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The Seventh Soul Division - (1. to r.) Sonny James, Steve Malsberger, Jo Beth McGill, Brownie
Fryer, Sandra Starkie, Tommy Collier and Clink Alexander, were first place winners In the
southwest Georgia "Battle of the Bands” in Albany recently. They will compete in the state
"Battle of the Bands” at Savannah later this month. _
"Pete" Heuer
Named Into
TAPPI Assn.
TAPPI, the Technical Associa
'tion of the Pulp and Paper In
dustry, honored J. 11. "Pete”
Heuer, Vice President-Opera
tions for the Great Northern
Paper Company at Its recently
concluded annual convention in
New York, February 19-22, by
making him a TAPPI Fellow.
Newly established to honor
members who have contributed
meritorious service to the As
sociation or to the Paper In
dustry, the designation of TAPPI
Fellow is a signal honor and one
of TAPPI’s highest awards.
Mr. Heuer was graduated from
the University of Washington In
Chemical Engineering, and be
gan his career with the Oxford
Paper Company and the Diamond
Match Company. He served in the
U & Army In World War 11 as
an officer In the Corps of Engi
neers in the European Theatre
of Operations. In 1946, he be
came technical director of the
Newton Falls Paper Company,
and later of the St. Regis Paper
Company.
He joined the Great Northern
Paper Company In 1951 as
superintendent of the Bureau of
Tests. He served, successively,
as technical director, manager
of research, assistant manager
of manufacture, manager of
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Bainbridge Branch
Dept. Labor Aids
Non-Farmers
The Bainbridge office of the
Georgia Department of Labor,
managed by Adrian Slrmans,
assisted employers in this area
In filling 1566 non-farm jobs in
1967.
During the year farmers in the
area hired through the local office
2365 workers for farm employ
ment.
Statewide non-farm employ
ment rose 41,100 in 1967, the first
year of the administration of
Commissioner of Labor Sam
Caldwell. In addition 30,301 farm
jobs were filled.
The average weekly earnings
of manufacturing workers state
wide at the close of 1967 was
$91.84, an Increase of $4.08 over
the figure.
During 1967, 2010 unemployed
workers In this area were paid
$262,144 in job insurance after
losing their jobs through no fault
of their own.
At present there are 160 un
employed workers receiving un
employment benefits in this area.
manufacture and In 1959 became
Vice President-Manufacturing.
Mr. Heuer was elected Vice
President-Operations for Great
Northern in January, 1962. He
is also a director of the Com
pany and a member of the exe
cutive committee.
Three Notch
Electric Pays
County Taxes
The Three Notch Electric
Membership Corpoartion has
paid $21,648.36 taxes for the
year 1967 a s follows, according
to A. B. Reynolds, Three Notch
E. M. C.’s Manager:
Advalorem Taxes: Seminole
County, $5,053.64; Early County,
$7,070.76; Miller County, $4,658.
57; Clay County, $67.47; Decatur
County, $3,052.81.
City Taxes: Donalsonville, sl,
379.80; Blakely, $279.34; Col
quitt, $2.45; Damascus, $30.75;
Brinson, $52.77.
Reynolds stated that the Three
Notch Is one of 41 electric Co
operations In the State of Geor
gia that Is paying their full share
of taxes.
The Bainbridge office serves
Decatur, Seminole, Miller and
Early counties. It is located at
222 & Broad Street.
This information Is contained
in the 1967 edition of the depart
ment’s Annual Report, which was
presented by Commissioner
Cladwell to the governor and
General Assembly the first week
in February.
In an optimistic forecast for
1968, Mr. Slrmans predicted that
Georgia’s rising employment and
wages will be reflected in this
area for the seventh straight
year.
PA YMENT
36 MONTHS
$ 64.32
80.40
96.48
112.56
128.64
EARLY COUNTY NEWS, THURSDAY, MAR. 14, 1968
Library News
Library Hours - Monday thru
Friday - 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon;
2: Q 0 - 5:30 p.m. Saturday - 10:00
a.m. - 12:00 noon.
Public Library service strives
to meet the needs of the com
munity and the individual library
patron; thus, the program is ever
changing, evolving, just as our
communities and people alter.
For many years an effort has
been made to give library ser
vice to the blind; now, this ex
cellent program is expanded to
include also the physically handi
capped.
Talking books and record play
ers are available at no cost to
the user. Application forms may
be secured at the library. The
applicant states the physical rea
son for his Inability to read nor
mally. This may be a result of
poor vision, confinement in bed,
traction, a cast, a crippling di
sease, such as arthritis, or some
other similar handicap. The ap
plication may be certified by a
physican, school official, or
librarian.
There are 2100 borrowers in
Cfeorgia at the present time taking
advantage of the talking books.
The machine for listening Is
yours for the asking. Lists of
rew titles available are sent to
borrowers every two months with
special lists prepared for college
students. This summer the
Vacation Reading Club program
will be expanded to include chil
dren with visual and physical
handicaps.
Twain vision books will be an
additional service. These are
for patrons learning Braille with
normal print on half of the page
and Braille on the other half.
Therefore, simultaneously, the
handicapped child may read the
Braille and the mother the re
gular print.
Approximately 500 titles are
added to talking books yearly;
these books represent the best In
reading; 700 copies are made of
each title. Selections are made
for all age levels. Magazines
on records include such well
known periodicals as American
Heritage, Good Housekeeping,
Look, Sports Illustrated, News
week, and Reader’s Digest.
Information on these semlces
may be secured at the library
or by writing directly to the
library for the Blind and Physi
cally Handicapped, 1050 Murphy
Avenue, Su W., Atlanta, Georgia
30310.
"The Labor Department will
increase the emphasis on job
training and special assistance
to the under-educated, unskilled
and handicapped,” he said, "to
place them in gainful employment
as soon as possible."
"The business climate in this
area looks favorable, meaning
more jobs opening throughout
the year. The department's
stepped-up training programs
will provide the skilled workers
to fill those positions."
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CHICAGO IN 1899. HOWEVER, THE RECORDS LIST
GENEVRA DELPHINE MUDGE AS THE FIRST KNOWN
WOMAN DRIVER. SHE DROVE A WAVERLY ELECTRIC
IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1898 AND IN DECEMBER OF
THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE PARTICIPATED IN AN
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FARM BUREAU
What’s Happening Down on the
Farm - Modern day farmers are
a miracle within themselves-the
envy of the world. Fewer and
fewer American farmers are
producing more and more food.
This efficiency is probably un
matched in any other field of
endeavor.
The result is the 96% of the
non-farm population find them
selves the best fed and clothed
at the least part of their net
spendable Income of any people
on the face of the globe.
To understand thisunparralled
efficiency of the farmers, let’s
look at one commodity. The same
trend exists on the other farm
commodities.
For example, corn is basic to
America. Between 1920 and 1930
U Su corn production ranged
around 2 billion bushels. By
19*48, U SI corn production has
increased to 3 billion bushels.
Corn production surpassed the
four billion bushel mark by
American farmers in 1963. In
1967, U Su corn production hit
the 4.7 billion bushel mark -
and farmers are on the way to
the 5 billion mark.
Fantastic by all means. Fan
tastically more production from
fantastically fewer farmers. And
the end is not in sight.
Farmers were able to increase
their per acre corn yields from
26 bushels per acre between
1930 and 1960.. .a 26 bushel per
acre increase. Within another
seven years, farmers increased
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Notice in shop window: Wanted
Clerk to work eight hours a day
to replace one who didn’t
After waiting for a couple of
hours in a doctor's reception
room, the Senior Citizen finally
got up and remarked, "Well, I
guess I’ll go home and die a nat
ural death.”
Driller to attorney: "My wife is
suing me for divorce. It’s, up to
you to see that she gets it."
"We might all be happier, says
Chester H. if we like what we do
instead of doing what we like."
their per acre yield another seven
years, farmers increased their
per acre yield another 26 bushels
to 78 per acre. By 1980, the
prediction is an average of 100
bushels per acre - and many
farmers may be producing 250
to 300 bushels per acre within
10 years.
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More action, less noise
President Johnson is making a lot of noise this year
about law and order because this is election year, and
he sees it is popular to do so. However, his Attorney
General, Ramsay Clark, still remains opposed to wire
tapping in the case of organized crime, remains cool
toward any Federal anti-riot law, and will do nothing
to bring Stokely Carmichael, a law violator, to the bar
of justice.
Stokely Carmichael and others have embraced Com
munism, and have advocated guerilla warfare in Ameri
can cities. A meeting was held the other day with
Stokely Carmichael, Rap Brown and Martin Luther
King in attendance. King said the meeting was fruitful,
and that is a speculative term at this time. King is
planning a mammoth Washington demonstration this
summer. The comedian, Dick Gregory, states publicly
that the National Democratic Convention will be held
at Chicago this summer “over his dead body”, and yet,
Ramsay Clark or President Johnson have failed to tell
him that a peaceful convention will be held in an
American city if it finally means a few dead bodies.
President Johnson can talk about law and order as
campaign fodder, but Americans do not believe he is
sincere. Perhaps, when he has cleaned up one of the
nation’s cesspools of crime, the City of Washington,
in the District of Columbia, he can then appeal to the
states.
One of the fallacies in the cry that the “Federal
government can do a better job of maintaining order
and preventing crime” is found in the nation’s capitol”.
The District of Columbia is under the complete
jurisdiction of the Federal government, and yet, the
crime rate of Washington is about the worst in the.
country.
It is not safe for anyone, white or black, to walk
the streets of Washington at night. Congressmen know
the situation, but they vote for the administration’s
bills to hamstring law enforcement in the states and
cities of the nation.
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