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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WHEELER COUNTY
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DEATHS AND FUNERALSi
Tied H. Pruett
Funeral services for Fred Hy
■Mn Pruett, 60, who died 1 Satur
,doy were held at 4 p.m. Sunday
the chapel of Clark Funeral
Mame to Hawkinsville. Burial was
to Orange Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Pruett, a native of Dodge
■Counity, was a member of the Bap
•tist Church. He was a tree sur
igeon
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Willie Belle Tripp Pruett; two
■sons, Talmadge Flournoy Pruett
■of Galesville, Ala. and Ledford
Pruett with the Army; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Gwendolyn Faye Beas
ley of Powder Springs and Mrs.
Janik'c Tarelton of Warner Rob
•tos; nine brothers, J. H., G. H.
4E. 8., and Oliver Pruett, all of
■Eastman, M. P. of Perry, Dolphus
of Ocala. Fla., R. E. of Savannah,
.Albert and Horace, both of Bruns
wick; a sister, Mirs. Jeff Harris of
Lumber City; and eight grand
children.
Arthur Johnson
Funeral servlets for Arthur R.
Johnson, 71, who died Thursday,
April 13, at his residence unex
■pectedly, were held Saturday, at
13 pjm. at the Glenwood Methodist
Church. The Rev. Rudolph Grant
ham and the Rev. Claude Troft
■affictoted with burial in Glen
wood Cemetery.
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Mr. Johnson, a native of. Wheel- i
er County, was a member of the;
■ American Legion and the Glen-1
wood Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Lucille Powell Johnson of Glen-1
; wood; one san, Channic Arthurj
Johnson of Glenwood; two sisters J
■ Mrs. .Addie Edenfield of Glen- !
wood and Mrs. Joe Cooper of 1
Brunswick; one brother, Coleman 1
I Johnson of Lumber City; and sev-i
। eral nieces and nephews.
i Murchison Funeral Home, of
I Vidalia, was in charge.
Douglas J. Thompson
Funeral services for Douglas J.
Thompson, 57, who died Thurs-;
day, April 12, in Clarion, Ohio,
were held Wednesday at 4 p.m.
in the chapel of Thomas Funeral,
Home in Hazlehurst. The Rev. W.
H. Hurdle officiated and burial |
was in Hazlehurst cemetery.
Born in Lumber City, Mr. ।
Thompson served in the U. S. Ma-;
rine Corps from 1931 to 1957. He;
was a first lieutenant in World!
War II and in Korea. He was a
member of the Methodist Church'
and the Hazlehurst Maso ni c i
Lodge. He was employed by the;
U. S. Dept, of Commerce and was;
a member of the American So-1
ciety of Certified Engineering!
Technicians.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.;
I Margerie Hornsby Thompson of!
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Alexandria, Minn.; two daugh
| ters, Miss Patricia and Miss Diana .
| Thompson, both of Alexandria,'
, j Minn.; one brother, W. W. Thomp-;
|son of Hazlehurst; three sisters,'
■ j Mrs. Myrtle Bryan of Macon and ,
I Mrs. Eddie Rollins and Mrs. J. A.
I Yawn, both of Hazlehurst.
Mrs. Annie Chavis
Funeral services for Mrs. An
jnie Chavis, 75, who died Sunday
' night in the Telfair County Hos
11pital, were held at 11 a.m. Tues-!
। day at the Philadelphia Methodist
1 . Church in Hazlehurst.
The Rev. John Lewis and the
‘Rev. Raymond Waldon officiated
I and burial was in the church
. cemetery.
j Mrs. Chavis, a native of South !
i Carolina, lived most of her lifej
iin Jeff Davis County. She was a'
; member of the Southside Baptist
; Church. i
Surviving are two daughters, 1
i Mrs. Ellie Griffis of Lumber City!
• and Mrs. Belle Waters of Ft. ।
; Pierce, Fla.; one son, Fred Chavis ■
|of Hazlehurst; one brother, the
Rev. Bob Chavis of Hazlehurst;
16 grandchildren; several great
’ grandchildren.
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Archie Campbell Sr.
' Funeral services for Archie
I Lewis Campbell Sr., 72, who died
■ Saturday in a Warner Robins hos
; pital, were held at 3 p.m. Mon
day at Hopewell Baptist Church
in Telfair County with the Rev.
■Charles Matthews officiating. Bu-
J rial was in the church cemetery.
| Mr. Campbell, a native of
Dodge County, moved to Warner
Robins in 1942 from Rhine. He
I was a retired employe of Robins
j AFB and a member of Evergreen
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Trel'lie Irene Baker Camp
'bell ; two daughters, Mrs. J. C.
j Chandler and Mrs. Alfred Nick
low, both of Warner Robins; three
sons, J. L. Campbell of Macon,
(Archie Campbell Jr., and Warren
Felton Campbell, both of Warner
I Robins; two sisters, Mrs. H. L.
' Law of Eastman, and Mrs. Moye
Rhodes of Baltimore, Md.; 15
! grandchildren and one great
, grandchild.
Christopher Funeral Home was
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Higher Salaries
Now Being Paid
State Troopers
ATLANTA (GPS)— In a de
termined effort to reduce Geor
gia’s traffic death toll, the State
■ Patrol is accelerating tis recruit
ment program. Under its expand
ed program, new troopers will be
paid higher salaries with more
; fringe benefits than the Depart
! ment of Public Safety ever before
has been able to offer.
This was made possible under a
i bill passed by the 1967 General
j Assembly and signed into law by
■ Gov. Lester G. Maddox. The bill
j authorized the Safety Department
;to increase the starting monthly
i base pay for troopers to $452 08,
plus longevity pay, effective April
! 1 this year.
“Yes, at long last, we are now
in a position to offer qualified
: young men a better opportunity
for a career in the State Patrol,’’
; said Col. R. H. Burson, state pub- j
lie safety director, who strongly I
■ । urged the legislation.
|| “It is a rewarding career with
! good opportunity for advance
: ment through promotions.”
Col. Burson said 50 new troop
! ers will be added during the re
: mainder of the current fiscal year,
j ending June 30. Half of these will
; take an 8-week training course
: beginning April 10, and the oth
i er 25 will attend a similar train
king school beginning June 12. Ap
-1 plications still can be made for
i the second school.
Another 100 new troopers will
;' be hired during the next two fis
t; cal year's, 50 in the year begin
>: ning July 1, 1967, and 50 the fol
r lowing year. This will bring the
J; strength of the patrol’s uniform
( division from its present 500 to
i 650 officers and men.
C In addition to receiving higher
«i pay under the new saiary-longev
>; ity schedule, state patrolmen are
J eligible for retirement under two
( pension programs—one as a mem
•; ber of the patrol and the other as
J S member of the Georgia Peace
i ' Officers Association, it was point
i ed out.
k To qualify as a ti-ooper an ap
■ plicant must be 21-40 years of age
i have minimum height and weight
>; of 5 ft. 10 inches and 160 pounds;
I; have a high school education or
= its equivalent, and be of good
>i! character.
i| How does one go about joining
■ the State Patrol? First step is to
t apply to the State Merit System.
>; 244 Washington St., S.W. (Room
| i 572), Atlanta.
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j FHA Housing Loans Available
Application for insured housing
loans are now being accepted
, from families in all income
‘ groups, Telfair and Wheeler
‘ County Supervisor Herman T.
I Langley of the Farmers Home
I Administration, said today.
j Until recently funds were only
available for families with low
and moderate incomes.
Mr. Langley said home finan
cing for families of above-moder
, ate income, can be resumed by the
agency under a new allocation
of lending authority granted by
, President Johnson. A Presidential
order March 17, authorized the
। agency to insure $25 million more
in housing loans to families of
I the upper group between now
i and June 36.
1 Action on new applications from
. persons in the above-moderate in-
I come group had been at a virtual
standstill since December. The
' agency had taken all applications
it could meet under the previous
$25 million allocation of loan
authority for the current fiscal
year.
There has been no interruption
of the rural housing loan pro
gram for low and moderate in
come families, which has an allo
cation of S3OO million for fiscal
1967.
Mr. Langley said applications
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; from families in all groups are be
. ing accepted at the Farmers Home
i Administration office at the Agri-
I cultural Building in Mcßae, which
. serves Telfair and Wheeler coun
।' ties, Monday through Friday, or
j in the County Agricultural Build-
I ing in Alamo on any Monday
■ morning.
The county supervisor reported
that insured housing loans in Tel
fair and Wheeler counties to date
■ this fiscal year have totaled $66,-
. 760 for low and moderate, and
$31,000 for above moderate bor
rowers.
' The Farmers Home Adminis
tration, a part of the Department
of Agriculture, is the U. S. Gov
ernment agency for insuring
home-ownership loans both for
farm and non-farm families in ।
rural areas, including towns of j
not more than 5,500 population. ■
The service is available to ru- [
; ral people who are unable to ob-;
tain conventional home financ-;
ing from private lenders on terms;
they can reasonably be expected i
to repay or insured loans through
other agencies in the housing j
field,” Mr. Langley said.
“We are authorized to serve i
above-moderate income families i
in financing homes that are not;
more elaborate than the prevail- ■
. ing local standard for modern ‘
1 homes.”
AU rural FHA housing loans
may run for a maximum of 33
years, and may cover the cost of
a minimum adequate homesite as
well as home construction. Cur
rent interest rates are 5 percent
for borrowers in the low and mod
erate income groups, and 6 per
cent interest plus one-half of a
percent mortgage insurance
charge for those in the above
moderate income group.
Farmers Home Administration
insured loan funds are provided
by banks and other private lend
ers and l investors, with the gov
ernment’s insurance endorsement
guaranteeing their repaymnt.
Farm Bureau To
Award Four SSOO
College Scholarships
। The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed-
I eration will award four college
■ scholarships to rural youth in
11967, Mrs. J. Andy Rape, chair
iman of GFBF Women reported
today.
i Farm Bureau’s scholarship pro
gram will total $2,000, consisting
jof four awards of SSOO each. The
I farm federation has sponsored a
! college scholarship for several
i years.
j Mrs. Rape said the program is
.designed to recognize and assist
। worthy, deserving and outstand
ing rural people who are interest-
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VIDALIA PRODUCTION
CREDIT ASSOCIATION
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I ager for ALL your credit needs. Loans at the VI- 1
> DALIA P.C.A. are made for most any purpose and •
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»; you only pay interest for the time you keep the mone\ .
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ed in pursuing the profession
agriculture or home economi
A second purpose is to encour,
rural young Georgians to ap-_ ,
ciate the values and oppor;
ties of rural life, she said.
The scholarship awards will
made only to students whose :
ily is a member of Farm Burea
Students submitting the app
cation must plan to ente>
branch of the University Sy.
of Georgia, and be qualified t
enter college the fall term
the current year.
Each winner will receive $1
for the first year of college,
$250 for the second year of
lege provided he or she maintn
a B average their freshman y.
Each '.vinner’s cheek will be ■
posited to his credit at ab:;.
of the University System
Mrs. Rape said the scholar.-
award of SSOO will be div. ec
quarterly against tuition and •
er expenses.
Application forms for subm •
ting entry may be obtained f:
the local Farm Bureau, the Co.,
ty Farm Bureau President, oi •
County Farm Bureau Wome
Chairman. Entries must be
mitted through the County F
Bureau.
Deep planing of camellias
azaleas is a major reason for p
growth of these plants in G
gia, according to Gerald E
(Smith, Extension Service ..
| culturists.