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THE WHEELER COUNTY NEWS—THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1960
Pop Hines Sez
Atlanta — One of the hot, if
not the hottest, issues to be tossed
before the General Assembly
when it meets in January has
dished up by the State
Board of Education through Gov.
Vandiver’s spokesman on the
Board, Chairman James Peters.
It is in the form of a resolution
aaKing that Dixon Oxford, as
Revenue Commissioner, be auth
orized to prepare information
leading to a uniform tax digest
in all Icounties of the state. This,
m essence, means that Oxford
would equalize property values.
The State Board of Education
esumate? an equalization survey
would require a year and it will
ask that the legislature give the
Budget Authority the funds ne
cessary to pay the additional ex
penses. of the Property Tax Divi
sion of Oxford’s department to
carry out the task.
inis proposal conforms to a
program by which the Atlanta
Newspapers have been trying to ।
bring highre valuation to lands in ;
rurual Counties, under their ar- |
gument that assessors are not ;
putting enough value on land ।
owned by county folks to sup- i
port local governments. The state, i
they argue, is contributing too
much toward local schools.
That Gov. Vandiver’s spokes
man on, the school board should
agree seems to indicate the gov
ernor has been won over by the ‘
newspapers.
A companion resolutiuon to the
General Assembly will be pre
sented by the State Board of Ed
ucuation asking that the costs of
the Minimum Foundation Fund,
now shared 85 per cent by the
State and 15 per cent at the lo
cal level, be changed to 80 per
cent from the state and 20 per
cent local. The State Board ar
gues this is timely becausue Gov.
Vandiverproposed, and the peo
ple approved, a constitutional
amendment allowing local sys
tems to increase the millage from
15 to 20 mills. Thus, the State
Board claims, it established “a
better partnership arrangement
for raising teacher salaries.’’
The Board will ask for a SI,OOO
raise fqr 32,000 teachers this com
ing year.
Where the conflict is likely to
arise is over the question of giv
ing additional funds to Dixon Ox-
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ford to do a job he already is re
quired to do and which respon
sibility has been allowed to lapse.
Oxford really doesn’t want the
job. Asked recentlly whe he was
not observing the present statute,
ne said, “I’m not going down to
Terrell County and tell the com
missioners what to do.”
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i’ne present law requires that ;
the Commissioner of Revenue re
fuse to accept a tax digest from
„ny county unless property listed •
is returned at “fair market value” •
by the county commissioners.
The whole thing is a political
as well as a revenueu question.
When asked by the new and cir
cuitious route for getting equali
zation of property values is being
advocated, Education Board
Chairman Peters replied: “We
think it better this way.”
A keen politician on the state
1 level said he was of the opinion
members of the^General Assem
bly woul dnot go ak')^..with re
i ■, aiuation of rural property. “Any
■ who cio won’t go back t the Gen
i er al Assembly.”
Hw.ver, Chairman .Peters who
wants the autuhorization, repre
sents Gov. Vandiver.
When the Board of Education
adopted its resolution and also
authorized the expenditure of
several hundred thousand of dol
lars on other matters it ’ acted
without a quorum. Only four of
the 10 members were present.
Here is the tax digest proposal
as advane.d:
“The State Board of Education
hereby recommends to the Gov
ernor and the General Assembly
the adoption of a resolution au
thorizing the Revenue Depart
ment to gather information which
could be used to mathematically
determine a uniform tax digest
to be used as a basts for the dis
tribution of school funds.
“We believe that the present
Economic Index in the Minimum
i Foundation Program of Educa
; tion Law may eventually be re
i eplaced, as a basis for the distri
' bution of school funds, by a uni
form tax digest.
“We think that the State Reve
nue Department, through its
Property Tax Division, is in the
.best position of any state agency.
।' to serum information for the
preparation of such a digest. It
would probably take a year or
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Locals—Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Purser
m.. children, Debbie and Mike,
of Virginia, spent the holidays
here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Purser.
now serving in
the U.S. Army, left Christmas
c ay tor Germany, where he will
’ . ... n. nvd for the next 32 mos.
Mr. and Mrs. Wade McDaniel
and daughter, Diane of Black
. hear, was the holiday guest of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
McDaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pope of
Macon spent Christmas holidays
here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Britt and
children of Miami spent the holi
days here with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Britt.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Adams and
Stevie and Mike and Carla, were
the dinenr guests Christmas day
0 Mr. and Mrs- D- W. Wright
and Bobby.
Mr. and Mrs. James Tootle and
daughter, Jamie of Macon, were
the holiday guests of their moth
er, Mrs. R. G. Jenkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Perdue of
Jacksonville, spent the holidays
here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Aaron Harville and Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Perdue.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Anderson
and children of Macon, spent the
holidays there with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Anderson.
Rev. and Mrs. Billy Hartley
and daughter of New Orleans,
more to compile accurate and re
liable information which enn be
used for this purpose.
“With the approval of the Bud
get Authority, the State Board of
Education is willing to assume
the necessary expense involved in
collecting this data, inasmuch as
the information is needed primar
ily by the Department of Educa
tion as a basis for distributing
' equitably the school funds among
1 the school systems of the state.
I “Th Committee appointed by
the State Board of Education to
1 study the Minimum Foundation
Program, has recommended the
wVditution of a uniform tax di
gest in lieu of the Economic In
dex as a basis for distributing
1 school funds.”
spent the holidays here with Mr.
ai.d Mrs. David Hartley.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Berry
and children of Gulfport, Miss.,
spent the holidays here with her
lather, Mr. Neal Clark and other
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Adams and
family spent the holidays m Flo
rida with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hartley
spent Christmas in Savannah
with Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Rivers.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cox and
Cookie Spires, Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Grimes spent the holidays
in Florida with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Ballard of
Macon, spent the holidays here
with their mother, Mrs. C. C.
Pickle.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Browning
and daughter of Macon, spent the
holidays here with their mother,
Mrs. Forest Browning.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest eJnkina
and daughter, Angela, of Colum
bus, spent Friday here with Mrs.
Alice Purvis and Mrs. R. G. Jenk
ins. Mrs. Alice Purvis returned
home with them for the holidays.
Mrs. Zell Rountree of Mt. Vern
on, visited Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Lowe and family here during the
holidays.
Friends of Mrs. Oreta Smith
who is a patient at the Talmadge
Memorial Hospital in Augusta,
are glad to know her condition is
improving, wish for her a speedy
return home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald McDaniel
of oienwood were visitors in Ala
no Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Grose and
Vicki spent the holidays with
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hartley in
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Passenger safety in Pullman
sleeping and parlor car travel re
corded a perfect mark in 1859 for
the eighth consecutive year. Ac
cording to the Association of
American Railroads, 84 million
passengers have traveled a total
of 53 billion miles by Pullman
since 1951 without a single fatal
ity.
The South has about nine mil
lion sports fishermen.
For the country as a whole 100
acres now produce as much crop
yield as 175 acres did 10 years
ago.
The most popular profession for
presidents seems to be lawyer.
World Book Encyclopedia counts
’3 lawyers among our 34 presi
dents.
More people between 1 and 34
vonrs of a^r die from accidents
( than from any other cause.
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Teacher Thinks
W HISTORY IMPORTANT?
Social Science Department
Students sometimes complain of
each high school teacher acting
as if the subject area in which
he or she teaches is the most im
portant part of th? curriculum.
So, I would like to begin this
article by saying that I do not
believe that history is more im
portant than many other subjects
that are taught in our schools.
However, there is one thing that
disturbs me, and that is the atti
tude that most students — and
many parents — have toward this
subject. Many parents tell a
child to get his math, or to be
sure he understands his English
assignment, but turns around and
says, “I never did make good in
history because it was so dry to
me!”
History is so alive and growing
that it is hard to see how anyone
can think of it as dead and dry.
It is, in reality, little more than
a study of the present, explained
in terms of the past. It seems to
me that those who condemn the
study of history as a waste of
time only betray their unfamili
arity with the subject. For out
of the world of yesterday the
world of today has grown; and
out of the world of today will
come the world of tomorrow. Our
boys and girls of today, who will
be the men and women of tomor
row can certainty make more in
telligent decisions if they have a
thorough knowledge of the past.
I believe that for a democracy,
history is one of the most prac
tical subjects. Many of the prob
lems that threaten our democratic
way of life today might not exist
if history had been well-taught
md well-understood.
Just who is responsible for this
trend of thought toward history
in an age when democracy is
fighting for its life, I cannot say.
But I do believe that our democ
racy is in great danger when
youth begin to feel that a study
of the past history of their nation
is unimportant.
I think we should develop a
burning desire in the minds of
our boys and girls to learn all
they can about our great country’
and its relation to the rest of the
world. We should help them to
understand that ours is a great
heritage. Many mistakes have
been made in our country, and
will continually be made, but we
are a privileged people living in
a great country. Nothing could
be more interesting than the story
of how we arrived at our present
status.
And don’t forget, new facts are
being turned up almost daily by
diligent students. Actually, we
are continually reconstructing the
past in light of our own needs as
we seek guidance for our perplex
ities from the thoughts and deeds
of earlier epochs.
COLORED
NEWS * ;
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T..e Sapulding Grove Baptist
Church held its regular worship
service on Sunday, Dec. 11.
Rev. Climmons of Mcßae, de
livered the sermon, after which a
short program was held in honor
of the pastor, Rev. J. W. Harvey,
who has reached the age of 76
years.
Doris Harvey delivered address
in honor of Rev. Harvey. This
address was written by Gladys
Williams. i
Mistress of ceremonies, officers, ;
members and friends of Spauld
ing Grove Baptist Church.
During these days of wrold tur
moil it is a grand idea of a con
gregation to decide to pin some
flowers on their leader. It is sur- ;
prising sometimes to know just
what people are thinking of you, ।
and they usually wait until you
are deal to tell it, but occasions
of this kind give friends oppor
tunity to express themselves. We
have set aside this time to extend
to you, our beloved pasor, some
words of appreciaion for »o great
a service to us. Your kind and
consoling counsel, your wealth of
knowledge, and understanding of
our short comings, and the fath
•rly way in which you have tried
o lend a helping hand, have en- j
deart d yout o us in no uncertain ।
term=. We have not only receiv- ।
d spiritual food from your min- ;
; stry, but we’ve been blessed with
vour leadership in Christian fel- I
'ow hip that has given to us a;
aev.’ and more serviceable way of ;
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our generation. You represent
the kmd oi person you speak of
j in your messages, those who work
because they love the one they re
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because your life is m keeping
hood. We respect your leadership,
with your teachings, and we na.e
no trouble following the light
that you so firmly hold up wr
us to see. The spirit of tins
church stems out of your lag
heart, for you truly share not only
your Godgiven talents, but what
material possessions you nave,
that your sheep and lamb may
be fed.
The glory of your stewardship
is felt not only in this church,
but the entire community feels its
pressure. We feel proud of you,
because even tnough you stand
in leadership, you are always
close enough to each of us, that
we may reap some benefit from
your presence. Time nor space
will permit me to say for all the
members and friends here what
could be said in your behalf, we
Know by now that any kind wo d
and praise of you, make you mere
aua.oie ana useful. We would not
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What efforts we’ve made in your
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: with the efforts you’ve made and
j the sue- ess you’ve reached in our
behalf. So we can only say to
! you with all our hearts may God’s
•richest blessings be heaped upon
I you, and as years roll by, may
I you live long to give to the world
! the benefits of your rich and glo
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