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VCLUME 51
Everyone Has A Stake
In Conservation Jim
Gillis Jr. Tells Group
No place for city people in the
observance of Soil Stewardship
Week?
Jim L. Gillis Jr., chairman of
the State Soil and Water Conser
vation Committee, dispelled this
idea in a recent talk before
a group made up primarily of
city people.
He told supervisors and sup
porters of the Atlanta Soil and
Water Conservation District that
Atlanta was founded on agricul
ture. “Ard while you now touch
practically all fields of endeavor,”
he added, “agriculture and relat
ed businesses remain a vital force
in the economic and cultural
drive of the city.”
To show how agriculture con
tributes to the economy of the
state, Mr. Gillis declared:
“In Georgia, one of every two
workers is employed in farming
or in related agricultural indus
tries - and businesses. Georgia
farmers have $l.B billion invested
in land and buildings, and over
$360 million in machines and
equipment. They spend rearly sl4
million each year for tractors;
more than sls million for motor
trucks; and $12% million for auto
mobiles for farm use. They pur
chase $32 million worth of petro
leum products annuzlly; spend
sls million for tires, batteries and
repair parts for motor vehicles
and farm machinery; and SBO
million for fertilizer plus $193
million for feed.”
Mr. Gillis pointed out that
Georgia leads the South and is
secord in the nation in pulpwood
products. “Thirteen pulpwood
mills are located in the state,” he
said. “The total value of raw for
est products sold by Georgia’s
timberland owners is approxi
mately $l9B million annually.
The forest industry output is val
ued at $978 million annually.”
Mr. Gillis stated that a new
community is in the making in
Georgia, and added that “it con
sists of both rural and urban in
terests.”
This new community, he said,
“hasinter-lockin g and inter-de
pendent relationships which re
quire joint planning and efforts.
1t looks to total development of
all resources — rural and urban
alike.”
The responsibility of Soil Con
servation District Supervisors, he
told the Atlanta group, extends
to the total use of soil and water
by all segments of the economy,
and includes joining with those
of urban areas in planning for
full and wise protection and use
of soil :nd water resources.
Strawberry plants that are al
lowed to fruit the first year will
lose vigor and productivity in the
long run, says Horticulturist C.
D. Spivey of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service.
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“Value-Added” In 1963 In Georgia
diue- e n n ueorgia
Industrial Plants Up 54 Per Cent
Georgia’s 6,237 industrial plants increased their value
added-by-manufacture to $3.2 billion in 1963, 54 per cent
higher than the $2.1 billion in 1958, according to a prelimin
ary report of the 1963 Census of Manufacturers just issued !
by the U. S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of the Cen
sus. “Value-added” approximates the value of products ship- !
ped less the cost of materials used to manufacture the pro- |
ducts. I
The State’s textile mills indus-’
try, with $619 million value-add
ed — 19 per cent of Georgia’sl
total value-added figure — con-!
tinued to lead among the indus-]
tries. The transpartation equip-|.
ment industry ranked second with |
$516 million in value-added, 101
per cent increase over 1938, yearjw
of the previous Census. of Manu-l
facturers. i
Among the other large indus-|
tries reporting outstanding gains, |
percentagewise, were: .paper and |
allied products — up 33 per cenf;
food and related products — up
27 per cent; apparel and related|
products — up 76 per cent; chem-;.
icals — up 68 per cent; stone, clay |
and glass products — up 67 per;
cent; fabricated metals — up 118
per cent. Smaller indusiries (less,
than SIOO million value-added)
with sppreciable percentage gains|
included: machinery, except elec-§|
trical — up 36 per cent; electrical |
machinery — up 78 per cent; pri-|
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Gov. Carl Sanders has signed a proclamation officially designating” May 23-30 as
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Soil Stewardship Week in Georgia. Looking on are the five members of the State Soil and
Water Conservation Committee, which jointly sponsors the special observance with the
State Association of District Supervisors, headed by George Darden, Mitchell, president.
Let to right, committeemen are: B. Fred Statham, Americus; Clarence M. Higginbotham,
Royston; Jim L. Gillis Jr., Soperton; David Kistner, Loganville; Lamar Franklin, Marietta.
Governor Proclaims |
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Soil Stewardship Wk.
BY THE GOVERNOR: j
! WHEREAS: Soil and Water are |
two of our most important natur- |
{al resources, producing foods, fib
‘ers and innumerable products:
'necessary for life and happiness;
land i
i WHEREAS: Wise and proper’
|use of Georgia’s soil and water
{resources is a requisite for con-|
i tinued agricultural, industrial and |
economic growth of our State;!
‘and ;
| WHEREAS: We realize the need |
! for cooperation of all people in'!
| movements to conserve and im-i
iprove these resources and to sup-!
|port the program of the State '
Soil and Water Conservation Com- |
mittee and other groups engaged |
in this activity; now
THEREFORE: 1, Carl E. Sand-|
ers, Governor of the State of]
Georgia, do hereby proclaim the!
week of May 23-30, 1965 as “SOIL |
STEWARDSHIP WEEK” in Geor
gia, and urge our citizens t{o co- |
operate in every possible way toi
aid this worthy movement which |
means so much to all our people. |
In Witness Whereof, I have!
hereunto set my hand and caused |
the Seal of the Executive Depart-;
ment to be affixed. This 3rd day:
of March, 1965, ‘ |
CARL E. SANDERS K
Governor |
'mary metals — up 114 per cent;l
rubber and plastic products — up
196 per cent; leather products —
up 65 per cent; and, petroleum
and coal products — up 61 per
cent.
Advances in value-added were
registered in all city ' areas of
Georgia with Atlanta displaying
the highest increase from s7ll
million in 1958 to sl.l billion in!
1963 —a 60 per cent gain. =~ l
Among the counties listed in
‘he report large gains, percentage—'
wise, were registered for 66 of
the 107 counties covered in the
report. Figures for some countie!
do not appear in this preliminary |
report due to the necessity tor |
rechecking. The final report for
the State will present the totals
for all counties.
Employment in the State’s in
dusirial plants increased 13 per
cent in 1963 over 1958 — the fi
gures were 314,088 in 1958 and |
355,361 in 1963. l;
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1965
Wheeler County Plans For May 23-30
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Observance oOf Soil Stewardship Week
BY M. K. JACKSON
The State Soil and Waler Conservation Committee and the State
Association of District Supervisors are jointly sponsoring Soil Stew
ardsehip Week in Georgia, May 23-30.
- And Wheeler County is making
plans {o play an important role
in the observance. ~ " "
Back on M:rch 29 a meeting
was held in the County Agent’s
office ‘o begin preparations for
emphasizing this year’s theme,
“Challenges of Growth.”
Virtually every agricultural
agency in the county wa2s invited
to attend this meetirg. These were
the following: The Extension Ser
vice, the Soil Conservation Ser
vice, the Soil Conservation Dis
trict, the Vocational Agriculture
Department, the ASCS office, the
Home Demonstration club repre
sen* tive, the Farmers Home Ad-
Mrs. Clarence Adams
Dies In Nursing Home
Saturday, May 1 |
Funeral services were held}T
from the Tabernacle Baptist,
Church Sunday, May 2, for Mrs.!
Clarence A. Adams, 71, the form
er Miss Mattie Mae Simpler, who
died in the Precious Nursing;
Home on May 1 after an extend- |
ed illness. : |
' The Rev. Charles Whitson and|
'the Rev. E. L. Gilliland officiat- |
ed and burial was in Pinecrest!
Cemetery with Murchison Funer-|
al Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Adams was born in Ver
non, Ala. on December 27, 1893,|
and had lived in Vidalia for 26
vears. She wz2s a member of Ta
bernacle Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband,
of Vidalia: four daughters, Mrs.‘
George F. Roberts, of Cayce, S. C.;
Mrs. U. D. Vandiver, of La-!
’Grarge. and Mrs. Robert P. Bal
ish and Mrs. J. R. Roberts, nfl
‘Walterboro, S. C.; » son, M. C.|
Norton, of Tampa, Fla.; 12 grard
children; and two brothers, Gus
Simpler, of Port St. Joe, Fla. and
‘Offie Simpler, of Pensacola, Fla.
Brewton Parker Choir
To Present Evening
Worship Sunday
- The Brewton Pzarker choir will
present the evening worship ser
vice at the Alamo Baptist Chyrch
Sunday night at. 8 p.m.
There ' will be only brief pre
liminaries including arrounce
‘ments and offering and the choir
will have the remainder of the
service. |
The choir is under the direction |
of Neil Edwards who conducted
the singing at the spring revival
at the church in March. |
Members of the church and the |
public are invited to attend this |
service. |
~ministration, the REA ind the,
iministers of the county. l
? The plans made?mfi' just a-t
| bout everyone of an opportunity!
'to participate in the special week |
':his year, Mr. Jackson, county"
‘agent, explained that Soil Stew-}
jardship Week is 2 nation-wide ob-:‘
servance which places emphasis
lon man's obligations to God as,
Istewards of the soil, “water, and |
io:her resources. “This ‘year’s!
i theme, ‘Challenges of Growth,'}]
'underscores the responsibility each |
lcitizen has in meeting these obli- -
égations." he szid. [
{ Historically, Georgia ministers
{have plaved an important part in |
ISoil Stewardship Week, and this
{year will be no excepotion. In
{ Wheeler County, ministers of yir
|tually all the churches have been ',
icontacted, and most of them will
ideliver sermons on Soil Steward- '
|ship either on May 23 or May 30. ‘
| The schools, 4-H clubs, FFA|
and FHA chapters, and civic or-/
! ganizations are being encourager
'to observe the week by having '
épmgrams on Soil . Stewardship. !
| The bank and business firms are
jurged to prepare and display ex-
hibits, charts, posters, pictures{
and c*her appropriate materials
during the week. i
Rural Mail Carriers |
To Distribute Survey
Cards On Livestock
Postmaster George E. Towns)
reminds rural patrons of the Ala
'mo Post Office to be on the look-'
out for June Livestock Survey
Cards. Mail carriers will leave
survey cards in a sample of boxes
along their routes on or about
May 22.
“USDA bases livestock = ard
pountry estimates on replies to
’this survey,” Mr. Towns explains,
i“lt is important for everyone who
gets a card to fill it out and re-!
turn it to the carrier. This way,
USDA gets a representative sam
ple of the area’s livestock and
poultry holdings.
“Carriers assisting with the sur-:
vey are Vernon W. Hartley, Route
1 and Merrill F. Gross, Route 2. !
. “Survey cards will be forward-'
ed to the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service in Athens. After addingi
and anlyzing these cards, USDA'!
statisticians are able to estimate;
the State’s pigs and calves born,.
milk production, lamb: and wool
crops, and the number of ‘hens'
and pullets. .
“Information from this survey
will guide livestock and poultry
producers, marketing firms, pro-|
cessors, and other related bus-!
inesses in making important _de-'
cisions,” Mr. Towns concludes.
All Wheeler County Schools Fully
Accredited For 65-66 School Year
All schools in the county have
been accredited without a single
deficiency, according to an an
nouncement Wednesday by W.
S. Clark, County School Super
intendent. Clark was notified of
i
S. Ga. Conference To Meet At Wesley
Morumental Church June 7-11
Delegates representing 360,000 Methodists in Georgia will hold!
their annual conferences in June at Savannah and Atlanta.
~ The South Georgia Conference
is scheduled for June 7-11 at Wes
ley Monumental Methodist Church
in Savannan. The North Georgia
Annual Conference will meet
June 21-25 at Glenn Memorial
Methodist Church in Atlanta. !
~ The conferences are held each
year to consider business and pronl
grams of 1,569 churches and sev
eral boards and agencies. Church |
Sealed Bids For |
Construction Os j
Airport Opened i
~ Sealed bids were opened
;Thursda_y at the office of the;
Commissioner of Roads and Rev-|
‘enues of Telfair County at thei
ccourt house in Mcßae and pub
licly read for furnishing all la
'bor, materials, tools, equipment,
‘supervision and accessories for the]
construction of the Telfair-Wheel
er Airport. |
. The bids will be required: to re-‘;
}main open for acceptance or re-§
jection for sixty days after the
idate of opening. Roy C. Smith Jr.
*is»Chaiflrm»an of the Airport Com
mittee.
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iTalmadge Named
To Senate Demo
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Campaign Panel
~ Georgia’s U. S. Sen. Herman E.’
‘Talmadge has been appointed to
‘the* Democratic Senatorial Cam-i
paign Committee by Senate Ma
jority Leader Mike Mansfield of!
Montana and Chairman Warren
G. Magnuson, D-Wash. i
- The committee helps to plan!
and finance the campaigns of|
Democratic senatorial nominees, |
Others appointed to the com-!
mittee were Senators Robert F.|
Kennedy of New York; Birch;
Bayh of Indiana, and Quenton N.|
Burdick of North Dakota ’
Woman's College E
Approved For College
Work-Study Program |
|
The application from The Wo-:
man’s College of Georgia, Mil-;
ledgeville, has been tentatively
spproved for participation in the?
Colleze Work-Study Program —|
part of the Economic Opportun-:
ity Act recently passed by the !
U. S. Congress. This program pro-i
vides substantial assistance for;
students who come from low in-|
come families. Special family in-.
come qualifications must be met, |
and coxplete information zbout !
requirements for student partici
pation in the program may be
obtained from John F. Walters,!|
assistant director of admissions.
The college will begin participa-!
tion in this program during the!
summer of 1965, and applications
should be made immediately for
this summer work.
University Women
To Meet Thursday
The Ailey-Mt. . Vernon area
branch of the ‘American Associa
tion* of University “Women 'will
meet on Thursday, May 20, at
7430 p.m. at the home of Mrs.
Henry A. Moses in Uvalda.
This will be the last meeting
of the year for the AAUW. All
members cre urged to be present
to participate in making plans
and “important decisiors concern
ing the program of work for 1965-
66
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Narrow-leaf evergreens — such
as - cedars, junipers, arborvitae,
pines, and others — can’t stand
heavy pruning, warns Gerald E.
Smith, horticulturist with the Co-i
operative Extension Service. ‘
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the accreditation this week by
H. S. Shearouse, executive secre-}
tary of the Georgia Accrediting!
Commission, i
The period of accreditation is|
for the 1965-66 school year. Cer-!
:i-work to be discussed will include{
-li-m-issions, evangelism, social con- |
icerns, finances and various other
.!areas. !4
| Both bodies will report increas-i‘
les in church membership in the|
!last ‘l2 months. The highest gain !
| will be in the North Georgia Con- .
i ference where the Atlanta metro-!
i politan area has caused a step-up,
lin Methodist growth. Last year .
|both conferences reported lagging |
iSunday School membership, buti
ithis year is expected to show this
(has improved. i
i Social concerns will again be;‘
!given close attention. Reports will!
come from the two conference
|Boards of Christian Social Con
lcerns. Each year the reports have !«
|stressed problems ranging from |
Isexual exploitation in movies to !
|race relations. The boards have !
made no announcement as to the!!
‘lcontent of this year’s reports. Theg‘
‘igmups have, however, worked !
‘strongly in the areas of alcohol!]
leducation, race relations, and|
'igambling in the previous year. {
| Both conferences are expected'i]
'_‘to give favorable finance repnr’cs.“
|ln addition -40468&1 sc\humh,:-.&u;k
' port, Methodist contributions pro- |
ivide funds for support of numer-[
jous national and international;
|programs and projects such asi
ihospitals, schools and colleges and |
missions. ;
i Delegates will be told that two!f
.!retirement homes opened at -A-!]
‘imericus and Atlanta in the las-t|3
118 months having good success.
|The homes, valued at more than
Is7 million, provided retirement |
tand nursing care for persons aged |
|65 and above. One is done in|
{Georgia Colonial architec‘ure |
iwhile the other is ultra-modern |!
lin design. ’
| Two Methodist bishops will be |!
.the conference preachers, Bishoplt
Nolan B. Harmon, retired, will|:
}preach each night at the South!]
|Georgia Conference. Bishop Ken- |
;neth Copeland, leader of the Ne~}
'braska Methodist Area, will preach | ¢
lat North Georgia’s meeting. ]
| The South Georgia meeting is|
{planced for Wesley Monumental |
IMethodist Church,’ one of theli
(state’s most historic churches. |:
' Methodists are beginning their|]
1100th year in Georgia. Savannah | ¢
| was selected as the'eonference site | |
(this year because it was the city
iwhere John and Charles Wesley,!
| founders of The Methodist Church, !
first worked in America. 1
i North Georgians will meet at]]
.Emory University’s campus
ichurch, Glenn Memorial. Thel]
ichurch has become the perennial ||
‘meeting place of Methodists each!]
‘June. [
| Bishop John Owen Smith, head |t
of The Methodist Church in Geor- |
'gia, will preside over both annual |i
‘conferences. i
e e e e e e A A eet
Nightgown Rider Gets Four Years
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In Kidnaping Case In Sparfanburg
A pretty young North Carolina woman who rode a car hoed
down Spartanburg, S. C.s main street last August while clad im 3
nightgown has'drawn a four-year prison sentence for kidnaping.
i Joyce Kaye LaFevers, 24, and
|Stacey Lavern Bigham, 26, plead
ied guilty to kidnaping Grady Lee
?Stcen, 26, at gunpoint from Kan
;n:polis, No L 4
i . Federal District Judse €. C
'Wyche called it a technijcal kid
'nap case in-:court Monday, and
said it was. generated by the wo
‘mar’s former affair with Steen,
'its prime objective to get him to
marry her.
i Steen was taken from Kanna
ipo‘.is to Startanburg; Si C. where
Ihe escaped from a motel. Miss Las
|Fevers rushed. out of the motel
tificates of accreditation will bes
‘mailed to the individual scheols:
in August, Clark said,
. Schools accredited without any
}deficiencies are: Glenwood Ele
.mentary, Wheeler County Elemen-~
?tary, Wheeler County Training
' Elementary, Wheeler County High.
'School and Wheeler County Train
ing High School.
. Clark also reported that the en
rollment at the Wheeler County
‘High and Wheeler County Train--
ing schools are at an all-time:
high.
~ Clark cited two major improve
ments that were instrumental im
‘achieving this accreditation with
!out a deficiency: all teachers im
‘the schools are qualified andi
i:eaching in their field of certifi--
cation, and the number of boeks
in the libraries have been: in
creased.
The curriculum of the schools
include adequate science, mrath,
and English departments. In ad
dition to this, two year courses:
in foreign languages are offered!
2s well as advance business and’
vocational courses.
The high schools excelled im:
literary competition and sports:
events this year with the Wheel--
er County Training School girl's
basketball team capturing the
State Class B championship.
Camping In U. S.
Gets Big Boost
From President
- Camping, which is growing by
leaps and bounds as a populsr eut
door recreation in Georgia amé
throughout the nation — and es
pecially in Georgia’s state packs:
— received an added boost the:
other day when President Lyndes:
EB. Johnson took cognizance of
iAmerican Camping Week..
. In recognition of the high stan
'dards which the American Camp—
ing Association has set for young
campers throughout the natiem,
President Johnson said:
“Your organization has distin
guished itself in the promotiom ef*
outdoor life among our younger
citizens and has helped to make:
camping an enjoyable and widely
popular family activity as welß™
In recognizing the increasing:
role which camping places im thes
total educational growth of youmgs
sters, Colquett Clark, Georgia'ss
president of the American Camps
ing Association said:
“The American Camping Asso~
ciation is an agency of utmost im
portance to Georgia parents. A.-
C.A. sets high standards of ex~
cellence for its member camper=
in programs, personnel, health.
and facilities, and is the paremt’s
insuranoe that his child will *her—
oughly receive a rich and reward
ing summer experience.”
Campers throughout Georgia.
serving the youth movement re-.
port an increase in camping regis
trations coming in from Geergia:
youth, according to Clark.
Further evidence that camping
is steadily increasing is seem im
figures compiled by the Geargia
Department of State Parks. Fer
example, in Georgia’s parks alone
total camper days went up 37 per
cent in the past fiscal year, reach--
ing a total of 517,305 comparedi
with 377,235 the previous year.
|as he drove off and jumped eox
r':he car hood. Thé spectacle of
1 the nightgown rider drew a fal
{lowing crowd of cars in the early.
morning hours and police stopped
the car, and Steen told his storw:
Steen since has married ané
Bingham since has been recen
ciled to his estranged wife, de
fense lawyers tcld the court.
'} Testimony by Federal Bureaw
of Investigation agents was that
| $5,000 was sought from Steem but.
| that Bighame got $% cash. and 5
|check for $1360
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