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VOLUME 53
Maj. Starnes
Dies In Crash
In Vietnam
Maj. Cullen G. Starnes, Jr., 37,
died Setptember 29 -when the
plane he was piloting caught fire
and crashed near Chulai, South
Vietnam. He had been in Viet
nam two months.
His wife, the former Betty
Fuller, is president of the DeKalb
Education Association.
Maj. Starnes, a Marine Corps
jet pilot, had ordered his copilot
to eject from the plane and was
unable to get out himself because
of the low altitude. The copilot
was injured in the fall.
A 1953 graduate of Georgia
Tech, Maj. Starnes had been in
the Marine Corps for 13 years.
He was born in Mcßae, and at
tended the former Georgia Mili
tary Academy. At Georgia Tech,
he was a member of Phi Delta
Theta fraternity. He attended
Clairmont Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Starnes, who lives at 3144A
Briarcliff Road, N.E., is a teach
er at Oak Grove Elementary
School.
In addition to his wife, he is
survived by a daughter, Mary-
Catherine Starnes, and a son, Wil
liam Carey Starnes, both of At
lanta and his mother, Mrs. Helen
M. Starnes of Mcßae.
Bulldogs Take Sting
Out Os Yellow Jackets
The Jeff Davis Yellow Jackets
invaded “Death Valley,” as
Wheeler’s football stadium is call
ed by the students, and left drag
ging their stingers behind them
after a great effort from an un
believaible football team had beat
en them. Coach Fontaine Brew
ton’s charges have now won three
in a row.
Wheeler added the efforts of a
fine defense and the hard running
of three different backs to beat
the Yellow Jackets. The game
started out as a rout by Jeff Da
vis and before the Bulldogs could
get going they found themselves
behind 7-0.
But, just to show they weren’t
dead, on the next series of downs,
Wheeler halfback Tony Edge rac
ed around right end behind terri
fic blocking and didn't stop until
he had covered 74 yards and scor
ed. Before the roar of the crowd
had died, Wally Adams put the
ball through the uprights to make
it 7-7.
Wheeler’s defense held and
again Wheeler had the ball. This
time it was the running of Mike
Dixon and the passing of Skip
Clark that led Wheeler down to
the Jeff Davis goal line, the big
play being a 29 yard pass from
Clark to Dixon. Clark scored on
a quarterback sneak from the one
and Wally Adams kicked the
point after to make it 14-7 at the
half.
In the third quarter. Jeff Davis
began to move and before the
defense could get settled, had
scored. But this only served to
infuriate the Wheeler defense as
they rose uo and stopped the ex
tra point try to make it 14-13.
Wheeler.
As t turned out. this was
enough, but no one told fullback
Mike Chambers and he raced 54
yards straight up the middle to
score Wheeler's third touchdown.
Wally Adams kicked his fourth
straight extra point and Wheeler
had their winning margin.
But Wheeler’s defense s till
wasn’t through. With only two
minutes left on the scoreboard
clock and Jeff Davis with the ball
on the Wheeler five yard line, the
Bulldogs defense led by Robert
Hartley, David Walker and Ernie
Dyal, rose up again and stopped
the Yellow Jackets which was
just icing on Wheeler’s cake.
Wheeler County is now 3-1 and
have never been beaten in their
own stadium. The next scheduled
game is Friday, Oct. 13. with
Treutlen County, in Alamo, a
team the Bulldogs defeated ear
lier in the year.
Your support is greatly needed.
Come out and support a fine foot
ball team this Friday as they try
to keep their record in “Death
Valley" unblemished.
—Cosby Benton
Life is made easier by the way
one takes it!
Wheeler County Eagle
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Masons Confer Highest Honors
The Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the (
’ Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, has announced the conferral i
of its highest degree on Henry I Bailey and William M. Drin
. ’ non of Macon. The honor came to them at ceremonies in I
i Washington, D. C., on October 6. The degree is conferred on
I those who have made a significant contribution to Masonry [
and humanity.
Mr. Bailey, right in photo, is a past Master of Mabel Lodge:.
I No. 255, F.&A.M., and is currently serving as Junior Warden
of the Sixth Masonic District. He is also an active member[
of Hillcrest Methodist Church of which he was one of the
i I
. founders in 1943-
Mr. Drinnon, left in photo, is also a past Master of Mabel [
>[ Lodge, and past Monarch of Nocam Grotto. He is a mem
■: ber of the York Rite Bodies, and is presently Eminent Com
’ mander of St. Omer Commandry. In 1967, he was named to I
receive the Knight Templar Cross of Honor for the State!
of Georgia.
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Wheeler Counly Superior Gouri Makes
Presentments For October Term
Georgia, Wheeler County:
The Grand Jury for the Octo
ber Term of Wheeler Superior
Court was organized on October
9, 1967. R. U. Bell was elected
ioreman, R. E. Tuten, Jr., was
elected clerk and Arthur Tarpley
was elected bailiff.
After an inspiring and timely
charge by Judge O’Connor, the
Jury retired to the Grand Jury
Room to begin their deliberations.
The reports of the committees
appointed to examine county
building and equipment and coun
ty officers’ records are included
in these presentments and mark
ed Exhibit “A” and “B”.
We recommend that R. E. Tu
ten Jr. be paid $2.00 per day ex
tra for his services.
We recommend that these pre
sentments be published in the
Wheeler County Eagle and that
$15.00 be paid for this service.
We recomme-nd that the rate of
pay for Grand Jurors and Tra
verse Jurors for the year 1968 be
set at $5.00 per diem, and that
Bailiffs be paid at the rate of SB.OO
per diem.
County School Supt. W. S.
Clark gave a brief report of the
county school finances and also a
brief description of the grant from
the Danforth Foundation in the
amount of $507,519.00, all of
which provides additional educa
tional instruction in Wheeler
County Schools over a period of
five (5) years.
We commend all of our county
officials for the efficient manner
in which they conduct the affairs
of their offices.
We express our appreciation to
Judge O’Connor and to Solicitor
General Mullis for the efficient
manner in which they conduct the
affairs of our Court and for their
assistance to this body.
We commend Sheriff Johnson
for his faithful and diligent work
in helping our county to remain
morally clean and for this expert
assistance to this body.
This jury had under investiga
tion a total of twenty-eight in
dictments and we are pleased to
report that all of these matters
were acted upon and disposed of.
Respectfully Submitted,
R. U. Bell, Foreman
R. E. Tuten Jr., Clerk
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,
EXHIBIT A
We, the committee on public
records at the October Term of
Court, after inspection find all
j records and county offices in good
’ order and condition.
Sarah I. Clark
James M. Adams
Hilton McAlum
Walter E. Gillis
EXHIBIT B
We, the committee on Public
j County property at the October
; Term of Court, after inspection
[ find all property of said County
; in good order and condition.
Hilton Smith
R. L. Thomas
D. J. Sears
C. H. Dixon
The foregoing presentments re-
I ceived, approved, ordered spread
i upon the Minutes of the Court
and published as requested.
This 9th day of September, 1967.
James B. O’Connor
Judge
Albert D. Mullis
Solicitor General.
Union Camp School
Supply Awards Given
At County Fair
The following students were
winners o: the Union Camp
School Supply awards held on
’October 6 at the 1967 Ocmulgee
Fair:
Stanley LaFavor - M'cßae-He
. lena School
Don McDuffie - Mcßae-Helena
School.
Shirley Faye Brown - Telfair
County High School.
. Barbara Robinson - Wheeler
[County High School
Each of the students will re
। ceive an approximate one year
supply of “Write Right” school
[ materials. This prize will ’be pre-
I sented to these students during a
[home room period at their school
j within the next week.
DEATHS
Maj. Cullen Starnes- — Mcßae
Arthur L. Ross — Fitzgerald
Mrs. J. V. Pilcher, Albany
Mrs. Buddy M. Prickett
Mrs. J. L. Burgamy
W. T. (Bill) Fussell — Mcßae
Gordon Reduces i
Little Ocmulgee
Greens Fee
John 1.. Gordon, Director of me
Department of State Parks, has
agreed to a special rate on Greens.
Fees for the Little Ocmulgee Golf
Course at Little Ocmulge State-
Park. He feels that his special fee
will benefit people who would
like to play golf after work, but:
do not have time to play a full
18 holes.
Effective October 9. 1967 until
May 1, 1968. the following will be,
in effect: “From -3:30 p.m. until
dark the Greens Ae will be one!
dollar ($1.00) per nine holes.”
This decision by the Director!
indicates that he is interested in
making the facilities available to;
all persons who desire the use of
the stated-owned golf course. It is
hoped that everyone will utilize!
and enjoy these facilities.
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Maj. Cullen Starnes
Ser^Fces Saturday
Funeral services for Maj. Cui- !
len G. Starnes, 37, who was kill- j
ed in an airplane crash in Viet-1
nam, will be at 1 p. m. Saturday!
[at Mcßae Presbyterian Church. [
Burial will be in? Mount Ver-|
i non.
Glenwood School
Has Study Os
Living Things
The classrooms looked more!
- like a menagerie than a class- j
; room at the Glenwood Elemen-;
tary School recently, but it was!
i all in the interest of education. !
j The fourth, through the eighth :
i grades brought an assortment of I
|animals, insects, and plants to!
[school as part of -‘heir study of’
’ living things.
Besides observing the animals;
and insects, the classes studied!
’ the classification of them, made j
bulletin boards and murals about
! them, and read stories concern- -
ing them. No textbooks were 1
। used in the project. Reports from,
i research by students furnished;
the information on the varied!
;subjects and introduced many;
new words and ideas.
Joni Browning, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Browning Jr., |
brought their pet squirrel. He
promptly won the affections of I
students and teachers alike with!
the chatter and nut-grabbing. A
rooster, just old enough to crow,l
kept everyone wide awake and.
Melinda Fields’ two kittens, Twin
kle and Applesauce, purred con
tentedly at the abundance of at
tention 'rom so many children.
A frog, a snapping turtle, and
a lizard were brought but they[
made few friends. Neither did a
water moccasin contributed by
Ted Mercer. Their sole purpose
apparently was to serve as an ex-1
ample of cold-blooded species.
The collection also included
grasshoppers up to the size of a;
Georgia Thumper, a preying man- 1
tis, bees, a variety of bugs, and
a delicate butterfly. An ant colo
ny was established in a large jar
r and is -till being observed. A
large assortment of shell-, were
brought.
Disdaining the entire menagerie
was ;; lovely blue parakeet called
Blue Boy which turned somer
saults and hid himself in the pa
per in his cage. He rules the
roost because he is a regular
member of the fifth grade class
who bought him with money won
at PTA.
A field trip to observe the liv
ing things on campus climaxed
what the students described as!
one of the most inteersting proj
ects that they had ever had. All
the animals were released when
they appeared to be suffering
from the unaccustomed captivity.
The squirrel was returned to the;
large cage he shares with his sis
ter on the back porch of the’
Browning home.
There was a large variety of
; seeds, plants and leaves. This
phase of the project is continuing
to include a broader study of
plant life.
Working with the students on
the project were Mrs. Charlo.-
Dixon, Mrs. Mackie Simpson.
; Mrs. Fred Lord and Mrs. Marjorie
1 Adams.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1967
Bill Cartwright Wins
First Place In
State Tractor Driving
! Bill Cartwright, son of J. D.
Cartwright of Rt. 1, Glenwood,
! and a member of the Wheeler
;County High F-FA, won first place I
in the District and third place in
[the State Tractor Driving and!
! Maintenance Contest.
। Billy is a senior at Wheeler
iCounty High and this is his third
[year to compete in this contest.;
!He has won the District contest!
j three years straight and placed
2nd, 3rd and sth on the State lev-;
’ e l’
i The contestant is tested in four
.categories: First category is in [
[tractor maintenance in which he;
keeps an accurate maintenance
। record for a period of at least six
[months minimum in which he;
[shows the recommended prac-;
I tices performed according to the
[manufacturer’s recommendations
ias to: (a) engine oil-SAE number
[and API classification, (b) gear
[oil—SAE number and type, (c)
[hydraulic system fluid, (d) chas
jsis lubrication grease, and (e)
I wheel bearing grease.
2. Material actually used 3. lu- i
;brication record which includes!
[the date, the meter reading or ac-'
[cumulated clock hours. 4. It in
cludes a record of (a) air clean
ier (b) spark plugs, (c) battery,
[ (d) generator, (e) cooling sys
' tern.
I The second category is a writ
। ten test on servicing, safe opera-
Ition, care and maintenance, and
I the economical operation and ad
justment that can be obtained on
I the tractor.
The third category is—Tractor
i driving which is the actual driv
-1 ing and handling of a tractor with
. implements fastened to the trac
i tor in a safe efficient way.
’ The third category also includes
.! preliminary practices of the driv
t ers (a) pre-warmup, (b) warming
, i up the engine, (c) starting the en
;gine and operating the clutch,
[(d) driving the tractor, (e) and
’[safety measure when driving.
The fourth category is an oral
I examination explaining various
chapter maintenance jobs and
ihow they are done to a judge.
The contestant is then graded
ibased on the accuracy of his (1) j
[statements, (2) selection of tools,!
i (3) selection of materials and (4)
safety procedures.
This contest is co-sponsored by
'the Standard- Oil Company of
America and the Georgia Future
: Farmers Association.
Congratulations, Billie, in win
l ning these contests.
Wheeler Co. Future
Homemakers Hold j
2nd Regular Meeting
The Wheeler County Chapter of
I the Future Homemakers of Amer-1
; ica held their second regular i
meeting Oct. 4 in the Home Eco-!
nomics Department. Anita Strick
land, president of the chapter,
called the meeting to order.
Elaine Thomas gave the devo
: tional and prayer. Ann Johnson,
[secretary of the chapter, read the!
minutes and called the roll. Suz-i
anne Gilder presented a panel of j
discussion about the relation-!
[ships of teens and adults. The!
panel was made up of Ra Me-[
guiar. Diane White, Mrs. Edward!
। Towns, Mrs. Otis Perdue and Mr. I
William S. Clark.
Mrs. Ruth C. Humphrey, our;
advisor, discussed the district!
meeting to be held in Swainsboro |
the last Saturday in October and
the trip to the State Fair in M;i-j
con, Oct. 21.
October 2-7 Was
F. F. A. Degree Week
Last week, Oct. 2-7, being the.
FHA Degree Week, the Wheeler
County Future Homemakers of.
America were very active in mak-;
Jng it meaningful to the students,.
Each morning the requirements,
[for each degree and the girls who;
[were working on each degree
’ were announced.
Those making the talks were
’Rita Towns, Gail Thomas, Wilma
Sightier. Justine Clarke was in
charge of making badges with the
symbol of the degree which the
girls were working on. Refresh
ments 'were served to the degree
workers.
Advertise in the Eagle.
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Jeff Davis Farm Worker Held In
Death Os Man, Wounding Girl
A 33-year-old farm worker, de
scribed as soft-spoken and mild,
Iwas being held in the Jeff Davis’
[County jail Monday in connection
[with the shooting ceath of his 50-
; year-old neighbor the wound
ring of the neighbor’s 14-year-old
daughter,
Sheriff Marcus Hall said Ken-.
; neth Carroll Spell, married and i
the father of a 5-year-old son.
I was charged with murder and at- ;
[ tempted murder after the twin I
shootings Sunday.
[ “It’s a real shock to folks.
[around here,” Hall said. “He,
[ (’Spell) is a mild, soft-spoken sort,
’ and most of his neighbors like!
! him.”
The sheriff said the double :
[shooting occurred early Sunday!
■■when an intruder broke into the
[ Clayton Clance home, about six
। miles south of Hazlehurst, then
i apparently emptied a revolver
j after his discovery.
j Clance, 56, was killed. His
Alamo Baptist Young
(Woman's Auxiliary
Newly Organized
The newly organized Young
Woman’s Auxiliary of the Alamo
Baptist Church met Monday
night, Oct. 1.
The purpose of this meeting
was largely organizational and
■ the following officers were elect
ed: President — Betty Jenkins:
study chairman—Gwen Cox; sec
' retary-treasurer — Shirley King;
activities chairman — Elaine
। Thomas; and social and publicity
■ chairman—Anne Johnson.
The program was the first of
- four programs telling the story of
• a new YWA. The members learn
! ed what YWA is, who can be in
■[YWA, and the purposes of YWA.
, Mrs. Carol Woodall is counsel-
I or for the group, and it is open
to any single women between the
I ages of 16 and 24. The next meet
; ing will be held on Tuesday night.
I Oct. 9. at 7:30 p. m.
Georgia Broiler
Day Activities
Set For October 14
Thousands of boriler growers
from throughout Georgia and ad- :
joining states are expected to
journey to Cumming next Satur- [
day, Oct. 14, to participate in a
program honoring the broiler
grower and their contribution to
I the $224 million annual industry
I within the state.
j The program is sponsored by I
the Georgia Farm Bureau Federa- ■
tion and the Farm Bureau’s Broil
er Marketing Service in coopera
'tion with County Farm Bureau
I chapters.
Broiler growers are a main cog
in the gigantic industry that has
seen production increase to over
456 million broilers annually with-1
in the state alone. Georgia is the !
(nation’s largest broiler producing;
(state in both nation and the
[ world.
American Farm Bureau Presi-
Ideent Charles B. Shuman, head of
[the 1,700,000 farm family mem
[ber farm organization with units
; in 49 states and Puerto Rico, will
[deliver a major address to the
|thousands of participants.
Miss Judy Camp
At Ga. Southern
Miss Judy Camp, a senior Ele
; mentary Education major from
| Glen wood, has been named sec
I rotary o£ the Association for
[Childhood Education Internation
;al at Georgia Southern College. I
; Miss Camp, a 196'4 graduate of
Wheeler County High School, is
; the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert O. Camp of Rt. 1, Glenwood.
Glenwood Halloween |
Carnival Oct. 19
A Halloween Carnival will be
held at the Glenwood School on
Thursday, Oct. 19, beginning with
supper at 5:30 to 7:00 p. m.
The carnival will include rides,
variety shows and other' attrac-1
tions.
Everyone is invited to come [
■ join the crowd with a good sup-1
per and enjoy an evening of fun.
NUMBER 27
daughter, Beth, was shot three
times in the baok and is reported
in critical condition.
Hall said Mrs. Clance, suffer
ing from shock, told him she es
caped injury as she fell to the
kitchen floor — between the bod
ies of her husband and daughter
— and “played dead” until she
was sure the gunman had gone.
Then the sheriff said, Mrs..
I Clance ran more than half a mile
[ to a neighbor’s home to call far
help.
The sheriff said the arrest came
[after the wounded girl told offi
cers she recognized her assailant’s
voice when he told her, “Don’t,
scream. I’ve got a gun in your
! back, and I’ll kill you if you
i scream.”
Hall quoted the girl as saying
she awoke early Sunday to find;.
[ a man standing in her bedroom,
i and threatening her with a gun.
[He said the girl told him she
[ screamed, then ran toward her
parents bedroom.
“The girl was shot three times,
in the back as she ran from the 1
I room,” Hall said. “We don’t
know exactly what happened
next, but the father apparently
confronted the intruder in the
kitchen. He was shot there, and.
' he fell on the floor.”
Georgia Power Co.
Gives Figures On
New Industries
A total of 94 new industries:
representing a capital investment
[|of $164,825,000 located on the
lines of the Georgia Power Com
pany during the first three quar
. ters of 1967, Joe B. Browder, vice
president, announced this weeir
This compares with 101 new in
dustries, with investments tatnl
'! ing $133,162,000, that began ope
'; ration in the power company’s:
service area during the January -
September period of last year.
All facilities reported by the
power company are manufactur
ing or processing plants, each:.
, with a minimum capital invest
; ment of $50,000 and employing at
[ least 10 workers.
In addition to the new plants,,
I 130 existing industries expanded:;?
their operations during the first:*
nine months of the year. Invest
[ ment in such expansion was $150,-
: 886,500. Nine-month figures for
1966 show that a total of 1121;
existing manufacturing and pro
cessing plants increased their pro
ductive capacity at a cost of $116,-
338,000.
The nine-month report for 1967
; shows that new plants and expan
i sions will provide employißerrt
for 13,125 Georgians at annual
wages totaling $57,851,300. The
corresponding period of last year *
showed 14,765 new jobs with a.
payroll of $65,874,770.
Vietnam Veterans
[Now Eligible For
Full Compensation
Georgia veterans who receive
compensation checks because they
were disabled in military service
during the Vietnam era — after
August 4, 1964 will be enutiecK
to compensation at the same full “
wartime rates provided' for vet
erans of other wartime service-. A.
W. Tate, manager of the Veterans
Administration Regional Office nt~
Atlanta announced today.
For a Vietnam era veteran al
ready drawing compensation at'
the peacetime rate, VA will auto
matically adjust the award to pay -
the higher wartime rates, begin
ning October 1.
A recent new la-w also makes
I Vietnam era veterans and de
pendents of deceased veterans el
igible for the first time for VA
pensions. Pensions are payable
to low' income veterans perma
nently and totally disabled from.
I reasons not traceable to their mil-
I itary service.
Needy widows and surviving
minor children of Vietnam vet
erans -who died of nonserviee con
nected causes also may receivs-’
pensions under the new law.
In preparing blueberries for
i processing, wash the berries tho
I roughly but quickly with as little
■ handling as possible. Ice water
lis preferable to tap water for
' washing blueberries.