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VOLUME 53
Political Unity
Vital To South,
Maddox Asserts
Declaring that ‘‘the bond of
friendship between the great
-tates of Mississippi and Georgia
has never been stranger,” Gov.
Lester G. Maddox has called on
‘‘all the people of our beloved
Southland to unite today for po
litical action.”
His remarks, contained in a
hard-hitting speech delivered re
cently at the University of Missis
sippi in Oxford, obviously were
intended as a warning to future
candidates for national political
offices.
“1 predicted 10 years ago,”
Maddox said, “that the people of
the United State were concerned
about the direction of their fed
eral government. I said then that
our nation was headed toward
conservatism.
“When the people spoke last
November, they said loudly and
clearly at the ballot box that they
want a return to greater responsi
bility' and more local involvement
in the programs of government.
“Last Nov. 8, pursuit of left
wing policy cost the Democratic
Party 47 seats in the U. S. House
of Representatives alone. And. un
less it becomes more responsible
to the voice and the will of the
people, no one knows how great
the toll will be in 1968.
"I am convinced that the candi
dates who are successful will be
the ones who heed and respond to
the voice of the people—be they
Democrat. Republican or indepen
dent.”
Regarding the role the South
must play in bringing about
changes at the national level,
Gov. Maddox had this tosay:
“My friends, there has always
been a special brand of political
loyalty between the people of the
deep South. This is proven by the
results of almost every national
election in history. We need to
maintain that unity.
“I call upon you—and all the
people of our beloved Southland
—to unite today for political ac
tion. There has never been a time
•when the common good of our re
gion can be best served by politi
cal unity.
“We must support those candi
dates who look upon our region
as an economic opportunity'—not
an economic liability ... I also
prevail upon you to 'help fulfill I
the American dream by working!
to strengthen—not destroy—the ;
guarantees which make it possi
ble.
"We must practice the Jefer-;
sonian concept that the best gov-1
ernment is the least government!
and we must put a halt to the ■
growing trend toward centraJiza-!
tion of government services in ;
Washington.”
Georgia Receives
$370,319 OEO Grant
Detail ; of a $370,319 anti-pover-j
ty grant to Chattahoochee. Clay,.
Early, Muscogee, Quitman, Ran-1
dolph. and Stewart Counties ini
Georgia, were released todav fol-'
lowing an announcement by Rep-1
resent stives Jack T. Brinkley and
Maston O'Neal end Senators Rich-,
ard Russell and Herman Tai-|
madge.
The grant i- "or three programs.
Frank K. Sloan. Atlanta, announc
ed. Mr. Sloan is Southeast region
al director of the Office of Eco
nomic Opportunity, through
whch the grant was awarded.
The grant includes $88,249 for
conduct and administration, $127.-
166 for food distribution and
$154,904 for community service
aides. • . t
The grantee for this prqgiam is
I owe" Chatfshoochee V a-l ley
Area Planning Development Com
sion, Columbus. Don Farr is exec
utive director.
Kenneth P. Lowery
Honored At U. of Ga.
Kenneth Parker Lowery of
Thomasville, a freshman at the.
University of Georgia, Athens,'
was honored at the university on
Honors Day, Wednesday, May 17.
Mr. Lowery', who has made the
Dean’s List every quarter, is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Cleon
Brown of Alamo.
Wheeler County Eagle
— — -—j
Theda Perdue, third from left is shown after receiving
the Outstanding Performance Awards at the Youth Assembly
held recently in Atlanta. Other winners: 1 to r: Lois Lassiter
|of Alma; Steve Dugan of Fort Valley; and Tommy Mattox
।of LaGrange
i Theda Perdue—Receives YMCA Award
‘ I Mcßae’s Theda Perdue received
' | Youth Assembly honors recently.
I She received the P. T. McCutchen
! Award for Outstanding Perform
‘ eanc in the Senate for her debate
• on the Mcßae Senior Tri-Hi-Y’s
') Bill concerning thereputic abor
’ I tion.
; Other recipients of the award
i were: Tommy Mattox of La-
J Grange, in the Senate; House
I Awards went to Lois Lassiter of
‘: Alma and Steve Dugan of Fort
Valley.
. i Over 1000 junior legislators at
,! tended this 3-day State YMCA
.! sponsored Youth Assembly' at the
. state capitol. The Hi-Y and Tri
• Hi-Y members experienced prec
j; tical training in democracy and a
.! first-hand view in the processes
■of our state government.
Just as Georgia citizens elect
.■officials to head our state’s gov-
11 ernment so do the participating
teenagers elect their peers to the
.■same offices. From the Southeast
। 1 District, Hi-Y member Randy
jEagler of Swainsboro was elected
;to the top position for 1968 Youth
,! Governor. Also from our S.E. Dis
! i trict, Tri-Hi-Y member Lois!
J Lassiter of Alma was elected
, I Clerk of the House. Other elected
I officials are from the other five
J State YMCA Districts.
! Out of the approximately 50
■ । m 7 —7 —77 —7 —
'Talmadge's Mail
Might Be Faster
By Pony Express
’i U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge,
I like many other taxpayers, is far
from satisfied with Uncle Sam’s
I mail service as it is now being
carried out. And the Georgia sen
ator has let the Post Office De
ipartment know in no uncertain
| terms of his displeasure.
Sen. Talmadge, in a terse letter ■
।to Postmaster General Lawrence .
i F. O’Brien, complained that a let
: ter mailed on April 24 in Millen,
I Ga., did not reach him until May ;
1 10—16 days'later. The letter con
j tained an invitation for the sena
i tor to appear at the annual Jen
j kins County Dairy Festival held
; May 5.
“In the past we have had seri
i ous delays in receiving letters
! sent from Georgia to my office
"ere in Washington,” Talmadge
' wrote, “but I mu.-1 admit that this
: letter is the worst case yet. I per-.
-onal’y have suffered inconveni
ence because of the poor service
of the mails.
“This is not only a serious con
cern of mine, but I haye received
considerable correspondence in
reference to the poor service that
the Post Office Department is
rendering in my state.”
Former Telfair Man
Killed In Vietnam
Pfc. George E Hatten, of Hazle
hurst. formerly of Telfair County, j
was killed in Vietnam on May 6'
when he stepped on a booby trap
while on active duty.
The young soldier, a rifleman •
I with the Reconnaissance Platoon,
Ist Battalion of the 101st Air-:
borne Division’s 327th Infantry. 1
.was participating in what is desig-j
rated “Operation Summerall.” j
Their job has been to search for*
and destroy numerous enemy l
forces, and thus deny the Viet,
Cong access to a regrouping area;
in the Central Highland .provinces j
of Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen. I
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
I bills presented to the Youth As
. sembly from the various “Y”
i. Clubs over the state, nine Senate
■ ■ Bills and eight House Bills pass
: ed both Houses and the Youth
;! Governor’s veto. The Youth Gov
• error, Sonny Hicks of Conyers,
vetoed only one bill. The Mcßae
I Senior Tri-Hi-Y’s Bill concerning
. thereputic aboition passed both
. Houses and the Youth Governor’s
; veto.
; Theda served last year as As
sistant Attorney General of the
. 21st Youth Assembly. This was
one of the two highest offices held
. by “Y” Clubbers from the 32
. counties of the Southest District.
Miss Nan Dyal
To Talk On Air
Line Industries
\ Miss Nan Dyal, Sales Repre
sentative for Delta Air Lines in
’ Atlanta. will be at Brewton Par
ker College on May 26 ait 10 A.M.
to give a presentation on the op-
1 poi trinities in the air line indus
! try.
Miss Dyal, a native of Mcßae,
is a graduate of Emory Univer
| sity where she majored in ele
mentary education. Before join-
( ing Delta Air Lines in 1966, she
was a classroom teacher with the
Atlanta City school system, and
। a Social Studies consultant with
the Georgia Educational Televis
ion Network.
Two Brewton Parker students,
Donna Jordan of Jesup and Gail
Smith of Jonesboro, have already
been accepted so r stewardess
training with Delta Air Lines.;
Both girls will graduate from
, Brewton Parker in June and be- |
gin their training this summer.
$7 U.S. "Passport"
Not Required At
Any Georgia Park
Uncle S>am’s $7 annual recrea-
Ifion permit, known as the “Gold
en Eagle Passport,” is required ;
to enter specified federal recre- ;
ation areas in. Georgia and other
■ t ites. Now in its third year, the
: program has been generally ac-^
■ cepted as worthwhile.
But at the state level it con
tinues to ..cause much confusion.
For example, the State Parks De
ipartment in Atlanta receives
numerous calls from Georgians
: wanting to know whether they
h ive to have the “Golder! Eagle
Pa-poet” to visit a state park.
The answer is a resounding “No.”
Here’s’ how Stale Parks Directoi
Hprace G. Caldwell explains the
situation: 1 ,
“Because Georgia' -will receive
some financial benefits from the
sale,of the federal ‘Golden Eagle
Passport,’ the State Parks De
partment is assisting the federal
^government iih making these per
|mit? available to potential pur
chasers who inquire about them
at any of our parks.
“But I want to re-emphatize
that no “Golden Eagle Passport”
or any other permit is needed
! to enter either the state parks lo
! rated op . reservoir lakes or any
I other state park in Georgia. We
। welcome visitors -and invite more
■of them to enjoy our parks which
! offer all forms of outdoor recre
i ation.”
j There is no right w'-ay to co J ;
I wrong!
Governor Plans
20-Member Unit
To Study Crime
Gov. Lester G! Maddox has an
nounced plans to create a 20-
member state crime commission
to operate on a 12-month trial
basis. Its prime objective: To help
Georgia become a leader in crime
■ prevention and prisoner rehabili
tration. In disclosing his plans, the
1 governor said:
“It’s not going to be a witch
hunt. It’s not going to be one to
criticize, it’s one to show where
we are and set goals to shoot for
in the future of law and order.
This is something we’ve needed
in Georgia for a long time.”
[ Gov. Maddox said he will cre
’ ate the commission by executive
. order and hopes to have it func
tioning within a month. A budget
kof $90,000 to SIOO,OOO will be set
j up for the first 12 months of op-
I eration, he said.
Commission members will in-
I elude 10 persons from governmen
tal agencies and 10 representing
> I business, industry and education.
■
Art Exhibit At
। Brewton Parker
College May 22-27
The Ailey-Mt. Vernon branch
1 of the American Association of
1 1 University Women is sponsoring
l an art exhibit in the H. Terry
! Parker Library at Brewton Par
* I ker College May 22-27, aaccordinig
to Mrs. E. J. Grimes, area repre-
I sentative for cultural events. The
l! exhibit is released through the
Georgia Center for Continuing
. Education and contains the works
; of university students.
Contents for the exhibit were
I selected by Professor Charles
’ Morgan and represent several
I media. In its wide travels, the ex
hibit has been displayed in col-
I leges, high schools and in region-
I al libra'i ies throughout the state.
There are twenty mounted pic
tures measuring 22 x 28 inches
in the exhibit.
Increase In Interest
For Student Loans
Mil-ton A. Carlton of Swains
boro, chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Georgia Higher
Education Assistance Corporation,
today announced that effective
iJuly 1, the rate of interest to be.
!paid to banks, savings and loan.
I associations, and other lending in- i
i stitutions in Georgia participating 1
!in the State-guaranteed student
! loan program will be increased
jfrom 6% to 7% per annum. In;
making this announcement, Mr.
j Carlton staled:
“The guiaranteed student loan;
: program which was implemented
Iby the State of Georgia in July, {
11965, represents a significant
* achievement toward making a
higher education or some.
I specialized training beyond high*
ischool available to all Georgian’s'
' needy and deserving young peo-!
, pie.
VSgt. Earl L. Laflex
Serving In Vietnam
WITH U. S. COMBAT AIR
FORCES, Vietnam — Technical;
Sergeant Earl L. Laflex, son of
Mr. and Mr.s. Frank F. Laflex of
Rt. 1, Gilman, Wis., is on duty at
Qui Nhon Army Air Field. Viet
nam. Sergeant Laflex, a first
sergeant, is a member of the Pa
cific Air Forces which provide
.offensive-defensive airpower for
the U. S. ard its allies in the Pa
ci r i •, Fa. East and Southeast Asia
Before his arrival in Southeast
Aria, he was assigned to Laugh
lin AFB, Tex. The sergeant serv- ■
ed during the Korean War. He is
a graduate of Thorpe (Wis) High
School. His wife, Omie, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Sheppard of Lumber City. |
DEATHS
Mrs. Terry Rich—Swainsboro
Mrs. Lola Knowles—Mcßae Ri. 2
Mrs. Virginia Adams—Glenwood
James Meadows—Ailey
Mrs. Leon FolsOm—Atlanta
Pfc. George Hatter —Hazlehurst
James Brice Walker—Jones Co.
Frederick M. Liggett—
Hawkinsville
Bill M. Coody—Valdosta
Subscribe to the Eagle.
FRIDAY. MAY 19, 1967
Wheeler County High ■
Sponsoring Fish Fry
On Friday, May 18
The Wheeler. County High School
P.T.A. is sponsoring a fish fry on
Friday evening from 5:30 until 8
p.m. at the cafetorium,
, Tickets are on sale now by the
; Home Economics gii’ls and at
Cuil’s Pharmacy and, the Wheeler
, County State Bank. PL.tes for
only 125 people will be prepared,
so get your ticket N-O-W.
The school band concert will be
, at 8 p.m. in the gym. Come early,
have supper, and attend the con
; cert. . • . : :' ,
Wheeler Co. Future
Homemakers Elect
Officers For 1967-68
Cn Wednesday, May 10, the*
i Wheeler County High Future!
Homemakers of America held 1
* I
I their regular meeting in the high ■
। school gymnasium. The faculty, |
I ■ grades 7th through 12th, and 1 Rev. i
: Raymond Wilder, minister of Ala-!
!mo Methodist Ohiurch, were the j
: guests of the meeting. The follow-1
I inig officers for the school year!
11967-68 were installed:
President, Amrita Strickland;!
i Vice-President, Gail Thomas; Sec-j
I tary, Anne Johnson; Treasurer,!
। Sarah Montford; Publicity Chair- ■
| men, Brenda Clarke and Paulette i
'Dixon; Program Chairman, Su-;
| zanne Gilder, Co-Chairman, Wil-i
;ma Sightler; Chairman of Music;
|and Recreation, Elizabeth Pickle;
| Chairman of Degrees, Rita Towns
। and Louise Stinson; Chairmen of
: Projects, Scarlett Spires and
'Elaine Joiner; Parliamentarian.
| Hazel Adams; Historian, Justine I
| Clarke; Social Chairmen, Kathy i
| Green and .Mary Dyar; Chairman •
of Honor Roll, Helen Harrelson;'
; Photographer, Elaine Thomas. |
On behalf of the Future Home-'
makers and herself, Mrs. Ruth C. 1
| Humphrey, the advisor, presented
• gifts to the following seniors for j
' their outstanding work in FHA'
| during their years in the club: j
Patsy Adams, 2; Mackie Bar-'
| wick, 2; Shelia Behalter, 4; Daph-1
ine Clarke, 5; Mildred Graham, 3;
I Sherrye Harbin, 5; Brenda Har-;
। ville, 3; Shelia Melvin, 5; Eliza-,
' beth Morrison, 4; Martha Shep-1
pard. 5; Sue Sikes, 5: Donna
: Smith, 4; Agnes Stinson, 5; Kay!
Webster, 5.
After ithe creed was recited, the I
■ meeting was adjourned.
Summer Quarter
At Georgia College
To Start lune 12
Summer quarter at Georgia;
■ College at Milledgeville official-'
Ity opens with registration- on i
(Monday, June 12. First classes
convene the next day. The an- i
nouncement came from Linton
; Cox, registrar and director of ad-
I missions.
All former students and new:
| applicants should apply for ad-1
I mission as soon as possible. Stu- j
; dents who have not previously at- ■
i tended GC are required to come;
I to the school for a personal inter-!
j view before the opening of the [
i Summer Quarter.
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Nation’s Outstanding Young Farmers
M
The nation’s four Outstanding Young Farmers of 1966-67, and
Andrew A. Urban of the National LP-Gas Association, who with
the U. S. Jaycees, sponsor the annual event.
From left to right are Joe Galleano, 35, of Madera, California;
James E. Machek, 34, of East
Palatka, Florida; Urban; Wil
liam J. Richards, 35, of Circle
ville, Ohio, and Peter C. Myers,
35, of Canalou, Missouri.
Galleano over a span of years
has built his operation from
120 to 964 tillable acres, on
which he raises cotton, alfalfa,
beans, oats, hot house toma
toes, and potatoes.
Machek is the world’s largest
grower of cut flowers, which
he supplies to commercial
florists.
Myers started in the business
of farming with an agricultural
degree and $2500 savings which
he spent as down payment on
10 cows and a second hand trac
tor. Today he has a herd of 450
SINGLE COPY 5c
Talmadge Hails New Atomic Food
Processing Plan In Savannah Address
U. S. Sen. Henman E. Talmadge I
said that atom-ic irradiation ex-1
periments applied to food presevr,
vation at a new laboratory in Sa-'
vanrnah “may soon open up the
first really new food processing!
method since canning some 150
years ago.’’
The senator addressed a lunch-1
eon held in connection with the.
dedication of a pilot-scale atomic
irradiator at the U. S. Depart-'
ment of Agriculture's Stored Prod
ucts Insect Research and Develop-!
ment Laboratory in Savannah. !
The facility, to be operated as i
a cooperative effort of the De-;
partment of Agriculture and the
I Atomic Energy Commission, will
■ be used to experiment with the
; possibility of controlling insects |
■ | and disease bacteria in stored I
j grain and packaged food through I
| gamma irradiation.
I Describing the process as “an;
| historic technology which will I
| take its place alongside other;
i food processing methods such as j
I j
Harvesting Small
Important Stage |
By David H. Williams
The harvesting of your small I
I grains l is one of the most impor
■ tant stages of production.
Oats harvested' with a combine,
should- be thoroughly mature and
: dry so that they will not heat.
Moisture content should be 14,
percent or less, and oats should;
Jbe cut for hay in the late milk;
or early dough stage.
When combining wheal, seed!
j should be fully mature and dry J
Moisture icon-tenit should be |
around 14 percent or less.
। Rye should also be combined I
w-hen the grain is fully mature I
'and dry.
If you are to store any small ,
I -grains on your place, make sure |
; they are handled properly so that J
j they do not heat, amid- -make sure i
' they are stored in such manner
: that insect pests will not harm
them.
Pfc. Bobby Culver
Serving In Vietnam
Army Private First Class Bobby
; Culver, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac Culver, Route 1, Glenwood,
i arrived at Di An, Vietnam, base
| eamp of the Ist Infantry- Division,
| April 29.
Before being assigned to a
specific 'unit, he received special
ized jungle training with the di
vision.
i Training included field sanita-1
tion, civil affairs, mine and booby I
trap familiarization-, reconmis-!,
; sance and ambush patrolling. He
i is a rifleman.
' I .
Harrelson Family
Reunion May 21
i
I The annual Harrelson Family
■ Reunion will be held Sunday, May \
: 21, at the Little Ocmul-gee State
! Park. All Harrelson- relatives are!
I Invited to attend along with their!
Ifam’lies and bring a picnic -lunch.
cattle on his 1100-acre farm,
and in addition raises cotton,
com, wheat, and soybeans.
Richards started with an agri
cultural degree and debts of
$25,000 which he repaid in four
years from his farming opera
tion and today operates a 1600-
acre cattle and corn farm.
The four were chosen from
a field of 46 Outstanding Young
Farmers from as many states,
at the annual awards program
at Harrisonburg, Virginia. The
state representatives were sur
vivors of an original field of 12,-
000 Outstanding Young Farm
ers participating in programs
in some 1200 communities the
length and breadth of the
country.
NUMBER. 6
I canning, freezing and drying/”
| Sen. Talmadge said “this facility
| provides an excellent example of
' one of the many present and”
promisintg peaceful- uses of atamic
i energy, -arid we are proud of its
location in S-avann-ah.”
‘ Pointing out the program’s sig-
I nificain-ce, he declared that “two
thirds of the world’s people—
! more than two billion people-—
suffer from hunger and malnutri
tion, and a large par t of the bur-
| den of feeding the world is failing
|on the United States. Something
; must happen-, and soon, to meet
| the world food problem.” He
1 added:
“Radiation processing of foods
; is not expected to be a cure-aH,
; but it can contribute significantly
to an increased and improved
: food supply, by the rrri-uction of’
i food losses through insect and:
; bacteria control. It is being unriier
‘ taken to extend storage life, cam
trol viruses, reduce food spoilage,
■ and in general to enable a better
and more healthy product ta
| reach consumers.”
Sen. Talmadge noted that “an
i important aspect of the system is;-
that the food never comes in
I contact with any of the radiation"
| source and radioactivity is no-t
• added to the food supply.”
He also stated that there would
be “a full and careful analysis to
i assure that irradiated foods are
| proved safe beyond a reasonable
doubt,” and the U. S. Food' andr’
| Drug Administration would ap
prove a specific application, of
I the process “only after painstak
i ing research ®nd' testing.”
$418,160 Funds
For State Projects
Given Approval
| The Appalachian Regional Com
| mission has approved grants total
; ing $418,160 to assist in financing
i sewerage treatment projects in
Bremen and Carrollton, it was an
nounced by Gov. Lester G. Mad
dox.
Biemen will get $143,160 from
one section and $175,000 from an
other. Its project cost of $477.2fifl
j will be supplemented- by $159,04®-
in local ifunds.
Carrollton -will get SIOO,OOO its
Appalachian funds to help fi
nance its $318,000 project. Other
funds will include $122,600 local
ly and $95,400 from the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act.
Final approval must still come
from the Secretary of Commerce-.
Then implementation is carried
ouit by the Secretary of the In
terior under the act.
GRAZING PROBLEMS
Millet may be the answer to
' your summer grazing problems..
I Extension Service specialists at
' the University of Georgia point
'out that millet will relieve the
: pressure on permanent pastures^
; especially during dry periods.
FOND MANAGEMENT
A productive pond is one that
' has been properly constructed,
j fertilized, cultivated and harvest
। ed, according to Dave Almanrir
! Extension Service wildlife spec
| ialist. If you neglect any one oF
! these four factors, the pond wiß'
! not be the fish pond that can.
make it a moneymaker.
I
Egg production in Georgia last
year set a new record of approxi
mately 414 billion eggs. Extension
Service poultry scientists point
out that the state now ranks sec
ond mationally in egg production:
Georgia Heart Asso.
To Hold Meeting
The Nineteenth Annual Meeti
ing of the Georgia Heart Associa
tion will be held May 27 at the
Marriott Motor Hotel in Atlanta.
The theme of the program will be
“Better Your Odds”, and wiH deal
with the preventive aspects ofc-‘
coronary diseases, or risk factors:.
Tyus Butler, Director of Alum
ni Relations at the University of'
Georgia, and chairman of GHA'sc
Annual Meeting .Committee, will,
preside over the meeting, which is'
expected to attract nearly 200 out
standing “Heart Leaders” from.
throughout Georgia.