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22 PAGES THIS ISSUE
NUMBEH 15
State Democratic Primary
Set For Next Wednesday
AN AMERICAN DRY CLEANER'S truck, right above, te
show being pulled from the scone of an accident at the
inter section of Horton Street and Highway 29 at 5:05 o’
clock last Wednesday afternoon, August 31. The truck,
driven by Horace 1* Maynard, pulled into the state
Alfhway and was struck by a 1965 Ford, left photo, dri
ven by James Riley Nix of Auburn, knocking the Ford In
to a 1966 Mercury driven by Thelma Turner, of Wind
er which was stopped at the traffic signal to make a
left hand turn, No one was seriously Injured, however,
Mr Maynard was treated and dismissed at Winder-
Barrow Hospital. The accident was investigated by Nel
son Huff and Charles Smith of the Winder Police Depart
ment.
Population Report-4tlu In Series
Education, Housing Progress
Is Revealed In Area Report
[ ATHENS, GA, - Approxi
mately 25 per cent at North-
Awl Georgia's total population
m enrolled in its public
■bools during i960, From
0$& in i%3 total enrollment
ter to 311,050, an overall in-
ptiM of five per cent. Those
kb are revealed in the first
tf in tconotnlcBase and Pop-
dition Studies sponsored by
fc Northeast Georgia Area
liaoiAg and Development
parols si on.
The report shows that In the
Ik counties of Barrow,
CU w, Greene, Jackson, Ma-
koa, Morgan, Oconee, Ogie-
kp* and Walton which com-
the Commission's area
k ifejmber of persons 25
^ ow who never hud any'
►cling declined between
^ and i960. The percent-
k trf person# in the nine
ty Area with at least a
** k*h»ieducation lncreas-
J tom 17 per cent in 1950
^Percent In I960.
^ I'upulaUon Report not-
while those 23 and over
J® attended high school
•^declining as a per cent of
* population, the figures
*} *** tfet liettor th*a 711
P/WH of the over 25 pop-
in Madison, Morgan,
ini Walton Coua-
'■ ^2 r ,une to high
^ In 1*50. Ittoaw, Jack-
?" '-'"rw md Harrow Coun-
■ tuineen 65 aad 76
, <wl of Uislr popute-
25 ntn? Imdnevt't at-
C 1 .cliool, Clarke
cy' 1 liture wji 50 pet
5^mr.
L , “ Improvement of
T?™ level. |. shurni in
Population Ks-
J* *11 the coontioh Mt-
, l *rl« the 1060 figure
, ij u¥(r ^
I** 1 iUendeO W(h school
I. Oetvieoii Si and 65
Ij” 11 twrko tounty stood
vtm a. u )t measure
tTf* persons never »t-
j7«Hl school,
a '' W'vtns 25 years and
iJ^leted high school
S,7® 1,1 the urban areas
*»»l Geortfla Bian It)
v Apprtwlmet'
t( P* r cent of the real-
Ljn"’ orooniboro, MadJ-
M Winder com-
. vid, vihool. 'Hrt, Alliens
<4 Per cent.
^ 1 eve to ip per cent
K, tnl *>«ts of all tin
h * ■*"r,la 1Ml a cum,.
■ ^P*<U>d lllt/h hjabetKil
All counties, but Clarke, fell
below the state's 1960 fig
ure of 32 per cent as the pro
portion of persons 25 and over
who completed high school.
Locally all counties, except
Clarke, range between 10 and
15 percentage polnu beiow the
state figure. Clarke is 12 per
cent above the state figure,
The per cent of persons over
25 who have completed four
yoars of high school or more
in Clarke County is *14 per
cent, and In Athens the per
centage Is 45,
Referring to the "Drop-Out
Problem" in Northeast Geor
gia, die Population Report sta
les "An analysis of enroll mont
date for the period 1959 to
1964 shows the biggest drain of
students take s place during the
high school years. Generallx-
tng for the area, the percent
age of those who start but ap
parently fail to complete high
school are;
Ml percent of Negro boys
with a county spread from 37
to 69 tier cent Clarke Coun
ty Is lowest and Morgan Coun
ty te highest,
44 per cent of Negro girls,
with a county spread from 27
to 69 per cent; Greene Coun
ty being lowest and Morgan
the highest;
44 per cent of white boys,
with a count)' spread from 34
per cent in Oglethorpe to 54
per cent in Jackson County.
36 per cent of white girls,
with a 23 to 44 pe r cent spread
between counties with Greene
lowest and Jackson highest,
Some of these students move
out of the area and complete
high school elsewhere. Some
are transfers from school dis
tricts and some are those re
peating grades. However, tho
Population Report states "the
high percentages ca n only
mean that many students leave
school for other reasons as
well,"
In a qualitative view of ed
ucation in the Northeast Geor
gia nine-county area, tho Pop
ulation Report shows, "while
educational gains have been
made since 1950, a brief ex
amination of the area's edu
cational systems inducato that
without major Improvement,
they may continue to turn out
some people too poorly educa
ted to obtain the better jobs In
tomorrow's economy and also
to discourage location of new
firms in the area.
"One striking fact worth
noting about education levels
is that for those with only an
elementary education, aver
age personal Income is about
50 per cent higher in tho rest
(Continued on Page 6-A)
Federal Land Bank To
Hold 49th. Annual
Stockholders Meeting
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Federal
Land Bank Association of
Gainesville, Georgia, on Fri
day, September 9, 1966, at 7;-
30 p.m, according to an an
nouncement made by Mr. L.S.
Patton, Manager of the Fed
eral Land Bank Association of
Gainesville, The principal
speaker will be Mr. Robert A.
Darr, President of the Feder
al Land Bank of Columbia.
The business session of the
meeting will Include reports of
the Association's financial op
erations and the election of
one director for the regular
term of three years. A spe
cial feature of the program
will be a drawing for atten
dance prizes valued at approx
imately $500.00. Also, re
freshments will bo served to
everyone present,
The Federal Land Bank As
sociation of Gainesville han
dles the making and financing
of all loans for the Federal
Land Hank of Columbia In ite
chartered territory which in
cludes Barrow, Dawson, For
syth, Habersham, Hall, Jack-
son, Itubun, .Stephens, Lump
kin, Towns, Union and White
counties,
Races For Governor, Ll. Governor, Senator, Representative
And Congressman Hold Interest; Committeemen To Re Elected
lackson E. M. C. To
Members’ Meeting
JEFFERSON, Ca.--All at
tendance records ere expect
ed to be broken Saturday, Sep
tember 17 at Jackson Electric
Membership Corporation’#
2Wth Annual Members’ Meet
ing.
William S. Welch, general
manager of Jackson EMC,
states that plans are now be
ing completed to accommo
date a record number of con
sumer-owners from the eight
county service area, "Annual
Meeting is the most impor
tant event on Jackson EMC'#
calendar, and we’re looking
forward to the biggest and best
meeting yet," the general ma
nager said.
Tho Annual Meeting activi
ties will begin at 8,30 &.m„
with the registration of mem
bers. The Dixie Wranglers
will begin presenting country
and western music under the
big tent at 9:00 u,
The program will start
promptly at 9;30 a.m. Tho
day’s activities wilt Include
numerous valuable prizes, In
teresting reports, Important
business transactions, the ol-
ectlon of three directors, and
aye-catching displays,
The featured speaker for tho
mooting will be Senator Her
man E. Talmadge, He will be
Introduced by Walter Harri
son, executive manager of
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation,
Immediately following the
business meeting, ali mem
ber consumers who have made
reservations for tickets will
be served a barbecue chick
en lunch,
Jackson EMC servos more
than 22,000 customers from
headquarters in Jefferson and
from district officos In Gain
esville, and Neose,
School Begins
In Statham
School has begun In Statham.
Most of the classes have sot-
tlud down into the regular sch
edule, The seventh grade ha#
elected It# class officer# and
they are as follows;
Judy r McLocklin, President,
Debbie Bragg,Secretary; Dot
ty Malcum, Treasurer; and
Roger Bryant, Reporter, The
teacher of the seventh grade
Is Mr, W, H, Gibbs and the
principal Is Mr O. H, Wood,
Roger Bryant, Reporter,
SEN, HERMAN TALMADGE
SPEAKER
Winder Lions Fair
And Horse Show
The Winder Lions Club will
sponsor its 4th Annual Horse
Show as a Special Event dur
ing the Barrow County Agri
cultural and Industrial Fairon
Monday night, September 12,
According to Sam Dunaway
Horse Show Chairman, there
will bo III classes shown in
tho Horse Show. Entry fees
will bo charged and cash a-
wards and ribbons willbepro*
sonted
Tho Horse Show is an an
nual affair hold each year dur
ing the week of the Barrow
County Fair, and wide inter
est is being shown on tho spe
clal event for this year,
Billy Myers, Fair Chair
man, states that along with
the Educational and Com
mercial Exhibits and the Out
standing Midway forthlsyear,
special events will include
Beef and Dairy Cattle ^iow
for Tuesday night at 7;00
p-m.; Swln e Show for Wed
nesday night at 7.00 p.m, and
the Little Miss Barrow Coun
ty Contest for Thursday night
at 7;Q0 p.nu
Tho Winder Lions Club has
recently completed a new ex
hibit building which Is located
on tho fair grounds and will
house Educational and Com<
mercial Exhibits, Exhibits
displayed In this building will
add much to the Barrow Coum
ty Fair which will begin on
Monday, September 12 thru
17,
Harris Leads
Cen. Past
W-B, 20-0
Citizen# of the State of Georgia who are registered and
qualified will go to the polls next Wednesday, September 14, to
cast their votes in the 1966 Democratic Primary, According
to Registrar Chairman Robert Hannah, approximately 7,180
citizens of Barrow County are qualified to vote. This exceed*
by several hundred tho number or qualified voter# In the 1964
Democratic Primary. This has been a vary spirited campaign
among all of the candidate# having opposition and a large turn
out at the polls I# expected.
Voter# will be required to
sign a Voter’s Certificate a-
g&ln this year before cabling
their balloter This was first
introduced in the 1964
Primary' following tho new
.Stale Election Code Laws,
Much interest has been gen
erated throughout the state In
the race for Georgia 1 # Gov
ernorship. Six aspirant# for
the gubernatorial office have
all been very active In their
campaign efforts. Elite Areal!
Garland T. Byrd, Jimmy Car
ter and Lester Maddox have
vlblted Winder and Barrow
County in their quest to cap
ture votes from local citizen*.
The Lieutenant Governor's
race has also been most ac
tive with Peter Zack Geer,
Incumbent, and George T„
Smith very much at each other
throughout the entire cam
paign. W Randall Bedgood,
Jr„ of Athens, h&s&teo sought
the voters, but perhaps a little
less strenuously'than Geer and
Smith.
The race for the United Stat
es Congress from the Ninth
Congressional District ha#
witnessed Incumbent Phil
Landrum and Zell Miller, a-
long with Fred C. Jones,-Jr.,
and Franklyn Stone Uhl, Sr,,
battling for the post.
Dr. W. A. Ellnburg, Jr,,
Dr, J. Albert Mlnteh, in
cumbent, and W, IV Wil
banks have brought their con
tests to the people of the 4Sth
District as they seek the State
Senatorial nomination. Dr. El-
1 inburg te a veterinarian from
Buford; Dr. Minlsh Is a den
tist and 1s presently serving
a# Mayor of Commerce, Mr.
Wilbanks resides in Duluth
and is a lawyer by profession.
In the race for Representa
tive in the General Assembly
from the 23rd District, both
candidates are resident# of
Winder, with Frank J. Flor
ence opposing James Paris
In hte effort for seventh bid
for this office.
The 36 inch ballot Is head
ed by the candidates for the
United Stales Senate to suc
ceed Richard B, Russell, in
cumbent, Senator Russell Is
opposed by Harry L. Hyde,
Other state officers having
opposition include*.
Associate Justice, Supremo
Court of Georgia, Eugene Cook
(Continued on Page 5-A)
Thomas Harris, one of tho
best runners In the state, ra
ced through the Winder de
fenses Friday night for 253
yards and three touchdowns
to lead Central Gwinnett to a
20-0 win over the Bulldogs,
Harris lived up to his pre
game build-up, and turned Into
one man team to beat tho
Dogs. Central pulled up only
263 yards total offense with
Harris gaining 253,
The Bulldog# out did the
Knight# In almost every cate
gory during the game except
the final score, but what else
really matters,
Harris' first score came
just five plays into the game,
and the first time Central bod
the footbolL The 181 pound
senior halfback smashed tho
Bulldog line and raced 75
yards for the touchdown.
Donny Fuller added the ex
tra point, and central led 7-0»
The Bulldogs started back
up field behind Lowell Shop-
ley, Foy Hall, Tommy Downs
and Mike Newell, but a delay
of game penalty killed the
drive and gave Central die
ball
Winder got it right back,
however, when Harris fum
bled,
Foy Hall carried twice for
a first down, Newell went for
six and down# for two. Then
Shepley hit Don Smith with a
pas# at the Central 12 yard
line,
Shepley twisted through the
Knights to the two, but the
Central line, led by Dale BU*
lew and Vogt Ogletree rose up
and stopped the Bulldog effort,
Harris, Stanley Simlngton,
and Mike Paden combined ef
forts to get two quick downs
first
Then Paden tried to open a
passing attack, but hythedme
(Continued on Page 1-C)
Recent Campaigning Of Callaway And Arnall In Winder
LOCAL HISTORY
Continuing with this issue, past newspaper front pages will highlight local news and history. This front page is from the Sept. 7, 1966 issue of The
Winder News.
Winder Public Library to host events
Auburn continued from 1A
The Winder Public Library has the
following programs and events planned
for the upcoming month.
•September is National Library Card
Sign Up Month
•Jug Tavern Quilters Quilt Show on
display entire month of September
•Ready to Read Pre-K Storytime
every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.
•LapSit Storytime (infant to 2 years
old) every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
•Reading Therapy Dog last Monday
of every month
•Creative Arts Studio (artists, paint
ers, knitters, writers) every Friday 10
a.m.-4 p.m.
•Lego Club last Saturday of every
month at 1 p.m.
•Tween & Teen Hangout third Tues
day of each month at 3:30 p.m.
•Adult Mystery Book Club 3rd Mon
day of each month at 7 p.m.
•Literary Potluck Book Club 1st
Monday of each month at 6 p.m.
•Thursday, Sept. 15, all day is Star
Wars Reads Day
•Monday, Sept. 19, is Talk Like A
Pirate Day - All day
•Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m.
S.T.E.A.M. Crew - Genius Builders for
grades 3rd-6th
•Tuesday, Sept. 27, register to vote all
day during National Voter Registration
Day
•Thursday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. Geor
gia Libraries for Accessible Statewide
Services (GLASS) Demonstration
•Banned Book Week Sept. 25- Oct. 1
•Friends of Winder Public Library
Book Sale begins Friday, Sept. 30 and
ends Monday, Oct.3. Funds raised sup
port the library’s Summer Reading Pro
gram.
The Winder Public Library is located
at 189 Bellview Street.
For an event calendar visit winder.
prlib.org. Library cards and all events
are free.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the monthly meeting,
the council:
•approved an amendment to the police
operations manual, revising the use of
department vehicles for extra-duty employ
ment.
•approved PMS Construction Inc. for
repair, rejuvenation and striping for the
Gwinnett County portion of the City of
Auburn roads in an amount not to exceed
$55,000 to be funded with 2009 and 2014
Gwinnett Special Purpose Local Option
Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds.
•approved Accent Landscaping Services
labor and the city’s purchase of materials not
to exceed $12,250 for the renovation of four
ball fields at the Auburn ball fields and one
ball field at Parks Mill Ball fields.
•approved an agreement with Anthony
Perales and the Repeater Amateur Radio
Group for two antennas at the city's water
tower.
•approved deeding .041 acre located at
1396 Third Avenue to the Auburn Down
town Development Authority for possible
development.
•authorized Mayor Linda Blechinger to
execute the agreement for Transportation
Enhancement Activities (TEA) between the
Georgia Department of Transportation and
the city for the city’s downtown gateway
project.
•approved job descriptions for the com
munity development director and the city
planner I positions.
•approved a revised city organizational
chart.
•heard a request from Auburn resident
Carlton Johnson for additional speed bumps
on Carter Road.
•heard from Meredith Demcak, a resident
of Auburn-County Line Road, concerning
semi trucks and dump trucks speeding on
the road.
•heard from Charlie Sewell, who thanked
the police department for additional patrols
on his road.