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VOLUME 53
Middle Georgia
Insurance Agents
Organize Recently
Insurance agents in 14 Middle
Georgia counties have formed the
first local board of Independent
Insurance Agents for small town
agents in Georgia.
Known as the Middle Georgia
Independent Insurance Agents,
the group held its organizational
meeting at McGinty’s Restaurant
in Helena recently.
Named president of the group
•was Horace Mullis of Eastman.,
Jack Pournelle of Soperton is vice
president and Bob Smith of Me- !
Rae is secretary-(treasurer. In ad
dition to the officers, the Execu-1
live Committee includes Olvis
Crooms, Cochran; Carlton Dekle, 1
Swainsboro; Perry Collins, Vida-'
La; and A ,B. Cochran, Hazle-I
hurst.
Members of the organization!
a:e licensed independent insur
ance agents in Johnson. Emanuel.:
Lauren-. Treutlen, Tooms, Jeff)
Davis, Telfair, Montgomery. >
Wheeler, Dodge, Bleckley, Pulas- ■
ki, Wilcox and Ben Hill counties..
Members of the Middle Georgia ■
Association are also members of.
the Georgia Association of Inde-:
pendent Insurance Agents.
Purposes of the association will |
be to oppose bad practices in in- !
Eurance underwriting, discuss;
questions of interest to members’
relative to insurance, maintain a |
high standard of integrity in in-!
surance business in the Middle |
Georgia area, adopt and enforce '
such rules and regulations as;
the public interest and insur-i
ance business may require, in
terpret the needs of the in-;
surance public to insurance |
companies, cooperate with the 1
state and city authorities in re- ’
duction of fire waste and accident i
prevention, cooperate with the
Georgia Insurance Department in
enforcing insurance laws and such j
i ules and regulations as the in-!
surance department may promul
gate.
Next meeting of the MGIIA |
will be in May.
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Glenwood Plans Poll
On Water System,
Sewer Installation
The City of Glenwood will hold
a preference election concerning
a possible expansion of its water
svstem and for installation of a
' i
sewer system on Saturday, April
22, between the hours of 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m.
The total cost of the system
would be approximately $350,000.
This would be raised through a
promised Federal grant of $156,000
and a 40-year loan from the Fed
eral Government, amounting to
approximately $230,000, repayable
over a 40-year period at 4 1/8%
interest. The Farmers Home Ad
ministration would supply funds
for the work and equipment.
The Mayor and Council raid the
loan would' be paid from revenue
from the water and sewer system.
The present rate is $4.00 per
month, which is not expected to
increase. The sewer system, it is
estimated, would cost three dol
lars ($3.00) per month for each
customer.
Included in the plans for ‘he
new system are: A new water
system storage tank holding 100,-
000 gallons The present tank
holds 40,000 gvi’ons and was in
stalled in 1928.
Laying 2,000 more feet of 6-
inch main p’oes, replacing most of
the present lines, which is 3/4-
in ch pipe.
The sewer system will be an
entirely new operation for the
city. Presently the residents use
septic tanks. With the sewer sys
tem. septic tanks would no lon
ger be needed by local residents,
which the council noted would be
a savings, in Chat septic tank
maintenance would be eliminated.
Miss Dorothy Clarke
On Berry Dean's List
Miss Dorothy Clark, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E s chol Clark of
Route 1. Alamo, was among the 99
students at. Berry College, Mount
Berry, rcmed to the Dean’s List
fdr academic achievement on
the 1966-67 winter quarter, accord
ing to John R. Timmerman. aca
demic dean.
Wheeler County Eagle
Scholarship Winner
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Ober Tyus, a staff member of the University of Geor
gia’s student newspaper, The Red and Black, receives
the 1967 Jack McDonough Editorial Award. John
E. Drewry, dean of the University’s Henry W. Grady
School of Journalism, makes the presentation. The
Georgia Power Company-sponsored award each year
goes to the student who writes for a college newspaper
the best editorial on “Free Enterprise.” The winner
receives an engraved bronze plaque, an electric type
writer and a SSOO scholarship to cover two years’ study
at the University of Georgia's School of Journalism.
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Spring Fashion Show At Wheeler
County High Held Tuesday, April 4
By Anne Johnson
T" “Fashion Hits of 1967” was the
theme on Tuesday night, April 4
at Wheeler County High School.
The home economics girls gave
a preview of spring fashions as
they modeled lovely outfits made
under the direction of Mrs. Ruth
C. Humphrey.
j Kay Webster opened the fash
•ion revue with her piano rendi
' lion of “Sixteen Going on Seven
• teen.” Gail Thomas, F.H.A. presi
: dent, welcomed all who were
; present. Then a devotional, “The
Gift of Love” was presented by
! Genia Anderson, Martha Shep-
Ipatd, Shelia Melvin, Sue Sikes,
i Sherrye Harbin, Brenda Harvill
: and Elizabeth Morrison,
Then<—with background music
fumir hed by Kay Webster at the
j piano, the girl- modeled their gar
• merts. Annita Strickland and
■Daphine Clarke, narrators, des
i cribed each outfit. Simplicity was
the keynote Os most of the dress
es. Many of the girls’ outfits could
' be wwn either for casual or school
; wear, and “dressed up” for’
I church.
; The models were Agnes Stin
■ son, Patsy Adams, Brenda Smith,
i Deborah Melvin, Pearlie Culver.
; Mary Dyar. Kathryn Graham,
Frances McAlum. Betty Ann
Poole, Ernestine Bryant. Linda
i Clark, Helen Harrelson, Elaine
Joiner, Delia Ann Sears. Sandra
! Clark, Lada Mae Travis, Peggy
John on. Gail Coleman, Peggy
White. Patricia W. ight, Brenda
Meade,
Elizabeth Pickle, Kathy Greene.
; Paulette Dixon, Louise Stinson,
Josephine Wooten, Dollie Culver.
; Joan Guin, Beulah Mae Harvey,
Diane Wooten, Joan Harv.ile.
Joyce Sumner, Margaret Williams,
Brenda Clarke, Katherine Spires.
Ann Johnsen, Joyce Troup, Bar
bara Turner, Susie Cannon, Sheli
lia Behalter, Elaine Thomas. Wil
ma Sightier, Agnes Stinson.
Touchdown Club To
Meet Thurs., April 27
There will be a called meeting
o fthe Touchdown Club on Thurs
day evening, April 27, at 7:30, at
the Wheeler County High School
' r afetorium.
President Herbert Webster
stre -ed the importance of all club
members : and parents of football
players being present for this
meeting.
The coaches will be on hand and
wiT discuss and answer questions!
concerning the football program.
“If you are a bit late, come on ।
anyway,” Webster urged.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Mackie Barwick, Justine Clarke,
Debra Beek, Betty Rabun, Betty
Jean Thompsr.n, Renee Dennis,
Alexzena Woodard, Frances War
ren, Scarlett Spires, Debbie Har
ris, Sue Harrelson, Janice Hind
mar., Marsh:- McNeal Betty Hutch
-esc-n. Jackie Hindman, Gwen Pea
vey, Dale Harrelson, Cindy Clark,
i Diane Gilder, Susan Jackson,
Paulette Oliver, Arlene Evans, Di
! ane White, Velma Poole, Mary
I Strickland, Irma Jackson, and
Legia Harvey.
After the fashion revue, Mrs.
Humphrey -made several an
nouncements. She introduced
Daphine Clarke, who, on March
31 won first place in home eco
nomics in the Region 5-C literary
meet.
Next Mrs. Humphrey announc
ed that Gail Thomas, Annita
Strickland, Kay Webster and
Daphine Clarke had each earned
her state degree, which is the
highest honor an individual may
receive in F.H.A. in the state of
Georg'a.
The girls’ trio, composed of
Ccnnie Smith. Donna Smith, and
Anne Johnson, -ang “Alleehiis”
and “Autumn Leaves.’
Kay Webster then concluded
the evening’s events by thanking
the people who made the Lshion
revue a success.
Wheeler County High
Future Homemakers
Meet April 12
By Gwen Cox
The Wheeler County High School
Future Homemakers of America
met in the Hrnne Economics De
partment on April 12. The presi
dent, Gail Thomas, called the
meeting to order and a very in
sipidrig devotional was given by
Mae Sue Avery. The minutes of
the last meeting were read and
approved.
Kay Webster introduced the
speaker, who was Rev. Raymond
Wi'der, pastor of the Alamo
Methodist Church. Rev. Wilder
gave a very interesting talk on
“Neighbors Near and Far.” He
pointed out that living with other
people was sometimes a problem
today and it would cause sacri
fices by some people. He also said
! that we must help other people
i to prosper in life.
Afterwards 'he meeting was ad
i journed with the F.H.A. Creed.
Delicious refreshments were
j served by the following: Shelia
( Behalter, Debra Melvin, Della
Anne Sears, Linda Sutton, Mar
i garet Wiriams, Zillah Wilson, and
i Elaine Thomas.
JoAnn Smith To
Participate In Gov.
Honor's Program
Miss JoAnn Smith of the■
Wheeler Comity High School is,
the second daughter of Mr. and :
Mrs. Hilton Smith to be selected
. to participate in the Governor’s
Honors Program.
Miss Smith will -attend the pro
gram this- summer in the field of
art. Although an outstanding
student in all phases of campus ।
life, and has Shown unusual talent
: in art, she has -never had any for
mal training in this field.
A sophomore, she is vice presi
dent of her class. Her club activi
i ties include T-ni-Hi-Y, Library.
Beta, Latin, and Glee Clubs. She
■is also -a cheerleader.
She is an- active member of the
i Sardis Baptist Church where she
is pianist.
Her sister, Connie, was the
I
1966 participant in the Govern
* or’s Honors Program from Wheel-
Hr High.
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Mrs. J. M. S. Thomas
Wheeler Chairman
Univ. Alumni Society
Mrs. J. M. S. Thomas of Alamo,
has been appointed the 1967
Wheeler Count y membership i
’chairman of the University of
' Georgia Alumni Society. The an- ■
। noun-cement was made by Tynus !
Butler, director of Alumni Rela
i lions for the University of Geor-1
gia Alumni Society -along with.
'John B. Adams of Savannah, one'
. of the vice presidents for the So
ciety in the First District.
Mrs. Thomas will head up the
local organization in contacting
the approximately 30 Georgia
’ a'-umni in Wheeler County. She
points out that friends of the Uni
; versity as well as alumni, are in
’ vited to join in this tangible sup
port of the Undve&rty’s growth
> and development through the
Alumni Society Program.
The 1967 goals for the Wheeler
County Chapter are 12 active:
members and $l6O in contribu
tion-. LH year’s totals were 10
• members and slsl in contribu-,
• lions
The Georgia Alumni Society in '
1966 -had -another record year,
when more than 11,000 alumnil
and friends joined. The goal for
■ 1967 is 12,000 active supporters.
" Georgia alumni and friends of
■ the University in Wheeler County -
are urged to cooperate with Mrs.
- Thomas by sending in their 1967
contribution or pledge to her or
- to the Georgia Alumni Society -at
their earliest convenience.
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[ Viet "Political" War
To Continue 10 Years,
Says Erle Cocke Ir.
The United States has won the
military w-ar in Vietnam but the
' “other war” may last 10 more;
; years, Erle Cocke Jr. of Colum
bsu, former American Legion na
- tion-al commander, told the Daogh
- tors of the American Colonists’ ■
recent annual convention banquet ’
in Washing ten. D. C.
- Cocke described the “other
war’’ as the campaign for pollti
■ cal stability and social-economic,
reform in South Vietnam.
“The coordinated ground, air
and se-a offensive under Gen. Wil
liam We tm-Ireland has just about
I knocked out the Communists’mil-1
1 itary machine,” he said. “J look
■ for continued guerilla activity on
’ a drmin-ishin-g scale.”
’ Nevertheless, additional U. S.
fighting forces probably will be
' needed to exploit recent combat
gains, Cocke asserted. He predict
-1 ed that American troops in the
area will soon approach the 500,-
' 000 level.
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District II State
Degree Earners To
Attend Luncheon
I
On Saturday, April 22, there
I will be a luncheon held-, honoring
• the District II State Degree earn
ers, at the Holiday In-n in States
- - boro.
Those to .attend the luncheon
; from the Wheeler County High
i School are . - follows: Daphine
i Clarke, Kay Webster. Annita
• Strickland, Ga.T Thoma-:, and
I their F.H.A. adviser, Mrs. Ruth,
C. Humphrey.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1967
| Wheeler County High School Wins
State Literary Meet Held In Macon
After three consecutive wins in
- the Region 5-C Literary Meet.
W-heeler County High School over
. powered second-place Putnam
County High ait Mencer Univer
sity in Macon last Saturday to be
। come state champions in the
‘ Class-C Literary Contest. The
handsome trophy Principal John
Hatten brought back to Alamo
represents 41 ha.id-to-.get points,
the most made by any Class-C
school.
When the Wheeler County con-
Alumnae Day At
Georgia College Set
Saturday, April 29
Coming for the first Alumnae
j Day at Georgia College are alum
nae from Georgia Normal and In
,du rtrfel College, Georgia State
' College for Women, The Woman’s
College of Georgia, former names
’of Georgia College. Nor is the
j name the only innovation for
• these alumnae as they will wel
come males' as students.
I Alumnae Day at Georgia Col
lege at Milledgeville is April 29.
; A special feature of this year’s
- program will be the class on .re
gency furnishings followed by a
I guided tour of the recently reno
, vated and refurnished Mansion
which will handsomely display
'fine examples of. this period.
i Classes having reunions are
1907, 1917, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1938,
1'1942, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956,
1957, and 1966.
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Discontinuance Os
The Postal Savings
System Announced
United States Postal Savings
■ certificates will cease earning in
-1 terest for depositors o-n April 27,
1967, Postmaster Geonge F. Towns
said today.
Nationwide, the Post Office De
i partment is holding more than
S9O million in the now obsolete
; program which w-as discontinued
-by the Congress on March 28,
1966.
As of April 27, -a year ago,
; Postal Savings were discontinued,
and no deposits were accepted by
the Post Office Department. Cer
-tificates whose -anniversary dates
have been reached since lasi April
26 have earned their final interest
payment, Postmaster Towns said.
On J-une 30, he said 'all remain- '
ir.g funds in the program will be
turned over to the Treasury De-'
- partment to be held in a trust
t'u-rd until liquidated whenever
J proper claims are received.
Po t-master Towns urged that
all Postal Saving's depositors close
out their accounts and invest their
, funds into United Savings Bonds
or the new Freedom Shares,’
which on May 1, will earn 4.74%
; interest.
Holders of Postal Savings cer
tific-<es can arrange to redeem
- them simply by applying at the
post office where the certificates
were i Herd. The postmaster there,
he ; : id, will provide guidance and
r: ce sarv f: t-m-s to assist in -cash
ing certificates. All transactions
t - n be handled by mail, and cer
tificcte- 'srupd to persons now
deceased can be cashed by legal
heirs in accordance with State
laws governing such distributions.
Again 'he postmaster at the issu
ance post office will render a-u
--tho: ized -assistance.
Sacred Concerts
Scheduled In April
Four sacred concerts have been
j announced by The Sons of Jubal,
' singing chorale comprised of some
’35 ministers of music in Georgia,
Baptist churches.
The group will sing April 24 at
the First Baptist Church, Moul
trie, at 8 p.m.: April 25, First Bap
- ti-t Church, Tifton, 7:30 p.m.;
May 15, Woodlawn Baptist Church,
Savannah, 8 p.m., and May 16,
First Baptist Church, Valdosta,
at 7:3'0 p.m.
The Sons of Jubal are under
the direction of Dr. Paul McCom
. mon. Atlanta, secretary of the De
partment of Church Music for the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
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; testants with thei: tea chers jour
ineyed to Macon Eatur-d-ay, they
J were secure in the kr.owledige that
W.C.H. ha-d already won two sec-
। ond .places in earlier state eon-
Itests. The sbate spelling contest,
participated in by the entire se-
i nior class a few days previously '
' had given- the school nine points
■ for second place, and second place
j in January’s debating contest had
I added -another nine points. The
' four delegates were Connie Smith, :
Mohn- Hinson, Ra Meguiar, and
। Cosby Benton.
Saturday’s contest was a riot—
-for Wheeler County High. The'
; winners are as follows:
; Anne Johnson—first place in
| Piano Solo.
Ra ,Meguiar—second- place in ;
■ Boys’ Declamation.
Connie Smith, Anne Johnson,
Tucker, Simpson
Walker Winners
In Golf Tourney
! Lyimwood Tucker and Jimmy
' Walker, of Mcßae, and Mackie
। Simpson, of Glenwood, were win- i
’ nets dm the recently-completed
Little Ochmulgee Golf Tourna-,
- ment.
i Tucker won the championship,
i flight, while Simpson and Walker
' won in the first and second
i
.flights. Runmenu-p trophies have'
i been presented to Jerry Holmes
i and Chester Ryals of Mcßae, and
! Ralph Ohaimbless of Alamo.
Recent fine spring weather has
brought golfers out in s-übstawtial
numbers to enjoy the course,
which is now in excellent playing
condition. Many veteran golfers
believe that by the middle of the
summer the grass will have cov
ered the course to the extent that
it will be one of the top courses in
the state.
Little Ocmulgee golf pro Ray
Gentry is available for golf les- i
sons and can be contacted by call
ing 868-6359. Mcßae. It is gen
erally admitted that those con
- sidering taking up golf should;
, take several, preferably more, les- ‘
son-s before attempting to play.:
I Yo-unigsters 12 through 18 will
. particularly benefit from lessons '
i as their reflexes are in the forma-1
five stage and they learn quicker :
'in teen-age than they will after;
i becoming ,adults.
Dodge, State Agents
Destroy Large Still ।
A 6.000-gallon still has been des- '
troyed by Dodge County Sheriff:
Jackson Jones and State Agents i
Hollis Harrington -and Ronnie i
Webb.
The still was located 10 miles i
'southeast of Eastman near Jay,
- Bird Springs, it was siaid. There
were -no arrests, the agents said. ■
New York Symphony
Orchestra To Appear
At SGC On April 21
The New Y:k State Symphony!
Orchestra under the direction of I
William Penny Hacker will be!
। presented in concert in Dough -: at:
South Georgia College on Friday,:
April 21 at 8 p.m. -under sponsor- ’
1 ship of the SGC Fine Arts Series.
The concert will be presented on I
I the Peterson Hall stage.
t The personnel of the Nev/ York J
: State Symphony is composed of I
। professional musicians who reside '
in the State of Ne-w York and;
who are members of leading ma-,
jor orchestras in the nation.
Dance Recital To
Be Held April 29
Mrs. Trina Rivers will present
her dan-ce pupils in a recital on
’ April 29 at 8 p.m., in the Wheeler
County High School Cafetorium.
The recital will feature both
. ballet and tap dancing.
The recital is sponsored by the j
Wheeler County High School :
PTA and an admission of 35c and !
175 c will be changed.
NUMBER 2
and Donna Smith—second place
i-n Trio.
Daiph.ine Clarke—fourth place
in Home Economies.
Anne Johnson-—-second place in-
Girls’ Solo.
This literary victory speaks weR
for the students who participated)!
i in both the region and state
- meets, as well as the teachers
who guided them.
Youth Assembly
Receives High
Praise From Gov.
Gov. Lesiter G. Maddox, mak
ing his first appearance as chief
executive, addressed the 22ml
। State YMCA Youth Assembly re
' cently held at the State Capitol.
And -he was lavish in his praise
i of the State YMCA for perform
: inig what he described as “an in
i valuable service to our state
i and to Georgia's young people -by
: providing you the opportunity to
-get first-hand knowledge of the
i processes- of government.”
The more than 1,100 delegates
I to the mock session of the Gen
eral Assembly, including Hi-Y ands
. Tri-Hi-Y (girls) Clubs in high.
, schools throughout the state, re
reived encouragement from Gov.
Maddox to make a career of poJt-
, tics. Said he:
। “It is my sincere hope that
■ many of you will choose your
life’s work in igovernment and
-' politics. You can be sure that.
l they need you.
“In recent years, it has become
! popular to view and to speak of
: politics as a field which is sotne-
I; thing less than honorable— as a
~ haven for faat-shufflers, crooked -
'' dealers and those interested only
: in personal .gain.
“Some people even go so far as
to say that politics is a bad word.
I -would not have you believe*
that, my young friend®.
“Public service is .an- honorable
profession. And like all other pro
j sessions, politics and' government'
are only as good or -as bad- as the:
people involved- in it.
“The profession of law, for ex
; ample, is a respected and an;-
honorable vocation.. This is true
because respectable and honora
ble lawyers refuse to leave the -
field to those who would ruin .the
■ profession.
“If -politics and government are
i viewed in some circles as di-shonr
i est or less than honorable, it is
| because honorable and l respected
people leave them to those who
I would dishonor them.
j “This is precisely why polities
i and government need you. And,
। this is precisely why I hope that
the experience you gain here will
1 awaken your desire to take an.
- active pai-t in your government.”
Founder's Day At
Brewton-Parker
Brewton-Parker College wi 11
' observe “Founder’s Day” on April
28, on the sixty-third anniversary
! of its charter, with an all-day pro
! gram. The day’s activities wtH
! consist of a memorial service, a,
I chapel program, the dedication.!
। of two buildings and the corner
stone laying for two buildings.
Attendance Gains
At State Parks
Attendance at Georgia’s State
j Parks continues to grow by leaps'
I and bounds. Latest evidence oC
। this is seen in a report released*.
;by State Parks Director Horace
IG. Caldwell covering the first
eight months of the current fiscal
year, from July 1, 1966, to March
1, 1967.
Total attendance for the 1966-
67 period reached 3,195;471, an in
crease of 397,953, or 11 per cent,
over the correspon-diing 1965-66
period. Substantial gains were re
corded in- every month, -the rec
ords show. Largest gains were
shown in January (51 per cent)-
ar.d February (65 per cent).
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IT'S A FACT!
The best side of an argument’
| is the outside!