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VOLUME 49
Mental Health Week
To Be Observed
April 28 - May 4
Mental Health Week this year
is being observed April 28 to
May 4, with the entire month of
May designated as Mental Health
Month.
There is a new awakening by
all our citizens toward mental ill
ness, for too long we attached a I
stigma to those who were afflict-1
ed with a mental or emotional j
disorder.
Mental illness is now recog
nized to affect more of our citi
zens than any other disease, and;
has the highest rate of curability. I
We recommend to all our citi-!
zens that they join with the Na-1
tional, State and Local Mental ’
Health Associations in the obser-1
vance of the “National Rally I
Against Mental Illness” April 28j
through May 4th. j
Congressional Issues
To Be Aired At
Farmers Meetings
Farmers of Georgia will dis-1
cuss pending Congressional issues!
vital to agriculture in Farm Bu-!
reau district meetings, Georgia I
Farm Bureau President Harry L.!
Brown said today.
“Congressional action either for
or against the issues is expected ।
in this session of Congress,”
Brown explained.
Farm Bureau member families
are expected to take a close look
at proposals already before Con
gress including (1) Feed Grain
Legislation, (2) the Federal Bud- :
get, (3) Cotton Legislation, (4) i
Federal Aid to Education, and (5) j
any other timely subject. t ;
“These and other matters will
affect farm income,” Brown said
in emphasizing that Farm Bu-h
reau leaders need to know and
understand the issues.
Attending the conferences will
be county Farm Bureau officers,
local legislative committees, Farm
Bureau Women Chairmen, and I
wheat growers.
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Georgia Municipal
Association To
Meet April 18
The Georgia Municipal Asso
ciation has begun its annual ser- ■
ies of spring district meetings, ।;
the first being a joint Third-
Fourth District gathering at Cal
laway Gardens April 10, 11.
Others will be held in the re- _
mainder of Georgia’s ten congres- -
sional districts during April and j;
May. ■.
Purposes of the meetings are j
to report to the membership on j
Municipal Association programs, | 1
nominate district officers, and de-;
velop new’ programs for consid-; 1
eration at the GMA annual con- j ■
vention. The convention this year i i
will be in Savannah June 23-25.1-
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Hospital Patients i'
abaaaaa R a ■ m: *
The following patients were ad-I
mitted to the Telfair County Hos-j,
pital during the past week: Mrs.•
Billy W. Walker, Homer Boyd, I 1
Mrs. Heraldine Seabolt and Sar- i ।
ah Elizabeth White, of Mcßae; •
Mrs. N. A. Livingston, of Mcßae j |
R-l; Mrs. C. W. Jones and Mrs. : 1
Betty Warren, of Mcßae R-2; Mrs.>
Tom Veal, A. B. Grimes and Mike i,
Seabolt, of Helena R-l; Mr. and i'
Mrs. Walter Boney, Edmund Hil-C
liard, and Mrs. Myrtice Coffee, j
of Rhine; J. E. Smith and Mrs. i ,
Fred Fletcher, of Jacksonville R-I
1; V. L. Thomas, Mrs. Rosa Wil- ■
liamson, Miss Maggie Sue Clark, j'
R. R. McGregor, Mrs. Mary Hea- j ’
ton, Mrs. Lena Knight and Mrs. •
Jack Wetherington, of Milan;!
Mrs. Joe Marchant and Mrs. Cur- i,
tis Jones, of Milan R-2; Kenneth I
Goodman, Charles H. Shepherdi ‘
and Debbie Powell, of Lumber i'
City; J. C. Wahl, of Chauncey; i !
Charles E. Cox and Bennett j (
Achord, of Alamo; L. T. Manus, I ‘
of Glenwood R-l; Harold Schan
er, of Freemont, Mich.; Carrie
McMillan, of Mcßae and Willie
Jo Brown and infant daughter, of ’
Alamo R-2.
Extension Service consumer
marketing specialists report that 1
egg supplies are at a seasonal I
peak this time of year. :
Wheeler County Eagle
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Left to right, front row: Mrs. W. M. O’Conner, Lyons; Mrs. J. T. Phillips, Mt. Vernon.
Second row: Mrs. O. L. Pedigo Jr., Stone Mountain; Mrs. M. L. Stephens, Umatilla,
Fla.; Mrs. C. L. Shelby, Mt. Vernon.
Daniell Baptist W.M.U. Held Their |
Spring Promotional Meet April 11
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Old-fashioned dresses of the
1390 era were much in evidence
at the Vidalia First Baptist
Church on Thursday evening, Ap
ril 11th, when the Spring Promo
tional Meeting of Daniell Baptist
Woman’s Missionary Union was
held.
The Associational President,
Mrs. W. M. O’Conner, of Lyons,
presided over the meeting which
Was designated as the 75th An
niversary Celebration of the
Southern Baptist WMU.
Mrs. A. O. Brinson, of Soper
ton recognized and presented each
past associational president, who
was present, a hand-made badge
in the WMU colors bearing the
name and the years of service of
the recipient. These included
Mrs. M. L. Stephens, of Umatilla,
Fla., 1927-1937; Mrs. C. L. Shel
by, Mt. Vernon, 1947-48; Mrs.
O. L. Pedigo Jr., Stone Mountain,
1955-59; Mrs. J. T. Phillips, Mt.
Vernon, 1959-1962, and Mrs. Wil
liam M. O'Conner, Lyons, the
present president.
Those present who were 75
years old or older received a red
rose and of these, the oldest, Mrs.
V. B. Herring, of Vidalia, who
was 84, received a yellow rose.
Others on this list were Mrs. Cal
lie Reddick, Mrs. M. E. Hall, Mrs.
H. V. Thompson Sr., Mrs. C. J.
Adams, Mrs. J. L. Lowery, Mrs.
W. H. Sasser, Mrs. J. M. Watson,
Mrs. S. W. Wheeler, and Dr. R.
L. Robinson, president emeritus
of Brewton-Parker College.
An interesting feature of the
program was the history of the
Daniell Baptist WMU since its
beginning in 1906 given by Mrs.
Roy Sims, president of the Vi
dalia First Baptist WMU and
chairman of the Anniversary His
torical Committee.
Officers for 1963-64 were elect
ed and installed as follows:
"Keep Wheeler County Green”
Dol Windham Attends Leadership
Conference Held At FFA-FHA Camp
Ten Brewton-Parker College
Baptist Student Union Leaders
attended the State Leadership
Training Conference held at the
FFA-FHA Camp at Jackson Lake,
near Covington last weekend.
The annual conference is spon
sored by the Georgia Baptist Con
vention Department of Student
Work. It was presided over by
the president, John Baxley and
had as its theme, “I Will Extol
Thee”. Dr. Wesley Crenshaw,
pastor of the Greenforest Baptist
Church of Decatur, presented the
bible study in three sessions.
Others taking part in the con
ference as leaders included: Rev.
Leonard B. Allen, Consultant for
the Baptist World Alliance (this
will Ibe held in Beruit, Lebanon
in 1964); Dr. Doyle J. Baird,
Sunday School Board, Southern
Baptist Convention, Nashville,
Tennessee; Miss Judy Burdett (a
Brewton Parker graduate), Youth
Director, Savannah Baptist Cen-.
ter; Rev. Frank A. Hooper 111,
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1963
■ President — Mrs. W. M. O’- i
: Conner, Lyons.
Vice-President — Mrs. W. H.;
■ Kent, Glenwood.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. ।
t Roy Sims, Vidalia.
; Treasurer — Mrs. B. H. Moses,;
Uvalda.
Y.W.A. Director — Mrs. Rufus ।
Hodges Jr., Mt. Vernon.
! G.A. Director — Mrs. Charles!
. Whitson, Vidalia.
Prayer Chairman — Mrs. J. E.
Nail, Ailey.
Community Missions Chairman
( — NJrs. Gene Brooks, Soperton.
( Mission Study Chairman —Mrs.
J. R. Bowen, Vidalia.
, i Stewardship Chairman — Mrs.
Jr. E. Tuten Jr., Alamo.
J District Vice-Presidents: Mrs.!
, i James Thompson, Ailey; Mrs. J
. Jewell Gillis, Glenwood; Mrs. j
Wilbur New Lyons; Mrs. J. E.
Mosley, Vidalia; Mrs. Willie Sim
ons, Soperton.
Following the meeting a fel
■ lowship hour took place in the
assembly room of the educational
J building. Mrs. Leigh Humphrey,
of Vidalia, chairman of the host-
I ess committee was assisted in en
, ’ tertaining by Mrs. T. Q. Vann,
Mrs. Lamar Brown, Mrs. Edwin
Smith, Mrs. W. S. Snell, Mrs.
Bdb George, Mrs. Kilby Rushton,
Mrs. Ralph Parson, Mrs. Charles
' Ellington and Mrs. Hugh Price,
>of Vidalia and Mrs. M. M. Gray,
‘ of Uvalda.
। Mrs. J. T. Phillips was chair-
I man of the program and plan
' ning committee for this meeting.
Those who served with her were
Mrs. W. M. O’Conner, Mrs. J. *
D. Bowen, Mrs. J. R. Bowen, Mrs. j
Leigh Humphrey, and Mrs. Roy j
Sims.
: Each local WMU in the asso
-1 ciation had a definite responsi
bility in preparing for this oeca
: sion which assembled about 275
WMU members, pastors and their
wives, and out-of-town guests.
Southern Baptist Missionary to
Israel; Rev. Aubrey Hawkins,
Secretary of Student Work, Geor
gia Baptist Convention, Atlanta;
Charles Roselle, Secretary Stu
dent Work Tennessee Baptist
Convention, Nashville, Tennessee;
and Rev. Ralph Winders, Secre
tary Student Work, Mississippi
Baptist Convention, Jackson, Mis
sissippi.
One of the most inspiring ac
tivities of the conference was the
observance of a fifteen minute
period of ‘‘Creative Silence”.
Mrs. Rufus Hodges, sponsor of
the Brewton Parker group accom
panied the following students on
the trip:
Louise Erown, Butler; Carolyn
Heath, Soperton; Carol Turton,
Plymouth, Fla.; Robert Anderson,
Grovetown; Dot Windham, Glen
wood; Vicki Sullens, Brunswick;
Mike Anderson, Harlem; Kay
Reynolds, Winder; and Jimmy
McLeod, Hazlehurst.
Wheeler Training
School News
The Wheeler County Training
[School participated in the Region
’Eight Student Day meeting which
iwas held at Millen at The Bur-
Igess Landrum High School on
’Saturday, April 20. The school
I won a third place trophy.
There are fourteen counties in
I Region Eight and Wheeler is very
; proud to rate number three in
| the overall activities.
The Attendance Cup went to
I First Grade-B for the seventh
■ school month. Mrs. A. L. Green
j and her class had a 96 percent
attendance.
Sen. Talmadge Talks On Medicare
And Education For Georgia Citizens
Back in his native Georgia for
j a brief stay, U.S. Sen. Herman
i E. Talmadge dedicated two hos
! oitals and talked to parents and
:eachers about the future of ed
ucation.
The Senator said that school
dropouts are “one of the most
-rtical problems facing Georgia
today," and suggested that a high
er compulsory education age
might help solve the problem.
He noted that the largest per
centage of dropouts occur above
the legal age limit of 16.
Addressing the Milton High
School PTA at Alpharetta, Tal
madge termed Georgia’s high
dropout rate — one of the high
est in the nation — “a serious
threat to the future progress of
he state."
Citing National Education As-'
sociation figures, which show,
j Georgia’s 1963 high school grad- ;
i uating class is only 51.8 percent
j of the 1957-58 eighth grade en
! rollments, almost 20 percent low
er than the national median, he
said:
“In terms of wasted human re
sources, this means approximate
y that for every 50 high school
graduates, 50 other inadequately I
educated young men and women
ire struggling to make their way
in a society which now more than
ever demands a fully trained mind
and body.”
In dedicating the new 50-bed ;
Dodge County Hospital at East- j
man, built under the Hill-Burton :
Act at a cost of $924,457, Sen.
Talmadge said Georgians are
now being provided “the best.
hospital and medical care in the ।
history of the state.”
He said Georgia’s hospital ’
building program was “second to i
none” in the nation and has made i
available to virtually every citi- ;
zen of. the state “the best facili
ties known to medical science."
Talmadge said he took “a great
deal of pride” in the fact that the
State-financed hospital and health
center- construction program co
ordinated with the Hull-Burton
Act was launched during his ad
ministration as governor.
Since the program was started
15 years ago, a total of $178,735,-
415 has been spent to build hos
pitals and health centers through
out Georgia. Os ‘his amount, $33,-
i 678,037 was appropriated by the ;
। state, he pointed out. The over
all Georgia program to date in
' eludes 85 new hospitals with a
Georgia Farmers
Have New Weapon
In Weed Fight
Georgia farmers have a new
weapon to use in their against
weeds in Coastal Bermuda grass.
Research workers at the Coast
al Plain Experiment Station have
cleared Simazine for.use on Coast
al, James Miller, agronomist with
the Cooperative Extension Serv
ice, University of Georgia, report
ed this week.
Applied at the rate of three
pounds of active ingredient per
acre, Simazine will control grass
es and weeds fo~ the first season
after planting, Mr. Miller said.
He added that this herbicide
should be applied in 20 to 40 gal
lons of water per acre immedi
ately after the Coastal Bermuda
springs have been planted.
Mr. Miller cautioned growers
that grazing or hay must not be
taken from the area for five
1 <months. “This is necessary,” he
explained, “to avoid residue haz
’ ards.”
The amine form of 2,4-D may
be used on Coastal Bermuda il
farmers want to graze the area
during the first year. Two pounds
of 2,4-D acid equivalent applied
in 20 to 40 gallons of water pea
acre will give pre-emergence
control of grasses and weeds for
four to six weeks.
Mr. Miller suggested farmers
contact their county agent fol
specific details on applying eith
ed Simazine or 2,4-D.
Remove eggs from the refrige
rator about one-half hour before
cooking, whether they are to be
cooked in the shell or out, sug
gest Extension nutritionists.
■ total of 4,803 beds; 69 additions
i to existing hospitals with 2,826
new beds, and 140 health centers
and auxiliaries.
“With such a record,” he add
ed, “it is no wonder that the hos
pital construction program in
Georgia is said by the U.S. Pub
lic Health Service to be one of
the most outstanding in the coun
try.”
The other Hill-Burton hospital
Sen. Talmadge dedicated was the
$3-million South Fulton Hospital
at East Point. The 150-bed fa
cility will serve East Point, Col
lege Park, Hapeville, West At
lanta, South Fulton County and
adjoining areas of Fayette and
Clayton Counties. The Senator
was high in his praise of the hos
pital and the local people who
! made it possible.
ty High School 12:00-3:30.
I Friday, May 3: Lumber City
School 9:00-1:00; Lumber City
Community 1:05-3:30. i
Eighth Annual Cerebral Palsy
Telethon To Be Held In Macon
Four famous stars of stage,
screen and television will be fea
' tured on the Bth Annual Cerebral
Palsy Telethon to be held in Ma
con’s City Auditorium on May
4 and 5.
Telethon officials have announ
ced that Jayne Mansfield, famous
i blonde beauty of stage fame, will
highlight the 18-hour program
' for the benefit of United Cerebral
. Palsy of Macon and Middle Geor
| gia. Ilene Woods, best known as
! the speaking and singing voice
! of Cinderella will share the spot
, light with Miss Mansfield.
I Jay North, the mischief maker
;of “Dennis the Menace”, and Vic
tor Jory, co-star of the Academy
Award winning motion picture,
“Miracle Worker”, will be the
“boy and man” stars of the pro
gram to be telecast over WMAZ
TV from 11:00 p.m., May 4, un
til 5:00 p.m., May 5.
Peace officers throughout the
Middle Georgia area have been
co-sponsors of the Telethon for
the past several years and will
again participate in the fund
raising activities, W. A. Scho
field, telethon chairman, announ
; ced. Local police and sheriff’s of
ficers have made outstanding re
cords on their telethon activity
and predict this will be their most
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Mrs. L M. Pope's Brother, Judge
Douglas F. Thomas, Dies In Jesup
Superior Court Judge Emeritus
Douglas F. Thomas, 63, of Odum,
died early Monday morning at
the Wayne County Memorial Hos
pital in Jesup.
Thomas was stricken with a
heart attack Jan. 7 shortly after
retiring from active service in
the Brunswick Judicial Circuit
Dec. 27.
Since his Jan. 7 heart attack,
Thomas had been hospitalized
several times. His latest admit
tance was last Saturday.
A hospital spokesman said
Thomas died at 1:30 a.m.
Funeral services were held
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Harold E. Graham
Election of the Rev. Harold E.
Graham, of. Red Oak, as area mis
sionary for the Georgia Baptist
Convention was announced today
by Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, At
lanta, Convention executive sec
retary-treasurer.
Graham, who is currently mis
sionary in the Fairburn Associa
tion, just south of Atlanta, will
serve as missionary in the Ben
Hill - Irwin, Little River, Mell
and Telfair Associations, which
includes Wilcox, Ben Hill-Irwin,
Telfair, and Tift counties.
A graduate of Armstrong Col
lege, Savannah, the University of
Georgia, Athens, and Southalrn
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Ky., Graham will
serve under the Administration
Committee of the Georgia Baptist
Convention Executive Committee
for general missionary endeavor I
in the multi-county area in South-1
Central Georgia. A local advisory ;
committee from each association I
will participate in direction of the |
program.
A native of Egypt, Ga., and the i
father of five children, Graham i
is scheduled to assume his respon-1
sibilities June 15, and will make ’
Fitzgerald his home. He has!
served as a pastor, and has been i
missionary in the Fairburn As-1
i sociation for the past five years, i
Victor Jory
successful year.
Funds raised during the past
seven telethons have made possi
: ble the establishment of a school
j and treatment center in Macon
i for the benefit of the cerebral
: palsied in a 24 county area. J.
.C. Alexander, president of UOP
of Macon and Middle Georgia,
revealed. He said the center now
operates a dental clinic for the
cerebral palsied in this area and
is the only one of its kind in the i
entire Southeast.
; - Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Odum
■ | Methodist Church.
Barnesville Native
Thomas, a native of Barnesville,
i has been on the superior court
1 i bench since being appointed by
। then Gov. Herman Talmadge to
1 i fill the unexpired term of the lata
‘ ’ J udge Gordon Knox on Sept. 4*
' 1948.
> | During his service as judge ol
’ ! the Brunswick Circuit, Thomas
■ । was opposed twice for reelection
but won handily in each instance.
1 He was unopposed in 1958.
Thomas had a long record ot
* public service including four
' terms as mayor of Odum; nine
years as solicitor of the City Court
of Jesup; past chairman of the
board of trustees of the Odum
School; and past county attorney
for Wayne County.
In 1936, Thomas was a candb
date for the state Senate from
the then Third District but was
not elected. He also was defeated
in a 1946 bid for the Brunswick.
Judicial Circui‘ judgeship.
Pasi Bar President
Thomas had served as past
president of the Brunswick Ju*
dicial Circuit Bar Association.
In announcing his retirement
and withdrawal from the judge
ship race June 13, 1962, Thomas
said concern for his health and
the health of members of his fam
ily prompted his action.
He had expressed a desire t»
be active in retirement and re
turn to beekeeping and cattle
ranching. He had large farming
interests near Odum.
Thomas was honored by the
Brunswick Bar Association at a
Christmas dinner last year at
which time he was presented aa
engraved tray.
Given Wine Service
. During his final full term ot
court in Jesup. Thomas was pre
sented a silver wine service by
the panel of jurors appointed to
serve under him.
Survivors of Thomas are hi»
wife, Mrs Neta Hilton Thomas^
of Odum; four sisters, Mrs. L. M.
Pope, of Alamo, Mrs. N. F. Fain,
of Quincy, Fla., Mrs. Carl T. Kim
berly, of Hawkinsville, Miss Eliz
abeth Thomas, of Pensacola, Fla.;
and a brother, J. H. C. Thomas^
iof Hattiesburg, Miss.
Thomas was buried with full
• Masonic rites at the Odum Ceme
j tery following the funeral serv
! ice. Rinehart and Son Funeral
! Home of Jesup was in charge.
I Social Security
’ For those people receiving so-
I ical security payments, April 15
jis not just a deadline for filing
! their personal income tax returns,
■ according to Eugene F. Corne-
jlius, manager of the Macon dis
trict office.
Cornelius explained today, that
anyone who received social se
curity checks last year and earn
।ed over SI2OO, must file an an-
I nual earnings report with the So
[laci Security Administration be
| fore April 15. The reason for mak
ing this report is to allow for any
necessary corrections to the in
dividual’s account.
He said that many people are
idue additional checks for 1962 and
; that they will be promptly paid
j after the report is received. Also,
iif anyone received a check for
i each month of 1962 and earned
I over SI2OO, he may have received
। too much money. Again, this re
i port will allow for the necessary
! corrections. Cornelius advised
| that if you have not received a
; copy of the reporting form by
[mail, just call or write his office
■ and they will send you one.
Cornelius encouraged early fil
ing of this report so that any
money due you can be sent right
i away.
The local office is located at
152 New Street in Macon. The
telephone number is 742-5785.
EASIER WHEN EARLY
Family life specialists with ths
' University’s Cooperative Ex ten
j sion Service point out that prac
j tically everyone has to learn ta
j accept responsibilities some time
iin his life. It becomes easier, and
Ihe does a better job, when he
[learns early.
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