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Edward N. Glaser (second from right) President of the Georgia Consumer Finance Association presents
a check for $500.00 to Dr. Noah Langdale, Jr., President of Georgia State College of Business Administration.
Looking on (left) is V. V. Lavroff, College Treasurer, and (right) Col. R. H. McKinnon (Ret.) Executive
Director of the finance association. The money will go into the Math-Science Fund and will be used to
supplement teachers’ salaries.
The Georgia Consumer Finance Association is a state-wide non-profit trade association supported by
selected finance companies which operate uncer the Georgia Industrial Loan Act.
17-Year-Old Boy
Is Top Suspect
In Mcßae Slaying
A 17-year-old bey has become
the chief suspect in the Jan. 5
slaying of Vance Scurry, colorful
Mcßae restaurant owner.
James R. Powell of Cleveland,
Ohio, is fighting extradition to
Georgia where he is wanted for
escape, auto theft, truck theft,
and in connection with the Scur
ry murder.
Scurry, who greeted his custo
mers in Western garb and six
gung to carry out the theme of
his Western style restaurant, was
killed when he surprised a bur
glar cr burglars on the patio of
his restaurant. His brother-in
law, GBI Lt. H. M. Spurlin, has
conducted an extensive investi
gation since the slaying.
Spurlin said Friday that he
sent a murder warrant to Ohio
authorities and extradition pa
pers were filed by Treutlen
County Sheriff Joe C. Mullis.
Powell was being held in Treut
len County on a truck theft
charge when he escaped in a
stolen car.
Spurlin added that he had had
no recent communications with
the Ohio authorities except that
they had arrested the boy.
Beauty Cintest . . .
On Friday night, April 21st,
there will be a Beauty Contest
held at the Pal Theatre in Mt.
Vernon.
There will be two winners —
a “Miss Montgomery County” and
a “Miss Wheeler County.” These
winners will participate in the
Ist Annual “Miss Southeastern”
to be held at Savannah Beach the
2nd week in June.
The winner from each county
will win a week’s vacation at
Savannah Beach with all ex
penses paid plus a car to drive.
This pageant will be sponsored
by the Savannah Beach Chamber
of Commerce.
Each girl will have to have a
sponsor. The fee will be $5.00.
Anyone interested in entering
the “Miss Wheeler County” con
test between the ages of 15 and
21, please contact Mrs. Walden
L. Grimes, Glenwood.
Wheeler County
Training School
Has Speaker Mar. 12
The Parent - Teacher Associa
tion of the Wheeler County Train
ing School, Alamo, observed
Founders Day Sunday, March 12,
at 5 p.m.
Lucious T. Bacote, President of
the Teachers Agency of Georgia,
Dublin, was the guest speaker.
A local program was given be
fore the speaker.
“A better Parent-Teacher As
sociation makes possible a co
operation of all patriotic people.”
Wheeler County Eagle
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Eighth District
Provides Cherry
Blossom Princess
Sandra Katherine Tally, tal
■ i ented and scholarly 19 year old
1 1 beauty queen will represent
’ j Georgia in the annual Cherry
1 j Blossom Festival in Washington,
} April 4-9. From Homerville, she
I reigns as the 1960-61 “Miss Geor
■ । gia” and will be making a return
1 j appearance in Washington, hav
| ing been featured on the Georgia
1 j float in the Inaugural Parade in
1 \ January.
: Her selection was announced
Iby Congresswoman Iris Blitch,
; also of Homerville, a close per-
I sonal friend and next-door neigh
; bor of Miss Tally and of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Tally.
Mrs. Blitch said she was de
j lighted that the Eighth Congres
. | sional District had been asked to
' provide this year’s Festival Prin
.l cesg and that the glamorous Hom
.; erviile beauty had been selected.
■: Brunswick Pulp and Paper Com
.l pany, Brunswick, Georgia, will
sponsor the float for the colorful
' Cherfry Blossom Parade on April
. 8.
Winner of numerous athletic,
scholastic and beauty awards
while a student at Clinch Coun
. ty High, Sandy, as she prefers
her friends to call her, was at
tending Wesleyan College in
Macon when she was chosen for
the State’s highest beauty honor.
■ After becoming “Miss Pierce
County” in 1959, Sandy went on
to win the “Miss Georgia”
contest the following year.
While in Washington, the Geor
gia Cherry Blossom Princess will
be honored with a luncheon at
the Capitol by Congresswoman
Blitch. She will also attend nu
merous official functions and will
be guest of honor during a ban
quet and dance to be given by
the Georgia State Society on
i April 5.
In the Cherry Blossom Parade
ion April 8, Sandy will appear
on the Georgia float. She is to
be joined by Miss Ann Williams,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Williams Jr. of Waycross, and
other Georgia beauties now living
in the Washington area.
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ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1961
■ Miss Lane Hartley
Completes Work At
I Georgia Southern
Miss A. Lane Hartley, daughter
1 of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hartley, of
Alamo, was among the 37 seniors
' who completed the requirements
j for the Bachelor’s degree at Geor
|gia Southern College, Statesboro,
|at the end of the winter quar
{ter. The winter quarter officially
• ended at noon, Wednesday, March
|ls.
I Miss Hartley finished with a
■ major in Health and Physical
j Education.
The degree will be officially
। conferred during graduation ex-
I ercises in June.
1961 Upland Cotton
Price Support Set
i
rice support for the 1961 crop
of upland cotton has been set at
' a minimum level of 33.04 cents
' per pound, gross weight, basis
■ Middling 1-inch, at average lo
' j cation, John F. Bradley, Admini
strative Officer of the Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva-
I lion State Office, said today.
This represents a moderate in- 1
1 ' crease of .62 cents per pound I
। above the support price for< the !
1 i same quality of 1960-crop cotton
1 under the “Choice A” program,
, । which accounted for most of last
। year’s production.
’ Bradley explained that the De
j parement of Agriculture this year
• has also announced a “minimum
national average” support of
' ■ 31.84 cents per pound. This re
। fleets 82 percent of the current
i parity price. When price dif
ferentials for the different quali-
’ I lies of cotton are determined j
l later under the support program, I
' । the average support price will be I
j j converted to a Middling 1-inch
' ! basis. If this is a higher price
i than the minimum announced to
day for Middling 1-inch cotton,
| the price will be increased ac-
': cordingly.
Announcing a Midding 1-inch
support pdice in addition to a
national average price will en
able farmers to more accurately
.' determine the support price for
the qualities of. cotton they nor
, mally produce.
Under marketing quotas, ap
: proved for 1961-crop cotton in a
i jitoducers’ referendum last De
' cember, a producer must comply
with his farm acreage allotment
in, order to be eligible for price
support on his 1961-crop upland
cotton.
USDA has also announced an
initial rate of export payment of
8.5 cent per pound for cotton
shipped on or after August 1,
1961, when the new cotton mar
keting year begins. The rate will
be subject to change without
, prior notice.
Almost all pecan trees in Geor
gia need an application of zine
sulphate about this time of year,
says Extension Horticulturist R
. L. Livingston of the University of
Georgia.
Three New Welfare
Board Members
Appointed March 14
Tom Hughes, J. H. Mitchell
and L. B. Chambers received
their commissions on March 14,
as new members of the Wheeler
County Welfare Board to replace
members who have resigned or
whose time has expired.
The new members will begin
their duties on the first Monday
in April which will be the next
regular board meeting.
The new member? were recom
mended by Wallace Adams,
County Commissioner, and ap
proved by Alan Kemper, State
Director of Public Welfare.
Additional Funds
Available For
Eligible Farmers
Additional funds have been
made available to help meet the
needs of eligible farmers who
need operating money to carry
out their farming operations,
Herman T. Langley, county sup
■ ervisor for the Farmers Home
Administration announced today.
Mr. Langley said that a $35,-
000,000 contingency fund provid
ed by the 1961 Agriculutral Ap
propriations Act has just been
' released to the Farmers Heme
Administration to meet the grow
ing demand for credit.
This move was taken by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Mr. Langley said, in an effort to
make certain, within the au
thorities and funds available, that
no qualified family-type farmer
will be required to give up farm
ing because of his inability to
finance his 1961 operations.
Because of high operating costs
and unfavorable margins of prof
its many farmers have exhausted
their regular sources of farm
operating credit. The amount of
operating loans made so far this
year by the Fanners Home Ad
ministration totals 2', percent
higher than last year. The credit
Agency’s biggest lending season
lies just ahead as farmers pre
pare to start their spring work.
The Farmers Home Administra
tion makes operating loans pri
marily to help eligible fai*m fami
lies make improved use of theii
land and labor resources on fami-'
ly-type farms and make needed
changes in their farming systems.
Most of the changes call for adop
ting better farming practices and
improving the efficiency of their
farmng operatons. Loans may al
so be made to qualified farmers
who carry on smaller than fami
ly-type operations.
Operating loans help farmers
pay for equipment, livestock, feed,
seed, fertilizer, tractor fuel and
other farm and home operating
needs including the refinancing of
chattel debts. Loans are scheduled
for repayment in accordance with
the borrower’s ability to repay,
over periods up to seven years
The interest rate is five percent.
Further nformation on these
loans may be obtained from the
county offices of the Farmers
Home Administration located at
Mcßae.
Georgia naval stores producers
work approximately 29 million |
faces annually, report foresters, |
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An artist's drawing shows what eventully will be one of the nation's most powerful
generating plants. The plant will be built by the Georgia Power Company on Lake Sin
clair between Milledgeville and Eatonton in Putnam County. Plans to construct the
$42-million first unit, with a scheduled generating capacity of 250,00 kilowatts., were an
nounced this week by John J. McDonough, company president.
College Qualification
Test To Be Given
April 27th
I1 The annual Selective Service )
I College Qualification Test will be!
, offered to college students April )
•< 27 at approximately 500 colleges j
;: throughout the nation.
The score made on the test is i
i a help to local boards in consid-;
L . ering students for deferment I
. I from induction for study as un- j
. dergraduate or graduate students.;
i Col. Mike Hendrix, State Di- )
j rector of Selective Service for I
’ j Georgia, announced that the test |
’' in Georgia will be conducted at j
the following schools:
■ i Albany—Albany State College j
Athens—University of Georgia I
’ i Atlanta—Clark College
I Atlanta — Georgia Institute of |
j Techinologv
Macon—Mercer University
I Mount Berry—Berry College !
I Statesboro — Georgia Southern)
' College
'I Crl. Hendrix urged students to'
* take the test.
) ■ -‘The test is for the student’s)
’' benefit as well as- for the Nation’s '
good,” Col. Hendix said. “A local i
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' ■ board should have full informa-1
’; tion about a student in order to)
“ ■ classify him, including his class )
standing and a score on this test.)
') A high test score may compen- i
1 i sate for low class standing; and I
- ! high class standing may compen-;
’ I sate fcr a low test score.
“The purpose of student defer-1
; j ments is to give promising stu-;
’ ■ dents an opportunity to continue
1 j to prepare themselves for ca
reers in support of the national
’ interest.
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"Good Citizenship
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Week'" Observed
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The Future Homemakers of |
; America Club climaxed a “Good j
। Citizenship Week” with a very I
r interesting meeting in the Home I
; Economics Department.
After the President, Bonnie)
• Hindman, called the meeting to
t order, an inspiring devotional
i cn Charity was given by Judy
Rhodes.
The entire club was very happy
to have as their guest speaker,
Mrs. John B. Carroll, a member '
of the Wheeler County High'
School faculty. Her subject was
' “The Value of Good Citizenship
in Our World Today.” She open
ed her talk by stressing the im- |
portance of good citizenship. She i
stressed, also, that each citizen to
day has many standards to live
up to in the community. Os
course these are only a few areas
of good citizenship.
After this very meaningful
speech, the meeting was adjeurn-!
ed by the members standing and,
repeating the F.H. A. Creed
Delicious refreshments co n -
sisting of cake and grape punch
were served by Gerry Howell,
| Rebecca Burch, Paulette Landry,
Faye Tillman and Faye Stokes.
Consumers spent 1.6 percent
of their spendable income for
pork lash year, according to Ex- j
tension Livestock Marketing,
Specialist Harold Clum at the j.
University of Georgia.
The drafty apartments of yes-
I ter-year are the expensive cross
[ ventilated ones of today!
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South Central District H. D. Club
Members Meet In Mcßae March 8
The Telfair County Home Dem
> onstraton. Council was host to
I approximately 250 Home Demon
) stration Club members from the
South Central Di • rict, Wednes
! day, March Bth at the Baptist
| Church in Mcßae.
Mrs. F. A. Scarborough, South
! Central District Chairman, pre-
I sided.
Glenwood FFA
Attends Top Corn
Producers' Banquet
On March 6 several members
| of the Glenwood Future Farmers
। of America attended the Annual
j Greenwood Farms Corn Banquet
jof District Two in Swainsboro.
| for top corn producers and their
i fathers in the fifty-seven partici
) pating chapters. Those who at
i tended from Glenwood were Rod.
) ney Johnson, Glenwood FFA top
I corn Producer, hig father, Carl
) ton Johnson, Pat Morrison, FFA
j President, John Thomas, Adviser,
I and I. B. Collins, Glenwood High
) Principal.
। Lynn Reddick, State FFA Vice
) President, presided at the Ban
। quet which is an annual tribute
।to the top corn producers and
i vo-ag teachers in this District
| Corbitt Hunter, State Secretary
! was also present along with many
prominent citizens of the FFA’s
District Two.
The top corn producer of Dis
i trict Two was Roy Jordan of the
1 Hoboken Chapter, and he produc
jed 220.4 bushels on one acre of
I land. The top producing chapter
। was Surrency High.
Dr. Pete Donaldson, President
| of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
I College, was the principal speak
ler of the evening. He gave an
। interesting and inspiring talk
| both to the FFA boys, and others
i present.
Road Repair
Letting Due
The State Highway Dept, will
1 begin letting contracts in May,
, totaling some S3O million, as the
first increment in Georgia’s new
SIOO million road reconstruction
i program.
I Jim Gillis, highway board
chairman, said the first increment
will cover improvements on a
total of 2,269 miles of the state’s
major highways. Most of the
improvements will be widening
and resurfacing.
’ Gillis said the first increment
, will cover about 126 projects in
[ 130 counties. Reconstruction con
tracts will cover 1,019 miles of
primary highway and 1,250 miles
of secondary highways on the
state road system.
A county-by-county listing of
the projects is expected to be re
leased Sunday.
Contracts for the first incre
ment projects will be spread over
three letting periods in May,
June and July. Gillis said the
bonds have not yet been vali
dated and sold, but he feels sure
they will be in time to let the
first contracts in May.
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Mrs. W. H. Thompson gave tha
) devotional and Mrs. Durwood
i Boney led the group in singing
i accompanied by Mrs. C. G. Wal
den, Jr.
Mrs. C. G. Cooper, local Home
; Demonstration Council President
gave the welcome. Speakers for
the morning were Troy Barto®
who spoke on the Farm Bureau
Womens Program, and Miss
Elaine Steuber, Extension Nu
trition Specialist, who spoke oa
j Mealtime Magic.
The Telfair Home Demonstra
tion Council served lunch at the
Civic Memorial Center. Th®
tables were decorated with mag
nolia leaves and red camellias on
white cloths.
After lunch Miss Lenora An#
I derson and Miss Peggy Ott, Ex
j tension Clothing Specialists, con
; ducter the District Dress Revues
Music was furnished by Miss
Joy Walden.
Mrs. C. G Walden, Jr. repre
sented Telfair County and was
awarded first place in the Church
I Dress Division.
i Door prizes, furnished by each
lof the Home Demonstration
। Clubs, were presented to eleven
I lucky guests.
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Cravey Stands
Firm On Rate
i Increase Denial
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Insurance Commissioner Zack
D. Cravey today said if the Geor
gia Inspection and Rating Burieau
obtains the increase in fire in
! surance which he turned down
) last July it will have to come an,
a direct order from the court
where it is new pending and not
from him.
His action in rejecting the
original filing was upheld by
Judge Durwood Pye in Fulton
County Superior Court but Hie
decision was reversed by the Su
preme Court on an appeal by th®
Bureau. A second hearing was
I held last week before Fulton
; Judge George Whitman who now
' has the matter under advisement
“Since the case has been in the
! courts,” Commissioner Cravey
1 stated, “I have received hundreds
! of phone calls and letters horn
j people all over the state asking
me to clarify my position.
“Briefly, it is this. I did not feel
the Underwriters were entitled tai
the increase when they requested!
it and I do not feel they are naw.
I granted them an increase is
1958 because I belived they were
entitled to it and that it was in
the best public interest. Now, nty
judgment is the other way.
“The law provides that the In
surance Commissiner in ruling ow
rates must be reasonable, fair and
not discriminatory. Were I to
award this increase I feel I would
be dicriminating against the poli
cy-holder. That, I do not intend
to do of my own free will, op
erating within the province of th®,
powers granted me by the Gen
eral Assembly.”
Eugene Hutto Dies In
Talmadge Memorial
Hospital Sunday
Funeral services were held in
Zion Hope Baptist Church Mon
day at 3 p.m. for Eugene Hutto»
48, of Helena R-l, who died Sun#
day in Talmadge Memorial Hos
pital in Augusta where he had
been a patient fcr several weeks.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery with Harris & Smith Fun
eral Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Mr. Hutto was born in Laurens
County on May 27, 1912, the son
of Henry Ryals Hutto and. Mis.
Sallie Smith Hutto. He was mar
ried to Miss Alice Lee Dykes of
Dodge County on June 6, 19®2,
and was a member of the Jay
Bird Springs Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife; a
daughter, Mrs. Preston Cauley, of
Ailey R- 2 ; three sons, James
Hutto, Bill Hutto, of Mt. Vernon^
and Charles Hutto, of Helena;
two grandchildren, William Cau
ley and Barbara Hutto; four so*
ters, Mrs. Rosa Roberson and
Mrs. Sallie Vickery, of Macon;
Mi’s. Frank Yeomans, of Alamo;
Mrs. Mary Lou Kersey, of Lyons;
and one brother, J. B. Hutto, df
Macon.