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VOLUME 53
Jury List For
October Term
Superior Cour!
GRAND JURY
To Report October Sth, 10 A.M.
Hilton Smith, Carnette Wright,
R. U. Bell. R L. Thomas, Walter
E. Gillis, V. D. McNeal, Harry,
White. Sarah I. Clark, Vernon
Edge, Hilton McAtan, Roy Ad
ams. Vonnie D. Robinson. W. J.
Mitchell.
D. J. Sears, Marcus Bomar, C.
H. Dixon, J J. Pope. J. Troy
Mimbs. Harper Ennis, Coney M.
Wilcher, Ralph Gillis, James M.
Adams. J. O. Perdue. R. E. Tu
ten, Jr., L. S. Seabolt.
TRAVERSE JURY
To Report Tuesday, October 10th,
9:00 A.M.
Mrs. Morris Jenkins, Mrs. W. O.
Goss, Willie Nobles, Mrs. D. L.
Griffin. Mildred B. Hall, Mrs. T.
A. Morrison, Hughie E. Harrelson,
Jimmy Couey, L. N. Foskey,
Truitt H. Crawford, James M.
Fields, Mrs. Truitt H. Crawford,
Dewey Edison Cravey, Richard B.
Tuten, Gus Strong, Clif fo 1 a
Browning, William H. Thomas,
Jr.
Mrs. J. L. Bell, Herbert Tuten.
W. R. Wright, Jr., Mrs. W. Pres
ton White. Jacob A. Clark, Hilton
Mcßae, E. F. Webster. Mrs. Louie
Varnadoe, Harold M. Clark, Ron
ald Rhodes, 0. R. Dixon. Jr.,
Louise Harville, Bobby L. Grimes,
Christine Wilson, Mrs. Eulus
Webster, Mrs. Hilton McAlum,
Mrs. D. J. Hartley.
J. T. Manus, James E. White,
Jr.. J. C. Lee, Mrs. Emmit Cur
rie. Jerrelle Harris, Mrs. Hilton
Smith. Paul Hinson, Mrs. Tal
madge Benton, Mrs. J. H. Mitch
ell, W. M. Harrelson. Mrs. H. E.
Clark. J. W. Lord, Cathy Lee
Johnson, Oris Baswell, J. C. Sam
mons. Willis Cox.
Mrs. D. J. Hartley, Mrs. Harry
G. Clark, Vernon W. Hartley,
Mrs. E. B. Dowdy, Mrs. H. C. Ho
gan. R. L. Wilkinson, Woodrow
J Spires, Mrs. Jack Fulford, A. B.
Grimes, Jr., H. S. McNeal, Mrs.
Audrey Cox, T. K. Browning.
Mrs. Azalea Wilson, Dorothy Ful
ford, Betty Jean Gilder, Mrs. L.
D. Currie, Jefferson E. Burkhalt
er.
Columbus Day To
Be Holiday In Ga.
Gov. Lester G. Maddox has de
clared Columbus Day, Thursday,
October 12, a legal holiday in
Georgia. The State Capitol and
all state departments will be clos
ed.
Georgia statute provides that
each year the anniversary of the
date that Columbus discovered
America be observed as a public
holiday.
It was on October 12, 1492, that
Columbus reached the shores of
an Island of the Bahamas which
was later named San Salvador.
Mss Vicki Gross
At Ga. Southern
Miss Vicki Gross, sophomore.
Elementary Education major from
Alamo, has been named treasurer
of Deal Hall House Council at
Georgia Southern College, States
boro. Deal is a residence hall for
GSC students.
Miss Gross, a 1966 graduate of
Wheeler High School is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F.
Gross of Alamo.
Advertise in the Eagle.
Wheeler County Sportsman Club To
Sponsor Gun Safety Program for Boys
The Wheeler County Sports
man Club will sponsor a series of
Gun Safety meetings for Wheel
er County boys, ages 12 through
15 years.
The first meeting will be held
at the American Legion Post in
Alamo. Saturday, October 21. at
1:00 p.m. All boys are urged to at
tend.
Each boy should bring a .22 cal.
rifle if he has one. Rifles will be
furnished for those not having
one. Targets and ammunition will
be furnished.
After a series of Safety Meet
ings a shooting match will be
Wheeler County Eagle
u
I
HEAD TABLE TICKETS for the sth annual Cracker Crum
-1 ble are accepted by Governor Lester Maddox from Louis
Harris, President of Georgia Press Association, sponsor of
the political satire dinner show, October 28th at the Atlanta
Marriott Motor Hotel. The governor will join state political[
and business leaders in forming the target of the spoof, the
proceeds of which finance the scholarship program of GPA.
Georgia Stale Fair At Macon [
Set To Open Monday, October 16
A panorama of the best in Geor
gia agricultural products, live
stock, homemaking exhibits and
industry will be brought together
in Macon for the 112th Georgia
State Fair, October 16-21 at Cen
tral City Park.
Under management of the Ma
ecn Exchange Club, the fair, old
est in the state, is a non-profit
operation. Premiums totalling ap
proximately $25,000 will be offer
ed to fair exhibitors this year.
The Georgia State Fair’s live
stock shows will feature some of
the best cattle and swine in the
state. The week’s livestock shows
will be concluded with a “Parade
of Champions” on Friday night,
with all first place winners on 1
parade. This will offer fair pa
trons an excellent opportunity to
see the best animals at one time.
The Poultry Show will be judg
ed on Tuesday and it promises to i
fulfill all expectations. As usual, i
interest in this show is very high.
County agricultural exhibits I;
will come in for their large share [
of interest, with a total of $3,375 ['
in cash p’'emiums offered. The ex-1
hibits will be show windows dis-11
playing the county’s agricultural [.
interest and products. I.
In the Woman’s Department
there will be outstanding exam- ,
pies of arts, crafts, needlework [
and textiles. The National Wool
Needlework contest is expected
to draw keen competition. This
year, in addition to a grand na
tional champion who will receive
SI,OOO plus a free trip to New 1
Yoik for two persons, there will :
also be a Teen National Cham
pion. The teen champion will I
receive S2OO and a three day trip j
to New York for two. :
In the Fair’s Autumn Flower 1
Show outstanding horticultural j
specimens will be on display, and ;
many beautiful potted plants will 1
be entered. The theme of the Ar
tistic Division is “Gone With The ]
Wind,” and competition in ar- i
raneements is expected to bell
[ held. The 12 and 13 year olds
will compete against each other
and the 14 and 15 year olds will
compete against each other.
Awards will be given to the high
est scores. Only those boys par-
[ ticipating in the Safety Meetings
[ will be eligible for the shooting
I matches.
Plan now to attend these im
; pertant meetings. Learn how to
| safely handle firearms and also
[ how to shoot accurately.
For additional information con
[ tact Ramon Meguiar or David
' Williams in Alamo.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
keen.
An excellent art show, photog-!
raphy, crafts by the blind, model;
airplanes, gems, minerals and sos- [
sils are some of the additional I
features of the fair.
Amusements of America will:
provide fun and entertainment
on the midway, billed as the
“brightest midway on earth.” The
free Grandstand shows, presented ,
twice each night, will feature [
“Pearls of the Pacific” with six
native entertainers providing
Polynesian music, songs and
dances. These, along with other
outstanding variety acts will thrill |
the entire family. At 10:30 each[
night there will be a huge display [
of fireworks.
The Macon Exchange Club now'
has advance tickets on sale, offer-[
ing a savings of $1 per book of
tickets over gate prices. The book [
of tickets, at $2.50 each may be
ordered from the Georgia State
Fair, P. O. Box 5260. Macon, Geor
gia, 31208.
i
Wheeler Co. Library
Club Holds First
Meeting Sept. 28
The Wheeler County High Li-; 1
brary Club held its first meeting ■
Sept. 28 in the library. The meet
ing was called to order by the ।
president, Anne Johnson.
The program included discus
sions of the opportunities andl :
qualifications of student librari
ans.
Anita Strickland in her talk on
the opportunities of a librarian
pointed out that a student librari-;
an becomes more familiar with
books;, has the opportunity to ex- <
plore vocational interests, and
provides increased and improved
(
library service to the school.
Kathy Greene continued the
program by enumerating some
of the qualifications of a student [
librarian. Among these were sat-
isfactory grades in all subjects,
interest in books, willingness to'
work cheerfully at a scheduled (
time, and enrollment in the Li
brary Science course.
Mrs. Johnson then discussed the
activities to 'be carried out in the
coming year. The following com
mittees were appointed: program,
project, scrapbook, biuJl et i n
board and constitution.
The meeting was then adjourn
ed.
Reporter, Ann Grimes
News Brief
Hildreth Edward Stephens, 45,
of Lumber City, died Saturday
night when he was struck by a
car on U.S. 1, about three miles
from Waycross.
"Keep Wheeler County Green.* <
Second Arrest
Made In Bogus
S2O Bill Case
A Lyons man has been releas
ed on $5,000 bond lor allegedly
passing counterfeit S2O bills in
Bacon County. He is Buster Ed
; wards, who was arrested in Ly
■ ons by GiBI Agent Charlie Brown.
Brown notified Sheriff Russell
Tanner of the arrest and Tanner
' returned Edwards to Alma, where
Justice of the Peace R. E. Lawson
set the bond.
Tanner said Edwards was
charged with possessing and pass
ing the bogus money.
Sheriff Tanned said Edwards
I passed a S2O bill when he made
'a $1 gasoline purchase at the
Dave Murphy Service Station on
U.S. 1 north of Alma Sunday. He
I said Edwards then allegedly pro
ceeded to the Wayside Grocery
' and gave owner Lewin Wheeler a
' counterfeit S2O to pay for another
isl gasoline purchase.
i Wheeler checked the numbers
lof the bill against numbers of
counterfeit bills given to area
merchants by the U.S. Treasury
Department and the GBI. He then
I told Edwards that the bill was no
। good and Edwards 'then gave
Wheeler four quarters to pay for
I the gas.
Wheeler took the license num
iber of a pickup truck being driv
| en by Edwards and called the Ba
[ con Sheriff’s Department. Tanner
I took a description of the truck
| from Wheeler and posted a look
[ out. The truck was not located,
[but Tanner traced the ownership
i of the vehicle to Edwards through
the license number obtained from
Wheeler.
[ A female companion with Ed
i wards at the time the counterfeit
bills were passed has not been
' charged, according to the sheriff.
ASCS Community
Committee Named
Farmers recently named to
I service as the Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Wheel
:er County Committee are: J. O.
Perdue, Alamo community, chair
। man, one year; Julian Smith, Shi
[ loh community, vice chairman
[three years; A. L. Joyce, Glen-
I wood community, member, two
years. Alternates elected were
i Colon Calrk, Glenwood commun-
I ity and Hollis Johnson, Alamo,
, community.
: The 1968 election was held at
a county convention Sept. 26 at
Wheeler ASCS County office.
Electors were farmers chosen as
[convention delegates at recent
AiSC community committee elec-
; lions throughout the county.
Chairman J. D. Perdue, points
out that the ASC county and com
munity farmer committees are
in charge of local administration
of such national farm programs
as the Agricultural Conseravtion
Program, the Cropland Adjust
ment Program, the feed grain
program, the voluntarj wheat
program, the upland cotton diver-1
sion program, acreage allotments [
and marketing quotas, commodity
price - support loans, and storage
facility loans.
The ASCS county office at Ala-1
mo is headquarters for the county j
committee, and serves as the |
farmers’ local contact for business
connected with participation in
the programs administered by the [
committees. These programs en-i
courage conservation and increase [
farmer returns by means of price ■
support and market supply - man
agement, as well as by payments.'
Cross - Roads Home
Economics Club
The Cross - Roads Home Eco
nomics Club met Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. Maud Foskey with
nine ladies present.
The president, Mrs. G. E. Cur-;
rie, presided ,and after the devo
tional, given by the hostess, the
roll call was given and the min
utes of the last meeting were
read.
A program on new methods of
house cleaning was carried out.
Plans for the new year were
made. A trip to Jekyll Island
was discussed.
During the social hour delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess. The meeting then ad
journed.
Mrs. N. A. Wynn, Reporter
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6. 1967
David Gibbs To
Go To Washington
To Accept Awards
David N. Gibbs of Alamo, will
travel to Washington, D.C., this
month to accept on behalf of the
Georgia Military College compa
[ ny of the Association of the Unit
ed States Army, one of six na
tional awards to be presented at
the annual AUS A convention.
The special! certificate, .for
which some 72 AUSA companies
from throughout the nation com
peted, will be awarded GMA. Mil
' ledgeville, at ceremonies in Wash
, ington’s Sheraton Park Hotel on
'iOct. 9. Accompanying Cadet
। Capt. Gibbs on the trip will be
! Cadets Richard Durden of Mil
;I ledgeville, Joseph Milford of Au
' i gusta and Major Donald B. Smith,
Jr., faculty advisor to the GMA
1 company.
‘ [ Cadet Gibbs, who was named
I this year as assistant to the com
’ mandant of the 89th Cadet Bat-
1 I talion, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
' [ Thad N. Gibbs of Alamo.
New Parsonage
[ I Consecrated By
(Glenwood Methodists
October 1 will long be remem
.! bered tby the Glenwood and
Landsburg Methodist Churches.
After the morning worship serv
ice, presided over by the pastor,
. j Rev. Rudolph Grantham, the first
.! quarterly conference was held by
[ the Rev. Bernard L. Brown, Dub
. j lin District Superintendent, and a
I covered dish dinner followed.
At 1:30 p.m., a Parsonage Con
-11 secration Service was conducted
11 by Rev. Brown on the steps of
[ the new parsonage. The service
[ began with a call to worship and
J prayer of Thanksgiving. Thomas
i i Owens accompanied by Mrs.
. [ Maude Cook Thompson sang,
[ “Bless This House.’’ Rev. Brown,
on behalf of the South Georgia
Conference congratulated the
charge for the construction of
the home for the parsonage fami
lies. The service was concluded
with a prayer of consercation and
' I benediction.
j Immediately following the con
| secration service Open House was [
i held for members, former mem- [
[ bers and friends. Over 125 guests :
i attended.
The brick veneer home of tra
’l . i
j ditional styling has a spacious ;
| living - dining room combination, I
i a study, three bedrooms, two [
I baths, a kitchen - family room i
j combination, laundry and utility |
[ room and carport.
Mrs. Lowell Clark, Reporter i
I
। —
[Four Georgians
Killed In Vietnam
WASHINGTON — The Defense
! Department announces recently:
I the names of four Georgia Ma- ’
1 rines killed in action in the Viet-
I nam war.
; They were Lance Cpl. Willie
I Greene, son of Mr. and Mrs.,
j Aaron Greene of Macon; Cpl. Wil- :
lard P. Woods, son of Mr. and :
। Mrs. Guy R. Woods of Rte. 3.
I Jesup; Pfc. Otis L. Bush, son of.
[Mr. and Mrs. Miller B. Bush of
Mcßae and Pfc. Troy W. Cokley,
[son of Julia Roberson of Savan
nah. ;
Adequate soil moisture for fall.
'vegetable plantings can mean the [
[difference between losing or mak- [
[ ing the crop. A constant supply [
। of adequate soil moisture is neces- '
: sary to obtain maximum yields.
BULLDOWS WIN AGAIN!
The Wheeler County Bulldogs
won the third ball game of its
young life Saturday night by
shutting out the Treutlen Coun
ty Panthers 10-0. The score was
no real indication of the type of
game that was played. Repeated
a Wheeler defense, led by main
stays Wally Adams, David Walk
er, Gary Clark and Robert Hart
ley held Treutlen for almost no
gain. The Bulldogs ran almost
twice as many plays as the Panth
ers and led them in first downs
14-7. Wheeler also led in yards
rushing by 203-101.
The scoring started late in the
first quarter when Wally Adams
put his educated toe into the
ball for a 29 yard field goal to
send the Bulldogs out in front 3-0.
The Bulldogs threatened again
SINGLE COPY 5c
National FFA Convention To Be
Held In Kansas City October 10-13
Over 200 Georgia Future Farm- I
ers of America and adult leaders
will leave Atlanta Monday, Oct. I
9, for the National FFA Conven
tion in Kansas Citv. Mo.
The 40th annual Convention,
which convenes Tuesday night,
October 10, is expected to attract
over 11,000 FFA members from
over the U.S. and several foreign
countries.
This will be a .big year for the
Georgia FFA’ers and their advis
ors. A number of them will step
in the spotlight to receive Nation
al and Regional awards. Honor
ary American Farmer Degrees
will go to five Georgians and
Distinguished Service Awards to
three others.
One of the top four awards in
the nation will go to a Lowdes [
County Future Farmer. Bill Rob- 1
erts of Hahira, will be recognized I
as the Star Farmer of the South- [
ern Region and will be judged in [
Kansas City for the Star Farmer '
of America title. This coveted i
। award is recognized to be the top [
I in FFA.
1; Heading the Georgia delegation ,
[at the convention this year as of
[ficial delegates will be Albert [
[Wildes, Hazlehurst, State FFA
President and Eddie Holbrooks, ।
Alamo Methodists
To Hold Revival
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r IMk ’Wfr*- —** jS|
1
REV. W. HAYMOND
WILDER, SR.
[ The Alamo Methodist Church
[will begin revival services ati
17:30 p.m. Sunday evening. The;
[guest minister will be the Rev. W.
; Raymond Wilder, Sr., pastor of
[ the South Columbus Methodist
I Church of Columbus. Rev. Wild
[er the father of the host pastor. I
1 A native of Macon, he has served
। churches in the Pacific Northwest
[ for over 20 years. He is a gradu
: ate of Asbury College and Semi-;
:nary of Wilmore, Ky. Rev. Wilder
. has served as pastor at the Cokes- [
bury Church of Savannah, the Mc-
Kendree Church of Brunswick,
before coming to the South Co
lumbus church in which he has
I served five and one-half years.
The guest minister will also
[ serve as song leader and soloist
curing the evening services. Mrs. [
Wilder will provide special mus- [
ic on the vibra-harp.
Morning services will be held at I
;10 o’clock Monday through Fri- [
'day. Rev. Wilder will bring a:
, series of Bible study messages on
“Fulfillment of Bible Prophecies
in the Light of Modern Times.”
[ Everyone is invited to attend
I each of these services, concluding
on Friday evening, Oct. 13.
and again but just couldn’t seem i
to break the ice until late in the [
fourth quarter when Lon Tan- [
ner covered a fumble on the I
Treutlen County 38 yard line. Six ■
plays later Quarterback Mike i
Seabolt scored on a 4 yard run ;
around left end and Wally Adams;
added the extra point to make it
10-0.
Wheeler’s offense was led by
the hard running of ”'ony Edge [
and Mike Seabolt.
The Bulldogs will be back in I
Wheeler County this Saturday at.
8:00 against the Jeff Davis Yellow
Jackets. I join the coaches and I
players in asking you and all of
your friends to come out and help [
cheer the Bulldogs to victory.
Cosby Benton 1
NUMBER 28
I Demorest, 1966-67 State Presi
[ dent. Two delegates from each..
[ State form the Convention voting:
bodj. Jerry Bowman, State Vice- -
president from Ringgold wiMI.
serve as alternate delegate.
Cullen Starnes
Killed In Vietnam
Word was received here Satur
day that Cullen Starnes, 37, form
erly of Mcßae, was killed! in-
Vietnam.
Mr. Starnes was the son of Mrs.
C. G. Starnes of Mcßae and the
husband of Mrs. Betty FtiHer
Starnes of Atlanta, formerly of
Mcßae.
Lt. Col. Kelly A Purvis
Participates In
Operation Bold Shot
' ABILENE, Tex. — Lieutenant-
Colonel Kelly A. Purvis, of Glen
wood .participated in operation
“Bold Shot 11-68,” recently con-
1 eluded in the Southwestern Unit
ed States.
Colonel Purvis, a filght com
: mander and pilot, was a memfee.r
। of the Tactical Air Command! con
tingent from Dyess AFB, Tex.,,
, that flew C-130 Hercules trans
ports during the U.S. Strike Cam
|mand airborne training exercise
involving some 1,400 U.S. Air
Force-Army personnel.
Staged l from Mac Dill AFB,( Fla.,
i the maneuver included air drop ■
and landing assaults near Ft. Car
son, Colo.; Ft. Hood, Tex., Fl.
Huachuca, Ariz.; and Carmor.
j AFB, N.M., under simulated at
: tack by mock aggressor guerrilla,
i forces. Bold Shot was one of a .
continuing series of maneuvers to
test the combat readiness of Air
I Force tactical airlift units andi
[ Army airborne forces.
Colonel Purvis was commissiom
[ed in 1944 through the aviatio*?
cadet program and served in the
European Theatre of Operations'
.during World War 11.
He is a 1937 graduate of Glen
i wood High School.
His wife, Elloys, is the dau^h
[ ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Evans.
Jr. of lowa Park Texas.
Univ, of Georgia
Student Found Dead
At Fraternity House
A 19-year-old University of
Georgia student was found shot to
death early Friday in a fraternity
' house, where he lived.
Clarke County Coroner Nile R.
Clark said the victim, Christoph
er Williams Caldwell. Jr., a soph
i omore from Lookout Mountain.
! Tenn., had been shot in the right •
temple. He said a .32 caliber pis
tol was fpund near the body.
The coroner said the body was:
found in a hallway about 3 a-UKt...
outside the youth’s room in the'
Chi Pi house on South Lumpkins ;
St. in Athens,
i An autopsy was performed by-’
[ Dr, James Clay, the county medi
cal examiner, and the coroner '
; said an inquest would be held in,
i aibout two weeks.
। Caldwell was the son of Mrs.-
Joanne Johnson Caldwell of'
Lookout Mountain and C. W:
Caldwelil. Sr., of St. Petersburg,
Fla.
Revival Services At
At Bethel Baptist
i
Revival services will begin al
[ Bethel Baptist Church on Mon
day, Oct. 9, and run through Sun
[day, Oct. 15. Services will be
I each night at 8 p.m., with 'Sunday
• morning services at 11 a.m.
The Rev. Carl Knowles of VL
, dalia will be the evangelist. Ev
eryone is cordially invited to at
tend.
NATURE'S BRUSH
Why is an apple sometimes call- ■
[ed “Nature’s Toothbrush?” Mis®
; Nelle Thrash, home economist;'
with the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service, saysr
; its because eating a juicy, crisp,
fresh apple cleans the teeth and.-,
massages the gums.
Life is made easier by the waj"
lone takes it!