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VOLUME 50
Rain-Slick Roads
Cause 21 Deaihs
Over Weekend
Rain-slick highways contributed
to the 21 weekend traffic deaths
in Georgia, the State Patrol says.
Two crashes claimed six lives,
and the patrol said it was one of
the worst weekend fatality re
cords in Georgia's history.
Three were killed when a pick
up truck collided with a tractor
trailer Saturday on U.S. 41 near
Dalton. Killed were Ranson D.
White, 29, of Lilburn, I. W. White,
16. Lawrenceville, and Larence T.
Winfrey, 53, of North Carolina.
A two-car accident Saturday on
U.S. 29 near Hartwell killed three
others. They were identified as
John T. Stone, 34, his wife, Sara,
32, and her sister, Mary Sue Ad
ams, 44, all of the Martin Com
munity near Athens.
Felton Jordan, 57, of Monticel
lo, died Sunday from injuries suf
fered in a head-on collision near
Eatonton Saturday, the patrol
said. The accident also took the
life of Jar.es R. Hamlett, 39, of
Griffin.
Cal Denison, 21. of Ocil’.a, was
killed Sunday on a county road
near Gcilla when a car overturn
ed.
Jim B. Blackburn, 42, of Lin
colnton, Ga., was killed in a two
car crash Sunday night on U.S.
378 seven miles east of Washing
ton, Ga.
James L. Johnston, 50, of At
lanta, was killed Saturday night
in a two-car wreck in Atlanta.
Susan Thurmond, 20, of. Gaines
ville, was killed Saturday night
in an accident north of Athens on
U.S. 129.
Others killed during the week
end were:
Kenneth Ragsdale, 6, Atlanta;
W. L Mauldin, Dallas; Scott R.
Owens, 15. Mcßae; Peggy Carith
ers. 22, of the Bogart Community;
General L. Brown, 27, and La
verne Williams, both of Atlanta;
Sandra Jean Mock, 7, Augusta;
Rufus Carroll, 66, and Joe H. Wig
german, 34, both of Chamblee.
Dublin Band To
Present Concert
At Wheeler High
The 90-piece Dublin Band, un
der the direction of Mr. Ham
rick, will present a concert in the
cafetorium of the Wheeler County
High School on Tuesday evening.
May 12, at 8 p.m.
This concert is being sponsored
by the Wheeler County Boosters'
Club. There will be no admission
fee.
The public is cordially invited.
BROILER PRICES
Large supplies of broilers so
far this year have resulted in low
er prices in recent weeks. The
number of eggs set for broiler
chicks, however, has fallen below
that of a year ago. Paul C. Bunce,
market information and outlook
specialist with the Cooperative
Extension Service, says this could
lead to some improvement in the
price situation.
About 20 percent of the total
telephone calls to and from the
average newspaper are classified
advertising.
Scott Riley Owens Is Killed In
Automobile Accident Friday Night
Scott Riley Owens, 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Owens,
was killed instantly about mid
night Friday night when he lost
control of the automobile he was
driving from Mcßae to his home
in Wheeler County. The door on
the driver’s side flew open and
he fell from the car as it spun
around, after striking a highway
sign, according to Trooper Breed
love, who investigated the acci
dent.
Young Owens was born in
Wheeler County on September 18,
1948, and was a member of the
Mcßae Methodist Church. He was
a student of the 10th grade of
the Telfair County High School,
where he was popular with both
teachers and students. Members
of the 10th grade homeroom
served as honorary pallbearers.
Funeral services were held Sun-
Wheeler County Eagle
Ogi |
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Trout Season Open
Thousands of Georgia anglers like this one will
be flocking to North Georgia’s picturesque mountain
trout streams this month with the opening of the
State trout season April Ist. until Sept. 15th. More
than 138 trout streams stocked by the State Game
and Fish Commission will be open for more than
50,000 Georgia anglers. Some of the best fishing is
expected on popular streams like Tallulah River,
Coopers Creek, Warwoman Creek, Hiawassee River,
and Jacks River, all in northeast Georgia. Last year’s
daily limit of 8 trout per person per day will remain
in effect. This year for the first time, anglers will
be permitted to fish at night on the open trout
streams. Fishing on the State game management
areas runs from May 2nd, closing Sept. 7th, 1964.
Georgia Hospitals
National Hospital
Governor Carl Sanders has pro
claimed May 10-16 National Hos
pital Week in Georgia to recog
nize the vital role of the hospital
in maintaining a healthy commun
ity. The popular public concept
of a hospital is of. an institution
where a person goes for surgery
or treatment and care for an ill
ness or injury. One out of seven
persons in Georgia this year will
receive care of such a nature in
a hospital. Approximately 27,000
persons on any given day are pa
tients in Georgia’s 199 hospitals.
According to the Georgia Hos
pital Association, although many
more people use hospitals each
passing year, it is a credit to med
ical science that the average hos
pital stay is now only a few days.
Three decades ago a person going
to the hospital could expect to be
hospitalized for at least two to
three weeks. Today, the average
hospital
visit is approximately 7.6 days
and the person is restored to his
job much sooner. And although
daily hospital costs continue to
mount, the Hospital Association
reports that the net cost for a
single illness may well be no
more than it was 30 years ago.
Hospitals do more, however,
than provide patient care. The
advanced scientific equipment now
found in most modern hospitals
makes much more efficient diag
nosis and treatment possible. The
vastly more complex hospitals of
today have become the health cen
ters of their communities, provid
ing not only the inpatient care
that is their major function, but
outpatient services as well. They
j day at 3 p.m. in the Mcßae Meth
odist Church and were conducted
by the pastor, the Rev. Julian
Tucker, and the Rev. Ewell L.
Nelson, pastor of the Metter Pres
byterian Church.
Active pallbearers were George
Best, Jimmy Graham. Johnny
Bland, Wayne Cook, Buddy Col
son and Jimmy Clark.
W. L. Bowen Jr. sang, “Safe
' in the Arms of Jesus,” accompan
ied by Mrs. Fred Hardin, pianist.
Survivors include his parents;
a sister, Miss Donna Owens, of
Augusta; a brother, William Parks
Owens HI, and his grandmothers,
Mrs. W. P. Owens, of Wheeler
County and Mrs. Bessie Tucker,
of Mcßae.
Burial was in Oak Grove Cem
etery with Harris & Smith Fun
j eral Home in charge of arrange
{ments.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1964
To Observe
Week May 10-16
.serve as a training ground for
doctors, nurses, and other health
personnel; provide the facilities
for medical research; teach the
community' preventive medicine;
and are a source of help in event
of a disaster or epidemic.
More than 30,000 Georgians
work in hospitals on a full-time
basis. Added to these are over
7,000 volunteers and more than
900 community leaders who give
their time as hospital trustees.
Today’s hospital patient receives
all the advantages of modern med
icine; more and better care in a
shorter time, and with much more
satisfactory results than were
thought possible five or ten years
ago.
Turner Deaths
Ruled Murder
And Suicide
A coroner’s jury has ruled that
the wife of the Turner County
Sheriff-elect was shot to death
by a man who then killed him
self with the same gun.
Mrs. Thomas E. Kennedy Jr.
and a man from neighboring
Crisp County were found shot to
death in a car parked on a coun
try road near Ashburn, two weeks
ago.
Mrs. Kennedy, a mother of six,
and Robert Egbert Morgan, 38, of
Arabi, died about 30 minutes be
fore they were found on the dirt
road about five miles east of
Ashburn.
Investigators said Mrs. Kennedy
had been shot twice and Morgan
once in the stomach. A 38-cali
ber pistol was found in the car.
Police said it had been deter
mined that Mrs. Kennedy was at
the home of friends near Ashburn
about 200 yards from the scene
of the shooting shortly before she
was shot.
State Tax Revenue
Shows Increase Over
1963 Collections
State Revenue Commissioner
Hiram K. Undercofler reported
collections for the month of April
were $45,738,034, an increase of
$5,528,559, or 13.7 percent over
the same period last year.
This brings total collections to,
date for the fiscal year beginning.
last July Ist to $365,947,481, an
increase of $33,692,977 or 10 per
cent for the same period last year.
In addition, total “windfall” tax ■
collections to date for the fiscal,
year are $10,820,255.
"Keep Wheeler County Green’ ,
The ACP Promotes
Stewardship Os
Soil And Water
This week marks the annual ob
servance of Soil Stewardship
Week. It is significant during this
week when soil and water con
servation receives special atten-
I tion that emphasis is placed on
‘ the word “Steward - ’.
i Our soil on which we are de
j pendent for so many things is not
(self perpetuating. Conservation
i measures must be constantly
: brought into play to preserve and
enrich our land so that all of our
people live well today and to in
sure that future generations will
enjoy these same benefits.
| The task of conserving our soil
। and water resources can best be
'done by the people who live on
I the land. This task is burdensome
। from the financial standpoint. The
! Agricultural Conservation Pro
igram (ACP) with its cost-sharing
; principle has provided financial
| assistance through the years to
I help farmers perform soil and
।water conservation practices which
ithey would have been unable to
I perform with their own resources.
Cost-sharing assistance is ap
! proved by county ASC committees
I only for on-farm conservation
I measures considered necessary to
I meet the most urgently needed
i conservation problems which
I would not otherwise be perform
ed in the public interest. In gen
eral the assistance provided by
the ACP represents about fifty
i percent of the cost of the extent
। approved by the county commit
' tee. The farmer pays the balance
of the cost and in addition, fur
nishes his labor and machinery.
Some of the 1963 ACP conser
: vation accomplishments in Wheel
er County are: Permanent vege
tative cover established on 166
acres, winter and summer cover
seeded on 2027 acres, lime applied
on 684 acres, and 161 lin. feel of
[terraces constructed.
i In performing these practices
: Wheeler County farmers earned
: 21,719 dollars in ACP cost-shar
! ing benefits.
Study Slated For
Ga. Highway Dept.
i
| A nationally-known consulting
'engineering firm has been em-
I ployed to study operations of the
i State Highway Department for the
Governor’s Commission on Effi
ciency and Improvement in Gov
ernment, it was announced by
Gov. Carl E. Sanders.
The study, to be conducted by
Highway Management Associates,
• will begin on May 18 and will
take about eight months to com-
I plete. The U.S. Bureau of Public
| Roads will finance about 70 per
(cent of the cost of the study.
The in-depth survey will give
i particular attention to effective
I utilization of manpower, modern
! fiscal techniques, effective person-
Inel policies, adequate long-range
i planning and control, and organi
jzational planning and develop
ment, Gov. Sanders said.
The firm is now completing a
! similar study in South Carolina
jand has worked in several other
j states.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
The following is a list of pa
tients who were in the Wheeler
County Hospital during the week
of April 27th through May 3rd:
Mrs. Alma Lee Newton, Glen
wood.
Mrs. Ruby Smith, Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Ila Carter, Glenwood.
Mrs. Ranie Harderman, Mount
Vernon.
Mrs. Opal Bridges, Glenwood.
Mrs. Minnie Spivey, Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Mildred Pickle, Glenwood.
Mrs. Virginia Morgan,
Glenwood.
Mrs. Fannie Scarborough,
Mount Vernon.
Fred White, Mount Vernon.
Elza Mosley, Soperton.
Albert Pickle, Glenwood.
Clifford Braden, Alamo.
Warren Lynn Leggett, Alamo.
Colored patients listed as fol
lows:
Herman Henderson, Vidalia.
Laura Blocker, Alamo.
Sally Lou Mackey, Glenwood.
Isiah Nixon, Ailey.
John L. Brown, Tarrytown.
Leo Jones, Glenwood.
Gussie Elizabeth Lee and baby,
of Glenwood.
FLBA Group Attends
Annual Meeting
“The amount of credit extended
to farmers during the year 1963
by federal land bank associations
was the largest in history,” ac
cording to J. Henry Howard, pres
ident of the Federal Land Bank
Association of Swainsboro, who
has just returned from Tampa,
Fla., where he attended the an
nual conference of-land bank as
sociations in Georgia and Florida
on April 27 and 28.
Officers of The Federal Land
Bank of Columbia presented the
annual report of the bank to stock
holders during the conference. The
bank makes long-term farm loans
through the 46 Federal land bank
associations in Georgia, Florida,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina and the stockholders of the
bank are these associations which
own all the bank’s capital. The
report showed assets on the bank
now total over $250 million, with
net worth and contingency re
serves of nearly S3O million, an
increase of more than $3 million
over a year earlier.
“Os the $241 million mortgage
loan account on December 31, 1963
up 13.27 percent over last year,
with over 35,000 farmers in the
four-state area served by the bank
over $79 million is in 12,508 loans
with Georgia farmers,’’ Mr. How
ard said.
Farmers obtained 5,566 new
loans from the bank in 1963 for
nearly $67 million, a new all-time
record.
Other officials of the Swains
boro association attending the con
ference included Elmo D. Rich,
vice president, of Swainsboro;
Fate DeLoach, director, of Metter;
Willis McLain, director, of Lyons;
Ben Franklin Jr., director, of Mil
len; E. O. McKinney, manager,
and Raymond L. Evors, assistant
manager.
। The Swainsboro association han-
I dies the making end servicing of
loans for The Federal Land Bank
of Columbia in Candler, Emanuel,
Jenkins, Montgomery, Screven,
Tattnall, Toombs and Wheeler
counties out of the association of
fice in Swainsboro.
Price of newsprint has gone
from $45 a ton in 1913 to $134 a
ton in 1963.
Political Science Students At Rrewlon
Parker College Hold "Straw Vote"
Political Science students, not to
be outdone by “straw ballots” and
street polls, held an election of
their own this week for the stu
dents at Brewton Parker College,
Mt. Vernon.
Lyndon Johnson, as could be
expected, was the leading Demo
crat polling a respectable seventy
three percent. George Wallace
polled the remainder of the votes
cast by those declaring themselves
as Democrats.
In the Republican Party, Barry
WB?
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Sanders Buys New License
Governor Carl Sanders (right) has joined more
than 800,000 Georgians this month in buying their
new State hunting and fishing licenses. Making the
purchase from Rosser Malone, Director of the State
Game and Fish Commission, (left), Sanders de
scribed his $3.25 combination hunting and fishing
license as “the finest bargain that any citizen of
our State can acquire from a State government
today.” Sanders also bought a fishing licence for
Mrs. Betty Sanders. Both of the two licenses bore
the serial number “1.” Due to the failure to a move
in the last session of the General Assembly to in
crease the license fees, this year’s rates will remain
at $1.25 for fishing, $2.25 for hunting, and $3.25 for
the combination license. The 1963-64 licenses expired
on March 31, 1964.
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Talmadge Exposes Federal GovL
As Discriminator In Reverse
Georgia’s U.S. Sen. Herman E.
Talmadge has charged the fed
eral government with practicing
discrimination in reverse. And he
has had his proof inserted in the
Congressional Record. Arising in
the Senate the other day, the
Georgian declared:
“There has come to my atten
tion a matter which demonstrates
very clearly that the federal gov
ernment, in seeking the enactment
of Title VII of the so-called civil
rights bill, is not nearly so in
terested in equal employment op
portunitits, as it is in preferential
employment opportunities for spe
cial classes of people.
“Nothing illustrates this better
than a Treasury Department mem
orandum for the mid-Atlantic re
gion of. the Internal Revenue
Service. According to this edict,
federal employees are said to be
equal, but rn leality some would
Wheeler County
Man Perishes In
Fire At His Home
An elderly Wheeler County man
perished in flames which destroy
ed his farm home near Glenwood
Wednesday afternoon.
Levi S. Coleman, 70, was found
in a bedroom of the large wooden
home after Glenwood firemen
brought the flames under control.
The fiiemen said the cause of the
blaze was not determined.
A salesman spotted the fire in
the home about a half mile out
of town on the Dublin highway
about 2:30 p.m. and called local
firemen. They fought the blaze
tor two hours. The salesman said
fire was coming out of the win
dows when he first saw it.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Marie Morrison Coleman, of Glen
wood; two sons, M. C. Coleman,
of Lyons, and James Tony Cole
man, of Dallas, Tex.; two sisters,
Mrs. Ennis Bland, of Ocala, Fla.,
and Mrs. Agnes Sikes, of Jack
sonville, Fla.: a brother, Wade
Coleman, of Jacksonville; four
grandchildren and several nieces
and nephews.
Goldwater received fifty-two per
cent while his nearest opponent,
Henry Cabot Lodge, received but
thirty percent. Other Republicans
receiving votes included: Richard
Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Wil
liam Scranton and Margaret Chase
Smith.
College students always have a
sense of humor about things and
some cast write-in votes for Jack
Ruby, “Big John,” Cassius Clay,
and one even voted for the in
structor, Robert Brewer.
।be more equal than others.
! “The memorandum states th®*
i worthwhile policy that all quali
; fied persons in federal employ--
1 men twill be afforded equal op
• portunity without regard to race,
I creed or national origin.
I “Then the directive reverses it
। self by calling for ‘an active pro
gram’ to guarantee the recruit—
! ment, training and advancement:
! of minority group employees. The
; program apparently is to be eon
: ducted especially for minority*
I group employees and provides for
I preferential treatment for them,
; “Presumably, those employees
| who do not belong to a minority
! group must do as they always?
i have done, and get by on. their:
. own initiative and diligence, with—
| out special help from their sit
! periors.
“For instance, if a minority
I group worker in a job training,!
! program is not progressing, hisi
: supervisors are to give him spe--
i cial counseling to find out why,„
। and then to chart a program tai
i move him upward at a faster'
) rate.”
At this point, Sen. Talmadge*
[proceeded to ask some pertinent.,
. questions about the program. Saicft
ihe:
“Is special counseling available 1
j to all employes who may be slow
iin their training programs? Dec
’ all employees get special treat
j ment of this kind?
“We might ask the same ques-
I tions in connection with another
i provision of the memorandum. Ifc
|riquires that a minority group.
! employee who holds a college de
cree but who is not in a high
| ranking job be given special eoun
jseling for placement in a higher -
: position.”
Taking a dim view of what ther
1 government’s answers might be*
he said:
“It would appear that instead.!
:of moving all employees aloes.
[ together on the basis of their per-
I formance and qualifications, mitt—
ority group employees are to- be^
I given special assistance to ad
■ vance more rapidly.
“Supervisors also apparently
are to become publicists and pro
pagandists, and social workers a®- a
well, for they are instructed to
issue news releases on their ac
complishments in this social pro
motion scheme and also to main-, -
tain close ties with minority pres- •
sure groups, such as the NAACF. «
“In my judgment this directive
and I am sure there are others;
like them, provides for a cafcu—
lated program of so-called discrim
ination in reverse. I ask unarti
mous consent that the direetivv
be printed in the Record.’*
Miss Carol Foster
Invited To Join
Sigma Alpha Chi
' Miss Carol Foster, daughter of:l
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Foster, of Barn
bridge, has been extended •an in
vitation to membership in Sigma
Alpha Chi Honor Society at Val
dosta State College.
This is the highest honor re
ceived at VSC. In order for a stu
dent to be recognized as a mem
ber she must maintain an aca
demic average of 3.3.
Miss Foster enjoys an active
life at VSC. She is a member of
the YWCA, representative to the
i Student Religious Council, BSU
! Choir and is a sponsor of. the Tau
| Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
, She is the granddaughter of
I Mrs. Leila Harville and Mrs. Car
! rie Foster, of Alamo.
Pre-School Visitation.
At Glenwood School
To Be Held May 15
The Glenwood School is ptan
i ning a Visitation D&y Friday, Wy
1 15th for all children who
; enter school in September,
j A regular school day prognuasr
! will be carried out so children,
! may become acquainted with the:
! school procedures. Parents are in-
I vited to come and register their
I children at 9:00 a.m.
Please come so we can work:
' together to get our children start
-led on their long school journal
happily and successfully.
i A paper machine was inventeou.
i by Louis Robert in 1798 in Frances-.
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