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VOLUME 52
Talmadge Warns
Education Has
Long Way To Go
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
declared that “Georgia’s future
growth and prosperity will be de
termined in a large part by the
excellence of her schools today.”
His opinion w>as voiced in a
speech before the Georgia Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs’ 6th Dis
(triet spring convetian in Jones
boro. Discussing the "Immeasur
able importance of education in
our changing state,” he said:
“Education is the most chal
lenging test of. our times. And it
can be the most rewarding. Edu
cation in recent years has moved
to the forefront of importance at
all levels of government and civic
endeavor, and it is our job to
keep it there and to work to push
it even further ahead.”
Pointing out that Georgia has
made "tremendous progress in ed
ucation,’’ Sen. Talmadge asserted
“we are still moving forward, but
there is yet a long way to go in
some areas. We cannot afford to
stand still or foe satisfied with the
status quo. for if we do Georgia
and its citizens will be left far be
hind.”
He cited the need for “more
schools and better schools in or
der to insure for every boy and
girl of the state an adequate edu
cation, regardless of who they are
or where they live. And we must
put more children in cshool and
keep them there ifor as long as
they can stay and as far as they
can go. Our dropout rate is still
a disgrace and a tragic waste of
human resources.”
The senator said education is
primarily the concern of state and
local governments, “but the re
sponsibility; does not end there.
It must be made the concern of
everyone who is interested in the
continued gdvancment and well
being of Georgia, including busi
ness and civic organizations
which can be a moving force be
hind' educational progress.
Highway Patrol
Educates Public
On Safety Rules
ATLANTA (GPS)—The State
Patrol’ Safety Education Div
ision, whose primary function is
to educate Georgians in matters
pertaining to traffic safety and to
make them aware of the urgency
for more safety education in the
home, in the school and in the
adult community, had a banner
year in 1966 in getting its mes
sage across.
For example, the division’s 15-
member staff last year appeared
before audiences totaling 609,127,
according to the 1966 annual re
port submitted by Capt. Luther F.
Butler, division supervisor, to Col.
R. H. Burson, director of the Geor
gia Department of Public Safety.
Patrolmen assigned to this di
vision visited schools, driver
training classes, school patrols;
made radio talks, distributed safe
ty literature showed safety
films, inspected school buses,
conducted first aid classes; made
speeches to civic clubs and other
community groups, and, in fact,
did just about everything imagi
nable in spreading the safety mes
sage ove: Georgia.
In addition, the Safety Educa
tion Division annually conducts
the eight-week Camp Safety Pa
trol at Lake Blackshear, near
Cordele, and supervises the Geor
gia Teen-Age Traffic Safety' Con
ference. It also assisted with teen
age driver, roadeos and bicycle
roadeos. These youth programs,
according to the report, had a
highly successful year in 1966.
“Safety education, “the report
emphasized, “is more or less an
intangible commodity that cannot
be evaluated by reviewing a set
of figures or through the use of
a slide rule. Nevertheless, the to
tal accomplishments of this di
vision is evidence of the progress
and forward strides being made to
arouse all Georgians to the im
portance and urgency of safety.
“It must be remembered, how
ever, that only' with the interest
and help from all Georgians can
we make this a safer state in
which to live.”
Wheeler County Eagle
i Greetings to FFA
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MBaa NATIONAL
SSSg OFFICERS
C. M. Wallace, Jr., senior vice president, Georgia
Power Company, greets national Future Farmers of
America President Gary Swan, center, of Jasper. N.Y.,
and state FFA President Eddie Holbrooks, of Demo
rest. National FFA officers stopped in Atlanta recently
for a two-day visit. During the stopover, Mr. Wallace
and other Georgia Power officials hosted the group
with a luncheon and tour of the utility’s general offices.
Wheeler Co. Home
Economics Meeting
Schedule For April
Mrs. Rebecca M. Walker, Coun
ty Home Economist, announced
the following meeting dates for
i the 'home economics clubs in
Wheeler County for the month of
i April:
Erid-ay, April 7—Graham Home
Eeonomics Club—2:3o -p.m.—Mrs.
Jack Fulford’s. ’ ’
Tuesday, Ap: il 18—Union Home
Economics Club—Mrs. Hugh
Montfort’s
Wednesday—April 19—Shiloh
Home Economics Club — 2:30—
Mrs. E. E. Elton’s
Monday, April 24—Glenwood
(Home Economics Club—2:3op.m.
—Mrs. Wailace Ryals
Monday, April 24—Springhill
Home Economics Club—7:3o p.m.
. —Mrs. O. C. Adems’
Tuesday, April 25—Crossroads
Home Economics Clu-b—2:3o pm.
-Mrs. N. A .Wynn’s
Wednesday, A-pril 26—Snowhill
Home Economics Club — 2:30
p.m.—■
Thursday, April 27—Dempsey
Home Economics Club—2:3o—
—, —
A demonstration on Home Fur
nishings and Arts (picture fram
; ing) will be given at each of these
meetings by a community club
leader. Mrs. Walker urges all in-
Iterested homemakers in the-e
communities to attend these meet
; ings,
G. I. Home Loan
Deadline Is July 25
More than 4,800 applications
! for G.I. Home Loans have been re
'ceived from post-Korean Conflict
veterans of Georgia under the
1966 G.I. Bill, the Veterans Ad
ministratron reported teday.
The reports, from the VA’s field
stations across the nation, showed
a total of 123,060 covering the
period March 3, 1965 (when the
new law went into effect), to Feb
ruary 28, 1967.
During the first full year of
operation 312,399 post-Korean
Confict veterans were declared I
eligible for G. I. Home Loans.:
More than 89,000 loans were made
during the first year.
Under the three G. I. Home,
Loan programs—World War 11,
Korean Conflict and the 1966 G. I.
Bill—about 7 million G. I. Home
Loans have been made with a
face value of more than $64 bil
lion.
The deadline for G. I. Home
Loans for veterans of World War
II is July 25, 1967.
CROSS TIES
How many cross ties are re- I
quired for a mile of railway track:
Foresters at the University of ।
Georgia Cooperative Extension '
Service point out that it takes I
3,000 ties and they are all made i
of wood. Many of Georgia’s medi- '
urn and low grade hardwoods ;
could find their way into this I
market.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Eastman Man
Is First Winner
Os Park Vacation
t An Eastman man, Skeet Brown,
■ is the first winner of a free, two
week vacation in Georgia’s state
, parks system, it was announced
by State Parks Director Horace
G. OaldweH.
- Last year the Parks Depart
i me nt inaugurated a program
I whereby the holder of an over
i night cabin receipt would be eli
. gib!e to win a free, two-week va
’ cation at any park of. his choice
I raring 1967. Brown won by virtue
of his receipt being drawn from
more than 18,000.
I The winner, whose winning re
. ceipt came from Little Ocmulgee
State Park at Mcßae, now has:
! reservations for his cost-free va-1
. cation at Vogel Park near Blairs- 1
ville in July. His cabin will ac-
U commodate 10 persons.
A reminder from the State
- Parks Department: Any over-1
night guest at any of Georgia’s ’
state parks during 1967 will be.
I eligible to win a similar -free, two-'
• i week vacation in 1968 for himself ;
■ 1 and his family.
j ;
Medicare Kit
Now Available
Medicare beneficiaries wh o
[signed u.p for medical insurance
I protection can now obtain an in-,
formation kit to help them keep'
I a record of their doctor bills so
। they will know when they reach
their yeaily SSO deductible. Char-,
les Hall, Dublin Social Security ;
Officer in Charge, announced to
’. day.
The kit includes -a record-keep
ing folder and two leaflets which
explain the two methods of pay-;
iner t for medical insurance claims
and what medical expenses count
for the SSO deductible. The folder
has pockets on- the in-side for
holding doctor bills and space to
। write in the date and amount of
; each bill so that the beneficiary
, will know immediately when he
■reaches the SSO each year. After’
; that, the medical insurance plan
’pays 80 percent of the reasonable
‘ charges for covered expenses for
'the iem-3-’nder of the year.
Mr. Hall said that all new med
- icare beneficiaries will receive
the kit when they sign up for
medical insurance. Those uho a-J
--; ready have-medical insurance cov
erage should write, telephone, or
visit the social security office to
: obtain this free kit. The office is
located at 114 East Johnson
Street. Telephone 272-5347.
ALso. people who need help in
i completing <a medical insurance;
I claim are urged to get in touch
! -with -the social security office,
i “We know that these claims—es
! pecially the first claim—can- be,
- confusing to people,’’ said Hal’,,
“and we will be glad to help in >
I every way possible.”
Wheeler County
High Wins Region
Literary Meet
For the third straight year the
Wheeler High literary contestant
have battled the region’s best and
have brought home the trophies
Ifor oral and written competition.
; Last week at Middle Georgia
■ Collage our students won six ad
ditional First places, one Second
place, three Third places, and
। three Fourth places to bring the
• total number of points needed to
I win.
Wheeler iw-on ithe Literary Meet
. 92-88 over Twiggs, DeSales, Laur
। ens, and' Dexter.
i Earlier this year our debate
i team won First place, our Drama
j Club won Second place, and our
Senior Spelling took the region
| again. These also helped to win
dhe Literary Trophy.
। Last week’s competition went
j like this: Piano Solo —Anne John-
Iso-n, First place; Girl’s vocal—
I Anne Johnson, First place; Girls’
Trio—Connie Smith, Donna Smith
(and Anne Johnson, First place.
! Girl’s declamation—Sara Mont
i ford, First place; Boy’s declama-
I tion—Ra Mequiar, First place.
; Home Economics—D aph in e
I Clark, First place; Shorthand-
Mildred Graham, Second place.
7 Boys’ Quartet —Ha Meguiar,
| Larry Leggett, Leon Fields, and
Hugh Couey, Third place. Boy’s
Solo—Leon Fields; Fourth place
Girl’s Typing—Elizabeth Morri
ison, Third place; Boy’s Typing—
I Mike Hinson, Third place.
; Girl's- Essay—Betty Jenkins,
Fourth place; Boy’s Essay—Joe
Pope, Fourth place.
We are proud of our students
and faculty members in their ut
। most effort shown this year.
Wheeler Has New
Touchdown Club
i
, The newly-organized Touch
' Touchdown Club is the iates-t
■evidence of the enthusiasm
> Wheeler County is experiencing
1 about football.
i Herbert Webster has been nam
ed president of the new club.
. Serving with him are Ramon Me
. guiiar as secretary and John Hat
;: ten as treasurer.
With the football field in use
.' now and more than 80 boys going
. out for spring practice, the need
i for the support of parents and
, friends is obvious. Webster urges
everyone to join the new club and
.'give it and the whole team theii
, support.
Season tickets are on sale
. throughout the county at $5 for
adults and $3 ifor students. These
(tickets will admit you to all home
■ games. There are five home
games planned and at least two
or more are anticipated.
Toy puppy banks are on sale,
, donated by the Wheeler County
, State Bank, and the total pro-
1 ceeds will go to the Touchdowni
J Club.
The club will also have charge,
of the concession: stand at the!
games. Other fund-raising activi- ■
ties will be carried on later in the :
year.
Georgia Has Much
To Offer In Rural
-
Areas, Maddox Says
ATLANTA (GPS)—Gov. Leter
, G. Maddox isn’t one of those who ’
believes rural Georgia is dying on i
'.the vine because of increased in-1
' dustrialh-m in the urban areas.
He expressed his opinion in a
'speech at recent groundbreaking:
ceremonies for new plants of U.S.
Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc. I
(and Allied Timber Company—al
forest products manufacturing
complex representing capital out
lays of some $3.5-million —in the!
Waycross-Ware County Industrial
Park.
“There are some iwho feel that
th surging industrialism of ur
, ban areas in recent years signals ‘
the end to economic growth and
development in rural areas. I do
' not share that feeling,” Gov. Madl
- declared.
On the contrary, it is my firm
conviction that cities like Way
' cross and counties like War—as
sisted by an arounsed and de-!
( termined citizenry—are certain to
share in the wealth our cherished
(system of free enterprise holds in .
‘store.”
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1967
Bishop M. Pope
Passes At Emory
University Hospital
' Funeral services for Bishop
I Meßrim Pope, age 64, of 578
I Park Drive, N.E., Atlanta, who
s: died on Easter Sunday, were held
Cat 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, in
i, the Glenwood Methodist Church,
- Glenwood, under the direction of
i Murchison Funeral Home, Mr.
1 Ouzts of Vidalia, director. The
' Reverend Rudolph Grantham,
) pastor, officiated, and- burial was
in the Glenwood Cemetery.
I Mr. Pope, a native of Wheeler
• County, had lived 'in Atlanta 12
| years. He was self-employed in
: j construction Work, a farmer, a
i-member of the Druid Hills Meth-.
■! odfet Church, 'and a member of
> the W.O.W.
i Pallbearers were: Dr. Robert
I Swint, Hngh Hill, Jr., Edwin
1, Rocker, James Pope, Howard
: Pope and- Joseph Pope, Jr.
-j Honorary pallbearers were:
’-Willard McDaniel, Marcus A.
iI Bomar, C. M. Anderson, R. D. Jen
kins, W. H. Kent. J. M. Avery.
. A. L. Joyce, L. B. Chambers,
Barkwell Couey, L. M. Achord, J.
H. Walker and George E. Towns. ।
> j Mr. Pope was bonn in Glen-1
. ‘ wood' on April 8, 1902, the young-!
I est son of the late Daniel and Ann'
'Elizabeth Pope of Glenwood. He!
I was married to Miss Jewelle:
: Claude Putval of Glenwood, No- -
vember 26, 1926, and they had
. lived in Glenwood and in Atlanta
. a number of. years. He had served
as a Church School Superin
tendent in Landisburg Church, a
> teacher of adult class in Glen
wood' Methodist Church, and
; Chairman of the Official Church
.! Board, and had served on the
, County Board of Education in
; Wheeler County a number of
■ years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
j Jewelle Claude Pope; one son,
‘Franklin E. Pope; two daughters,
’! Mrs. Paul Hippman and Miss
U Lynda Pope, Till of Atlanta; four
1 1 brothers; Marvin Pope of Macon,
dj. Ellis Pope of Lyons, Walter M.
i Pope of Glenwood and Joe A.
’ | Pope of Alamo; one sister, Miss
• | Annie Pope of Glenwood.
11. M. Patterson and sons of At
! lanta was in charge of local ar-j
i rangemenit-:.
- j —
When Opening
Canned Food
By Rebecca M. Walker
, When opening a can of food,
; , |ways open the end of the can
'' that has been next to the shelf, j
or the bottom of the can. The
J heavy food that is at the bottow
I of the can will come out first be
: caues of its weight. The remai-n
--'ider of the food will pour out easi-
I ly ;
On Cotton Board
! Metter’s William L. Lanier,
! president of the Georgia Farm
! Bureau Federation, Inc., and Win
ider's P. R. Smith, vice president
of the Upland Cotton Growers,
line., and GFBF vice president,
I have been named to the Cotton
I Producers Institute board.
: —
- ,
Mr . Ma"
'H i 1 % w
: v > um
As her last official duty as reigning Mrs. Georgia, Jayne
Ragland of Macon will be hostess of the 1967 Mrs. Georgia
competition in Atlanta April 5-8. She will welcome local
winners from seven Georgia communities who will repre
sent their hometowns in the annuel competition, sponsored
by Atlanta Gas Light Company. The pageant will be tele
vised at 10 p.m., Friday, April 7, over a state-wide network
consisting of WSB, Atlanta; WSAV, Savannah; WMAZ,
Macon, and WJBF, Augusta. i
SINGLE COPY 5c
Lyons Man Convicted Os Burning
Woods; Gets 2-Year Jail Sentence
1 Savannah Morning News
, I Harvey Jack Stephens, 22. of
Lyons, has begun serving a two
, year sentence for woods arson at
Reidsville State Prison.
! Stephens was charged with wil
i fully, maliciously or without
’ । cause, setting on fire the lands of
j another. His sentence was pro-
I nounced by Judge Walter McMil-
I lan of Wrightsville at the Febru-
.; ary term of the Toombs County
, ■ Superior Court.
| Judge McMillan, in passing sen
: fence, emphasized the importance
: forestr}’ is as a source of liveli
■ I hood to the landowner and a
! source of raw material for the
.! growth of the county through in
idustry. He spoke sternly to Steph
-1 ens of his error and urged that
| he refrain from such action in the
' future.
, i Steplhens pleaded guilty to the
: count of setting fire to woods be-
I longing to Miss Annie C. Braswell
lon June 26, 1966. He set nine fires
that burned about two acres. Miss
Braswell lives in the Center Dis-1
trict at the Cedar Crossing and '
I Vidalia highway.
J The Toombs County man was'
Georgia Lawmen
Learning About
Crime Computer '
: State and local law enforcement j
officers throughout Georgia are.
now learning first-hand about sys
' terns and procedures for using the
! computer index facilities of the
' National Crime Information Cen-
■' ter in Wasihington. Georgia is one
' Os 12 states participating in the
■ iNCIC’s pilot program.
' । The Georgia Law Enforcement
Council, whidh had a major role
- in bringing the NCIC to Georgia,
i is currently sponsoring a series of
| meetings over the state to train
। police personnel in preparing the
criminal information to be stored!
I in the computer.
! Seven Georgia cities are hook- ’
I ed up to Atlanta on the NCIC cir
। cult. They are Dalton, Toccoa, ;
Tho mso n, Manchester, Perry,
Reidsville and Albany.
At. the first in the series of
- held 1 recently at the
Georgia Police Academy in At
lanta, Col. R. H. Burson, state
I safety director and chairman of
the Georgia Law Enforcement
Council, told the lawmen that the,
NCIC “is the greatest contribu
tion to law enforcement since,
wheels.” He said he is still learn-!
ing about the system himself.
“We are extremely pleased that!
Georgia is on the first states j
to have this system and we feel,
that it will be one of the most
effective tools available to all law |
enforcement officers of the state.” I
Col. Burson said.
Plans call for a similar comput
er system to be installed at State
Patrol headquarters in Atlanta in
the near future.
NUMBER 512
[arrested by Sheriff Delma Burk.
. I Charges were brought by Charles
' Tillman, investigator for the
Geongiia Forestry Commission iE:
Mcßae.
A true bill w-as handed down at
the November term of the
. Toombs County Grand Jury.
Univ, of Ga. Institute
Os Community And
Area Development
By Rebecca M. Walker
One of the service -units of the-
University of Georgia ’dhich has
: made a great contribution in a
■ very short time by helping: Geor
gia communities is the Institute of
Comm-unity and Area Devetop
’ ment.
This service was established, by
- the University in- 1961. Its pur
pose is to strengthen and expand
services to communities and areas.
The University applies its re
- sources to communities and areas
i in such fields as government, edu
cation, business, employment op
! portunities, agriculture, forestry,
' mineral resources,-water, land use,
I landscape improvements, Com
i munity organization, population
Shifts, mental health, recreation,
adult education, vocational train
ing, creative arts, and others.
Assistance to communities in
transiition can be provided -in. a
j variety of ways on development:
। problems specific or general. Be
cause of the diversity of these
,! problems -and -their solutions, the
!st ass members of -the Institute
.' come from various departments,
, institutes, -and bureaus of theUni
.' versify.
sl9-Million For
Military Bases
In Ga. Requested
ATLANTA (GPS) —The an
- noun-cement made from Washing
■ ton the other day by Georgia’s
. U. S. Sens. Herman E. Talmadge
and Richard B. Russell was good
- news for Georgia.
They disclosed that the Depart
: ment of Defense has requested’
$19,693,000 for construction work
lat seven Georgia military instal
lations during the 1967-68 fiscal:
year. The funds will be included
in the $2.6-billion military con
struction authorization construc
tion bill to be introduced soon.
Largest of -the Georgia projects
(requested is $5.1-million for Rob
- ins Air Force Base near Macon.
The funds -will cover operations,
-supply, administration, commun
’ ity facilities and troop housing.
Others include:
i $4.3-mill ion for Font Gordon
(near Augusta to finance training;
-and supply facilities, real estate
and utilities.
$3.7-million for Fort Ben-ni-ng at
Columbus for troop housing and
utilities.
$3.1 - million for operations
training supply and troop housing
at Glynco Nav-al Air Station at
- Brunswick.
1.5-million for operations, main
. tenance and utilities at the Naval
Air Station near Albany.
$875,000 for operations and
training at Moody Air Force Base
at Valdosta, and $892,000 for new
’ maintenance facilities at the U. S.
Marine Corps Supply Center at
Albany.
Also included are requests for
'360 family housing units at Fort
I Benning; 400 at Fort Gordon, and
142 at the U. S. Naval Supply
■ Corps School at Athens.
From The Weeklies
I A man will often’ pay a quarter—
i to park his oar to keep from be
| ing fined a dollar -while he is
spending a d-ime for a nickel enp
of weak coffee.—A. C. Jolly, The
Bartow Herald
Egotist: A man -who thinks tiiak
।if he hadn’t been bom, people
' Would ask why.—The Dawsoo
i County Advertizer
। There is always something to
| be thankful for. If you can’t pay
I your bills, be thankful you’re not
j one of your creditors.—The Cairo
| Messenger