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VOLUME I — NUMBER 39
Emergency Successors for Top Officials
STATE GOVERNMENT —
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EXECUTIVE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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COUNTY SUPERVISOR
Successors for each key official in State and local governments
are essential in extreme emergencies to assure that representa
tive government would survive a massive attack and be able to
function effectively. “Continuity of government legislation,” Direc
tor Leo A. Hoegh, of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization,
Georgia 15th In
Road Construction
The latest report from the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Bu
reau of Public Roads, shows that
Georgia now stands 15th in the
nation in the amount of inter
state work actually under con
struction, according to Highway
Board Chairman Jim L. Gillis.
The report credits Georgia with
128.8 million dollars in current
interstate construction. California
leads the nation with 490.5 mil
lion, New York 434 million, Illi
nois 316.4 million, Texas 252.6 mil
lion, Michigan 241.4 million, Min
nesota 196.1 million, Tennessee
182.1 million, Virginia 163.6 mil
lion, Indiana 143.4 million, New
Jersey 142.6 million, Pennsylvan
ia 140.2 million, Georgia 128.8
million, Alabama 110.3 million,
and Kentucky 101.9 million.
Mr. Gillis said tne report also
indicated that Georgia is 13th in
the nation in interstate mileage
under construction. On the re
mainder of the Federal-aid pro
gram, which includes Primary,
Secondary and Urban work,
Georgia stands 10th nationally in
mileage under construction as of
Sept. 13, with 849.6 miles of cur
rent work in this category.
After the contract letting of
December 16, Georgia will have
let contracts on a total of 267
miles of interstate highways,
some 83 miles of w’hich have been
completed. The longest single
segment of Interstate work is a
126-mile portion of Interstate 75
between Houston County and the
Florida state line
The first mistress of the White
House was Mrs. John Adams, ac
cording to World Book Encyclo
pedia. The mansion was uncom
pleted when the couple moved in
and Abagail Adams was unim
pressed with her new' home,
where she had to hang out the
family wash in the East Room.
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The Wheeler County News
| JUDICIAL
( FARM MORE DANGEROUS
THAN FACTORY
It is four time safer to work in
an industrial manufacturing plant
than it is to work on the Ameri
can farm. During 1959 there were
3.400 deaths and 300.000 injuries
due to farm accidents, reports
Willis Huston, Extension engi
neer at the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture.
To make leaves into humus
quickly, adequate moisture and
fertilizer must be present to en
courage rapid growth of bacteria
and fungi.
The only woman to ever ven
ture into a presidential election
was Victoria Claflin Woodhull,
nominated by the Equal Rights
party in 1872.
Although Americans now spend
much more for processing and
packaging of foods than they did
a few years ago, they still have
o w’ork fewer hours to get the
same amount of food and the add
ed conveniences together, says
Extension Economist S. J. Bran
nen.
It’s absurd to permit people to
drive in spite of physical and
emotional deficiencies that con
tribute to traffic deaths and de
truction, Judson B. Branch,
president of Allstate Insurance
Companies, declared recently. Our
jws should be designed to weed
>ese drivers out before they
claim their victims, not afterward.
As much as 10 Inches of water
3«r year accumulates in the form
of dew.
The first president to be mar
ried in office was John Tyler. He
married Julia Gardner in 1844, 2
years after his first wife died.
Extra driver alertness is needed
it dawm and at dusk when a driv
er’s vision is always poorest. Vi
sion experts say there isn’t suf
ficient natural light to see by, yet
> t isn’t dark enough for headlight^
to be completely effective.
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MAYOR OR CITY MGR.
declares, “is essential to insure survival, recovery Mi vMMy* M
Many States already have provided for line* of automatic MMMk
sion in proper depth for key executive MloUla, kagialataa* M*
the judiciary. Fourteen States will be voting on emergMey *WVM
constitutional amendments during the Nov. < pteaidaatitl iiMtiMt
! MUdsing Christmas
liaising Christmas trees started
| out as a hobby with Sam Rambo
|of LaGrange six years ago, and
has turned into a profitable side
line business.
Mr. Rambo, whose regular bus
! mess is selling oil marketing
(equipment, has about 2,000 East
| ern Red Cedar and Arizona Cyp
ress Christmas trees he plans
j to put on the market in LaGrange,
Lanett, West Point and other
I Chattahoochee Valley places in
i December.
“There is no such thing as easy
money in Christmas trees,” he
warned, but at the same time
predicted a great future for pro
duction of the trees in the state.
"We should be shipping them
up north, instead of their ship
: ping them down here,” he de
' dared, pointing out that Georgia
, has a much larger growing sea
, son and therefore can grow trees
i faster than northern states.
Many people have lost money
I because they thought all they had
i to do was plant them on poor
land and then go back in three
i years and harvest a profitable
i crop, he said.
“Cultivation and pruning are
| the two most important practices
!in producing marketing Christ
mas trees,” he stated. “If you
i don’t cultivate and mow, all you
i will have is bushes — if you
I have anything.”
He was speaking with experi
: mce, because this is his sixth year
in growing trees, and he is now
; almost ready to start cutting his
' third crop.
Mr. Rambo has learned a lot
; about growing and selling trees,
but is quick to admit that he still
"as a lot to learn.
I He has worked closely ' with
County Agent E. T. Evans, Jr.,
! and Extension Forester B. R.
■ Murray of the University of Geor-
I gia College of Agriculture in pro
ducing his trees.
1 Although he has some well
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Trees At A Profit
shaped Arizona Cypress ready to
cut, he said his best experience
has been with the Eastern Red
Cedar in the heavy clay soil of
Troup County. He has also plant
ed some Mexican Cypress and
white pine, which are not yet of
marketable age.
Marketing is as important as
growing trees, he emphasised. He
lost some trees last year by put
ting them on the market too soon.
Experience has shown him that
it is best not to try to sell trees
before the 14th or 15th of De
cember.
He is also careful to advise all
customers to put the tree in wat
er as soon ks they get home and
■ kyep it in water as long as it is
being used for decoration. A six
or seven-foot tree will take up as
much as two quarts of water the
first day and continue to take it
up in lesser amounts for several
days, thereby keeping it fresh and
reducing the fire hazard, he con
tinued.
Some of his trees are sold on
lots which he runs himself and
some are sold wholesale.
Mr. Rambo plants about 2,500
seedlings on one acre each Jan
uary, and it usually takes three
years to clear a plot after the
first cutting.
“Get the best possible land,” he
Before planting a plot, he turns
the ground twice in the preced
ing summer. Then he turns it
again about the last of September,
after weeds have stopped grow
ing.
He plants with a dibble, keep
ing seedlings in creamy mud un
til they are taken out, one at a
time, to be put into the ground.
After the second year, he inter
plants with Crimson clover in
October or early November. He
mows between trees three or four
times each summer to keep down
competition from weeds.
Spacing of trees depends on
equipment to be used in the field,
he explained. He plants trees
four feet apart in rows five feet
apart to make room for his mow
er.
A NEW YEAR WISH
By J. Seaborn Winn, Alamo, Ga.
May you have all God sees
you need
Through every day of the
New Year;
For God’s word may you give
heed,
Then you will have no cause
to fear.
We wish for you all things
good,
May the sun shine brightly
o'er your way;
May the principles of
Brotherhood
Be practiced by you every
day.
When Nineteen-Sixty-One has
gone,
And pages of Memory’s Book
you turn,
May nothing you have said w
done
Cause the blush of shame
your cheeks to burs.
John C. Peterson, Os Aiey, Named By
Byrd To Three Senatoria Committees
Lt. Governor T. Byrd has an--
uoui.eed the appointment of Sen
ator John C. Peterson of Ailey to
three senatoral committees. Sen.
dtterson .will Ibe a member of the
hilth, welfare, industry and la
bci and pnal and correctional of
fices committy. Senator Peterson
represents the 15th senatoral dis
trict, Which includes Montgomery,
Wheeler anr Toombs counties.
He was elected to the senate in
the November general election
and will be sworn in for a two
year term when the General As
sembly convenes on January 9th.
DONALD L. CASON
Donald L. Cason, 14-year-old
former resident of vVheeier
County, was killed in an auto
mobile accident in Montgomery
County December 20.
Donald was ihe son of Dewey
E. Cason, Sr., of Texas and M ”.
Viola Brown of Mt. Vernon. He
was born in Wnee’er Cou.ny
July 20, 1946.
Besides his father and mother,
he is survived by a step-father,
M. F. Brown of Mt. Vernon; two
brothers, Pvt. Dewey E. Cason,
Jr., of Fort Belvoir, Va., and
Randall Cason of Fort Jackson,
S. C.; three half-brothers, Wil
liam, Tommy, and Jack Blown
of Mt. Vernon; one sister, Cathy
Cason and one half-sister, Emma
Marie Brown, both of Mt. Ver
non.
Funeral services were held in
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and
burial was in Cedar Grove Ceme
tery.
Harris and Smith Funeral
Homa of Mcßae was in charge
arrangements.
Frances Folsom Cleveland, at
22, was one of the youngest wom
en to become First Lady. She
wag the former ward of Grover
Cleveland.
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During fall and winter months
is a good time to do needed drain
age work around the farm, advise
engineers with the Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service.
Meats account for 20 to 25 per
cent of the food budget for most
families, according to Harold
Clum, Extension livestock mark
eting specialist.
Officers of
Wheeler County
State Bank
Are Proud to Announce That a
Dividend of
51
on She Capital Stock by the
Coard of Directors.
The Bank Has Experienced a Very Suc
cessful Year Which Makes This Divi
dend Possible rnd Wishes to Say
Thanks to their Many Friends and Cus
tomers.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960
By F. L. Rowley
lIENRY K. WATERFORD scam
-11 ned the sample invitation his
wife had handed him. “So we’re
having a New Year get-togetherT
I think it’s a wonderful idea,
Mary. It’ll give me a chance to
show those three brothers of mine
how well THEY might have done.
They never would listen to me la
business matters.”
“Tom and James haven’t fared
too badly,” said Mary. “But poor
Edward has had a hard time of
it. It rather makes me proud of
you, dear. You’re so far ahead of
the rest of the dan.”
Henry bowed. He felt that he
had earned his wife's praise.
“Spare no expense on this party,
honey,” he said. “I want my
younger brothers and their fam
ilies to remember this New Year's
Eve as long as they live. Do you
think we should send Edward the
train fare? He’s got four kids,
you know.”
Correction
“Five,” Mary corrected him.
“But you’re forgetting that Ed
ward also has the Waterford
pride. He wouldn’t accept the
money if we sent it. Remember
the fuss he made about that lot
you gave him?”
“Do I? And he insisted on giv
ing me the twenty-five share* at
stock that dad had left him. When
I wanted to set him up In buaineM
he wouldn’t hear of it. Sometime*
I wonder if Edward’s pride isn’t
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They all showed up New Year’s
Eve and Henry glowed with
pride.
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AGE 10— President-elect
John F. Kennedy is pictured
in a football uniform at Dex
ter School, Brookline, Mass.
Vets, Be Careful
On Beneficiaries
Georgia Veterans Service Di
rector Pete Wheeler urges vet
•rans with government life insur
ance to make certain proper ben
•fk-iaries are recorded on their
policies.
“Otherwise, policy proceeds
.•annot go to the person the vet
eran wants to receive them and
there’s nothing that can be clone
about it, even by law,” Wheeler
declared.
He cited as an example a di
vorced veteran who has remar
ied. If his ex-wife is still li. ‘ d
on his policy as beneficiary, J s
present wife can collect nothing
from the insurance.
The law, he said, requires the
Veteran Administration to pay
the beneficiary of record, regard
less of whether that beneficiary
still is in any way connected with
the veteran at the time of his
death. Changes of beneficiary by
will or testament are not valid by
law.
Wheeler said offices of thu
Veterans Service will assist vet
erans in changing insurance ben
eficiaries.
Best storage temperatures for
sweet potatoes is 55 to 60 degrees.
Best humidity is 85 to 90 per cent.
The USS Enterprise, christened
Sept. 24, 1960, is the world’s larg
est ship and the first nuclear
powered aircraft carrier.