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VOLUME 48
Oilman Plans
Wells In Three
Georgia Counties
A Louisiana oil prospector says
he plans to use high-speed drills
and sink wells in three Georgia
counties beginning in about 10
days.
Floyd W. McCain, of Shreve
port said he will drill in Effing
ham, Screven and Treutlen coun
ties. McCain said he plans to
sink eight-inch wells down to
around 4,000 feet “or until we
hit bedrock.”
Drilling should begin the week
of April 15 and should be com
pleted in about 10 days, he said.
One test well will be McCain’s
third on the Jim Gillis property
in Treutlen County. No sign of
oil there has been reported.
McCain said while he is using
some of his own money in the
test drilling, a big portion of the
financing is coming from five
Augusta physicians.
Eastman Woman
Slays Husband
A Dodge County coroner’s jury
Tuesday charged Mrs. Judy Fin
cher Wynne, 28, with involuntary
manslaughter in the rifle slaying
of her husband, 36-year-old Hor
ace F. Wynne.
She was hospitalized shortly
after the shooting at 6 a.m. Tues-
day and was being treated for[
shock.
The coroner’s jury ruled Wynne ;
died of a .22 rifle shot in the back i
of the head, the weapon being i
fired by Mrs. Wynne.
Dodge County Deputy Sheriff )
Jack Eckles said Wynne was |
struck down by the single rifle [
shot at his home at Eastman R-4,
as he was shaving in the kitchen.
He blamed the incident on fam
ily troubles and a family squab
ble.
Wynne was employed at Robins
Air Force Base.
Purvis Ponder To
Train As Director
Os Recreation
Milledgeville State Hospital’s
first intern in recreation is Pur
vis Ponder from Georgia South
ern who will spend eleven weeks
under the training of the hospi
tal’s Director of Recreation, Bruce
Prosser, and his staff.
Mr. Ponder, who is majoring
in recreation at Georgia Southern
and who comes from Glenwood,
will receive fifteen hours academ
ic credit for his hospital intern
ship. The internship program in
recreation is a necessary require
ment for accreditation by the Na
tional Council for the Advance
ment of Hospital Recreation.
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Two Negroes Receive Life Sentence
In Slaying Os Dodge County Man
A 24-year-old Twiggs County
Negro and his common-law wife
were sentenced to life imprison
ment Monday for the slaying of
Hugh Witherington, 40, of Em
pire.
Joe Lewis Bell and Hallie Wim
berly, 21, were indicted by a j
.grand jury for murder Monday
morning. They entered a plea of
guilty in the afternoon and were
sentenced by Judge Harold E.
Ward of Dublin Judicial Circuit.
Witherington’s body was found:
April 4 off ÜB. 129 in Twiggs ।
County. He had been missing j.
since February 8.
Sheriff Earl Hamrick of Twiggs j
County said the man and woman j
told how they decided to kill .
Witherington to end what they
said was an immoral relationship
between the Negro woman and
the white man. The Negro couple ;
said Witherington frequently
stopped by their home and they!
often rode to their places of em- j
ployment at Macon with him. >
The sheriff said Bell told him
in a statement that they shot 1
Witheringtorr at close range with
a shotgun, then dragged the body ji
into a pine thicket where it was j
found.
The couple said they then drove ।
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GEORGIA HERlTAGE—Georgia’s first newspaper appeared on
April 7, 1763. Named the Georgia Gazette and published in
Savannah, this pioneer 4-page weekly was printed and edited
by James Johnston. The Gazette presented all sides of the grow
ing revolutionary controversy, resulting in several periods of
suspension. Because editor Johnston refused to take sides, he
was banished from Georgia on March 1, 1778, along with the
fleeing British regime. When the royal forces came back, the
paper was revived and Johnston became its editor again. The
British were finally ousted in 1782 and Johnston left a second
time. Curiously, the on-again off-again printer was recalled in ,
1783 to produce the Gazette of the State of Georgia until his
retirement in 1797. Under his son Nicholas, the paper lasted
until 1802.
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No Farm Work Allowed For Boys,
Girls Under 16 During School Hours [
Savannah, (Special)—Approach '
of the spring planting season [
drew a reminder to farmers and [
[ commercial growers today that'
[ the Fair Labor Standards Act [
I prohibits employment of children j
under 16 years of age during I
I hours when schools are in session. [
William A. Savage, field office j
, supervisor of the U.S. Depart-1
ment of Labor’s Wage and Hour [
and Public Contracts Divisions, |
stressed that the law covers chil-.
dren of migrants as well as those [
of local residents.
“The Fair Labor Standards Act [
applies to farmers who ship crops
across state lines or who have [
reasoon to .believe their products [
will eventually cross state lines,” I
Savage explained. “The only ex- [
ception involves children who [
work exclusively for parents or I
guardians on their home farms.”,
Pointing out that the Divisions 1
are “especially concerned with |
keeping youngsters out of the [
fields so they will have time to |
attend school,” Savage recom-1
mended that farmers protect I
themselves against violation of |
the law by requiring each minor
they hire to obtain a certificate
of age. In Georgia these certifi
cates are issued by local school [
authorities.
Further information about how |
the Fair Labor Standards Act ap-[
the white man’s car to Macon,:
parked it and rode a bus back j
to Bullard, their hometown. The j
car was found three days after i
Witherington disappeared.
The sentences thus closed out i
the murder case in four fast days, |
during which a quick arrest and;
confessions of both Negroes were i
reported rapid-fire.
Neither of the defendants dis-;
played any noticeable emotion j
1 when sentenced. A spokesman for i
the dead man’s family had told ■
the court the family would be,
satisfied if the two were sentenced ,
to life.
W. W. (Bill) Larsen, Dublin!
attorney, represented Bell and;.
Jeffersonville attorney James G.;
Maddox represented the Wimfoer-1
ly woman. Both were appointed' -
by the court. 1 1
Dublin Circuit Sol. Gen. W. W.
(Wash) Larsen Jr„ represented
the state.
Assisting Sheriff Hamrick in
the case were Twiggs Deputy A.
N. Simpson, Blecklej - Sheriff Gus
Giddens, Bleckley Deputy Billy
Josey, Lt. H. M. Spurlin, of Mc-
Rae and Sgt. Henry Walden, of
Dublin, both of the Georgia Bu
reau of Investigation, and Bibb
County and Macon police.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, APRIL 12. 1963
plies to employment of children)
in agriculture can be obtained[
[ from the Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions’ office
) located at Room 401, U.S. Post
i Office Building, Savannah, Sav
| age said.
Fay Tillman Wins
Bible Sword Drill
Brewton-Parker College enter
| framed the Southeast Regional
) Training Union meeting on April I
। 2. The meeting began at 4:00 p,m. j
land ended at 9:00 p.m. During an |
1 intermission the public was privi-;
[ leged to visit the college and to I
i eat the evening meal in the din-[
ling hall.
I The Southeast Region includes)
| eleven 'associations in this section j
:of Georgia. In the afternoon ses-:
I sion the Intermediate Bible Sword |
I Drill was featured. Fay Tillman,)
i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar-)
I vin Tillman, of Glenwood Rhl, )
I won first place in the drill and)
[will represent the region at the!
state drill at Mercer University)
in June. Fay competed against)
contestants from many large[
churches, including Brunswick,'
Savannah, Waycross, Statesboro, i
) Ludowici, Hazlehurst, and Alma, [
I Fay represented the Sardis Bap-
I tist Church and the Daniell As-)
I sociation in the Brewton-Parker)
I drill. She had already competed [
! in her church and association for;
I these honors.
Julian Smith of the Sardis Bap-;
I tist Church was re-elected as pre-1
I sident of the region during the[
[evening session. The Young Peo- 1
) pie Speaker’s Tournament was
[featured during the night session.
[The Calvary Baptist Church from <
\ Statesboro placed first. The young
! lady from this church spoke on)
[“The Christ of the Universe.”m
[Larry Williams, of Soperton Bap-[
) tist Church won second place.).
Larry spoke on “Committed to ।
'God, all that I am and have.” j;
The Intermediate Sword Drill I.
and the Young People’s Speak-1 (
er’s Tournament offered a most) j
entertaining program. The com-1 ;
petition .was very keen in both, i;
Our churches are to be commend-) j
ed for providing such wonderful) ;
areas of training for our youth. I'
Training School News
Mrs. Gladys Williams and her!’
class still holds the Attendance):
Cup for the fourth consecutive | i
month with a 97 percent average.);
The 45th Annual Convention of {:
The Georgia Teachers’ Education I'
Association was held in Atlanta,)
April 3-4-5.
The delegates for the meeting j i
were Mrs. C. C Harris and Miss j I
J. M. Wright, President of the I ]
local GTEA. They were well in
formed and they are sharing their
experiences with the group. i
Mrs. E. P. Spearman, Reporter :
Revival Services At
Sardis Baptist Church
Revival services will begin al
the Sardis Baptist Church on
Easter Sunday, April 14. The
services will run through Friday
night. Rev. H. C. Miller, pastor
lof Scotland and Fishing Creek
। Baptist Churches will be the i
guest minister for the week. The I
'services will begin at 8:00 o’clock!
each evening.
Rev. Raymond Walden, pastor
[of the church, will lead the sing
ing.
A cordial invitation is, extended
to everyone to attend.
Farm Bureau Says
Tobacco Quality
Is Vital Factor
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration today urged tobacco grow
ers to take every precaution to
produce quality tobacco in 1963.
“Tobacco growers have a stake
in continued production of top
quality for domestic use and ex
port,” GFBF President Harry L.
Brown reports.
Farm Bureau listed three dan
gers in low quality yields: (1)
such production would further re
duce exports, (2) depress domes
tic demand, (3) weaken the stab
ilization program and result in
I further acreage cuts.
Quality is affected by a num
i ber of cultural .practices, Farm
| Bureau declared. .Brown listed
[five such factors: (1) misuse of
M.H-30 and planting of undesir
! able varieties, (2) excessive use
lof fertilizer and irrigation, (3) too
[ close spacing of plants, (4) har
i vesting green or immature tobac
[ co, (5) improper storage and
I grading.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration thus joined the Georgia
Tobacco Commodity Commission
in urging growers to stress qual
ity production.
। Farm Bureau’s caution came as
I the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabili
[zation reportedly experienced dif
[ficulty in selling certain grades
i of tobacco, and as USDA reported
i that low quality tobacco will be
[ sharply discounted in 1963.
USDA reports standards and
price supports, now in the pro
[ cess of revision, will reflect qual
! ity according to present market
i standards and consumer prefer-
I ences.
Sunrise Service
To Be Held At
Alamo April 14
There will be a sunrise service
j on Sunday at 6 a.m., April 14, in
; the parking area in the center of
1 Alamo.
The Rev. John Carroll, pastor of
‘ the Alamo Methodist Church will
i deliver the message. The Baptist
' Church will be in charge of the
[singing.
I Everyone of all denominations
[ and all churches are especially
; invited to attend.
! Come and you will receive a
blessing at this sacred hour.
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Quill Award Given
To Quitman Paper
ATLANTA — The Free-Press
of Quitman, Brooks County, pub
lished by Royal Daniel Jr., is the
winner of the March Quill Award !
of the Atlanta professional chap-j
ter of Sigma Delta Chi, national [
journalism society. [
It thus becomes the first week-j
ly newspaper in Georgia to be j
so honored in more than a score ’
of months. President Douglas Em- [
bry presented the certificate of [
award to Free Press writer Jean
Dean, representing Publisher
Daniel, at a dinner meeting of the
society at the Variety Club here
Tuesday night.
In presenting the award Presi
dent Embry commended the Free
Press for outstanding community
service to the people of Brooks
County in a series of editorials
and articles aimed at educating
its readers on timely and impor
tant events and campaigns.
The series of services was cul
minated in the recent successful
bond issue election in Brooks
County in which the people ap
proved bonds for the erection of
two new gymnasiums.
The Quill Award is made
monthly for outstanding achieve
ment through journalism.
Reunion Scheduled
In Athens April 26-27
All faculty members and for
mer students of State Normal
School and Georgia State Teach
ers College are invited to attend
a reunion scheduled to meet in
Athens, April 26-27.
Guest speaker will be Dr. E. M.
I Coulter, of Athens. The class of
11923 is to entertain with a tea dur
| ing the afternoon, and a banquet
will .be held in the evening.
Miss Lurline Collier, of Jeffer
son will present a hilarious re
sume of “Schooldays of Yester
year” using slides to illustrate the
narrative. Anyone who has ever
attended this school is urged to
attend.
Applications For
GMC Guidance
Clinic Being Accepted
COLLEGE PARK, GA., April
10 — Applications for the Geor
gia Military Academy Guidance
Clinics are now being accepted,
G.M.A. school officials revealed [
this week. Four one-week clinics
will open June 30.
Unique in its concept on the
secondary school level, each Guid-,
ance Clinic aims to assist 30 high
school boys who will complete
the Sth, 9th, or 10th grades in
1963, identify their potential for
college preparation and admis
sion. Additionally, the clinics
will provide the guidance of ex
perienced counselors in planning
high school courses of study and
best college available for the stu
-1 dent.
Each clinic will measure by
means of standardized group tests
each student’s aptitude, achieve
ment, interest, and personality.
Test results will be evaluated in
terms of .previous school record
and student ambition. The results
of tests and recommendations will
be made in writing to each boy,
to his parents, and to the school
he attends.
, Using the spacious and adequate
। facilities of the Georgia Military
, Academy campus, located seven
j miles south of Atlanta, students
11 will enjoy planned and super-
I vised recreational activities which
includes softball, volleyball, ten
nis, swimming, basketball, touch
football, weightlifting and gym
nastics.
The proximity of College Park
to the industrial and cultural cen
ter of Atlanta provides an excel
lent opportunity for boys to join
conducted educational tours of
Atlanta which includes the Cyclo
rama.
, All counselors working with
j the boys are members of the reg
! ular G.M.A. faculty.
Enrollment is limited to 30 boys
for each clinic. Dates of each clin
ic: June 30—July 6; July 7—July
13; July 14—July 20; July 21—
July 27.
The fee for each clinic is S3O,
which includes the costs of all
meals and housing. The other ex
penses anticipated are for trans
portation and spending money.
[ For further information and ap-
I plication blanks contact your high
| school principal.
Today’s big shots are little
shots that kept on shooting.
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[ Georgia Speed Limit On Interstate [
[ Highways Increased To 70 M.P.H. [
Despite what road markers
may say, the legal day-time
speed limit on Georgia’s inter
state highways is now 70 miles
per hour, according to state offi
cials.
Col. H. Lowell Conner, director
of the Georgia Department of
Public Safety, said 70 miles per
hour became the official speed
limit on these particular roads
when the governor signed the bill
passed by the 1963 Legislature,
and that state patrolmen will ob
serve it.
This is true despite the fact
that 60 mile per hour signs are
still up in most areas. Highway
Department officials say signs
marking the new speed limits
will be put up as soon as possi
ble. They should be up all over
the state within 60 days, it was
stated.
The bill increasing the speed
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Twenty - Member Board Set Up To
Boost Georgia Industry And Trade
With the appointment by Gov.
' Carl E. Sanders of ten additional
members to the Department of
Industry and Trade’s board of
[ commissioners, the new state
agency is now in operation, re
placing the Georgia Department
■ of Commerce.
Its primary objective: To pro
mote Georgia’s assets and place
the state in a more advantageous
position to compete with other
' states in bidding for business,
particular!}' in the areas of in
-1 dustrialization and tourism.
Gov. Sanders’ appointees join
ten others named by Gov. Ernest
Vandiver ‘before he left office in
January. Together the 20-man
board will direct all activities of
j the new department.
The board, consisting of two
I members from each Congression
al District, was created through
an amendment to the State Con
r
April Designated
Clean-Up Month
In Glenwood
i
The Mayor and Council passed
a resolution in their regular
meeting Monday night declaring
the month of April as Clean-up
and Paint-up month in Glenwood.
All residents within the City of
Glenwood are urgently requested
' to make a special effort to make
their property look better, there
; by making our City more attrac
tive to those who visit us and
. also to prospective industry seek
i ers.
I Those persons owning property
; i downtown are especially request
■ ed to freshen up the fronts of their
> stores with a new coat of paint
I and if your property is vacant at
this time it will help you to rent
; it 'to someone.
We have three new homes un
i der construction now in Glen
) wood. A New' City Hall has just
■ been completed and we will start
i on the Colson-Rivers Memorial
Hospital this week. So while we
i are growing let’s make our town
attractive.
Mayor and Council,
City of Glenwood.
[Sanders Issues
Election Writs
Gov. Carl E. Sanders has is
sued writs of election tro fill three
vacancies in the Georgia House
of Representatives.
The Governor has asked the
ordinaries of Evans, Camden and
Dooly Counties to hold special
elections to fill the empty seats
caused by the deaths of Rep. Ed
Perry of Evans County and Rep.
J. Nolan Wells of Camden Coun
ty, and the resignation of Dooly
County Rep. Tom Sangster.
Sangster resigned as Dooly rep
resentative to accept a position
with the State Revenue Depart
ment.
Georgia law requires the coun
ty ordinaries to give at least 20
days’ notice before holding elec
tions called for by executive writ.
limit from 60 to 70 miles an hour; ■
■ in the daytime was signed by •
Gov. Carl E. Sanders February;,
18. The night speed limit was in- i •
creased from 50 to 60 miles per >
hour.
Col. Conner pointed out that j (
• only interstate limited - access |
highways are affected. The new |
speed limits do not apply to the ; (
Atlanta - Marietta and Atlanta- ■
Griffin highways because they j ■
are not a pant of the inter-state I
' system, the safety director said.' (
Highways affected which are!
practically open include 1-75 from <
Valdosta to Chattanooga; 1-85 j
from Atlanta to Greenville, S.C.; |.
1-20 from Augusta to Binning- i
' ham, Ala., and 1-16 from Macon
; to Savannah.
The law also sets a minimum |'
speed limit of 40 miles per hour!
’ both in the daytime and at night. ■
These highways have four lanes ■.
I or more. 1
NUMBER 52.
stitution adopted in the Novem
ber general election.
Sanders’ appointees are: Ist.
District, James Crockett, Vidalia;
2nd, John Parkerson, Tifton; 3rd.
W. T. Roberts, Montezuma; 4th,
C. Jay Smith, Newnan; sth, Clark
। Harrison Jr., Decatur; 6th, T. E.
Greene Jr., Macon; 7th, James V.
Carmichael, Marietta; Bth, George.
Bazemore, Waycross; 9th, Ralph
Cleveland, Gainesville, and 10th,
[Julius Bishop, Athens.
In announcing his appoint
[ ments, Gov. Sanders had this to
say:
[ “I am pleased that these ten
prominent Georgians have agreed
to serve in the vital capacity of
advising and directing the poli
cies of the Department of Indus
try and Trade. All are eminently
| qualified, and I am certain they
| will provide invaluable leadership
iin bringing Georgia forward, to
i her desired place in the economic
sun.
“I know each will contribute
great and lasting service to his
state, and I am confident Geor
gia will realize giant gains as a
I result of their determinations. Oo
। behalf of the four million citi
zens of Georgia, I want to thank
' all 20 members of the board of
commissioners for all their past
and future efforts in behalf ot
i our great state.”
The Vandiver appointees are::
Ist District, Kirk Sutlive, Savan
nah; 2nd, B. T. Burson, Camilla;,
1 3rd, Robert T. Davis, Columbus;
4th, Roger Shoerner, Carrolton;
sth, Jack J. McDonough, Atlanta;,
6th, Ben Tarbutton Jr., Sanders-
; ville; 7th, John P. Pickett, Ced
■ artown; Bth, Stanley Brooks, Mc-
Rae; 9 th, Cliff Kimsey Jr., Cor
- jnelia, and 10th, Peter S. Knox
Jr., Thomson.
: Board members will receive no
t compensation for their services;,
but are entitled to receive actual
expenses incurred by them in the
. j performance of their duties.
| These expenses, including mile-
: (age, will be paid on the same
basis as for other state official*
■ and employees.
Aged Wheeler Man
Dies In Telfair
County Hospital
Funeral services were held.
[ Monday at 2:30 p.m. from th**
[ Alamo Baptist Church for George
Daniel Wilkinson, 90, well known
Wheeler County resident, who
[ died Monday in the Telfair Coun
। ty Hospital after a brief illness-
Services were conducted by -the
[Rev. John Carroll, Pastor of the
' Alamo Methodist Church and
[ burial was in the Alamo Ceme
j tery with Harris & Smith Fun--
[ eral Home in charge of arrange
; ments.
Mr. Wilkinson was born in Pu
[ laski County on March 8, 1873,
the son of John Lawrence and
Mary Wilkinson. He was married
to Miss Beulah Tucker on De
cember 17, 1911.
, I Survivors .include three sons, B.
:H. Wilkinson, of the U.S. Air
[Force, Michigan; R. L. Wilkin-
son and J. H. Wilkinson, of Ala
mo; two daughters, Mrs. A. T.
Cole.nan, of Alamo, and Mrs. Cora
W. May, of Columbus; eight
grandchildren; four great-grand
children and one sister, Mrs. W.
F. Parrish, of Mystic.
Sidney M. Jones
Dies Sunday Night
MOUNT VERNON — Sidney
M. Jones, Bio, of Mount Vernon
died Sunday night after a lon®
illness.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Cora Lancaster Jones, of Mount-
Vernon; two daughters, Mrs. Jack
Feals, of Talladega, Ala., and Mrs...
Erwin Scott, of Vidalia; two sons,
Otha Jones, of Mount Vernon and;
Elmer Jones, of Atlanta; three
sisters, Mrs. Frank Larkey, at
Jacksonville; Miss Jessie Jones, at
Macon and Mrs. R. L. Best, of Sa
vannah; two brothers, J. R. Jones
and C. P. Jones, of Macon; nine
grandchildren and several nieces,
and nephews.
Murchison Funeral Home of Vi
dalia was in charge.
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