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Holiday Brightened by Lighting
BY ANNE WOOD
Home Economist
Georgia Power Company
Colorful lighting at Christmas has
become an important part of our
holiday festivities. Here are some
precautions to help keep the
holidays safe and enjoyable:
111 Some lighting equipment is
designed for indoor use only. Be
sure that all plugs, sockets, cords
and bulbs intended for outdoor use
are weatherproof. Keep connections
above the ground. To insure a
watertight connection, always use
the rubber ring or gasket that
comes with outdoor sockets.
(2) Before using lighting sets,
check for frayed wires, loose
connections and broken sockets.
Dispose of defective sets; don’t try
to patch them.
(3) Use lighting sets that carry
Underwriters' Laboratories’, Inc.
(UL) label.
(4) Keep extension cords short
and, to prevent tripping, place
them out of house traffic areas.
(5) Follow the manufacturers’
instructions when lightin an ar
tificial tree. Some synthetic needles
can melt from the heat of a three
watt Christmas bulb. Never place
electric lights on a metal tree. An
alternative is to direct a floodlight
beam on the tree. A revolving color
wheel can add variety.
(6) Do not use candles on any
tree.
(7) If you use a real tree, be sure
it’s freshly cut. A tree is fresh if its
trunk is sticky with resin and the
needles do not fall away easily.
(8) Stand the tree in water until
ready for use. Saw off the trunk
diagonally an inch or so above the
original cut for better water ab
sorption.
Today
In History
Today is Thursday, Dec. 11, the
345th day of 1975. There are 20
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On this date in 1941, Germany
and Italy declared war on the
United States.
On this date:
In 1816, Indiana became the
19th state.
In 1848, Louis Napoleon was
elected president of France.
In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated
as king of England and King
George the VI ascended to the
throne.
In 1937, Benito Mussolini
announced that Italy was
withdrawing from the League of
Nations.
In 1944, in World War 11,
German troops under attack by the
American Ist Army retreated
across the Roer River.
In 1946, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
offered to donate a six-block piece
of Manhattan real estate for a
headquarters for the United
Nations.
Ten years ago: 13 people were
killed and 21 injured when fire
broke out in a bar in Chicago. It
was believed a case of arson.
Five years ago: President
Richard Nixon picked Texas
congressman George Bush to
succeed career ambassador Charles
Yost as head of the American
delegation at the United Nations.
One year ago: Mayor Abraham
Beame of New York announced the
dismissal of 3,700 city employes —
including policemen, firemen,
sanitationmen and teachers — and
the forced retirement of 2,700
elderly employes to help reduce the
city’s budget deficit.
Today’s birthday: Pro football
official George Sauer is 65 years
old.
Thought for today: We owe to
the Middle Ages the two worst
inventions of humanity —
gunpowder and romantic love —
French writer Andre Maurois,
1885-1967.
Bicentennial footnote: 200 years
ago, the Continental Congress
voted $3,000 for the support of
American agents in Europe.
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(9) Use a sturdy stand that has
anchor clamps and a container
which holds water. Check the water
supply daily.
(10) Keep the tree away from
lighted fireplaces and heaters.
(11 Turn off tree lights before the
family goes out for the evening or
retires for the night.
(12) Do not allow small children
to play around the tree without
supervision.
(13) Set up electrical toys away
from the tree. A spark from such a
toy could touch off the tree or
paper wrappings.
Lights use only a small amount of
Retired Couples' Budgets
Hit By Cost Increases
Americans’ Golden Years are
becoming increasingly expensive as
budget costs of retired persons rose
across the board from autumn
1973 to autumn 1974.
A retired couple’s living expenses
rose more thn 11 per cent at all
three hypothetical budget levels
estimated by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, according to December’s
Finance Facts, a journal of con
sumer financial behavior published
by the National Consumer Finance
Association.
An urban area retired couple,
consisting of a 65-year-old husband
and a wife could expect their
budget for an intermediate life style
to cost $6,041, while a lower level
life style budget was estimated at
Jackson Publisher Dies at 59
ATLANTA (API — Doyle Jones
Jr., editor and publisher of the
Jackson Progress Argus in Butts
County, died in a hospital here
Wednesday following a stroke.
Jones, 59, was admitted to
Emory University Hospital
Monday.
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electricity, so there is no reason not
to include them in your holiday
decorating as long as reasonable
restraint is exercised. Plan to
connect your holiday lights no
longer than five hours a night and
turn them off when no one will be
home.
Midget or Italian bulbs use less
electricity than the old standard
size bulb. It would take more than
250 midget bulbs to use as much
electricity as a 100-watt bulb. Cool
type bulbs use less electricity than
others, and lights that flash on and
off use less than lights that burn
continuouslv.
$4,228 and the higher 1eve1,58,969.
Consumption expenditures
continued to absorb the bulk of
each budget with increases in all
major areas over the one year
period. For example, food was up
almost 13 per cent at the lower
level, and more than 10 per cent at
the intermediate and higher levels;
housing was up more than 10 per
cent at the low level, and more
than 11 per cent at the in
termediate and higher levels; and
transportation costs rose more than
14 per cent at the lower level and
more than 14 and 15 per cent at
the intermediate and higher levels.
Metropolitan areas were more
1 costly than nonmetropolitan areas,
as a result of different life styles.
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death in 1955, when the weekly
newspaper was published by Jones
and a brother. Jones bought the
publication in 1958.
Survivors include the widow and
one brother, Vincent, both of
Jackson.
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Phone 786-2280
Miss Pauline Hardman of
Covington visited her aunt. Mrs.
Mattie I. Sigman Friday morning
and again on Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Werner Anschutz
and boys. Tommy and Johnny of
Martinez, spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Hylick.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Adams of
Waverly. lowa s|>ent several days
recently with Mrs. Agnes Adams
enroute to Florida for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Usher Smith had as
their guests Sunday all their
children and grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Phillips and
girls, Delores and Joanne, of
Clarkston spent Simday with their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Mclntosh.
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Summer spent
last week visiting relatives in
Florida.
Mrs. Guy Morgan is recuperating
nicely at her home after having
surgery at Newton County Hospital
last week.
Babies bom to poor parents are
often smaller and more likely to
have birth defects than infants of
the more affluent, reports The
National Foundation-March of
Dimes. Poor nutrition during
pregnancy is a contributing factor,
according to a recent study.
A nationwide computer system to
detect birth defects outbreaks
began operation in 1975, according
to The National Foundation-March
of Dimes. The federally-funded
program is administered by the
Center for Disease Control in
Atlanta.
HE COVINGTON NEWS — THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1975
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