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VOLUME 51
ACP Promotes
Stewardship Os
Soil And Water
Th: : week marks the annual
observance of Soil Stewardship
Week in Georgia. This is a time'
when the word “Steward” is em-1
phasized. Regardless of whether!
we are “dirt” farmers or merely 1
occupy a small plot of land we j
al Jhave some responsibility for i
the stewardship of our soil and *
water resources.
Urban and rural dwellers alike
are dependent on these resources
for daily sustenance. If either soil
or water become in short supply,
a national calamity would cer- j
tair.ly confront our nation. So it
is of personal as well as nnation
al importance that conservation
measures be introduced and ap
plied to the preservation of these
resources foi - the general benefit >
of present and future generations, j
Conservation measures are ex-!
pensive. They can be done best |
by the people who live on the j
land. There is not always enough |
money left over from living and
operating expenses to pay the j
cost of sufficient conservation I
mea-ures to adequately preserve I
and enhance these natural re-।
soures. Almost 30 years ago our!
National Congress realized this j
and passed a law creating the Ag- j
ricutural Conservation Program.
The ACP has provided finan
cial assistance down through years
through cost-sharing payments to
farmers to help perform needed
soil and water conservation prac
tices or. their land. This cost
share assistance is approved by
county ASC committees for on
farm conservation measures which
are considered necessary andl
which will generally not be done I
within the financial resources of!
the farmer making the request.
In general the assistance provid- j
ed by the ACP represents about I
50 per cent of the cost of the ex- i
tent approved by the County Com-1
mittee. The farmer pays the bal- |
ance of the cost and, in addition, j
furnishes the necessary labor and
machinery.
AU counties annually develop i
3 program which contains ade- j
quate conservation practices to
meet the more urgent local soil
and water conservation problems.
Some of the 1964 conservation' ac
complishments in Wheeler Coun
ty under the ACP are: permanent
vegetative cover established on
600 acres, permanent pasture and
hay land improved on 200 acres, i
winter and summer cover seeded |
on 800 acres, lime applied on 5,-
000 acres.
In performing these practices,
Wheeler County farmers earned
$57,300.00 in ACP cost-sharing
assistance.
Navy UDT Needs
More Frogmen
Do you have the "Fortitude,"
the “Physical Stamina” and the
strong desire to be a real man?
Would you like to earn $120.00 to
$220.00 a month extra for adven
turous excitement which few men
could ever enjoy? Do you enqoy j
swimming, flying, parachute j
jumping, handling high evplos
ives ard doing your country
real service?
If your answer is yes, then this
is the life for you. You would re- |
ceive approximately 27 weeks of j
intensive training administered ।
by the Naval Amphibious School |
at Norkfolk, Va.; five weeks
would be spent in beautiful Puer-!
to Rico, three weeks at Fort Ben
ning, Ga. for the Airborne phase,
and six weeks at Key West, Fla.
for the underwater phase.
During the course, you will re
ceive the best possible physical i
training. You will participate in !
many competitive sports ard be j
well trained in military drills and
tactics. The final week, approxi
mately named, “Hell Week.” you
will simulate actual combat con
ditions utilizing all your previous
training. You will actually plan,
organize and execute a complete
reconnaisance of a nearby beach
area, demolishing obsticles and j
withdrawing to the parent ship.
If you would like to try for
this unique and highly competi
tive group contact your Navy Re
cruiter today. Your Navy Re
cruiter is in Alamo on the first
and third Thursday .'■.fternoons of;
each month, or call Dublin BR 2-1
5464.
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THREE JET-POWEREO TRANSPORTS, ALL GEORGIA PRODUCTS—The Joint Armed
Forces Day Open House and Air Show on Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
at Marietta, will feature three of Georgia’s world-famed products, all jet-powered
transports now flying the world's skyways. They are the Cl4l Star Lifter, C-130
Hercules and C-140 Jet Star. The world's largest aircraft plant under one roof,
operated by Lockheed-Georgia Company for the U. S. Air Force, will be open to
the public. All military services in the Atlanta area, including the Army, Navy,
Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines, Civil Air Patrol, National Guard and Reserves
are joining in the “Power for Peace” displays and an aerial parade of progress
of aircraft. Twentieth Century Fox has secured flying reproductions of 1910
vintage aircraft to be shown in Georgia for the first time. Free parking for more
I than 7,000 cars is available in the Lockheed parking lot, adjacent to State Route
280 (South Cobb Drive), Marietta. Dobbins Air Force Base and the Naval Air
Station are co-hosting the event. Lt. Gen. Charles W. G. Rich, commander of
the Third Army, will review a colorful military parade. All events are free and
I everyone is invited.
Tour Wheeler County 4-H Members
To Attend Stale Council testing
Four Wheeler County 4-H members will leave Ala.r.o Wednes-:
day morning, June 2, for Rock Eagle and the biggest 4-H Club meet- j
ing of the ye: r.
The occasion is the 32nd annual
Georgia 4-H Council convention,
ar.d at Rock Eagle the local dele
gates will join nearly 1,000 others
! for the important leadership-citi
zenship session.
One of the highlights of the
meeting will be the election of
new’ State 4-H Council officers,
and four Wheeler County mem
bers who are going as regular
delegates will help choose them.
They are Gail Thomas, Alamo;
Suzanne Gilder, Alamo; Ra Meg
uiar, Alamo, and Keith McNeal,
Alamo.
The officers will be nominated
: t a 4:15 general assembly Wed
nesday afternoon and will make
their campaign speech immediate
ly. The election will be held from
7:30 to 8:30 Friday morning and
1 the winners announced at 10:30.
The three-day event will center
around this year’s theme, “Learn
ing, Leading, Serving — Your Op
portunity.”
L. W. Eberhardt Jr., director of
I the Cooperative Extension Ser
vice, will officially open the
Council meeting at a 2:00 p.m.
general assembly. Willis Edmund,
executive consultant with the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.,
will make the convention’s key
note address Wednesday’ night.
Other speakers which the
Wheeler County boys and girls
will hear during the wmek include
i Dr. George Foster, state 4-H Club
I leader in Tennessee; Francis Tar-
I kenton, former University of
Georgia quarterback and now a
star with :he Minnesota Vikings;
Rev. Frank Pince, pastor of the
First Methodist Church at Athens;
J. W. Fanning, vice president of
the University of Georgia, and
W. A. Sutton, vice president of
the Citizens & Southern National
Bank.
Mr. Fanning will be the speak
er at citizenship day ceremonies
Friday morning honoring 4-H
members who have reached vot
ing age within the year.
Mr. Sutton, former state 4-H
Club leader and Extension direc
tor. will come bsck to Rock Eagle
on the 10th anniversary of the
1 Center’s opening. He will talk a-
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1965
1 bout the dream and development'
, of the $4 million, 1,200-capacity ;
■ facility which has come to be (
; I known as the finest of its kind in ;
■ [ the world.
Thursday will be Master 4-H
■ i Club day al the meeting, and a .
f i number of state 4-H champions |
, i are expected to be on hand for |
• I the annual banquet and business :
-: session of the organization.
. ! Attendance will increase again i
; on Friday when the State 4-H Ad- ।
. visory Committee, made up of
34 prominent citizens from |
I throughout Georgia, look in on i
। I the meeting. The committee will!
. । attend the citizenship day cere-1
. | mojiies, then elect new officers I
. I during a noon luncheon at the 4-;
( ' H Center.
Hospital Patients
. ■ The following patients were in |
the Wheeler County Hospital the
week of May 17:
Mrs. Abbie Armstrong, Glen
• I wood.
Mrs. Jackie Thompson, Ailey.
Mrs. Jackie Richardson, Mount j
Vernon.
Mrs. Rita Juan Crews, Mount
Vernon.
Mrs. Jeanelle Carey, Glenwood.:
Mrs. Treasy White, Alamo.
Mrs. Mettye Pippin, Glenwood.
Mrs. Sandra Warnock, Mount
Vernon.
Mrs. Ethel B. Horton, Hazle
hurst.
Mrs. Pauline C. Powell, Glen
wood.
Lawrence Thompson, Mount
Vernon.
F. D. Miller, Ailey. *.
Michael Thompson. Ailey.
Colored ; ।
Willie Powell, Glenwood.
Charlie L. Roberson. Glenwood. 1
Josephine Peterson. Tarrytown.
William Roberson, Glenwood.
Zenobia Moore, Glenwood.
Louise Burns and infant son,
Ailey.
Rebecca Madison, McGregor.
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Landowners with large, high- i
quality trees will find good mar- ;
kets in practically all areas of the
state, according to foresters with ,;
the Cooperative Extension Ser- ; ;
vice.
Golf Course At The
Little Ocmulee Park
Almost Completed
O. C. Jor.es, Golf Course Archi
tect, who is constructing the
'beautiful nine hole golf course
;at Little Ocmulgee State Park,
has almost completed this project
and now has a contract to build
i an 18 hole course at the Houston
i Lake Country Club in Perry.
The Gray Well Digging Co. of
Uvalda is drilling a deep well on
: the course and grass sprigging
’ will begin soon.
Future Unlimited
For Production
Os Pulpwood
At the Forestry Seminar held
at the Elks Club in Dublin on
। Thursday evening, May 20. Dor
|sey Dyer, head of the Extension
Forestry Department. University
। of Georgia, noted that the future
!is unlimited for pulpwood pro
duction in the State of Georgia
■ and especially in the nine county ■
'Heart of Georgia Planning and |
'Development Commission area, j
He pointed out that the total land |
area in the nine county grouping |
consits of 1.9 million acres of
which 1.2 million is forest land.
| Ray Shirley, Director of Geor
! gia Forestry Commission, explain
' ed that there is no other area in
the state where timber is so plen
tiful as in the Heart of Georgia
'area. Mr. Shirley also noted that
Georgia grows 16 per cent more
wood than is presently cut, which j
is a very favorable balance. In;
.relation to industrial develop-;
ment Mr. Shirley announced that 1
there are only five' sites left in j
the state for a pulpwood mill.;
These exist outside Elberton, near I
Mount Vernon; in the Lumber
(City area, in the Hawkinsville-!
Ocmulgee River area and ithe I
Dublin-Oconee River area. The j
Georgia Forestrj’ Commission be-1
1 lieves in giving first priority to;
existing companies that now own ;
! or lease land in Georgia. If these i
j concerns do not feel free to ex- j
Ipand or diversify their holdings, I
j then outside wood companies;
(would be allowed to develop an!
! industry.
The session was attended by !
; approximately ninety people j
1 from the Heart of Georgia Com-'
1 mission area, which is Bleckley,;
Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, I
Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen. Wheel-!
i er and Willcox.
Dorothy Clark
Awarded Scholarship
Dorothy Lois Clark of Alamoj
has been awarded a Griggs Scho- I
I larship to begin her studies at I
i Berry College, Mount Berry, next I
' fall.
Announcement of the scholar-;
; ship to the Alamo student and 15!
; other incoming freshmen was |
made by Frank Campbell, Berry’s ;
! director of admissions and scho- !
I larship officer.
Miss Clark, the daughter of Mr. j
and Mrs. E. L. Clark Sr. of Route 1
1. will graduate from Wheeler j
County High School this spring. :
Awarded on the basis of lead- ;
ership ability, scholastic promise,!
character and personality, Griggs (
scholarships average approximate- i
ly SIOO per quarter, Campbell ।
said.
A sum of approximately $4,500 !
from the will of Janet Griggs in !
memory of her mother will be i
used to finance the 16 Griggs j
Scholarships awarded to entering (
freshmen at Berry for next year, j
A four-year liberal arts college, ।
Berry is coeducational and offers ■
the student a selection of majors I
3nd minors from 24 fields of stu- i
dy.
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Forestry Queen
Contest To Be
Georgia's Largest
Georgia’s largest Forestry ;
Queen contest will take place i
Friday, May 28, when 75 girls
will compete for the Telfair Coun
ty Forestry Queen title. The win
ner will compete in the Miss
Georgia Forestry Contest at Jek
yll Island on June 14-15.
Formal judging will take place
at 8 p.m. at the Mcßae-Helena
gym. Admission will be SI.OO for ■
adults and 50 cents for children.
Three Projects Approved In Heart
Os Ga. Area By Planning Comm.
Commissioner Warns
Farmers Against Hog
Cholera Epidemic
Commissioner of. Agricultural
Phil Campbell warned farmers
they must begin treating all hogs
immediately to avoid a hog chol
era epidemic which will mean
costly losses to them.
Returned used of Modified Live
Virus is being permitted by the
State Department of Agriculture
in order to bring recent heavy
outbreaks under control.
Campbell said that during the
first 14 days of May, 42 cases of
cholera have been reported and
confirmed. Twenty-one of these
cases are in Bulloch County and
seven in Coffee County. Other
counties reporting cases this
month are Irwin, Appling, Tatt
nall, Bacon, Atkinsor.'. Emanuel,:
i Laurents and Ben Hill.
Campbell said he feels the pri-!
j mary reason for these outbreaks
i are:
l (1) Farmers have been lax ml
vaccinating their hogs against
cholera because of overconfidence j
in the state cholera program. This I
overconfidence is due to the low
incidence of cholera during the;
past two or three years as a re
sult of the State Hog Cholera In
demnity Program.
(2) Spring and Summer are
! cholera seasons. The warm
(months of May, June, July and
| August always bring a higher in
i cidence of chorera.
I (3) Farmers have been very
j busy planting and cultivating
। their crops. As a result of this.
(4) Farmers have failed to re-
I port sick hogs as they have not
। been able to watch them suffi-
I ciently.
I Campbell emphasized that it is
I not too late to avoid an epidemic
j of hog cholera if. farmers will take
: heed and begin immediately to
| vaccinate their hogs and to re-
I port any possibility of cholera to
; the State Department of Agricul-
I ture or local count agents and
। veterianarians immediately.
Named Manager Os
! International Paper
Louis A. Swain has been nam
i ed General Manager of the newly
i formed Specialty Coatings Divis
i ion of International Paper Com.
; pany, it was .announced today by
j George H. Rand, Vice President,
i The division will manufacture
I and market a broad range of new
j technical and specialty coated
I papers, including paper engineer.
■ ed for the new and rapidly grow
| ing field of electro-photographic
j office reproduction. It will also
; carry on extensive research stu-
I dies towards future developments
sin the field of coatings and new
I combinations of paper and plas-
I tics.
Special Labor Availability Survey
Being Conducted In Local Counties
A special labor availability survey, designed for particular in
dustrial data, is being conducted in parts of Johnson, Wilkinson,
Treutlen, Wheeler, Dodge, Bleckley, Twiggs, Telfair and the whole
of Laurens County. Much of. the data sought in the survey is highly
specialized and goes beyond information generally available.
The study is being carried on
this week, Monday, May 24 to
Friday, May 28. Dublin Jaycees,
Civitan! Kiwanis Clubs and a
group of interested educators will
be doing much of the in-the-field
work on the survey. Both tele
phone and in-person interviews
will be used.
The questions to be asked of
persons contacted in the analysis
will deal with age, education,
length of residence, and other in
formation related to the labor
available in the area. All answers
will be treated as strictly confi
dential. The information will be
tabulated on a statistical basis,
with no personal references to be
made.
Ben Williams, president of the
Dublin-Laurens County Chamber
of Commerce, commenting on the
survey said, “This unique type in
depth study will be an invaluable
tool in attracting industry to this
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I The Office of Economic Opportunity has announced that three
■ Head Start applications have been approved.
'I These are the Ci.y of Rochelle,
: Willcox County; Wheeler County
! Board of Education, Wheeler'
; I County; and the Peabody Heights
; | Presbyterian Church, Dodge
; ; County. These projects will be-;
. । gin in June and run from six to;
[' eight weeks and will involve chil- :
I dren who will begin school in
,: September.
.! A fourth application from the ,
, । Telfair Board of Education was"
(not among those approved be- I,
i cause it was learned last week I.
! that this application was incom-"
,! plete. The additional information
(has since been forw’arded to the
! Office of Economic Opportunity ; ■
j in Washington and we are await-;;
1 ing further word from them.
'I I •
A late afternoon announcement (
jon May 25 from the Office of Eco- ;
i nomic Opportunity advises that ।
’ the Telfair County application is ,
j now in order and that additional 11
j approval will be forthcoming I <
soon and will be released to the : ;
' press. j i
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| 125 CHILDREN TO TAKE
PART IN WHEELER COUNTY
i Some 125 children will partici-'
! pate in Project Head Start in 11
I Wheeler County from June 14 i
। through August 6, William S."
! Clark, County School Superin- i
। tendent announced this week.
| The project is for pre-school i
I children and' classes will be con- ’
(ducted at the Glenwood Elemen
i tary School in Glenwood, and the :,
i Wheeler County Elementary and '
; I Wheeler County Training Ele-;
mentary schools in Alamo.
Classes will be from 8:30 a.m.
I
until 12 noon. Transportation I
must be provided by the parents. I
Each child will have a physical'
examination ; nd lunches will be :'
provided at no cost to the parents.
The seven teachers employed are
experienced in kindergarten and .
primary work.
The project aims to improve
health and physical abilities, de-.
velop self-confidence, and affords :
the teachers a better opportunity ■
Charlene White
Named First
Runner-Up In Contest
Miss Charlene White, a junior i
elementary education major from <
Lumber City, has been named first; 1
runner-up for “Miss Reflector of |
1965” at Georgia Southern Col- <
lege, Statesboro. The Reflector ;
is the yearbook of GSC. ;
Miss White was one of 18 con- ।
testants judged by the Kingston
Trio. She was sponsored in the I
contest by Hendricks Hall, a wo- '
men’s dormitory on campus. <
; Miss White, a 1962 graduate of '
Wheeler County High School, is ;
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. !
Truitt White of Lumber City R-l.
i area. We are proud that the citi
> zens of this part of the state were
, chosen to ibe included in the sur
i vey, which is the first of its kind *
in Georgia.” Mr. Williams added,!
. “We hope this specialized data;
. will aid in determining the full i
potential of the labor market in j
this area.”
Don Lamb, Chairman of Dublin-I
Laurens County Chamber of Com-I
merce Industrial Development j
Committee, remarked, “We urge;
all citizens of this area to coop- I
erate fully in this important data!
gathering which can mean sol
much to this part of the state.;
Everyone contacted can help by
answering fully and specifically.”
The State Department of Indus- '
try and Tr«de and Georgia Tech (
are aiding in ar.alizing the data |:
gathered in the survey.
For further information contact
Steve Thomason or Rosser Smith i 1
at BR 2-2400. Dublin. !
to become acquainted with the
children and the parents.
Clark, who is serving as pro
ject director, said the prograiE.
will provide an excellent oppor
tunity to develop and cultivate
some worthy habits that will be
most helpful to the pre-schooler.
The program comes under the:
Economic Opportunity Act of 1984.
Talmadge Heads
Farm-REA Credit
Panel Os Senate
Georgia’s U. S. Sen. Herman EL
Talmadge, who has been a mem
ber of the Senate Agriculture andl
Forestry Committee ever since he
went to Washington, is now the
chairman of two of its subcom
mittees.
He has just been appointed the.
chairman of the Agricultural
Credit and Rural Electrification*
subcommittee. The Georgia sen
ator-farmer-lawyer already heady,
the special subcommittee on wa
tershed projects and will retair.’
that assignment along with the>>
new one.
The new appointment was an
nounced by the Agriculture Com
mittee chairman, Sen. Allen X
Ellender of Louisiana. Talmadge
replaces Florida’s Sen. SpessarcE
Holland, who has become chair
man of another subcommittee
The changes were occasioned by 3 -
the recent death of Sen. Olin D
Johnston, D-S. C.
Traffic Deaths
Rise After Good
1965 Beginning
The year started out as if Geor
gia’s traffic safety record would'
be vastly improved over 1964. to
the first two months traffic,
deaths dropped by 21 per cent
compared with a year ago.
On March 9, there were 6®
fewer fatalities for the year,, a.
decrease of 27 per cent. Then the
downward trend turned upward.
As a result, at the end of the first
four months the decrease of 651
had been whittled to 22, or a mere
six per cent decline.
That’s the dismal picture de
veloped from the latest statistical!
report of the Georgia Department:
of Public Safety’s Accident Re
porting Division.
“If this trend continues, ,r de
clared Col. H. Lowell Conner,
public safety director, “all ouc
gains will be wiped out, and we^l®
end up the year with 1,325.
1,350 traffic deaths. It’s time our
people face facts and realize!-
these unnecessary killings are an
direct result of violating traffrer
laws. It’s time the public demand
safety on our public thorough
fares.”
Last year’s traffic deaths total—
ed 1,305, a record high in Geor
gia.
Fatalities during this year's*
first four months reached 373
compared with 395 a year ago<..
Rural area deaths dropped by
or 14 per cent, while urban (city>
area fatalities increased by 21, off
27 per cent.
Urban area accidents and re
sultant deaths have been on
increase since ithe 1963 Legisla
ture 'banned the use of radar:
equipment by city officers, CoL
Conner said. He thinks a retur®-
Os radar and other speed-timinc
j devices to local law enforcement
; officers would improve the situa-
I ation.
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Roy Yawn Is
Dodge County High
School Valedictorian
Roy Yawn is valedictorian sift
the Dodge County High School
with a four year average of 98.33^
There are 209 seniors in the grad
uating exercises to be held Mon
day night, May 31 at 8 p.m., is?
the Dodge County High School.
Gymnatorium. Eastman.
He has received a $2100.06'
scholarship from M. I. T., Cam
bridge. Mass., and plans to at
tend college there and major in
Chemistry. He is the son of Sher
iff and Mrs. L. T. Yawn of Milan
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