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May 30, 1968
Williams' Story
Is Phenomenal
An Executive Vice President of
one of Georgia’s leading banks
recently had this to say about
Jackie Williams...“ Today, many
young men feel that without new
territory to open and explore,
there is no longer real oppor
tunities for success--but Jackie
Williams had demonstrated that
it can be done.”
William, who was recently hon
ored as one of the five outstanding
young men in the state of Georgia,
went into business at the age of 22
with $7,000 borrowed money.
This, he converted into one mill
ion dollars prior to his 30thbirth
d ay. Today, he is chairman of the
Board and President of AAA En
terprises, Inc., a retail mobile
home company with anticipated
sales this year of 35 million doll
ars.
The youth in Georgia who feel
that all the opportunities in life
are gone, simply need to become
aware of Jackie Williams’ acc
omplishments. He was born in
Axson, Georgia, a community of
less than 300 people, and the son
of a rural mail carrier. He
worked his way through college
and hasn’t stopped working since.
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CONGRATULATIONS
GRADUATES
1968
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man will determine his future life. We
wish you well and urge you to further study.
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Livingston School’s Bth Grade Class For 1968
LIVINGSTON ELEMENTARY School’s Eighth Grade c’ ;s is pictured above. Front row, left to right:
Anna Reed, Kathy Johnson, Joy Tucker, Vicki Coody, Phil Harvey, Ricky Knight, Raygenia Melton,
Jimmy Ward, Tommy Griffin and Steve Coady. Middle Row: Gloria Hollingsworth, Vickie Ann Piper,
Faye Jones, Becky Hill, Joan Williams, Martha Thomas, Steve Harville, Ralph Stewart, Keith Thomp
son, Tony ’King, Claud Ellis and Don Underwood. Back Row; B. M. Paden (Principal), Charles Led
ford, Jo Ann Brandenburg, Gloria Harper, Patricia Brown, Dean Ledford, Charles Chapman, Sammy
Scott, James Harvey, Bobby Thompson, Frank Holcombe and Charles Johnson. Not present for the
picture: Norma Jean Bell and Randall Harper.
Veterans Who Served Since
1955 Now Have Many Benefits
The Veterans Administration
today issued a reminder that
benefits of the new G. I. Bill
are not limited to Viet Nam
era veterans, but apply equally
to veterans who served in the
Armed Forces any time after
January 31, 1955.
Elbert B. Anderson, Contact
Officer, Veterans Administration
Regional Office, Atlanta, said that
veterans who had at least 181
days active duty service, any
part of which occurred after Jan
uary 31, 1955 are eligible for
these G. I. Bill benefits:
♦ Educational assistance,
Full-time payments for college
type training range from $l3O
a month for a single veteran to
$175 for a veteran with two
dependents, with $lO extra for
each additional dependent.
* High School. The same pay
ments are available to a vet
eran while he completes high
school without losing any G. I.
Bill eligibility for advanced ed
ucational benefits.
* Apprenticeship or other on
the-job training. Payments (bas
ed on six-month periods) begin
at SBO per month in the first
period for a single veteran with
added payments for veterans with
dependents.
* Farm cooperative training
Includes Institutional courses.
Payments range upwards from
$lO5 a month.
* Vocational flight training.
Payments cover 90 per cent of
the established charge for flight
training for veterans who have
the equivalent of a valid pri
vate pilot license.
*G. I. Loans. VA guaran
tees a portion of loans made
through commercial lenders. On
home loans the VA will guar
antee up to $7,500 of the loan;
on farm real estate loans up
to $4,000; and on non-real es
up to $2,000.
VA will make direct loans for
homes in certain cases.
* Medical care. VA provides
hospital care for all veterans who
served in the Armed Forces after
Jan. 31, 1955, (whether their
service is classed as wartime
or peacetime) on the same basis
as for veterans of earlier wars.
Top priority goes to men need
ing treatment for service
connected or service-aggravated
disabilities. If a bed is avail
able, veterans may be admitted
for any ailment requiring hos
pitalization if they are unable
to pay for the treatment in a
private hospital.
* An allowance of $1,600 to
ward purchase of specially
equipped automobiles for vet
erans with certain severe dis
abilities suffered while in ser
vice.
In addition to VA benefits,
which will be explained in de
tail at any VA office, veterans
who served after Jan. 31, 1955,
are also entitled to Civil Ser
vice preference in Federal em
ployment and to job counseling
and placement by the Depart
ment of Labor and State Em
ployment service offices.
More Than Name,
Signature Needed
By VA Office
More than 150 million pieces of
mall flow through the Veterans
Administration each year and far
too many cannot be properly iden
tified, the Atlanta Veterans Adm
inistration Regional Office Mana
ger A. W. Tate said today.
“Too many veterans and their
beneficiaries only sign their
names to correspondence,” Mr.
Tate said, “and names are not en
ough.”
Almost all of the 30 million
names in VA’s master index file
are duplicated. For Instance,
there are 305,000 Smiths on file
and 9,000 of these are John Smith.
The Johnsons number 204,000,
and, contrary to popular belief,
the Williamses with 151,000 out
number both the Browns, 145,—
000, and the Joneses, 143,000.
Each veteran who applied for
VA benefits Is assigned a file
number. This file number and the
number assigned to a veteran’s
Insurance policy are never dupl
icated.
When these numbers are used
in correspondence, Mr. Tate
said, prompt and efficient service
is almost certain.
When neither of the numbers is
included in a letter, the VA often
must respond with a form letter
requesting further identifying in
formation from the correspond
ent.
The form letter requests the
veteran’s full name, date of birth,
social security number, branch of
serclve, dates of service, milit
ary service number and, If pos
sible, the file number or insur
ance number.
Mr. Tate advised those who
might write to VA:
“If you don’t know your claim
number or insurance policy
number, Include as much Ident
ifying information as possible.
Then VA will be able to give the
prompt service you like and we
like to give.”
Mr. Tate added that veterans
should write to their local VA
office; not to be the VA Central
Office in Washington, D. C.
VA guaranteed and direct loans
to veterans during 1967 totaled
179,169 with a value of $2.9 bill
ion.
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