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VOLUME 50
Unadilla Bank
Robbed Monday;
Two Arrested
Two Negro men robbed the Ex
change Bank in Unadilla Monday
night of an estimated $3,800 after
kidnaping and beating Tom E.
Woodruff, the bank president.
Woodruff was kidnaped as he
came home from a church meet
ing and was discovered about 4:30
a.m. Tuesday after lying in the
bank about six hours, so severely
beaten and shot that he was un
able to use the telephone.
Mr. Woodruff died Thursday :
(today) according to a news broad
cast
Jimmie Ryals, a former em
ployee of The Merchants & Citiz
ens Bank of Mcßae, now works ■
m the Unadilla Exchange Bank.
The robbers forced Woodruff
to drive to the bank in his car;
and made him open the bank,
then demanded he open the vault, ;
A time-clock controls the bank’s'
vault and it was impossible to ;
do so.
Officers said blood was all over
the scene, both on the floor and |
in the vault at the bank. The out
er door of the vault was opened,
but the main door could not have
been forced open under the time
lock.
Latest news reports are that two
Montezuma Negro school teachers
have been charged with the rob
bery. They were identified by;
authorities as Leroy Mobley and
Andrew Oliver. The money was
found at Montezuma in a locked I
closet at Douglas High School for
Negroes in Mobley’s class room.
Eight sacks of money were re
covered. The original loss was sl,-
800 in quarters; S7OO in dimes;
S4BO in nickels; SIOO in pennies t
and S7OO in currency.
More Brick Needed
To Build Club House
At State Park
A number of civic-minded Tel
fair and Wheeler countians have ।
responded to a recent call for ।
used brick for Little Ocmulgee;
State Park. The park is now stock- ■
piling these brick but need much
more.
If you have an old brick chim- I
ney where a house has burned or
been abandoned on your farm or ।
elsewhere, you can render a ser- ;
vice to your state and community [
and improve the looks of your.
property at no cost to you. A tele
phone call to R. T. (Bob) Wright,
or a post card to him in care of
Mcßae Coco Cola Company will
bring a crew to your property and
remove these old brick without
charge.
The brick will be used to build I
a new clubhouse at the site of the |
park’s golf course now under con- I
struction. Remember, you can be
a part of this fine community im- ■
provement project by contacting
Mr. Wright, chairman of the
Park’s Development Committee.
Even if they don’t belong to you,
if you know of a substantial
quantity of brick that you think j
is available, contact Mr. Wright |
and he will arrange for someone I
to contact the owner. The more :
brick donated, the bigger the ;
building will be!
Georgia leads the nation in pea
nut production, and the Crop Re
porting Service estimates the state ,
produced 804 million pounds ofl
“goobers” in 1964.
20th Annual YMCA Youth Assembly
To Convene In Atlanta April 8-9-10
“Christian Citizenship In Times
Like These” will be the theme for
the 20th Annual State YMCA
Youth Assembly when it con
venes at the State Capitol April
8,9, 10. In keeping with the
theme, over 900 youth leaders of
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs in Geor
gia will be preparing to assume
the power of government as they
learn the processes of democracy
through their participation in the
Assembly.
Patterned after the General As
sembly, the Youth Assembly gives
boys and girls from over 124
Georgia towns practical training
in state government. During their
stay in Atlanta the junior law
makers will propose, debate, and
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Wheeler County High STAR
Miss Judy Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Jack
son. has been named the STAR student of Wheeler County
High School. Miss Jackson named her mother, Mrs. Julia
Jackson, as STAR teacher. Mrs. Jackson teaches first grade ।
|at Wheeler' County Elementary School. Miss Jackson, secre
tary of the Beta Club and active in other school clubs, plans
i to enroll at Georgia Southern College upon graduation.
1
80,435 Auloisis Failed To Pass Their
Georgia Driver Exams Last Year !
In recent years it has become’
: tougher for Georgians to qualify
for a driver’s license. And 1964
:was no exception. In fact, it was
even tougher last year when 80,-’
1436 persons failed to pass the State
Patrol’s standard tests. That was
; an increase of 12,303 failures over
1963.
These facts are contained in the
Driver License Bureau’s annual
report just released by Col. H.
.Lowell Conner, director of the
Georgia Department of Public
i Safety.
A breakdown of failures show
ed that 53,985 flunked on road
j rules and road signs tests, an in
’ crease of 11,371 over the previous
’year; 22,135 on driving tests, up
110. and 4,316 on vision tests, an
J increase of 822.
I Total number of licenses issued
American Assoc. Os
University Women
The Ailey-Mt. Vernon area
| branch of the American Associa-
I tion of University Women will
I meet on Thursday, March 18 at
[7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
J. A. Leroy in Ailey, with Mrs.
Alberta Henle as co-hostess.
The meeting will be an inform
al one, with a discussion of plans
and program for next year. All
members are urged to attend.
Paving Underway At
Little Ocmulgee
State Park Areas
Work is being completed on
resurfacing the entrance road in
Little Ocmulgee State Park lead
ing from Highway 441 to the club
house, bath house and parking
area.
I Also new paving done is the
I road and large parking lot in the
I picnic , shed area, and the road
I leading to the cabins from the
: boat landing site, Also paved is a
I circular road in the recently con
structed trailer park grounds.
The paving crew will wind up
i the work this week by resurfac
i ing the road to the Superinten
’ dent’s home.
'pass legislation that, as Christian
, young people, they feel should
: become law.
Begun in 1946, the Youth As
sembly enjoys a distinguished his
i tory. Two of the bills passed, an
I act requiring blood tests before
i marriage and an act requiring the
i numerical designation of counties
| on license plates, have since been
Imade law by the General Assem-
I bly. Many of the Youth Officials
j have assumed positions of leader-
I ship in state and local affairs.
Walter R. Thomas, Chairman of
I the Youth and Government Com-
I mittee of the State YMCA of
I Georgia, has called the Youth As
| sembly, “Georgia’s finest expres
-1 sion of Christian citizenship.”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1965
lias: year was 1,229,127, a drop of;
2.819 from 1963’s total. Reason
for the decrease, it was explain
ed, was because issuance of one-.
I year driver’s licenses is down,;
i while five-year licenses are up. |
' At year’s end. the number of;
' valid licenses of all kinds in;
■Georgia totaled 2,202,876, an in-'
icrea.se of 107.524 over 1963. In-!
eluded in the total are 418,517
! veterans’ licenses which do not'
'have to be renewed.
j Here, according to the anhualj
i report, is how the licenses were
1 issued during 1964: One-year op-1
ierators, 809,762; five-year operat-'
' ors, 156,018; one-year chauffeurs,
99,978; five-year chauffeurs, 3,-
017; regular learners, 88,843;
■ change of name and address (no
' fee), 5,588; veterans (no fee) 33,-
;184, and duplicates (all types);
J 32,737.
The report further showed: Li-,
i censes issued with restrictions, I
33,819; driver license record checks '
j for credit companies, etc., 156,588; I
conviction reports filed, 155,535;
'original applications filed, 193,627;;
out-of-state applicants, 33,858; I
.Georgia licenses returned from;
■other states, 33,125; vehicles not!
; meeting standard, 3,762.
“There’s no question about it, I
'it’s getting tougher to get a driv-1
; er’s license in Georgia,” comment-;
Jed Capt. Raymond E. Starr, sup-1
■ervisor of the Diver’s License Di-j
vision. “It’s not that we are try-r
ing to make it difficult for them,
j but a driver must be qualified be- i
' fore we can issue him a l icense, j,
I: is all in the cause of public safe- i
|ty.”
And here is a word of advice to j
t present holders of Georgia driver j
; licenses: Licenses are now renew-1
I able one the driver’s birthday.!
■They may be renewed 90 days I
' prior to the birthday but must be I
: renewed within the month of the ’
! birthday. Failure to do this on
: time subjects the licensee to a re
, examination. That could result in ,
; another failure —• and no license. ।
Ga. Senate Backs
Wallace's Plan
The Georgia Senate has adopt- j
■ed the so-called George Wallace ■
iresolution calling for a national;
1 convention of the people to a- ■
; mend the U. S. Constitution to I
i restrict control of. public schools I
j solely to the states.
The Senate passed the resolu
; tion by a 42-8 vote. The Georgia
House already has approved the j
' resolution. The proposal has beer ,
’advocated by Alabama Gov. Wal- ■
lace to override the U. S. Su
preme Court’s 1954 school deseg
regation decision.
Christa Bell Is
Initiated Into
Alpha Chi Omega
Christa Bell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. U. Bell, of Alamo,
was initiated into Alpha Chi
Omega sorority at Brenau Col
lege, Gainesville, on February 21.
Fifteen FHA I
Members Will
Attend Meeting [
Fifteen member’s of the Wheel-.
er County High School Chapter j
of Future Homemakers will at
tend the semi-annual meeting of 1
Future Homemakers in southeast ■
Georgia on Saturday, March 13,!
at Washington County High;
School in Sandersville. Accom- ■
panying the group will be Mrs. I
Ruth C. Humphrey, high school I
home economics teacher and Mr.’
Charles Cox, bus driver.
Joy Cox was selected by the
Nominating Committee as a can-j
didate for Parliamentarian. Cheryl I
Ann Brackin of Odum High School j
and Darlene Walls of Harlem High '
School are also competing for
Parliamentarian.
The over 800 elected delegates[
will be welcomed by Uldena An-1
drews, President. Washington
County High FHA Chapter; W. B. i
Ouzts Jr., Superintendent, and J.
A. Mize, Principal. The members |
of the Washington County FHA)
Chapter, under the leadership of,
Mrs. Mary Eva Smith and Mrs. •
Mary Louise Hood, will serve as
hostesses for the day.
The program, highlighting the
theme, “We The Future Home-1
makers,” will emphasize the pur-!
poses of the organization and;
values resulting from participa- i
tion. Sponsored by the Vocation- ■
al Home Economics Service of the:
State Department of Education, j
the Georgia Association of Future
Homemakers is composed of over
23,000 Georgia high school home ;
economics students from more;
than 320 high schools. Mrs. J. Mac 1
Barber serves as advisor for the i
program-.
The Patterson Chapter will pre-[
sent a skit highlighting Leader
ship Conference,"' State and Na
tional Convention, FHA Week and
home economics careers. Other;
chapters appearing on the program
include Glascock County, Bald
win, Nahunta, Jeff Davis County, ।
Montgomery County, Glynn Aca
demy, Patterson, Glennville,
Statesboro, Screven County, Mar
vin Pittman, Louisville Academy.:
Thomson, Waynesboro, Wrights-,
ville and Sparta.
The southeast Georgia dele- ;
gates will elect state officers sor ’
1965-66 from the following slate ;
of nominees: For Vice President:
Cheryl Flowers, Hephzibah High
School; Ann Proctor, Camden I
County High School; Margaret -
Rocker, Metter High School; j
Olene Williams, Wilkinson Coun
ty High School.
For Treasurer: Patricia Ben-1
nett, Wayne County High School;
Nancy Jane Kight, East Laurens ?
High School; Donna Sue Martin,. 1
Southeast Bulloch High School. ,
For Parliamentarian: Cheryl! i
Ann Brackin, Odum High School;;
Joy Cox, Wheeler County High'
School; Darlene Walls, Harlem’
High School.
Each nominee will briefly de-*
scribe a project she has complet
ed -which contributes to the'
achievement of one of the organ-1
izations purposes or to be overalli
goal of improving personal, fam
ily and community living.
Officers planning and present
ing the program include: Jeanne
Griffeth, Vice President, Dudley
High School; Margaret Rocker,;
Historian, Metter High School;[
Joyce Todd, District Secretary,
Warren County High School;’
Sheila Brackin, Program Chair
man, Odum High School; Rena'
Dubberly, Appling County High
School, District Song Leader.
Miss Camilla Prather, Homemak
ing Teacher, Harlem High School,
serves as District. II Advisor, and ’
Mrs. Mary Beth B. Lewis gives
supervision to homemaking pro
grams in southeast Georgia. ’
Snow Hill Home
Demonstration Club
Snow Hill Home Demonstration ■
Club met Wednesday afternoon, ’
March 3 at the home of Mrs. O.
H. Couey.
The meeting started promptly
at 2 p.m. After the business meet
ing a landscaping lesson was
taught by Miss Leggitt.
Later in the afternoon the meet
ing adjourned for the social hour
which was enjoyed by all.
Delicious refreshments were.
served by the hostess.
Atlanta s New $lB Million Stadium
To Open With First Game April 9
I Atlanta’s new $lB million sta
i dium, future “home of the
■ Braves,” will be open for play
! for the first time with exhibition
। games between the Milmaukee
I Braves and the Detroit Tigers Ap-
I ril 9, 10 and 11.
Hailing record-time completion
of this three-tiered circular struc
' ture on the city’s downtown peri
; meter, The Atlanta Journal and
’Constitution Magazine will pub
lish Sunday, April 4, a special
I section devoted exclusively to the
' new stadium.
। With a seating capacity of 51,-
; 500 for baseball, 57,100 for foot
| ball, the Atlanta stadium is wel-
I corned as a recreational and eco
; nomic boon to the state.
Its strategic location just south
lof a six-lane, three-interstate
• highway connector and only six
I miles from the Atlanta Airport
I will draw sports fans from
throughout the Southeast. Va
iriety of sports offerings ranging
from Major League baseball and
STAR Student And
Teacher Honored
■ At District Luncheon
Miss Judy Edith Jackson of Al
i amo, Wheeler County’s STAR
’Student and Mrs. M. K. Jackson,
[STAR Teacher, will be honored
at a District luncheon given by
। Savannah Electric and Power Co.
lin Savannah March 12 (today),
i The First District’s STAR Stu
;dent and Teacher and first run
jner-up will be announced at the
■ recognition meeting in Savannah.
.The Georgia State Chamber of
Commerce, sponsors of the state
; wide Student Teacher Achieve-
I ment Recognition program, will
I announce the state STAR win
ners at its annual meeting in At-
■ lanta April 2.
Following the luncheon meet
ing in Savannah, STAR Students
| and Teachers will appear on a
; special live telecast, “Salute to the
STARS,” from 4 to 4:30 p.m. on
j WSAV-TV channel 3.
The winner of the District
STAR Student and Teacher titles
I and the first runner-up will be
invited on an 8-day educational
land sight-seeing tour of Georgia.
[ In addition to other awards the
’State STAR Student will receive
SSOO and an educational trip to
Europe.
i The State STAR Teacher will
[ receive a SSOO scholarship.
Miss Judy Jackson
To Appear On
Television Today
i Miss Judy Jackson, STAR stu
t dent from Wheeler County High I
, School and her STAR teacher and |
i mother, Mrs. M. K. Jackson, will |
,be on WSAV-TV, Channel 3, at |
.4 p.m. today (Friday).
Our fifth-grade science class has
proved sex doesn’t exist. They put
a bird and a bee in a cage. Noth
ing happened. — CHANGING
TIMES.
Tri-County Barrow Show March 26
At The Mcßae Livestock Barn
Four-H Club members, FFA
boys and adults from Telfair,
Dodge and Wheeler counties will
be competing for more than $250
in prizes and ribbons at the An
nual Barrow Show to be held on
Tuesday, March 16 at the Mcßae
Livestock Barn. The show is spon
sored annually by the Ocmulgee
Livestock Association.
The show and sale is open to
any FFA member, 4-H Club mem
ber and farmer in the Tri-County
area. FFA and 4-H Club members
may show individual animals;
farmers may show only pens of
three animals. Any breed crossed
or pure-bred qualifies for the
show or sale.
All barrows entered in the show
must be brought to the live-stock
barn no later than 9:30 a.m. for
the sale. Judging will begin at
10 a.m. The judge for the event
will be Dr. W. C. McCormick from
the Coastal Plain Experiment Sta
tion in Tifton.
SINGLE COPY 5c
■ ( professional football to college
! I games and rodeo will attract more
’; than a million fans each year. Va
i.'cationers will include Georgia in
sitheir itineraries.
In the special stadium section
:of The Atlanta Journal and Con- •
ilstitution Magazine will be specta
cular color photographs and ar
• tides written especially for the
11
Mcßae Man To
’'Head Georgia
Appalachia Unit
[ Former County Commissioner
Walter Dyal of Mcßae will direct
1 1 the Appalachia development pro
: i gram in Georgia, a source close 1
', to Gov. Carl Sanders said Tues
' ■ day. '
'[ Sanders sent Dyal to Washing- -
' । ton to witness the signing of the , -
‘j Appalachia aid bill by President [■
Johnson. He was accompanied by I.
the governor’s press aide, John C. ;
Harper.
I A spokesman said the decision | j
|to name Dyal was made several ,
days ago and that he will work ,
I closely with the State Industry ;
, i and Trade Development. j
I Dyal, who has served as a part ■
'time aide to Sanders at SIOO a';
■ week, retired from the commis-'
sioner’s office the first part of !
' i this year. |,
I Dyal, 57, served as Telfair j 1
■County’s sole commissioner of,’
iroads and revenues for 20 years |
' i before retiring from that post last
i !
i Boss Morris Dies In
i Meadows Memorial
Hospital Saturday
j Funeral services were held in j
■ ’ the Higgston Baptist Church at ’
; ; 5 p.m. Sunday for Boss Morris, |
1 ’ 65, of Ailey R-l, who died Satur- j
' i day in the Meadows Memorial I
; Hospital in Vidalia after suffer-)
i ing a cerebral hemorrhage.
I Services were conducted by the j
। Rev. English Byrd and burial was ।
in the Ferguson Cemetery with ,
Murchison Funeral Home i n
charge of. arrangements.
Pallbearers were Hughie Whit
'aker, T. R. Almond, Aubrey ,
Braddy, Acey Conaway, Bill Dur- ,
den and Alvie Morris.
Honorary pallbearers were '
Bert McCall, Jack West, Tom Col- ,
lins, Felton Keen, Tom Morris,
Cecil Sammons, Joe Morris and
Ed Thompson. >
Mr. Morris was born in Mont- .
gomery County on January 7, i
|I9OO, the son of George Washing- '
I ton Morris and Mrs. Catherine ;
I Phillips Morris and had lived ■
I there all of his life. He was a .
। member of the Higgston Baptist <
' Church and was a retired farmer.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs. ]
Mary Bacon, of Winter Park, Fla.; (
two brothers, Ed Morris, of Sop- ;
erton, and Seaborn Morris, of ;
Winter Park and several nieces (
and nephews. ;
One of the main highlights of
the event will be the awarding
of a purebred gilt to one of the
4-H or FFA members who are par
ticipating in the show and sale.
This event will be presented at
the Tri-County show after the
show and the sale will be held
in the afternoon of. the same day.
There will be four weight class
es in which participants may
compete. The weight classes will
be as follows:
Class No. 1— 160-175.
Class No. 2 — 180-200.
Class No. 3 — 200-220.
Class No. 4 — 225-240.
First prize will be a ribbon
and $8 in cash for each weight i,
i class. There will be ribbons giv-1
I en to each class through 6th place |
I and cash prizes will range from j
i first place $8 to 6th place, $3. j
All persons interested in live-1
stock in the Tri-County area are ’
urged and invited to attend this;
event. I
NUMBER 4S
section, including:
“What the Stadium Will Mean,"
to the city, Georgia and Southeast,,
by Mayor Ivan Allen; “Major
League All the Way,” by Jack.
Spalding, editor of The Atlanta
Journal; “The Big Three,” about
the men who made it go, by Eu
gene Patterson, editor of The At
lanta Constitution; “The 1965
Braves,” by Jesse Outlar, sports
editor of The Constitution; “High
Times,” in the life of the Braves,
by Furman Bisher, Journal sports
editor; “Georgia’s New Golden
Sports Era,” by Jim Minter, ex
ective sports editor of The Jour
nal; “How the Stadium was Built, *
by Bill Clark, Constitution sport*
staff writer; “Highway Network'
and Parking Facilities,” by Jour
nal staff writer John Pennington;
“Economic Impact” of Major Lea
gue baseball, by Lee Walbum,
Journal sports staff writer; “Will.
We Have a Pro Football Team?” 1
by Francis Tarkenton, former
University of Georgia All-SiEC
Star and now quarterback in the
National Football League; “What
Are the Plans” for college and
high school football in the sta
dium?, by Charlie Roberts, Con
stitution sports staff writer; and?
favorite stories about Southern,
baseball and its personalities by
Ralph McGill, Constitution pub
lisher.
Students Invited To
Submit Entries For
Social Science Fair
Students in schools throughout!
j Southeast Georgia have been in
' vited to submit entries in the.
, Southeast Regional Social Science
I Fair to be held at Claxton High
. School, March 17.
Mrs. Mazie Augley, CurriculunU'
I Director of Treutlen County
I Schools and Miss Lillian Eascn^
. Cur. Dir. of Evans County Schools
I are urging all schools to partici-
I pate as a means of stimulating:
। emphasis in the social science"
field.
Participants are divided intau
three groupings, from the fourth
through sixth grades, from tha
seventh through the ninth, and
from the tenth through the 12th.
Student exhibitors at regional’
fairs must be winners of local
school system' fairs; both first and
second place winners are eligible
to exhibit at the regional fair.
The public is invited to view the
exhibits at the fair.
The fair at Claxton High School
is one of seven to be held in the
state prior to the statewide fair
at Georgia State College in At
lanta, March 31-April 1, and 2.
The top two exhibits in each reg
ional fair will be eligible to par
ticipate in the state fair. The out
standing exhibitor will receive a.
$25 savings bond.
The social science fairs have
been underway for two years’ hr
Georgia as an effort to upgrade
social science work in the schools'
and to encourage students to da
quality research in the social,
science field. The project is fi
nanced by the Sears-Roebuck
Foundation.
This year the social science fairs:
are sponsored by the State Cur
riculum Division of the State De
partment of Education and the
Georgia Council for the Social’
Sciences. Curriculum directors in.
local school systems • are distri
buting information about the fairs,;
or it can be obtained from Adrion
Baird, Social Science Consultant
with the State Department of Ed
ucation.
The regional fair at Claxton
High School will be held in the
gymnasium according to Mrs
Augley and Miss Eason.
The following counties consti
tute the Southeast region of the
fair: Richmond, Glascock, Wash
ington, Johnson, Jefferson, Burke,
Jenkins, Screven, Bulloch, Cand
ler, Emanuel, Laurens, Bleckley,
Dodge, Wheeler, Montgomery..
Treutlen, Toombs, Tattnall, Long
Evans, Liberty, Bryan, Chatham.
Mclntosh, Effingham and Wayne.
The Bobby Baker case proved
one point. It’s hard to get to the
bottom of some things without ■
getting too close to the top. —
CHANGING TIMES.