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NATION A L EDITORIAL
National Library Week
From April 25-May 1, National Library Week is being
-celebrated in libraries throughout Georgia and the United
States. It is sponsored annually by the National Book Com
mittee, Inc. and the American Library Association. Gover
nor Carl E. Sanders has endorsed it.
National Library Week emphasizes the importance of
reading for pleasure as well as for information. Visit your
library during National Library Week and get acquainted
with it. Continue to use it throughout the year. The librarians
will be glad to welcome you as one of their patrons.
Here Is A Mm
When the Federal Court ordered the Legislature
reapportioned, HERE IS A MAN who served as Secre
tary of this specially selected Committee to handle this
problem. This man worked long hours to see that our
counties were treated fairly and is one of the main rea
sons that one or more of our counties were not swallow
ed up by a larger county in the reapportionment plan.
When Georgia's first billion dollar budget was
signed into law this year, HERE IS A MAN, who served
as one of the three officers of this, the most important
of all the Legislative Committees, and who was instru
mental in seeing that our area, our people, our schools
and our teachers were allotted their fair share of the
appropriation for the next two years.
When the Highway Committee met to study pend
ing legislation that would benefit our people, HERE IS
A MAN who, as a member of his important committee,
worked with other members to see that our area re
ceives its fair share of highway funds and improve
ments.
When the Court voided the terms of members of the
Legislature, there were three Representatives in our
District who had been elected for a two year term.
HERE IS A MAN who is the ONLY one of these three
men seeking election, and who is asking you, in the
spirit of fair play, to let him finish out the term that all
three of these men had been elected to.
YES, HERE IS A MAN who is NOW serving in the
Legislature, who NOW has important committee as
signments and who is NOW in position to represent our
District well.
HERE IS A MAN who is grateful for your support
and who pledges to you good representation.
HERE IS A MAN . . .
ELECT HIM AND USE HIM
Mackie Simpson
For REPRESENTATIVE ■ District 61
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
1 CAPITOL
REPORT
I
By Gov. Carl Sanders
.During the past 20 years, the
most noteworthy social change in
our country has been the tremen
dous shift of population of leader
ship, not simply due to the great
er numbers, but because of the
heightened sense of responsibility
and understaanding that these cit
izens have acquired.
Every municipality in our
State, therefore, is a potential cen
ter for progress, and it is the con
tinuing determination of both lo
cal leaders and State Government
to develop that potential together.
Through more intensive com
municatiin between urban and
rural areas, and more extensive
cooperation among all of Geor
gia’s communities, the relationship
between our government and our
municipalities has become — and
must ever remain — one of part
nership rather than opposition.
The record of our Adlinistra
tion has been one of cooperation
and progress for Georgia’s towns
and cities, and I intend to con
tinue to improve that relord as
long as I am your Governor.
Our achievements during the
past two years exemplify this
kind of cooperation and progress.
For instance, our school systems,
both rural and urban, for the first
time in Georgia history, are pay
ing their fair share for the educa
tion of their children.
We have abolished the sheriff’s
fee system, with the result that
this year our once notorious speed
trap operations are nowhere to be
found.
Legislation was approved last
year which opens the way for
State Highwaj' Department assist
ance in the construction of muni
cipal airports, a vital and neces
sary force for our future industrial
growth.
Because of reapportionment, ur
ban areas will soon have a great
er voice in legislative councils in
our State House of Representa
tives, as they already have in the
Georgia Senate.
Finally, during last year’s Spec
ial Session of the General Assem
bly, a recurring annual allocation
of $9.3 million to our municipal-1
ities was written into the pro-1
posed State Constitution.
And this year, striving toward !
that same goal of financial assist-i
ance to our cities — we will put i
into effect, during this biennium, i
total direct grants to municipal!- ‘
ties amounting to $15.3 million. !
with a plan for recurring annual !
allocations of $9 million, 317 thou- :
sand each year after that — the
same amount that will be received
by Georgia counties. Thus, this
historically-significant plan now
places our municipalities and our
counties on the same footing in
the eyes of State Government.
The hoped-for result of. this fav
orable financial condition which
our cities will enjoy, is that our
municipalities will be in a better
position to take on many of those
local responsibilities that are too
often left up to higher levels of
government.
Our State Government, for its
part, is currently engaged in ef
forts to become a bodj- that can
cope efficiently and effectively
with Georgia’s problems of tomor
row.
And now, since the recent pas
sage of the municipal home rule
bill our local governments, too,
should take on the responsibility
of clearing their deck for action,
since our philosophy of govern
ment has always maintained that
the problem of individual citizens
should be met on the level of that
government which is closest to
the individual.
FOR LARGER FRUIT
Thinning is usually necessary to
produce larger apples and pears,
according to C. D. Spivey, Exten
sion Service horticulturist. He
pointe dout that apples and pears
produce five blossoms per cluster.
These are a king blossom and four
subordinates. The king blossom is
in the center. Leave it and remove
the four subordinates.
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VIDALIA GEORGIA
Governor Sanders Visits Valdosta;
Makes Three Talks In One Day
It may not set a record, but outside of political campaigns it
comes close. At any rate, on a recent day in Valdosta Gov. Carl E.
Sanders delivered three speeches within a six-hour period.
First, at 1:30 p.m., the governor
dedicated the new J. E. Mathis
Auditorium. Said he:
“I am happy to be able to join
with you today in dedicating this
new and attractive auditorium,
named for a former Valdosta may
or and member of the Legislature,
who devoted his career to mak
ing Valdosta and Lowndes Coun
ty a more attractive place, not on
ly for all of their citizens, but for
all Georgians.
“This $600,000 building already
is in the process of paying for it
self, not merely in terms of pro
viding the necessary space for
civic and social functions, but also
in terms of the proud position it
occupies, both in the city and in
the minds of the citizens of Val
dosta.
“I think the most important as
pect of this new auditorium is the
fact that it is tangible and drama
tic evidence of the determined
new spirit of this dynamic city
. . . The work you have done
here already is nothing short of
awe-inspiring.’’
Next, at 4 p.m., Gov. Sanders
spoke at groundbreaking cere
monies for- new $76,737 tourist
welcome station to be built on
Eleven Georgians
To Be Honored At
FHA Atlanta Meeting
Eleven Georgians who have
rendered outstanding contribu
tions to the state’s 23,000 Future
Homemakers of America, will re
ceive honorary membership in the
Association on Friday morning,
April 23, at the 20th Annual meet
ing at the Dinkier Plaza Hotel in
Atlanta, from State President Stel
la Williams of Cordele.
Included are Olin W. (Jinn,
Manager Rural Division, Georgia
Power Company; Mrs. Olivia
Grahl, Assistant Supervisor Home
Economics Education; Walter Har
rison, Director Georgia Electric
Membership Cooperatives; J.
Brantley Johnson, Member State
Board of Education; Mrs. Aramin
ta Little, Supervisor Home Eco
nomics Education, Chatham Coun
ty Schools; W. H. Rehberg, Area
Representative, State Department
of Education; David F. Rice, Mem
ber State Board of Education: Dr.
Allen C. Smith. Associate State
Superintendent of Schools; Lon
nie E. Sweat, Member State Board
of Education; Miss Ruth Tanner,
Retired Homemaking Teacher, and
Robert B. Wright, Member State
Board of Education.
The honorary memberships are
given only for outstanding ser
vice to the organization, and go
to those who have encouraged and
supported the state’s Future
Homemakers in their high school
home economics programs in
schools, homes, and communities
throughout Georgia. Among those
already holding honorary mem
bership in the organization are
Governor Carl Sanders, Dr. Claude
Purcell, State Superintendent of
Schools, and Jack P. Nix, State
Director of Vocational Education.
Interstate 75.
“The tourist welcome center
here,” he said, “will be the sixth,
the largest, the Tost modern and
one of the most strategically lo
cated in Georgia, and when it is
! formally opened later this year, I
am confident that it will prove
’ one of the most beneficial addi
; tions, not only to Valdosta and
i Lowndes County, but also to the
’ entire State of Georgia.”
And finally, at 7:30 p.m., the
। chief executive addressed a din
-1 ner meeting of the Coastal Plains
| Area Planning and Development
I Commission. Pointing out that
I there are now 16 such commis
sions in Georgia, Sanders said:
“As you know, the State of
Georgia seeks to encourage this
kind of collective effort to com
bat common problems, my match
ing the local area planning and
development funds raised with
an equal amount of state funds.
“I am personally hopeful that
the continued success of our area
planning and development com
missions will serve as an example
and an incentive, not only for
more such commissions, but also
for more extensive cooperation
and grouping of services on the
part of many of our county gov
ernments.
“To those counties who feel this
would be a blow to their local
pride, I would remind them of
the unalterable fact that the real
key to success is pride plus initia
tive plus the ability to think a
head.
“Since this commission first
came into existence on year ago,
you have been demonstrating all
three of these ingredients to suc
cess. You have recognized and lo
cated the weak spots in your area,
you have marshalled your forces,
and you are now working toward
local solutions.”
Wheeler Co. Soil And
Water Conservation
By CLAYTON GARNER
Slow running water down to
a walking speed. This is what an
adequate terracing and water dis
posal system does.
Even though many fields in
Wheeler County have adequate
terracing and water disposal sys
tems, others are in need of sim
ilar treatment.
There are two types of terraces
— conventional and parallel. Most
farmers want parallel but all fields
cannot be paralleled. With prop
er placement of vegetated water
ways, conventional terraces re
duce the number of short rows
in a terrace interval.
When new terraces are com
pleted some within the system
may not work properly at first.
Low places may have to be filled.
Outlets may have to be opened
up or enlarged.
At first, new waterways may
not be entirely satisfactory.
Heavy rains may wash the seed
or coastal bemuda stolens out.
Sometimes two years are requir
ed before a good cover is secur
red. You can’t foregt a waterway
even after it becomes stabilized
with a good cover. Annual appli
cations of a complete fertilizer
are required. Spots may have to
be replanted.
Technical assistance with these
and other soil and water conser
vation practices may be obtained
from your local Soil Conserva
tion Service office in Alamo. The
Ohoopee River Soil and Water
Conservation District, through
the S.C.S. furnishes this assistance.
“Keep Wheeler County Green."
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1965
More Honors Go
To Gov. Sanders
For Leadership
High honors continue to be
heaped upon Gov. Carl E. Sand
ers in recognition of his leader
ship in various fields. Among the
latter were these:
The Gate City Lodge of B’nai
B’rith, at its recent annual An
gel Fund Dinner held in Atlanta,
awarded the governor its first
Eternal Light Award for “out
standing work on behalf of edu
cation.” As principal speaker, he
said:
“B’nai B’rith, as all of us should
know, began its comprehensive
program for youth in 1932. It has
benefitted more than 2,000 Jed
ish children in the Atlanta area
alone, as well as thousands more
in other Georgia cities.
“At long last, I am happy to
say, the State of Georgia has join
ed you in your intensified con
cern for the problems of youth,
and we are able today, as never
before in our history, to create
opportunities, and broaden the
horizon, for every young person
in our state, with no exceptions.”
The National Federation of Bus
iness and Professional Women’s
Clubs, at a dinner in Atlanta, pre
sented Sanders with a national
Top Hat Award for his efforts to
give women more status in pro
fessional and business careers.
“I accept this reward, not as
I Carl Sanders,” he said, “but more
।as a symbol in this state of the
outstanding achievements of the
women of Georgia.”
In accepting the first annual
“Profile of Courage Award” from
। Local 192 of the International
I Union of Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers in Augusta,
Gov. Sanders emphasized his
agreement with the aims of the
late President Kennedy in the
fields of education and economic
growth.
He -said that in Georgia “we are
making a tremendous effort to
see that no talented youngster is
denied an opportunity for an ade
quate education.”
Veterans News
The efforts of Georgia veterans
and the state’s Congressional dele
gation in opposing the elimina
tion of Veterans Administration
facilities, has met with some suc
cess, Pete Wheeler, director,
Georgia Department of Veterans
Service, said today.
Among the facilities the VA
proposes to eliminate is the Thom
asville Domicilary, which houses
some 800 indigent veterans, most
of them 65 or older.
“The U. S. House Committee on
: Veterans Affairs has approved a
i bill designed to block some of the
I closings, and President Johnson
! has directed the VA administrator
i to review the closing orders,” Mr.
! Wheeler said.
“While these actions give us no
assurance that Thomasville Dom
iciliary will remain open, they do
materially increase the probabil
। ities,” Mr. Wheeler said.
Mr. Wheeler protested the
! Thomasville shutdow’n in testi
; mony before the House Commit-
I tee last month. He also presented
• before the committee the protest
lof the National Association of
। State Directors of Veterans As-
I fairs, of which he is president.
Georgia’s congressmen and two
I senators also have opposed the
• closing. Several of the lawmakers
1 appeared and presented testimony
j before the House Veterans Af
j fairs Committee.
“Meanwhile, hundreds of Geor
j gia veterans, individually, and
i through organizations, have voic
■ed their protest to the closings,”
Mr. Wheeler said.
He added, “We can only wait
now, and hope, that the reviews
jof the closing directive will re
i verse the previous Thomasville
■ closing order.”