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VOLUME 50
Menial Health
Conference
Held Al Lyons
LYONS — Personnel from six
districts of the state, including
Statesboro, Lyons, Savannah, Jes
up and Waycross met in the Dis
trict Health Center' at Lyons last
week for a conference on mental
health.
The conference was one of. five
being held throughout Georgia to
plan for the mental health sur
vey being carried out this sum
mer. Summer Planning Assistants
(SPA) have been selected in each
district and will work toward de
veloping over-all mental health
plans for the various districts. The
SPA’s will be especially interest
ed in determining the extent of
mental illness in the districts;
finding what services...these peo
ple need; locating the facilities
which are available to offset these
needs; and to determine priorities
of service. Four general categor
ies which will be given full at
tention include; the mentally and
emotionally disturbed, alcoholism,
drug addiction and mental retar
dation.
Dr. James H. Gordon, Medical
Director fur District 10, welcomed
ths group and acted as host.
Thomas Gibson, Director of the
State’s Mental Health Planning
Project, and Dr. Melvin Drucker,
Chief Psychologist of. the Com
munity Health Service, were in
charge of the meeting. The morn
ing session was devoted to the
orientation of the SPA’s and the
general outline of summer plans.
A panel composed of Dr. Kath
ryn Lovett, Psychiatrist, States
boro; Miss Blanche Robertson, So
cial Worker, and Mr. H. Murphy,
Psychologist with the Chatham
County Health Dept., heard Miss
Reba Spell, Visiting Teacher in
Toombs County, present a case
study.
Others attending included Paul
E. Davis, SPA District 10, and
Mrs. Ruby Johnson, Public Health
Nurse in Wheeler County.
Alamo Methodist
Vacation Church
School June 22-26
The theme tor Vacation Church
School is “Jesus Learning About
Him and From Him.” The pro
gram will consist of class study,
music, crafts, and various activi
ties. The daily sessions will begin
at 8:30 a.m. with an assembly.
The children will be dismissed
at 11:00 a.m. The boys and girls
of the Alamo community are in
vited to attend.
On Friday evening there will
be a combined Vacation Church
School and Sunday School picnic
to be held at Jay Bird Springs.
Wheeler County Cancer Crusade
Drive For Contributions June 25th
The American Cancer Society
announced that it would again use
its time-tried theme — “To Cure
More, Give More” during its Cru
sade in June. The Society will also
continue to use its familiar slo
gan, “Fight Cancer With A Check
up And A Check.”
Both slogans are meaningful.
All of us admit cancer is an ur
gent problem. About 530,000 will
develop cancer in 1964. There
will be more than 280,000 deaths
from the disease this year.
In the face of this, we must
waste no time in developing new
cures for cancer and better de
tection techniques because lost
time means lost lives. The Socie
ty’s broad research program is
geared to move ahead toward this
end.
Also the Society must move
ahead with its education and serv
ice programs — both of which
are saving lives now.
“To Cure More, Give More,”
reflects the Society’s determina
tion to reach more people with
life-saving facts about cancer;
provide more physicians with the
latest facts about detection and
treatment; to support more scient
ists in the growing cancer re
search field, and to supply more
service to cancer patients.
Mr. Hyman Gowan, Chairman
of the Crusade, pointed out that
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Southern Nitrogen’s new chemical complex will be built on 13-acre site shown at top
of photo. Below, is the Georgia Ports Authority’s inland barge terminal located on the
Flint River at Bainbridge.
$3.5 Million Chemical Complex For
Bainbridge Inland Barge Terminal
| The Georgia Ports Authority
{and Southern Nitrogen Company
jof Savannah, have announced
i plans for the construction of a
। $3.5 million chemical fertilizer
manufacturing and distribution
facility to be located at the GPA
inland barge terminal in Bain
bridge. Groundbreaking ceremon
i ies were scheduled for noon on
Monday, June 15.
Construction began immediately
on two separate manufacturing
; plants, one for the production of
; nitric acid and nitrogen solutions
! and another for the granulation
■of mixed fertilizers. Cost of the
plants will be $2.3 million, ac
cording to Southern Nitrogen
President, John R. Riley.
Also included in the announced
plans are a new 120,000 square
’ foot warehouse and two liquid
storage tanks to be built by the
Georgia Ports Authority at a cost
of $1.2 million. These will be
leased to Southern Nitrogen for
। the storage and distribution of
I both liquid and solid fertilizers.
In commenting on the multi
million dollar expansion project,
GPA Chairman, Robert C. Nor
man, of Augusta, said, “We of the
Georgia Ports Authority are grati
fied that Southern Nitrogen has
chosen our Bainbridge terminal
for their new plant. This will be
a tremendous asset not only' to
Bainbridge but to agricultural in
terests throughout southwest Ga.,
southeast Alabama and western
Florida.
the Society has a new focus this
year — “more and better trained
volunteers.”
We are going to acquaint our
volunteers with all the facts about
cancer — how people can best
protect themselves from death
from the disease and the need
for stepping-up cancer research.
More effective education can save
hives today. More funds for re
| search promises an earlier solu
ition to the cancer problem.
“More people than ever before
are aware that cancer is an emer
gency problem,” Gowan said, “I
am confident we will do much
better this year. The lives of some
48,000,000 Americans now alive
are at stake. That is the number
who will eventually develop can
cer if present rates continue.
When people realize this, they
will understand why we say ‘To
Cure More, Give More’.”
Be ready June 25th when you
are called upon to give. We want
Wheeler County to make a good
| showing with its contributions, to
let people know we are aware of
cancer and its dangers. The So
j ciety has good slogans — think
| about them and you will under
i stand why you must do your
i part. “To Cure More, Give More.”
i “Fight Cancer with a Checkup
' and a Check.”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1964
Norman pointed out that the
joint project clearly shows what
can be done industrially for a
community when there is “coop
eration and teamwork” between
its business leaders, the staff of
a governmental agency and the
management of a private enter
prise.
Questions & Answers
About Family And
Children Services
1. What medical care benefits
are available from the Department
of Family and Children Services?
At the present time, the only
medical care benefits available are
hospital care and nursing home
care. These benefits are paid di
rectly to the vendor, that is the
hospital or nursing home, instead
of to the recipient.
2. Who is eligible for medical
care benefits?
Medical care is available only
to those people who are already
approved for snd receiving pub
lic assistance under one of the
adult programs such as Aid to
the Aged, Aid to the Blind, or
Aid to the Permanently and To
tally Disabled.
3. Are these benefits available
to a recipient of aid under one
of the adult programs of public
assistance no matter what hospi
tal or nursing home the person
receives service from?
No. The Medical Care Division
of the State Department of Fam
ily and Children Services issues
a list of approved hospitals and
nursing homes in Georgia and in
order to receive assistance through
;he Medical Care program, one of
those approved institutions must
be used. At the present time there
are 143 approved nursing homes
and 143 approved hospitals par
ticipating in the program, plac
ing an approved facility near al
most any point in Georgia. Fur
ther and more detailed informa
tion is available at any time to
any person at the County Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services in the county of resi
dence.
Warehouse Not
Approved For
CCC Storage
Any grains put into storage in
the Georgia Feed and Grain Com
pany, Inc. warehouse, Metter, will
not be eligible for price-support
loans since it has been removed
from the list of warehouses ap
proved by the Commodity Credit
Corporation, the Wheeler Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Service county office said to
day.
The Georgia Feed and Grain
Company, Inc., of Metter has been
removed from the Commodity
Credit Corporation’s list of ap
proved warehouses at the ware
houseman’s request, the Georgia
State and Cadler ASCS County-
Offices said today.
Any change in the status of the
facility will be announced.
30th Anniversary Os
PCA Held June 7-9
“The volume of credit service
to agriculture by production cre
dit associations may double dur
ing the next decade,” according
to Emmett Joyce, vice president
of the Vidalia Production Credit
Association, who has just return
ed from Bal Harbour, Fla. where
he attended the 30th Anniversary
Production Credit Association Di
rectors’ Conference on June 7-9.
Mr. Joyce said, “Reports at the
conference indicated the applica
tion of capital using technology
in agriculture and reorganization
of farm units are continuing and
the short and intermediate term
credit needs of farmers will pro
bably double during the next ten
years. The PCAs should continue
to furnish an increasing share of
the credit needs of farmers.”
“The 77 production credit as
sociations in Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina have provided approximately
$4 billion in credit service to farm
er members since organization 30
years ago. The Vidalia associa
tion has provided $25,760,076.00 to
farmers of this area since organi
zation in 1933,” according to Mr.
Joyce.
“The PCAs in the four-state
district with 90,000 farmer-mem
bers made loans 'to 50,000 of these
members in 1963 in the amount
of more than $265 million, more
than double the volume 10 years
ago,” he said.
“The Vidalia association served
481 farmers with loans totaling
$1,678,758.36 in 1963, in Toombs,
Tattnall, Montgomery and Wheel
er counties,” Mr. Joyce added.
Other officials of the Vidalia
association attending the confer
ence included Henry D. McAr
thur, president, of Vidalia; D. H.
Callaway, director, of Collins, and
Jack Brantley, general manager.
Canning Plants Now
Open For Business
At Wheeler High
The Canning Plants at Wheeler
County High School at Alamo
will be open Tuesday, June 23 at
8 a.m. It will operate on Tues
days and Thursdays until further
notice.
The Canning Plant at Glenwood
will be open on Mondays and
Wednesdays at 8 a.m. until fur
ther notice.
These two plants are equipped
to can meat, fruits and vegeta
bles, juice, tomatoes, and make
jellies, and jams, pickles, etc.
In order for families who have
gardens, to save their produce,
they should take full advantage
of these plants by canning and
freezing all surplus vegetables and
fruits, etc.
There will be two sizes of cans
available — No. 401 quart size
at 10c each and No. 301 pint size
at 8c each. Blanching will be done
free.
If you have some special prob
lem concerning your canning and
preparation of food for canning
contact Mr. John M. S. Thomas,
Alamo.
Advertise in the Eagle.
45 County Forestry Queens To Vie
For Miss Georgia Forestry June 22
There will be 45 county fores
try queens who will vie for the
title of Miss Georgia Forestry on
June 22 at the 57th annual meet
ing of the Georgia Forestry Asso
ciation. Miss Bebe Durden, of
Swainsboro, is the reigning queen.
The two-day meeting, June 21-
22, will be held at the Aquarama
on Jekyll Island. President Har
ley Langdale Jr., of Valdosta will
preside over the meeting.
Highlights of the two day ses
sion will include an address by
Executive Vice-President Morti-
Mrs. A. P. Hopkins
(Given Scholarship
Mrs. A. P. Hopkins has been
i awarded a National Science Foun-
I dation scholarship to study new
j mathematics at Auburn University
i this summer.
j She enrolled in the graduate
(school there Ihis week and will
I study with other high school
I teachers for ten and one-half
weeks.
Mrs. Hopkins earned her Bach
| dor of Arts and Master of Arts
; degrees at the University of Geor
| gia. She has 28 years of teaching
I experience principally in the
| fields of math and history. For
! the past fifteen years she has
I taught math and American his
tory at the Wheeler County High
School here.
She is also Beta Club advisor
and cheer leader sponsor. On
four occasions she was chosen as
the STAR Teacher, the teacher
I making the greatest contribution
jto the education of the STAR
■ Student.
She is a member of the Alamo
I Baptist Church and teaches a
j Sunday School class there.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
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The following is a list of pa
tients who were in the Wheeler
County Hospital during the week
of June Sth:
Mrs. Rosa Cox, Alamo
Mrs. Maggie Butler, Glenwood
Mrs. Mary E. Pope, Glenwood
Mrs. Lucille Conner, Mount
Vernon
Mrs. Nettie Atchison, Glenwood
Mrs. Marie B. Selph, Glenwood
Mrs. Evelyn Guy, Glenwood
Mrs. Hilda McDaniel, Glenwood
Mrs. Alma Grinstead, Mount
Vernon
Mrs. Elmira Phillips, Ailey-
Mrs. Martha Barber, Glenwood
Mrs, Catherine Lyles, Ailey
Mrs. Jeanette Mcßae, Glenwood
Mrs. Teresy White, Alamo
Mrs. Mary Mathis, Alamo
Miss Sue Johnson, Mount
Vernon
Miss Anita Horne, Atlanta
Miss Patsy Conrad, Glenwood
Roger Screws, Glenwood
Colored patients listed as fol
lows:
Laura Blocker, Alamo
Kate Landers, Alamo
Big Improvement Program Being
Planned For Georgia State Parks
I Great strides have been made
| in uprgading Georgia’s state parks
i under the direction of Horace G.
| Caldwell, who became state parks
i director at the beginning of the
[Sanders administration less than
118 months ago.
But apparently this was just a
beginning in a well-planned, long
range program designed to de
velop the state parks system into
as fine a one as can be found any
where in the United States.
Evidence of this was seen the
other day when Caldwell, a high
ly successful South Georgia hotel
and resort operator before enter
ing government service, announc
ed a $2.3-million improvement
program at 16 of Georgia’s 37
parks.
He predicted the program will
be a multimillion-dollar boon in
luring tourists to the state parks.
The improvement program is be
ing financed through a revenue
bond issue approved by the 1964
General Assembly.
“The bonds have been sold at
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mer Doyle of the National Lum
ber Manufacturers Association,
Washington, D.C. Lt. Governor
Peter Zack Geer will crown the
Miss Georgia Forestry Queen and
the nine runnerups.
The queen will receive an all
expense paid trip to Washington,
D.C. and New York City. She
will also participate in various
forestry functions that occur dur
ing her reign.
The queen and nine runnerups
will appear at the forestry ex
hibit on the opening of the South-
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Airman Willie Goss
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. — Air
man Willie A. Goss, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie O. Goss, of Glen
wood R-2, has completed the first
phase of his Air Force basic mili
tary training at Lackland AFB,
Texas.
Airman Goss has been selected
for technical training as a missile
facilities specialist at the Air
Training Command (ATC) school
at Sheppard AFB, Tex. His new
unit is part of the vast ATC sys
tem which trains airmen and of
ficers in the diverse skills re
quired by the nation’s aerospace
force.
The airman is a 1961 graduate
of Glenwood High School.
George W. Graham
Dies In Dublin
Hospital Sunday
Funeral services for George
Wesley Graham, 71, of Glenwood
R-2, who died Sunday night in a
Dublin hospital, were held at 4
p.m. Tuesday in the Beulah Bap
tist Church with the Rev. James
Ellerson and the Rev. W. C. Haw
kins officiating. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Graham was a life long
resident of Laurens County, a
retired farmer and a member of
the Beulah Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Missouri Bright Graham, of Glen
wood; two sons, Albert Graham,
of Macon and Tillman Graham,
of Indianapolis, Ind.; two sisters,
Mrs. Maggie Toller, of Macon and
Miss Leia Graham, of Tennille;
two brothers, John Graham, of
Soperton and Dennis Graham, of
Florida; and four grandchildren.
"Keep Wheeler County Green."
a low interest rate and the money
is in the bank,” Caldwell said.
A newly-created parks plan
ning division is now drafting blue
prints for the improvement pro
jects and some of the construc
tion is expected to begin Oct. 1,
the director said. He said work
will be pushed rapidly through
the winter months when the parks
are not so crowded.
Federal funds will be sought in
an effort to broaden the scope of
the improvement program, Cald
well said.
The bond funds are being spent
on 16 specific parks because they
are owned outright by the state,
their revenue-producing potential
is good and they are located in
areas qualifying for federal aid,
he explained.
Meanwhile, the department’s
annual allotment of $250,000 in
construction funds are being re
leased for work on 21 parks not
included in supplementary im
provement program, the director
said.
NUMBER Iff
eastern Fair, Oct. 1. A five fool,
blown up photograph of each oF
the queen’s court will accompany '
each industry segment in the ex
hibit. Reigning over the exhibit'.,
will be a twenty foot oil painting
of the 1964 Miss Georgia For
estry. The fair, this year, is mark
ing its 50th anniversary.
The queen and counties repre
sented are Diane Wilson, Ben Hlii*,
Linda Jane Brown, Bibb; Virginia,
Futch, Bryan; Susan Little, Chat
tooga; Phyllis Spires, Columbia;;
Louise Cooper, Colquitt; Cheryl
Coggin, Coweta; Marinelie Shep
herd, Dodge; Helen Lester, Dooly;
Ann Atkinson, Elbert; and Mar
tha Smith, Emanuel.
Others are Pat McCrory, Floyd;
Norma Greene, Forsyth; Lou
Hurst, Grady; Sonja Mathews,
Glynn; Linda Horton, Harris;
Linda Knowles, Henry; Andrea
Attaway, Johnson; Linda Yawn,.
Jeff Davis; Marilyn Leverett, Lin
coln; and Wanda Jane Roberson.
Long.
The list includes Nancy Poore,
Lumpkin; Nancy Lane, Macon;
Meda Miller, Meriwether; Gail.
Powell, Miller; Barbara Ann Thig
pen, Montgomery; Deborah Huf
stetler, Murray; Marianne Avera,,
Muscogee; Carol Butts, Ogle
thorpe; Teresa Carter, Richmond;,
and Judy Walker, Rockdale.
Also competing for the title are
Bonnie Anderson, Talbot; Lynne
Taylor, Taylor; Cheryl Poore, Tel
fair; Lynn Ray, Thomas; Vicky-
Moore, Tift; Sarah Slaughter
Toombs; Judy Gaulding, Troup;
Kay Armen Trout, Turner; Gail
Lawrence, Walker; and Donna?
Gray, Ware.
Gayle Wood, Wilcox; Susy Tutt
Wilkes; Sandra Love, Wilkinson^
and Lurlene Gowen, Charlton
complete the list.
Mrs. Maude Calder
Dies In Dublin
Hospital Tuesday
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 4 p.m. from the..*
Alamo Methodist Church for ’
Mrs. Maude McMillan Calder, 80. „
of Alamo, who died Tuesday in
a Dublin Hospital after a long;?
illness. The Rev. Roy Wilder of—«
ficiated, and burial was in the s
Alamo cemetery.
Pallbearers were Leroy Clark.
H. T. Coleman, Lewis Merce:
Candler Hogan, Wade Hartley and 1
Hubert Webster.
Mrs. Calder was born in Wash- >
ington County, but had spent most.s
of her life in Wheeler County. Sh. t
was a member of the Alamo Meth-,
odist Church.
She is survived by one siste: t
Mrs. Imogene Graham, of Alamo*.
| Sgt. William McAlum
Ils Non-Commissioned
Officer Os The Month
U.S. FORCES, KOREA (AHT
NC) — Army Sgt. William C. Mc-
Alum, 22, was named non-com
missioned officer of the month for
the 728th Military Police Batta-«~
lion in Korea, June 1.
A military policeman in the-,
battalion’s Company C, Sergeant:.
McAlum was selected for his sol
dierly appearance, knowledge andt
performance of duties and mili
tary courtesy.
He entered the Army in July
1960 and arrived overseas last.
April on this tour of duty.
McAlum was graduated fronf
Wheeler County High School in.
Alamo in 1959 and attended Brew
ton Parker College. His parents,,.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton R. McAlmn^,.
live on Route 2, Alamo.
CARD OF THANKS
I deeply appreciate the many'
acts of kindness shown me and?,
my family during my recent stay'
in the hospital. Thanks for ttw:,
beautiful flowers and good f00d...
May God’s richest blessings be
upon you all.
Mrs. E. E. Cox
First Cotton Bloom
O. C. Adams, Route 2, brought
the first cotton bloom to The.*
Wheeler County Eagle Wednesday
morning. Mr. Adams will receive?,
one year’s subscription to The?.
Eagle free.