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VOLUME 49
WCHS Seniors
To Present Play
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Friday, April 26th
“Seventeen Is Awfully Young,”
a play in three acts by Nathan
and Ruth Hale, will be presented
by the Senior Class of Wheeler
County High School on Friday
evening, Aprii 26th at 8:30.
Cast of Characters i
Mother, who lives for her girls !
— June Cox Price. |
Jan Eliot, spoiled, seventeen- |
year-old daughter — Linda John- |
son. l
Nicki Eliot, brilliant, sixteen- |
year-old daughter, Gail Montford. {
Miss Tilby, an understanding |
school teacher — Donna Gibbs. :
Albert Eliot, Nicki's brother — |
Jacob Clark. ‘
Thaddeus, Albert’s friend—Bob- |
by Clark. i
Ruby Rainey, high school girl!
-— Carolyn Manus. i
“Goofer”, Godfrey Peterson,!
high school football hero—Frank- |
lin Pittman. |
Jack Westmore, seventeen, az
swell guy — Terrell Joyce. i
Caroline Pratt, Nicki's girl;
friend — Barbara La Favor. |
Whitcomb Pewberry, proper, as
detailist — Larry White. i
This is the story of the Eliot
sisters: Jan, the favored, pam
pered darling, and Nicki, the
“Mouse”. The Eliot’s have just
moved to the small town of Riv
erville and Jan is in revolt. En
rolling in a school with a student
body of three-hundred was quite
a let-down to Jan — that is, un
til she saw Jack Westmore. Nicki
saw him, too, and ran into her
little corner and began to day
dream.
A thumbnail sketch of the
whole situaticn dissolves itself
into what is really a tussle be
tween brawn, beauty, and brains,
with brains coming out on top
for a change — which doesn’t
mean it’s lacking in oomph—oh
no, there’s plenty of that, with
Goofer, the athletic hero, and
that double-crossing Jan, who'd
resort to anything to keep Jack
Westmore.
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Tommie A. Neal
Completes Course
Navy Seaman Tommie A. Neal,
of Glenwood, has completed a
special United States Air Force
course for Communications Tech
nicians at Good Fellow Air Force
Base, Texas. Neal was designated
the Honor Graduate of his class,
his average being 9423 in the
Non-Morse Operator Course.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. L. Neal, and is now stationed
at Fort George G. Meade, Md. He
is a graduate of Wheeler County
High School.
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Plant no more garden than
vour wife can take care of.
New Trade Body Expected To
Give State Big Economy Boost |
Gov. Carl E. Sanders is look
fng to the new State Department
of Industry and Trade to give
Georgia’s economy a potent shot
in-the-arm.
Addressing the recent annual
convention of the Georgia Fede
ration of Women’s Clubs, held in
Savannah, the Governor declared:
‘“Georgia’s state government is
taking a fresh, new approach to
fts programs of industry-seeking
and competing for the tourist dol
far.
“Our state’s new Depariment of
Industry and Trade will provide
@ new and professional concept
in developing Georgia. No stone
will be left unturned — no avenue
unexplored — when it comes to
luring industry, new payrolls and
additional employment in Geor
gia.
“In tourist promotion, the new
department has been awarded ad
ditional funds to sell Georgia as
a vacationland to the entire na
¢ion . . . to tell the Georgia Story
everywhere.
“Georgia’s tourism program
will further profit from admin
istration - sponsored legislation
that will take *he profits out of
speed traps, and set into motion
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SEND A MOUSE TO COLLEGE |
USING THE SLOGAN ‘Send a Mouse to College’, students of Shorter College in Rome, Ga., |
will bring attention to the leukemia-cancer research being promoted by the American Cancer |
Society, which makes extensive use of experimental mice. Mrs. Chester Chaffin, Jr., Rome vol- )
unteer worker (center) and Shorter president, Dr. Randall Minor, have cooperated with the stu- I
dent body at Shorter in initiating the campus centered cancer education program. Harold ‘
Bearden (seated), Cassville, Ga., junior and president-elect of the student body, finds the ro- 3}
dent in this picture a likely candidate with a “curious interest” in textbooks, The campaign will i
be conducted in late April and early May. ‘
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Southeast District Christian Life ‘
Conference Scheduled For April 19 |
| On Friday, April 19, approxi
' mately four hundred adults and!
| young people affiliated with the
L state YMCA of Georgia will gath
'er at Epworth-By-The-Sea for the
: ! annual Southeast District Chris
{tian Life Conference.
} Serving as host for this three
' day Conference are the Vidalia
- High School Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y|
, clubs under the leadership of Miss
) Madelyn Rhodes, VHS Y-Council
. President. Supervising and co-or
| dinating Epworth plans and activ
| ities is Bob Henderson, Southeast
|| District Secretary of the State
|| YMCA of Georgia.
‘| Southeast District officers pre
siding over Conference assemblies[
will be President Judith Johnson,!
Waycross; second vice-president,
Valarie Briggs, Millen; Secretary,
Gracie Winn, Mcßae; Chaplain,
| Lee Brinson, Sylvania, and Billl
| Lovett, Statesboro, First Vice-)
' | President. l
| Guest speakers will be present
’l at Epworth and they are expected
| to direct their remarks toward the
: Conference theme “Needed Asl
‘| Never Before — Creative Chris
tian Leadership.” Among them is
! Bob Thielemann, a senior at Geor
[ gia Tech and a past officer of the
l Mcßae Hi-Y.
| Rev. Richard Ribble, of Vidalial
.| will give the Saturday morning |
| devotional and Robert Shoemak
er, World Service YMCA Secre
|an organized development pro-;
| gram in the North Georgia moun-i
| ‘tains by the newly-created Geor~'
| gia Mountains Authority. ;
“And, to add further to our|
| industry-seeking program, I have
;created the ‘Flying Colonels,’ a’
| group of dedicated Georgia pilots
gwho will be available to fly all
jover the nation to call upon in-|
'idustrial leaders and tell them
{about Georgia.”
f Gov. Sanders also stressed the
{importance of Georgia developing
|her human resources. Education
|is the foundation for growth and
iprosperity, and without improved
{education “we will not attain the
;l pinnacle for which we are striv
‘ ing,” he said.
E “l want to assure you — and
every mother in Georgia — that
| Georgia children will have the
best possible education that the
| State of Georgia can provide dur
| ing the Sanders administration,”
| the Governor declared.
: “We will spare no effort, no
| reasonable expense, nor will we
forget for a moment the need for
| area trade schools, community
| colleges and additional four-year
| institutions, when we think of
| developing our human brainpewer
1| and resources.”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1963
tary will be Saturday’s main|
!spea-ker. Mr. Shoemaker has just
returned to the States after a spe-|'
cial assighment in Lebanon.|
Charles Bovee is to hold Sunday|!
services at Epworth. Mr. Bovee|
is a senior at Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary and is a former|
member of the Billy Graham|
vaangelist Team. |
An important event of the con
ference activity will be the elec
tion of 1964 Southeast District of
ficers. At press time five contend- |
ing candidates had made public|
their intentions to run for these
official positions. Benny Cannon,|
of Statesboro is running for S:E.!'
IPresident. Opposing him is Tom- |
gmy Horton, of Sylvania. Christal
!Bell, of Mcßae is campaigning|
;for First Vice- President and|:
Wayne Gay is representing Millen ||
in his campaign for Second Vice-]
!President. Vidalian Harris Adams |’
| seeks the position of Chaplain of |
| the Southeast District. ‘
‘ Christian Life Conference dele-[‘
gates will cast their ballots onll
Saturday, April 20. The newly !
| elected officers will be installed |
Sunday morning by Dr. Zack S.!l
Henderson, Chairman of the Board |
of Directors of the Southeast Dis- |
trict. These officers will assume |
their duties at the Rock Eagle Os- |
! ficers’ Training Conference in Au.,
'gust. |
!Glenwood School |
{Has Science Fair |
| The Science and Social Studies !
{ Fair in the Glenwood Elemeniary |
School was described by those|
attending as “bigger and better|
than ever.” i
The Primary Department had%
ias their theme “The Community
iand It’s Helpers” and “Animval!
!and Plant Life”. The first \gnade'
i won the blue ribbon and top hon
‘ors. The first grade teacher isi
| Mrs. Jimmie Fields. ;
‘ Miss Helen Reynolds’ second‘l
i grade won second prize and Mrs. |
| Harvey Ken'’s third grade placed |
third. ’
The Elementary Department!
was divided into different phasesi
of Science, as follows: l
Fourth /Grade, Matter; Fifth!
Grade, Electricity; Sixth Grade,%
Solar System, and Seventh Grade, !
Weather. }
Mrs. Mackie Simpson’s Sixthi
Grade won top honors and thel
blue ribbon in the Elementaryll
Department. Mrs. Fred :Lord’sl‘
Fourth Grade won second place,i‘
and Mrs. Kate Peterson’s Fifth:
Grade won third place. ‘
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‘ TEEN-AGE OBESITY |
Obesity not only is a problem!
of adults. It also is a problem|
among teenagers, according to{
Extension Service nutritionist!
Miss Nelle Boyd. She says teen~"
age abesity occurs most frequent
ly with girls who have poor die’cs.l
Modern Dance Club
Officers At WCG
Are Announced l
New officers for the Modern
Dance Club at The Woman’s Col-]
lege of Georgia have been named. |
They include: Beth Cunningham,
‘Augusta, president; Elizabeth Ann
Hopkins, Alamo, wvice-president;
Sandra Marett, Hartwell, secre-i
tary-treasurer; Mary Pinckard,!
Columbus, music chairman; ~andl
Marie Paden, Covington, costume
chairman.
Dr. Barbara Page Beiswanger,
associate professor at the woman’s
college, is sponsor for the group.
The Dance (Club strives to
awaken and foster an apprecia
tion and understanding of con
temporary modern dance as one
of the important American per
forming arts.
Membership in the club is at
tained by passing a technique test
in dance movement and rhythmic
patterns. '
The goal for each member is to
master techniques and crafts of
dance; communicate and perform
with artistic integrity dances
which the members compose;
radiate a dynamic enthusiasm for
rhythm and design; and to will
ingly impose upon themselves the
necessary disciplines to achieve
these wvalues.
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Georgia Power Company President John J. McDonough,
left, accepts the first J. E. McDaniel Award from Dr. Edwin
D. Harrison, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
‘The Co-operative Education Division at Georgia Tech pre
sents the award to the organization or individual contribut
‘ing most to the co-op program.
| Georgia Power, the first recipient of the award, operates
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‘the largest and one of the oldest co-op programs in the state.
‘Under this program, students attend classes part of the year
‘and are employed by the company for the remainder of the
fyear. The awards presentation was made during a recent
‘program marking the 50th anniversary of co-operative edu
}cation at Georgia Tech. &
Wheeler Among 9-County Group
i Ordered To Consolidate Schools
l Nine county school systems
!were ordered Tuesday to proceed
| with consolidation as prescribed
\in the allocation of state building
jmnds dating to 1951.
' The directive came from the
{state board of education which
| earlier had warned that failure to
comply would mean loss of state
funds.
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Latham L. Baxter |
Dies In California |
GLENNVILLE — Latham Ll
Baxter, 58, died Tuesday after- |
noon in Garden Grove, Calif. ‘
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. |
Ernestine Mixon Baxter, of Gar-l
lden Grove; three daughters, Mrs.;
lßobert H. Tootle, of Reidsville,
ers. Emory L. Rogers, of Man‘as-g
lsas and Mrs. William D. Fields, !
[of Glenwood; three step-daugh-‘
| ters, Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Bob
lParker and Miss Elaine Dur
irance, of Garden Grove; a sister, |
iMrs. L. I. Patterson, of Glenn-l
ville; four brothers, R. B. and H.
N. Baxter, of Glennville, W. B.
Baxter, of Reidsville and Brice
Baxter, of Deland, Fla.; seven)
grandchildren; five step-g,rand-l
children, and several nieces and
nephews.
l Rimes Mortuary of Glennville
]was in charge of arrangements.
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Oconee Regional
Library Given Award
The '‘Oconee Regional Library,
lof which The Wheeler County Li
?brary is a member, has recently
lwon an award given by the Book
of-the-Month Club in remem
‘brance of Dorothy Canfield Fish
er. The Ovconee Regional Library
is made up of Laurens, Johnson,
Treutlen and Wheeler County Li
braries. ‘
The award is a check for SI,OOO.
It will be used for reference books
and dbooks for the new bookmo
bile collection.
We were chosen for this awardl
because of good service through
out the county, and for the active
use of our present facilities by
i the people of our county.
We feel that this is indeed an
honor to our library and to ourl
county, and we wish to thank our
readers for their cooperation. Eve-l
ryone who has read a book has
helped us win this award.
Come in and look around. We
have some good books.
Mrs. M. A. Clements,
Librarian, Wheeler County I
SINGLE COPY 6b¢
| The nine counties are Early,|
|Emanuel, Greene, Randolph, Up-|
|son, Tift, Wheeler, Telfair and
' |Wilcox. They are among 12 the
board has had under review for
some time for alleged failure to
{carry out agreed upon mergers.
| The state boad also authorized
1a sweeping study of the Minimum
Foundation Program for Educa
|Jayne Mansfield To }
|Star In Cerebral |
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Palsy Telethon |
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Jayne Mansfield, one of Amer
ica’s most famous blonde enter
tainers will come to Macon, May
4, to star in the Eighth Annual
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Cerebral Palsy Telethon.
The announcement of Miss
Mansfield’s participation in the
Telethon is the first of a group
lof at least four celebrities expect
led to come to Macon for this fund
raising event. The program will
be televised over WMAZ-TV from
the Macon City Auditorium from|
11:00 p.m. Saturday, May 4, tol
5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 5.
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'}Ocmulgee Fai Cattle Show And
!Sale To Be Held On April 26th
' The Ocmulgee Fat Cattle Show
and Sale will be held at the Milan
Livestock Barn on Friday, April
26th.
The show will begin at 10 a.m.
and the steers will be sold in the
afternoon at 2 p.m. This is a three
county show comprising Telfair,
Wheeler and Dodge counties.
C. D. Brannen, Livestock Con
sultant for the Vocational Agri
cultural Division of the State De
partment of Education will judge
the show. Prize money will be
given for the Grand Champion,
Reserve Champion and also for
placing in the classes. Several
members of the Milan FFA Chap
ter have calves to exhibit in the
show.
Forestry Field Day
At the Forestry Field Day held
recently at Toombs-Central High
School J. B. Williams of the Mi
lan FFA placed first in Selective
Marking of standing pulpwood
'To Conduct Dental Survey 0f Schools
The Wheeler County Healthi
Department will conduct a dental ‘
survey of the children of county !
schools during the period April |
lZ3rd to 25th. Doctor Charles B. |
Jones, State dental consultant, |.
will make the examinations with |
the assistance of Dr. Callihan and |
Dr. Mizell, of Mcßae. Parents ang |
children are being advised that |
the examination involves only a |
quick, painless inspection of the |’
mouth and teeth. :
The general findings of the sur- |.
vey will be made public but no
individual reports will be made. i
The purpose of the survey is to |.
discover the prevalence of dental |
disease in order that the Health
Department may have a “base- |
line” for future reference as the |
dental health program progresses. |
Doctor Gordon, the Medical Di- |
rector of the County Health De- ||
tion with a view to upgrading it.
Chairman James S. Peters, of
IManchester said he would names
' a committee socon to initiate thee
study.
The findings are to be turned:.
over to the governor’s Commige:
sion for Education for consideras:
tion,
In another action, the board df=
rected its finance committee tas
dig deeply into operations im
search of ways of reducing ex
penses. All phases of public ed=
ucation were listed for this scrue
tiny.
| It adopted a personnel policg
authorizing the state superintend
lent to employ all professional
staff members within the depart
ment. It limited the hiring of*
non-professional employees to age:
55 and required retirement at 706
National Library
Week To Be Observed
Throughout Nation
National Library Week will bea:
observed April 21-27 by millions:
of Americans throughout the state:
and nation.
Since it started in 1958, the ane.
{ nual week has grown to promie
nence and in 1961, the programy
was endorsed by President Kens
z nedy.
Public response to National Li=
brary Week’s objectives haves
been ‘“very impressive”, accords
ing to many state librarians.
The annual event is sponsored
by the National Book Committees,
Ine, in ecooperation with the
American Library Association.
The aim is to focus attention om
the values of reading and the role:
of the nation’s libraries. This
year the theme is “Reading .. .
The Fifth Freedom . . . Enjoy ™.
Sixty national organizations
participate in the annual prograny
for a “better-read, better-informe
ed America’,
‘tand Harold Brown won secomd
place in the area in Estimating
Sawtimber Volume from standing
trees. These boys received oash
awards.
District FFA Livestock Judging
At the District FFA Livestocl.
Judging at Reidsville State Farne
held recently, J. B. Williams scor«.
ed 95 percent on Hereford heife
ers and breeding gilts; Henrg
Yawn scored 100 percent on Heree
|ford heifers; Wally Walker scored
|IOO percent on Angus steers and
|James Yawn scored 90 percenf
lon gilts.
| The Chapter also made a verg
|creditable showing in the Land
. |Judging contest.
| Dry beans are among the least
‘expensive sources of calories, proe
| Itein, iron and two of the B vita«
| {mins — thiamine and riboflavin—
- laccording to Dr. Mary Gibbs, Ex
[tion Service consumer marketing
. {specialist.
partment, states that it is his hope
land expectation that Alamo and
EGlenwood will soon be able ta
‘}providde the decay - preventive:
;'benefits of fluoridation. The re
sults of the present survey wilk
}be available as a yardstick fom
‘measuring the benefits achieved
\in protection of the children’s:
teeth.
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Pre-School Visitation
Day. Friday, April 26
I The Wheeler County High an
nounces Pre -School Visitation:
Day, Friday, April 28. -
A regular school day has beem:
planned so that the children mag:
visit and become acquainted withe
school personnel and facilities.
All children entering school im
|September are invited to attend.
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