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Newton County's
Mansfield Labrador Retriever
Wins National Championship
Whygin’s Cork Coot, handled
by Joe Riser of Mansfield, won
the National Championship Stake,
November 15, at the Bombay
Hook National Wildlife Refuge,
Symma, Delaware. This marked
the second time that the same
dog won the National Title and
is the first time for any dog as
a repeater. Whygin’s Cork Coot
also won in 1965.
Owned by Mrs. George Mur
nane of Syosset, Long Island,
New York, the dog is kept at
Riser’s Kennel near the Pony
Express in Newton County.
Sandi Ison Leaves Friday
For National 4-H Congress
Georgia’s 1969 state 4-H Club
champions will leave for Chicago
and the National 4-H Club Con
gress on Friday, Nov. 28.
The state champions, more
than 40 strong, will be In the
Windy City for eight days. Ac
cording to Dr. T. L. Walton,
state 4-H leader with the Uni
versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service, 41 Georgia
boys and girls earned the Chicago
trip through their 4-H project
work.
In Chicago, the Peach State
delegates will join more than
1,600 other 4-H’ers from every
state, Canada and about a dozen
other countries.
“Make Tomorrow Happen’’ Is
the Congress theme and the de
legates will be exposed to a full
program of education, Inspirat
ion and recognition.
Dr. Walton said one of the
main highlights of the Congress
Is the announcement of national
winners and the awarding of edu
cational scholarships. Last year,
five Georgia 4-H’ers earned nat
ional recognition and college
scholarships. “We are hoping
to exceed that number this year,*’
Dr. Walton said.
National honors in 4-H Club
work are determined on a basis
of record book competition. The
4-H records of the state win
ners from Georgia are already
In Chicago being judged.
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The 1969 Championships of
the National Retriever Club, Inc.,
lasted for four days, November
12-15. A total of 47 dogs were
entered in the event this year.
Finalist in the championship,
other than the Newton County
dog, were: Dessa’s Little Tar
Baby of Portland, Oregon; Mis
ty’s Sun Gold Lad CDX of Seat
tle, Washington; Super Chief of
Syosset, New York; Guy’s Bit
terroot Lucky of Missoula, Mon
tana; Ace Os Southwood, Alton,
Illinois; and Shadow Os Rocky
lane, New Orleans, La.
Several members of the Geor
gia delegation have been singled
out for leadership responsi
bilities during the national event.
Patricia Ellen Plckney, Jackson
County, will be one of the six
hostesses assisting with the 4-H
Field Crops Science Dinner on
Monday, December 1. Ann Bent
ley, DeKalb County, will be the
mistress of ceremonies for the
dress revue Basket Supper on
Sunday, November 30.
Jlnger Jones, Franklin County,
has been asked to serve at a tea
for leaders and donors attending
the Congress on Sunday, Nov. 30.
Mary Huff, Carroll County, will
give the response at the Tup
perware dinner, Tuesday, Dec.
2. Ernest Maddox, Peach County,
will give the Invocation at the
Eastman Kodak Company dinner
on Tuesday, Dec. 2. And Bar
bara Anne Chaplin, Meriwether
County, will serve as the Toast
mistress at the Standard Brands
dinner, Tuesday, Dec. 2.
Melvin Davis, district 4-H
leader with the Extension Ser
vice, will be In charge of the
Georgia delegation. While In
Chicago, the 4-H’ers will be
staying at the Congress head
quarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel.
Georgia delegates, their coun
ties and projects in which they
earned state honors, Includes:
Newton, Sandl Ison, Horti
cultural.
Suburban News
PARTICIPANTS IN THE Extension Home Economics County Dress Revue held November 18th at the
Snapping Shoals EMC Building are pictured from left to right: Mrs. Gladys Nolley, Mrs. Jimmy Hall,
Mrs. Lillie Zackery, Mrs. James Bohannon, Mrs. Glenn Conner, Mrs. Jimmy Coggin, Mrs. Roy Hitch
cock, Mrs. James Gross, and Mrs. J. P. Wall. Front row are Bonnie Bohannon, Lee Coggin, and Marty
Coggin.
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS
CLEANING EARLY
Prepare your home for the
holidays at a leisurely pace —
not with a last-minute crash pro
gram that will leave you limp and
unable to enjoy the festivities.
If you start early, proceed sys
tematically, It won’t seem like
work at all; in fact, it will be fun
to see all the holiday things again.
START WITH THE LINEN
CLOSET. Check the holiday towel
supply. Are holly-sprigged guest
towels and dishtowels in good
condition? They probably look
dull and dusty after a year “on
the shelf*’ so toss them Into the
washer to freshen them up.
Terrycloth Items need only to be
folded when dry; however, any
linen towels will need some iron
ing while still damp.
Undoubtedly, there will be
overnight guests during the holi
days — possibly unexpected
guests — so be ready! Make
sure that the sheet and pillow
case situation is well in hand.
Now’s the time to weed out torn,
frayed linens -- which make fine
dusting and polishing cloths, so
save them for this purpose.
LOOK OVER TABLECLOTHS
AND NAPKINS. They were prob
ably laundered before being put
away last year but another quick
sudsing will bring out their
beauty. It’s not a bad idea to
stock up on extra napkins in red
or green to harmonize with holi
day prints.
Have you several pretty aprons
for use by the extra help you’ll
have in the kitchen? Don’t risk
splashes and splatters on
guests’ holiday best, or your own
for that matter!
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NOW, ON TO KITCHEN CAB
INETS. Those gaily-patterned
Christmas dishes and platters,
Tom and Jerry cups, crystal
goblets, and wine glasses in
evitably have 4 coating of dust
(It happens in the best of house
holds), so bring out their sparkle
again in a dishpan full of hot suds
or a run through the dishwasher.
With all the accessories ready,
remember that your home Itself
will be the background for this
holiday sparkle. If it isn’t im
maculate, the tinsel-y glitter is
dulled. Look your house over
with a critical eye. Check those
little things you’ve been neglect
ing unintentionally — perhaps
picture and mirror frames are
grimy, or a bookcase and its
contents need cleaning. Are win
dows clear and brilliant as they
should be?
Take care of these things be
fore those last few hectic days,
then you’ll be able to enjoy Chr
istmas with the serene spirit wh
ich this holiday deserves.
Fatty Substances
THE GREATEST THREAT to
the American working man’s hea
lth is atherosclerosis, not can
cer, reports a University of Chi
cago pathologist. He said that
atherosclerosis is responsible
for more than 50 per cent of the
deaths among males during their
productive life.
Atherosclerosis is the thick
ening of the walls of an artery
due to deposits of fatty substan
ces from the blood in plaques
that reduce the flow of blood.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Acid Soils Are
Georgia’s No. 1
Fertility Problem
When it comes to correcting
acid soil conditions, it looks like
the harder Georgia farmers run
the “behlnder” they get.
Despite a doubling of lime use
since 1964, acid soils are still
the state’s No. 1 soil fertility
problem, says P. J. Bergeaux,
Extension Service agronomist
with the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture.
Farmers applied only 501,000
tons of lime in 1964. In 1965,
first year of Extension’s “Stamp
Out Acid Soils” program, con
sumption was up to 776,000 tons.
Slightly more than one million
tons of lime were applied In 1967
and consumption stayed close to
that level in ’6B and ’69.
But lime use has not kept pace
with the increasing use of fert
ilizers, particularly nitrogen,
according to Bergeaux. “Crop
removal of calcium and mag
nesium, plus the acidifying ef
fect of ammonium nitrogen fert
ilizers, Is resulting in critically
acid soil conditions on many
Georgia farms,” he stated.
Bergeaux pointed out that
Georgia soils are Inherently acid
in the first place. In the native
state the pH ranges from 5.2
to 5.8. A pH of 6.0 to 6.5 Is
needed for maximum production
of most crops grown In the state.
“ These acid soils must be cor
rected by liming in order to
produce high quality crop
yields,” the agronomist con
tinued. “Farmers cannot ob
tain full utilization of applied
fertilizers without it.”
Bergeaux said it would take
5 million tons of lime to bring
Georgia’s cropland up to the
desired pH level. He added
that 1.6 million tons annually
would then be needed to main
tain it.
The Cooperative Extension
Service has announced that it
will continue the emphasis on
lime. Its agronomy depart
ment, in cooperation with co
unty agents, will launch a “Lime
for Profit” program in every
county next year.
Sponsored by the Georgia Plant
Food Educational Society, the
program will saturate farm com
munities with information on the
value of liming. Farm demon
strations will be established on
major soil types throughout the
state. The new soil and plant
analysis laboratory now under
construction on the University
of Georgia campus will be used
to pinpoint areas requiring sig
nificant corrective action.
The Plant Food Educational
Society will appoint a com
mittee to work with the Exten
sion agronomists in enlisting ac
tive support of all fertilizer and
lime companies. In addition,
these companies will encourage
their salesmen to stress the
Importance of liming in a total
farm fertilization program.
NEMATODE CHECK
Many of the problems encoun
tered in growing fruit are caus
ed by nematodes. This is a wide
spread problem that is found in
the production of most crops. Du
ring the fall is a good time to
contact your county Extension
agent about taking soil samples to
determine if nematodes are a
problem.
Almost 2 million Series E U.S.
Savings Bonds — either lost,
stolen, damaged or destroyed —
have been replaced by The
Department of the Treasury in
the past 28 years.
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FIRST PLACE WINNERS In the Extension Home Economics County
Dress Revue held on November 18thwere: Mrs. Jimmy Coggin, wool
division; Mrs. James Gross, synthetics; Mrs. Glenn Conner, cotton
and cotton blend; Mrs. James Bohannon, consumer buying; Mrs. Glenn
Conner, children’s clothing (modeled by Marty Coggin); and Mrs.
J. P. Wall, second place winner in consumer buying.
Home Ec. Council Dress
Revue Held At REA Ruilding
On Tuesday, November 18, the
Newton County Extension Home
Economics Council sponsored a
county-wide dress revue held at
the Snapping Shoals EMC Build
ing. This was the first dress
revue held in several years.
Class I - Group A- Wool
garments - Participants were
Mrs. Jimmy Coggin, Ist place;
Mrs. Jimmy Hall, 2nd place;
and Mrs. Lillie Zackery, 3rd
place.
Class I - Group B - synthe
tics and silk - Participants were
Mrs. James Gross, Ist place;
Mrs. Roy Hitchcock, 2nd place;
Mrs. J. P. Wall, 3rd place; and
Mrs. Gladys Nolley.
Class I - Group C - Cotton
and cotton blends - Participants
were Mrs. Glenn Conner, Ist
place; Mrs. Jimmy Coggin, 2nd
place; and Mrs. Gladys Nolley,
3rd place.
Class II - Group E- Con
sumer buying - Participants
Better Days For Cotton
Despite the obvious problems
facing cotton and cotton growers,
it was the consensus of agri
cultural scientists and cotton
growers meeting recently in Mid
ville that there still is a definite
place for cotton in the state.
At this first meeting of a special
cotton research committee ap
pointed by Dr. John Owen,
director of the University
of Georgia Agriculture Ex
periment Stations, scientists and
farmers discussed ways to
improve the position of Georgia
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were Mrs. James Bohannon, Ist
place; Mrs. J. P. Wall, 2nd place.
Class 111 - Group F - Child
ren’s Clothes - Marty Coggin
won Ist place with a dress made
by. Mrs. Glenn Conner; Bonnie
Bohannon, 2nd place with a coat
made by Mrs. Wayne Farmer,
and Lee Coggin, 3rd place model
ing a suit made by Mrs. Jimmy
Coggin.
Prizes consisting of dress len
gths of fabric for the first place
winners were compliments of
Belk-Gallant Department Store.
Mrs. Marion Britt awarded the
prizes to the winners.
The county dress revue com
mittee was composed of Mrs.
Christine Dillard, chairman;
Mrs. Louis Lang, and Mrs. Ed
Hunt.
Judges for the event were Miss
Janice Farmer and Miss Judy
Norton, Extension Home Eco
nomists for Spalding County. .
cotton and to meet increasing
competition from synthetics and
cotton from other states.
"Cotton has definitely had its
problems in Georgia,” admitted
Owen. “We may not be able
to do much about regaining the
large part of the cotton market
lost to synthetics and cheaner
foreign imports, but we can and
will do something' about that
portion of the Georgia cotton
market lost to other states.”
A large sum of money made
available through special grants
Thursday, November 27, 1969
Becky Ison
President
4-H Council
The Newton County 4-H Coun
cil held their first meeting on
October 29. Tie main purpose
of the meeting was to elect new
officers and to hold an Officer
Training Course.
The newly elected Jr. officers
are: President, Becky Ison;
Boys Vice-President, Ren An
derson; Girls Vice-President,
Julianne Ozburn; Secretary,
Mary Heard; Reporter, Andy
Davis, and Parliamentarian,
Jimmy Hill.
Groups were formed to hold
the short Officer Training Cou
rse. We re-assembled and then
had the Pledge to the 4-H Flag.
The meeting was adjourned by
Becky Ison.
The next meeting will be De
cember 3. We urge all officers
and 4-H members to attend this
meeting.
Georgia Pulp
Producers Hit
Record High
Georgia pulpwood producers
advanced to a new record in 1968
and continued to lead the nation.
Over 6.9 million cords werepro
duced.
Georgia’s 1968 pulpwood pro
duction Increased nine percent
over 1967, says Nelson Brightwell,
forester with the University of
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service. For the past 21 years
Georgia has been the southern
pulpwood leader and the national
leader for the past four years.
Brightwell said seven Peach
State counties produced over 100,-
000 cords of pulpwood during 1968.
The leading county was Wayne
with 192,440 cords. Ware County
was second in the state with 166,-
042, followed by Clinch County
with 152,661 cords.
Other counties producing over
100,000 cords last year were
Appling, Camden, Jeff Davis and
Echols.
Brightwell said 15 pulpmills are
now operating in the state with
a combined pulping capacity of
13,366 tons per day. These mills
provide a market for pulpwood
from every county in the state.
Commenting further on the
importance of the pulp industry in
the state, Brightwell pointed out
that more than 67,000 Georgians
are employed Inforest industries.
Os the total contribution to the
economy from forest-based
industries, pulp and paper man
ufacturing contributes almost
two-thirds or $615 million.
and state and federal appropria
tions has been allocated for cotton
research, commented Owen.