was Impossible. Famine
and starvation might have been
expected; instead, the birth rate
declined when the daily food sup
ply became insufficient. Thus a
Growing Impact Os Forestry
On Environmental Quality
We Americans are increas
ingly concerned with the quality
of our environment. Not only
does this Include the air we bre
athe, the water we drink, the
scenery we view but also rec
reational opportunity, housing,
education and other social and
economic Influences.
With so many different thi
ngs Involved, it behooves us to
concentrate on environmental pl
anning that offers the broadest
possible range of benefits In re
turn for the effort. Such an ap
proach Is all-Important In the
case of our forest resources wh
ich can provide far reaching sol
utions to many environmental
problems.
Forests create recreation, ec
ological splendor, clean air and
pure water, wildlife and soil con
s ervation. They are also sources
of a host of products and nec
essities of life.
For example, housing Is a key
factor in the total environmental
equation with forests cast in a
c racial role. The amount of lum
ber required for the average
home Increased from 10,000 to
12,000 board feet during the 1960 s
and the federal government says
26 million additional housing
units will be needed during the
next ten years—almost double
the volume built over any com
parable period in the past.
Thus, the nation’s ability to
meet housing goals depends to
a large extent on the availabil
ity of lumber in sufficient quan
tity and quality to meet demand.
This, in turn, will be determined
by the success of forestry pro
grams in providing the necessary
raw material.
The casual observer is only
vaguely aware of the growing
importance of forest products to
his dally existence. In addition
to lumber and plywood, the len
gthy list includes rayon cloth
ing, medicine, flavoring, paper
bags, stationery, envelopes, san
itary tissues, wallpaper, anti
freeze, furniture, soap, paper
napkins and towels, egg and milk
cartons and many more.
Since It has been determined
that close to 3,000 chemicals
are embodied in trees, there
could be an even more impres
sive array of wood derivatives
In the future.
shortage of food became a sta
bilizing factor on the population
by bringing about a decrease in
the birth rate.
In yet a third experiment, the
mice were also confined in pens
but more than enough food was
always provided. As the popu
lation Increased there was a de
cline in the amount of space av
ailable to each mouse; that is,
the mice were "crowded.” As
this occurred fighting and canni
balism Increased. Hie females
stopped taking proper care of
their young. Although mice con
tinued to be born, more and more
died from neglect until eventually
the death rate of the young reach
ed 100 per cent.
Can you think of some modern
day nations whose people fit into
one of these patterns? Which
pattern shall Americans choo
se? Are we able always to have
"escape space," and will we al
ways have a superabundance of
food? Can we agree to limit the
size of our families for our own
good?
Are we MICE or are we MEN?
Balanced against these mater
ial considerations Is the pros
pect that forests will be Increas
ingly Important sources of rec
reation for our growing popu
lation as opportunity for outdoor
activity continues to shrink in
congested metropolitan areas.
No less consequential is the po
tential Impact of trees on air
purification, soil and wildlife
conservation and the scenic qual
ity of die landscape.
Fortunately, It has been pro
ven through the Industry spon
sored tree farms movement that
a wisely managed forest can
serve non-materlal as well as
material needs.
In the Southern Pine growing
states, Alabama, Arkansas, Flo
rida, Georgia, Louisiana, Miss
issippi, North and South Caro
lina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Tex
as and Virginia, more than 48
million acres of tree farms are
concentrated, owned and oper
ated by forest Industry and other
private landowners. While the
primary purpose is to assure a
perpetual supply of raw material
for forest products, recreation
and ecological assets are im
portant by-products.
Most Southern tree farms are
open to recreation with many hav
ing rest and camping facilities
for the comfort of outdoor lov
ers. Some of the larger Indus
trial tree farms in the region
are like great scenic parks with
a plethora of wildlife, streams,
lakes and other attractions.
Not the least significant Is the
favorable effect of tree farming
on the wildlife population. It’s
estimated that there are now
more deer in the Southern forests
than when the first colonists ar
rived from Europe.
Hie most ambitious program
of timber resource development
In history has been initiated in
the Southern Pine states under
sponsorship of the Southern For
est Resource Council whose
membership Is composed of re
presentatives from five indus
trial and landowning organizat
ions; — Southern Pine, Forest
Farmers, Southern Hardwood
Lumber Manufacturers and Am
erican Plywood Associations and
Southern Forest Institute.
Hie objective Is to double tim
ber growth In the South prior to
THIS OLD PHOTO was furnished The Covington NEWS and shows the Covington Softball Team of Cohen’s
in 1945-46. Front row, left to right: Joel Bowen, Moody Yarbrough (team manager), Leon Cohen, spon
sor; Tom Stanton (umpire), and Neal Banks. Middle row: Edgar Wood, commander of Post 32 American
Legion, who presented the trophy; Thomas Lott, Buddy Baker, Dewitt Hamby, and Lawrence Brown. Back
row: Wlnt Bledsoe, Col. R. M. Tuck, Al Bledsoe and Walter Day.
Older Citizens’ Problems
Set Pre-Legislative Caucus
Governor Lester Maddox will
address a pre-leglslative cau
cus of older Georgians In the
House Chamber at the State Ca
pitol on Tuesday, December 10th.
The caucus has been called
by Senator Oliver Bateman,
Chairman of the Georgia Se
nate Sub-Committee on Aging.
Lt. Governor George T. Smith
will also take part in the cau
cus as well as members of the
Committee on Aging, who are
Ed Garrard, Atlanta; Billy
Adams, Macon; W. W. Fincher,
Jr., Chatsworth; and Mayion K.
London, Cleveland. Other Com
mittees of the Legislature In
cluding Health and Welfare will
be represented.
In calling the caucus, Senator
Bateman said that testimony at a
hearing held by his committee
during the State Conference on
Aging In October showed conclu
sively that older people are sen
sitive to problems affecting their
group and are very imaginative
and knowledgeable in their sug
gestions for the solutions to
these problems. He pointed out
that from the evidence, it was
apparent that older people do not
want to constitute a pressure
group interested only In bigger
and better positions; but instead,
they want a partnership In the re
sponsibility and an opportunity to
help themselves. Out of the cau
cus could come an Act for Older
Georgians which would imple
ment the goals of the Bill of
Rights for Older Georgians pas
sed by both houses of the legis
lature earlier this year and sig
ned by Governor Maddox, Sena
tor Bateman added.
Individuals and representa
tives of organizations serving
New Passenger
Cars Price Up
WASHINGTO N—New-model
automobiles will cost the
American consumer an average
of s6l more than a year ago,
after adjustments in prices are
made for quality changes, the
Department of Labor has
reported. The average covers
domestic and Imported cars.
According to a Bureau of Labor
Statistics study, the suggested
retail prices for 1970 model
passenger cars averaged $lO7
above last year’s models, not
Including the head restraints
added January 1, 1969. Quality
improvements in the new cars
were worth $46. prices for most
optional Items were only slightly
higher. Prices were considerably
lower for white-wall tires, one
of the most frequently purchased
optional appearance items.
The average does not reflect
price changes on station wagons
and the glgher priced "top-of
the -line” and special cars.
the end of the century largely
through a major extension mul
tiple-use tree farming among a
million small landowners in the
region.
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Covington’s Softball Champs Os 1945-1946
older people from all areas of
the state will attend the caucus.
Senator Bateman stated that the
committee would like informa
tion concerning a broad range
of subjects.
These include: the effects
of inflation on the fixed and
reduced incomes of older peo
ple; how taxation may be made
more equitable for the aging in
order to conserve their resour
ces; whether it is feasible to
encourage reduced rates on pub
lic transportation and public ut
ilities by granting tax incentives
to those corporations; how em
ployers can be encouraged to
use older workers instead of dis
criminating against them by
granting similar tax Incentives;
and the effects of the rising
costs of medical and health care
and the use of nursing homes
for those who need them most.
The Senator indicated that his
committee would also be in
terested in any other subjects
which vitally affect the Ilves of
older people such as recrea
tion, housing, and social pro
grams.
Harold Parker, Executive Di
rector of the Georgia Commis
sion on Aging, hailed the an
nouncement by Senator Bate
man as one of the most con
structuve steps taken by mem
bers of the Legislature. He said,
"It is indeed encouraging to those
of us who work for Georgia’s
older population to see this awak
ening of Interest In the problems
of senior citizens. These peo
ple have contributed immea
surably to our present affluence
and have so much to offer in
wisdom, experience, and know
ledge. It is heartening to know
that they will not be forgotten.”
Population Explosion
THE SINGLE most important
fact of life for this generation —
and for those to come in the fore
seeable future — is the population
explosion, a university of Wis
consin climatologist warns. He
said world population levels by
the turn of the century will have
reached saturation -- the point
at which the population will go
up and down in accord with the
success or failure of the world’s
crops. Poor crop years will
be followed by mass starvation.
"Understanding climate will,
under these conditions, be of even
more Importance than it
is today,” he said, referring to
the fact that thousands of lives
and millions of dollars can be
saved through a single accurate
storm forecast.
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According to the Department’s
Bureau of Labor Statistics, by
1975, men and women workers
will have the same average
educational attainment of 12.4
years. However, younger work
ers, 25 to 34, will continue to
hold an educational advantage
over older workers.
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New Bulletin
Explains Pine
Rust Disease
Have you ever wondered what
that orange, spindle-shaped sw
elling is on branches and stems
of loblolly and slash pine trees?
Chances are if you have pines
on your land, you have seen the
orange knots.
These swellings, commonly
called southern fusiform rust,
canker rust, cronartium rust,
fusiform canker or simply fusi
form rust, is the subject of a
publication by the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service.
The disease is most damaging
on slash and loblolly pines. It
occurs to a lesser degree on long
leaf and is not a problem on
shortleaf pines.
According to the authors of
the publication, losses to this
disease in Georgia amount to
tens of thousands of dollars a
year. Trees with these cankers
are unsuitable for poles or pil
ing.
It Is difficult to place a dollar
value on the pines in the home
landscape lost to this disease
every year. Its importance here
is its destruction of beauty and
design.
Persons Interested in learning
more about fusiform rust on
pines, how it spreads and how to
reduce losses from it may obtain
copies of the publication at local
county Extension Service offices.
Just ask your county agent for a
copy of "Fusiform Rust on
Pines.”
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The Bible --
A Book For The Universe
What book would you select
to take with you on a journey
to the moon?
Hie first men to make
the perilous voyage chose
the Bible., a selection criticized
by some and praised by many.
Millions listened to the Apollo
8 Astronauts who read the opening
words of Genesis last Christmas
Eve as they circled the moon in
their space capsule 200,000 miles
from their homes and families.
Then we learned that the Apollo
11 adventurers who landed on
the moon also read from the
Scriptures. They left behind them
on the moon’s barren surface
the words of the Eighth Psalm,
and in the final moments before
he became the second man to
set foot on the gray wasteland,
Col. Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. read
from the Bible and celebrated
communion alone in the Eagle
moon-landing vehicle.
These nonscientlflc activities
were planned in advance by the
men who soared to the moon,
brave men who set an example
for all mankind by finding inspira
tion and comfort in the most
universal Book of Books.
Perhaps it is time for
Americans, and people every
where, to join in exploring the
inner depths of the Bible.
What better time is there for
such a venture than National Bible
Week, which opened on
Sunday, Nov. 23. It is during
this period of Thanksgiving week,
America’s only truly national
interfaith religious holiday, that
all of us might sit down with
the Scriptures to seek in them
what we want and need.
National Bible Week was
established by the laymen's
National Bible Committee on one
of the country’s darkest days—
Pearl Harbor Sunday, 1941. This
year it is co-sponsored by the
Bible Committee, the American
Bible Society and the Catholic
Biblical Association of America.
Its purpose is to encourage every
American to get to know his
Bible better.
Hie Week also launches World
wide Bible Reading,established by
the American Bible Society to
guide people around the globe
to the Scriptures. This
observance, lasting from Thanks
giving to Christmas, is co
sponsored by the three Bible Week
groups.
How will you observe National
Bible Week and Worldwide Bible
Reading month? Will you find
your message as the Apollo 8
Astronauts did in the opening
of the King James version at
Genesis — "In the beginning
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G0d...”? Or in the verses of the
Eighth Psalm, now covered with
moondust, which include these
thoughts:
"When I consider thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou has
ordained;
"What is man, that thou art
mindful of him?...Thou madest
him to have dominion over the
works of thy hands: thou hast
put all things under his feet...”
Whatever your choice may be,
in selecting the Bible as the book
to take along on the perilous
venture into space, the nation’s
newest heroes have made It a
truly universal book—a book for
the universe.
Ihe Old
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"Opened by mistake applies
more often to mouths than it
does to mail.”
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