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VOLUME 50
Bids On Georgia
Police Academy
Expected In August
Renewed progress is being made
in the planning for Georgia’s long
awaited Police Academy, a fa
cility whose objective is to better
train peace officers at all levels
—local, county and state.
Evidence of this is seen in the
announcement that bids will be
received Aug. 20 for constructing
the academy on the 45-acre state
owned tract situated adjacent to
the headquarters of the Georgia
Department of Public Safety and
the State Defense Department in
Atlanta.
Construction will begin in the
fall and the project should be
completed within nine months, ac
cording to William P. Trotter,
chairman of the Georgia Police
Academy Board. He said there
will be facilities for training and
housing 84 officers. It will have
all the modern equipment and
Techniques.
Serving on the Police Academy
Board with Chairman Trotter,
who is a former director of the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety, is the current state pub
lic safety director, Col. H. Lowell
Conner. Both have pushed hard
for the police training academy
for a long time.
A total of $550,000 in state funds
has been made available for con
struction of the facility. Former
Gov. Ernest Vandiver made $50,-
000 available in the early stages
and Gov. Carl E. Sanders has
added $500,000. Although finan
ced by the state, the academy will
be opened to all Georgia peace
officers.
Hospitalization Os
The Mentally 11l
On July 1, 1964, the “lunacy
warrant”, the “lunacy commis
sion”, the commitment of insane
persons,” peacefully passed, un
lamented, into oblivion.
The current law in the new
Health Code, while retaining some
crudities, is medically oriented
and reflects a new phisolophy o!
understanding and humanitarian
ism. The psychiatric patient is
treated as a sick person and not
as a quasi-criminal. The sick
person is not “put away” for the
relief of society but is sent to a
hospital for treatment and recov
ery. The patient is expected to be
able reasonably soon to return to
family, home and community.
Many of ;hese patients have
been confined in jail prior to of
ficial examination and transpor
tation to Milledgeville State Hos
pital. This is a cruel and barbaric
practice which causes the patient
to suffer a psychological trauma
as well as personal indignity. And
such procedure is unnecessary
with the resources of modern
medical practice.
The hospitalization law now' in
effect clearly imposes a legal re
sponsibility on Georgia commun
ities to keep these sick people out
of jail. Provision can be made
in every community hospital in
the state for the temporary care
of these patients. Required is a
little money. Some effort and a
modicum of compassion.
Little Ocmulgee Stale Park Golf
Course Work To Begin Monday
Tourist visitor to Little Oc
mulgee State Park as well as
many local people may next June
be walking over beautiful grass
green golf fairways that now are
nothing more than sand and scrub
oak. A golf expert advising the
State Parks Department made
that possible prediction here
Tuesday in company with Depart
ment Director Horace Caldwell.
“Much depends on the weath
er,” said veteran golf course
builder Hugh Moore, “but with
favorable conditions it well may
be that play could begin by June
20.” Mr. Moore will return to
Little Ocmulgee next Monday to
begin actual staking of the tees
and greens and laying off of the
fairways.
Parks Chief Caldwell, in his
usual vibrant and enthusiastic
mood, was high in praise of Tel
fair and Wheeler county officials
whom he said were most coopera
tive in making arrangements for
actual construction to begin. The
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Enjoying one of Georgia’s many summertime recrea
tional activities is pretty Martha Jo Logue. The comely
Milledgeville lass and her inflatable friend play in the
cooling waters of Lake Sinclair in Middle Georgia. The
15,000-acre lake, second largest located wholly within
Georgia, is one of 18 reservoirs formed by hydroelectric
generating stations of the Georgia Power Company.
Senator Talmadge Urges Action
Against Nation's Race Agitators
“What has happened to laws
against inciting to riot, trespass
| ing and destruction of private
j property?” asked U.S. Sen. Her
: man E. Talmadge in a speech be-
I fore the annual convention of the
I American Legion’s Georgia De
partment, held in Augusta.
Riots Cost New York
City $1,500,000
In Overtime Pay
I The past week of riots in Har
■ lem and Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuy
vesant section have cost the po-
। lice department $1.5 million.
The estimate includes the cost i
i of overtime, additional ammuni
i tion, repairs for damaged vehi-
I cles, hospital bills and other ex
i penses. Ninety percent of the $1.5
I million is for overtime.
Food for thought from Miss
Audrey Morgan, head of the Ex
tension Service family life de
partment: “Love and respect of
others start with love and respect
of self.”
■ Department has earmarked $50,-
000 for construction of the course,
with the understanding that Tel
fair and Wheeler County heavy
equipment will be available as
needed.
■ Director Caldwell, whose ad
ministration of the Parks Depart
ment appears to have accomplish
ed more than any preceeding ad
ministration even in the brief
time he has headed the depart
ment, also promised to do some
thing about the over-abundance
of moss in the park’s big lake.
His promise came as welcome
news to local fishermen and boat
ers who have virtually abandoned
the lake to the morass of weeds,
moss and other underwater
growth.
On this score Director Caldwell
has earned the gratitude of scores
of water sports enthusiasts in the
Southcentral Georgia area. As
one local fisherman put it, “Looks
like we’ve finally got a man there
who will get things done.”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1964
“It is high time,” he declared,
“that law enforcement agencies
met their responsibilities to law
abiding citizens and stopped let
ting themselves be intimidated by
hoodlums and racial agitators.”
The senator warned that “un
less those who flout the law al
imost at will are pulled up and
punished as they should be pun
ished, violence will continue to
erupt in the public streets through
out our land.”
He asserted that “it is indeed
the shame of our nation that law
less elements are allowed to go
about virtually unchecked on their
evil mission of disturbing the pub
lic peace and inciting to riot.”
Continuing his warning of cur
rent dangers in this nation, the
former Georgia governor said:
“Unless the laws of our states
and cities are strictly enforced
without fear or favor and unless
those who are responsible for the
wave of lawlessness which has
swept across our land in recent
months are heid accountable, I
can see no end to violence.
“The mob action we are now
witnessing springs from a tenden
sy which has developed in the
country to allow violations of the
law to go unpunished. Lawless
ness which is now tearing apart
our great cities has been nurtured
jby the twisted idea that citizens
! can disobey any law with which
I they don’t agree.
“What can we expect -when ac
tion such as this has been con
doned, and even encouraged, by
highly-placed persons of author
ity, when apologists excuse crim
inal conduct and blame it on the
cultural and economic background
of the criminals? So long as this
philosophy is allowed to prevail,
how can be expect the masses of
our people to be law-abiding?
“It already has taken a high
toll in lives and property. But if
it is not condemned and cast
I aside, I fear the worst is yet to
| come. It can lead to anarchy, to
I the complete breakdown of law
i and order, and to the total de-
I struction of the moral fiber of
i our people.”
i Sen. Talmadge declared that
I “regardless of who they are or
I what they represent, each and
| ever}' law violator should be pro-
Isecuted to the fullest extent of
the law.”
Questions & Answers
About Family And
Children Services
1. How many children in Geor
|gia are being helped through Aid
[ for Families with Dependent Chil
i dren?
During the month of July a
| total of 64,035 children received
I assistance through Aid for Fami
। lies with Dependent Children. Os
I this figure 1,181 were new appl
icants who received their first
check this month.
2. How much can one family
of needy children draw?
The amount of grant given for
Aid to Families with Dependent
i Children ranges from the mini
mum of $4.00 to the maximum of
I $34.00 per month for one child;
| plus a maximum of $25.00 for
jeach parent or caretakei' in the
(home; plus $25.00 for each addi
: tional child in the home, up to
i the family maximum grant of
' $134.00 per month for five or more
I persons.
i 3. How long can a person re
iceive assistance?
j Aid is available as long as the
! family continues in need and the
I children are under the specified
'age limit but the remaining par
| ent or caretaker must be willing
to become actively engaged in the
process of removing himself and
his family from the assistance rolls
through his own plans for re
habilitation and independent liv
ing and assisting the department
in eliminating the cause of his
own and his family’s dependency.
The average AFDC family re
jceives this type of assistance for
| j period less than two and one
! half years.
Goldwater Winner
In Jaycee Poll
A straw ballot on choice of
presidential favorites between
President Lyndon Johnson and
Sen. Barry Goldwater in the No«
[vember election among 179 Ninth
! District Junior Chamber of Com-
Imerce members in Mcßae last
| Thursday night drew 170 favor
ling Goldwater and only nine foi
I Johnson.
F. Royce Hobbs, of Macon, re
gion president, said the vote was
I “not an endorsement, merely re-
I fleeting the choice of members as
। individuals.” He said the Jaycees
irepresented 11 clubs throughout
I the district.
Georgia Mountain
Fair August 10-15
In Hiawassee
Mountain Fair Time is almost
here and already predictions for
I the crowd are surpassing past re
• cords.
Many believe that the previous
I record of 47 states and 17 foreign
I countries represented will be beat
jen this year during the week of
| August 10-15.
Site of the fair is the campus of
I Towns County High School in Hi
awassee, as it has been for 13
I years. Throughout the nation, the
I Georgia Mountain Fair, which is
(unique in flavor and attraction,
Ihas attracted attention of travel
| and recreation specialists.
The Mountain Fair’s main em-
I phasis is not carnival, but ex-
Ihibits and most visitors — more
। than 50,000 last year — who come
Ito Georgia’s Little Switzerland
Lspend more than two-thirds of
■their time in the exhibit areas.
The saddle horse show, Hog
I Rifle Shoot with muzzle-loader
i rifle men from seven states com
■peting, and a Fiddler’s Conven
; tion have been the climax of the
: fair in the past, and will be again
[this year.
| Displays of precious stones
(found and polished, set in rings
land other jewelry, including the
[world’s largest sapphire, are part
lof the Mountain Fair’s perennial
j attractions.
■ Hand-fashioned, pegged fruit
, wood furniture, Appalachian art,
land displays of wildlife and con-
Iservation agencies, with motion
, picture shows every night have
'been strong drawing cards, too.
Another hand and home fash
lioned attraction is a copper still
I—not in operation—of the kind
Ithat the revenooers have made
I extinct.
i One of Georgia’s largest, and
most important, flower shows is
|held on Tuesday, August 13, dur
ling the fair.
Be On Lookout
For Bark Beetles,
Forester Warns
This is the time of year to be
on the lookout for insect damage
to pine trees, a Cooperative Ex
| tension Service forester reminded
I homeowners this week.
I Dorsey Dyer of the University
I of. Georgia said it’s important to
I remember that pines are not us-
I ually damaged by any great num
ber of different insects. “Most in
sect damage,” he explained, “will
be done by the bark beetles and
the Nantucket pine tip moth.”
There are three kinds of bark
beetles — turpentine, Ips, and
Southern pine. All three are
small, and are dark brown to
black in color.
Often called borers, they are
I not borers at all, according to Mr.
। Dyer. “They do not bore into the
। wood, but rather do their damage
'just under the bark,” he explained,
j The turpentine beetle, largest of
I the three, is about one-fourth inch
[long. It usually is the first to at
tack. It nearly always strikes near
the ground, seldom over eight or
' ten feet high. The attack can be
(recognized by pitch tubes or small
(patches of gum.
The turpentine beetle can be
rather easily controlled by spray
ing with BHC one percent gamma
in fuel oil or water. Mr. Dyer said
| fuel oil is a little more effective,
[but he added it is usually a little
[safer to mix the BHC in water
i when spraying around grass or
i shrubs.
Ips beetles often come in after
the tree is weakened by turpen
tine beetle attacks. Ips work in
all areas of the tree, and conse
quently are difficult to control by
j spraying. “This makes it highly
[important to check the turpentine
| beetle infestation as quickly as
possible,” Mr. Dyer warned.
The Extension forester said
I there has been very little damage
I in Georgia in recent years by the
I Southern pine beetle.
; He added that the best insur
ance against attack by either of
i the three bark beetles is to keep
• the trees in a healthy and vigor
lous condition.
Advertise in the Eagle.
Oulpui Os 1964 Cars Reaching 7.8
Million; Selling New Record High
The auto industry is expected
to zoom 1964 model passenger
car production past 7.8 million
vehicles this week as the last of
the “old models” come off as
sembly lines.
Model changeover shutdowns;
continue and by next weekend I
only Ford Mustangs, which aren’t
changing over, still will be in
production.
First 1965 models are sched
uled to start rolling next Monday
from Ford’s Lincoln and Tunder
bird lines at Wixom, Mich., and
its Falcon and Comet plants in
Lorain, Ohio, and Metuchen, N.J.
Ward’s automotive reports es
timated that last week’s produc
tion of 113,717 passenger cars
raised the 1964 model output to ।
7,825,000 units and pointed out I
only 65,000 units would be need- j
ed this week to top the industry’s j
Director Caldwell A "Go Getter"
There’s no question about it, the State Parks Department
has itself a Director who’s a “go getter”. Apparently Di
rector Horace Caldwell is determined to “go get” some of
those big fat tourist dollars that have been moving through
Georgia entirely too fast on their way north and south of
the state.
Director Caldwell was here Tuesday visiting Little Oc
mulgee State Park, where one of Georgia’s first State Parks’
golf courses is soon to be under construction. When a tourist
enroute through Georgia stops to play golf it often means
extra dollars pumped into Georgia’s economy. The longer
they stay the longer they spend, may be the Parks Chief’s
motto.
In addition to the good news about the golf course, Direc
tor Caldwell brought a renewed promise that the Little
Ocmulgee Park’s big lake would be improved concerning
the morass of underwater growth that has rendered the lake
virtually useless.
Horace Caldwell, a successful businessman before be
coming a public servant, is apparently a man who gets things
done. It is good to have him as head of a department which
has, in the past, too often been the site of much talk but
little action.
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Governor Sanders Geis In Plug For
Georgia Ai World's Fair Recently
Gov. Carl E. Sanders took full
advantage of the recent “Georgia
Day at the World’s Fair” to paint
a bright picture of his native state
as an ideal place to do business
and-or just visit. At special fair
ground ceremonies, the Governor
had this to say:
“Just as the World’s Fair is a
great place to visit, so also is the
State of Georgia a great place
to visit, and it is our hope that
each person on his way to and
from the World’s Fair will choose
to double his enjoyment by stop
ping and seeing Georgia.
“In recent years we have been
preparing for our visitors and our
prospective residents not only
through accelerated industrial de
velopment and increased job op
portunities, but also through a
more extensive development of
our tourist program.
HOSPITAL PATIENTS
The following is a list of pa
tients who were in the Wheeler-
County Hospital during the week
of July 20th:
Mrs. Jimmie Jones, Ailey-
Mrs. Ruby Jane Nix, Helena
Mrs. Louise Henry, Ailey-
Mrs. Mary E. Pope, Glenw-ood
Mrs. Minnie Lou Screws,
Glenwood
Mrs. Annie Lee Elton, Alamo
Mrs. Gertrude Joiner, Glenwood
Mrs. Shirley Hilliard, Glenwood
Mrs. Katheryn Burkett, Lyons
Mrs. Mary Clarke, Byron
Miss Carol Douglas, Glenwood
Little Miss Olivia Anne Parrish,
Mount Vernon
Mrs. Vivian Johnson and baby,
Alamo
Taft Pope, Glenwood
Jim Henry Mercer, Glenwood
Bruce Elam, Glenwood
Benjamin Hili, Glenwood
Harold Mcßae, Mt. Vernon
Colored patients listed as fol
lows:
Wanda Green, Glenwood
Madison Harvey, Alamo
Armandia Adams and baby,
Mount Vernon
goal of 7,890,000 for the model
year.
The old model year record of
7,340,014 was set with 19635, and
was passed in July’s first week.
Ward’s an industry statistical
I agency, estimates that the five
I millionth passenger car of the cal
endar year will roll off assembly
lines this week. Only 41,000 units
are needed to bring production
since Jan. 1 to that level.
Buick built its 500,000th car of
the 1964 model year last Thurs
day. Only three times in its 61-
year history has that General Mo
tors division topped a half-million
for a model car.
Automotive news estimated last
week’s production at 113,717 pas
[senger cars, a drop from 154.999
I built the previous week and 142,-
j 266 built in the corresponding
| week a year earlier.
NUMBER Iff
I “Our growth in trade, in tenmr
'of retail sales, is now ahead. ot2
; the national average, and we ai®:
currently working also towards.
i the goal of doubling our rate- of?
I industrial growth.
“But our success with our tour- ■
i ist program is one of our most.
( phenomenal accomplishments, and
। that success is attested to by the-
I more than 8-million vacatw®u
I trips taken in Georgia last year
■ involving almost 24-million tour
!ists.
“As you know, tourism and va
[cationing are rapidly growing
pastimes in the United States. The
fact is that more people are do
ing more traveling than ever.
They have more income, more lei
isure time, more frequent vaca
j tions, and they are better edu-
I cated than Americans have ever
been before.
“In light of this, and in light
of the fact that tourism is a kind:'
iof mutual arrangement whieb
i benefits both the visitor and the.
visited, I think it would be of
greatest importance for all con
cerned if Georgia could convince:
even more travelers and vacation
ers that before they set out to:
see other parts of the country they
should see Georgia first.”
I Gov. Sanders, accompanied by
I the First Lady and their childfcrn.
I headed a sizeable delegation: afT"
: Georgians to New York for thar
i big day honoring this state. Gear
i gia, however, does not have- »
'permanent pavilion at the fair-;
[Mrs. Leona Clemente
Dies Here Saturday
j Funeral services were held'
' Sunday at 3 p.m. from Sardis*
; Baptist Church for Mrs. Leona
' Clements, 80, who died Saturday
iin the Telfair County Hospital
[after a brief illness. The Pastor,
I the Rev. Dick Johnson, officiated,
I and burial was in the church cem-
I etery with Harris & Smith Fum
eral Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Pallbearers were J. H. Dixon,
Bill Dixon, Herman Dixon, I. B.
Kirby, Ethridge Warnock and.
dennie Cox.
Mrs. Clements, the widow of
the late J. R. Clements, was bora
in Johnson County on May 22,.
1884, the daughter of Tom Sterl
ing and Mrs. Mary Stewart StEri
ing, and was a member of Sardis
Baptist Church.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. Birdie Wood, of So
perton; Mrs. Donie Monford and.
Mrs. Annie Maude Browning, est
Glenwood; four sons, Ocie Clem
ents, of Jacksonville, Fla.; John.
D. Clements, of Glenwood; Henry-
Clements and Owen Clements, of..
Warner Robins; 26 grandchildre».
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Happy Brides
Please Mom
What do mothers enjoy most
about being “mother of the
bride?”
The three reasons cited moss...
often were: the entire wedding,,...,
the preparation that went inf® •
it, and seeing the bride so happy..
Asked also about their pet
peeves concerning weddings, that
mothers most often listed last
minute tensions. Compiling invi
tation lists also irritated some o’
the mothers.
One mother said the only sola
tion to wedding stress is to have
sons!
Other highlights of the survey:
Daughters seek mother’s advice
most often when trying to select
a china pattern. Next, they seek'
aid when picking flatware. Only
29 percent of the daughters go:
mom’s advice when deciding ok
furniture.
Came the wedding ceremony
and 32 percent of the mothers
proclaimed that the bride was
oh-so tranquil. Some of the moth
ers nominated the bridegroom as?
the one most afflicted with jitters.
To parents of future brides, the
76 mothers surveyed passed ok
these hints: make preparations;
early, surround yourself with..
enough reliable people to assume?-
responsibility for many of the
wedding preparations, discuss fi
nances objectively, give advice to
the bu-ide—-but only when she.-,
asks for it.