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VOLUME 47
SSO Million
In FHA Funds
Now Released
Georgia Farm Bureau Presi
dent Harry L. Brown today was
advised that SSO million in Far
mers Home Administration funds
had been released.
Senator Richard B. Russell dis
closed that the Bureau of Bud
get had approved release of the
contingency funds provided by]
the Subcommittee on Agricultur
al Appropriations.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration had earlier requested the
aid of Senator Russell and Sen
ator Herman Talmadge in ob
taining Bureau of Budget release
of the contingency funds provid
ed earlier by the Subcommittee
on Agricultural Appropriations to
the Farmers Home Administra
tion.
The almost 40,000 farm family
member federation expressed ap
preciation to Senators Russell and
Talmadge for their prompt ac
tion.
Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion President Brown expressed
a hope the action will alleviate
a situation faced by many far
mers in Georgia who are eligible
for FHA operation loans in 1962.
Farm Credit Group
Elects Officers
An organizational meeting was
held recently for the election of
officers of the Federal Land Bank
Association of Swainsboro, fol
lowing the merger of the Fed
eral Land Bank Association of
Vidalia, which was approved by
the stockholders of both associa
tions at previous meetings.
B. M. Brown, of Lyons, was
elected President and Judge J.
Henry Howard, of Sylvania was
elected Vice President. Other's
serving on the Board are as fol
lows: J. M. Smith, Reidsville;
Willis McLain, Lyons; Ben F.
Franklin Jr., Millen; Elmo D.
Rich, Swainsboro, and Mr. Fate
DeLoach, of Metter, was appoint
ed by the Board to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of
Mr. Palmer Mercer, of Metter.
Mr. Mercer was very active in
association affairs for a long per
iod of years.
The Federal Land Bank Asso
ciation, of Swainsboro makes and
services long term Federal Land
Bank mortgage loans in Screv
en, Jenkins, Emanuel, Candler,
Tattnall, Toombs, Montgomery
and Wheeler Counties, with head
quarters in Swainsboro, with the
face amount of loans outstanding
nearly $5,000,000.00, representing
nearly one thousand loans grant
ed to members located in the
above counties. This cooperative
association makes loans for any
agricultural purpose, which cov
ers the acquisition of land, ma
chinery, livestock and residential
property for the member or mem
bers of his family.
E. O. McKinney, Manager, stat
ed that all members of. the asso
ciation would be advised of the
itinerary of a representative of
the association for the conven
ience of contact in their respec
tive counties.
Other personnel in the associa
tion office located in the Mit
chell Building in Swainsboro are
as follows: Raymond L. Evors,
Fieldman, Mrs. Lillian W.
Schwalls and Mrs. Elsa Smith,
Office Assistants.
Catherine Dixon
Admitted To Teacher
Education Program
Georgia Southern College ad
mitted 145 students to the Pro
fessional Program of Teacher Ed
ucation during fall quarter 1961,
according to Dr. William McKen
ney, Director of Admissions
Counseling for Teacher Educa
tion.
Catherine Dixon, a senior from
Mcßae, was among those admit
ted to this professional program.
Students planning to become
public school teachers at Georgia
Southern are required to apply
for admission to the Teacher Edu
cation Program. Admission is
based upon scholarship, accepta
ble speech habits, proper lan
guage usage, moral character,
professional interest, and good
mental and physical health.
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After being promoted to major, William L. Simmons
Jr., 34, (left) of Alamo, receives the gold oak leaf signifying
1 his new rank from Colonel A. H. Davidson, commander of
I the 7th Engineer Brigade, in recent ceremonies in Ger
many. Major Simmons, plans and training officer with the
; brigade at Rhein Main Air Base .entered the Army in De
। cember 1950 and arrived overseas on this tour of duty in
I October 1960. The major received his bachelor of science de
i gree in 1949 and his master’s degree in 1950 from Georgia
; Institute of Technology. His parents live in Alamo and his
i wife, Katharina, is with him in Germany. (U.S. Army Photo)
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Baptist Regional Conferences To Re
Held In Eight Georgia Cities
J Eight Georgia cities will serve
■ as hosts to a series of confer
■ i ences on Baptist ministries in
1 the state, beginning Feb. 26, and
]! continuing through March 23.
] 1 More than 3000 pastors and lay
I leaders from throughout the state
' are expected to attend series pre-
I senting the life and work of Geor
’ • gia Baptists, Dr. Searcy S. Gar
■ ] rison, Atlanta, executive secre
’ j tary-treasurer for the Georgia
’: Baptist Convention, said in an
' i nouncing the conferences.
’ ] An annual highlight in Baptist
' i life, the conferences, first begun
] during the depression of the
> 1930’s as a means of bringing
Baptists together, have come to
, serve as a time for planning work
'; in the several areas of Baptist
'! life for the year, as well as pro
i viding inspirational addresses.
i The conference places, dates
and host pastors are: Monday,
February 26, Savannah, Morning
- 1! side Baptist Church, Rev. Cecil
^]T. Underwood; Tuesday, Feb.
' ■'27, Waycross, First Baptist, Dr.
’ A. Barnum Hawkes; Thursday,
March 1, Albany, Sherwood Bap
’ j tist Church, Rev. Albert Card
mwell; Friday, March 2, Macon,
' Vineville Baptist Church, Dr.
Walter L. Moore; Monday, March
’: 19, Augusta, Crawford Avenue.
Rev. Robert C. Daniel; Tuesday,
‘ March 20, Gainesville, Emman
' uel, Rev. James F. Breed; Thurs-
Game And Fish Director Fniton Lovell
Announces Deer Release In County
State Game and Fish Director
■ Fulton Lovell says his depart
ment has made a deer release in '
! Wheeler County.
The deer, purchased and trans
.' ported from Wisconsin were lib
( erated in an area of the county
, chosen by game technicians.
Lovell said department tech
nicians thoroughly researched
the portion of the county chosen
as the release area.
Ample food and other require
ments exist throughout the re
i lease area, technicians reported.
Lovell said wildlife rangers
; will constantly patrol the area
■to protect the newly-released
• deer.
“It has been our experience to
•: find that deer released into the
, new area for the first time spread
■ out rapidly and many are seen
> in the open and along highways,” I
• Lovell said.
“These deer must be protected;
i and given an opportunity to pop- i
■; ulate the surrounding area. With [
. cooperation from the people of
i Wheeler County we feel confi
i; dent that there will be good deer
r hunting in this section within
- the next few years,” the director
; said.
Lovell requested that any of
- the deer found dead, crippled or
, struck by auto — which some
! times happens to newly-released
( deer — be reported to the Game
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1962
day, March 22, Cartersville, First,
Rev. J. Howell Perry; and Fri
day, March 23, LaGrange, First,
Rev. J. Thornton Williams.
Jeanette Seabolt
Admitted To Teacher
Education Program
Georgia Southern College, of
Statesboro, admitted 145 students
1 to the Professional Program of
Teacher Education during fall
quarter 1961, according to Dr.
William McKenney, Director of
Admissions Counseling for Teach
er Education.
Jeanette Seabolt, a junior from
Helena was among those admit
ted to this professional program.
Students planning to become
public school teachers at Georgia
Southern are required to apply
for admission to the Teacher Ed
ucation Program. Admission is
based upon scholarship, accepta
ble speech habits, proper lan
guage usage, moral character,
professional interest, and good
mental and physical health.
Selective admission to teacher
education has been conducted as
an experimental program at
Georgia Southern College during
the past year. The number of
students admitted during fall
■ quarter is the largest number to
be accepted in one quarter.
and Fish Commission immedi
ately, along with any illegal
hunting.
Stray dogs often take a heavy
toll of deer, particularly those
that have been brought from an
other state and released into new
homes, Lovell said.
The Game and Fish Commis
sion purchased the deer from
Wisconsin to further its plans of
creating new hunting areas
throughout the state.
“The addition of these deer
will greatly help Wheeler Coun
ty deer population increase in
number,” Lovell said.
“We’re hopeful they will pop
ulate the area to the extent that
hunting will improve in the very
near future.”
Mrs. Ramie Ryals
Buried At Beulah
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Beulah
Baptist Church for Mrs. Ramie
Ryals, 81, of Glenwood, with the
Rev. R. C. Crawdy officiating.
Mrs. Ryals, a native of Valdos
ta, died Monday after a long ill
ness. She was a member of. Beu
lah Baptist Church, and was
buried in the church cemetery
Survivors include her husband.
M. C. Ryals, nieces and nephews.
John Thomas 1
Enrolled In
Flight Program
John M. S. Thomas, Glenwood,
is one of 12 cadets currently en
rolled in the Flight Instruction
Program (FTP) for advanced ca
dets in Air Force ROTC at Au
burn University, Auburn, Ala.
The program is designed to en- j
courage and help advanced cadets I
into flying with the Air Force, j
The cadets receive 35 hours of |
! ground school instruction and |
135% hours of flying instruction :
jin single engine, private aircraft]
| which are operated out of the k
; Auburn-Opelika Airport.
Tobacco Grower
| Meet Set For
Way cross Feb. 20
Dorsey Matthews, of Moultrie,
and L. T. Weeks, of Raleigh, N.C.,
announced today that tobacco
growers from the flue-cured area
of Georgia will meet in Way cross
on February 20 for the 4th An
nual Meeting of the Flue-Cured i
Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization j
Corporation.
The meeting will be held at
the Court House, beginning at
2:00 p.m.
Matthews, who represents I
. Georgai growers on Stabiliza- j
tion’s Board of Directors, and i
Weeks, the Cooperative’s Gen-1
eral Manager, said the Waycross |
meeting will provide an oppor
tunity for Georgia growers to get
first-hand reports on the opera
tions of their Cooperative.
Both pointed out the need for
all growers obtaining full know-1
ledge of the Cooperative’s opera- j
tions along with a thorough un- i
derstanding of problems encoun-1
, tered in administering the tobac- j
co price support program.
Weeks and Mathews empha
, sized the necessity of growers
taking more interest in the af
] fairs of their own Cooperative
I and the par’ )1 plays in assuring
I growers a guaranteed price for i
i । tobacco.
In addition to the regular pro-j
I gram and the election of the Ad-1
sory Committee members, there j
will be an election of the Di
rector from District No. 2 for a'
three-year term. District No. 2 <
■ includes all flue-cured counties j
. in Georgia and Alabama.
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Area Livestock
Meeting Feb. 19th
M. K. Jackson, County Agent ,
Monday, February 19th, is the I
date set for the organizational|
meeting of the Area Livestock'
Improvement Association. The i
meeting will get underway at the I
Telfair County High School lunch ;
room at 7:30 p.m.
; All livestock producers, as well |
as business people interested in |
the future of the livestock in-,
dustry in this area, are invited j
. to attend.
The Association will be made |
up of members from four coun- j
i ties, including Wheeler, Dodge, I
i Laurens and Telfair. j
Wheeler County
Farmer Dies In
i !
Mcßae Tuesday
I Funeral services were held'
; i Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. from the ,
’! Southside Baptist Church in Me
'l Rae for Owen Marshall Johnson, 1
j 65, well known and highly es-1
teemed Wheeler County farmer,'
' who died in the Telfair County
; Hospital early Tuesday morning
of a heart ailment. The Re-v. Gene;
Tyre and Dr. Robert L. Cate of
ficiated, and burial was in Oak,
' 1 Grove Cemetery with Harris & ;
1 1 Smith Funeral Home in charge
! of arrangements.
■ | Pallbearers were George Spires,'
- ] Charles McVey, Fletcher Dean,
' Wade Baughcum, W. D. Godfrey,]
Lawrence Spires and Melvin •
Spires.
Mr. Johnson was born in Wash
ington County on January 2,
1897, the son of Charles and Mat-;
tie Sellers Johnson. He was mar
ried to Miss Evie Wood on De
cember 13, 1914, and was a mem-1
‘ ber of Turnpike Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two,
: daughters, Mrs. Paul Fisher, of?
Mcßae, and Mrs. John Bowen, of ■
Hawkinsville; six grandchildren
and two brothers, Charles John-;
son, of Harrison, and Henry John
son, of Helena.
Please do not ask for credit ।
. 1 We don’t have enough money, l
Dallie Smith Dies
Early Saturday
Funeral services for Dallie
Smith, 47, of Soperton were held
at 2 p.'m. Sunday at Soperton
Baptist Church. Rev. L. D. Mc-
Connell and Rev. Gene Brooks
officiated. Burial was in West
view Cemetery.
Smith died early Saturday.
He was an employee of Dixon
Lumber Co. in Vidalia and a
[ member of the Baptist church.
I Survivors include his wife,
I Mrs. Grace Whittaker Smith; two
। sons, Donald Smith, Macon, and
■ Glenn Smith, Soperton; two
daughters, Mrs. Kells Peoples and
Mrs. Harold Barrentine, both of
Macon; parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Smith, Soperton; five sisters,
Mrs. Elmo Crowder and Miss
i Edita Smith, both of Soperton,
Mrs. George L. Pope, Glenwood,
Mrs. John Henry, Statesboro, and
Mrs. Curtis Harrison, Warner
Robins; four brothers, Hardy
and Sidney Smith, both of So
perton, Austin Smith, Macon, Foy
■ Smith, Vidalia; and four grand
! children.
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Ben T. Wiggins
j Ben T. Wiggins of the Georgia
j Public Service Commission has
i been appointed chairman of one
i of the most important commit-
I tees of the National Association
l of Railroad and Utilities Com
! missioners, according to an an
! nouncement today by the Geor
jgia Public Service Commission,
j Mr. Wiggins will succeed Ever-
I ett H. Kreuger Jr., who is re
। signing from the Ohio Public
] Service Commission.
i Mr. Wiggins will head the
I Communications Problems Com-
J mittee of the NARUG. Serving
lon the committee are 11 mem
l bers of public service commis
i sions from all sections of the
i United States.
The committee is concerned
' with all problems relating to
I communications services and is
I responsible for coordination be
; tween the NiARUG and the Fed
i eral Communications Commis
j sion on problems of mutual in
j terest.
j Mr. Wiggins has been a mem
-1 ber of the Georgia Public Serv
j ice Commission since April, 1957.
I Born in Augusta, he attended
■ Mary Persons High School and
j Spartanburg Junior College, At
। lanta Division of the University
] of Georgia and the Atlanta Law
i School.
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State YMCA Youth Assembly At I
State Capitol March 15 -16 -17
Topics from ducktails to com
| munism will be up for debate
i when the Seventeenth State YM-
I CA Youth Assembly gets under
| way at the State Capitol March
15, 16, and 17. The Perry Tri-
IHi-Y is sponsoring a bill which
। would authorize local boards of
| education to regulate the style
I of haircuts worn by students, and
j the Gainesville Hi-Y has submit
! ted a proposal to provide that
I classes comparing communism
| and democracy be taught in the
high schools.
During its three day session
the Youth Legislature will con
i sider these and 42 other bills and
• resolutions prepared by the 800
I elected representatives of Geor
'gia’s Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs
| who will be participating in this
; year’s laboratory experiment in
, government.
Eight of these proposals have
j been submitted by clubs in the
। Southeast District. These include:
'A bill to establish minimum sal-
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GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
OF WHEELER SUPERIOR COURT
GEORGIA, Wheeler County.
The Grand Jury was organized
the 12th day of February, 1962. |
with J. R. Chamblcss being elect- i
ed Foreman, G. W. Phillips, Clerk ;
and Bennett Achord, Bailiff. The I
Judge gave a very constructive;
charge to the Grand Jury and
deliberations were begun.
We recommend that Bennett
Achord be paid $4.00 per day for
his services and G. W. Phillips
$2.00 per day extra for his servi
ces.
Members of the Grand Jury
commented about the improve-
Richard T. Peebles
Dies In Swainsboro
Funeral services were held in
Oak Chapel Baptist Church in
Swainsboro Sunday at 3 p.m. for
Richard Tennyson Peebles, 82,
with the Rev. R. C. Smith and
the Rev. Frank Brinson officiat
ing.
Mr. Peebles died Thursday 1
night in the Emanuel County
Hospital after a short illness.
Burial was in the Bethel Metho
dist Church Cemetery.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. Alton Davis, Mrs. Re- '
mus Riner, Mrs. Milton Ander
son, Mrs. Homer Garrett and Mrs.
Aubrey Wommack, of Swains- 1
boro; three sons, Pete Peebles, of 1
Mcßae; Roscoe Peebles and Gor
dy Peebles, of Swainsboro; a sis
ter, Mrs. John Way, of Savannah;
two brothers, Julian Peebles, of
Alamo and George Peebles, of
Hendersonville, N.C.; 19 grand
children; eight great-grandchil
dren and one great-great-grand
child.
Dress Revue To Be
Held February 21
The Wheeler County Home!
: Demonstration Council Dress Re- j
vue will be held Wednesday, Feb. I
21, at 3:30 p.m. in the Wheeler j
County High School Cafetorium.;
Everyone is invited to attend. No j
admission to be charged.
The lady who wins the dress'
revue will represent the county ■
at the District Home Demonstra-1
tion Council Meeting in Cordele j
on February 28.
Those ladies planning to par-1
ticipate in Dress Revue are asked ;
to send in a description of the j
garment they are to model. We ]
would like to have these in Mr. I
Jackson’s office by Tuesday, Feb
ruary 20.
I Dublin Area Jobless
Receive $840,503
Job insurance payments total i
ing $840,503 were made dur- j
ing 1961 for workers in the nine । ■
counties served by the Dublin ]
office of the State Employment ]
Service, it was reported by Har- j
vey N. Spivey, manager.
Amounts paid to the various;
counties in this area last year i
were Laurens $200,282, Toombs
] $161,229, Telfair $112,442, Bieck- ;
1 ley $55,600, Dodge $77,134; Wheel-!
er $28,034, Montgomery $64,858,
Johnson $58,243, Treutlen $55,691.
aries for teachers, sponsored by
the Senior Tri-Hi-Y, Dublin;
An act to exempt prescription
medicine from sales tax, drawn
by the Glynn Academy Tri-Hi-
Y, Brunswick;
A bill to establish state award
ed scholarships in science, pre
sented by the Gamma and Sigma
Hi-Y Clubs, Savannah;
A resolution to establish an an
nual salary and expense for legis
lators, by the Beta Tri-Hi-Y,
Way cross;
A bill to set punishment for
abandonment of child, by the
Nu Omega (Hi-Y, Waycross;
A bill to provide that metal
date strips be issued for license
plates, by the Baxley Y Clubs;
A bill to require semi-annual
motor vehicle inspection, by the
Screven County George Williams
Hi-Y, Sylvania;
A bill to establish a board of
appeals for patients in Milledge
ville State Hospital, by the Glynn
Academy Hi-Y, Brunswick.
NUMBER 44
ments to the Courthouse and oth
er County property and passed'
a motion to invite Mr. Wallace
Adams in to advise the body of
the County’s fiscal condition.
Mr. Adams advised the Grand’
Jury that as of January 31, 1962,
the outstanding balance of in
debtedness of the County stood 1 -
at $77,495.53 and the County had
$28,142.19 cash in the bank. IT
that sum were applied against,
the total indebtedness, the bal
ance would be less than $50,006.
Pertaining to County equipment,
he had purchased two new trucks
and a payloader, which is a uni
versal piece of equipment to use
on county roads, ditches and steel
sewers, all of which equipment
is fully paid for, as well as Coun
ty shares of equipment for ope
rating Forrestry Units.
The improvements made on
county property is also paid fde
in full, and the cost was very
low due to using prison labor at
cost to the county of $2.50 per
day for days actually worked.
The improvements were made
and paid for, while at the same
time the county’s indebtedness,
less cash on hand, is now under
$50,000.
Rather than appoint commit
tees to inspect the county’s re
cords and property, the entire.
Grand Jury acted as a commit
tee and visited every office and
building, including court house,
welfare office and other admin
istrative offices.
The following resolution was
unanimously passed and entered
in the presentments:
RESOLVED that this entire
body highly commend the couQ'-
ty commissioner, Mr. Wallace
Adams, for the manner in which
he has beautified and improved
all the county property and
grounds, making the Court House
j Square and other grounds a land
] mark of which our county and
: its citizens can be justly proud,
i That it was unbelievable that the
property could be improved to
। have its present appearance and
value, when we contemplate hews
it appeared before.
RESOLVED further that we
appreciate the fact that useless
county property in the past has
been improved into nice offices
which can now be enjoyed by the
Welfare Department, County
Agent, A.S.C. and others, with
out the county having a monthly
rent bill.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the commissioner is very
highly commended for the busi
ness-like manner in which he has
handled the county’s finances
and expenditures to improve the
county’s reputation and financial
status, which should be a shin
ing example for other counties
in the state when its officials use
good judgment and sound busi
ness sense in performing their
official duties.
Mr. Harvey Kent, County
School Superintendent, appeared
before the body and gave a fi
nancial report showing total in
debtedness of Education Depart
ment of $12,173.24, with $10,780.23
cash in Bank as of Jan. 31, 1962
The Grand Jury wishes to com
। mend Mr. Kent for the excellent
manner in which he seems to be
handling the school finances and
urge that he continue to clear
up the County Board debts and
improving its financial condition.
We recommend that these Pre
sentments be published in the
Wheeler County Eagle and that
$15.00 be paid for same.
We want to commend Judge
Whaley and Solicitor Mullis for
the help they gave the Grand
Jury and especially for the caß
ing of the Grand Jury the first
day of Court so business will be
ready for the Traverse Jury o-n
the second day, saving the Coun
ty money and its Citizens much
valuable time.
Respectfully submitted,
J. R. Chambless, Foreman
STATE OF GEORGIA
County of Wheeler
The foregoing presentments re
ceived, approved, ordered spread
upon the Minutes of the Court
and publishd as recommended
This 12th day of February, 1962
J. K. WHALEY, Judge,
Wheeler Superior Court
Albert D. Mullis,
Solicitor General.