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Lumber City Sir! Signs Confrad
Signing a contrac: with King”
Rei rds, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is ;
L is Williams, of Warner Rebins..
In the picture with Lois, standing ■
left to right, are Louis< Innis, A Sc
R Director of King Records, Inc., |
who signed her to a long-term
omlraet with King, and Bobby;
Smith, cf Macon. Ta the right is !
Grady Spires, also of Macon, and
wh. . with Mr. Smith, has signed i
as Manager of Mrs. Williams. She :
credits most of het success in get
ting a record contract to Mr. '
Spires as he made the master .
tape that Mr. Innis heard when .
he came to Macon on a business 1
trip. Mr. Smith and Mr. Spires >’
are the managers at Macon Re
cording studios, which is affiliat-,
ed with King Records.
Mrs. Williams was formerly
known as Mary Lois Bohannon
before her marriage three years ■
ago to Mose Williams, of Lumber;
City. Her parents are Mr. and
Mrs. N. F. Bohannon, of Hazle
hurst. Mr. Williams’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Williams, still
reside in Lumber City. Her hus
band has been very helpful and
very instrumental in furthering
her career.
She has followed music, singing
and working with other local tal
ents in and around Georgia and
Florida since she was a very
young girl. She received her first
guitar from her parents at the age :
of three.
After working at different stage
shows and employment at clubs, 1
she met Mr. Spires and his wife,
Pfc. Larry K. Clark
Completes Summer
Training Aug. 18
Private First Class Larry K.
Clark. 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. (
Jacob A. Clark, Route 1, Alamo, ,
completed two weeks of summer:
training August 18 at the Army
Northern Warfare Training Cen
ter, Fort Greely, Alaska.
Pvt. Clark, regularly assigned
as an aircraft electrician w'th the ■
18th Transportation Detachment
at Fort Wai'wright, Alaska, was
trained in mountaineering water
navigation, and snow rescue.
Clark entered the Army in
September, 1965, and was last
stationed at Fort Eustis, Va.
He was graduated from Wheel
er County High School, Alamo, in
1962 and was employed by the
Coffee Construction Company,
Eastman.
Coca Cola Company
In Baxley Robbed
The Coca Cola Company in
Baxley was robbed Saturday
morning of about $4,000. The
safe was pealed back according
to the Sheriff. J. B. (Red) Carter.
GT&E Communications, Inc., Has
Acquired Ga. TV Cable Co., Inc.
The acquisition of Georgia TV
Cable Co., Inc., and three affiliat
ed companies, which- operate the
largest community antenna tele
vision (CATV) system in Georgia,
was announced today by GT&E
Communications, Inc., a subsidi
ary of General Telephone & Elec
tronics Corporation.
James J. Clerkin, Jr.. Presi
dent of GT&E Communications,
said the purchase of Georgia TV
Cable and its affiliates, which to
gether provide CATV services to
14 communities in eastern Geor
gia. represents the first multi-city
CATV acquisition by GT&E Com- ■
municatiors since it was formed
Wheeler County Eagle
Rachel, who have worked long
and hard trying to help her and it
has finally paid off. This contract
is in answer to her dream of one
day being a recording artist.
Mrs. Williams is beginni. g to do
personal appearance shows and
wants to take this opportunity to
thank each and every one along
the way who has helped in get
ting her as far along as sho is
now. She will have another re
lease in the near future.
Mrs. Frances Radney
Directs Home Service
For Atlanta Gas Light
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MRS. FRANCES B. RADNEY
Mrs. Frances B. Radney has
been named home service director
for Atlanta Gas Light Company.
Mrs. Radney has a varied back
; ground of home service experi
ence, in business, governmental,
'and educational fields. This sum
mer she has beer completing work
for her degree for Master of Sci
ence in Home Economics at Au
burn University.
As the company’s home service
director, Mrs. Radney will plan
:and supervise home service ac
tivities for Atlanta Gas Light
Company including Georgia Na
tural Gas and Savannah Gas Com
pany.
NOTICE
World Wide Service
For the convenience of a few
that might not know that Mr. D.
C. Fulford has been added to our
staff, to better serve our Coun
try. We are always glad to help
you at any time. John T. Gore
and D. C. Fulford will work to
gether, they are experienced In
ternational Investigators, le’ them
know if they car help you at
any time.
Call 563-4282, Alamo, Ga., or
see us in Alamo. Helena or Mc-
Rae, or any place.
JOHN T. GORE
D. C. FULFORD
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL
INVESTIGATORS.
in April. 1965.
Georgia TV Cable was estab
lished in 1962, and maintains its
headquarters in Athens in north
east Georgia. Its affiliated com
panies are Toombs County TV
Cable, Inc., Athens TV Cable,
Inc., and Toccoa TV Cable. Inc.
Together, the four companies
provide CATV services in Athens
and the rearby community of
Toccoa, in Sandersville and Ten
nille in the east central section of
the state, and Cochran, Hawkins
ville, Lyons, Vidalia, Eastman,
Mcßae. Hazlehurst. Fitzgerald,
Helena, and Ocilla in southeast
Georgia.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
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Mrs. Hogan Retires
As Assoc. Professor
At Middle Georgia
| Mrs. Berdie Hogan retired re-1
: cer.tly as Associate Professor Os
) Chemistry from Middle Georgia)
i College in Cochran.
The faculty presented Mrs. Ho-
Igan a beautiful Revere style sil
: ver bowl, suitably engraved.
Her lab assistants presented her
; a dainty silver tray. She also re
; ceived several individual gifts.
Before leaving Cochran for At
. lanta last week, several faculty
'members entertained Mrs. Hogan
with a lovely dinner at the new
Perry Hotel.
Mrs. Hogan, a dedicated teach
er. will teach chemistry, physics
and advanced chemistry at Pace
Academy o West Paces Ferry
Road in Atlanta this fall.
Inventory Shows
Recreation Sites
On The Increase
Looking for a place to fish, to
wim„ hike, picnic, camp, go boat
ing. or just plain relax?
Then go by the local office of
the Soil Conservation Service and
’ask for a copy of the publication,
“Recreation For Everyone.” The
i publication will help you to locate
' available recreational facilities in
Georgia where you can enjoy
iyour special outdoor activity.
Outdoor recreation is booming
m Georgia ar.d Jim L. Gillis, Jr.,
chairman of the Georgia State
Soil and Water Conservation
Commttee, which published the
booklet, says that local people co
loperating with their Soil Con
)servation Districts are helping to
meet the demand for outdoor
; recreation.
“Some are developing recrea
tional facilities on formerly idle
areas of their land,” Gillis said,
“Others are combining recreation
and farming on the same land.
; Many are developing fishing wa
ters, picnicking and sports cen
ters, marinas, camp grounds, va
ication farms, hunting areas or
shooting preserves, and many
other enterprises that vary from
the very simple to the elaborate.”
Information in the booklet was
obtained through a statewide in
; ventory of public and private rec
reation facilities in Georgia. The
inventory was conducted by the
State Committee, the Georgia
Association of Soil and Water
Conservation Districts, and the
iSoil Conservation Service in co
operation with the Technical Ac
tion Panel of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The Soil Conservation Service
summarized and consolidated the
inventory data by county, Soil
Conservation District, and by
state.
The inventory gives for the
first time an accurate estimate of
the size and scope of outdoor
recreation in each of six sections
of the state and in the state as a
whole. I' indicates the kinds of
recreation available, where it is
available and in what capacities.
September Wheeler
County Home Ec
Meeting Schedule
Mrs. Rebecca M. Walker,
Wheeler County Extension Home
• Economist, has just released a list
..of all the meetings of the Wheeler
j County Extension Home Econo-
mist Clubs for the month of Sep
tember.
Mrs. Walker encourages each
homemaker interested in this
• phase of work to be present at
these meetings.
Sept. 2 —Graham: Mrs. Clar
ence Thomas, 2:00 P.M.
Sept. 16 — Snowhill: Mrs. W. F.
Andersen, 2:00 P.M.
Sept. 19—Springhill: Mrs Carl
Adams, 7:30 P.M.
Sept. 20—Union: Mrs, R. E. Tu-
; ten, Sr., 3:00 P.M.
Sept. 21 — Shiloh: Mrs. H. R.
Purser, 2:00 P.M.
Sept. 22—Dempsey: Mis T. H.
Harder., Jr., 2:00 P.M.
Sept. 26—Glenwood: Mrs. Wal
: lace Ryals. 2:00 P.M.
Sept. 27 — Crossroads: Mrs.
Earnest Currie, 2:00 P.M.
September 13-15 Mrs. Walker
will be attending the State Home
Economics Council Meeting in
Atlanta along with Mrs. W. O.
Purser, Mrs. H. R. Purser, Mrs.
T. H. Harden, Jr., and Mrs C. C.
Pickle.
FHA State Director
Warns Os Drop In
Farm Family Number <
. S. L. Var.'Landingham. state di
'l rector of Atlanta, said to county <
Farmers Home Administration, su- (
pervisors in Dublin on August I
9th that the nation should be <
more concerned with the drop in 1
' the number of farm families than .
, in the decline cf the stock mar
. iket. t
He pointed out that the stock i
market always recovers and spec- ,
. ulators win whichever way the .
! market goes, but the nation can ;
. never recover its farm families '
who leave the lard and disappear'
forever in cur large cities. । <
.I “We cannot afford the continu- i 1
, ous loss of some 100.000 farmers.;!
. annually without seriously under-;!
mining the entire rural economy ' <
• and withou: ■riously threatening!
lour capacityßto produce enough |<
food and fib" to meet our ever-':
growing commitments both at I <
'home and abroad.” he said.
He pointed cut that rural areas
> and cities are now reaping the i
■ harvest of their unconcern for the I
unrecoverable loss of nearly two
’ million farm families since World ;
I War 11. ।:
. “You can’t take over 10 million j,
- people out of rural America with-|.
• out depleting the economy, deci- '
i mating its towns and villages and),
■ I eroding its social fabric,” the FHA ;
I state director ! said.
; . This administration, he said, !
, has recognized the problem and:
■ is now making a determined es- i j
i fort to reverse the rural-to-city
migration trend and to strengthen^
■ the economic position of farm I,
-1 families and the viability of rural I
>! communities. L
“We have a- Lied nearly 65,000!
I t
i tenant farmers or small farmers I
1 I
.| to become successful and ade-)
> quate farm owners since 1961,” I
, ’he said.
11 He explained that there are at •
.: least another one-half million;.
. tenant farmers or small operators I
- who need and should have Farm-^
. ers Home Administration loan as-I
• sistance so they can become pros-!'
- perous and successful farmown-6
। ers. In addition, there are some j
- 30,000 rural communities needing!
; basic community facilities like
water, sewer and recreation facili-
. ties.
Appalachia Unit
OK's Four Major
Projects In Ga.
Gov. Carl E. Sanders has an-1
’ i nounced that the Appalachian Re-!
'; gional Commission has approved)
$1,356,600 in funds for four major b
' projects in Georgia. They are: )'
The Floyd County Health Cen-|'
' ter in Rcme which will include al
heal’h clinic to serve Floyd Coun
ty and a speech and hearing cli-!
! nic to serve a 13-county area in)
f Northwest Georgia. Total cost will;
’ be $280,000, of which $39,000 will i
’ be piovidcd under the Appalachi-,
1 an Act, $112,000 under the Hill-.
■ Burton Act and $129,000 by state ।
’ and local sources.
The Banks, Jackson, Commerce,
Nursing Heme will be built ir
Commerce adjacent to the Banks.
Jackson, Commerce Hospital. Os
the $520,000 total cost. $130,000
will be provided under the Appa
lachian Act, $260,000 under the
' Hill-Button Act and $130,000 lo- i
caUy. '
A 40-bed Gilmer County Nut - )
ing Home will be constructed ad- .
jacer.i to the Watkins Memorial I
Hospital iEllijay to serve Gil
mer, Dawson, Fannin, Pickins
and Union Counties. Appalachian )
funds will provide $144,600 of the .
' $482,000 total construction cost,
Hill-Burton funds will provide ■
$241,000, and local sources will
provide $96,400.
The Carroll County Vocational-
Technical School, with an antici- ,
pated enrollment of 500 students,)<
will be built in Carrollton to serve
the counties of East-Central Geor- ।
gig. Appalachian funds will pro- ,
' vide $430,000 and local sources
will provide $200,000 toward the (
' total construction cost of $630,000. ‘
Important Meeting
“Get Acquainted Night” is the i
title cf the PTA program to be I
conducted by the principal John
; Hatton, on Thursday night, Sept. I
i Is’ in WCHS Cafetorium in Ala
. mo at 8:00 o’clock. >
“Lights On For Children” is -
. I the theme for the year. . 1
' Please be present.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1966
Middle Ga. College
Announces Opening
Os Fall Quarter
The thirty-ninth annual session:
of Middle Georgia College, at:
Cochran, officially begins with
the oper.ing of the Fall Quarter:
on Monday, September 19. it has
been announced by Dr. Lcuis C.)
Aiderman, Jr.. President.
New students planning to at-)
tend Middle Georgia College for )
the Fail Quarter must have filed !
an application for admission by;
August 30, accompanied by ‘.ran- ;
scripts and Scholastic Aptitude)
Test scores.
Residence halls open or- Mon- '
day, September 19, and registra- ;
tion is scheduled for September!
20-22. with classes beginning on
September 23. The quarter ends ;
on December 14.
A faculty reception for all stu- :
dents will be held on the front'
lawn cf the campus at 8:00 P.M.;
on Thursday, September 22.
A unit of the University Sys-1
tern of Georgia, Middle Georgia i
College expects an enrollment for ;
the Fall Quarter of approximately I
1,600 students. Twenty-three new J
appointments to the faculty were)
recently announced.
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Man Escapes Jail,
Recaptured Same
Day In Mcßae
The Ocilla Star
Jimmy Branch, white male I
serving time in Irwin County jail j
for forgery, escaped from the jail ;
early Sunday morning and was;
recaptured the same day at the ।
home of relatives in Mcßae.
According to Ted Miles, Irwin )
County Deputy Sheriff, Branch
escaped from confinement at the;
jail with the aid of a steel bar.;
He gained entrance orto the out
side by climbing through the roof
|of the jail, the deputy said.
) Branch made his escape about
3:00 A.M. Sunday.
On learning of the escape sev-1
eral hours later, Miles said that
he tracked the escapee to Fitz
gerald where it was learned that
he had picked up his wife and left
for Telfair County.
Miles said that he gained in
formation that Branch was at the
home of. relatives in Mcßae, Miles
went to Mcßae and apprehended
the escapee at about 1:00 o’clock
I Sunday afterr.oon. He was then
returned to Irwin County jail.
This was the second time that
Branch had escaped from the jail
here. The first time he escaped
Branch was picked up in Doug
lasville. He had been confined!
here about two months before his I
breakout on Sunday.
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Number Os Courses Now Being Offered
At Waycross Vocational-Technical School
A number of vocational and
technical courses are now being
scheduled at the Waycross-Ware
County Area Vocational-Technical
School.
These courses are on the post
high school level and are designed
to prepare students for employ
ment in various trade and techni
cal areas. Upon' successful com
pletion of these courses, students
will receive a certificate from the
State Department of Education
indicating what skills he or she
has acquired.
This program is a part of the
total Adult Education Program
sponsored by the State Depart
ment of Education in conjunction
with the local Boards of Educa
tion and is supplied at no charge
to the enrollees. Its purpose is to
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Wheeler County Football Team Starts
With Plenty Players, Weight, Spirit
i Wheeler County's brandnew )
! football team got off to a good
) start this week with ph: ty of ,
■players, plenty o' weight, and
: plenty of .nthusir-m.
i “They are slow, out of shape,)
i and have a lot to learn but I’m
) real pleased with them.” Coach );
Fontaine Brewton said.
1 Brewton added that he had one i
; player who weighed over 190 and
Hour that were over 180. The team !
) is as big as most varsity teams.
| Forty-four have already regis-:
' tered and had their physicals and
! Brewton said he expected sev-;
I eral more when school opens to
day.
New VA Hospital
To Open In
Atlanta Aug. 22
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The Veterans Administration )
i out-patient medical clinic, operat- )
)ed for years in conjunction with;
! the Atlanta VA Regional Office,)
'441 West Peachtree St., NE, will; -
: begin operation on August 22 at);
jthe new sls million Atlanta VA 1 1
i hospital, 1670 Clairmont Road, )■
; adjacent to Emory University.
) Veterans from all over Georgia ) ■
! are served by the Clinic for the ; •
) treatment of service - connected I
) disabilities not requiring hospi- I
I talization and for compensation •
i and pension examinations when
!directed by the VA. )'
The Clinic will be operating at) ।
) the hospital at the time of the of- ,
| ficial dedication ceremonies set
I for 11:00 A.M., Friday, September;
12, Dr. John G. Hood, Hospital Di
! rector, said.
Veterans coming to the clinic
jby bus or train can reach the hos- 1
; pital by city buses. Two buses. No.
। 6 “Clairmont-Emory.” and No. 63 •
। “Flamingo,” can be boarded down
I
I town on Peachtree Street.
, For those traveling by automo
■ bile, Clairmont Road is State I
Highway 155, which crosses prac-)
tically all major highways from
all directions.
Geer Offers Two
State Reforms
Lt. Gov. Peter Zack Geer, cam
paigning in Savannah recently in
his bid for reelection, offered two
proposals.for legislative reform in)
the General Assembly.
He said the Legislature should p
(1) extend greater home rule;
powers to cities ard counties, and)'
1(2) hire a financial adviser to as-;
I sist in planning and preparation
'of the state budget.
h offer opportunity to any adults
J who neids training hr Aw th Ids
•or rettddning Ih’tmy‘f fadi/of oc-'
I cupation.
Some of the classes now accept
■ ing students are Business Educa-
I tion, Machine Shop, Auto Me
• chanics, Drafting, Electronic
■ Technology,. Radio & TV Repair,
■' and Cosmetology.
;! The training is available in day
i J and evening classes in most areas,
i; These classes are developed on.
i the basis of demand. For detailed,
information of courses being of-
■ sered at the present time, please
1 contact the Director, Wavcross-
Ware County Area Vocational-
Technical School, 1701 Carswell
, Avenue, Waycross, Georgia Tele
i ■ phone 283-1866.
NUMBER 20
The team’s schedule will be lim«-
ited to not more than seven
games this season. Each player
who can will play in the games.
“Right now we are more in
terested in seeing them get ex
perience than winning,” Brewton
said.
The first game will be in Lyons
against Lyons' -“B” team on Sep
tember 22nd.
The following boys have signed
up: Gary Clark, Jack Brewer,
Mike Seabolt, Ben Marion, Ron
ny Clark, Tony Elton, Eugene
Thigpen, Lamar Miller, Jimmy
Wooten, Tommy Clark, Ronnie
Snuggs, Larry Leggett, Jesse
Braswell, Steve Adams, John
Bass, Kenneth Elton, Bradley
Watson, Ronnie Gilder, Danny
Maddox, Judson Clark, Nathan
Rowe, Jackie Hinson, John Walk
er, Mike Dixon, Coxby Benton,
Fred Nobles,
Skip Clark, Keith Meguiar,
Randy Pope, Jee Dixon, Jesse-
Clark, Pedro Purvis, Cary Clark,
Mike Jones, Robert Varnadoe,
Steve Brewer, Lon Tanner, Jim
my Day, Wendell Whitehead,
Wally Adams, Tony Edge, Ernest
Dyal, David Walker, and Henry
Walker.
State Presently
Needs 200 More
Troopers, Conner
State Public Safety Director
Lowell Conner, who has consis
tently advocated a stronger State
Patrol to combat the rising traf
fic death toll, says Georgia needs
at least 200 more state patrolmen
’ row and 500 more by 1970.
In discussing the manpower
shortage of. the Department of
Public Safety, Col. Conner said
hiring troopers is a major prob
lem because of the low pay, lang
hours and dangerous occupation.
The strength of the Patrol now
stands at approximately 500 offi
cers and men.
The safety director also said he
thinks the legal use of radar and
other speed-timer devices by ci
ties and counties, which was out
lawed by the Legislature a few
years ago, should be restored. And
he urges the mext governor to da
something about it. One radar is
worth ten patrol cars, he con
tends.
Col. Conner further said that
the use of. unmarked patrol cars,
which also was eliminated by leg
islative action, was helpful in
i traffic safety control. He pointed
। out that when the State Patrol
jceased having cars of different
I colors with markings only on the
| sides (instead of being all ore
i color and conspicuously designat
| ed as they are now) traffic viola
; tions and accidents increased
' drastically, resulting in more
■ deaths.
Conner described the high rate
■ of traffic fatalities in Georgia as
। “useless slaughter.” He said that
• only six per cent of the fatal ac
i cidents were caused by highways
| or faulty vehicles, while the rest
j were caused by human careless-
I ness in driving.
I If the present trend continues,
I the safety director predicts that
' at least 1,450 persons will be kill
led in Georgia traffic accidents
' this year. Last year’s record
| breaking total was 1,361.
Mrs. Mary Bass
Funeral services for Mrs.. Mary
I (Mollie) Clark Bass, 89, of Mcßae,
Who died, Friday at the Telfair
' Gtounty Hpspttali: were /held at
3*oo P.M. Sunday in the-Mt Olivet
। Methodist Church.
The Rev. L. H. Grimes and the
Rev, J. W. Jordan officiated with
burial in the church cemetery.
A native of Dallas, Tex., Mrs.
Bass had lived in Telfair County
| most of her life.
: Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Ruby Bass Nix, of Helena;
two sons, C. C. Coleman, of Ala-
I mo, and Oscar Coleman, of Mc-
I Rae; a sister, Mrs. W. O. Harri—
> son, of Helena.
Harris-Smith Funeral Home, of
| Mcßae, is in charge.
In thinning a planted pine
: stand, the poorest quality freer
I should be cut first.