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VOLUME 47
State Accidents
Claim 19 Lives
Over Weekend
Nineteen persons were killed
in traffic accidents on state road
ways over the past weekend, the
highest number for a similar per
iod in Georgia this year.
“It’s distressing and shocking,”
was the reaction of Capt. E. D.
Mink of the Department cf Pub
lic Safety.
Because of the heavy toll, Safe
ty Department officials may re
vise an earlier prediction of 21
fatalities during the Thanksgiv
ing period. The 102-hour period
begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and
ends at midnight Sunday.
The department also has pre
dicted that 160 persons will be
hurt in 543 accidents during the
holiday period.
In an effort to save lives over
the holiday, the Safety Depart
ment has mapped out one cf the
strictest enforcement drives ever.
“All available personnel, includ
ing GBI agents, will be pressed
into Patrol service over the holi
day period. We will do everything
humanly possible to save lives,”
Captain Mink added.
Fatalities over the past week
end, as reported by the State Pa
trol and other law enforcement
agencies were:
Benjamin McClelland, 10, son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. McClel
land, cf Blue Ridge, killed Sun
day night when his bicycle was
struck by a car. A 16-year-old
boy was held in the Fannin Coun
ty jail on a charge of hit-and-run
driving.
Rufus Ransom, 37, of Box 15,
Blakely, was fatally injured Sat
urday at 12:45 a.m. when the car
he was driving went out of con
trol and overturned on Georgia
39 in Blakely.
Eugene Jackson, 20, of R-l, Al
pharetta, died of injuries received
in a mishap early Saturday about
11% miles south of Cumming
on a county road.
David Taylor McCullough, 19,
of a School Drive address in
Chamblee, died in an accident
Saturday on the Northeast Ex
pressway near Clairmont Road.
Charles Davis Ellerbee, 18, of
Cartersville died early Saturday
of injuries received late Friday
night in' a collision of two vehi
cles at the intersection cf U.S.
41 and East Main Street in Car
tersville. ■
Paul’Augustus Braswell, 21, of
Box 59, Cogdell, was fatally in
jured Sunday at 11:30 a m. when
his motorcycle collided with an
other vehicle east of Thomson
on U.S. 78.
Robert Andrew Smith, 48, of
Sparta was killed Sunday at 4:15
p.m. when his car struck a bank
just north of Mayfield on a Han
cock County road.
Mrs. Jeanette Watson, 27, of
Dublin, was fatally injured in a
mishap Saturday at 4:30 p.m. 40
miles south of Macon at the in
tersection of Georgia 90 and U.S.
129.
Leon Cleghorn, 43, of R-l, By
ron, was killed in the collision
of two vehicles shortly after 9
p.m. Saturday in Houston County.
Herschel Miller, 25, of Darien
died Saturday in a wreck in Da
rien.
Roscoe Lecount, 71, and Leola
Mae Hewitt, both of Ligonier,
Ind., were killed Saturday in a
car-truck collision near Putney
on old U.S. 19.
Homer Lee Clark, 16; James
Brooks, 26; Arthur Minor, 28, and
Ernest Pexton, all of Stone Moun
tain, were killed Saturday when
their car overturned near Stone
Mountain in DeKalb County. De-
Kalb police said the four were
Negroes.
A 37-year-old man, identified
as John Robert Carson, of 151 N.
Clarendon Road was killed early
Sunday in a mishap on Clarendon
Road just south of Wiltshire
Drive.
Jerry Wheeler, of Cumming
was either killed outright or
drowned Sunday when his car
crashed into a bridge and fell
into a creek on Georgia 20, near
Buford, police said. His body was
discovered early Monday, partly
submerged in the creek.
Talbert T. Jones, 18, of Colum
bus, was killed Friday night in
a two-car collision on a street
within the Ft. Benning military
reservation.
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Southern Land, Timber and Pulp Corporation’s new giant $42,000,000 pulp and paper mill being built at
Cedar Springs, Ga., will move its company and contractor administrative personnel into its recently com
pleted $300,000 general office building (shown above.) The announcement was made by Edward L. Cowan,
executive vice-president, Southern Land.
Georgia Motorists Are Warned Os
Sure-Fire Way To Lose License
: Having issued orders to his
(patrolmen to crack down on traf
' । sic law violators throughout the
state, Col. H. Lowell Conner, new ■
1 ■ director of the Georgia Depart-
I ment of Public Safety, said he I
; wants motorists to clearly un- i
' derstand what to expect if they l
j become offenders.
;! The 38-year-old safety direc
! tor, who instructed state troop
i ers to “hide behind signboards,
। embankments, trees or anything
’; else if that’s what it takes to
■ I Stop the slaughter on our high
ways,” listed numerous ways a
'■driver can immediately lose his
1 driving privilege.
i These hazardous violations call
for automatic suspension of a
‘ | driver’s license for the following
• periods of time:
H 1. Speeding (15 miles per hour
• or more above legal limit, either
Lime Is Long-Term
Investment For
L !
Up-To-Date Farming
[ j How often should lime be ap-
•! plied to your soil?
: The frequency of liming de
। pends on several factors, accord
, | ing to R. E. Tuten, Chairman,
’ ’ Wheeler Co. Fertility Committee.
• j For example, your soil texture is
.I a very important factor.
“More frequent lime applica
:! tions are required to maintain
■ < good fertility in sandy than in
■; clayey soils,” he says.
■ i On sandy loam soils with a fine
textured subsoil, one ton per acre
■! every three to four years should
!be sufficient. However, on sandy'
• । loam soils with a sandy subsoil,
■ j one ton every three years will
' i probably be needed. But an acid
■ { clayey type soil will need two
1 1 or three tons per acre every four
to six years.
• Lime is not a soil amendment
' । that should be added annually.
: Lime should be considered as a
■ i long-term investment.
i “In other words,” says Mr.
: j Tuten, “lime has value for sub
-1 j sequent crops in addition to its
I beneficial effect on the crop
■ j grown immediately following its
■ application.
He emphasizes, however, that
■ i you should not guess at how often
1 ] to apply lime. The simplest and j
* ; most reliable method to deter-1
■ mine the lime requirement of).
1 ! your soil is by means of a soil |
■ i test.
Gov. Vandiver Going To Madrid
On National Guard Air Maneuvers
I Gov. Ernest Vandiver has an
■ nounced that he and state Na
- 1; tional Guard leaders will accom
■! pa.ny an Air National Guard
■ i crew on a check-out flight to
• Madrid, Spain.
The Governor, along with Maj
l or Gen. George J. Hearn, state
■ adjutant general, and Brig. Gen.
’ Homer Flynn, assistant adjutant
। : general, will leave Nov. 24 and
: return Nov. 29.
The flight will be made in a
I C-97, a four-engine cargo air
• craft. The Air National Guard
• unit at Dobbins Air Force Base,
I the 116th Air Transport Wing, is
• now transitioning into the C-97’s.
; Prior to the changeover last Ap
’ ril 1, the outfit flew the F-86
Sabre jet, a fighter-interceptor
■ plane.
i The flight will be an “overwat
; er line check,” for members of
'■ the crew, Vandiver said. These
checks are required each six
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1961
the state law of a municipal or
dinance), one month.
2. Any hazardous offense in
volving an accident, two months.
3. Failure to report an accident,
two months.
4. Passing school bus, loading
or unloading, two months.
6. Three warnings for same
hazardous offense within 12
months, two months.
7. Driving while license is sus
pended, revoked or cancelled, six
months.
8. Bad drivers’ records (four or
more hazardous violations or ac
cidents), one-to-four months.
Outright revocation of a driv
er’s license is mandatory upon
conviction of any of the follow
ing offenses:
1. Manslaughter, voluntary' or
involuntary, resulting from ope
ration of a motbr vehicle.
2. Driving a motor vehicle
while under the influence of in
toxicating liquors or drugs.
3. Any felony in the commis
sion of which a motor vehicle
is used.
4. Hit or run, or leaving the
scene of an accident.
5. Perjury or the making of a
false affidavit to.the Department
of Public Safety relating to driv
er’s licenses, or to the ownership
or operation of motor vehicles.
6. Three convictions of hazard
ous violations within a period of
twelve months.
7. Transporting contraband or
stolen goods.
There are many other viola
tions which can cause an autoist
to be in serious trouble with the
law, Col. Conner said. For ex
ample, to obtain or attempt to
obtain a driver’s license while his
driving privilege has been sus
pended or revoked will result in
a six-month cancellation and he
will be subject to prosecution for
fraud.
Also, under Georgia’s Safety
Responsibility Act, the driver
and/or owner of a vehicle in
volved in an accident resulting
in death, personal injury or
property damage in excess of
SIOO must, within 30 days, fur
nish proof of ability to pay claims
arising out of the accident.
Failure to do this will result
in the suspension of the driver’s
i license, registration certificate
i and tag plate of both the driver
! and the owner.
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■ months for crws to remain quali
■ fied for overwater flights.
U.S. Air Force examiners will
I be aboard to inspect performance
> of the National Guard crew —
aircraft commander, first and
■ second pilots, navigator, flight
> engineer, and loadmaster. Air
. craft commander will be Major
t Charles H. Allen, director of op
l erations for the air guard wing.
As commander-in-chief of the
i National Guard, Gov. Vandiver
■ also will observe crew perfor
-1 mance.
, As a secondary function, the
5 plane will carry a cargo load
. from Dover, Del. to Madrid for
■ the Air Force’s Military Air
> Transport Service.
" The aircraft will fly from Dob
bins to Dover, and then to the
f Azores for refueling. Final des
> tination will be Torrejon Air
: Force Base, Madrid.
WHAT IS "pH"?
By M. K. JACKSON
County Agent
The “pH value” is the yard- j
stick used by all soil scientists i
so that a common degree of mea-!
surement is present at all times. :
It is the simple numerical num- •
ber denoting the degree of acid-1
ity or alkalinity present in the !
various soils.
It is customary to refer to acid i
so ; ’s as “sour” soils, and to alka-1
line soils as “sweet.” The neutral(
point on the pH yardstick is “pH ]
7.0”. Soils with a pH reading of i
less than 7 are called acid soils, I
and those soils with a pH read- j
ing greater than 7 are known as ]
alkaline soils.
In Georgia it is best to strive ]
toward a pH reading of 6.5.
At this reading the major crops;
of our state will bring forth j
greater returns per acre than a;
reading below or above this read-,
ing. (However, in the case of'
tobacco, a pH reading of 5.5 to j
5.9 is highly desirable. Tobacco i
will grow at this reading, but <
certain disease organisms will ■
not.)
From soil test data accumulat-1
ed in Georgia to date, it is plainly j
evident that by far the greater.
percentage of Car soil is in criti- ■
cal need of lime. Our Georgia'
soils are inherently acid, that is, i
the parent material is of an ori- i
gin that produces an acid soil, j
Then, too, our row-crop system ]
of farming has added to the ]
wide-spread necessity of soil test-1
ing and the proper application of j
lime.
Some of the known functions j
of lime are:
1. It neutralizes soil acidity and
furnishes needed plant nutrients.
All plants require calcium and
magnesium for proper growth.
Calcium is found in the cell wall
structure of every cell in the liv
ing plant. Magnesium is also a
plant food essential to proper
growth. These two elements are
found in liming materials. In
neutralizing soil acidity, the cal
cium replaces elements which
create the “sour” soil.
2. It increases bacterial activ
ity. Many organisms in our soils,
which are necessary to promote
favorable plant growth, are de
pendent upon an alkaline soil
and an abundant supply of cal
cium. (The nitrogen-fixing bac
teria is a good example of this
type of organism.)
3. It reduces toxicity. Lime re
duces the solubility, availability,
and toxicity of certain elements
in the soil, such as aluminum,
manganese and iron, which could
reduce plant growth under acid I
conditions.
4. It influences nutrient avail-1
ability. Calcium acts as a regu- ]
lator and an aid to bringing about ]
the desirable range of availabil- j
ity of many plant foods to plants. I
A few elements which lime aids ।
in regulating are zinc, iron, cop- j
per and others.
5. There are many other known j
functions of lime, but the above
should be enough to point out;
that lime is an essential element ]
in present day agriculture.
So, have your soil tested to de-i
termine the proper pH on your'
particular farm, for your crops.;
This service is free. If you need I
help in obtaining a soil sample, j
contact the county agent’s office. I
Alamo Jr. 4-H Club
The Alamo Jr. 4-H Club met
November 15 in the high school
gymnasium, and was called to
order by the 7th grade president,
Kay Webster.
County Agent M. K. Jackson ]
and Mrs. Harrelson presented the '
program, Mrs. Harrelson showed i
slides on Soil Testing, and Mr.]
Jackson was narrator.
Local Post Office ,
Commended For Sale
lOf Savings Stamps
Postmaster George E. Towns
: said today she had received a
] letter from William H. Neal, Na- <
i tional Director of the U. S. Sav- <
] ings Bond Program, commending <
I the local post office for the pro
i motion and sale of Savings ;
: Stamps during the past year.
“In this 20th anniversary year :
: of the United States Savings Bond :
j Program,” the letter read, “Amer- :
j icans in all walks of life, in com
| munities throughout the country, :
I own more than $44 billion in Ser
i ies E and H Savings Bonds —-
! an all-time record. You have had
I a real share in this success, and
j we in the Treasury are grateful
j for your efforts over the years
jto promote the sale of Savings
! Stamps and Bonds in behalf of
• your country.
: “In these critical times, the sale
i of Savings Stamps and Bonds as
; fords young and old alike an op-
I portunity to help their country
I as they help themselves. To the
| extent that we can increase our
; sales, to the same extent do we
■ strengthen the foundations of our
I national economy, upon which
i rests our efforts to preserve the
| peace and promote the general
j welfare of all people.
] “During the school year- your
! help is especially needed to spon
; sor and service the School Sav
j ings Programs in your area. In
! the country as a whole, some six
I million students are now attend
l ing schools where the Stamp Plan
; is in operation. We would like
' to see this number increased sub
-1 stantially during the coming
i year.”
I Mr. Towns reminds the pub
; lie that Savings Stamps are on
] sale at the post office at all times,
i Adults can buy them, too, she
। added — “an easy way to buy
! Savings Bonds on the installment
i plan.”
ißev. Chauncey
Accepts Call To
Jesup Pastorate
I The Rev. Raymend Chauncey
' has accepted the call to pastor
(the new Anderson Drive Baptist
(Mission, it was announced this
: week by the sponsoring church,
i First Baptist Church of Jesup.
• The Rev. Chauncey is presently
! pastor of Alamo Baptist Church,
but he will assume his duties
there effective December 1. (
Rev. Chauncey is a graduate..
of Mercer University and the
Southern Baptist Theological ]
Seminary. While attending the
Seminary he was paster of Ste- ‘
phensport Baptist Church in Ste
phensport, Kentucky, and since
then has pastored the Second Bap
tist Church in Tifton. He began (
his pastorate at Alamo in March
of 1957. ’
The Alamo Baptist Church has
made rapid progress during the
Rev. Chauncey’s ministry here ]
with 112 members being added ]
and gifts to the church increas
ing from $9,000 to $18,500 an
nually. An educational building
has been erected, the Sunday '
School has been departmenta
lized, and the church air-condi
tioned.
He is married to the former
Evelyn Jowers, of Wray, and they
have three children, Harriet 8, '
Betty, 6, and Raymond Jr., 2.
■ The 3c sale tax made Georgia’s
] first statewide school building
i program possible. :
I” “
$650,000 Vacation Lodge Planned
Atop Blood Mountain In North Ga.
With a view towards boosting
Georgia’s tourist business, an ap- :
plication for a $650,000 loan to
construct Blood Mountain Lodge,
I a new vacation resort in the
! North Georgia mountains, has
i been approved by Jack J. Min
! ter, director of the Georgia De
partment of Commerce.
The loan application is now be
ing submitted to the Area Re
development Administration in
Washington for review. The Com
merce Department is the state
agency designated to handle the
area redevelopmnt pregram in
। Georgia.
The 140-unit lodge, designed by
! architect Thomas G. Little, will
I offer a wide range cf both out
; door and indoor recreational ac
tivities. Included are plans for
SINGLE COPY 5c
Too Much Lime Can Bring Harmful
Results As Well As Not Enough
Lime is essential for crop pro
ducticn, but an excess amount
can do as much harm as a lack
of it.
“Excessive applications of lime
are not only was”: ful but may'
lead to serious pr. blems in soil
fertility,” declared County Agent;
M. K. Jackson. He says it is much '
more economical to prevent over-:
liming that to attempt to correct
it.
Cravey Names
Ben Chatfield
Personal Aide
Ben Chatfield, of Macon, Com
mander of the American Legion,
Department of Georgia, and long
active in military, civic, press
and radio affairs of the State has
been named his personal Assis
tant State Comptroller-General,
Zack D. Cravey announced to
day.
Mr. Cravey said the appoint
ment was the culmination of a
long-time friendship, which be
gan in 1935 when Mr. Chatfield
a sports writer for the Macon
Telegraph was president of the
Georgia Wildfire Federation and
Mr. Cravey was State Game and
Fish Commissioner.
“Together we started Georgia’s
great program of conservation
for our wild life on its way to
national acclaim,” Mr. Cravey
declared. “Since then I have kept
my eye on Ben and I know he
is a man thoroughly qualified to
serve his state and nation well
in the job I have selected.”
Happy in his appointment, Mr.
Chatfield recalled his association
with Mr. Cravey on the wildlife
project, in veteran affairs and
also on his fire prevention pro
gram when he was with the City
of Macon during the administra
tions of Mayors B. F. Merritt and
Ed Wilson.
“I have always found Mr.
Cravey fair to everyone 1 and es
pecially loyal to his friends,” he
stated.
"Before accepting this new
position I talked with many ouL
standing Georgians concerning
the work Mr. Cravey is doing in
the insurance, loan and fire safe
ty field and learned all were
greatly impressed. Unanimously,
they pronounced him a true ser
vant of all the people, especially
the taxpayers.”
A graduate of Mercer Univer
sity, Mr. Chatfield served with
distinction in the Pacific during
World War 11.
Mr. Chatfield has participated
in many successful campaigns,
local, state and national for as
sistance to the underprivileged.
an indoor ice skating rink, a year-I
round heated swimming pool, I
horseback riding, hiking, fishing!
and archery. Future development I
plans will include a scenic lift, j
individual lodges, toboggan and,
ski runs and an airport, it was.
pointed out.
This area project is sponsored
by the Georgia Mountain Enter
prises Corp. The lodge site is on
U.S. Highways 19 and 129 at
Neel’s Gap in Union County, 14
miles south of Blairsville and 90
miles north of Atlanta.
Upon approval of the Rede-;
velopment Administration invest
ment shares will be marketed.
Construction of Blood Mountain
Lodge will be started as soon as
financial details can be arranged,
Minter said.
NUMBER 32
The availability of certain
minor elements, particularly zine
and manganese, is decreased in
overlimed soils. This situation is
most likely to occur in sandy
' soils in which the supply of zinc
and manganese is low.
The county agent says that in
jury resulting from overliming
may be corrected by addition to
। the soil of those elements ren
] dered unavailable, and by the use
I of sulfur.
i The best way’ to prevent over
liming is to follow the recom
mendations of a soil test. Over
liming is rarely a problem if soil
tests are used and reasonable at
tention is given to proper lime
application.
Robert D. Anderson
Participates In
Combat Training
FORT RILEY, KAN. (AHTNCI
— Army Pvt. Robert D. Ander
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
E. Anderson, Lumber City, par
ticipated with other personnel
from the Ist Division’s Bth Im
fantry in two weeks of combat
training at Pike National Forest
in Colorado. The training ended
November 19.
Designed to improve individ
ual and unit comuat efficiency,
the training included cold weath
jer operations and mountain war
[ fare tactics. The rugged terrain
of Pike National Fcrest and the
average November temperatures
ranging to five below zero made
this area especially suitable sot
such training.
Anderson is a gunner in. the
infantry’s Company A which is.
regularly located at Fort 'Riley,
Kan. He entered the Army last
June and completed basic com
' bat training at Fort Riley, Kan.
' The 17-year-old soldier attend
! ed Lumber City High School.
Aaron D. Nelms
Promoted To
Specialist Four
FORT CAMPBELL, KY. (AH
TNC) —- Aaron D. Nelms, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nelms,
Route 2, Glenwood, recently was
promoted to specialist four at
Fort Campbell, Ky., where he is
a member of the 101st Airborne
Division.
Specialist Nelms, a member of
the division’s 101st Parachute
Supply and Maintenance Com
pany, entered the Army in Feb
ruary, 1960, and completed basic,
training at Fort Benning.
The 19-year-cld soldier attend
ed Glenwood High School.
New Home Economics
Building At Woman's
College Named
The name of the new Hoana
Economics Building at The Wo
man’s College of Georgia will'
be Chappell Hall. The announce
ment was made by Dr. Harmon
Caldwell, chancellor of the Uni
versity System of Georgia. The
Board of Regents of the Univer
sity System approved the desig
nation at the November 8 meet
ing.
Thus the new building at the
woman’s college assumes the
name that identified the former
building which housed the home
i economics department.
Dr. J. Harris Chappell was the
first president of The Woman’s
College of Georgia.
Glenwood P.T.A.
Meets Monday Night
The Glenwood P.T.A. held the
monthly meeting Monday nighi
with about 100 members record
ed.
| A nice program was given by
I the grammar grades, and Cecil
' Stuckey, of Mt. Vernon presented
a Civil Defense program with, a
: worker from Atlanta.
G.A. News
I The G.A.’s met Monday, No
: vember 13, with 19 present. The
, leaders are Mrs. R. T. Harville
and Mrs. C. C. Pickle.
After the program refreshments
; were served.
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