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VOLUME 52
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Wheeler County
Teachers Attend
Training Class
The Wheeler County Extended
Schoo’. Year Project has the first
requisite of a successful project
— trained personnel determined
to do the best job possible even
to .living three weeks of their
own time for study of the pro
ject.
These hot August days find
many .achers, ail principals and
county-wide personnel, including
the County School Superintendent,
studying the project in detail and
making specific plans for achiev-!
ing '-he project goal—better learn-'
■ng opportunities for Wheeler
County children.
Teachers have been challenged
to help each child see himself as
a worthy and contributing mem
ber cf his society. They have se
lected “collecting, organizing and :
using information about pupils”
as a topic for special study during
the 1966-67 school year.
Personnel from Georgia South
ern College and Albany State
College who worked with the
groups to provide additional in
formation and inspiration include.
Dr. T. L Harris, Dr. D. A. Light
fo.it and Dr. W. N. A. Khan.
Forty-eight persons out of a
staff of sixty-two is a high per
centage of attendance in a vol-i
untary workshop. It becomes sig
nificantly higher when we consid
er the fact that some teachers are
not attending the workshop be
cause they are in summer school.,
Those who are not in the work
shop for this reason are:
Mrs. Margaret Johnson. Mrs.
Margaret Adams, Mrs. Hazel
Joyce, Mrs. Mary L. Ridley, Mrs.'
Janet C. Montgomery, Mrs. Ann
B. White, Robert Franklin and
P. P. Wood.
Such worthwhile and coopera
tive endeavor can hardlv result in
anything except improved learn
ing opportunities for Wheeler
County children.
Wheeler County School person-I
nel who attended the first week
of in-ssrvice training are:
Miss Helen Reynolds, Mrs. Mary
S. Simpson, Mrs. Jeanette P.
Fields, Mrs. Mary J. Lord, Mrs.
Jeanette Braddy. Mrs. Faye C.
Sharpton, Mrs. Anne C Dixon,
Mrs. Wilda Fields, A. M. Hil
ton, Mrs. Marjorie P. R -.mbin,
Mr-. Annie M. Hopkins Mrs.
Ruth C. Humphrey. Miss Georgie
F. Harbin, Mrs. Mattysue H. Hin
son. Mrs. Faye C. Hartley. Mrs.
Eunice B. McLeod, Mrs. Barnice
A. Cox. Mrs Annie E. Dixon,
Mrs. Marjorie-W. Hatten.
Mrs. Clara C. Montfcd, Mrs.
Mary G. Clements, Mrs. Nellie
R. Fulford, Mrs. W.volene W. Ho
gan. Robert H. Ashley,. Fontaine
Brewton. John T. Hatten, Mrs.
Juanita Harrell, Mrs. Ruth A.
Bo: d, Mr-. Marie Causey, Mrs.
Gwen S. Flanders, Wm. S. Clark,
E. P. Spearman,
W. F. Graham. Barbara Moore.
D. D. Johnson. Ralph Hardy. Mary
Gillis. B. B. Harvey, W. W. Wil
son. A. L. Green, L. Culver, C. C.
Harris. J. W. Graham. E. R.
Brown, G. Williams, B. Mitchell,
J. M. Wright, A. K. Copeland, ar.d
G. A. Weatherspool Principal.
Date Os Callaway
Reception In
Vidalia Aug. 15th
The date of the reception for
Bo Callaway to be given by
Toombs County Citizens at the
Vidalia American Legion Home
has been changed from August 8
to Monday, August 15, from 7:30
■ 9:00 P.M.
Congressman Callaway ’will
speak at his time and all Wheel
er Ccurtians are invited to at
tend.
Planners Get $35,467
Grant At Eastman
The Economic Development
Commission announced approval
Tuesday of a $35,467 grant to the
Heart of Georgia Planning and
Development Commission in East
man.
The grant represents part of the
funds for a $50,090 plan for a
nine - county economic develop
ment district of which Wheeler is
included.
Wheeler County Eagle
Water Safety Lesson
s'
aM Ogi
Miss Janie Settles, of Jackson, illustrates the use of
two items vital to safe boating as she prepares for a
day of water skiing on the Georgia Power Company’s
4,750-acre Lake Jackson. The lake, located in Butts
County in Middle Georgia, is one of 18 reservoirs
formed by Georgia Power’s hydroelectric developments.
Wheeler County
Man Dies Os Injuries
Suffered In Wreck
Willie Bellamy, 20 - year -old
Wheeler County Negro man, died
'Sunday afternoon about 5:00
o’clock in the Telfair County Hos
pital of injuries suffered early
Sunday morning :n an automo
bile wreck near Snow Hill Baptist
Church.
The accident is reported to have
happened about 2:00 A.M. when
the driver lost control of his car
and it overturned, pinning him
underneath. H; had only recently
returned from a norther:, city to
take care of his mother. Lola Bel.
llamy, following the death of his
father. Otis Bellamy, about seven
months ago.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
in the Glenwood Grove Baptist
Church conducted by the Rev. A.
Goram.
Burial was in Mt. Calvary
Cemetery with Spaulding Funer
al Home in charge of arrange
ments.
He is survived by his mother
and 15 brothers and sisters.
Georgia Angus Field
Day August 19 At
Moccasin Hollow
“How To Sell Purebred Angus,”
always a subject of interest to
producers in good times or bad,
is the theme of the annual Geor
gia Angus Association summer
field day. Host for this year’s
event will be Mr, and Mrs. Fran
cis Storza, of Atlanta, owners of
Moccasin Hollow Farm. Moccasin
Hollow is near Ocee, 25 miles
north of downtown Atlanta.
The schedule of talks and dem
ionstrations will start at 2*30
Keyncting the afternoon’s topics
will be Dave Pingree, Mississippi
Cattleman's Association Secretary.
Pingree will focus his remarks on
a sales program for the small herd.
He will be followed by Johnny
Jenkins, editor of The Livestock
Breeder Journal, discussing the
auction sale and its place in the
marketing program. His talk will
also be keyed, to the small breed
er.
Featured on the program also is
Dr. R. A. Long, Head, Department
of Animal Industries, University
of Georgia, Athens. Dr. Long will
. analyze a group of live cattle in
detail and discuss their selection
for sales.
Using records to help sales will
be the topic of Robert Snyder.
Assistant Public Relations Direc
; tor from the American Angus As
sociation, St. Joseph, Missouri.
A beef dinner, hosted by Moc
casin Hollow and a tour of the
• outstanding herd will conclude
the afternoon session. All Angus
producers and interested persons
are encouraged to attend.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Foolball Latest
Addition To Co.
School System
Foctball is the latest addition
U the athletic program of the
Wheeler County school system,
, a.•..cording to Coach Fontaine
Brewton.
The foctball field has been
completed and grassed. Lights
ar. being installed. A regulation
track around the field will pro
vide for track meets at night
Student- in Grades Seven
through 10 who are interested in
going out for football are request
ed to meet with Coach Brewton
on Monday. August 22, at 2:30
P.M. at the Wheeler County High
School Gym.
The prospective players will
draw their equipment on that day.
Arrangements are being made for
physical examinations.
Tia asportation to and from
'practice sessions will be provided
for students at the Glenwood Ele
mentarv School.
Coach Brewton, who served at
th: Dublin High Schoo' and
Screven County High School be
fore ccming here, said he was
very pleased with the a'hletic
program. He described it as
. “probably the best sports com
plex for a school this size, or any
1
size, in the state.
Alo cn the coaching staff are
. Melvin Sweat, Robert Hi Ashley
. and Jeanette Braddy.
Daniel Baptist YWA
To Meet August 16
The Daniel Baptist YWA’s will
. hold an associational meeting and
suppe: August 16th from 7:00 to
; 10:00 at Brewton Parker College
i in Mount Vernon.
The program will be “In His
Footsteps.” Slides on the Holy
■ । Land will be shown.
The cost of the supper will be
50 cents. All YWA girls and their
1 mothers and all WMU presidents
■ are invited td attend.
With The Services
Sp. 4 Ethridge Williams return
ed to his home in Glenwood last
• week after spending nearly three
years in Germany, and is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. R.
, Williams.
Visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. B. R. Williams, in Glenwood
in June was Pfc. David Williams
before leaving for service in Viet
Nam. He is a 1963 graduate of
.' high school in Alamo.
■! Also at home in June was AFC
> I John Daniel Williams, of Grand
: Forks, North Dakota. He gradu
: i ated from high school in Alamo
I in 1964.
Caldwell Given
High Praise As
Parks Director
State Parks Director Horace G.
Caldwell, a former South Georgia
. hotel and resort operator who has
been credited with pulling Geor
■ gia’s parks out of the doldrums;
under the Sanders administration,
continues to receive plaudits for
, his accomplishments in expand
ing Georgia’s recreational oppor
tunities.
For example^ the Covington
News editorially recently gave:
an oversized nosegay in apprecia.
tion of. the work he has done
■ and is doing in this important |
. field. Here’s how the editor word- ,
ed it:
“The Rotary Club is indebted to 1
Otis Spillers fdr the delightful l
program ... He chose Horace
, Caldwell, Kiwanian, hotel man
' ager, creator of that beautiful re- ’
sort, Blue Springs near Albany,'
where many conventions have;
i
beer. held. It is one of the beauty
spots of Georgia.
“Your editor ,was excited and
('delighted when Mr. Caldwell was
named to head Georgia State
■ Parks. We knew Georgia would
; prosper; we knew our parks would
take on a ‘newi look;’ we knew ■
I tourists vtould 1 ibe stopping in
Georgia Instead of ‘Marching!
Through Georgia.’
“Since his administration our I
parks have been enlarged, beau-1
tified and grown into places I
where we, as Georgians can I
, find as much fun, fishing, play
grounds and entertainment, swim
ming and let’s say real vacation,
as we can anywhere else. Too, we
■ are near home and the trips are I
not nearly so expensive.
“Yes, Mr. Caldwell is an artist ।
in creating the great outdoors into!
' a real haven. What the artist can I
do with a brush, paint thinners |
and paints, along with a suitable
' canvas, Mr. CdKRVeI! can de bet-'
ter with a beautiful cool stream, I
! piles of rocks, Georgia trees and[
' flowers. We have what it takes in |
natural beauty and facilities . . .1
but Mr. Caldwell adds the unex
pected in artistry and God given
talent to make Georgia parks in
[to, not only a real rest haven,
but one of the most delightful,
fun-filled vacations that can be[
had anywhere.”
Chattahoochee
Valley Plant Seeks
Workers For 250 Jobs
Industrialists already were
hunting workers today to fill 250 '
jobs in a $5 million plant to be
constructed in the Chattahoochee
Valley.
Gulf States Container Corp., Al-:
bany, announced recently that the.
1 plant, to provide a $1.5-million;
annual payroll, will be construct-[
; ed along the Chattahoochee River[
’ south of Fort Gaines, Ga., and off:
State Highway 39.
O. G. Megginson, Albany, presi-1
dent and chairman of the board,
revealed details during the
monthly meeting of the Lower
Chattahoochee Valley Planning!
and Development Commission.
Megginson this morning said
that interested persons could
; write him in care of Gulf. States
Container Corp., Albany, Ga., for
I ’ employment application forms.
1 The million - square - foot com
-1 plex presumably will begin op
eration in the fall of 1967, depend
ing on the “seven to 10 months”
; construction time.
The plant will manufacture all
types of linerboard containers.
' Megginson said he already had
been “swamped” with calls after
; the news was released.
“We have approximately 3,000
stockholders representing every
■county in Georgia,” he said. “On
their behalf, I want to thank the
t news media for their coopera
> tion.”
' He noted that the corporation
. is represented in Columbus by O.
C. Johnson, division manager, at
516 10th St.
I i When the plant begins opera
-1 tion, Johnson will serve as dealer
; representative, Megginson said.
Megginson. said that 250 persons
' would be employed initially, pro
viding for an annual payroll of
I $1.5-million.
I Local officials in Clay County
■ and Fort Gaines have called the
>. benefits to be derived “unlimit
ed.”
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. 1966
"On To College Day"
To Be Observed By
Baptists Aug. 25th
Churches throughout the Geor
gia Baptist Convention will ob
serve “On To College Day” Aug.
‘2sth, according to Rev. Aubrey
‘L. Hawkins, Atlanta, secretary of
.the Department of Student Work,
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Purpose of. “On To College
Day” is to focus emphasis upon
the need for college students to
maintain a continuing spiritual
ministry through their college
I years.
In announcing the special em
[phasis, Hawkins noted that a pur-1
[pose of Baptist Student Union is
[to provide a ministry to Baptist
I college students away from their
I home churches. This year there
will be approximately 28,000 Bap
tist students in the state’s 54 col
[ leges and universities.
Causes Os Fatal
Traffic Wrecks
Cited By Patrol
[ What are the leading direct
causes of fatal traffic accidents in
j Georgia? They are: (I) Lost con
: trol of the car; (2) Head-on colli-
I sions of cars, and (3) Cars that
| ran off the road.
I These three causes accounted
I for well over half of Georgia’s
j traffic death toll during the first
jseven months of 1966, according
Ito a State Patrol report released
by Col. Lowell Conner, director
of the Georgia Department of
Public Safety.
Os the 835 traffic fatalities re
| ported during the seven-month
I period, "lost control” accounted
! for 1 8 3 deaths, “head-on colli
l sions” for 144, and “ran off road”
i for 125—a total of 452 lives lost.
, “That’s a horrible, violent way
to have to die,” lamented Col.
(Conner. “It doesn’t have to hap
■ pen that way. If only drivers
I would obey our traffic laws—not
| merely state and local laws but
j common sense rules of driving—
i most of these tragedies could be
averted. It is squarely up to the
individual behind the wheel.”
Close to one-half of these peo
ple who lost their lives in Geor
gia traffic mishaps during the
■seven-month period were 26 years
[of age or younger—37o to be ex
i act. Os these, 242 were in the 16-
[26 age group. The highest of all
Iwas age 19 which recorded 38
j deaths.
I Saturdays were the worst days
!of the week for these fatal acci
-1 dents, claimir.'g 201 victims. Sun
| days came next with 174, and Fri
days third with 120. Tuesdays re-
i corded 106. Mondays 79, Wednes
‘days 78, and Thursdays 77.
School Os Missions
This Week At
Wesleyan College
Women from throughout South
I Georgia are at Wesleyan Col
lege in Macon this week. August
i 8-12, for the annual School of Mis
jsions of the South Georgia Meth
j odist Conference.
Methodist women representing
1739 churches in the conference
[are spending five days discussing
I their missionary programs and
(emphasis across the world. Theme
lof the school is “Christian Being
I And Doing.”
Mrs. Ernest Veal, Vidalia, is
dean of the school. She is the wife
[of the Rev. Ernest Veal, minister
lof First Methodist Church in Vi
[ dalia.
Farm Bureau Broiler Group Unveils
12-Point Program To Aid Industry
Broiler growers representing anp
annual production in excess oft
.324,000,000 birds—over 1 billion j
pounds of meat annually—have j
tcome up with a 12-point program,
Ao help strengthen the state and j
nation’s broiler industry.
The 12-point program is an out- ■
.growth of broad study by Farm!
Bureau Broiler Marketing Service ;
and the American Agricultural I
Marketing Association.
The AAMA and Broiler Mar-1
keting Service is a grower or-1
ganization consisting of Farm.
Bureau member broiler growers |
with an objective to stengthen;
grower position in marketing. i
William L. Lanier, President of i
the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed- j
SINGLE COPY 5c
South Georgia Methodist Ministers
Plan To Attend London Conference
j Forty Georgians will be among
[more than 12,000 persons attend
. ling the 31 nation World Methodist
[Conference in London, August 18-
■|26.
I The conference will be held in
(Central Hall in London and will
jattract leaders of The Methodist'
'Church from throughout the
■ world. Its purpose is to consider
1 theology, education role of Meth- 1
odism, ecumenicity, human rela- :
j tions, and other programs of The
.‘Methodist Church. Delegates and
I
Glenwood Program
Is Recertified
i
I Congressman G. Elliott Hagan
1 announced today that the Depart-'
!ment of Housing and Urban De- j :
!velopment has recertified the
^Workable Program for Communi- ’
ty Improvement for Glenwood. ['
Recertification means that the!
'community remains eligbile fori'
'the several types of Federal as- ‘
[sistance which became available 1
Ito it when it received its original 1
I Workable Program certification. !
Certification of a Workable
Program is necessary before a
community is eligible to receive
[Federal aids in the form of loans, [
■ land grants for urban renewal pro- '[
grams and for federally-aided
■ low-rent housing, and more liber
al FHA mortgage insurance to as
■sist in the private redevelopment [
■lof project areas and for rehousing [
[displaced families.
—l :
Doctor Bill And
Hospital Insurance
Are Separate
j Charles Hall, officer in charge ■
1 of the Dublin Social Security Of
fice, said today that some older
I people who : enrolled for doctor
■bill insurance may be having dis-1
'|ficulty paying the full $9 quar-
Iterly premium. Hall said -that’'
I those people may pay $3 or $6
[ j amounts covering one or two I :
[month premiums, but should,'
I make a payment as soon as pos
|sible.
Older people who are receiving
' monthly social security or rail- ['
[ road payments have the $3 month- ■ 1
ly premium deducted from their 1 :
benefit check. Others received
premium notices in June request
ing them to mail in a quarterly
payment of $9. Payments may be
by check or money order mailed 1
to the Social Security Adminis- 1 1
tration Payment Center in Bir- 1
mingham, Alabama, or payment:
may be made to the Dublin Social •
Security Office.
Hall said some people confuse
hospital insurance ar.d doctor bill
insurance under Medicare. He em
phasized the two are separate and
distinct. He said premium pay
ment is for doctor bill insurance
and only those people who have
। signed up for it are eligible. On
I the other hand, almost everyone
165 and older is eligible for hos
pital insurance benefits in a par
' ticipating hospital. In a real
[ emergency, benefits can be pro
ivided in many hospitals that do.
' not participate in Medicare.
I American farm families spend
$42 billion a year. Extension Ser
[vice economists at the University
lof Georgia say $27 billion of this [
lis for the items it takes to pro
duce live-tock and crops, and sls
billion is for the same kinds of [
‘things city people buy.
I eration from Candler County, re
i cently named K. N. Hamil. a Car
i roll Countiar., director of the
|GFBF’ Broiler Marketing Service
: Division.
A National Broiler Advisory
! Committee, consisting of FB
I members from the nation’s broil
!er producing states, have unveil
;ed the following 12-point program
of emphasis areas:
. The area of price and net in-
I come, contracts, production ex-
I passion, forward sales contracts,
, foreign markets, farmer-retailer
j program, weighing of chickens,
! chick quality, catching operations,
i condemnations, and purchase of
I supplies.
NUMBER 18
accredited visitors to the meeting
will represent more than 12,000,-
000 Methodists. Theme of the con
ference is “God In Our World.”
Bishop Fred Pierce Corson, of
Philadelphia, president of the
Council, will preside at the open
; ing session Thursday evening*.
August 18, and will deliver his
presidential address. Fraternal
1 messages will be given by repre
sentatives of the Roman Catholic
Church, the Church of England
and the Free Church Federal
Council.
The meetings of the World..
Methodist Conference will be held
in Central Hall, Westminister.
Sessions of the smaller delegated
World Methodist Council are
scheduled for nearby Church
House, Westminister. Combined
meetings of the conference and the
council will be in Central Hall.
There will be a service of. holy
communion daily in Central Hall
at 8:30 A.M. and a special com
munion service at ’Wesley’s Cha
pel, City Road, on Sunday, Au
gust 21, at 10:30 A.M.
Schedule for a typical week
day includes devotions at 9:30
A.M., a morning session from 9:45
to noon, a Bible study period at
2:00 P.M., and discussion groups
from 2:30 to 4:00 P.M.
Public lectures are set for Cen
tral Hall at 5:00 P.M. on Friday,
August 19, and Monday, August
22. Professor W. Russel! Hind
marsh, of Northumberland, will
speak on “Modern Scientific De
velopment in the Light of Chris
tian Faith” on August 19.
The speaker on August 22 will
be Professor Albert C. Outler, of
Perkins School of Theology,
Southern Methodist University,
Dallas, Texas. His topic will be
’“What God Is Saying to Us in
■ Contemporary Theology.” Dr .
Outler is a native Georgian.
Induction of the new president
of the World Methodist Council,
Bishop Odd Hagen, of Stockholm,
Sweden, is set for Friday morn
ing, August 26.
A civic reception for members
of the World Methodist Council
will be given by the chairman
and members of the Greater Lon
don Council on Tuesday, August
23, from 4:30 P.M. in the County
Hall.
Youth presentations at South
lands College are set for the eve
nings of August 19, 20, and 22.
A festival 01 music has been
arranged for Wednesday evening,
August 24, in Central Hall.
Representatives from the South
Georgia Methodist Conference
will include the following: The
Rev. Jack Smith, Dublin; the Rev.
Lawrence Houston, Douglas; the
Rev. Lowry Anderson, Atlanta;
the Rev. Gilbert Ramsey. States
boro; the Rev. Shannon Hollaway,
Warner Robins; the Rev. Loy
Veal, Savannah; Mrs. M. E. Pea
vy, Cordele; Julian Webb, Don
aldson; Dr. George Wright, Tif
ton; Julian Rivers and Mrs. Riv
ers, Camilla: Mrs. Julian Webb,
Donaldsonville; and Mrs. George
Wright, Tifton.
Commencement At
Women's College
To Be Held Aug. 19
Dr. Felix C. Robb will be the
August Commencement speakes
[ at The Woman’s College of. Geor
[ gia on Friday, August 19. Dr..
Robert E. Lee. WC president, will
[ introduce the speaker at the ex-
ercises which will begin in Rus
sell Auditorium at 10:30 A.M.
Dr. Robb is director of the
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools.
There are 88 candidates for sev
en degrees and six candidates for
the certification of Specialist in
Education.
Candidates for the degrees ana
certificates include Agnes Jones
Willcox, of Jacksonville.
QUALITY MEAT /
If you buy meat at the super
market and then freeze it, here is
a suggestion that will help you
maintain the meat’s quality. Miss
Nelle Thrash. Extension home
; economist-food preservation, says
the store wrapping and tray
; should be removed. Then package
the meat in a good moisture and
vapor proof material. Exclude all
air and fasten the package so it
. will be airtight.