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VOLUME 47
State Accidents
Take 13 Lives
Over Weekend
A young man whose motorcycle
hit a cable across a highway was
among 13 persons killed in a va
riety of Georgia accidents during
the weekend.
The tragic toll included 11 traf
fic fatalities, a drowning and a
Columbus youth who died in a
gun accident returning from a
turtle shooting trip.
The State Patrol said William
Fred Slappey, 22, of. R-2, Sylves
ter, died at dusk Saturday when
the motorcycle he was riding
slammed into a cable stretched
across a Worth County road.
Investigating troopers said that
just before the accident a nearby
house fire ignited a power pole
and it fell to the ground, pulling
a guy wire across the road. The
wire apparently glanced off the
motorcycle windscreen and
caught Slapped in the neck. A
woman companion was injured.
The drowning victim was E.
L. Hardy, 61, of Avondale Es
tates, an Atlanta suburb. He fell
off a dock Saturday at Lake La
nier.
The body of 15-year-old Craig
Donaghy was found on a river
bank near a Columbus area mar
ina Saturday. Coroner C. F. Davis
said marks in the earth indicated
the youth may have fallen or
slipped as he got out of a boat.
He had been shooting turtles with
a rifle.
Sunday traffic deaths included:
Jessie Foster, 25, of Experiment
whose car hit a tree and over
turned at an intersection in
Barnesville.
Robert Lee Wilcher, 28, of Mit
chell, whose car smashed into a
deadend just east of Mitchell on
the old Georgetown Road.
Thomas Robert Lucas, 20, of
Decatur, who was in a car that
struck a tree about two miles
south of Butler on U.S. 19 in
Taylor County.
A headon collision cost the
lives of three Wocdbine men Sat
urday. Oliver Holmes, 24, Ben
Jackson, 41, and Elmer Lang, 18,
died in the wreck on U.S. 17 near
Kingsland.
Other weekend victims were
Bennett A. Leaptrot, 43, of Ma
con; Perry Paul Graham, 74, of
Columbus; Randall Claude Mull,
17, of Blue Ridge, and Robert
Eldridge Sims, 19, of Atlanta.
Petroleum Institute
Offers Services For
Tourist Promotion
The American Petroleum In
stitute, through its travel deve
lopment co-ordinator, James Ben
nett, has offered its services for
the creation and development of
tourism projects in the state of
Georgia.
Bennett, speaking at the Gov
ernor’s Conference on Tourism,
stated that industries interested
in travel and tourism promotion
should lend all assistance possi
ble to states who are interested
in advancing such a program.
“We will be glad to aid in the
preparation of an immediate plan
of action for Georgia. We will
be glad to assist and implement
the promotion efforts of a state
and we will be willing to come
to Georgia at any time to assist
in any other measure that we
can of advancing the tourism
program,” stated Bennett.
As one possible suggestion for
action, Bennett recommended to
the 150 delegates at the confer
ence an Appalachian Trail.
“Georgia can be made a desti
nation point, and Georgians
should consider the overall pic
ture of tourism development in
stead of spending so much time
and effort on one individual at
traction,” continued Bennett.
Bennett, a recognized interna
tional expert on tourism and
tourist promotion, serves as an
advisor to the governors of 14
states as well as to the President
of the United States and the new
ly created U. S. Travel Service
of the Department of Commerce
Bennett reviewed the work
that had been done by the Amer
ican Petroleum Institute in initi
ating along with various states
the Heritage Trail in New Eng
land and projects in Nebraska
and Florida.
Wheeler County Eagle
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National Farm City Week is proclaimed by Georgia’s Governor. S. Ernest
Vandiver, for Nov. 17-23 as Larry Martin, district governor of Kiwanis
International, and Ed Hammond, Georgia Power Company secretary
and Georgia Farm-City Week Chairman, look on. Gov .Vandiver cited
the need for mutual understanding among rural and urban groups ana
the productivity of farms and urban labor in issuing the proclamation.
Kiwanis coordinates Farm-City Week activities.
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। Talmadge Chides
Senate For Not
Guarding States
11 U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, I
Jin addressing the Coral Gables I
i Fla.) Kiwanis Club’s recent an-|
nual Florida Legislative Awards
’ Luncheon, deplored the failure
of the U.S. Senate in recent years
to perform its assigned constitu-
’ tional role as the guardian of
’ states’ rights on the national lev
' el.
He w r arned that a continuation
• of the growing trend of repudia
! tion by the Senate of its desig
nated constitutional function as
'; “the repository of state sover
eignty on the national level ‘will
1 have the ultimate result of “de
stroying the delicate system of
checks and balances upon which
1 ; the United States’ unique form
1 ' of representative, republican
• government is based. Calling it
-a “cause of grave concern to eve-
J ry citizen, Sen. Talmadge said:
“For three decades now we
i
[ have witnessed a worsening ero
. ■ sion of the stature and power of
. i the states as the fundamental un
।' its of government in this coun
f ! try. This has taken place in di
■ - rect proportion to the degree that
senators have abdicated their re-
> sponsibility t? represent the in-i
. ’ terests of their states.
: “For senators to bow subser
, viently to the dictates of the ex
; ecutive branch is to thwart the
very purpose for which the
i founding fathers wrote the doc
: trine of separation of powers in-
Brewton Parker College Basketball
Team Practice Sessions Underway
The Brewton Parker College
• basketball team has begun prac
’ tice for the 1961-62 season which
begins with the Alumni Game,
. November 18, in the new Jim
, Parker Gymnasium cn the cam
| pus. The Barons will be in their
i: second season under Coach Don
■ Harbin and will be striving to
[' improve on the record posted last
season (19-14), even though the
■ Barons finished in 3rd place in
t Georgia Junior College play.
[ There are 13 boys remaining
; from a group cf 34 that answered
. the opening day practice whistle.
! The remaining 13 include 9 frosh
: and but 4 sophomores, all of.
: whom are lettermen. The return-j
। ing lettermen include: guard Earlj
Rogers, Harlan, Kentucky, a s’B” ।
■ midget; Donnie Rowland, 6’
> guard from Gainesville, Fla.; Bob
■ Watson, 6’2” from Eldorado, 111.,
and Dudley Eubanks 6’3” from
■ Butler, Ga., are the returning
; forwards.
Most impressive freshmen thus
• far have been, Bill Sutton 6’7”
: Eldorado, 111. product; Jackie
• Minton who is from Kite, Ga. and
stands 6’4”; Tony Corebelli 6’6”,
and Larry Batson 6’l” represent
Daytona Beach, Fla.; Fred Bruse-I
hayt 6’7” comes from Deland,!
Fla. and 6’ guard Jack McDon
ald comes from Mt. Dora, Fla.
Other freshmen who have high
hopes of making the starting
.squad are Ken Blalock 6’l”, Can
ton, Gr., Aaron Maddox 6’4”,
Alamo, and Toney Couey, 5’10”
from Glenwood.
When quizzed on the prospects
for the coming season Coach Har
bin said, “we suffered terribly
last year for lack of height and
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA.FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1961
to the Constitution.
“By so doing they betray the
very interests they were elected
to protect and leave their states
defenseless to the onslaughts of
I those who would transform them
I into mere administrative units of
| the federal government.”
Talmadge said one respected
columnist during the recent ses
sion likened the performance c-f
such senators “to that of trained
dogs.”
Registration Drive
For World War I
Veteran Aid Begins
Veterans of World War I cf
the U.S.A, are engaged in a regis
tration drive in connection with
new legislation now pending in
Congress for the benefit of World
War I veterans.
The Veterans of World War I
is a National Organization Char
tered by Congress to look after
the interests of the veterans ofj
1917-1918. Laws pertaining to I
veterans benefits are constantly I
changing and it is to the interest ।
of every World War I veteran
to keep posted on laws for their
benefit. All World War I veterans
are requested to send their name,
address and serial number to
World War I veterans informa
tion center, 40 G Street, N.E.,
Washington 2, D. C.; W. Glenn
Elliott, National Adjutant, Vet
erans of Wc-rld War I, U.S.A., re
ported.
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this year we have the height,
but we are a young ball club
and we will have to develop very
rapidly to be a threat of any
considerable extent. We will have
a strong bench though and that
is a great asset with any team”.
As usual the Brewton Parker'
schedule carries some of the top I
Junior College teams in the |
Southeast. The completed sche-1
dule follows:
November
18—Alumni, home
20—Gulf Coast College, heme
December
I—Middle Ga. College, Cochran < -
2—Chipola, home
7—Norman College, home
11 —South Ga. Trade, home
January
3—South Carolina Frosh,
Columbia, S.C. .i
6—Armstrong, home I 4
9—South Ga. College, Douglas ■
12—Southern Tech, Marietta
13—Young Harris, Young Harris ;
17—South Ga. Trade, Americus :
19—Gulf Coast College, 1
Panama City, Fla. ।
20—Chipola, Marianna, Fla. •
22—Norman College, Norman i
Park i
26—Southern Tech, home j
27—Middle Ga. College, home 1
29—Ga. Southwestern, home i
31—Columbus College,
Columbus i
February 1
3—Young Harris, home 1
s—Armstrong, Savannah 1
B—South Ga. College, home <
10—Columbus College, home 1
15—South Carolina Frosh, home i
17—Ga. Southwestern, Americus
Feb. 21-24—GJCAA State Bas- i
ketball Tourney in Statesboro. ■
W. M. Williams
Appointed Highway-
Finance Officer
The State Highway Board has !
announced the appointment cf i
State Highway Finance Officer j
W. M. Williams as successor to j
I Secretary - Treasurer Benton ■
I Odom, who died following a ;
stroke.
A native of Alabama, Mr. Wil-;
liams is a veteran of almost 30
years experience in the financial
section of the Georgia Highway
Department, previously serving!
as Secretary - Treasurer during!
1941-43. He graduated frc-m Em- >
ory University in 1931 and went
I to work with the Department in
| January. 1932.
i Mr. Odom, who had been ac
tive on the Georgia government
scene for some 20 years, had
served as Secretary-Treasurer of
the Highway Department since
March 1, 1950. He began his po
litical career as Senator from
Georgia’s 9th Senatorial District
in 1941, was Baker County Rep
resentative from 1943 to 1946,
served as Executive Secretary to
Governor Herman Talmadge from
1948 to 1950, and became a mem
ber of the Georgia Democratic
Executive Committee in 1946.
In commenting on the death of
Mr. Odom, Highway Board Chair
man Jim L. Gillis said that the
Department had lost a valuable
man, Georgia had lost a good cit
izen, and that he had suffered
a deep personal loss. He said fur
ther that the fast pace and the
expanding scope of Georgia’s road
program called for an immediate
replacement for Mr. Odom; and
that the Department was fortu
nate to have available a man of
Mr. Williams’ character and prov
en ability to fill a vital post at
a crucial time. ,
Soil Testing Gives
Answer To Needs
The Georgia Experiment Sta
tions, located the principal
| soil areas of the state, have es-
I tablished general fertilizer ratio-
I grade recommendations for all
। our crops according to County
Agent, M. K. Jackson.
Since Wheeler County soils
vary considerably as to sand,
silt, and clay content and from
past fertility treatment and man
agement, it is logical to assume
that different soils need varying
treatment for maximum response
of cur principal crops.
For Wheeler County the re
commendation calls for three ba
sic phosphate-potash ratios. These
are high phosphate — low potash
ratios like 6-12-6, low phosphate
— high potash ratios like 5-10-15
or 0-10-20, and even phosphate-
I potash ratios like 4-12-12, 0-14-14
lor 6-12-12.
Every farmer, says the county
agent, can be assured that one
of these ratio-grades will fit each
of his fields. But the question is:
Which one? Only a soil test can
give the answer.
Farmers are demanding speci
fic recommendations, and only
by a soil test can the prescrip
tion needed for each field and
crop be given.
The county agent states that
soil testing provides the mcst in
telligent approach to the proper
use of lime and fertilizer, but
each farmer must participate in
the program to reap its benefits.
Annual Charity
Ball To Be
Held In Dublin
Plan to begin your holiday fes-:
tivities by attending the Annual:
Charity Ball at the National
Guard Armory on Thursday, No
vember 16th, 8 to 12.
The dance is sponsored each [
year by the Dublin Service i
League and all proceeds will go [
toward continuing the operation i
of the School of Hope. The school i
is sponsored by the Laurens i
County Chapter for Retarded
Children and is maintained by!
public subscription and donations j
by Civic Clubs. It is open to any;
child in the area.
The Three Suns will play their i
danceable and listenable music ■
for all those in attendance. Re- ■
freshments will be served at in
termission. Tickets are $5.00 per ;
couple cr $2.50 single and will ।
be on sale at the door. Dress is
optional.
The Service League extends a i
cordial invitation to all whoj
would like to dance or listen.
Talmadge Tells
Farm Groups To
Unite On Bills
U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge,
| who has been battling for a work
j able, realistic national farm pro
< gram ever since he went to the
! Senate in 1957, had some good
i advice for farmers of Georgia
I and the nation at the Georgia
| Farm Bureau Federation’s recent
annual convention at Jekyll Is
land.
The former Georgia governor,
himself a farmer and a member
1 of the Senate Committee on Ag
riculture and Forestry, called on
the farm organizations of the
U.S. “to forget their differences
and unite in a common effort”
to seek enactment of meaningful
farm legislation at the next ses
sion of Congress. Said he:
“The principal reason Congress
to date has been unable to act
definitively in writing desperate
ly-needed new farm legislation
is that the various organizations
purporting to represent the
American farmer have been run
ning off in different directions
instead of pulling together to
ward what should be their com
mon goal — serving the best in
. terests of all the farmers of this
country.
“It was this very situation upon
, which former Agriculture Secre
tary Ezra T. Benson capitalized
to play one farm group off
against another to thwart any
, unanimity of approach in Con
gress tc- dealing with his disas-
. j trous policies.”
i | Sen. Talmadge praised the
I Georgia group for its “positive
’ j and progressive stance” in sup
i port of efforts by friends of the
: | farmer in Congress to write a
[new comprehensive farm law to
rescue the nation’s agricultural
economy and urged its emula
tion by farm organizations in the
other 49 states.
‘ j He further said that in Secre
- 11 tary of Agriculture Orville L.
‘ ■ Freeman farmers “have a friend
' in the Agriculture Department
1 for the first time in eight years.”
r
He said he is convinced of Free
man’s “sincere desire to restore
the farmer to his proper place
Jin the national economy” and
] !
i contended that farmers “owe it
s | to themselves to give him their
' I individual support and to insist
r j
; that their organizations give him
their collective backing.”
Talmadge warned that the fu
ture of American agriculture
! “well may hinge on the degree
‘ i
’ i to which that is done.
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Teen-Age Traffic
Safety Week Set
For Ga. Nov. 12-17
[ Gov. Ernest Vandiver has of
■ i ficially proclaimed the period of
|Nov. 42-17 as the eighth annual,
| Georgia Youth Traffic Safety!
: Week.
| The special safety week is a |
| project of the Georgia Teen-Age!
' Traffic Safety Assn., which was I
| organized as an outgrowth of the I
j first Governor’s Teen-Age Traf-j
[fic Conference in 1953. Its goal,
I for the week: “No Traffic I
i Deaths!”
j As the adult guiding agency for j
; the youth association, the Geor-'
। gia Department of Public Safety[
I is giving full cooperation and ac-!
i five support in helping the teen-|
■ agers promote the program.
| Members of the youth organ- j
, izatk-n are hard at work in an:
[ effort to make the special week j
I a success. They are soliciting co-1
: operation from adult groups at,
। the community level, especially
! through their schools and church
; es.
; The youths will distribute some '
40,000 safety leaflets to motor-
: ists during the week. Their cam- ■
j paign slogan: “Safety Needs You! j
Get H t With Safety!”
i Last year during the youth-!
! sponsored Traffic Safety Week, j
j which also occurred in the third •
; week of November, eleven per-,
; sons were killed in Georgia traf- i
! sic accidents.
Gov. Vandiver, in his procla-:
1 mation, called on all Georgians
I “to lend their understanding and
I active support to the Georgia
Teen-Age Traffic Safety Assn,
and ail youth as they launch this!
Safety Week in an effort to stem
■ the rising tide of traffic accidents
j which annually injure and kill
j a tragic number of people of eve-!
ry age.” i
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Veterans Administration Warns
Home Buyers To Be More Cautious
The constant increase in the
number of post-purchasing com- !
plaints on homes bought by vet- :
lerans through the GI loan gua- :
j ranty program prompted the Vet
। erans Administrs ticn today to ,
! again caution buyers to read the
| fine print before signing.
! On today’s highly competitive
i home building market in most
I cities, veterans are numbered
। among those buyers who become
: so dreamy-eyed becoming home-
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j James E. Westmoreland, 111
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I Youth Conference
।
On Atom To Be
Held Nov. 9-11
1 1 James E. Westmoreland 111, of j
1 j Griffin, has been selected to re
-11 present the Georgia Power Com
■ j pany’s Macon division at the
- i third national Youth Conference
i on the Atom in Chicago, 111., Nov.
• 19-11. The announcement was
. i made by C. W. Roberts, of Ma
l con, power company vice presi
t' dent.
Young Westmoreland, 17-year-1
■: old Griffin High School senior,
1 1 and his physics teacher, Miss
■; Laura Sue Hawkins, will go to
, Atlanta, Nov. 8. There they will
. j join representatives from six
■; other power company divisions to
make the trip to Chicago as
guests of Georgia Power.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Westmoreland Jr., of 625 Kin
; caid Ave., Griffin, the youth was
[selected on the basis of his out
! standing performance in a com
[petitive science test given by the
| Georgia Department cf Educa
' tion to hundreds of students
| throughout the state.
Purpose of the conference is
!to present to 600 of the nation’s ,
i leading high school students and
i their science teachers a detailed :
' picture of the future peaceful ap- •
plication of the atom.
The Maccn division winner is ■
lan Explorer Scout, a member of ;
| the Beta, Hi-Y, Spanish, Radio
| and electronics clubs, and the
: marching and concert bands. He .
: also is an active member of the i
j First Methodist Church of Gris- '
[ fin. (
Miss Hawkins, a native of Sy- .
I camore, holds the bachelor of
; science degree in education from :
I the University of Georgia and the
[ master cf arts degree from Co- (
[ lumbia University. In addition to
teaching physics at Griffin High ,
School, she also is a chemistry (
: instructor at the school. Miss (
Hawkins is a member of Delta ,
! Kappa Gamma teachers society ।
Local School Aid
Vital — Harrison
t
Dr. Edwin D. Harrison, presi- 1
i dent of Georgia Tech, in an of- ]
i ficial report to the Board of Re- (
[ gents, said the state’s economy )
। “will be grossly penalized” and '
j the University System of Geor- ]
• gia will suffer unless stronger ]
; local support of the common
I schools of the state is forthcom
ing. 1
He said common schools receive ’
। a disproportionately high share 1
[of tax revenue from the state, 11
while the University System does 11
: not get as high a proportion as: I
1 it deserves. 1 1
Dr. Harrison said that the lack [
: of funds are hampering Georgia ]
Tech’s growth and the school’s <
[role in the industrial develop- ’
ment of the state. 11
NUMBER 30
owners after seeing “model”
houses that they forget that the
model houses necessarily are ba
sic plans which show all the op
tional frills, any of which, or all,
are available “if desired”.
“The VA approves the loan
guaranty on a house according
to the plans and specifications
which the veteran-buyer agrees
with the builder to have erected,
thus legally can do nothing ta
help the veteran, “Harry W.
Piper, Acting Manager, Veterans
Administration Regional Office,
Atlanta, said today.
Haste and carelessness on the
part of the buyer are the basic
troubles resulting in the disap
pointment reflected in the post
occupancy complaints being re
ceived by the VA, Mr. Pipet
opined.
Until about two years ago, this
type complaint was rare because
whole subdivisions were still be
ing built on speculation and the
buyer could see precisely how
the house was equipped before
he bought it.
Now, hcwever, Mr. Piper points
out that on today’s highly com
petitive market, many houses are
wisely “presold”; that is, the
buyers looks at a display of “mod
el” houses representing several
different basic plans from which
he can choose, but he can’t see
the particular house he will ac
tually live in because it won’t
even be started until he signs
the agreement to buy it.
Because he forget about the
signs explaining the options and,
or, forgot to have the options he
wanted included in the contract
the buyer moves in and after the
excitement is over, begins to
take note of the various features
of his new home.
Then he files a complaint with
the VA that his house does not
have gutters and downspouts
(not required by VA minimum
! standards if the eaves extend far
| enough out), or the big concrete,
patio slab, or the redwood porch
onto which the “model” house’s
sliding glass doors opened.
“Once that document is signed,
the buyer has no legal recourse
in regard to anything not speci
fied therein,” Mr. Piper pointed
out.
Mr. Piper reminded the vet
eran-buyers that “the VA gua
rantees the loan, not the home,™
so the sole responsibility of the
type and quality of the home de
sired rests with the veteran.
“If the veteran will take the
time to sit down for a few .min
utes to read and discuss the
various features of the contract
with the builder’s agent, he will
save many headaches and disap
pointments for himself and his
family”, Mr. Piper concluded.
Registration Drive
For World War I
Veterans Aid Begins
Veterans of World War I oi
the U.S.A, are engaged in a reg
istration drive in connection with
new legislation now pending in
Congress for the benefit of World
War I veterans.
The Veterans of World War J
is a National Organization Char
tered by Congress to look after
the interests of the veterans ol
1917-1918. Laws pertaining to
veterans benefits are constantly
changing and it is to the interest
of every World War I veteran
to keep posted on laws for then
benefit. All World War I veterans
are requested to send their name,
address and serial number to
World War I veterans informa
tion center, 40 G Street, N.E.,
Washington 2, D. C.; W. Glenn
Elliott, National Adjutant, Vet
erans of World War I, U.S.A,
reported.
Mimbs Infant
Buried Wednesday
Funeral services were held al
2 p.m. Wednesday in the Glen
wood Church of God for James-
Mimbs, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Mimbs, of Glenwood,
with the Rev. Mrs. Griffin of
ficiating. Burial was in the Beu
lah Church Cemetery.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are the grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Itar Powell, of Glen
wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Maezeß
McCoy, of Scott.