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Houston Grand juries meet. They
ask some questions. They make
recommendations on what, in their
opinion, are pertinent, important
issues confronting our county.
They ask action. They seek
response from the public servants
During a holiday season like
Christmas and New Year’s, when
most people take a holiday and
have time off from their regular
duties, there are those who must
work to serve the emergency needs
of the rest of us, and we all owe
them our gratitude.
Many times holidays are the
busiest for workers at the hospital,
for accidents seem to mount during
these periods. And we expect the
people at the Emergency Room
and the Ambulance Service to be
ready - even while the rest of us
take a break.
Because crime never takes a
holiday, we expect police officers
to be on call, and many times they
must work extra hard during
holidays to handle the increased
Consider These Facts
Consider these facts:
One farm worker today supplies
1 enough feed and fibre for nearly 60
* people. Just ten years ago, he was
I producing enough for only half that
I many.
* Agriculture is the nation’s
biggest industry. Its assets, bet
ween SSOO and S6OO billion, amount
to about three-fifths of the capital
assets of all manufacturing cor
porations in the United States.
Agriculture is America’s biggest
* employer. Between 14 and 17
million people work in some phase
of agriculture -- from growing food
and fibre to selling it at the
supermarket.
Actual farm production in the
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BY MILDRED E. WARREN
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Favorites For The New Year
We have a long standing tradition
of always eating black-eyed peas
on New Year’s Day. According to
legend this brings one good luck all
year long. And, who dares to defy
fate and risk bad luck -- so reach
for black-eyed peas and serve this
Southern specialty on New Year’s
Day.
The familiar way to cook the
dried black-eyed peas (after
soaking) is to cook with a hunk of
hog jowl, add a small onion or two
and maybe a pod of red pepper. If
you don’t like the hog jowl cook
them as I do with a piece of ham
hock or a piece of country-style
backbone. May you have good luck
all year long!
For your New Year’s dessert
here is a delicious Cranberry Pie.
This comes from Ruth Todd and
she says it is so good and freezes
well if you wish to make it ahead.
Next is a California Nut Bread
which is good for a New Year’s
bread, full of chopped toasted nuts.
Last of all, a Cheese Ball for that
New Year’s party or just to nibble
on. This recipe was requested
before Christmas and I wasn’t sure
which cheese mold requested but
think this is the one.
CRANBERRY DELIGHT
Coat a 10 inch pan with vegetable
spray. Place in bottom of the tin in
layers:
2 cups whole cranberries
Vi cup walnuts or pecans chopped
Vi cup sugar
Mix together and beat:
2 eggs
i 1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 stick margarine, melted
Pour this mixture over the
cranberry mix and spread evenly.
Melt additional 1/3 stick of
margarine and pour over top. Bake
Grand Juries
Those Who Work
they help elect.
And what happens? Nothing.
We say if Grand Juries are not
going to receive the attention they
supposedly deserve from elected
officials, let’s do away with the
Grand Jury.
calls for their services.
With each holiday there is in
creased travel, and we all expect
there to be auto service - gasoline,
oil, and service to meet our
demands. So we expect the service
stations and wrecker services to be
on call.
And with the increased activity
at home, there are more fires
during this period. Once again, we
have come to know that the fire
department is ready and able to
meet the need, whatever the time
or the temperature.
These are people who deserve
special praise and consideration
for the service they render the
community, for they work while
the rest of us relax and enjoy the
holiday.
United States uses nearly 4.5
million workers -- as many as the
combined payrolls of tran
sportation, the steel industry and
the automobile industry.
Between the farm and dinner
table, agriculture requires the
services of 8 to 10 million people to
store, transport, process and
merchandise the output of the
nation’s farms.
American farmers today
produce over 53 percent more
crops on 6 percent fewer acres than
their fathers did. One hour of farm
labor now produces nearly nine
times as much food as it did in 1920.
Someone should be listening to
him with a sympathetic ear.
at 325 degrees for 1 hour. This pie
freezes well.
CALIFORNIA NUT BREAD
3 cups sifted flour
1 cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
IVi teaspoons salt
IVi cups coarsely chopped walnuts
or pecans, divided
1 egg, beaten
V 4 cup soft shortening
IVi cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Resist flour with sugar, baking
powder and salt into mixing bowl.
Stir in IVi cups of the nuts. Add egg,
shortening, milk and vanilla. Mix
just until ingredients are blended.
Turn into greased and floured loaf
pan, 9x5x3 inches. Sprinkle
remaining Vi cup nuts over top.
Bake at 350 degrees for 60 to 70
minutes. Let loaf stand in pan 10
minutes, then turn out on wire rack
to cool. Makes 1 large loaf.
CHEESE BALL
Vj pound sharp cheese
6 (3-ounce) packages cream cheese
2 teaspoons Worcestershire
2 teaspoons grated onion
Garlic, finely minced
Pecans, chopped
Grate the cheese and combine
with softened cream cheese,
preferably in electric mixer. If too
stiff to blend, add a little cream or
milk. Add grated onion and Wor
cestershire, and a liny bit of finely
minced garlic. Mix well and allow
to stand in refrigerator for several
hours . Shape into balls, (this
recipe will make 2 large balls or 3
medium balls) and roll in chopped
pecans. Chill again and serve with
crisp crackers. (The longer you
keep it, the better it gets!)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1979
County Ssftnog
BY JOEL FERGUSON
On Having Quality Schools
“I did not deserve that ‘F’ on this
paper,” said the student.
"I agree,” said the teacher, “but
that is the lowest grade I am
allowed to give.”
Such is the kind of humor in
cluded in the weekly newsletter,
“Education Matters,” published
for Georgia educators by State
School Supt. Charles McDaniel.
My Aunt Lucy Harris Ferguson
taught school for about four
decades before retiring in Talbot
County, and she also likes to recall
humorous events that took place
during her teaching career.
She recalled that a very
prominent gentleman visited her
classroom many years ago, and
asked a youngster about his
proficiency in spelling. But the
question didn’t quite come out that
way.
“Can you spell good?” the
prominent gent asked,
“Good, g-o-o-d, good,” the
youngster replied.
And somebody told me another
one involving a boy with a sore toe
whose class was studying history.
“Johnny,” the teacher asked the
boy with the sore toe, “Can you tell
us who searched for the Fountain of
Youth?”
About the same time the question
was asked, a student sitting next to
Johnny accidentally dropped a
book on the sore toe.
“Oh, de soe toe?” Johnny ex
claimed.
“Correct,” the teacher replied.
At any rate, it’s nice to know the
state school boss has a sense of
humor, but what is more im
portant, his newsletter is designed
to keep Georgia educators in
formed about what’s going on.
In the Dec. 7 edition, for instance,
Supt. McDaniel notes that 64,473
teachers holding profession cer
tification are currently employed
in the state school system, and of
this number. 8,298 are new to a
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system this year. Os the 3,181
beginning teachers employed this
year, McDaniel reports that 1,110
are from Georgia colleges and
universities and 2,071 come from
out-of-state colleges and univer
sities.
McDaniel reported in the Nov. 30
edition that the Governor’s Honors
Program for high school students,
which began at Wesleyan College
in 1964, and was expanded to North
Georgia College in 1976, will be held
at Valdosta State College and
North Georgia College next
summer. He added that the ad
ministration at Wesleyan decided
to institute a summei school of its
own next year and felt that there
would not be enough room for both
activities on that campus.
QUALITY SCHOOLS
According to McDaniel, the
Education Commission of the
States recently issued a policy
statement listing five components
of a quality school, and these
components are as follows;
+ Schools which place a high
value on the uniqueness of the
individual, small operations,
working on a personal basis and
teachers emphasizing the strong
points of students.
-I- Schools where achievement is
stressed, instruction time is
protected, learning expectations
are made clear and instruction is
monitored and evaluated for
quality.
+ Schools where the resources
of the community are used to make
broad-based school decisions.
-I- Schools which are realistic in
the undertakings, try to do specific ,
things well and where the principal
is the key person in the school.
+ Schools where students with
diverse backgrounds are brought
together, which are well-organized
and where the focus is on the goals
and needs of the students.
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BRANCH
V. —J
The beginning of a new year seems an ap
propriate time to re-state some of the old policies
here at The Home Journal and to explain some of
the new policies for 1980.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: I have stated
the policy on many occasions, but I still receive
letters each week that do not comply and I
simply cannot publish these letters. First of all,
the letters column is open to anyone who wants to
express their opinion on just about any subject.
All letters must be signed by the writer with an
address. If the writer requests that his or her
name be withheld, this request will be seriously
considered. If it is decided the name cannot be
withheld, the writer will be contacted and told so,
and then may choose whether or not he or she
wants their letter published. But all letters must
be signed. 1 know of no legitimate newspapers
that publish anonymous letters.
Keep letters as brief as possible and typed
double spaced letters are preferred but not
required. Letters are always welcome as long as
the identity of the writer is known.
WEDDINGS—ENGAGEMENTS: Social news,
weddings, engagements and parties are all a
vital part of The Home Journal’s news content
each week. The HHJ is strictly a local, com
munity newspaper and these local events are
important to the overall coverage of the area.
All engagement announcements, with photos
will be published at no charge. There will be a
charge for wedding write-ups that exceed 20
inches of column space (this does not include the
photo).
In the past, weddings that covered more than *a
half of page of space in the paper have been
published at no charge. Simply because of
economic reasons, the paper cannot afford to
continue this practice any longer.
The HHJ society editor, Mrs. Emily Mon
tgomery, will be happy to assist in the writing of
wedding and related stories. There are forms
available here at the office that will be most
helpful in getting weddings written up properly
to adhere with these new policies.
This is nothing new. Most newspapers have
already adopted similar policies. Please
cooperate with us and all of us here at the paper
will do all we can to insure that weddings are
published in a most appropriate manner.
Civic clubs, churches, schools, scouts and
other groups are also important areas of news
the paper wants to cover as thoroughly as
possible. But it takes some coordination between
publicity persons in the groups or organizations
and the staff of the paper.
If any group wants a photo of some activity or
new officers published, the paper should be
contacted as far in advance as possible. News of
all meetings will be published but it is not
possible for the paper to dispatch a reporter to
all meetings. Each club or group should
designate a publicity chairman to coordinate all
news with the paper. This system works best.
You’ll find any member of The Home Journal
staff eager to be helpful on getting club and
church news into print. All it takes is a little
working together.
About that school news. Sure, we publish more
news from some schools than we do others, but it
is not intentionally. It is simply a fact that some
schools in Perry provide us with more news and
photos of the events at the schools. Parent-
Teacher groups, booster clubs, and principals of
schools can all help in this endeavor by working
together with the paper to get their school news
published each week.
If anyone in any club or group has any
questions, call me at 987-1823 to assist you in
setting up a publicity program for the year 1980
I’ll be happy to help.
The Home Journal is YOUR community
newspaper. It is the only newspaper in the world
that cares for and is concerned by the things that
happen in Perry and the things that happen to
Perry area people. Help us make YOUR
newspaper a better newspaper in 1980,
The Houston Home Journal
OFFICIAL ORGAN CITY OF PERRY
AND HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, SINCE 1870
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BOBBY BRANCH PHIL BYRD
Editor—Publisher General Manager
TONYBLAKLEY JOEL FERGUSON
Advertising Mgr. News Editor
, TERRY WOOD
Features, Photographer
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Bookkeeper, Proofing
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at. Composition, Circulation
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Photographer
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