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VOLUME 50
Two Arrested
In Shooting
In Wilcox Co.
A police official said today an
argument over pay apparently
figured in the fatal shooting of
a prominent Wilcox County farm
er, a member of the county board
of education at Abbeville.
Philetus E. Doster Jr., about
60, was shot once in the back
with a ,22-caliber weapon Satur
day. His son-in-law, Norman
Cohen, found Doster unconscious
in his truck in which he had been
trying to drive for aid.
He died a short time later in
a Hawkinsville hospital.
Jake Miller, 42, and his wife,
Alice, 35. tenants on Doster’s
farm, were taken into custody in
connection with the shooting. No
charges had been filed against
them pending completion of an
investigation and an inquest.
Sheriff F. E. Jennings said he
understood “something about a
week’s pay” for one of the cou
ple’s children who had been
working for Doster was involved
in the shooting.
Mrs. Lizzie Maddox
Buried In Marie
Church Cemetery
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Marie
Baptist Church in Laurens Coun
ty for Mrs. Lizzie Maddox, of
Dublin, who died in a Dublin
hospital last Thursday.
Dr. Allen Freeman, the Rev.
John Manning and the Rev. W.
E. Flanders officiated, and burial
was in the church cemetery with
Townsend Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
A lifelong resident of Laurens
County, Mrs. Maddox was a mem
ber of Marie Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband,
Ben Maddox, of Dublin; three
sons, Freeman Scarborough and
Horace Scarborough, Dublin, and
Bill Scarborough, of Homestead,
Fla.; three stepsons, Robert Mad
dox, of Butler; H. U. Maddox, of
Dublin and Lint Maddox, of Mi
ami, Fla.; three step-daughters,
Mrs. Burnice Branch, of Glen
wood; Mrs. Gene Bankston, of
Savannah, and Mrs. Mary Lizzie
Scarborough, of Dublin and two
brothers, Leonard McGowan, of
Dublin and Joel McGowan, of So
perton.
Paul E. Davis
Assigned To Post
LYONS — The appointment of
Paul E. Davis as Summer Plan
ning Assistant (SPA) in District
Ten of the State Health Depart
ment has just been announced by
Dr. James H. Gordon, District
Health Director.
Davis is Assistant to the Presi
dent of Brewton-Parker College
and most of his work is in the
field of Public Relations.
The SPA will be working in
Tattnall, Toombs, Wheeler, Mont
gomery and Jeff Davis Counties
in a survey of the mental health
needs of the District.
Advertise in the Eagle.
Florida Youth Is Killed In Auto
Wreck On Mcßae ■ Eastman Hiway
James D. McCoy, 16, of Green ■
Cove Springs, Fla. was killed in
stantly when the automobile in ■
which he was a passenger went ’
out of control on a curve on the
highway near Pridgen’s Truck
Stop Saturday afternoon at 4:15
o’clock, according to a report from
the Georgia Highway Patrol Sta-1
tion, in Helena.
The 1964 Falcon was owned and
driven by Bobby Gene Patterson, ।
of Green Cove Springs, and oc- .
cupied by McCoy, Jack Bass, of
Mcßae and Jerry Teal, of Macon.
The Patrolmen, Troopers Ryals ।
Breedlove and M. K. Blocker,
who made the investigation, re
ported that the car was traveling
north at probably in excess of i
100 miles an hour when it left ;
the road on a curve, skidded on 1
the ground to the right shoulder
and traveled 369 feet and hit a ,
ramp; went into the air and trav- ,
eled 60 feet; skidded 33 feet more 1
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GEORGIA’S GOVERNOR CARL SANDERS and members of the Georgia Assembly toured
Stone Mountain Memorial Park to see progress that is being made on the State’s unique
Confederate Memorial which is nearing completion. Governor Sanders is pictured here in
front of the famous Memorial carving which will be completed by Sculptor Walter Han
cock. Legislators and their families saw three new Park attractions that opened on General
Assembly Day. They rode the “Robert E. Lee” steamboat and visited Mark Twain Land, saw
the Hall of Sculptors depicting the history of the mountain and its sculpture, and the Georgia
Battlemap which portrays the War Between the States from Chicamauga to Savannah, Ga.
Sen. Talmadge Hails Tennessee
Preacher's Views On Civil Rights
Describing him as “one of the
greatest preachers in America,”
U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge,
in a recent radio and television
report to Georgians, praised Dr.
Walter Courtenay of the First
Presbyterian Church in Nashville,
Tenn., for his views on human
rights and quoted from one of
his sermons. Said the senator:
“Whenever our current racial
strife, or whenever civil rights is
mentioned, we very rarely hear
the voice of reason, tolerance,
sanity, religion, and law .. . .
Last year he (Dr. Courtenay)
preached to his congregation an
outstanding sermon entitled ’The
Problems of Equality.’ For that,
he received two Freedom Foun
dation awards.
“Just recently, Dr. Courtenay
preached another very outstand
ing sermon, and I thought it was
Lumber City Man
Serving In Okinawa
U. S. FORCES, OKINAWA (A
HTNC) —Army Pvt. John C. Jones
Jr., whose parents live on Route
1, Lumber City, was assigned to
the 30th Artillery Brigade on
Okinawa May 17.
Jones is a radio relay and car
rier operator in the unit’s Head
quarters Battery.
The 23-year-old soldier entered
the Army in November 1963 and
was last stationed at Fort Gordon,
where he completed basic train
ing.
Jones attended Wheeler County
Training School, Alamo.
Miss Lucile Higginbotham, heaa
of the Extension Service health
department, cites a study show
ing that women and children are
most often injured by fire.
! and struck another ramp; went
I into the air again and traveled
90 feet, hit a clay bank and turned
over several times, traveling 78
■ feet more to the point of rest. The
I driver was thrown out and his
• feet were under the car. The
j youth who was killed was in the
i back seat when the Troopers
reached the scene. The automo
bile was completely demolished.
i The three injured men were
. carried to the Telfair County Hos
, pital where it was reported that
i Patterson had a broken back;j
i Bass a broken pelvis, and Teal,
; had suffered numerous cuts and ।
; bruises.
The men were all employed in
Macon and were returning there
: when the wreck took place.
According to the Patrol a traf
' sic case was made charging speed-1
i ing and driving under the in
-1 fluence of intoxicants.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1963
so good that I want to share with
you a portion of what he said,
and I quote:
“I stand to decry sit-ins, lie
downs, kneel-downs, and the de
monstrations that create fear,
block traffic, rob merchants of
essential business, and make a
mockery of law and order. I de
, cry those who incite such actions,
even as I decry their opposites I
who meet unreasonableness with ;
unreasonableness. I decry so-call- j
ed non-violent marches that ere- i
ate feeling of violence in others
and fuse every day with danger, j
“I find little of the spirit of
Jesus in most of what has been I
said and done . . . The methods |
used are hate and fear builders,'
and are in fact a shotgun held ■
at a community’s or businessman’s I
stomach . . . Let no one doubt I
but that our colored friends and
■ fellow citizens have reasonable
I grievances that call for justice...
I One injustice is no excuse for
j concocting others.
“So unbalanced are we in much
of our current thinking that we ।
now propose to pass laws forcing |
employers to hire people they;
1 neither want nor need; to force |
! others to serve people they do
not want to serve; to force others |
■ to work with people they do not j
want to work with, and to threat- i
en honest citizens with fines, jail ।
sentences and the loss of their;
livelihoods for enjoying what I
have been trained to believe are j
the privileges of our American i
democratic free enterprise sys-1
tem.
“We now propose to reshape I
the life of the entire nation to [
suit the needs of one minority (
group and at the cost of depriv
ing other groups of just rights
! under our Constitution.
। “Experience suggests that we
need a long range program of
' advance, that will give people i
। time to adjust and gain under-1
I standing, that will slowly but I
surely bring about a rectification!
| of injustices, that will be Chris-i
I tian in spirit and method, that ;
will -not increase racial tensions, j
I but decrease them.
“One thing seems clear to me
! as a white American: if the ero
sion of the private rights of re
sponsible, honorable citizens con
tinues for the next ten years, if
the federalization of communities
and states is accelerated, our^
American dream will never be,
fulfilled, and alii citizens, and'
the entire world will suffer in
consequence.”
“These were,” commented Sen.
i Talmadge, “just a few of the perti
nent parts of one of the greatest
sermons that I have ever had the
honor to read. Dr. Courtenay has
done an outstanding service for
his church, his state and his na
tion with the great sermon that
he preached on what is the great
• est - domestic problem that faces
| America at the present time.”
Wheeler County
Cancer Crusade
Set For June 25
The Annual American Cancer
Society’s Crusade to save more
lives through research, education
and service is being launched in
Wheeler County this month.
Hyman Gowan, Crusade chair
man for our county, said that
preparation for this year’s Cru-
Isade will concentrate on more ef
[ fective training of volunteers to
Ido the door-to-door bell ringing
I which is so important in raising
l funds and educating the public
lin ways to protect themselves
। from death from cancer.
Mr. Gowan urged all those
i wishing to volunteer in this vital
‘ struggle against possible death
j from cancer, to contact him, Hy
j man Gowan in Glenwood, or Mrs.
Jim Parks in Alamo, for infor
mation about training.
There is a great need for vol
unteers who can saturate the
county with life-saving informa
tion if the job is to be done. Be
-1 cause of the importance of the
! job to the community’s welfare,
! Mr. Gowan is sure the people will
' respond with enthusiasm out of
! a sense of duty and compassion
j for peoples’ lives.
I Men and women everywhere
| are becoming increasingly aware
j of the urgency of the cancer prob
| lem and what they can do about
lit personally. Last year, more
j than 44,000 men and women were
I saved from cancer who would
i have died had they developed the
j disease ten years ago.
i The American Cancer Society
I explains that it is now possible
I to save at least one out of two
1 of those who develop cancer, but
only one out of three is actually
being saved.
This means some 90,000 persons
will die of cancer this year sim
: ply because they did not get to
their doctors in time for early
I diagnosis and prompt treatment.
The Society’s No. 1 goal in the
June Crusade will be saving those
: lives that are lost unnecessarily
! and getting everyone to a doctor
in time for early detection and
prompt treatment. Delay can be
fatal. One’s best protection against
death from cancer is an annual
health checkup. The annual
checkup should be observed as
regularly as a birthday.
The second goal will be to raise
| money for research, education and
| service. The hope of saving half
of those who develop cancer rests
in research, and with the grow
ing number of scientists involved
in it.
Cn June 25th a neighbor or
friend in your community will
call on you to give you life-saving
information about cancer, to an
swer your questions about it, and
ask you to contribute to a Cru
sade, which helps save many lives
in Georgia and possibly in your
own home.
i Little Ocmulgee Park To Receive
Improvements Totaling $190,000
। State Parks Director Horace
। Caldwell announced this week the
■ details of a $2,300,000 bond issue
^improvement program for 16 of
; the 37 parks in the system.
“The bonds authorized by the
I legislature have been sold at a
| low interest rate and the money
jis in the bank,” Caldwell said.
[“A newly-created planning divi-
H. R. Ragan
Eastman Banker
Dies Mon., June 8
Funeral services for Herman R.
i Ragan, 55, of Eastman, who died
i Monday in Dodge County Hospi
| tai, were held at 4 p.m. Wednes
| day in the First Methodist Church
lin Eastman with the Rev. Al
; Crumpler and the Rev. Max O’-
Neal officiating. Burial was in
the Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Ragan was a lifelong resi
। dent of Eastman.
He was a steward of the First
i Methodist Church of Eastman,
; president of the Citizens Clearing
j Bank, chairman of the Dodge
: County Hospital Board, a mem
; ber of the board of directors of
I the Stuckey Stores Inc., a mem
' ber of the Housing Authority of
I Eastman, and a director of the
' Eastman Cotton Mill.
j Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
j Lois Coley Ragan; one son, Bud-
I dy Ragan; two sisters, Mrs. Ches
-1 ter Edwards and Mrs. Ruth Mae
I Barbee, all of. Eastman, and one
I brother, R. T. Ragan, Eastman.
! Stokes - Southerland Funeral
i Home of Eastman was in charge
iof arrangements.
Pea And Bean
Shelling To
Begin June 15
j Beginning Monday, June 15,
। peas and beans will be shelled
I for canning, freezing, grocery and
j home use.
i All types of peas shelled in
I minutes for SI.OO per bushel; but
! terbeans shelled for $1.25 per bu-
Ishel. Smaller quantities accepted
; for 25c and 31c per peck, 25c min
i imum.
Ail work guaranteed. Machine
shelled with 100 percent yield in
! eluding snaps.
Bring your peas and beans by
1 and return for them in one hour,
ilf washing and cleaning is de
| sired there will be a small addi
i tional charge.
I See Mrs. Marie Coleman and
' Mrs. Mae Reynolds, across the
; street from the City Hall in Glen
i wood. Hours 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
i from 7 to 9 p.m. daily except Sun
-1 day.
INTEREST ADDS UP
A $15,000 looan at five and one
. fourth percent annual interest for
j 35 years will cost the homeowner
$17,823 in interest alone, says
। Miss Lora Laine, home manage
■ ment specialist with the Coopera
‘ tive Extension Service. Had the
■ same loan been obtained for 20
i years, she explains, interest pay
(ments would have been only $9,-
>264
"Keep Wheeler County Green."
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BICYCLING BIG FAVORITE WITH JEKYLL VISITORS
JEKYLL ISLAND, GA. — Some cities talk of building bicycle
paths, but none will ever be needed on Jekyll Island. Cyclists
get the right-of-way, and these two sun-kissed specimens show
why. Officials of the island resort say that bicycling has become
a top choice among visitors’ activities—because there are no
hills, there are interesting sights, such as the ancient tabby
house in background, and cycling is slimming. The girls are Carol
Watson, left, and Sally Sewell, both from Fort Lauderdale, fja.
SINGLE COPY 5c
sion in the department is now
blueprinting plans for all of the
improvements.”
The director said the program
would project the parks construc
tion program “years into the fu
ture to meet the swiftly increas
ing public demand.” He added
that the federal assistance would
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Pvt. Billy R. Coleman
(AHTNC) — Army Pvt. Billy
R. Coleman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hilton Coleman, of Mcßae, com
pleted eight weeks of advanced
infantry training with light wea
pons under the Reserve Enlist
ment Program at Fort Polk, La.,
June 5.
During the training Coleman
received instruction in the use of
the automatic rifle, the light ma
chinegun and the 3.5 inch rocket
launcher.
The 21-year-old soldier com
pleted basic training at Fort Jack
son, S.C. Coleman attended
Wheeler County High School, Al
amo.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
The following is a list of pa
tients who were in the Wheeler
County Hospital during the week
of June Ist:
Mrs. Vira Chambers, Glenwood
Mrs. Mary E. Pope, Glenwood
Mrs. Jewell P. Mcßae,
Glenwood
Mrs. Nettie Atchison, Glenwood
Mrs. Marie B. Selph, Glenwood
Miss Cora Paul, Glenwood
Mrs. Lola Jones, Glenwood
Mrs. Catherine Lyles, Ailey
Mrs. Alma Grinstead,
Mount Vernon
Mrs. Martha Barber, Glenwood
Miss Sue Johnson, Mt. Vernon
Miss Anita Horne, Atlanta
Miss Linda Carey, Glenwood
Bernard J. Reynolds, Glenwood
Roger Screws, Glenwood
Henry McGee, Glenwood
James Adams, Alamo
Bobby Ennis Jr., Glenwood
Colored patients listed as fol
lows:
Susie Hurst, Mt. Vernon
Laura Blocker, Alamo
Jonathan Wadley, Soperton
Kate Landers, Alamo
NUMBER 9
be needed to fulfill plans for ex----
pansion of the bond money pro
gram.
The bond funds must be spent-.;
on 16 specific parks because they?
are owned outright by the states
their revenue-producing potential
is good, and they are located io,,
areas qualifying for federal aid.
Expenditure of the bond money
on 16 parks would release more
of the annual allotment of $250,-
000, for construction, to the re
maining 21 parks.
“We hope to start some of the.
construction by October 1 andi
push the work rapidly through
the winter months when the parks
are not crowded,” Caldwell sai<L
“This program will bring many
millions into Georgia in tourist
dollars.”
Listed in the improvements is<
Little Ocmulgee State Park, com
fort station $15,000, group camp,-
for 60 persons $125,000, and 9-hole
golf course $50,000.
Pvt. John Jones Jr.
Sent To Okinawa
U. S. FORCES, OKINAWA (A-*
HTNC) — Army Pvt. John C.,
Jones Jr., whose parents live om
Route 1, Lumber City, was as
signed to the 30th Artillery Bri
gade on Okinawa May 17.
Jones is a radio relay and car
rier operator in the unit’s Head
quarters Battery.
The 23-year-old soldier enteredi
the Army in November 1963 and •
was last stationed at Fort Gordon
where he completed basic train
ing. Jones attended Wheeler -
I County Training School, Alamo
W. S. Sumner Ot
Wheeler County
Dies Thursday
Funeral services were held.
Friday at 2:30 p.m. in the Alaina*
Baptist Church for William. S..
Sumner, 84, well known and high— - -
ly esteemed resident of Wheeler”
County, who died Thursday inu
tile Telfair County Hospital after
several years of declining health-
Services were conducted by the
I pastor, the Rev. Pat Quattlebaum,.
I and burial was in Pinecrest
i etery in Vidalia with Harris
'Smith Funeral Home in charge*
■of arrangements.
| Pallbearers were Walter Purvis,,.
i Ralph Thomas, Guy Couey, Em
mett McCrimmon, Bobby Grimes,
Dyce Shuman, Leroy Clark and”
i H. L. Coleman.
Honorary pallbearers were Mor- -
I ris Johnson, Ester Aiken, Ben Ir
| win, Frank Irwin, Tom Cherry,,,
'D. N. Achord, Martin Johnson,,,
J. F. Hattaway, J. D. Peebles, Hu.
bert Webster, Tom Bailey and:
Walter Riddle.
I Mr. Sumner was born in Wash
ington County on December 25...
1879, the son of Joshua R. andg
Ella Virginia Parker Sumner. He
was a retired farmer, and a mem
ber of the Alamo Baptist Church.
Survivors include two nephews,,,
Ray Cummings, of Vidalia and .
Joe Sumner, of Dublin, and threev
nieces, Mrs. Emmett McCrimmon,,
of Mt. Vernon; Mrs. A. H. Mar-«-
shall Jr. and Mrs. Ernest Barlow.,
both of Tennille.
Henry A. Gillis
Buried In Treutlen
County Monday
Funeral services were held,
i Monday at 3:30 p.m. from th*
Lothair Methodist Church for
Henry Archie Gillis, 72, of So
perton R-2, who died Saturdays
night in the Treutlen County Hos>«
pital following a long illness.
The Rev. Curtis Drake offici
ated, and burial was in the West—-
view Cemetery with Sammonu.
Funeral Home in charge of ar -
rangements.
Mr. Gillis was a lifelong resi*--
dent of Treutlen County.
He is survived by his wife, th«.
former Miss Ola Dukes; four sons..
Monroe Gillis, of Ft. Pierce, Fla^
Ralph Gillis, of Glenwood; Jacte-
Gillis, of Soperton and W. O. Gil
lis, of Miami, Fla.; a daughter^,.
Mrs. Jim Moore, of. Vidalia; andc
one brother, Tillman Gillis, oS"'
Soperton.