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VOLUME 51
Governor Salutes
Helen Keller On Her
85th Birthday Sunday
To honor Helen Keller’s 85th '
birthday Gov. Carl E. Sandersj
has proclaimed Sunday, June 27 I
as Helen Keller Day throughout i
Georgia, joining many other states ,
across the country in saluting|
Miss Keller on this occasion. A [
special resolution has also beenl
passed by the U. S. Senate to ob- I
serve the occasion. ।
Miss Keller will be celebrating ;
her birthday Sunday at her home, j
Arcan Ridge, Connecticut, where ;
congratulatory messages are pour- i
ing in from around the world, i
Thorugh her books, lectures, and I
trips, and William Gibson’s dra- i
matization of her triumph over ।
both blindness and deafness in'
“The Miracle Worker,” she has I
inspired untold millions in every i
corner of the globe.
Last year President Johnson a- i
warded her the Medal of Freedom. '
the nation’s highest civil award. ;
At that time the President stated
that Miss Keller is “an example
of courage to all mankind.”
In his proclamation Governor
Sanders highlighted the work she [
has done to help others. “She has j
tirelessly devoted herself to the i
improvement of. conditions for the i
physically handicapped through- ■
Out the word,” the Governor said. ■
“As Counselor to the American;
Foundation for the .Blind, she has 1
guided programs to improve the ;
economic and social opportunities;
of blind and deaf-blind persons in ■
the State of Georgia and through- |
out the United States.”
In addition to her efforts in this :
country, Miss Keller has worked [
to better conditions among the i
blind in the underdeveloped and '
emerging countries of the world, j
She was active in the American
Foundation for Overseas Blind
from its establishment in 1915,
and has made many survey and j
lecture trips through five conti- |
nents on behalf of this organiza- j
tion. In ceremonies at United Na- j
tiers headquarters in May 1959,;
the Helen Keller World Crusade j
for the Blind was launched to I
honor Miss Keller and support |
her program carried out by the I
American Foundation for Over-[
seas Blind.
“Through the Helen Keller j
World Crusade," the Governor!
pointed out, “she has inspired ■
programs for the ' education and I
rehabilitation of blind persons a- j
round the globe.”
Miss Keller has been the recip- J
ient of countless awards of great;
distinction, among them the [
French Legion of Honor, the Bra- <
zilian Order of the Southern .
Cross, the Japanese Sacred Trea- ;
sure, the Philippines Golden I
Heart and the Lebanese Gold j
Medal of Merit. She has also been |
given the Americas Award for [
Inter-American Unity, the Gold
Medal Award from the National j
Institute of Social Science, the;
National Humanitarian Award I
from the Variety Clubs Interna- j
tional, and many other tokens of j
esteem.
Her books, including “The
Story of My Life” and “Teacher, J
Anne Sullivan Macy,” have been 1
translated and read in many lan- ;
guages. “The Story of My Life” j
in particular, has hsd a wide dis-1
tribution. In 1954, 50 years after!
its first publication as a book. :
translations had been made in ;
more than 50 languages, including ; 1
such str .nge ones as Marathi, |
Pushtu, Tagalog and Urdu.
A few years before his death ;
Mark Twin said, “The two most;
interesting characters of the nine- ;
teenth century are Napoleon and j
Helen Keller.” Now on her 85th;.
birthday, Miss Keller’s achieve- 1 •
ments attest to the fact that she i
is also one of the towering fig-! (
ures of the twentieth century.
OAK LEAF BLISTER
That blistered and puckered ap- I 1
pearance of oak leaves may be I 1
due to a fungus infection called 1
oak leaf blister. The disease us
ually does not cause death of the
tree. It does, however, give the J
oak an unsightly appearance. Dr.
Wiley N. Garrett, Extension Ser
vice plant pathologist, says an ap
plication of fungicide at the right
time, combined with a good sani- ,
tation program, will control oak ,
leaf blister. He suggests contact
ing the county agent for full de- ,
tails.
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GEER INTRIGUED BY CWA’S HANNIBAL
Hannibal a python owned by Steve Carson, a herpetologist with the Communication Workers of America (CWA), is
shown stretched out by Atlanta Scout Troup 16. The Troup sponsored by the Druid Hills Baptist Church met with CWA
officials on the Capital lawn for pictures. CWA Local 3290 of Atlanta and Local 3218 of Marietta sponsor a lecture given
by Carson as a Community Service to help scouting. The scouts and CWA officials were greeted by Lieutenant Governor Peter
Zack Geer after he learned that Hannibal was crossing the capital lawn. The Lt. Governor intrigued by the spectacle ex
tended an invitation to the group to tour the capital building and visit his office as they departed. Shown in picture with the
Lt. Governor are (Front row L-R) Robert Wilson, David Chastain, Gary Christopher, Jimmy Blackstone, Robert Ragan, Larry
Parker and David Moore. (Middle Row L-R) Charles Daniel, Marvis Cornett, CWA lecturer Steve Carson, George Levy, Mark
Languirand, Kevin Fowler, Leon Starling and Terry Alderson. (Back Row L-R) Assistant Scout Master Eugene Cornett, Rep.
of Atlanta Local, A. D. Walker, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 3290, John E. Wright, Peter Zack Geer, W. G. Bailey, Vice Presi
dent of Marietta Local, Joel J. Gay, Coordinator CWA Community Services, C. C. Daniel, Atlanta Local President and Al
Eselhorst, Scout Master.
Jeff Davis Tax
Hike Defeated
For School Use
1 A small turnout of Jeff Davis
; County voters Wednesday, June .
I 17, defeated a proposal that the'
1 tax millage for school purposes be!
1 raised from 20 to as much as 30
i mills.
! The vote was 388 aganist grant-'
i ing the authority for raising the !
] millage and 321 for. Approval by
’ the voters in a referendum is nee
■ essary to raise the millage for
; school purposes above 20 mills,]
under state law.
. The Countj' Board of Educa-]
■ tion called an immediate session]
to study what steps may be taken]
] next.
' The board had said it would be
necessary to raise the millage in!
'order to collect the local taxes
needed to match state funds.'
Otherwise, the board and Supt. ]
W. G. Beall said, there will be no'
schools in the county next term. !
In a related referendum, the;
voters approved the idea of a
property revaluation program by ]
a count of 370 for and 289 against.;
This referendum had been ask
ed by the county commission and
is not binding, but was sought by
the commission to determine how]
local citizens felt.
The property revaluation pro-;
gram would be expected to re
vise assessments and aid in levy-!
ing t.xes in the future for all
county purposes, including schools..
The commissioners have not com-;
mitted themselves to a property'
revaluation program, however.
93 Year Old Resident
Os Wheeler County
Dies Last Wednesday
Funerd services were held Fri-;
day at 11 a.m. in Hope Baptist'
Church near Glenwood for Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Pope, 93, widow ।
of the late Henry L. Pope, who ]
died on Wednesday in the Wheel-I
er County Hospital after a long ]
illness.
Services were conducted by the ]
Rev. Dickie Johnson and the Rev. ]
James Eierson, and burial was |
in the Glenwood Cemetery with ]
Tho ras Funeral Home of Hazle-j
hurst in charge of arrangements. ]
Mrs. Pope was a native of Mt. I
Vernon and a lifelong resident of,
Wheeler County.
She is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. C. R. Dixon and three sons, j
J. J. Pope, D. H. Pope and J. M.,
Pope, all of Glenwood. |
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Century-Old Relics Found In South
Georgia By State College Student
A 20-year-old Georgia State College senior is hard at work look
ing for relics which date as far back as 2,000 B.C. And he is finding
them — not in Egypt, but in Georgia.
I Jerry Nielson, of Decatur, is
iconducting a 10-week archaeologi
jcal survey in nine Georgia coun
ities. His work is being sponsored
; by the Heart of Georgia Planning
;and Development Commission,
with headquarters in Eastman.
i The aim is to find a site which
[can be turned into a tourist at
| traction.
: The commission hopes also to
I learn more about the history of
; the region. It hopes Nielson can
[locate old Indian forts believed
j to have been built in the area.
Ken Slbel, executive director
|of the commission, said “The
!most important thing we’re look
ling for is information on the in
। fluence of Spanish traders in this
I region. We’re whistling in the
‘ dark on this project, but hope
fully Jerry can uncover some-
Samuel D. Smith
Dies Saturday
Near Vidalia
Funeral services were held
Monday at 11 a.m. in the Vidalia
Primitive Baptist Church for
Samuel Danie! Smith, 79, well
known retired farmer, who died
Saturday at the home of his son
Raymond Smith near Vidalia af
ter an extended illness.
Services were conducted by El
der H. H. Mathis and burial was
in the Braddy Cemetery with
Murchison Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Smith was born in Jeffer
son County on April 6, 1886, the
son of Council Benjamin Smith
and Mrs. Sally Moore Smith. He
wa s a member of the Vidalia
Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. E. S. Lanier, of Jupiter,
Fla.; Mrs. Albert Conner, of Lake
Worth, Fla.; Mrs. Dewitt Cara
way, of Titusville, Fla.; Mrs. Bob
Harrington and Mrs. Carson Gil
lis, of Ft. Pierce, Fla.; five sons,
Carlos Smith and Samuel N.
Smith, cf Savannah; Elsmer
Smith, of Glenwood; Hugh N.
Smith and Raymond R. Smith, of
Vidalia; 22 grandchildren; eight
great-grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. A. J. Morris and Mrs. Ber
ths McKenzie, of Vidalia, and one
brother Harvey E. Smith, of Sa
vannah.
> thing to prove they were here.”
The counties are Bleckley,
• Dodge, Laurens, Montgomery, Pu
l laski, Telfair, Treutlen, Wheeler
1 and Wilcox.
' Most of the sites in these coun
' ties have never been excavated.
' The best ones usually are found
near water.
, Nielson said he believes that
, he will be most successful in his
search along the Ocmulgee and
, Oconee rivers and creeks which
feed them.
He began the survey June 7
, in Bleckley County, and already,
has found five Indian camp sites.
He has found dozens of arrow
heads, points of spears and darts,
. and pieces of pottery.
These objects are believed to
] have survived the Woodland Era
• which spanned the years 2.000
] B.C. to 500 A.D.
On June 13, Nielson began the
] search in Pulaski County and lo
j cated a site there which covered
almost two acres.
“There is a lot of stuff down
! there,” he said. “This whole area
; has been overlooked and some in
' teresting discoveries should be
! made.”
Nielson said he hopes to attend
| graduate school and continue his
] study of archaeology. His chief
interest lies in archaeology in the
Southeastern United States.
Summer Canning
Program In Progress
At Canning Plants
■ The canning plants will be op
•en on the following days during
teach week beginning June 22:
Wheeler County High School —
! Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:00
J a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The price of
cans to be as follows: No. 2%
cans (qt. size) 10 cents each; No.
301 (pt. size) eight cents each.
Shelling beans and peas, 25 cents
per bushel.
The Canning Plant at Glen
wood will be open on Mondays
and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. un
til 2:30 p.m. The price of cans are
the same as above but shelling
peas and beans at 24 cents per
bushel.
John M. S. Thomas
Vo-Ag Teacher, Alamo, Ga.,
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1965
Last summer he worked with a
: team of archaeologists excavating
Indian dwellings at Etowah In
dian Mounds. In one area they
found many skeletons which dat
ed to about 1600 A.D.
“It’s an eerie feeling to uncov
er a skeleton,” Nielson said. “Most
of. them have their jaws dropped
, open and they appear to be smil
; ing or laughing at you.”
Galbreath Child
Dies Os Accident
Funeral services were held in
: New Corinth Church on Wednes
■day, June 2, for Billy Franklin
j Galbreath, five-year-old son of
■ Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gal
[ breath Jr., who died of an acci
ident at his home, Ailey R-l on
May 31.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. G. D. Ricketson and burial
. was in the Galbreath Cemetery |
with Murchison Funeral Home in j
charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his parents;
: two sisters, Lillie Marlene and i
Alma Dorothy and three brothers,
John Edward, Gary Lee and Mic- [
had Leroy Galbreath, all of Ailey
R-L
Russell Leroy Clark
Participates In
Honors Program
Russell Leßoy Clark of Alamo
arrived at the Wesleyan College
Campus June 17 to participate in
! the Second Annual Governdlr’s
Honors Prograir. sponsored by the
State Department of Education.
The 400 participants, who are
I gifted juniors and seniors from
I high schools all over Georgia, will
be engaged in independent study
and seminars on the Wesleyan
Campus for the next seven weeks.
The fields in which they will con
centrate are English, foreign lan
guages, mathematics, science, soc
ial science, art, drama, 2nd music. I
Mr. Clark is concentrating in
' mathematics.
The students were chosen on
the basis of native ability, a
chievement, recommendation of
■ school personnel and auditions in
the fine arts.
Dr. Claude Purcell, State Sup
erintendent of Schools, spoke to
! the students at an assembly last
: Thursday evening.
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Five Wheeler County 4-H Members
Win First Places Al Rock Eagle
Thirty-one Wheeler County 4-H Club members returned, from..
Rock Eagle June 19, and five of them brought home first place dis?
trict honors.
The occasion was the 1965 :
Southcentral Area 'Project A
chievement Meeting .attended by
nearly 1,000 4-H Club champions;
from some 25 counties.
All of them went to Rock Eagle;
with their hearts set on becoming i
district winners in their farm,'
home, and community projects. ■
Wheeler County 4-Hers who a
chieved this goal were RaMeguiar,.
Senior Electric; Tommy Fulford,'
Junior Agronomy; Nathan Rowe, i
Cloverleaf Forestry; Justine:
Clarke, Cloverleaf Frozen Foods,'
and Claire Smith, Cloverleaf For- i
estry.
Os the first place winners only |
one is a senior member and now:
will have a chance at state title:
when the Georgia 4-H Congress is |
held in Atlanta in August. If he
wins in Atlanta he will get to'
make that coveted trip to Chicago
this fall for the National 4-H Con- ’;
gress.
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Alamo Little
League News
Mcßae 5 — Alamo 4
Mcßae Little League defeated!'
Alamo here Saturday night 5 to!
4. Hunt was the winning pitcher p
giving up only three hits while;
Freddie Nobles was the loser giv-;'
ing up 7 hits. Jones and Holland ' 1
were the leading hitters for Me-; 1
Rae, each collecting a single and ।'
a triple in 3 times at bat. Philp
Clark, Skip Clark and Randy! ’
Pope collected the hits for Alamo.! ’
. Alamo 9 — Rentz 4
Alamo defeated Rentz here 1
Tuesday night 9 to 4. Freddie No-'
bles was the winning pitcher giv-1
ing up only 4 hits. The Alamoj'
boys jumped off. to an early 5 to! ।
0 lead in the first inning. Ken-;,
neth Elton hit a bases loaded tri-1
pie in this inning. Kenneth wound !
up with a striple and a single in : 1
i 4 times at bat. Rentz came backi
, with 4 runs in the sth inning to! (
. make the score 5 to 4. Alamo i
• i scored 3 in the bottom of the sth;
. and one in the 6th to wind up the '
scoring for the night.
Alamo has ?. 2-1 record now!"
I and Saturday night they are look-^
I ing for revenge when they go to'
. Mcßae. 1 £
Pee-Wee League Meets ■
We had a good time with the!
Pee-Wee League boys at Legion; (
Field on Tuesday afternoon, i
There was a good crowd of boys
and we had a good oractice. We ‘
Y
will be looking for them next
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
. If vou were not there Tuesday we '
I
will look for you at the next meet
ing. All boys—pre-school through
8 years old are invited.
Convict Escapes
From Work Detail
In State Park
i
Roscoe Carter, Negro convict c
from Columbus, made his escape J
from a work detail in Little Oc- s
mulgee State Park Monday morn- a
ling about 8:00 o’clock. p
The State Patrol office reports i c
that the man is still at large and : i
was believed seen near Vidalia. . 1
Georgia Rifral Letter Carriers Assn.
Scheduled To Heel June 27 io 30
Georgia Rural Letter Carriers’ Association has scheduled its
sixty-second annual convention for Jekyll Island, beginning June 27
and running to June 30, according to J. Harry Ridgeway, of Jackson.,
president of the State organization.
Deputy Assistant Postmaster
General James L. LaPenta Jr.,
Bureau of Personnel, Washing
ton, D. C. will be the principal
speaker at the annual banquet on
Tuesday evening. Other Depart
ment officials from the Atlanta
Regional Office, will be Len J.
Buice, W. E. Crowe and B. E.
Clary.
Carey W. Hilliard, National
Vice President of the Rural Let
te Carriers’ Association, former
ly of Rhine, will be on the pro
gram, and Mrs. Rial Rainwater,
of Oklahoma, will represent the
Ladies’ Auxiliary of. the National
Association.
President Ridgeway will pre
side over the meetings of the car
riers, and Mrs. J. E. Garrett Jr.,
Miss Leggitt, Extension Home
Economist of Wheeler County and.
M. K. Jackson, County Agent*
pointed out that the other locaL
, winners are cloverleaf and junior;,
i and a district title is as high as
। they can go.
In addition to the first place,
winners five boys and six girls,
came home with second and third)
place honors.
! Second place district winners;
i are Leon Tuten, Senior Tractor
Maintenance; Jesse Braswell, Jun
ior Agronomy; Betty Ann Poole;
Forestry; Amber Prysock, Junior
Landscaping and Maria Pope,
j Cloverleaf Public Sepaking.
Coming in third at Rock Eagle
were Frank Pickle, Cloverleaf
! Fruit and Vegetable Production
I (Gardening); Gary Coleman, Clov
' erleaf Livestock (Swine); Keith
' Meguiar, Cloverleaf Electric and
; Sandra Hamilton, Senior Electric...
j Miss Leggitt and Mr. Jacksam
[said Hl the local 4-Hers consider
| themselves winners, regardless of
I whether they took top honors in.
j their projects. Assembly pro—
' grams, vesper services, group dis
[ cussions, and recreational activit—
; ies were also feaures of the pro-
I gram.
As the boys and girls watched
' other demonstrations they picked
I up ideas on how to improve their
! projects, the Extension Agents
[stated. This, along with their own
I experiences in 4-H competition,,
[ will stand them in good stead.
' when they try again next year
I for greater accomplishments in
1 their activities.
Patrol Predicts
20 Deaths Over
July 4 Week End
; Col. H. Lowell Conner, director
!of the Georgia Department o£
[ Public Safety, predicts that 2tt
; persons will be killed in Georgia
; traffic accidents over the 78-hour'
I July 4th holiday week end.
The safety director also esti
-1 mates that an additional 225 per
sons will be injured in these ac
cidents, which is expected to to
tal 510. The prediction is based on.
past traffic experience and pres
ent trends.
“This doesn’t have to happen*
and we hope it won’t,” Col. Con
ner declared. “We’ll be out in full 1
force patrolling the roads from
one end of the state to the other,
but whether an accident occurs'
depends entirely upon the indi
vidual driver. If he drives care
fully and sensibly, he can pre
vent collisions. We urge all mo-,
torists to drive with the right at
titude.”
The Independence Day holiday'
period extends from 6 p.m. Fri
day, July 2, through midnight
Monday, July 5. More than 500
state officers, including troopers^
and GBI agents, will be working
2 round-the-clock in the safety
drive. Radar and other speed-tim
ing devices will be used extensive
ly.
Gainesville, will p eside over ther
sessions of the Ladies’ AuxiEary..
The Junior Auxiliary, composed,
of children and grandchildren er
the carriers, will have Mike Dil
lard, president, Buena Vista* ir»
charge of the business meetings*,
while Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hur
ley of Murrayville, Junior Spon
sors, will oversee the activities
of the children.
The convention gets under way
Sunday evening with welcome ad
dresses by local persons, followed
by a memorial service for decess?
ed carriers and members of the-:
Auxiliary. A reception will foßo’*
in the Aquanama.
Election and installation of of
ficers will bring the convention
to a close Wednesday morning.
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