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VOLUME 48
Glenwood Man
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Lost In Freak (
Air Accident
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A radar
officer from Georgia was ejected i
accidentally from a Navy Phan
tom II jet flying at 28,000 feet:
over the Pacific Thursday, touch-.
ing off an intensive air-sea search.:
The missing officer was iden-;
tified as Lt. Jimmie H. Evans, 29, j
Glenwood, Ga. The Navy said he i
was equipped with a parachute.:
life raft, signaling equipment and i
other survival gear.
The pilot of the two-man fight-1
er-interceptor, Lt. (j.g.) W. G.
Blunt, 22, said he was flying a.
routine training mission about 25;
miles off Ensenada when he felt
a sudden rush of wind and heard|
a noise.
Blunt, of Escondido, Calif., said;
he glanced into a mirror and no
ticed that his companion, who oc
cupied a separate rear cockpit,
•was missing.
Blunt said he was unable to I
observe if Evans’ parachute op-1
ened because it was raining. Thej
pilot said he searched for almost j
one hour before returning to |
Miramar naval air station where ।
he and Evans are assigned to;
Fighter Squadron 121.
Thirteen Coast Guard and Navy
aircraft and eight warships;
searched during daylight hours,
for the missing officer.
A spokesman said the ejection,
apparently was accidental, but it
was not known immediately how
it happened.
Car Bumping
Pair Assessed
$350 Fines Each
Two Pembroke half-brothers
pleaded guilty Monday to reduced
chargas of involuntary man
slaughter in connection with a
car bumping incident which claim
ed the life of a 31-year-old wo
man in January.
Judge Henry Durrence fined
Duaine Moss, 24, and his half
brother Douglas Crowe, 19, $350
each and gave them probated sen
tences of three to five years.
Moss and Crowe had been
bound over to a grand jury in
January on murder charges, but
were indicted Monday on the
lesser charge.
Mrs. Betty Altman Gicas, of
GlennviUe, was an occupant of a
car that was chased dow-n and
run off the highway by a vehicle
driven by Crowe and occupied
by Moss and four other youths
January 20.
Sheriff. Lorin Waters said Mrs.
Gicas had left a night club with
Johnny Ray Ansley, 22, of Lyons
and their car was pursued by an
other. The sheriff said Ansley
finally lost control and the car
plunged into a ditch.
Mrs. Gicas was thrown from
the car. Ansley was not hurt.
The other youths were released
after a hearing January 22.
Advertise in The Eagle.
Ex-Eastman Police Officer Involved >
In Murder-Suicide Shooting Tuesday
The 61-year-old police chief, of
Homerville, a former officer with
the City of. Eastman police de
partment, shot to death his wife,
Dorothy, 42, and himself Tues
day as the violent climax to a
shin-kicking quarrel.
Henry C. Shiver died three
hours after the 8:45 a.m. shooting
of a ,45-caliber pistol wound in
the head and Mrs. Shiver an hour
later of wounds in the chest, groin
and leg.
The thrice-married Mrs. Shiver,
the chief’s second wife, is sur
vived by three children of a for
mer marriage.
Shiver joined the Homerville
force about a year ago and had
been chief since the first of the
year.
Before going to Homerville he
had served as an officer at M ar
ner Robins and Eastman.
Wheeler County Eagle
CANINE CADGER FARES WELL ]'
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Although begging is against
the law in Italy for hu
mans, here is a four-legged
hobo seeking his fortune
on an avenue in Rome. He
Two-Price Colton Would End
Under Senator Talmadge's Bill ;
I
Continuing his long struggle to. :
•get a fair break for farmers of
|Georgia and the nation, U.S. Sen. :
Herman E. Talmadge has intro- ;
; duced a new cotton bill designed
’to (1) eliminate acreage controls
on the planting of cotton and (2)
(do away with the two-price sys
item that requires domestic cot
iton mills to pay 8% cents more
; per pound for American cotton
(than foreign mills pay.
The Georgia senator-farmer
-1 lawyer, who is a member of the
(Senate Agriculture Committee, of
fered his latest farm legislation
at a time when the Kennedy ad
ministration’s proposal for a new
: I cotton program is stymied in a
: House committee.
Reports from Washington say
‘ Senate Majority Whip Hubert H.
Humphrey (D.-Minn.) is backing
the Talmadge bill and that he
has hinted the administration may
I support it if the House legisla
tion becomes bokked down com-
I pletely. President Kennedy has
. promised legislation this year to
get rid of the two-price cotton
■ Pfc. Calvin Day
Participates In
Training Exercises
F ' MANNHEIM, GERMANY (A- j
i HTNC) — Army PFC. Calvin F.
1 Day Jr., 20, son of Mrs. Brunell
: Sirmans, Route 1, Lumber City,
* (recently participated in night
’ combat training exercises with
other members of the 18th In-
. fantry’s Ist Battle Group in Mann
i heim, Germany.
5 The exercise included training
■ in the use of cold weather equip
' ment and cold injury prevention.
Day, a radio operator in the
battle group’s Headquarters Com
-1 pany in Mannheim, entered the |
Army in September 1960 and ar-1
’ rived overseas in February 1961.;
He attended Lumber City High ;
School. |
Clinch County Sheriff Charlie j
Smith said a quarrel developed |
at the police station when the
chief returned from directing
traffic at an elementary school
and his wife asked him for the
car keys to take her children to
school.
The sheriff’s account continued:
Shiver refused to give his wife
the keys and she kicked him on
the shin. He knocked her down
with a chair and, when she came
at him again, shot her with his
old ,45-caliber revolver.
She ran into the adjoining of
fice of the city clerk and collap
sed.
Shiver went to the apartment
above the police station and fired
a bullet through his head just
above his ear.
The former police chief was the
father of Mrs. Lewis Coleman, of
Eastman.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1963
seems to have found at least
one obliging contributor, who
may just believe that he
is out of Mother Hubbard’s
kennel.
system.
The Talmadge bill would do |
more than merely eliminate two-1
price cotton. It also would take;
the government out of the busi
ness of buyin, storing and selling
cotton. It even would do away
with measuring cotton acreage.
Instead of acreage controls,
Talmadge’s bill would establish
a domestic cotton allotment in;
terms of bales rather than acres, I
based on anticipated domestic I
needs. Each farmer would get his |
fair share of the domestic allot-I
ment, based on past history, and I
would receive price support,
ranging from 70 to 90 percent of.
parity for cotton sold within this ’
domestic allotment.
However, the farmer would be ■
allowed to plant as much cotton j
as he pleased over and above the ।
domestic allotment and sell the;
excess production at world price j
or obtain price support on such j
cotton between 50 and 60 percent >
of parity.
American mills would be able i
to buy American cotton at the।
; same price exporters pay for |
i American cotton, freed from what!
i Sen. Talmadge called “the in- i
। iquitous two-price system.” Dis- '
I cussing his bill further, he said:j
| “I think this bill will provide I
the answer for the dilemma cot- I
ton producers and cotton textile ।
manufacturers have found them- ,
selves in under the present in- ।
adequate and ruinous laws. Mills i
are changing daily to synthetics;
and depriving farmers of a mar- j
ket for their cotton production.
“Our cotton textile industry— I
in the mills and on farms—cannot I
long endure unless the Congress J
takes action to restore American j
cotton and American textiles to i
a competitive position in the mar
■ ket place of the world.”
j Sen. Talmadge summed up his '
; proposed legislation’s aim this ’
way:
“Cotton buyers would be free I
to buy cotton. Cotton merchants ।
would be free to merchandize;
I cotton. Cotton warehousemen I
would compete freely for the bus- '
iness of storing cotton. Exporters j
j would be free ‘o export. The far
{ mer would decide for himself how j
I much cotton he wants to produce ।
i and how he wants to produce it. ’
“I am confident that this bill
i will save our cotton industry and '
restore cotton to its rightful posi- '
tion of competitive, free enter
prise prosperity.”
Escapee Captured
At Glenwood
Howard B. Braswell, a prisoner ■
who escaped from a road gang
Monday afternoon, was arrested'
by Genwood police Tuesday in a
service station.
When arrested, Braswell was
trying to contact his wife in Hep- j
zibah by telephone, police said.
Braswell, 31, was servin a
prison term for theft and writing
bad checks. The escape was his
second in six weeks.
I "Keep Wheeler County Green"
Two From Alamo
On WCG Dean's List
The Winter Quarter Dean’s List
at The Woman’s College of Geor
gia included names of 122 stu
dents. Announcement was made ;
this week by Dr. Donald H. Mac-
Mahon, dean of instruction.
Gwen Ellen Clark and Mary •
Ann Hogan, of Alamo were list- (
ed among those receiving the!
; honor.
t To be named to the Dean’s List,
; a student must make an average ;
i of 3.3 on fifteen or more hours of i
( wonk and have 2.5 as an all-col- j
i lege average.
Merchant Off-Street
Parking Successful
The merchants of Mcßae arej
; now parking off-street for the :
। convenience of their customers, ■
; and invite everyone to come to;
Mcßae and shop where they will(
find ample free parking space.
Mcßae, long the shopping cen
i ter of Telfair and Wheeler Coun
ties, offers a wide selection of
merchandise, beautifully display
ed, and merchants invite old and I
new customers to visit them. I
Future Homemakers
Celebrate FHA Week
Wheeler County Future Home-1
j makers have joined wholeheart-!
; edly in acknowledging the na-1
I tional celebration of FHA Week, j
i This week is recognized each year ;
;in order that Future Homemak-;
I ers all over the state, nation, and !
I the world may engage in activi
; ties that promote better homes
I and citizens.
I This is the schedule as outlined(
: and followed by the WCHS - FHA |
(Chapter during FHA Week:
Sunday — Church Day
| 1. Ask minister to offer a pray
i er for FHA or to have a sermon
(on spiritual value of homemak
i • 1
: ing.
Monday—Publicity Day
Put posters in school and town.
Tuesday—Community Day
Mother-Daughter Covered Dish
(Supper.
Wednesday—School Day
Adopted Little Sisters in FHA.
Thursday
Recognition of Degrees.
Friday
I Apple for the Teacher.
Saturday—Final Day
I Bake Sale.
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|Pfc. Henry Bennett
With Bth Division
In Germany
| BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY
i (AHTNC) — Army PFC. Henry
jS. Bennett Jr., whose parents live
!in Alamo, recently completed
I three days of annual training
’ tests with other members of. the
; Bth Division’s 16th Infantry at
I Baumholder, Germany.
Fog, snow and mud hampered
j the infantrymen as they partici
j pated in attack and defense ma
; neuvers against an “aggressor”
I force.
A mortar gunner in Company
E. of the infantry’s Ist Battle
(Group in Baumholder, Bennett
‘ entered the Army in November
11961 and was stationed at Fort
’ Gordon, before arriving overseas
| in April 1962.
The 23-year-old soldier is a
j 1958 graduate of Wheeler County
I High School.
Mrs. Bernice McNeal
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs. Ber
nice Stephens McNeal were held
' at 10:00 am. Sunday, March 31,
i from the Chapel of Bernstein
! Funeral Home in Athens, with
( graveside services at Cedar Grove
; Methodist Cemetery, ten miles
(north of Alamo. Rev. Ellison,
■ Baptist minister, of Athens, was
: in charge of services.
Surviving are three sons, Wiley
i Kinchen, of Alamo, Robert Kin
(chen, of Springhope, N.C., and
; James Kinchen, of Clearwater,
j Fla.; one daughter, Mrs. W. D.
Wilson, of Athens; one sister,
Mrs. Irene Crawford, of Glen
; wood; two half-sisters, Mrs. Sally
; Lamb, of Cedar Grove Commun
| ity; Mrs. Zimmie Bradshaw, of
Wrightsville; two half-brothers,
i R. I. Stephens, of Dublin and L.
IL. Blankenship, of Wray; eight
i grandchildren and several nieces
j and nephews.
Construction Begins On Wheeler
County’s New 15-Bed Hospital
Construction has begun on I
• Wheeler County’s new 15-bed
1 hospital in Glenwood. It will be
! annexed to the existing clinic
: building and will cost approxi
mately $30,000.00 complete to op
eration.
I All the equipment and other
| facilities in the clinic will be
( used and be made a part of the ।
j hospital. The new addition will
| cover 4500 square feet and be
I constructed of. brick.
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i
33 Os Nation's Top Manufacturing
( Executives To Tour State April 2
.
Thirty-three of the nation’s top
manufacturing executives will ar- ।
rive in Atlanta Tuesday, April I
2, to begin a three-day ground
‘ and aerial tour of the State’s in- (
| dustrial advantages.
| They will be accompanied by (
I some 40 prominent Georgia busi- |
। nessmen who will serve as hosts |
' along with Governor Carl San- (
{ders.
The tour is sponsored by the ■ ’
: Industrial Development Council 1
[ of the Georgia State Chamber of |
; Commerce in cooperation with j 1
i some 17 state associations and j
! agencies active in the State’s eco- ।
nomic development.
“We are elated by the outstand- ,
ing caliber of guests who have
I accepten this year’s tour and the
! growing interest in Georgia stim
! ulated by this unique operation,”
• said John W. Lastinger, presi
| dent of. the Georgia State Cham
' i ber.
“Some nine-months of prepa-
Mrs. Mary O. Joiner
(Dies In Telfair
County Hospital
Funeral services were held
I Monday at 3:30 p.m. from the
j Hopewell Baptist Church for Mrs.
: Mary O. Joiner, 79, of Dodge
( County, who died Sunday in the
I Telfair County Hospital. The Rev.
j Eugene Cook, the Rev. Joe Hulett
i and the Rev Hobson Brown Jr.,
’ i officiated, and burial was in the
church cemetery with Stokes-
Southerland Funeral Home of
Eastman in charge of arrange-
I ments.
A lifelong resident of Dodge
(County, Mrs. Joiner was a mem
! ber of Hopewell Baptist Church,
i She is survived by two daugh
(ters, Mrs. Lark Daniels, of Ala
( mo, and Mrs. R. B. Anderson, of
(Rhine; two sons, Bill Joiner and
j John Joiner, of Chauncey; four ।
; grandchildren; two great-grand- i
(children, and one brother, Alfred
’ Owens, of Rhine.
Georgia Honor Goes.
To Pat Morrison
The Wesley Foundation on the
. University of Georgia campus has
i elected Pat Morrison, of Glen
i wood, as 'President to lead the I
Methodist University Organiza- |
tion in the 1963-1964 school year.;
Pat Morrison, the President-;
I
' elect, served in the office of |
! Treasurer of Wesley Foundation |
; fcr 1962-63, and has been a mem- •
ber of the Membership and Evan-(
i gelism Commission.
He has served as Christian Cit- j
; izenship Program Area Chairman i
of the South Georgia Conference (
Methodist Youth Fellowship, as ‘
Vice-President of the Dublin Dis- I
trict, and as President of his Sub- I
i Distract.
Wesley Foundation is the arm
;of the Methodist Church to the
’ college or university campus. The
1 Director of the Wesley Founda
tion at Georgia is the Reverend
William R. Edwards Jr., and Miss
; Lynn Testerman is the Associate
: Director.
BAKE SALE
The Wheeler County Future
Homemakers of America will
j sponsor a “Bake Sale” Saturday,
’ । April 6, in Alamo.
' i Come out and support your lo
cal FHA.
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I -'Keep Wheeler County Green”
SINGLE COPY 5c
i The Glenwood Community
Health Council which handled the
business and financial affairs of
the clinic building has been abo- I
lished and The Hospital Author- I
ity of Wheeler County has been !
appointed.
Trustees of the Authority are:;
L. B. Chambers Sr., Chairman; R. j
IH. Manley, Co-Chairman; Mrs. j
Frances C. Griffin, Secretary and I
Treasurer; Mrs. Wallace Ryals I
and J. T. Mimbs.
ration by a committee under Red ]
Carpet Tour Chairman E. C. Wal- ।
ker of Sears, Roebhck and Com-1
pany should again bring the kind !
of gratifying industrial develop-1
ment results emanating from our
two previous tours,” Lastinger
;aid.
Some 80 Georgia communities
will be viewed on the three-day
tour which will begin with a
breakfast, Wednesday, April 3 at j
the Hilton Inn in Atlanta.
Following the breakfast, the
entourafe will tour Atlanta’s
points of interest, see aerial de
monstrations at Lockheed at Mar
ietta, and go to Athens the same
day for a reception and dinner
addressed by Governor Sanders,
After an overnight stay at the
Continuing Education Center at
the University of Georgia, the i
tohr party will depart Thursday •
morning in Delta and Southern i
chartered airliners, stopping ov
ernight in Savannah. The day
long tour will cover most of the
State.
On Friday, April 5, the group
will fly over East Georgia to Au- i
gusta where they will enjoy the j
2nd round of the Masters Golf'
Tournament before concluding the
tour in Atlanta early that eve
ning.
“Most of the industrial guests
will take advantage of special
ACL-iL&N Railroad accommoda
tions in Augusta, enabling them
to stay over for the remainder of
the Masters Tournament,” Lastin
ger said.
Daniell Association
WMU To Celebrate
75th Anniversary
The 75th Anniversary of Wo
man’s Missionary Union Auxiliary
to the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, will be celebrated by the
Daniell Association WMU on Ap
ril 11, at 7:30 p.m., at the First
Baptist Church, Vidalia.
The celebration will feature the
history of Daniell Association
Woman’s Missionary Union. Past
Presidents and leaders of. the Bap
tist women’s work of the Asso
ciation will be honored. The wo
men who have reached age 75 or
more will be given special recog
nition.
An old fashioned social will
follow the program. Many will
be wearing costumes typical of
those worn in past years.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
GEORGIA’S Betty Crcjker
Homemaker of Tomorrow is
Rachel Harriet Jenkins of
Madison County highschool, ,
Danielsville. She will receive
a $1,500 scholarship from
General Mills for gaining the
highest score in the state in
a written homemaking exam
ination.
NUMBER 51
Stock in the Council must be
converted to the Authority. Stock
holders may bring their certifi
! cates to the Clinic on Thursday,
i April 11, from 9:00 a.m. until
' 3:00 p.m. Stock certificates will
| be converted to notes, signed by
i officials of. the Authority and
; payable in six years.
■ Funds for the hospital are now
I being solicited. Contributions can
: be made either by donation or toy
! purchasing notes. Since the Au
thority is classified as a non-profit ‘
organization, all donations are
tax deductible.
The Hospital Authority was
created under Georgia’s Hospital.
; Authority Act. This act provides
I that the commissioner of a county
j is authorized to organize an au
i thority if it is determined there
; are unmet needs for hospital serv
i ices.
Dr. L. C. Mcßae Jr. will head
the staff of the new hospital.
Commissioner Wallace Adams
feels that by having a hospital in
the county other doctors will be
attracted to the county.
J Airman Lee Wilkes
Named Airman Os
Month At Moody
MOODY AFB — A native oft ”
Mt. Vernon, A-2C Lee Otis Wilk
; es, has been selected Moody Ait
Force Base Airman of the Month
for March. Airman Wilkes, an
I administrative clerk in the Fi-
I nance Office, has been assigned
i to Moody since July 1961.
i The son of Otis Wilkes, of Ad
: rian. and the late Ruby Wilkes.,
he attended Montgomery County
; High School in Mt. Vernon and
; later Glenwood High School in
j Glenwood. He received his high
' school diploma through the
i Moody Education Office in. De
cember 1962.
Airman Wilkes enlisted in. the
Army Reserves in June 1960 and
went on six months active dirty
at Fort Jackson, S.C., in Septem
ber of that year. He was dis--
charged from the Army in May
1961 and enlisted in the Air Force
the sane month. After spending
five weeks in Air Force baste
training at Lackland AFB, Tex,
he reported for duty at Moody.
The letter nominating Airman
| Wilkes for the honor reads in
part, “He is a rapid and intense
worker and exercises initiative
and excellent judgment in ful
filling all the requirements at
his duty assignment. He welcomes
additional responsibilities and re
quires a bare minimum of super
vision.
“Airman Wilkes is industrious:
conscientious, and hardworking
He is an exceptional airman and.
his overall performance is super
ior in all respects.”
For winning Moody’s top air
man honor, Airman Wilkes re
ceived a gold, engraved wrist
watch, a three-day pass and a.
letter of commendation from Col.
Vincent M. Miles, Moody com
mander.
Georgia Power Co.
Wins Coveted Farm
Marketing Award
The Georgia Power Company's
contributions to the state’s multi
million dollar poultry industry
today won the utility the coveted.
Farm Marketing Award of the
Edison Electric Institute. More
:han 1,090 electric utility execu
tives witnessed presentation at
the award to L. T. Wansley, of
Valdosta, division sales supervi
sor, Georgia Power Company.
Mr. Wansley, who last month
was promoted from company rur
al division manager to the Val
dosta post, accepted the award on
behalf of the Georgia Power Com
pany and of its rural division.
The award was based on the com
pany’s program for assisting
Georgia’s poultrymen with elec
trical applications in their wark
Edison Electric Institute, a
trade association of electric com^-
panies in the United States, is
holding its 29th annual sales con
ference in Chicago.