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The Georgia
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A LEGISLETTER »
By Glenn McCullough
ATLANTA — The House Ap
propriations Committee began last
Monday a two-weeks’ scrutiny of
Gov. Carl E. Sanders’ near-bH
lion-dollar money - raising and
spending bill to finance the state
government for the next two fis
cal years. It is by far the largest
fiscal measure on record.
Members of the Senate Appro
priations Committee are sitting in
the House committee sessions
purely as observers so as to have
a clear understanding of the mea
sure when it reaches the Senate.
Both House and Senate recessed
last Friday to meet again Mon
day, Feb. 11, when the report on
the appropriations bill will be
ready.
Before recessing, the General
Assembly passed a lot of major
administration legislation and
clearly showed their willingness
to cooperate with the new gover
nor by writing into law the pro
gram on which he campaigned
last summer.
Both House and Senate com
pleted action on House Bill No. 1
to reorganize the State Highway
Board to make it more represent
ative of all geographical areas of
the state.
Under terms of the new bill,'
the present three-man State High
way Board will be abolished. In- ‘
stead, the governor will appoint |
a 10-man board — one memberl
from each Congressional district— j
with a permanent chairman with
a $22,500 salady and wide powers. :
The board will meet one day each j
■week. The present chairman, Jim
L. Gillis, is expected to be the;
idirector. Later, members will be,
'■chosen by a caucus of Assembly;
-members in each Congressional
district.
During debate in the Senate,
,an effort was made by Senator i
Kyle Yancey, of Austell to amend
the daill to spell out more clearly ;
the director’s responsibility to fol- I
low board policy. This was beaten !
down by the administration floor
lender, Senator Charles Pannell,
■of Chatsworth.
The administration suffered its
only defeat—a temporary one —'
when a constitutional amendment
providing that counties may con-1
, solrdate by a majority vote of their
• -citizens rather than the present
two-thirds vote was defeated in
the House Wednesday by an 11-
vote margin. It received 126 for
and 58 against, or 11 short of the
necessary two-thirds margin.
Administration leaders rallied
Moon Flight Structure To Set New Record
New moon flight facilities for Cape Canaveral, shown in artist’s rendering above, are now l>cing
designed by a combine of four New York City architectural and engineering firms known as
Trbahn-Roberts-Scelye-Moran.
The 360-foot tall space vehicles, destined to take American astronauts to the moon, will be
erected and cheeked out in the immense assembly building and then transported three miles
to the launch pad.
The headquarters of the United States' Pro
ject Apollo at Cape Canaveral will be an im
mense building cohering more than 10 acres,
and over 500 feet high. The monumental struc
ture, now being designed, will be used for the
erection and checking out of the 360-foot tall
space vehicles that will take American astro
nauts to the moon.
Costing an estimated 5100.000.000, the assem
bly building will enclose the greatest amount
of space of any known structure. Its 130,000,000
cubic feet exceeds the volume of the Pentagon,
the world’s largest office building. The doors,
45 stories tall, will establish another record for
height. Approximately 45,000 tons of steel,
enough to fill a train ten miles long, will be used
in the superstructure of the building.
After checkout of the moon vehicle is com
pleted, a large crawler transporter will move
into the building, lift the vehicle and the launch
platform on which it is assembled, and carry
it three miles to the launch pad. Representing
a new approach to the problems of space flight,
- their forces overnight and on
t Thursday, after a spirited debate,
f forced the measure through on
- reconsideration by a ballot of 159
1 to 30. The measure is expected to
; pass the Senate without trouble.
Under terms of the amendment,
t 20 percent of the registered voters
of a county can ask for a referen
. dum on merger with another. Fif
! ty-one percent of the registered
; voters must approve to make the
■ merger valid.
The House also passed without
trouble an administration bill that
[, would apply the state withholding
. tax on individual incomes to those
। of corporations with an annual
. profit of $25,000 or more. It is
expected this will step up tax col
lections during the next two fiscal
years by $18,000,000 without any
actual increase in taxes. The bill
was read once in the Senate and
now is before the Rules Commit-,’
tee.
The House also passsd promptly 1
an administration measure pro- i 1
viding for loans to counties to 1
help them with tax revaluation (
' programs. No difficulty with this 1
is expected in the Senate. <
On their side, the Senators s
। completed action on Senate Reso- 1
j lution 14 which would set up a ‘
I joint committee on Economy, Re- t
■ organization and Efficiency. The i
Senate also passed a measure to 1
j give new and expanding Georgia 1
j industry a tax break on equip- 1
' ment. I
I Another major administration <
I bill, that creating a Department i
l of Youth, is before the House State f
,of the Republic Committee, and 1
1 probably will be reported out fav- I
I orably shortly after the recess. -
The new department would take 1
over the functions of the present
child welfare section of the Wei- i
! fare Department as well as some r
1 new ones. , 1
! The appropriations bill now un- 1
, der House committee study pro- ,'
I vides for state spending of $465,- '
000,000 in fiscal 1963-64 and $489,- 1
000,000 in fiscal 1964-65. The gov- 1
ernor says it can be financed with- I
out a tax increase. 1
i <
Mountain Board
I The Georgia Senate has unani- ]
mously approved a bill to create {
the North Georgia Mountains Au- t
thority. An amendment was added
to include the five Northwest
Georgia counties of Chattooga, f
Walker, Dade, Catoosa and Whit- .
field affected by the authority,
making a total of 21 counties. t
the building will permit the preparation of four
vehicles simultaneously.
Over 200 engineers are preparing the plans for
the gigantic lunar project They are working
under an organization of four New York firms
that have combined talents to handle this unusual
architectural and engineering challenge.
The Office of Max O. Urbahn, Architects is
responsible for the architectural aspects of the
project. Roberts and Schaefer Company, Inc. is
preparing the structural design. Seelye Stevenson
Value & Knecht Inc. is preparing the civil,
mechanical and electrical plans. And Moran,
Proctor, Mueser & Rutledge is designing the
foundations.
The four firms have adopted the name of
Urbahn-Roberts-Seelye-Moran for this joint ven
ture. The project is under the supervision of
the Jacksonville District of the U. S.. Army Corps
of Engineers, which is handling the development
of the facilities for the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
State Vacation
Exhibit To Visit
5 Travel Shows
Georgia’s vacation exhibit which
made a big hit last year both in
and outside of the United States,
is destined for even bigger and
better reception during 1963.
At least, that’s how it appears
from an announcement by Jack
J. Minter, director of the Georgia
Department of Commerce, whose
department sponsors the project
as part of its tourist promotional
program. This year Georgia’s ex
hibit will be displayed at five
major travel shows at which to
tal attendance is anticipated at
3,750,000.
These shows are: Sportsmen’s
Vacation and Trailer Show, Chi
cago, Feb. 1-10; Ohio Valley’s
Boat — All Sport — Camping and
Travel Show, Cincinnati, March
2-10; Milwaukee Sentinel Sports-
Boat-Vacation Show, March 16-
24; The Southwest’s Sports, Boat
and Vacation Show, Dallas, April
13-21, and the Canadian National
Exhibition, Toronto, August 17 -
Sept. 3.
“We’re expecting big things as
a result of our participation in
these shows,” declared Bill T.
Hardman, manager of the State
Commerce Department’s Tourist
Division. “Last year some travel [
editors termed ours as the finest I
state exhibit of any in the United j
States.
“This year we have increased
the size of the exhibit to 60 feet,
including new panels depicting
Rock City, Jekyll Island, Stone
Mountain and historic attractions
promoted by the Savannah Cham
ber of Commerce. Showings of
Georgia’s travel exhibit last year
resulted in nearly 50,000 requests
for information about our state.
Results this year should be even
better.”
VETERANS NEWS
Veterans with GI loans Can
make extra payments to their
mortgage holders at any time, or
they may pay off their entire loans
without any penalty charge.
The minimum extra payment a
veteran may make on his GI home
loan is the amount of one monthly
payment, or SIOO, whichever is
less, A. W. Tate, Manager, Vet
erans Administration Regional Of
fice, Atlanta, pointed out.
Should the veteran later become
hard pressed for money, they add
ed, the extra payments already
made may—if the lender agrees
—be re-applied to regular pay
ments in order to prevent the loan
from going into defaylt.
There is nothing harder to open
than a closed mind!
Governor Sanders Plunges Inio
Tough Job Os Running Georgia
l
1
, With the customary fanfare of
Inauguration Day relegated to his
j memory book, Gov. Carl E. San
ders has plunged into his new
. job of running the state govern
. ment for some four million Geor
‘ gians.
, And a tough job it will be, too,
. even though, as he says, “the state
। of the grand old State of Georgia
is excellent.” Main reason: The
, 37-year-old chief executive has
projected perhaps the most am
. bitious four-year program in
Georgia’s history.
But Sanders is confident his
program can be carried out to a
successful conclusion. For instance
in his inaugural address, he de
clared:
“It is with pride that my ad
ministration succeeds that of a
governor in whose administration
I have taken an active part and
whose record is exemplary. This
is a new Georgia. This is a new
day. This is a new era. A Georgia
on the threshold of new greatness.
“We are faced with both the
greatest challenge and the bright
est promise of our history. As your
74th Governor, it shall be my
dedicated purpose to seek work
' able methods both to meet the
। challenge and to achieve the
I promise.
। “And in so doing, we shall ap
ply as the test of our progress not
whether we add to those who have
much, but whether we provide
larger opportunities for those who
have little.”
Among the things the Governor
pledged to give Georgians were
these:
Better roads and highways; more
schools and colleges; a higher
quality of education; more hospi
tals and better mental health fa
cilities; new jobs and payrolls;
higher incomes for Georgia citi
zens.
More new and expanded indus
tries; a better farm and agricul
tural program; a strong program
for Georgia’s youth; improved
welfare administration; more
parks and recreational facilities;
better ports and airports, and
“new and greater opportunities i
for all.”
Emphasizing that improvement
of education will have No. 1 pri
ority in his administration, Gov.
Sanders said:
“If there is to be a star of the
show in the four years of my
term of office, it will be the Geor- ;
gia child. Georgia has many rich
resources, but none of them can I
begin to match in importance our i
Georgian children. The future is
in their hands. Nothing is more
important than that we give them
the best education which time,
knowledge and money can buy.”
The youthful Governor followed
i up his inaugural address with a
i combined state of the state ad
dress and budget message deliv-1
ered the following day to a joint ;
session of the General Assembly.
In it, which covered some of the I
same ground, he spelled out for j
j
Young Methodists
To Seek Training At
Epworth-By-The-Sea
1 Young people of the South
। Georgia Methodist Conference;
। will seek intensive training in '
i recreation through a workshop to ■
be he’d Feb. 22-24 at the Metho- :
dist Center at Epworth-by-the- j
Sea.
Spworth-by-the-Sea is the as
sembly, campgrounds, and center
for the South Georgia Conference.
Scheduled by the conference
Board of Education, the workshop
will specialize in recreational
skills and try to develop a clear
meaning of “Christian fellowship”
as it relates to the Methodist youth
program. Co-ordination of the
i workshop is handled by the Rev.
Al Clarke, director of youth work,
j Mr. Clarke said he thought it
। ipmortant to develop the fellow
ship theme as well as teach young
people how to lead recreation.
“Recreation is simply another es
cape mechanism unless you have
some kind of worthwhile philoso- '
phy behind it,” Mr. Clarke said.
He said all recreation — whether .
religious or secular — should oc- J
cur within a “fellowship.”
Some 150 leaders from church
es in South Georgia are expected '
for the meeting.
Each person will participate in
two workshop divisions. One, a
major division, will meet seven
hours; the second, a minor, will '
meet three hours. Young people
will choose their majors from
such areas as music, folk games, ।
party and indoor games, and out
door recreation. •
f I the lawmakers what they must do
s to implement his long-range, con
- I structive program.
v ; Sanders called for a budget of
-(nearly sl-billion to operate the
- i first two years of his administra-
I tion. Most of the increases in the
i,; record-high budget would go to
e' education.
11 The Governor, who has served
e 1 in both the House and the Senate,
s (said it is his “considered judg
-1 ment and that of the budget au
i thorities” that the proposed bud
iget can be financed without new
s; taxes.
1 ■ He said the state can meet pro
-5; posed spending of $564-million
during the 1963-64 fiscal year
> and $489-million the next fiscal
’ I year without new taxes “provided
1 ;estimated income and surpluses
’ materialize.”
* I Sanders added that “this is pre
’ dicated upon an estimated amount
r j of $lB-million expected to accrue
1 1 to the state by certain changes in
• ■ collection procedures and by plac
: • ing corporations on a withholding
’ i basis similar to that now provided
| for individuals.’’
( In the main, state legislators re
‘ portedly favor the legislative pro
, । gram as recommended by the
; new governor. In fact, some of
I the bills to implement his pro-
I gram already have been intro-
' ■ duced.
Baptists Give At
Record Level
During Year 1962
Georgia Baptist churches set an
j all-time record during 1962 in the
■ j support of their missionary, edu
! cational and benevolent enterpris
! es.
A year-end summary released
■ today by Dr. Searcy S. Garrison,
I Atlanta, executive secretary-treas
, urer for the Georgia Baptist Con
i vention, indicates that a total of
$6,837,764.24 was contributed by
I Georgia Baptist churches through
. the convention offices for support
: of all causes. This represents an
increase of $913,884.91 over 1961.
i Gifts through the Cooperative
I Program, Georgia Baptists’ plan
I for supporting their total pro
i gram, totaled $3,777,230.68 in 1962
: for a 5.9 percent increase over
11961 figure of $.564,124.6. The
| year-end summary reveals a to
i tai of 2981 churches in 94 district
। associations with a total member
. ship of 918,163, a net increase of
। 31 churches, a net increase of 14,-
! 759 members. The churches re
ported 32,088 baptisms during
1962, and there were 2450 Baptist
pastors listed as serving Georgia
Baptist churches.
Gifts by Baptist churches to all
causes, including support of the
local church program totaled $43,- ,
• 037,279.68, with a property eval
' nation of $219,057,107.47.
Mr., Miss Freshman
To Be Selected At
Middle Ga. College
The annual Mr. and Miss Fresh- ।
j man contest will be held at Mid- j
I die Georgia College on Thurs-1
I day, February 14. The selection
j of. Mr. and Miss Freshman as
I well as the Best Couple will be
j held in conjunction with the
I Sweet Heart dance. Approximate
j ly forty couples will enter as con
i testants in the gala event reports
! Roscoe Perritt, Dean of Men and
sponsor of the event.
The Best Couple will be se
lected during a buffet supper in
the College Dining Hall which
will begin the evening’s activities.
At 7:30 p.m. in the college aud
itorium the program to select the
reigning Mr. and Miss Freshman
land runner-ups for 1962-63 will
(start. A varied program will be
presented along with the crown
ing of the winners. Judges for the
contest will be out of town peo
ple connected with entertainment
or medias demanding discriminat
ing ability in this area.
A reception will follow the
. crowning in the Student Center i
i and the evening will be complet
; ed with the Sweet Heart dance,
j Approximately twenty sopho-
I mores and twenty faculty mem-
I bers will assist in this event.
CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL
i County Agents in Georgia are
emphasizing chemical weed con
trol as a means of controlling
i weeds. J. R. Johnson, head of the
Extension agronomy department
at the University of Georgia, says
chemical weed control offers un-
; limited possibilities for efficient
• production of pastures and row
• crops.
Wheeler County
Bulldogs Basketball
Schedule — 1962-63
Feb. I—Laurens Co., There
5 Feb. s—Dexter, There
Feb. B—Milan, There
Feb. 12—Open
f Feb. 15—Telfair Co., There
-I Girls Varsity—7:oo p.m.
Boys Varsity—B:ls p.m.
; (B Team games start at 6 p.m.)
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APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER
1 GRANTING CHARTER
STATE OF GEORGLA )
COUNTY OF WHEELER )
To The Superior Court Os
Wheeler County
The petition of Hildred Davis,
r Barbara Anne Baker, and R. M.
i Hitch, of 400 Georgia State Bank
■ Building, Savannah, Chatham
- County, Georgia, respectfully
t shows:
’ Petitioners desire for themselves,
11 their successors and assigns to be
[ ■ incorporated for a period of thir
.; ty-five (35) years under the name
’ and style of:
WALLACE ADAMS
WOODYARDS, INC.
: —2—
l The general nature of the busi
ness to be transacted shall be that
1 of a grower, producer, buyer and
seller of pulpwood, or any other
; woods of any character whatso
ever; to lease any real property
in its own name and to cut pulp
wood thereon and ship it to pur
chasers and to purchase in fee
simple any real property and cut
the said pulpwood thereon; and
to purchase real property in its
' i own name for whatever purpose
it deems proper. The said corpo
ration shall have any and all the
powers that are set forth in Sec
tions 22-1827 and 22-1828 of the
Georgia Code, as amended.
—3—
The amount of capital with
which the corporation shall be
gin business shall be Twenty-five
Thousand ($25,000) Dollars repre
sented by two hundred fifty (250)
shares of common stock of the
par value of One Hundred ($100)
Dollars per share. The maximum
capitalization of the corporation
shall be Two Hundred Thousand
($200,000) Dollars of the par value
of One Hundred ($100) Dollars
per share.
—4—
The principal office of the cor
poration shall be in Wheeler Coun
ty, Georgia, but the corporation
shall have the right to establish
branch offices and places of busi
ness elsewhere within or without
the State of Georgia.
The said corporation shall have
all the rights, privileges and im
munities which are now or may
be hereafter granted by the laws
of the State of Georgia to similar
corporations.
WHEREFORE, petitioners pray
to be incorporated under the name
and style aforesaid, with all the
rights, powers and privileges
hereinabove specified, and such
other additional powers, privi
leges and immunities as may be
granted like corporations under
the laws of the State of Georgia
as mav now or hereafter exist.
HITCH, MILLER, BECKMANN
& SIMPSON
By: Robert M. Hitch,
Attorneys for Petitioners
Post Office Box 2126
Savannah, Georgia
ORDER
The foregoing application for
charter having been examined and
| considered by the Court; and
It appearing to the Court that
the proposed corporation’s name
is not now the name of any other
corporation registered in the of
fice of the Secretary of State of
Georgia; and
It further appearing to the
Court that the application is legit
imately within the purview of
the laws of the State of Georgia:
IT IS CONSIDERED. ORDERED
AND ADJUDGED that the said
application be and the same is
I hereby granted, and petitioners,
I their associates and successors are
hereby incorporated and made a
bodj 7 politic under the name and |
style of
WALLAQE ADAMS
WOODYARDS, INC.
for a period of thirty-five (35)
years, with all the rights, powers,
privileges and immunities as are
now or may hereafter be provided
by law to similar corporations.
This 31st dav of December, 1962.
J. K. WHALEY. Judge
Superior Court,
Wheeler County, Georgia
Petition and Order thereon filed
in office Dec. 31, 1962.
A True Copy
L. R. CLARK, Clerk,
S.C.W.C., Ga.
STATE OF GEORGIA )
COUNTY OF WHEELER )
Personally appeared before the
undersigned officer, duly author
ized to administer oaths, Gwendo
lyn B. Cox, who, on oath deposes
and says that she is the duly au
thorized agent of the Wheeler
County Eagle, a corporation cre
ated and existing under the laws
of the State of Georgia, and that
j said corporation publishes the
Wheeler County Eagle, a news
paper having general circulation
and whose principal place of bus
iness is in Wheeler County, Geor
gia, and that there has been de
posited with said newspaper the
costs, to-wit, Thirty-six ($36.00)
Dollars for publishing four in
sertions, once a week for four
weeks, of the application for in
corporation of WALLACE AD
AMS WOODYARDS, INC. with
the Order of the Judge thereon.
This 31st day of December, 1962.
GWENDOLYN B. COX
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 31st day of December,
1962.
Pauline H. Couey, Notary Public
Wheeler County. Georgia.
Subscribe to The Eagle.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,. 1963
Classified Ads
FOR SALE —1 Westinghouse
Stove and 1 G.EL Refrigerator
in Good Condition. Mrs. H. P.
Holmes. Alama Ga. 39-4 t
IF YOU WANT TO SELL Your
Property within 60 days write
or call BUTLER AUCTION CO.
322 Glenn Milner Blvd., Rome
Ga.. Phone 234-8535. Area Code
404. 39-4 t
t
LAND FOR SALE
ICO Acres Timber Land
Located 2 Miles North
of Landsburg.
Call JA-33157
: FOR SALE
PIANOS
GRINDLE ELECTRIC COM
PANY is having a giant sale on
all pianos. Just received a truck
load of Factory Rebuilt Pianos
going at rock bottom prices.
New Pianos at a big saving also
used pianos cheap. See us be.
fore you buy. Phone 2281,
LONG TERM FARM LOANS —
Plans may be adjusted to meet
your individual needs. Mode
rate interest. Prompt closing.
Courteous and confidential
service. For full details, see or
write J. C. Bivins, Mount Ver
non, Ga. 13-ts.
FEDERAL LAND BANK LOANS
for farmers in Toombs. Tati
nail. Montgomery, and Wheel
er Counties are available
through the Federal Land Bank
Association of Swainsboro. Loans
run up to 40 years. Can be paid
any time without penaiiy> Pro
ceeds can be used to buy land,
pay debts, make improvements,
or io finance almost any need
of the farm or family. For de
tails, see or write, K O. Mc-
Kinney, Manager, P. O. Box
148, or Mitchell Bldg, in Swains
boro, Ga. or at Courthouse in
Alamo, Ga. on Ist and 3rd
Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m.
Talmadge Again
Offers Farm Bill
And Two Others
For the fourth time in as many
successive sessions, Georgia’s U.S.
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge has
laid before Congress a farm plan
which he said would “rescue the
farmer from the hodge-podge of
existing farm laws and restore
him to his rightful place in our
economy,” and two constitutional
amendments which would (1) give
to every state exclusive control
over its schools and (2) set mini
mum qualifications for U.S. Su
preme Court justices.
“There is an urgent need for a
sensible, workable farm program
designed to increase the income
of the farmer and put him back
on an equal footing with those
engaged in other phases of the
national economy,” Sen. Talmadge
said in re-introducing his farm
। bill.
The Talmadge Farm Plan,
which has attracted considerable
national attention and praise,
would return farming to the free
enterprise system, bolstered by
compensatory payments from the
federal government on domestic
ally-consumed basic commodities.
“Present farm laws for the most
part are politically inspired and
subject to abuse and racketeer
ing, as was shockingly demon
strated to the public by the Billie
Sol Estes case,” the Senator said.
“But more important, especially
in Georgia where in many in
stances farming has become a
struggle for mere existence, exist
ing farm laws do not work to sub
stantially increase farm income.
“The Talmadge Plan, I am con
vinced, would bring us closer to
the goals which I have long sought
to achieve — to let the farmer
farm, to guarantee him his pro
portionate share of the national
income, and to put American
farm commodities back on the
world market at competitive pric
es.”
Another significant feature of
the farm plan is that it would
take the federal government out
of the costly business of buying,
transporting, storing and selling
farm commodities, Talmadge
pointed out. He added:
“The taxpayer thereby would
be relieved of having to foot the
bill for the storage of farm sur
pluses in the billions of dollars.”
Tax Return Signers
Are Responsible
The taxpayer whose signature
appears on his Federal tax return
is responsible for the facts and
figures in it. A. C. Ross, Dis
trict Director of the Atlanta Dis
trict Office, said this is true even
if the return is prepared with
help from the U. S. Internal Reve
nue Service. And, he added, final
date for filing that 1962 tax re
turn is April 15.