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VOLUME 53
U.S. Commitment
In Vietnam Must
Be Honored-HET
Georgia U. S. Sen. Herman E.
Talmadge declared that the Unit
ed States commitment in Vietnam
“must be honored or our word
will become meaningless the
wo: Id over.”
Addressing the Rockdale Coun
ty Junior Chamber of Commerce’s
annual meeting in Conyers. Tal
madge asserted that the U. S. “'has
no choice but to pursue the war
to an honorable conclusion.” Prior
to the Jaycee banquet, the sena
tor was the guest of Rockdale
County Rep. Clarence Vaughn at
a reception.
“We are committed in Viet
nam,” Sen. Talmadige told the
Jaycees. “The Communists know
we are committed, and every na
tion in the world knows we are
committed. For us to back down
now in Vietnam would indicate
to the Communists and the rest of
the world that our commitment is
meaningless, not only in South
east Asia but in other parts of the
world as well.
“1 have no doubt that our with
drawal from Vietnam without
first halting Comenunisit aggres
sion would lead to more so-called
wars of liberation that would fur
ther endanger world security. We
cannot afford to let this happen.
We cannot afford to sit by and
watch nations be swallowed up
by Communism,”
Continuing the senator said:
“The apparent unwillingness of
the Hanoi regime to talk peace
except on Communist-dictated
terms leaves the U. S. no choice
but to continue to stand firm and
to fight the war to win. Hopeful
ly, in this way, we cam make the
Communists realize the futility of
continued aggression.
“Unfortunately, our efforts in
Vietnam are being undermined
by left-wing elements whose dem
onstrations and marches in effect
give aid and comfort to the ene
my. However, Hanoi is making a
grave mistake if it thinks these
people speak for America and
that our government will turntail
National Library
Week SET April 16-22
The theme for the National Li
brary Week, April 16-22, is “Ex
plore Inner Space.”
National Library Week is an
excellent time for the reader,
which includes all people of all
ages, to realize the importance of
books and libraries
A library is a “storehouse of
energy. ’ The energy? Most cer
tainly it is books' People learn,
live, and teach by books. Books
are a record of man’s thoughts,
dreams, delusions, and actions.
Everyone should go to the li
brary, but especially during Na
tional Library Week. You can
“Explore Inner Space” cr just
simply read newspapers, maga
zines. the Bible, or any other
form of book which pleases you.
The books and libraries are
there for you, the reader, and all
you have to do is enjoy them!
Pvt. Bobbie Culver
Completes Training
FT. JACKSON, S. C. (AHTNC)
—.Army Private Bobbie Culver,
19. son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Cul
ver, Route 1. Glenwood, complet
ed eight weeks of advanced infan
try training March 31 at Ft. Jack
son, S. C.
He received specia’ized instruc
tion in small unit tactics and in
firing such weapons as the M-14
rifle, the M-60 machine gun and
the 3.s—inch rocket launcher.
Wheeler Co. Home
Ec. Clubs Will Meet
The Union Home Economics
Club will meet Tuesday, April 18,
at 2:30 at the home of Mm. Ben
Irwin. (This meeting had previ
ously been announced to be held
at the home of Mrs. Hugh Mon
fort.)
The Shiloh Home Economics
Club will meet Wednesday, April
19. at 2:30 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. E. E. Elton.
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Faye Thompson Named Mrs. Georgia 1967
Mrs. Matt (Faye) Thompson, a
native Georgian who holds a de
gree in Home Economies from
the University of Georgia, is the
new Mrs. Georgia 1967.
Mrs. Thompson was selected
from among seven finalists in the
annual Mrs. Georgia Pageant,
i April 7, which was te'evised from
I Atlanta over a state-wide TV net
work. For the fourth consecutive
year, Atlanta Gas Light Company
sponsored this competition to find
'our state’s outstanding represent-
Planning Commission
Receives Population
Analysis Study
At the April 4 meeting of the'
Alamo Planning Commission, the
Population Analysis Study, the
third in a series of Comprehensive
Planning Reports, was presented
to the commission for its approv
al. This study analyzes past and
present population growth pat
terns and population characteris
: tics such as age. sex, natural in
crease, migration, race, and edu
cation for both the City of Ala
mo and Wheeler County.
In addition the study contains
a projection of the City’s and
County’s anticipated population
growth. The information assem
bled, analyzed, and developed in
this study will be utilized in the
preparation of additional studies
of Alamo's Comprehensive Plan.
State Pecan Growers
Meeting Set May 2
By David H. Williams
Mark May 2 on your ca’endar
if you are interested in pecans.
Georgia Pecan Growers are meet
irg on this day at the Crisp Coun
ty Courthouse in Cordele. The
meeting is sponsored by the Geor
gia Pecan Growers Association. All
Georgia growers are invited; in
fact, all friends of the pecan indus
try are invited. Many top es cf in
terest will be included in the pro-1
•r_m—as, fort lizaticn, prun-1
irg, irrigation, pollmation. disease
land insect control, cultural prac
tices and harvesting. So, make
your plans to be in Cordele. Tues
day, May 2, for the Annual Meet
ing of the Georgia Pecan Grow
ers Association.
Bray Elected As
ACCG President
Harrison W. Bray of Meriweth
er County has been elected pres:
dent of the Association County
Commissioners of Georgia at Hs
recent 53rd annual convention at
Jekyll Island. He succeeds Dr.
Bruce Schaefer.
James L. Gillis Jr. of Treutlen
: County was elected first vice
president; Hugh Logan of Clarke
'County, second vice-president, and
Trammell Carmichael of Chero
kee County, third vice-president.
Hill R. Healan is executive di
rector of the Association County '
Commissioners of Georgia with
hadquarters in Atlanta. He is also
editor of the association’s official
publication, Georgia County Gov- ,
' eminent Magazine.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
ative mother-homemaker-citizen.
As the new' Mrs. Georgia, Mrs.
Thompson will represent our
state in the annual Mrs. America
competition which will be held in
San Diego, California, May 4-14.
The new Mrs. America will begin
her reign on Mother’s Day.
Mary Ann Green, Mrs. Atlanta,
was runner-up Mrs. Georgia. The
other local winners competing
were Mrs. Augusta. Mrs. J. Wil
liam Holden, Jr.; Mrs. Golden
Isles, Mrs. William O. Bassford;
Mrs. Macon, Mrs. William A.
Dodd; Mirs. Rome, Mrs. Jack D.
Hudson; and Mrs. Savannah, Mrs.
Jerry L. Minick.
Each of the ladies was judged
in three major areas: (1) home
making abilities; (2) poise, per
sonality and grooming; and (3)
church and community participa
tion.
Mrs. Thompson’s husband, is a
practicing lawyer in Momoe.
They have one son, Trey, 2'L,
who hi- mother says is “all boy.”
Taking an active part in her
community's activities, is away
of life with the new Mrs. Georgia.
She is president of the Evergreen
Garden Club, a member cf the
Board of Directors of the Monroe
Junior Service League, a member
of the Master 4-H Club, an alum
na of Kappa Delta Sorority and
secretary of the Walton County
Republican Women’s Federation.
The talents which Mrs. Thomp-;
son possesses are evident through
out her home. She enjoys sewing,
kr. tting, painting as well as re
finishi"g and antiquing furniture.
The Thompsons are active mem
bers of the First Christian Church
of Monroe. She explains that “our
entire family life is based on
Christianity: a Christian mar
riage, a son dedicated to the
Christian doctrine and a Christian
based business.”
U S. Halls Funds
To Nine Counties
Federal funds have been with
held from the Heart of Georgia
Community Action Council, it
was revealed Friday.
The council, headquartered in
Eastman, administers poverty pro
grams in a nine-county area in
central Georgia,
A spokesman for the Office of
Economic Opportunity regional
office in Atlanta said the funds
were suspended pending the coun
cil answering an interim audit of
.its programs. Details of the audit
were not disclosed.
Dr. James McKinney of Coch
ran, director of the council, said
he understood the funds were
withheld because county units
were not cooperating with each
other or with the federal gov
ernment.. He said the council was
notified in February that it faced
loss of funds.
The CEO spokesman in Atlan
ta said a copy of the interim audit
had been forwarded to the coun
cil.
“This office (OEO) has asked;
for any comment on the interim ’
audit and any further action is
contingent on that comment.” the '
OEO spokesman said.
Caldwell Favors
Skidaway Island
For Stale Park
Chatham County residents have
; been trying desperately for years
i to get a state park and it appears
now that they are closer to get
ting one than ever before.
At any rate, they have been
given renewed encouragement by
State Parks Director Horace G.
: Caldwell, who all along has fav
ored the establishment of a state
park in the coastal region.
Caldwell said he feels an ocean
। ographic research center on Skid
away Island and a state park
1 there would complement each
other. He said he and Glenn Rob
inson, chairman of the Georgia
Science and Technology Commis
■ sion, are planning a trip soon to
the island' to discuss its mutual
uses.
“We want to get on Skidaway
i with the oceanographic center if
lit can be worked out, and I think
;we can mutually work out a
plan,” Caldwell said.
He said he was confident that
, the people of Chatham County
would ratify a bond issue to fi
■ nance a bridge and road to the
’ island.
i “The building of this bridge
i will be one of the greatest moves
. Chatham County cap make,” the
i director said. “The investment in
the bridge will be repaid many
times over.
, “When the fiscal year begins
, on July 1, the way will be clear -
. ed for the call for bids on bonds
! to raise the $900,000 (for Chat
: ham’s park). By September we
should have our money and can
move from there.”
Caldwell said he was coordinat
ing his planning for a Chatham
I County state park, with County
. Commission Chairman Robert F.
. Lovett.
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Georgia Department
, Os Labor To Hold
Training Institute
New programs and Georgia’s
educational system will be high-1
lighted at the Georgia Depart ■,
■ ment of Labor Training Institute i
1 to be held in Aiugusta, April 13-15. i
‘ Among those appearing on the |
‘ ‘ program will be State School,
Superintendent Jack Nix, making'
the keynote address; Robert C.
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Goodwin, Administrator, Bureau ;
of Employment Security, U.S. De- j
' partment of Labor; John Pierce ■
’ i Blanchard', Superintendent, Co-.
lumbia County Schools.
Representatives from all De
. partment of Labor local offices as I
well as the Central Office irj
Atlanta will attend, according to I
Commissioner of Labor Sam Cald- ■
well who stated that, “even ■
though our economy has never ।
been better itT Georgia, the up-|
grading of drills and the service:
to the so-called “untrainables and'
unemployable people” is highly'
.important if all these people are,
to : hare in this prosperity.”
Also cn the program will be H.
A. Haugness, Ist Vice President
of the International Association
of Personnel in Employment Se i
' eurity, Boise, Idaho. Brenda H
1 Page, T. Bernard King, J. F. Av
L ery, A. D. Joiner, G. L. Thomp
son, and Harvey N. Spivey from
1 the Dunlin office will attend the.
Institute.
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Baptist Students
Leaders To Meet
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A Leadership Training Confer
' ence for officers of Baptist Stu
: dent Unions will be held April
21-23 at the FFA Camp, Coving
ton. More than 500 collegians are
. expected to participate in the
■ sessions, sponsored by the De
; partment of Student Work of the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Rev. Aubrey L. Hawkins, At
lanta, student work leader and,
conference director, says the ses-'
' sions are designed to aid in the
development of Christian leaders
“effective in revealing the rele
vance of the Christian faith for
every area of life in the academic
• community.”
IT’S A FACT!
The best side of an argument
is the outside!
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1967
South Georgia To Get $4,000,000
Plant; Site To Be Selected Soon
Cotton Producers Association I
'• has announced plans to construct;
1 a $4,000,000 soybean processing j •
plant in South Georgia to meet!
j changing agricultural conditions j
| in the Southeast.
In making the announcement,;
W. W. Gasiton, vice president in 1
', change of Marketing, said re-1
' search shows the need for one I
I more large soybean processing |
plant for this area, and manage-j
■. ment of CPA feels farmers should i
: i own this pliant. CPA also feels i
1 , this plant will provide its mem-;
bers with adequate markets for,
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Talmadge Lauds
Berry Schools j
For Sound Credo
' U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
' j said that Berry College “stands
। as an unexcelled edlucational hav-!
I er for hard-working and dedicat-1
>
|ed young people.”
The senator was keynote speak
. er at the recent dedication of the
, first Martha Berry highway mark-
L j er on U. S. Highway 27 at Mount j
.! Berry, near Rome. When Sen.;
j Talmadge was 'governor of Geor- j
. i gia the General Assembly desig-'
I mated the highway as Martha'
, I Berry Highway throughout the
!state.
, । The bronze marker was a gift
; of the Quota Club of Atlanta, ofi
i which the late Martha Berry, who:
' founded Berry College and Aca-1
( ! demy in 1902, was the first honor-1
. j ary member. The marker was ।
: permanently installed on the!
! highway near the entrance to the!
campuses.
Highly praising the Berry “
j Schools, Sen. Talmadige told the i
j gathering that “this institution |
'has beeen a proud symbol of the i
I finest in educational opportunity,
I for more than 60 years. Here is:
। provided not only academic in-;
' riruction, but there also has been
, established a long tradition of
i instilling in young people a sense
; of duty to both God and country
| and civic, social and personal re
i sponsibility.”
Describing society today as
“more complex and troublesome”
I than' ever before, Talmadege said
i “there is much evidence today of
■ a great need for more of the kind
। of teaching brought here by Mar-
I tha Berry. There is too much
j irresponsibility, recklessness and
, loose thinking in the country to
j day. We need more sound minds
(and strong characters like those
i that are produced by the Berry ■
‘ schools.” ,
। The highway marker was un
veiled by Mns. R. A. Higgins, pres
' ident of the Atlanta Quota Club,
l and by Dr. Ines Henry, assistant
' vice president of Berry and for ;
: several years secretary to the,
late Mis. 3 Berry.
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Library Notice
Next week, April 16-22, is Na-|'
i tional Library Week. As a part'
of our observance of this week, ;
■we are trying to get in some j
; books which are long overdue, j
If you have books in your home
; which belong to the County Li- L
' brary, please bring them by. I
There will be no charges on them, |,
I ar d there will be a box near the ',
front door of the library for your ! ,
! conveniece if you do not want to
come in. ।
We will greatly appreciate any
books that are brought in. for we ।
really need them.
Mrs. M. A. Clements, Librarian
Wheeler County Library
Pvt. Will Burns Jr. ! -
Completes Training
' FT. JACKSON, S. C. (AHTNC) |
—Army Pi ivate Will O. Burns Jr., i;
2C, son of Mrs. Bezel Burns, Glen- j ’
wood, completed eight weeks ofj’
advanced infantry training March '
31 at Ft. Jackson, S. C.
He received specialized' instruc- ।
tion in small unit tactics and in
firing such weapons as the M-14p
rifle, the M-60 machine gun and i'
the 3.5-inch rocket launcher.
SINGLE COPY 5c
I this expanding cash crop.
Plans call for the multi-million
dollar facility to process 1500 tons
of soybeans per day or 15,000
bushels a year. This will assure
a soybean market for farmers in
Georgia, North Florida, Southeast
■ Alabama and parts of South Car
| olina.
I A pioneer in promoting soy
! bean production, CPA began 15
j years ago encouragimg farmers to
i consider planting soybeans as a
I cash crop.
Working with farmers over the
! Southeast in promoting good soy-
I beam production practices, CPA
has also worked closely with the
Cooperative Extension Service
■ and has sponsored, since its be-
I ginning, the Extension-conducted
I Money Maker Soybean* Club.
“We feel we are reallly begin
ning to see the results of agricul
tural leaders and agribusiness or
ganizations, like CPA, working to
increase the yield and acreage of
। soybeans in the Southeast, and
|we want to be sure of a ready
market for soybeans,” Gaston
said.
Like other CPA facilities which
are owned by farmers, all profits
■ from the soybean processing plant
Gov. Maddox Holds
Press Conference
On Friday, April 7, Gov. Lester
Maddox held a press conference
for the Youth Assembly press
i representatives. Gov. Maddox did
; not have an opening address. In-
I stead he left the floor open tor
. questions the entire time.
I Gov. Maddox said .that the Civil
। Rights Act of 1965 was “unjust,
unconstitutional, and ungodly.”
His views on the Vietnam War
'are about the same as those of
everyone else. He thinks that we
I should quit playing around and
'go in there and get it over with.
The press representative from
Alamo, Carole Lynn Hartley, asked
Gov. Maddox what new industries
he was trying .to bring into Geor
gia. He refused to mention any
names, but said that in the near
future he was planning to make
several trips. He would be flying
to New York, Pennsylvania, Flor
ida, Alabama, and Tennessee to
try to encourage industries to lo
cate in Georgia.
Pvt. Daniel Taylor
Completes Training
FT. JACKSON, S. C. (AHTNC),
—Army Private Daniel M. Taylor, 1 .
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ciance A. i
Taylor, Route 1, Alamo, complet
ed eight weeks of advanced in
fantry training April 7 at Ft.
Jackson, S. C,
He received specialized instruc
tion in small unit tactics and in
firing such weapons as the M-14
rifle, the M-60 machine gun and
the 3.5-inch rocket launcher,
and run. We must continue to
demonstrate that we intend to
prosecute this war as vigorously
as necessary to attain either mili-'
tary victory or an honorable set
tlement.
“When we have almost half a
million American men in the bat- *
tiefield, where almost 9,000 have
already died and some 50,000'
wounded, we cannot stop short of
exerting every necessary effort to
protect our fighting men and halt
Communist aggression.”
Clothing Construction
Classes To Be Taught
»y Rebecca M. Walker
Wheeler Home Economist
Beginning Clothing Construction,
Classes will be taught by the
Wheeler County Extension Home;
Economist, Rebecca Walker, at
the County Extension Office start-J
ing on April 25. Classes will be;
held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on
Tuesday and Thursday for three
weeks.
This course will stress basic
construction techniques. Any in
terested person is urged to call or
come by the County Extension
Office to register. Telephone num-;
ber is 568-3081.
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i will go back to farmers in propor
tion to the use they make of the
: new facility.
' CPA has several sites under op
-1 tion in South Georgia and will
i announce 'additional details an-—
the exact location as engineering
; studies are completed.
Atlanta Braves,
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Georgia 4 H'ers
To Host Phillies
The bases and the stands will
be loaded at the Atlanta Stadium
on July 15 when the Atlanta
‘ । Braves and the Georgia 4-H Club
' ■ members host the Philadelphia
■ * Phillies.
1 . The occasion wall be 4-H Club
I Day at the Atlanta Braves game.
■; against the Philadelphia Phillies.
■ “We are expecting approximately
■ 10,000 4-H’ers, leaders and parents
• from over the state to attend,’’ac
cording to Dr. T. L. Watson, state*
4-H leader with the Uuniversity o?"
Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service.
The State 4-H President will'
throw out the first ball to offi—
! cially start the ball game, .Dr
i Walton added. In addition, the
I 4-H’ers will have several exhiints.
; on display at the stadium. Special
; ceremonies are planned to honor
I Whit Wyatt, Atlanta Brvaes pitch
. | ing coach.
. I A special section of the stadium
. । and a reduced price have been
i :ii ranged for the 4-H’ers, Dr. Wal
' ton said. This event will provide
.! a worthwhile experience for the
I state 4-H’ers and their parents-;
and leaders, he added.
Under the supervision of the
County Extension agents and.
home economists, the 4-H’ers wili
■ launch their ticket sales to fellow
members during April and M-ay
"Watchdog" Group
Won't Hunt For
Witches— Maddox
Since Gov. Lester G. Maddex
recently announced that he is.
forming a massive “Committee of”
1,000,” which he describes as a.
sort of “Governor’s Watchdog’”
committee, eyebrows have been
raised in many quarters, especial--
ly among some newspaper edi
' torial writers.
I But the governor insists that,
i the purpose of his unique com
mittee is net witch-hunting. In a<.
formal statement, here’s how he
I explains the whole proposition:
* “This will be a group of grase
; roots Georgians from every city,,
town, hamlet and county in the
‘ state. These people will be asked,
to assist this governor in his pro-
1 gram to bring our state govern
ment to the people and our peo-
1 pie to the state government.
“We are going to have good
government while I am governor.
It will be honest. It will be effi
j cient. It will be economical. Andi,
it will be a people’s government,
j “The taxpayers are going to re
ceive full return for every dollar
they spend for state services. Arnd.
I know of no better way to as
-1 sure this than to involve the tax
payers themselves in analyzing/
the effectiveness of their state
' governmnt.
“Spcifiically, I will ask them to
keep a watchful eye on the func
tions of state government in their
areas and report to me any sug
gestions or recommendations they
may have to improve state gov
’ ernment or make it more effec
tive.
“They will serve as a sort of”
‘Governor’s Watchdog’ committee,,
• but I want to emphasize that it
j will not hunt witches nor will it. .
interfere at all wo th state •de
partments or agencies. It will be
purely a Governor’s Committee
1 and will advise and counsel only
the governor.”
Gov. Maddox said J. L. Allen
Jr. of Atlanta, a long-time friend
! and ally, and Braswell Deen* Sr.,
former Sth District congressman,
from Alma, will serve out of the
governor’s office as co-chainmeni.
of the committee.
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