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VOLUME 53
Fatal Accidents
Direct causes of fatal traffic ac
cidents in Georgia so far this year
are listed a3 (1) head-on collisions
of cars; (2) cars.that ran off the
road, and (3) lost control of the
car.
These three causes accounted
for well over half of Geongia’s
traffic death toll during the first
three months, according to a State
Patrol report released by Col. R.
H. Burson, director of the Georngia
Department of Public Safety.
Os the 345 traffic fatalities re
ported in the three-month period,
“head-on collisions accounted for
88 deaths, “ran off road” for 68,
and “lost control” for 29—a total
of 185 lives lost.
“These violent smash-ups are
absolutely unnecessary,” declared
Col. Burson. “They occur because
the driver operates the car with
reckless extravagance with no re
gard for his safety or the safety of
others, many of whom are inno
cent victims in these explosive
type wrecks.
“Unfortunately, this trafic sit
uation will continue unless and
until drivers put common sense
in their driving. If only they
would obey our traffic laws and
drive carefully and sensibly most
of these tragedies could be avert
ed. It is squarely up to the indi
vidual behind the wheel.”
Close to one-half of these peo
ple who were killed in Georgia
traffic mishaps during the period
were 29 years of age or younger—
a total cos 156. Os these, 113 were
in the 16-29 age group. The high
est of all was age 17 which re
corded 15 deaths. Right behind
was age 19 with 14 deaths. Age 25
ranked third with 11 fatalities.
Satundays were-recorded as the
worst day of the week for these
fatal accidents, claiming 80 vic
tims. Fridays came second with
69, and Sundays third with 53.
Wednesdays recorded 42, fatali
ties, Thursdays 36, Tuesday 33,
and Mondays 32.
New Recruiter
Now In Dublin
Aviation Machinist’s Mate First
Class Wilber E. Hildreth, U. S.
Navy, has been assigned to the
Dublin Navy Recruiting Station
during the current recruiting
drive.
Accompanying Mr. Hildreth to
Dublin, from Jacksonville, Fla,
where he has been stationed for
the past nine years, is his wife
and family. They are presently
residing at 214 Comer Drive in
Dublin.
Petty Officer Hildreth states
the the Navy is presently stress
ing the High School Graduate
Treining Program, where ‘high
school graduates may enlist and
be guaranteed the chance to at
tend one of the Navy's technical
schools.
The Navy also has a program'
that will allow a high school grad
ate to remain in school or else
where up to 120 days after en
listing.
For more information on these
and other programs, drop in and
see Petty Officer Hildreth in the
Post Office Buildinz in Dublin,
or call BR2-5464. |
Barney Hutcheson
Completes Training
FT. LEWIS, Wash. (AHTNC)—
Army Private Barney J. Hutch
eson, 18. son of Mrs. Lavada E.
Warren, Rt. 1, Glenwocd, com
pleted eizht week: of advanced
infantry traming April 7 at Ft.
Lewis, Wash.
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 35-inch rocket launcher.
VEATRS
Mrs. Ruby Adams—Glenwood
John J. Knowles—Mcßae
Mrs. Nancy Rhymes—Mcßae
Jim Peterson—Soperton
Mrs. Fannie Morrison—Glen
wocd
Mrs. Mary H. Johnson—Alamo
N. C. Wilkes, Jr.—Thomaston
Mrs. Emily Wilkes West— ‘
Jacksonville, Fla.
Wheeler County Eagle
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J. C. Adams, of Atlanta, Georgia Power Company
“ lineman, holds the utility’s all-time record for blood
donations. During some 16 years of participation in
‘ the company’s “Bloodhound Program,” Mr. Adams
. has donated more than 90 pints of blood. The undis
’ puted champ is shown with his long-eared friend,
“Ole Red.” Since the program’s beginning during the
’ Korean Conflict, power company employes have do
nated some 24,000 pints of blood to the Red Cross.
' Thomas Stair Selected As Georgia's
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State STAR Student For 1967
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: Thomas O. Stair, 17-year-old
isenior at Westminster Boys High
..School,. Atlanta, is Geangials.l967
' State STAR Student, and James
i+ P. Rudolph, English teacher at
| Westminster, is Georgia’s 1967
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State STAR Teacher. The award
‘was made Friday right at the
"\STAR Bunquet of the Annual
' Meeting of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce by Don
Grefe, Regional Director/Public
| Affairs, Bastern Air Lines, and
State STAR Chairman.
Charles R. Yates, president of
. 'the State Chamber, presided over
the evening’s events; Carl E. San
_ ders, former Governor of Georgia,
, served as Master of Ceremonies
of the STAR Show (broadcast on
WSB-TV from 9:30 to 10:00 p.m,
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Pvi. John McDaniel
Completes Course
FT. POLK, La. (AHTNC)—
Army Privite John T. McDaniel,
22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess W.
McDzniel, Glenwood, completed
a leadership preparation course at
the Noncommissioned Officer Act
demy, Ft. Polk, La.,, April 14
Pvt. McDaniel received an A.B
desree from the Umiversity of
eGorgia, Athens, in 1966. |
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,
I‘Friday); and Fran Tarkenton,
1 quarterback for the New mk
i Giants, was the featured. speaker
s, for the Annual Meeting's evening
L. program. . /
/| As the State STAR Student,
| Thomas O. Stair received the Pan
> American Airlines STAR trip to
| South America, SSOO Atlanta Gas
! Licht Company check, a gold
' plaque, and the 8-day STAR tour
*of Georgia from the State Cham
l “ber.
| James P. Rudolph, the 1967
f (State STAR Teacher. received the
‘| traditional “ALF” statuette, SSOO
| Sears Roebuck Foundation schol
,' arship for graduate study and the
;|STAR Tour. i
1, The winners of the Southern
.ißell Telephone Award—an ex
gpense paid weekend trip to thei
{Bell Telephone Research Labora- |
!tories at Murray Hill, New Jer
i sey—are James Douglas Marr, Ist
i:-wnner-uvp STAR Student in the|
State, and his STAR Teacher Sis-|
{ter Mary Rosina. James and Sister:
| Rosina are from Bibb County, Mt. |
I DeSales High in Macon, and have |
ireceived recognition as the Sixthi
| District STAR Student and STAR |
| Teacher of 1967.
| The winners of the Callaway
| Leadership Awards—a week’s va- |
{eation for the family at Callaway |
| Ganrdens, Pine Mountain, Cidi |
are: from Savannah, Ist District|
. STAR Student, Lannie Mason;
‘from DeKalk County, 4th Distriet!
{STAR Student, Norman Alhadeff;
%f:nm Albany, 2nd District STAR |
i Student, Mary Elizabeth Lzshley;
rard from Brunswick, Bth District
iSTAR Student Clay Stebbins, !
Post Story Crude,
Says Gov. Maddox
The Saturday Evening Post in
its April 22 issue carried a story
titled “You Reckon They Thought
I Was A Nut?” It was a full
lemgth article about Georgia’s
new governor, Lester G, Maddox,
written by 27-year-old free-lance
writer Marshall Frady, former At
lanta Newsweek correspondent. |
Asked what he thought of it,
Gov. Maddox said the story wae
“Just another write-up.” But then
he added: “I think it was very
erude and in some instances rude.”
The Post, since it changed its
editorial policy several years ago.
‘ihas‘, been involved in a rumber of
{law suits growing out of articles
!it printed. i
E Now is the time to plant arinual
iflnwers such as petuniss, salvia,
{ coleus and marigolds in the yard
{for summer color, according to|
JCooperafive Extension Service|
horticulturists. :
]le%;fiwoup
Reviews Economic
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City, County Data
i At the April 25 meeting of the
| Alamo Planning Commission the
!State Planning Bureau presented
{to the Commission for its review
{ anid consideration the fourth chap
{ter .n a series of planning reports
!lead'mg to the development of a
'city comprehensive plan.
Chapter Four, Economic Base
| Analysis, assembles and analvzes
!econormlic data pertaining to the
| City of Alamo, Wheeler County,
lard surrounding counties. The Ec
':or.v:!mvi.c Base Analysis examines
llp-a:st and probably future trends in
Evbu«.;i\me*ss activities, employment,
iretail sales, family income and
| other pertinent economic indica
itors important to Alamo and
| Wheeler Counity.
. Also included in the chapter
are eccnomic projections and rec
lomrmelnd‘*atiorrs wihich will be used
las guidelines in the preparation
!of other elements of the compre
| hensive plan. ]
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!WHC Seniors Attend
Lecture At MGC
! Cn Tuesday evening, April 19,
{Mrs. A. P. Hopkins and Gwen
[Clark attended a tea at Middle
iGe‘(‘)rrgfi'a College, Cochran, honor
irg Dr. Trevor Evans, Chairman
! of the Mathematics Department of
Emory University, Atlanta. Fol
[lowing the tea, Dr. Evans gave a
ilectun'e on “Sets, Logic and
QSwi‘tccrhi«n;g Ouvngflts", which was
iwell attended by faculty, guests
land the student: body.
Wednesday morning Dr. Evans
|lec:tsu:red on Matrix Algebra. By
| special invitation, Mrs. Hopkins,
{Gwen Clark and the senior class
‘of Wheeler County High School
rattended this decture. Everyone
lenjoyed the lecture and felt great
{ly, benefitted. by dtes i S s
| Seniors who attended were:
| Lany Clark, Sherry Havbin, Carol
i Lynn Hartley, Brenda Harville,
'John Hinson, Ralph Horne, Gary
| McGee, Elizabeth Morrison, Su
zanne Nobles, Joseph Pope, Sue
| Sikes, Connie Smith and Kay
| Webster.
Dr. Evans’ lectures were spon
'sored and financed by the Mathe
| matics Association of America
(and the National Science Founda
tion, |
38 New Industries |
Locate On Georgia |
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Power Lines In 1967
| A total of 38 new industries,
irepresenting a record capital in-|
{vestment of $47,905,000, Ir)cut.edi
{on Geongia Power Company lines |
(during the first three months of
11967, it was announced this week, |
| Joe B. Browder, power com
' pany vice president, said the capi- |
'tal investment sum was the lar-|
gest recorded for any firstt—quur-.
‘ter period in the company’s 40-
vear ‘history. ’
. The newly announced quarterlh\'i
report compares with 30 new in-:|
dustries, with a capital invest-:
menrt of $32,127,000, that began
oneration in the power company’s!
service area during the first quar- |
ter of 1966.
All facilities as reported by the
nower company are manufactur
ing or processing plants, each
with a minimum capital invest- |
mont of $50,000 and employing
2t least 10 persons.
In addition to the new plants,
66 existing industnies expanded
their operations during the first
three months of this year. Total
investment in these expanded fa
cilities was $76,468.500. Ir. the first
qguanter of last year, 42 manufac
turing plants increased their pro-!
ductive capacity at a cost of $58,-
113,000.
The three-month gain of plants
‘and expansions will provide 6,375
new jobs at amnual wages of,
$27,985,700. New - manufacturing'
plants and additions during the!
same period last yvear provided
6,494 jobs at annual wages of
$30,303,000.
ATTENTION!
WHAT?: RUMMAGE Sule
WHERE?: Mcßae Depot, Mcßae
WHEN?: Saturday, April 29
WHQO?: Sponored by the
Wheeler County “Y” Clubs
‘ PLEASE COME!!! :
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1967
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ICons’tabM*afifli‘ms“ |
Get Help Under |
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'Talmadge Bill |
| Justices of the peace and con
> | stables i Georgia and the rest.
l|of the nation would have the
’isame security in their old age!
-l as other American citizens if Con- |
sg‘gmss passes a bill introduced in!
1 | the Senate by U. S. Sen. Herman!
]E. Talmadge. {
! Under his bill they would be,
' allowed to voluntarily come un
> | der Social Security. In introduc
,iimg his measure, Sen. Talmtad.gef
- ' pointed out that while most state!
s lemployees have Social Security |
llpa-otec.t'i»om or are under ‘a state |
» |retivement system, justices of the’l
tipeace and constables ‘“for the
-imost part” have no retirement
|| benefits afforded them. f
i He said his bill was :desisgnedi
"1 “to fill ithis gap” and give justices |
“lof the peace and constables an op-i
iiport;u.rbity to have retirement in-{
llcome and survivor protection for |
'Efihemse'lves- and their families. !
| “In coming under Social Secur- |
{ity protection, they also would be |
|allowed to panticipate in the Med- |
icare program,” Talmadge said. l
i The senator said “there is not:h-j
iing new’ in providing an oppor-!
"Uurmity to a particular group ofl
‘!worrkers to elect Social Security|
3lcove'x*age as self-employed per-l
“Isons. He pointed out that this was|
‘ido'n*e in 1954 for ministers and it/
E|wavs “well received.” l
i He added that as self-employed!
l!vperson's, justices of the peace and |
' constables would be obligated to|
Ipay the full amount themselvesl
5‘ into the program, and in order to
|quality -~ for potential cover‘a,geg
s;they must have an annual income |
’iof at least S4OO from fees. |
y| They would have two yearsi
'ilfnom the enactment date of the‘l
L | bill to exercise their option. New
| officials also would be given al
;wa_'o-year period to join. i
i:Sp. 4 Jimmy L. Pope |
- Awarded Bronze Star ‘
| Sp. 4 Jimmy L. Pope, of Glen.§
|wood, has been awarded the
| Army’s Bronze Star Medal lforl
Fbru‘very in action against hostile |
[ forces in Vietnam. ‘
.| The recipient is the son of Mr.‘
and Mrs. Martin Pope. The 20-!
[lyear-old soldier returned to the}
]'U. S. last Tuesday after servin»gi
in Vietnam since April 1966. !
| He is an M-60 machine gunner, |
| assigned to a reconnaissance com-:
\pany, 2nd Battalion, 28th Infan-|
itry, Ist Infantry Division. |
! The award was made for ‘“meri- ;.
[torious achievement in ground!
;opmmti(ms against hostile forcesi'
(in the Republic of Vietnam dvur—i;
ling the period Jan, 9 to Jan. 17.”1
| The Bronze Star ranks only be- |
{hind the Congressional Medal ofi(
'Honor and the Silver Star. Ac-|
{cording to army regulations, it Isl
lawarded to persons who have dis-'
'tinguished themselves by theroic!-
or meritorious achievement r:r}
| service aigainst an armed enemyAl
| He attended Glenwood High
ISchool amd entered the army in!
| October 1965. After basic trrainmgg
at Fort Knox, La., he shipped out
Ito Vietnam. i
i e s e S e SA, o eet e s ‘
Wheeler Co. Golfers |
Win Second Place |
The Wheeler County High golf |
team won a second place ‘Lx'op‘hy%
in the golf meet held April 24 at]
Tittle Ocmulgee State Park. The|
four boys on the team were Wally |
Adams, Cosby Benton, Ronnie |
Snuggs and Danny Maddox.
Congratulations are extended to|
these boys for a fine pcr!’m'm:mco.;
‘Boys’ Ranch At |
Hahira To Expand
The Board of Directors of the
Georgia Sheriffs Association has
approved a $250,000 expansion
program for the Geongia Sheriffs
:Boys’ Ranch, located near Hahira.
Plans call for the construction of
two new dormitories and a cafe-|
torium. :
This building program will en- |
able the Ranch to more than
double its present capacity. There
are currently 36 boys living at
the Ranch. When the new build
inos are completed, the Ranch
will accommodate 80 deserving
boys. !
Plans are being completed now
to launch a state-wide campaign
'to raise the necessary funds. :
SINGLE COPY 5¢
Delegates From Wheeler Co. Atiend
Sate Future Homemakers' Meeting
| Gail Thomas and Annita Strick
land were the delegates chosen to
‘accompany Mrs. Ruth C. Hum
:p'h‘rey to the State Future Home
imaker’s Convent.or. The conven
ltion, held at the )ariott Motor
SHotel in Atlanta, was caled to or
ider Friday night by the State
/President, Nancy Kight. Later in
ithe evening Miss Marilyn Van
{Derbur, a former Miss America,
fspoke about having definite gualsj
lin life. She said in her talk, “I be- |
tlieve you can and will be zmy-‘
{thing you want to be.” After the
,n'ommees for state president were
‘i»ntrod,uced‘, the Georgia Tech Glee
iwab entertained.
! The Eye-Cpener Breakfast” was
theld the next morning in the
[Grand Ballroom. Lynm Ellis and
[Barbara Brinson presented the
| program. Telfar County High
iSchool and Wheeler County High
QSvchool had charge of decorating
ithe dining tables for more than]
‘1,30'0 persons, and also for making t
;tjhe place cards for the head ta-|
’bles for about 50 persons. Thei
iWheeler County Hi-Y |l
'Elects New Officers |
! By Kenneth Hariley §
{ At the April meeting of the
,W’hee]er County Hi-Y Club held
i Monday, new officers for the year
{1967-68 were elected. l
' The new officers are: president,
Jimmy Wooten; vice president,
!Lynun Johnson; reporting secre
itary, Danny Hartley; secretary,
i Cosby Benton; treasurer, Kenneth
|H'art]ey; and chaplain, Craig]
iAd'a‘m's. ;
i Mrs. J. S. Ridley, adviser, an-|
inounced that the State Y.M.C.A‘g
!‘nad bought a building in Atla'nta'g
{for the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs
i’-of Georsia. The local club: 'hasi
[been asked to maise S3OO for the‘
{ buildling,
i Means of raising money were?
jdiscussed and the club plans to
|iunii,e with the Tri-Hi-Y in doing |
I‘Lhi@:. The clubs will sponsor a;
§R<ll‘l‘l'xlfliltf_’,e Sale in Mcßae on Snt—j
lurd;x:v, April 29, and will have|
;(-hur;e of the concession stands atg‘
!b:lS(‘b(l]] games and track meets. |
| Larry Clark was selected as|
i’“Boy of the Month”. '
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‘Wheeler PTA Sponsor,
;For Dance Recital |
- The Wheeler County High!
'School PTA is sponsoring a dan-cei
recital of the pupils of Mrs. Tiani|
Rivers on Friday night (tonight) |
at 8 pm. at the school cafetorium. |
Tickets are on sale from several |
PTA members or may be purchas- |
ed at Curl’s Pharmacy in Alamo.;
Proceeds will be used by the|
PTA to meet needed expenditures, |
Get your ticket NOW!! |
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MiISS AMERICA JOINS ¢
FIGHT: Jane Anne Jayroe of |
Laverne, Oklahoma, puts down |
her beauty scepter to pick up |
the Sword of Hope — symbol |
of the AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY — to urge everyone
to support the 1967 Crusade
of the Society, ]
-lpla-ce cards were made by Mrss
| Ruth C. Humphrey.
| After voting for State Presi
{dent, the girls met again, -with
|Jeanne Self presiding. Mrs. Ber=
‘|nice McCullar, truly a F.H.A.
rose, and Nancy Kight, State
| President, were the featured
i speakers for the meeting. The
election returns 'were then am
nounced, Carol Jarrard was eleet
ed State President.
i Presidents of the local chapters
then met for lunch. Annita Strick
{land represented ithe W.C.H.S.
Chapter, Nancy Nix of Commeree,
a former state president, was tiwe:
speaker.
After a tour of Atlanta. the Fu
ture Homemakers of Georgia met:
for a banquet. Dave Jordan, pre
gram director of the State YMCA,
was the speaker. The ballroom.
was beautiful with appropriate
decorations wsed for the 2lst
]vbirthduay celebration of the Future:
(Homemak«rs. Whiite tablecloths
| and red dinner napkins were used.
ißirt‘hvday cakes were placed am
each table. The head tables held
la»rravnugements of red roses.
l Each general session was opem
|ed with a hearty song, led by’
lGeonge P. Donaldson, honewary
imember of the Georgia F.H.A.
Association. He was accompanied!
by Dr. Ralph Kicklighter, wie
i helped to make the Future Home-
I makers’ 21st Annual Convention: a
great success.
After installation of the 1967-68&
officers, the president adjourned
the meeting with the F.H.AL
Creed.
| Sunday morning the delegates:
izm'd adviser motored home, tired,.
i but with new ideas and great e~
!terminab‘ion» for a successful
tF.H.A. year.
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Talmadge Urges
‘More Profection
For U.S. Texliles
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| U.S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge;
iwho in a recent Senate speech:
urged stronger government action:
;to protect the American textile
Cindustry against wunfair foreagm
| competition, has gone a step fur=
ther in his effort to attain this.
i He has called on Secretary of'
Agriculture Crville Freemamn te:
'protect the textile industry by
‘unging the administration net tes
reduce tariffs on any textile prad
lucts unless restrictions are ap
‘plied against all textile imports:
' In a letter to Freeman, the sen
‘ator said there were high level
'meetings scheduled in Washimg
ton in the near future to discuss:
textile tariffs in connection with
‘the current “Kennedy Round” ne
gotiations in Geneva.
Sen. Talmadge, a long-time ad
; vocate of stronger government ae
;tion to prevent the U. S. textile:
indiustry from being disrupted by
excessive foreign imports, is &
| Senate-appointed member of the
U. S. trade negotiating team amdl’
'a ranking member of the Senate
ngriculture Committee.
.~ “My purpose in writing you,™
Talmadge told the secretary, “is
to urge as strongly as 1 possibly
‘can that the Department of Agri
culture take the position that
there should be no tariff cuts om
~any textile product unless reasom--
able quantitative restrictions are:
applied to all textile imports.
.~ “In the long run, no program
for controlling: imports manufae
tured from one fiber can be ef
fective wunless imports of other
textile fiber products also are
subject to reasonable limitations.™
Wheeler Co. High
To Host Track Meet
The Region 5-C Track Meet will:
be held April 28 at Wheeler Coumn—
ty High School. Several schoels
‘rom Region 5-C will be entered:™
in such events as high jump;
broad jump, pole wvault, discus;,
high and low hurdles, shot put,,
and running events.
The public is invited to watch
these bovs cumpete for regiomu
honors.
Seven percent of our population.
(farmers) feeds themselves and’
the other 93 percent,
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