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VOLUME 52
The Schools Os Wheeler County Will Open On August 26
Boundaries Set
For ASC Election
September 13-23
J. O. Percue, Chairman, Agri
cu.tural and Conservation County
Committee, today designated the
boundaries of each community
within the county where elections
of ASC community committees
will be held by mail during the
period September 13-23. AU eligi-■
bk voters on record will be mail- j
ed a ballot and postage free re
tur. envelope by September 13
Ballets must be returned by Sep J
tembe: 23. I
Boundaries of the various com-M
munities where elections will be
held are: Alamo. Glenwood, ;
Li ndsburg. Shiloh, Union-Spring
hill.
The Chairman reminded farm- :
ers oat the elections will choose
three committeemen and two al-1
termites for each community. The
chairman, vice-chairman, and
third regular member of the elect-1
ed ASC committee will also serve .
as delegates to the county con-i
ver.tion to be held soon thereaf-i.
ter, where farmers will be elected
to fill vacancies on the ASC coun
ty committee. The alternate com
mitteemen will serve as alternate;
delegates to the convention. ;
Farmers eligible to cast ballots;
in the election will be all those
who are eligible to participate in
one or more of the national farm
pr.crams which the committee-1
men help to administer locally. (
The tuner may be an owner, (
ter :mt, or sharecropper. Persons,,
n. t f legal voting age who are in
ehsme of the farming operations ]
on an entire farm are also eligible .
to v ; in the elections. Eligibility ,
to vote— sr to hold office as aj,
c< mmitmeman— is not restricted ।
by rea- m of race, color, creed, or ,
national origin.
Major activities administered
undti the supervision of ASC .
committers ir. Wheeler County,'
together with the number of ■
farms taking part and funds dis-,,
bursed in 1965, include:
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram, 193, $38,000.00:
Feed Grains (Acreage Diver
sion) 251, $193,278.65:
Wheat Certificate Program, 13,
$3,234.00;
Upland Cotton (Acreage Diver
sion), 159, $27,783.00;
Pike-Support Loans and Pur-;,
chases. 21. $29,431.13;
Carn. 7, $20,512.16;
Cotton, 846. $126,900.00.
In addition, the Department of,
Agriculture, through ASCS, sup- ■
ported prices of such commodities ■
as dairy products, tobacco, pea- ;
nuts, etc., through purchases or L
other operations not handled by ■
local farmer-committees.
Kindergarten Class
On School Program
TO ALL PARENTS:
The Kindergarten Class will be ,
a part of the Wheeler County ’
school program beginning August ।
26.
I; your child was born in the ;
year 1961, we will expect you to |
enroll him in the Kindergarten |
Class. Please bring or send his
birth certificate.
Kindergarten children will have
the same privileges which other
students have. For example, they,
may ride the school bus. eat in the 1
lunchroom, take out school ir.sur- j
ance. etc.
The Kindergarten Class sched
ule will run from 8:30 A.M. to
12:00 neon. However, if you live;
out of town, your child may stay, 1
and ride home on the bus.
If you have other questions,;
please contact the teacher and or;
principal.
We look forward to working i
with you and your child.
Revival
A revival will be held at the j:
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in L
Wheeler County August 22-26.;
Rev. Rubye Harris, pastor, will
conduct the services which will:
begin each evening at 8:00 o’clock.;
Eve vone cordially invited. I
Wheeler County Eagle
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WINS SSOO POT O' GOLD —A. J. Wallace, of Mcßae, is i
holding a check for SSOO he won in the Piggly Wiggly
Pot O’ Gold Derby being conducted weekly by this ;
popular grocery store. Manager Johnny Knowles says
that Piggly Wiggly has given away more than $?,000 '
in the Mcßae store alone. More than 100 people have ;
won amounts from $5.00 to SIOO.OO. .
With Wheeler
County Teachers
By GWEN S. FLANDERS
Curriculum Director
Two plus two may not always ;
equal four! All" children are not
expected to lea|n to read during i
the first year of school! !
Do such statements of fact,
bother you? Il sc, you are not .
alone. Many teachers without cur
rent training are also bothered by .
such expression.-. Wheeler County
teachers who are participating in ,
the in-service training program .
know why they aie actual fact.-. ,
The in-service workship spon- ]
sored by the State .Department of ;
Education and W1 eeler County ।
Board of Education, is operating
for two weeks and is bringing to ।
our teachers new ideas ir? the (
teaching of mathematics and read- .
ing.
John Parker, Elementary .
Schools’ Consultant, State Depart- ,
ment of Education; Mrs. Lillian
Price, Mathematics Consultant, (
State Dept, of Education- Mrs. (
Miley M. Hemphili, Reading Con- (
suitant, State Dept, of Education, <
and Len Singletary, Director of
Mathematics Department. Cairo (
High School, are working with..
Wheeler County teachers from ,
August 8 through August 19 to
help teachers know about new 7 ■
methods, new ideas, and new ma
terials in the teaching of these (
basic subjects. ।
Teachers who were listed in this
column last week are continuing
the in-service training. In- addi- ■
tion, the following teachers are
attending the reading and mathe
matics workshop:
Mr. and Mrs. John M. S. Thom
as, Melvin Sweat, Mrs. Margaret
Adams, Mrs. Mary Lillian Rid
ley. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frank
lin, Miss Alma Miller, Miss Ruby :
Holifield.
Wheeler County children are
indeed fortunate in having teach
ers and school leaders who rec-1
cgnize the importance of contin- '
ued training and who are con
cerned enough to make the extra
effort that is required in obtain
ing this additional training.
Wheeler Co. Sports
To Be Over WDAX
Fans of the Wheeler County
High School Bulldogs can keep 1
up-to-date on their latest activi
ties by tuning in to Radio Station
WDAX in Mcßae each Saturday J
morning at 10:05 for the sports
broadcast.
With thanew 7 football program ;
just starting, the main topic of
discussion will be football. Other
sports will be added as the sea
sons roll around.
The broadcasts will feature the
Bulldog coaching staff.
For the latest i 7 - sports news
from Wheeler County, it’s WDAX
Saturday at 10:05 A.M.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA.
5,000 Ga. Veterans
Already Applied For
Educational Benefits
Five thousand Georgia veterans ’
already have applied for Certifi- ’
cates of Eligibility for education-;
al benefits under the new Gl' ■
Bill, Pete Wheeler, Director, 1
Georgia Department of Veterans y
Service, said today.
Approximately 100,000 Georgi
are eligible for the new GI
Bill’s benefits, Mr. Wheeler es
timated.
All state-operated colleges, uni
versities, technical and vocation
al schools, private colleges and i
universities, and many private’,
business, trade, and technical •
schools are approved for veterans’ ;J
training under this bill.
Obtaining a Certificate of Eligi-j
bility is the first step toward re- ;
ceiving VA subsistence. After the I
t J
veteran receives that eligibility!
statement, he must also get a Cer-:,
tificate of Enrollment from the!,
school he attends. This Certificate 1
is on the reverse side of the Cer- ,
tificate of Eligibility, and must be
completed by the school. Finally,
the veteran and the school must
send in monthly attendance re
ports to the VA. However, a vet
eran enrolled in a college or uni
versity may certify his own at
tendance report.
The Georgia Department of
Veterans Service will assist any
veteran in obtaining educational,
or other benefits under the new I
GI Bill. Nearest field office is at I
Mcßae. Its manager is H. B. I
Barnes, Jr.
Woman's College
To Open Officially
Sunday, Sept. 18
Fall Quarter at The Woman’s
College of Georgia officially opens i
Sunday, September 18, and new j
students must row 7 apply for ad- !
mission. The announcement came
from R. Linton Cox, Jr., director j
|of admissions. •
All students who have not pre-1
! viously attended The Woman’s!
; College must file an application I
■ for admission by Tuesday, August 1
30, and they must also come to \
j the school for a personal inter
; view before registration date, i
Wednesday, September 21.
! These admission requirements 1
| were passed by the Board of
Regents of the University System.
The Woman’s College is a unit of
the University System.
Enrollment for Fall Quarter is
expected to be approximately 1,-
'lls students.
Mt. Olivet Revival
Set For August 22-26
A revival will be held at the
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in
Wheeler County August 22-26.
Rev. Rubya Harris, pastor, will
conduct the services which will
begin each evening at 8:00 P.M. j
Everyone is cordially invited.
Football Practice
Begins Monday
Monday, August 22, marks the
beginning of football practice in
Wheeler County, Coach Fontaine
Brewton announced this week.
Two important sessions will be
held on Monday at the Wheeler
County High School Gymnasium.
At 2:30 P.M. uniforms and other,
equipment will be issued. Stu
dents in Grades Seven through ’
Ten from both the Wheeler Coun- J
ty High School and the Glenwood
Elementary School, who are in
terested in going out for football,
are urged to attend.
Then at 5:00 P.M. students will
be given their physical examina
tions. All players must pass a
physical examination before;
they can participate. The exam
i ination will involve ro cost now
but may have to be borne by the 1
I student if he does not take his
physical at this time.
“If a student can’t make both
of Monday’s sessions, I would
I rather he Come at five,” Coach
Brewton said.
Brewton pointed out that this'
i will be a good time for those go- i
ling out for basketball to get their
i physicals also.
Transportation to and from
regular practices will be provided j
for students at the Glenwood Ele- ’
mentary School.
Members of the coaching staff, j
ir.- addition to Coach Brewton, are;
Milton Sweat, Jeanette Braddy,
and Robert Ashley,
Musical Aptitude j.
Tests Scheduled
Ban Booster President Ramon
Meguiar has called an important*'
meeting of all Wheeler County
stm’ents i. Grades Five through
Ten who are interested in playing
in the School Band and their i
parents on Monday night, August!
22, at 7:30 at the Wheeler County
High School Cafetorium.
Special tests will be given each
child to determine his or her I
musical aptitude. Only those;
children who can recognize rhy- ■
thm and pitch will be encouraged ;
to join the band.
The following night, Tuesday,;
August 23, the results of the tests |
will be known and all children !
and their parents are requested ।
to return for a short meeting and j
demonstration of band instru- i
ments.
The band program will be ex-j
plained by the band director, A. I
E. Davis, and school officials.
Meguiar emphasized that there |
will be no charge for the music
lessons under the band program.
Instruments will be available on
I a rental-purchase plan.
। Pointing to musical training as
a valuable phase of a child’s edu- ;
cation, Meguiar said it helped de-1
velop poise, self-confidence, self-1
discipline, coordination, and many
i other fine traits.
He urges that parents show '
' 'heir interest in their children and ;
i their school’s music program by |
। being present at this important
' meeting.
Get Contract For
Timber Sales
1
By DAVID H. WILLIAMS
Don’t sell the timber on your j
'place without having a written;
; contract with the buyer.
Many of you will be selling tim-'
ber soon so give some thought to j
|drawing up a contract before sell-]
' ing.
; Every detail should be written I
Jand signed by all parties in the |
| operation.
• If you are to have some special i
;or unusual provision about your '
■ sale, put these into the contract. ।
Always go over the contract;
' with the buyer ard agree on all [
'provisions therein. It should then t
1 be signed and witnessed and re-1
'corded in the county courthouse. ;
You may think that this takes
a lot of time and effort. You are i
right, but I believe that you will ;
; find that it will be well worth it. ;
I After all, this contract will protect;
' you and the buyer, too.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1966 SINGLE COPY 5c
Investigation Pressed Into Ambush
Slaying Os Lyons Man Saturday
Georgia Bureau of Investiga
: tion agents are pressing investi
’gation into the ambush slaying
lof a Lyons service station opera
। tor Saturday and said two other
parsons in (he Lyons area may be
' marked for “the same thing.”
; GBI Lt. H. M. Spurlin said
: agents are working or. the theory
■ that M. H. Calhoun, 48, was
i gunned down by hired killers to
' prevent his testifying in a $64,000
: cigarette burglary case in Macon.
'The lieutenant said indications
are that the killers are not from
I the immediate Lyons area and
i “may be from out of state ”
Agents Henry Walden and
■Dave Kettles said no significant
leads have been developed which
' might bring quick arrest of the
; slayers.
Calhoun was shot in the side
NOTICE
GEORGIA. Wheeler Count:
The Wheeler County Democra
i tic Executive Committee met, on
the 16th day of August, 1966, at
,10 o’clock A.M., at the Court
House in Alamo.
The meeting was called to or
jder by the Chairman, Hilton Mc-
Alum.
The following resolution was
then introduced by J. Troy Mimbs.
Be it resolved that any one
> wishing to run for Executive
jCommitteeman of his respective
idistrict of said county shall re
,quest his name placed on the bal
' let in the Primary Election Io be
j held in said county on Septem
;bcr 14, 1966, not later than 12:00
o’clock noon. August 20, 1966.
Said request shall be made to R.
;D. Jenkins, Secretary of said
, Committee.
Said motion’ seconded by O. B.
Adams and R. D. Jenkins moved
that said motion be adopted as in
troduced and read.
The Chairman then asked for a
; roll call vote, the result of which
I was as follows:
i YEAS: O. B. Adams, J. Troy
: Mimbs, R. Emmitt Currie, R. D.
i Jenkins.
NAYS: None.
’ The chairman then declared the
i motion carried and the resolution
; adopted.
Motion was made by R. Emmitt
| Currie that the meeting be ad-
Ijourned, which said motion was
। seconded by R. D. Jerkins and
i all present voting to adjourn said
'meeting, the chairman then de
clared said meeting adjourned.
This the 16th day of August,
1966.
HILTON MeALUM,
Chairman.
Revival Services To
'Begin At Spring Hill
Baptist On Monday
Revival services will be held at
| Spring Hill Baptist Church in
' Wheeler County, beginning Au
gust 22th at 8:00 P.M. and con
tinuing each night through Fri-
| ray, August 26th.
Guest minister will be Rev.
'Gene Brooks. Everyone is invited
i to attend.
Paintin' And Pumpkin Arts And
Crafts Show Planned For Atlanta
I
i The third annual Paintin’ and
; Pumpkin Arts and Crafts Show is
jscheduled for September 17th and ;
j 18th at the world’s largest farm
lers’ market, The Atlanta State ।
i Farmers’ Market in Forest Park. .
In addition to a best-of-show ,
! award, arts and homecrafts will :
j receive prizes in six categories: j
'PICTURES, including water-!
I colors, oils, mixed media, prints,;
[lithographs; ARTCRAFTS, includ
! ing ceramics, pottery, china paint- j
ling, metal work, jewelry, basket
! weaving; SCULPTURE all media; I
- NEEDLECRAFTS, including!
[quilts, knitting, crochet, sewing, [
(embroidery, rugs; FLOWER AR-;
■ and above the ear in front of his
• station about 4:00 A.M. The
' agents said evidence shows that
■ there were at least two assailants
■ and that Calhoun evidently did
: not see them.
Calhoun did not usually operate
' his place of business at that hour
and the agents said they have not
; been able to determine why he
' showed up there. Lt. Spurlin said
1 Calhoun had been with a friend
■ until midnight but that they have
■ not been able to account for his
1 whereabouts from that time until
' the time of the slaying.
The agents said Calhoun had
apparently parked his car and
was heading toward the front of
the station when the killers walk
ed from behind a sign across the
road where they had been hiding
and shot him down.
They said both shots were be
lieved to have come from the
same gun, possibly a ,38-caliber
. pistol.
। Calhoun was to be a state wit
ness in the burglary case schedul
ed for trial in Macon next week.
Lt. Spurlin said, “Some seem to
■ think that he was shot because he
• cooperated in the matter and in
volved others.”
Calhoun was one of two men
charged in the December burg’a
' ry of the Macon Cigar and To
' bacco Co. warehouse. Curtis Ro
' land Farmer, 35, of. Oak Park,
■ was indicted in February by the
- Bibb County grand jury in con
’ nection with the burglary.
Thieves entered the warehouse
J on Twelfth Street through a wall
■ and took cigarettes valued at
about $45,000, plus $3,700 in cash
1 and checks, SB,OOO in state tobac
co tax stamps, cigarette lighters,
■ 22-caliber bullets, ballpoint pens
■ and electric shavers.
Calhoun was arrested a few
days later by Macon detectives
1 and GBI agents who said they
1 found more than 9,000 cartons of
Griffin Editor
Hits Guideline
Secret Meeting
Quimby Melton, Jr., of Griffin,
' Friday filed a protest with the
Georgia Press Association follow
ing refusal of federal officials to
allow news coverage of a meeting
I where school desegregation guide
- j lines were discussed.
The meeting was held Friday
I night, attended by four officials
■ I of the U. S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare and mem
bers of the Griffin-Spalding Coun
ty Board of Education.
Reporters from the Griffin Daily
I News and a local radio station
j were ordered to leave by James
t; H. Rich, who acted as spokesman
i i for the HEW group.
■ । Melton, editor of the Daily
-I News, filed his protest with the
■; GEA, and the Secretary of HEW.
j with a copy to U. S. Sen. Herman
• | Talmadge. The radio station filed
I ia similar protest with the Georgia
I Association of Broadcasters.
RANGING; and ANTIQUES.
The third art show to be held
at the colorful Atlanta State
Farmers’ Market is being sponsor
ed by the Forest Park Business
and Professional Women’s Club
and the Atlanta Produce Dealers
Association.
| All Georgia artists and crafts
men are eligible for entry. For
! complete information on entrance
' requirements, write Mrs. Lucy
। Jenkins, Forest Park Business and
I Professional Women’s Club, 151
I Lloyd Drive, Forest Park. In
(quiries can also be made at 766-
■3713 during the day or 366-1910
| after 5:00 P.M., or on weekends.
NUMBER 19
; cigarettes in his home.
Five other men have been
; questioned and released on ap~
;; pearance bonds in connection witb
I the burglary.
Lumber City Negro
Man Is Killed In
Automobile Wreck
[ A Lumber City Negro man,
identified by the Georgia State
.. Patrol as Alfred Clark, 27, was
।; killed instantly Saturday morning
at 5:40 o’clock when the automo
bile in which he was a passenger
i left the road on a curve in the
'city limits of Lumber City and'
i hit a tree.
; The patrolman said Clark wa^
thrown through the windshield^!
i and his head struck a concrete
i pipe. The patrolman said the driv.
er of the vehicle was Kennethi.
Strong, 27, Lumber City. Twai'
other men in the car were iden
tified as Therman Burns, Jr., 24-;
and Daniel Conaway, 17, also of
Lumber City.
The accident was investigated
by CpL P. W. Colwell, of thßiv
Helena Patrol Station. Strong:':
was charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicants, driv
ing without a license and speed-,
ing, the trooper said.
GOP Says Goal
Exceeded To Put
Callaway On Ballot
An official of the Georgia Re
। publican Party says the GOP now
[ । has enough names on petitions ta
i I get Congressman Howard (Bo)
Callaway on the ger.-eral etectiMi
I ballot as a candidate for governor.
, ! Mike Hudson, executive secre
' j tary of the state party, said Mon
, i day the total of signatures had .
■ passed the 88,000 mark which the
, ' GOP has estimated will constitute::■
, | the required 5 per cent of the
. registered voters.
Hudson said petitions continued
to pour in daily, and the GOF
I would push to reach the 110,096
; mark before submitting the sig
! natures to Secretary of State Ben
Fortson.
Fortson expects final registra
tion figures to be close to 1.8 mil
lior.. The deadline to register for
the general election is Sept. 19,,
but petitions must be filed by
’ Sept. 8.
The secretary of state has tald'
1 candidates that petitions should
contain 10 per cent more names
than the number required since..
normally about that many signa.- -
tures are thrown out for various
' I reasons.
Hudson’s announcement came
as the GOP predicted the party
will send nearly 150 candidates:'’
against Democrats in the genarai
election Nov. 8. About 100 of than
will run for state posts, including;
90 for the legislature. Eight Tte
publicans are running for Coc
, I gress.
Callaway will run against the
' winner of the Democratic nomina
tion sought by six candidates
Late news reports from Calla
way headquarters state that addi
■ tional signatures just received in
creased the total to 120,000. They
expect to have 130,000 befare the
deadline.
HOGS ON PASTURE
Pasture is a clean, sanitary way
to feed hogs, says Dr. W*. G.. .
Luce, Extension Service animal’!
scientist. But he adds that it can
be expensive. Pasture is usually
beneficial for breeding stock, tad:;:
it may not be economically poss
ible for growing-finishing opera
tions. Dr. Luce points out that"
hogs can’t utilize much pasture-
Only an acre is needed for 20 tan
I 25 head.
— —
When selecting a shade tree for '
! the yard, the best bet is to picirr:
a native tree. George D. Walken
Cooperative Extension Service-’
forester*, points out that the na-
I fives have proven their adapt
ability to our soils and climatfc.