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VOLUME 46.
Four Arrested
In Flim-Flam
Game In Dublin
DUBLIN — Four men arrested
in connection with a slim-slam
operation covering four counties
have been identified by Laurens
Sheriff W. R. Bussell.
According to the sheriff, they
are Howard A. Floyd of Darien,
believed to be the ringleader;
Walter M. Hancock, of Aiken
County, S. C.; Emmett J. English
of Warrenton, and James E. Ivey,
of Augusta.
Each is being held on $50,000
bond. Meanwhile, a number oi
persons have come to Dublin to
determine if the four are involved
in slim-slamming elsewhere.
The men were arrested after a
retired Crawford County busi
nessman informed authorities
that he had been approached con
cerning a supposed swap of $lO,-
000 in counterfeit bills for $1,500.
The men showed up and were ar
rested by Bussell, Sheriffs W. H.
Beeland of Peach County and W.
L. (Rock) Robertson of Bibb
County, and federal and state au
thorities. The counterfeit turned
out to be merely cut up paper.
The arrest was made in Dublin.
Reopen Pension
Claims—Wheeler
Pension claims disallowed to
veterans, widows and dependent
Children because of excessive in
come should be reopened as soon
as possible says Georgia Veterans
Service Director Pete Wheeler.
Wheeler urges previously dis
allowed claimants to re-examine
their expected income for 1961 to
determine their eligibility for
pensions this year.
A new pension law which went
into effect on July Ist of 1960 pro
vided broad changes affecting vet
erans and their survivors. Ap
proximately 9,000 widows and
children of World War II and
Korean veterans are now able to
benefit under it for the first time
in Georgia.
Under the new pension law a
widow with children can draw
as high as $75 a month; a widow
without children can receive up
to S6O. Veterans with children can
receive "the limit of SIOO and those
without children are entitled to
the maximum of SBS a month.
Assistance in reopening pension
claims is offered by the Georgia
Department of Veterans Service,
Wheeler noted.
Mother's March
Everyone wonders these days
where his money goes. We hope
that your money goes to the
Mothers' Marcher who knocks at
your door for the 1961 New March
of Dimes on the night of Jan. 31.
Your contributions to the Moth
ers’ March go directly into the
fight to prevent crippling diseases
—birth defects, arthritis, polio.
The money you give at your
door supports The National Foun
dattion’s fight against these three
diseases. This fight is carried on
through research, patient aid and
professional education.
This is the same program which
has already produced:
—the Salk and Sabin anti-polio
vaccines.
—the world’s largest non-gov
ernmental outlay of funds for
medical aid.
•—thousands of trained hands
and new medical techniques
to restore the stricken to lives
of usefulness and hope.
The choice is yours. You can
help prevent crippling diseases.
Please say YES to the Mothers’
Marcher when she calls on your I
family on behalf of the 1961 New
March of Dimes.
One Man Dies
After Train Hits
Car In Eastman
John J. Williams died Monday
in the Dodge County Hospital of
injuries suffered Friday when the
car in which we was a passenger
was struck by a train on the out
skirts of Eastman.
Two other men in the car, How
ard G. Williams sustained p frac
tured collar bone and broken ribs,
and George F. Criswell escaped
with cuts and bruises.
State Patrolmen said the driver
of the car apparently did not see
the approaching train. The in
jured men were all from Eastman.
Wheeler County Eagle
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A 1961 Ford Falcon station wagon, built and painted “Confederate Gray” at the Ford as
sembly plant in Hapeville, is the official car of the Georgia Civil War Centennial Commission.
Now used to promote the 100th Anniversary of the 1861-1865 historical period, the Ford Falcon
bears Georgia License No. 100 and the Commission’s seal designed by David Jay (right center)
of Fitzgerald. The Ford Division of Ford Motor Company presented the Falcon in ceremonies at
the plant. Participating in the program were (left to right) Peter Zack Geer, commission chair
man, Gov. Ernest Vandiver, Mr. Jay, and S. K. Cannon, native of Carnesville who directs oper
ations of the Hapeville Ford plant.
Ike's LssS Pay Check Totals
$8,125 For Last 19 Days In Office
A couple of men with Irish
names visited the White House
Thursday on special missions:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy to pre
pare for a new job and Timothy
O’Sullivan to deliver President
Eisenhower’s last pay checks.
With Kennedy scheduled to
take the presidential oath at noon
Friday, Eisenhower collected sal
ary and expenses for 19% days
in January. Before deductions, the
final payments totalled $8,125.
The presidential salary is SIOO,-
000 a year plus $50,000 for ex
penses. Both are subject to in
come taxes and are payable in
12 monthly installments.
Ever since January 1957, O’Sul
livan has been the courier who
has carried Eisenhow’er’s checks
to the White House. He walks to
the presidential offices from the
Treasury annex, a block away.
The checks are not delivered
directly.
Here is the routine:
Each month, the General Ac
counting Office authorizes the
Treasury to write two checks for
the President, for salary and for
expenses, and specifies the
amounts. O’Sullivan takes the
checks to Col. Robert Schultz of
the White House staff, w^o signs
a receipt book and passes the
checks along to the President.
The two checks delivered
Thursday amounted before deduc
tion to $5,416.69 in salary and
$2,708.31 in expenses. The Treas
ury would not disclose the
amount of taxes withheld. How
ever, officials said the salary
check also was reduced by $10.83
for life insurance and $10.70 for
health insurance.
Incidentally, the expense check
wasn’t exactly half as big as the
GSCW Changes
Name To Woman's
College Os Georgia
The Woman’s College of Geor
gia will be the new name of Geor
gia State College for Women in
Milledgeville on September 1. The :
name change was approved by
the Board of Regents of the Uni-i
versity System of Georgia at their
January meeting Wednesday.
“We believe that this action will
have benefit because The Wom
an’s College of Georgia is more
distinctive and more compact,”
stated Dr. Lee. “Furthermore, it
reemphasizes our unique person
ality, and will better distinguish
us from other state institutions
with initials GSC.”
President Lee announced that
the most distinctive part of the
college’s name now comes last in
stead of first, and that with the
supporting evidence of the 30 per
cent enrollment jump in the past
two years the name change would
enable the college to re-affirm the
promising future as a woman’s
college of distinction.
The college has undergone one
other name change. It was found
ed as the Georgia Normal and
Industrial College in 1889, and in
1922 the name was changed to
Georgia State College for Women.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1961
; salary check because certain ad
justments were made in these fi
nal payments to account for odd
pennies due the President.
Eight People Die In
Week End Accidents
; Emmett Eugene Newham, 32, of
Hazlehurst R-3, was run over by
I a car on U. S. 221 in Hazlehurst
. Saturday night, making a total
I of eight persons losing their lives
i in Georgia in week end accidents,
; according to law enforcement of
ficers.
; Three of the traffic victims
: were pedestrians and another was
• a teen-age girl whose car stalled
; in front, of an oncoming train.
Officers reported that Milton
: Adolphus Carr, 80, of Macon, was
[ struck by a car Sunday night
I while he was walking on U. S. 41
; south of Macon, and Willie Mack,
i 51, died Friday night when he
: walked into the side of an auto
: mobile about two miles south of
Augusta on the Ft. Gordon high
way.
Linda Sue Adams, 17, of Chi
■ cago, died Sunday when the car
i she was driving was hit by a
' train after the vehicle stalled on
' a crossing about a mile south of
i Gainesville, the Patrol said. A 16-
year-old companion, Martha Ann
Cobb, leaped clear before the im
pact and was not hurt.
Leroy Ned Bacon, 20, of Glenn
ville, was killed Sunday when the
car in which he was riding,
slammed into a utility pole in
Mclntosh County.
Harold R. Burnett, 48, died Fri
day night when his automobile
crashed into a concrete wall in
Columbus, and eight-year-old
Rickey Donald Stephenson,
drowned Saturday in a lake near ■
Brunswick. A. J. Roper, 44, of
Decatur died the same day in a
fire at his home where he lived i
alone.
Glenwood F. F. A.
Holds Meeting
The Glenwood F.F.A. Chapter i
held its regular meeting Tuesday,;
January 10.
The meeting was called to or
der by President Pat Morrison. >
Following the opening ceremony i
the meeting was opened for busi- :
ness.
The Chapter presented Chapter ।
sweetheart Grace Avery with an ’
F.F.A. Sweetheart jacket. The
next business was to select a date i
for the annual Father and Son;
Banquet. The chapter decided on !
March 29. We plan to have Lynn
Reddick, of Portal, Georgia, State •
Vice President as guest speaker.
The District F.F.A. Forestry ।
ConFst was discussed. The boys ’
participating are to be ready by '
March 30. The contest will be held ■
at Montgomery County High, Mt.'
Vernon, Georgia.
The meeting was adjourned, as- j
ter which refreshments were'
served to all members and GrJ^L
Avery, Chapter Sweethe’
James Mcßae, T ’ S
Federal Employment
Opportunities Open
The Fifth U. S. Civil Service re
gion has announced an examina
tion for accounting technician,
paying $4040 to $5355 a year.
Applicants will be required to
take a written test in addition to
meeting certain experience re
quirements.
Applications should be mailed
to the Fifth U. S. Civil Service
Region, Federal Office Building,
275 Peachtree Street, N. E., At
lanta 3, Georgia and must be re
ceived or postmarked not later
than February 15, 1961.
Application for,j„3 or informa
tion as to where such forms are
available may be obtained at any
post office (except the Atlanta,
Georgia post office) or from the
Fifth U. S. Civil Service Regional
Office, Federal Office Building,
275 Peachtree Street, N. E., At
lanta 3, Georgia.
Americans have been eating
vegetables, not including potatoes,
at the rate of about 200 pounds
per person each year during the
postwar period, according to U.S.
Department of Agriculture rec
ords.
Vance Scurry Reward Increased
To By Interested Citizens
A reward now totaling $2,000
is being offered for information
leading to the arrest and convic
tion of the murderer of Vance
Scurry, proprietor of the Long
Horn Restaurant in Mcßae, who
was killed on January 5.
Lt. H. M. Spurlin saia that 35
people from Alabama, Florida,
South Carolina and Georgia have
been questioned in connection
with the slaying, but nothing of
importance has developed.
The reward money was raised
as follows: Sheriff’s Department,
SSOO, Mrs. Scurry, SSOO and the
remaining SI,OOO from interested
citizens through a drive initiated
by the Mcßae Jaycees.
Anyone with any information is
asked to contact Sheriff John B.
Walker, or Lt. H. M. Spurlin, G.
B. I. Agent, Mcßae.
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! Homecoming At GSC
Scheduled For
' Friday And Saturday
I Homecoming week end at Geor
i gia Southern College, Statesboro,
।is scheduled for Fiiday and Sat
; urday, January 27-28, with a full
j two days of activities and events.
| Setting the gala affair into mo
-1 tion will be Alpha Rho Tau, the
' art Club, with its presentation of
i the 15th annual Beauty Revue in
i which Miss Georgia Southfern
1 1961 and her court will be se
j lected. The Revue will be staged
, in the McCroan Auditorium at 8
I p.m., Friday night.
I In line with the Homecoming
i theme, “This Changing World”,
• the Revue will be entitled “Ball
• erama”, with the first act of the
. event depicting an old Southern
I ballroom of 1861. The contestants
will be escorted into the ballroom
' by two confederate soldiers. The
I transition to 1961 will be shown
; in the second act where the girls
■ will appear in cocktail dresses
■ and presented on stage by their
i escorts.
The activities will continue
1 throughout the day Saturday,
i ending with the annual Home
i coming dance after the basketball
' game between Jacksonville Uni
‘ versity and Georgia Southern
‘ Eagles. I
CARD OF THANKS
: I would like to take this op
! portunity to express my thanks
, to the Board of Directors of the
Wheeler County Cancer Unit;
Chairmen of the Districts listed
' below; and all Crusade Volun
। teers for the splendid coopera
; tion and assistance in our recent
; Cancer Drive.
Mrs. Morris Kusnitz, Chairman
American Cancer Society
Wheeler County Unit
1960-1961
I ALAMO—Mrs. Woodrow
Gillis, Chairman $297.12
GLENWOOD—Mrs. Hyman
Gowan, Chairman _ . 72.99
UNION—Mrs. Hugh Mont-
fort, Chairman _ 59.35
SHILOH—Mrs. Truitt
White, Chairman - 23.05
STUCKEY—-Mrs. C. M.
Anderson, Chairman . _ 14.60 i
SPRINGHILL—Mrs. Louie
Varnadoe, Chairman 5.00
WHEELER CO. TRAINING
SCHOOL, J. M. Wright,
Chairman 36.05
Total $508.16
Political
Announcement
This is to announce my candi
dacy as a member of the Board
of Education from the Erick Dis
trict.
As a parent and patron with
two children in school, it will be
my aim to see that all children
get the best education possible.
Also as a tax payer I assure you
that I will make every effort to
see thattour tax dollars are used
as wisely as possible.
I will appreciate your vote and
influence.
S. Ashley Clark
We are compensated only foi
the things we do—not for unfilled
wishes and idle promises.
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Senator Herman Talmadge Renews
Fight For Farmers 01 Georgia
When U. S. Sen. Herman E.
Talmadge dropped his farm bill
in the Senate hopper the other
day it marked the third time in
as many sessions of Congress that
he has gone all-otn m an effort to
solve the problems of farmers of
Georgia and the nation.
His newest bill, a revised ver
sion of his two previous ones, is
designed to establish a free-en
terprise farm program bolstered
by compensatory payments on
domestically-consumed basic com
modities. In introducing it, Tal
madge said:
“This 87th Congress has a man
date to devise and enact a new
national farm program. And, if its
efforts are to result in a realistic
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JOHN P. DUNCAN JR.
John P. Duncan Jr., of Quit
man, President of the Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation, has
been appointed to the important
post of Assistant Secretary of
United States Department of Ag
riculture by President John F.
Kennedy. The President declared
the appointment an opportunity
“to improve the lot of the farmer
and the entire nation.’’
The national post assignment in
the United States Department of
Agriculture places the Georgian
in charge of vast operations of
national and international impor
tance.
A native of Brooks County and
an active farmer, Mr, Duncan will
be Assistant Secretary of Agri
culture in charge of Agricultural
Marketing and Foreign Agricul
ture. The high post includes op
eration of the Agricultural Mar
ket Service, Commodity Exchange
Authority, and Foreign Agricul
tural Service. The latter opera- :
tions include export and import
of American farm products, oper
ations of P. L. 480 program, and
foreign agricultural attache of
fices around the globe.
Duncan’s foreign market oper
ations will be important to the
nation’s economy as well as far
mers. United States agricultural
exports now approximate $4.5
billion. One out of every six acres
of harvested crop land must move
into foreign markets.
Mr. Duncan graduated from
Quitman High School in 1934 and
graduated from Emory University
in 1938, receiving his Emory A.8.,
with a major in Economics and a
minor in Political Science.
Following graduation from Em
ory he studied agriculture at the
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture. In 1939 he was mar
ried to the former Miss Branch
Ellis Orr, of Macon, and they have
four children. He is 42 years old,
active in the Methodist Church,
serving on the Board of Stewards,
and District Steward of his
church. He is also a member of
a Master Farm Family of Geor
giy
SIOO-Million For
Highway Repairs
With dazzling swiftness, Gov.
Ernest Vandiver’s SIOO-million
highway repair program has been
written into law. The Governor
signed the two companion bills
necessary for. the program after
they sailed through both houses
with virtually no opposition. This
was his No. 1 project for the cur
ia pt session.
Under the program, which will
be financed through a bond issue,
approximately 6,000 miles of
Georgia roads will be widened
and resurfaced. Highway officials
have been quoted by the bill’s
sponsors as saying the program
can be completed in two years.
j and effective plan, it must face
! up to four fundamental facts.
■i “The first is that the only jus-
I tification for a farm program is
to increase farm income.
“The second is that farm pro
gram dollars which do not go
directly into the pockets of the
farmers are wasted.
“The third is that to be work
able a farm program must restore
to the farmer the responsibility
for marketing what he grows.
“And the fourth is that to be
successful a farm program must
be correlated with the entire
economy and serve the best in
terests of both farmers and con
sumers.
“I regret to say that none of
the election-year solutions to ouf
grave agricultural problems pro
posed last year takes all those
factors into account. None of the
campaign ideas put forward en
visions the bold, front-door ap
proach which the farm crisis de
mands.
“All of the fancy formulas and
high-sounding schemes for saving
the nation’s agricultural economy
are worth less than the paper on
which they are written unless
they have as their basis the so-
| lution of this country’s No. 1 eco
nomic ill—farm income which is
less than one-third that earned in
other phases of the national econ
omy.”
The Talmadge Farm Plan
would withdraw all acreage and
production controls, and substi
tute instead compensatory pay
ments of the differential between
market prices and. 100 per cent
of parity on all domestically con
sumed agricultural commodities.
Sen. Talmadge’s idea is to re
store a free market to farmers,
with a minimum of federal con
trols, so that farm prices ultimate
ly will seek an equitable level
“I have given long and serious
study to this subject,” he told his
Senate colleagues. “And, as I have
stated previously before the Sen
ate, I am convinced that the only
way in which the desired solution
can be achieved is through dis
carding the present patchwork of
discredited farm laws and taking
a fresh start which will get away
from the compounded failures and
stereotyped concepts of the past.
“I am further convinced that
such a program must have three
co-equal objectives: (1) to let the
farmer farm; (2) to guarantee the
farmer his proportionate share of
the national income, and (3) to
place American agricultural com
modities back on the world mar
ket at competitive prices.
“It was to those objectives that
I addressed the Talmadge Farm
Plan which I introduced during
both the 85th and 86th Congresses
and which I rise today to rein
troduce in a revised and perfected
form.”
Wheeler County
Savings Bonds
Sales For 1960
Here’s how Wheeler County
came out last year in Savings
Bonds sales according to official
U. S. Treasury figures released
by Mr. Charles A. Collier, State
Savings Bonds Committee Chair
man.
1960 Goals, Total Sales and Per
cent Attained:
$12,000, SB,OBI, 67.3%.
The State, with sales of $46,-
591,539, reached 94.3% of its $49.4
million goal.
Mr. Collier advises the Coun
ty’s Savings Bonds sales quota for
1961 is SIO,OOO and for the State
$50.7 million. He added four good
reasons why these goals should
be obtained:
1. The improved 3 3-4 per cent
yield when held to maturity:
E Bonds mature in 7 years, 9
months
H Bonds mature in 10 years
2. Liquidity — Series E Bonds
can be redeemed to meet emer
gencies or other personal needs
any time after two (2) months
from issue date. Series H Bonds
can be redeemed any time after
six (6) months.
3. All E Bonds—old and new—
have automatic ten (10) year ex
tension privileges after maturity.
E Bonds already matured have a
second extension privilege. .
4. Convenience — Buy Bonds
from the friendly community
banker or where you work—on
the Payroll Savings Plan.
NUMBER 41