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VOLUME 50
Motorists Lose
3,013 Licenses
Per Month In Ga.
Motorists who violate Georgia’s
traffic laws are losing their driv
er’s licenses at the rate of 3,013
a month. At least, that was the
monthly average in the first quar
ter of 1964 when a total of 9.039
licenses were revoked, suspended
or cancelled, according to a State
Department of Public Safety re
port just released by Col. H. Low
ell Conner, director.
“Some drivers, it seems, just
won’t learn — except the hard
way,’’ Col. Conner observed.
“They know, or certainly should
know by now, that if they violate
our traffic laws and get caught
they are subject to losing their
driving privilege.
“That means, one such action
is taken, that they are prohibited
by law from driving a car for a
specified period. This could be
for as long as three years, or even
permanently, depending on the
seriousness of the offense. Yet
some drivers keep on taking this
chance. It’s pretty foolish.”
A breakdown of the action tak
en by the State Patrol during this
year’s first quarter showed that
of the 4,088 revocations, 3,959 were
for driving under the influence
of intoxicants, 73 for leaving the
scene of an accidition, 32 for
transporting whiskey or contra
band, 21 for hit-and-run accidents
and three for all other offenses.
Os the 2,431 suspensions, speed
ing led all other violations with
760. Next highest was listed as
driving while license was revok
ed, suspended or cancelled, 384;
then the persistent violators, 248;
stop sign or red light violations,
174; following to close to another
vehicle, 154.
Other violations and the num
ber of suspensions were; Reckless
driving, 95; failure to yield right
of-way, 88; driving on wrong side
of road, 49; improper brakes, 16;
physical disability, 15; failure to
report an accident, 10, and all
other violations, 438.
Os the suspensions, 2,520 came
under Georgia’s Safety Responsi
bility Law which the department
administers. Among these were
266 non-residents of Georgia. This
shows that the bulk of license
losers are Georgians.
Daniel Assn. Holds
Missionary Rally
The Daniel Baptist Association
will hold its annual missionary
rally at the First Baptist Church,
Vidalia, April 16th from 9 to 9:45
p.m., the rally is sponsored by the
WMU and Brotherhood Depart
ments of the Association.
Brewton Parker College Quar
tet will render special music at
the rally. Rev. C. S. (Bob) Boat
wright, Missionary to Japan, will
give the missionary message. Be
fore going to Japan he was a re
sident of Summertown, Ga. Mis
sionary volunteers will be recog
nized at the rally and an invita
tion for others to volunteer will
be given.
Rev. Milton Gardner, host pas
tor will give the devotion and
welcome the churches.
Rev. Rufus Hodges, a former
Missionary to Nigeria and now’
on the faculty at Brewton Parker
College will close the meeting
with prayer.
18 Qualify In Dodge County Primary
Election To Be Held On May 12th
The qualifying deadline for the I
Dodge County primary passed at j
noon Saturday, April 11 with 18 i
candidates seeking seven offices, j
Democratic Committee chair
man Herman Peacock listed the
offices and candidates as follows:
Sheriff—Lewis Mullis, incum
bent; Ollie B. Peacock, former
sheriff; Luther Rogers, Eastman
police chief; C. W. Peacock, serv
ice Statioon owner, and Doris
Rogers, groceryman.
Commissioner of roads and rev
enue _ S. C. Cadwell, incumbent;
and Guy Tripp, feed, seed and
farm supply dealer.
School Superintendent —Edward
L. McCranie, incumbent, and
Manning W. Tripp, former super
intendent.
Wheeler County Eagle
Fifty-Nine Ga. Communities Vying
For Slay & See Georgia Award
Fifty-nine Georgia communities
are vying for the 1964 Stay And
See Georgia Championship Award.
Activities of these communities
will be judged in May and prizes
awarded in June.
Lower left — Sandersville Stay
and See Town Hall Barbecue with
over 400 people in attendance re
presenting 30 clubs and organiza
tions in Washington County. Each
club was given a “Clean-Up and
Beautification” project. Upper
left, E. Y. Chapin, Chairman of
the Georgia State Chamber of
Regional Training
Union Meeting Held
At Brewton Parker
The Training Union Convention
for Region 8 w’hich includes elev
en associations was held on Ap
ril 7, at Brewton-Parker College.
The program began at 4:00 p.m.
and ran through 9:00. During tie
evening break supper was served
in the dining hall.
Julian Smith, Lumber City R-l,
president of Region 8, presided
during the meeting. All state train
ing union workers were present
and presented a very inspiring
program.
Highlighting the program was
the Intermediate Bible Sword
Drill and the Young People’s
Speaker’s Tournament.
The Daniel Association placed
first in the Bible Sword Drill.
Gary McGee, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry McGaee, of Glenwood R-l,
won this honor. Gary is a mem
ber of the Sardis Baptist Church
of Glenwood R-l. Gary is the
eleventh first place winner that
Sardis Church has had to win the
regional drill. During the past fif
teen years Sardis has won eleven
first places and four second places
in the regional meetings.
A young lady representing the
Savannah Association and the
Port Wentworth Baptist Church
placed first in the Young People’s
Speaker’s Tournament. These two
winners will represent Region 8
at the State Training Union As
sembly at Mercer University the
week of June 8-13. The winners
there will represent Georgia Bap
tist at the southw’ide meeting at
Ridgecrest, North Carolina.
I Tax Commissioner — Slaton
.Lowery, incumbent, and Vance
[ Cadwell, Dodge County farmer.
| Clerk of Superior Court—Albert
j Harrell, incumbent, and Johnnie
W. Walker, Dodge farmer.
Judge of Ordinary’s Court —
Roy Holder, incumbent; J. R.
Shepherd, contractor; and Albert
Sanders, used car dealer.
Coroner —Joe B. Giddens, in
cumbent, and Bud Dennis, police
officer.
Peacock said the Dodge party
would abide by state regulations
and candidates must receive a
majority of the votes to be nomi
nated without a runoff. The pri
■ mary will be held Tuesday, May
-12.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1964
Commerce’s Travel Council who
sponsor state-wide the Stay And
See Georgia program, and W. C.
Thornton, president of the Great
er Atlanta Dogwood Festival dis
cuss the first Atlanta Dogwood
Festival’s schedule of events and
tours with Atlanta Motor Lodges
Hotel Manager.
The Dogwood Festival is an Ap
ril Stay And See project of the
Atlanta Women’s and DeKalb
Chambers of Commerce. Lower
right, three members of the Con
federate Salvage Association
place the Confederate flag on the
“Muscogee” in preparation for
Columbus’ Stay And See Festival
Days to be held in June. All Stay
And See projects are geared to
community development — thus
making Georgia a better place
to live and a more exciting place
to visit.
William W. Gilder
Dies Saturday
Funeral services were held
Monday from the Alamo Baptist
Church for William Walter Gil
der, 72, well known Wheeler
County resident, who died at his
home Saturday after suffering a
heart attack.
Services were conducted by
Rev. Pat Quattlebaum, assisted by
W. R. Wilder Jr. and burial was
in the Alamo cemetery with Har
ris and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Allie Messer Gilder, three daugh
ters, Mrs. Hilton Scarborough, of
Augusta; Mrs. Elnora Bryant,
Mrs. James R. Brock, of Jackson
ville, Fla., and one son, Harold
Gilder, of Jacksonville, Fla.; five
sisters, Mrs. Rosa Hill, of Alamo;
Mrs. R. L. Irwin, of Knoxville,
Tenn.; Mrs. Emma Thigpen, of
Charleston, S.C.; Mrs. Curtis
White and Mrs. J. B. Causey, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; two brothers,
W. H. Gilder, of Alamo, and Al
bert Gilder, of Jacksonville, Fla.;
eleven grandchildren; four great
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
The following is a list of pa
tients who were in the Wheeler
County Hospital during the week
of April 6th:
Mrs. Emmy D. Sumner, Glen
wood.
Mrs. Tiny Shell, Glenwood.
Mrs. Ellen Thompson, Ailey.
Mrs. Eudene Poulnott, Glen
wood.
Miss Louise Elam, Glenwood.
Mrs. Annie Lee Gowanm, Ala
mo.
Mrs. Della Bright, Glenwood.
Buck Guinn, Glenwood.
Elza Mosley, Soperton.
Mrs. Libby Parrish and baby,
of Mount Vernon.
Colored patients listed as fol
lows:
Ed Carter, Mount Vernon.
Julia Marie, Glenwood.
Leora Ryals, Alamo.
Leo Jones, Glenwood.
Willie Powell, Glenwood.
Maggie McNeal, Ailey.
Patricia Zanders and baby, of
Glenwood.
Revival To Be Held
In Glenwood
Methodist Church
Revival services will begin at
the Glenwood Methodist Church
Sunday, April 26thl and will con
tinue throughout the week.
The speaker will be the Rev.
Ben Williams, pastor of the Hill
Crest Methodist Church in Ma
con.
Services will be held at 9:30
a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The public is
cordially invited to attend each
service.
Tourism Is Now
In High Gear In
State — Sanders
“Their importance to the econo
my is illustrated by the fact that
there are 17,700 travel-serving
businesses in Georgia receiving
SB9B-million in sales and receipts
for their services.”
“Our tourism program is now
in high gear, and we are receiv
ing the benefits today”, Gov. Carl
E. Sanders told the recent Lion's
Club Ladies’ Night Banquet at
Sylvania, where Georgia’s first
Welcome Station was built on U.
S. Highway 301 in 1962. Said he:
“Tourism is already a $329-mil
lion business in Georgia, and pre
dictions now hold that our tour
ist trade will double, and perhaps
even triple, within the foreseea
ble future . . . Consider the fact
that last year over 10-million re
sidents of other states took nearly
four million vacation and recre
ation trips by private automobile
on Georgia highways.
FFA Sweetheart
Contest Held April 9
Miss Janice Pope represented
Wheeler County High in Area
FFA Sweetheart Contest held at
Toombs Central High Thursday,
April 9.
Janice Pope lives on Glenwood
R-2. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Pope, a senior this
year at Wheeler County High;
President of the Senior Class, a
member of the Senior Play cast,
and FFzX Sweetheart for 1963-64.
She is an honor student.
Janice did a skit, “School Days”
to demonstrate her many talents
and abilities. She competed with
seven other FFA Sweethearts
from schools in our area. The two
top sweethearts will compete in
the area contest to be held in
Alamo at the Wheeler County
High Cafetorium at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21.
Pvt. John Jones Jr.
Completes Course
FORT GORDAN, GA. (AHTN-
C) — Pvt. John C. Jones Jr.,
whose parents live on Route 1,
Lumber City, completed an eight
week radio relay and carrier op
eration course at the Army South
eastern Signal School, Fort Gor
don, Ga., April 3.
Jones was trained to operate
and maintain field radio relay
carriers and associated equip
ment.
The 22-year-old soldier entered
the Army in November 1963 and
received basic training at Fort
Gordon. He was graduated from
Wheeler County Training School,
Alamo, in 1957.
School Support
Law Prompts Ga.
Property Study
A $348,000 contract has been
signed by State Auditor Ernest
Davis with a national appraising
firm to conduct a property valua
! tion study throughout Georgia, it
Iwas announced.
The contract was awarded to
j Cole-Layer-Trumble Co., widely
I known specialists in the field of
i property evaluation and taxation,
j Davis said.
The firm will study every
j school district in Georgia to de-
I termine real property valuation
I and its ration to the state as a
| whole, he explained.
The information will be used
ito compute local financial sup-
I port required of each school dis
; trict as its share of the Minimum
! Foundation For Education pro
! gram.
The auditor pointed out that
I the study was required by the
i new education law which changes
I the method of computing local
I support to an equalized digest. A
I complex economic digest is now
i used.
J. Hither Owens
Dies Tuesday
J. Hither Owens, 72, of Alamo
R-l, died Tuesday in his home
after a brief illness.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Thursday in Cedar Grove
Methodist Church. The Rev. W.
L. Sutton officiated and burial was
in the church cemetery.
He was a native of Tift Coun
ty. H- was a farmer and a mem
ber of the Cedar Grover Methodist
Church.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Lula Bell White, of
Alamo; a daughter, Mrs. J. T.
Amerson, of Alamo R-l; seven
Isons, Lemmie Owens, of Alamo
IR-1; Preston, Louie, Willard and
jTony Owens, of Milledgeville; Ce-
I cil Owens, of Chicago and Eu-
I gene Owens, of Lakeland, Fla.;
118 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs.
Sara H. Weeks, of Norman Park;
and a number of. nieces and ne
phews.
iWade J. NeSmith
Os Macon Is Buried
i In Montgomery Co.
j Funeral services were held at
I 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel of
Hart’s Mortuary in Macon for
Wade Jackson NeSmith, 41, who
died Saturday. The Rev. Tommy
i Stowe officiated, and burial was
in the Adams Cemetery in Mont
'gomery County at 1 p.m.
Mr. NeSmith was born in
' Wheeler County, the son of
I Charles and Mamie Crabb Ne
i Smith, and had lived in Macon
j for 24 years. He was a member
lof the Baptist Church.
Surviving are a daughter Ra
ichel NeSmith, a son, Teddy Ne-
I Smith, his mother, Mrs. Mamie
i Crabb, of Macon; three sisters,
j Mrs. Ruth Maye, of Orlando, Fla.;
Mrs. Robbie Harton and Mrs.
! Juanita Crosby, of Macon and two
[brothers, Wayne NeSmith, of
। Clairmont, Fla. and Doyle Ne
i Smith, of Macon.
American Legion Auxiliary Poppy
Anchor To Be Dedicated To War-Dead
A 4 by 7 foot anchor, covered
.with over 10,000 blood-red pop-
I pies, each made by a hospitalized
i veteran, will be dedicated to the
i memory of all American heroes
i who lost their lives at sea. This
year the poppy anchor will be
I dedicated with appropriate cere
■ monies at the First Baptist Church
lin Tifton, at 3:00 p.m. April 26.
[The event takes place each year
!on the Sunday nearest Southern
I Memorial Day.
j The memorial is a continuatio
'of a tradition established by Miss
■ Moina Michael, of Athens. Miss
[Michael, who originated the idea
lof the poppy to keep ever fresh
| the memory of those who died
jin defense of our country, sought
lin some manner to memoralize
[those who were last at sea.
On one of her trips, Miss Mi
' chael met a grieving mother who,
(having lost her army son at sea,
i could not even draw comfort from
placing flowers on his grave, re
turning to her home in Georgia,
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Prominani Mcßae Attorney Enters
Oconee Judicial Circuit Judge Race
IB aw
James B. O'Connor
Mcßae attorney, James B. O’-
Connor, has announced his can
didacy for the office of the Judge
in the Democratic Primary to be
held September 9. Previously an
nounced candidates for this office
are Roger H. Lawson, of Haw
kinsville and Joe C. Underwood,
of Mt. Vernor;.
Mr. O’Connor is a life long resi
dent of Jay Bird Springs com
munity in Dodge County, where
his father, B. J. O’Connor, is a
prominent cattleman and naval
stores operator. After having at
tended the Dodge County public
school system and graduating
from Mt. Vernon’s Brewton Par
ker Institute, he entered Duke
University in Durham, North Car
olina; the year was 1944 and Mr.
O’Connor was then fifteen. Four
years later, in 1948, at the age of
nineteen he graduated from Duke
University with a Batchelor of
Arts degree in Literature. After
Area Eliminations
To Be Held April 21
Elimination for contestants in
Public Speaking, Quartet, Sweet
heart and Strinb Band will be
held at Wheeler County High
School between Area I and II of
District 11, Tuesday night, April
21, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wheeler
County High Cafetorium.
There will be four FFA boys
to speak, four sweethearts, four
quartets and three string bands
in these events. The top students
will be the representatives of
these respective areas at the dis
trict rally where they will com
pete against four others for the
district winners in these events.
The best public speaker will
then compete on a state, tri-state.
regional and national level if he
continues to win at these levels.
This is the first time these
events have been held at Wheeler
County High. The contests are
open to the public, which is cor
dially invited to attend so that
you can see what the young peo
ple in our area are doing.
Schools competing in these
events are Lyons High, Toombs
Central High, Glenville High and
Appling County High.
The events will start promptly
at 7:30 p.m.
she expanded on the poppy theme,
using hand-made poppies to make
a giant anchor. This emblem was
launched on the waves in mem
ory of this son and all others who
gave their lives at sea, at Savan
nah, on Memorial Day, 1919.
Each year thereafter, Miss Mi
chael lovingly assembled the an
chor symbol until the year of her
death, in May 1944. Her friends
in Athens would not allow this
splendid tradition to die with her;
in 1944 and 1945 they carried on
j as she had during the years. This
| project was offered to the Geor
gia Department of the American
Legion Auxiliary, who reverently
accepted the privilege.
; This year the second district has
the honor of performing this serv
ice in memory of our war dead,
under the leadership of Mrs. J.
Ledford Hood, of Tifton, Depart
ment Poppy Anchor Chairman
and Mrs. E. J. Whitfield, of Syl
vester, 2nd district president.
NUMBER 1
। graduation from Duke, he attend
>ed the University of Munich, in
I Munch, Germany before entering
the Walter F. George School of
Law, Mercer University. Then at
j the age of twenty one, Mr. O’Con
nor became a Magna Cum Laude.
| graduate, receiving from Mercer
j University’s School of Law his
law degree.
While at the Walter F. George
School of Law, Mr. O’Connor was
Editor-in-Chief of the Mercer Law-
Review and was active in all
school activities, including the;
honor of being selected a mem
ber of the Court of Honor and
the Blue Key Honor fraternity.
After graduation from law
school, Mr. O’Connor enlisted in,
I the U.S. Army, attaining the rank.
;of Sergeant, was discharged for
the purposes of being commission
ed, and was immediately commis
sioned a First Lieutenant in the
U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate Gen
eral’s Corp. As an army attorney
he attended the Parachute and
Jump Masters schools at Ft. Ben
ning, making twenty-one para
chute jumps. His duties as a mem
ber of the Judge Advocate Gen
eral’s Corp, were mainly those of
the leading prosecuting officer be
fore General Courts MartiaL
After having served over three;
years in the U.S. Army, Mir. O'-
Connor was released from active
duty, returning to Mcßae to open;,
his office for the practice of law
He is now the senior member of
the law firm of O’Connor & War
nock.
In announcing his candidacy.
Mr. O’Connor stated that he was
, entering the race, after careful
thought and the urging of many
. people, with the desire to serve
’ in this important position in a.
professional and unbiased man
ner. He stated htat there is n®
greater responsibility and oppor
tunity to a lawyer than that of
serving on the judiciary, and that
1 he feels his backgroundd, train
' ing and experience fully qualify
! him for this high office.
1 He is a member of Jay Bird'
Springs Baptist Church where he
teaches the Adult Sunday School'
Class. He is a member of numer
ous professional and civic organi-
; zations, including Rotary, EXks,
American Legion, P.T.A., Phi Al*-
pha Delta legal fraternity. Beta
Theta Pi social fraternity, Hel
ena Lodge No. 536, Free and Ac
cepted Masons, Oconee, Georgia
State and American Bar associa
tions and the American Judica
ture Society. He has been active
in numerous civic activities, par
ticularly with Boy Scouts as
Scoutmaster and Troop Commit—
■ tee Member.
He has a son, Shaughn, wha
resides with him and attends.'
Chauncey Elementary School.
Pre-School Visitation
At Wheeler High To
Be Held April 24th
The Wheeler County High-
School is planning a pre-school,
visitatioon day Friday, April 2*
for all children who will enter
school in September.
A regular school day program
will be carried out so children:
may become acquainted with, the
school procedures.
Parents are invited to come and.
register their child at 9:00.
Please come so we can work,,
together to get our children start
ed on their long school journo
happily and successfully.
College Choir To
Render Program Suzu
The twenty-eight-voice Brewton:
Parker College Choir, under tte:
direction of Ralph W. Cooper-,
will present a program of church 1 .,
music at the First Baptist Chuichu,
of Springfield Sunday evening.
April 19, at 8:00 p.m.
In addition to numbers by thes
whole choir, numbers will be ten- ■
dered as solos, duets, mixed qtsar
tets, and sextets. The program
opens with the choir singing, “GR
Holy Saviour.”
The program will close out witte,
the choir’s rendition of “The*
Heaven’s Are Telling.”
Included in the Brewton Par- -
ker group are: Alice Hearn, Lum
ber City; Carol Walker, Mcßae
and Tommy Warren, Milan.