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VOLUME 53
School
Sketches
By Normalene Hartley
The Homecoming activities held
Friday at the Wheeler County
High School highlighted the
school affairs last week. Home
coming had the full cooperation
of the students, the faculty, the
parents, and the weather.
The school band was at its best.
The floats were full of color. The
Homecomng Court 'boasted some
of the prettiest girls ever. A
crowd lined the streets to view .
the parade as it wound slowly ■
along the parade route. And a
brilliant sun spotlighted the '
whole affair.
The winning float featured a
massive football; Sampson, the
school mascot; and the red and
white clad cheerleaders who con
structed the float.
The second prize went to the
Science Club with their lab-float
and slogan, “We have the formu-1
la to beat the Trojans.”
Not entered in the competition
was an amusing and creative
float prepared by the Touchdown
Club. On it a black clad mourn
er knelt at the grave of the Tel
fair Trojans football team.
Other floats were entered by
the Tri-Hi and Hi-Y Clubs, the
Library Club, and the Future
Business Leaders.
At half-time of the football
game that night. Miss Judy Win-j
ham was crowned Homecoming I
Queen by last year’s queen. Miss I
Sue Sikes. Miss Winham was
selected by a vote of the student
body and will reign for the com
ing year. We have a lovely queen.
The football game left some
thing to be desired. Wheeler
didn't win. However, thanks to
a last minute touchdown by Skip
'Clark, we didn’t lose either. It
was just a good game that end
ed in a 6-6 tie. (See details else
where on this page).
Fans look forward to a rip-roar
ing game when Wheeler meets
Telfair in their stadium on Fri
day night. Nov. 3.
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Sitting in a special education
in-service session can be quite
a revelation to a lay person.
Dr. Jewel Wade, a special edu
cation authority from Georgia
Southern, conducted an informal
workshop for our teachers this
week. The first thing I became
aware of is that special education
is no misnomer.
The teachers we have working
with our children who have dif
ficulty learning display an amaz
ing capacity for instilling in these
children a desire to learn. Their
dogged persistence for a child to
achieve a particular goal is tem
pered with infinite patience.
Always I have heard teachers
and parents urging children to
make straight A’s or just good
grades. Now hearing teachers re
joice over a child learning to
SAY a word sets that nha.se of
education apart as very special
indeed.
The Wheeler system has ten
teachers working in special edu
cation over and above the regu
lar teacher allotment.
Glenwood 7»h & Bth
Grade Jr. 4-H Club
The Glenwood 7th and Bth
grade Junior 4-H Clu'b met Oct.
11. We discussed plans for the
following year. We also elected
officers for the coming year,
which are:
President, Joni Browning; vic: l
president, Angela Owens; secre
tary and treasurer, Nancy Frost:
reporter, Ellen Adams; and par
liamentarian, Joyce Powell.
Ellen Adams—Reporter
Revival Services
At Snow Hill
Revival services will begin at
Snow Hill Baptist Church on the
sth Sunday, Oct. 29.
The Rev. Allen Carter of Mt.
Vernon will do the Breaching and
song leader will be Johnny Bra
zelton, Minister of Music at Jef
fersonville.
Services will be at 7:30 p. m..
each night. The public is invited
to attend.
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Fred Wilkerson, Regional Zone Manager of Tup Value Enterprises, Inc.
DISPLAYS THE LACE CLOTH CALLED "THE WHITE HOUSE 11 TO MRS. MARGUERITE EWING
Schott, Mrs. James F. Meacham and Mrs. Lester Maddox at the Governor's
Mansion. The large banquet size cloth will be used in the formal dinning
ROOM OF THE NEW MANSION AND IS AMONG THE MANY TABLECLOTHS SECURED BY THE
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN WHO SENT IN A TRADE BOOK STAMP TO HELP SUPPLY THE LINEN
CLOSET THAT WAS ALMOST BARE.
Glenwood Methodists
To Host Laymen's
Meeting Nov. 3,4, 5
The Glenwood Methodist
; Church will .be host to a Lay Wit
; ness Mission Nov. 3, 4 and 5, be
ginning at 7:3-0 p. m.
Members and friends are invi
, ted to attend. Please keep these
: dates open as we feel this will
i strengthen your spiritual life.
A prayer vigil will be held on
j Thursday, Nov. 2, from 2 o’clock
i until 12 o’clock midnight.
' The schedule:
Thursday, Nov. 2, 12 noon to
: 12 midnight. Prayer Vigil.
Friday, Nov. 3: 7:30 p. m., Cov
* cred dish supper at church; 8 p.
, m„ Evening meeting.
Saturday. Nov. 4: 10 a. m.. Cos
. fees in following homes: Mr. and
Mrs. Delmas Sears: Mr. and Mrs.
• Agnes Manlev; Mrs. Kate MeDan
! tel: Miss Katie Lee Bridges.
12:30 p. m.: Ladies luncheon at
* parsonage; Men’s luncheon at
i church.
7 p. m.: Supper for Official
Board and Witnesses at the
: church.
8 p. m.: Worshio service.
Sunday, Nov. 5: 10 a. m., Sun
day School—Lessons to be taught
I by Witnesses.
11 a. m.: Morning worship led
!by Mr. Roger Coleman.
7 n. m.: Evening worship —
Sharing session.
Wheeler Co. Training
School Junior Girls
; The Wheeler County Training
; School seventh and eighth grade
junior girls met on Oct. 12.
The devotion was led by Carrie
Bellamy. After the devotion, the
.meeting was turned over to our
sponsor. Mrs. Walker, who told
the junior girls about the trip to
Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center.
We also signed enrollment
cards and elected officers. The
foilowing officers were elected;
President, Sandra Troupe; secre
tary. Max re Mills; reporter,
Frar-kie Grant; parliamentarian,
Delilah Bryant.
President—Linda Strong
Reporter—Frankie Grant
DEATHS
Mrs. J. Ti. Gross - Alamo
Troy Powell - Melter
Thomas W. Humphrey, Helena
Luther Hulett - Milan
Mrs. Carrie Smith Livingston -
Mcßae
B. B. Wooten, Sr. - Hazlehurst
Mrs. Willie M. Williams -
Lumber City
Fredrick Estese (Shorty) Sand
ers - Helena
Merlie Spires - Mcßae
Mrs. Eliza S. Dean - Largo,
Fla.
Calvin L. Smith - Jacksonville
Robert (Bob) Ray-Hazlehurst
Mrs. Floris Perkins Mann -
Mcßae
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
Reduced Greens
Fee Ai Ga. Park
Prompts Praise
Atlanta — (GPS) — There is
an old saying that it’s the little
things that count. But John L.
Gordon’s first official act when
he recently became director of
the Stale Parks Department isn't
regarded as a little thing by those
who enjoy Little Ocmulgee State
Park at Mcßae in Telfair County.
For example, the new parks di
rector reduced the regular $2
greens fee to play the park’s goll
course to $1 after 3:30 p. m. This
' was done to benefit those who
would like to play golf after get
ting off from work, but who do
not have time to play a full 18
holes. This new rate schedule is
in effect until May 1, 1968.
Commenting on this develop- I
rnent, and obviously expressing I
the sentiment of golfers in that
area of the state, The Telfair En-*
terprise had this to say editori
ally:
“Within hours after taking I
over this position, Director Gor
don personally corrected a situa- ;
tion that discriminated against
the working man concerning play *
at Little Ocmulgee golf course.
Mr. Gordon has put into effect an '
arrangement whereby a golfer can j
play nine holes at Little Omul- ;
gee by paying a dollar rather
than the full two dollars greens [
' fee formerly charged.
i “This permits a working man
to get in nine holes of golf after
' getting off work, and take ad
vantage of the new greens fee.
“Gov. Maddox has built an
image as the champion of the
‘little man.’ Mr. Gordon is de
veloping that image, too, in mak
ing such decisions as the reduc
ed fee at Little Ocmulgee. We
congratulate Mr. Gordon on his
forthright action and Gov. Mad
dox on the appointment of the
new director.”
Halloween Carnival
At Wheeler High
It’s fun time at the Wheeler
County’ High School Saturday
night when the Halloween Carni
val gets underway.
The activities will begin with a
turkey supper being served from
5 ’til 7:3*0 p. m. in the cafetorium.
The queen and her two run
ners-up will be named and crown
ed at 8 p. m. in the cafetorium. I
There will be 16 booths of Hal
: loween fun. There will be fish !
pond, darts, ap.ple bobbing, spin- i
the bott’e, cake auctions, and
many others. There will be no *
losers — evervfbodv wins some- i
tb’ng. All tickets are 10 cents.
The carnival is sponsored by
the Wheeler County PTA. Those *
people who are helping with the
booths are asked to be at their ;
. booths by 7:30.
’ Ga. Pecan Auctions
First Sale To Be
Held. Saturday, Nov. 4
Georgia Pecan Auctions, Vidal-*
; ia, announced this Monday the
; first pecan auction of the year
will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, at
10:30 a.m.
ißill Warthen, Market manager,
; explained that initially the crop
- appeared to be early but the very
1 dry warm weather has slowed the
drop at least a week.
i The Crop in the Wheeler area is
fair, to good, in .many of the or-
; chards that have received recom
mended fertilization and spray
: treatment.
The October crop estimate for
Georgia is 38,000,000 lbs. of bud
ded nuts and 10,000,000 seedlings.
(This is in contrast to 30,000.000
budded in 196*6 and 7,000,000 seed
lings.
The national estimate is for
'21*3,000,000 lbs. this season. This*
is 52,000,0*00 more pounds than;
I were harvested in 196*6.
Georgia Pecan Auctions will
i have sales only on Saturdays, and ;
: growers are urged to harvest and
: market their pecans, as quickly ,
as possible to save them from
birds and* squirrels, and to take
i advantage of the early market
, prices.
Local Credit Coop To
Pay A 4 l-2 % Dividend
The Federal Land Bank Asso
■ ciation of Swainsboro will short
ly mail to all its members a
check representing a 4 1-2 per
cent dividend on stock held as
of June 30, according to an an
nouncement today by Raymond
L. Evors, manager.
“The local association is a
member of the nationwide farm
er-owned cooperative Federal
Land Bank System, who this year
is celebrating its Fiftieth Anni
versary,” stated Mr. Evors, “and
all savings, after payment of ex
penses and. providing for neces
sary reserves, are returned to the
members in the form of divi
dends.”
The Swainsboro Association is
currently serving more than 900
borrowers in Candler, Emanuel,
Jenkins, Montgomery, Screven,
Tattnall, Toombs and Wheeler
Counties, with a total loan vol
ume in excess of $8.2 million and
services loans in- this eight coun
ty area for the Federal Land Bank
! of Columbia.
i Members of the Board of the;
Association are, Elmo D. Rich.
j president, Swainsboro; Willis Mc
i Lain, Sr., vice president, Lyons;
Dolan E. Brown, director. Twin
| City; Fate DeLoach, director.
.Metter; and *H. Homer Durrence,
I director. Reidsville.
Our forefathers went out and
built empires: today you have tc
j have a permit to add a room tc 1
| your house.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1967 SINGLE COPY 5c
One Youth Killed, Another Injured
Seriously 4s Auto Strikes Bridge
One Jacksonville youth was
( killed and another seriously in
jured about 1:15 am., Sunday
when their auto struck a concrete
. bridge at a high rate of speed.
Calvin Smith, 13, driver of the
I car and Roger Dale Smith, 19,
’ owner, were traveling south in a
1957 two door Chevrolet on the
Mcßae-Jacksonville highway.
According to the Helena State
j Patrol, the driver lost control of
| the auto as they rounded a curve
near Horse Creek bridge about
110.4 miles south on 441. They
( continued across the first bridge
• and struck the corner of the sec-
Sellout Expected For
Annual "Cracker
Crumble" In Atlanta
Another sellout is indicated for
the fifth annual Cracker Crum
i ble at the Marriott Motor Hotel
here, October 28, it is announced
! by Georgia Press Association,
i sponsor of the annual political sa
i tire dinner - show.
Some 1,000 people are expected
। for the event, which benefits the
i scholarship program of the asso
i elation.
i Highlights of the show include
| appearances in skits by Lt. Gov.
. and Mrs. George T. Smith in
- which they “rent” convicts for a
formal tea and an appearance by
Atlanta Vice-Mayor Sam Mas-sell,
appearing as Comptroller Gene
ral Jimmy Bentley. The tradi
tional surprise guest sppearance
- also will be featured, a spokes
-1 man for the association said 1 .
Reservations may be made
through the GPA office.
Wheeler Remains
Unbeaten At Home
Many people came to “Death
Valley” last Friday night to see
the biggest football game ever to
he played there. And many peo
ple left after seeing one of those
cliff hangers which make people
bite their nails and lose their
breath. Not one thing was set
-Iled, the biggest football game
in Wheeler and 1 Telfair’s history
was tied 6-6. It was just that
even.
Wheeler started out like a ball
of fire after kicking off to Telfair.
They stopped the Trojans and had
their first down in just two plays.
Success is sweet but sometimes
so short lived. The Trojans from
Telfair decided- they were tired
of being pushed around and
Wheeler’s glory was no more.
And so it went with the de
fense dominating the game. But
with seven minutes left in the sec
ond quarter, disaster struck the
Wheeler fans. Fullback Earl Wil
liams blasted 4 yards up the mid
- die and- Telfair had the lead.
It didn’t matter they had the
i extra point attempt blocked. They
had six points in a game in which
it looked as if this might be
enough.
Through the rest of the second
quarter and the third and the first
7 minutes of the fourth, Telfair
fought doggedly for the lead they
cherished. But just, as Wheeler’s
fans began to sense doom, tackle
Wally Adams hit Quarterback
Va-nn Cowart and- Gary Clark
pounced on the ball for Wheeler.
From there it was only a mat
ter of time as Wheeler marched
to the tving score.
Although they missed the ex-
Ira roint, the relief hung in the
Mr like fog in London.
That’s the wav it ended Friday
1 night, -but it’s not over yet. On
Nov. 3 at Telfair’s stadium, the
arch rivals meet again. Maybe
something will be settled then.
Meeting Notices
The Crossroads Home Econom
ics Cluib will meet Tuesday, Oct.
21, at 3 p. m. at the home of Mrs.
N. A. Wynn.
Thursday night, Nov. 2, the
Dempsey Home Economics Club
will hold its Family Night Meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Bill
Humphrey at 7:30 p. m. Families
: in this community are invited to
। attend and bring a covered dish
supper.
ond bridge at a speed estimated
by the patrol at 80 mph.
The car struck the bridge with
such impact that it traveled 20
feet and overturned down an im
banikment.
Calvin Smith was killed in-
I
Yuletide Decorations i
Workshop To Be
Held In November
The Wheeler County Home ]
Economcs Clubs will have a
Christmas Workshop in Novem
ber. These workshop days are
planned with two clubs meeting
at each workshop. If a member
is unable to attend the workshop
of her cluib, she may attend ei
। ther of the other two days that
j it will be held.
-1 The workshops will be held in
1 the Wheelei- County Library from
I 1:00 p. m. until 3:00 p. m. on the
| following dates:
j Nov. I®—Graham and Union i
1 Clubs
Nov. 21——Snowhill and Shiloh
j Clulbs
| Nov. 28—Dempsey and Cross
i roads
i 'Springhill will hold its meeting
' at 7.00 p. m., Nov. 20 at their com- j
i munity house.
i Any non-<membf rs interested in
; attending one of the workshops,
j should contact Rebecca M. Wal
ker at the Extension Office prior
. to the day of the workshop for a
. list of needed supplies.
; I
' I WINDOW TREATMENT
iCOURSE TO BE TAUGHT
, Do your windows look drab and
uninteresting? If so, you may be
i interested in learning just how
any window can change, from an
ordinary window into the inter
est center of a room.
i Rebecca M. Walker, Wheeler
i i County Extension Home Econo
: - mist, is going to give a series of
> 1 four lessons on window treatment
- ■ beginning at 9:30 a. m. on Tues-
' day. Nov. 14, in the Wheeler
! ■ County Library. Each class will
■ : last approximately 1 1-2 hours.
jTo these classes different types
11 of window treatments will be
discussed and the class members'
will be given an opportunity to |
design and make some curtains
or draperies for her home.
For any questions you may
have on this course, please con
tact Rebecca Walker at the
Wheeler County Extension Office
in Alamo.
I
-Child Care Service
Must Meet Georgia
^Standards - Burson
Persons who provide regular
; day care for more than two chil
i dren for pay must have a State
i license, William H. Burson, Di
■ ■ rector of the State Department of
(Family and Children Services,
; said today.
' i Noting that more and more in
; dividuals are advertising they
1 will provide child care for work
. ing mothers, Burson emphasized
' that the Children and Youth Act
of 1963 gives his Department’s Di
vision for Children and Youth the
power to prescribe and enforce;
standards for child care services. ;
The law, he said, applies to the |
small family day care home as 1
| well as the larger day care cen-,
ters.
The basic distinction between -
family day care home and the day j
care center is in the number of;
children for whom care is provid
ed, he explained. Family day -
care homes are those taking more
than two, but fewer than seven -
children, while day care centers I
supervise and care for seven or!
more children.
UP SB2 MILLION
Income from farm marketing (
and government payments in
Georgia set a new all-time high (
in 1966 of $1,095,982,900, accord-'
ing to the Georgia Crop Reporting,
Service. This is SB2 million above
the 1965 income and is the second (
year receipts have exceeded $1 ;
billion.
Life is made easier by the wa;
one takes it! I
NUMBER 29
stantly and his cousin, Roger Dale-
Smith was seriously inj-uriedi and.
was carried to the Talmadge -Me
morial Hospital in Augusta, Sun
day afternoon.
Troopers Ladsen and- Rutledge
investigated the accident.
I
General Telephone
( Says Qualified Help
; Hard To Find
Increasing difficultuies in find-
I ing qualified people for ensploy
' ment in their seven-state o-perat
; ing area was brought to light re-
I cently by the Southeast General
( Telephone Companies.
i In acknowledging the growing
I need for more qualified people,
. W. L. Entz, Director of Personnel
- said the problem is reaching sar
prising proportions in some cate
gories and the company is con--
cerned about the situation. Entz
noted that the difficulty is not:
; limited to his company or to the
telephone dustry alone but is be
coming an increasingly vexing"
problem for industry as a whole
in many areas of the country.
He pointed out that the South
east General Telephone Compaq
; nies have felt the pinch more.
| than some companies because aF
the rapid growth they have ex»
perienced in the last few years.
The companies presently seirve
over 43-0,000 telephone in- North
j Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
i Alabama, Tennessee, West Vir
ginia, and Virginia, employing
over 3,200 people.
“The Communications Industry;
I Ihe world’s largest business en
> j terprise, offers a solid opportunity
' : for young people seeking an in
i terestin-g and rewarding career as:
. well as those who have been em
ployed in other fields of endeavor
• j and do not feel that they haw
j found their niche in- life.” Ehtz
', put with General Telephone
'said, “Rapid 1 expansion in the
. , communications field is so vast
(that it can be accurately stated
; that in spite of all the progress l
made in this century the surface
iof the industry’s potential has.,
। barely been scratched.”
Entz said that -within the Sauth
j east General Companies there is
a wide range of positions cons
tantly needing to be filled frotw
: clerks, typists and operators te’
( installer - repairman, lineman and;
'equipment technicians and «n
--ward to engineers, accountants
i and various other categories of
(supervisory and management per
isonnel. He noted also that th*
(company offers above average l
I fringe benefits, competitive start
ing salaries- and regular irere
(ments.
J. C. Cozart, Georgia General
Manager for General Telephone^"
(said the company’s employment
: situation in this state is more fav
orable than in some of the other
areas. General employs approx
imately 690 people in- Georgia,
and serves over 112,000 tele
phones. Cozart said at the mo
ment there are about 40 openings l
in a variety of employment cate
! gories.
The General Southeast Compa
nies, headquartered in Durham.
N.C., are subsidiaries of General-
Telephone and Electronics, the na-
I tion’s largest operator of inde
pendent telephone companies.
Rev. W. L. Rainwater
To Resume Pastorate
Rev. W. L. Rainwater, adminis
trator of the Peachtree On Peach
tree Inn has resigned to return;
to the pastorate o” the Chats
worth First Baptist Church, ef
fective December 31.
Before assuming his duties at;
' the inn last January, the Rev. Mr.
Rainwater had served as assistant
to the executive secretary of the 1
Georgia Baptist Convention for
one year.
Prior to that he w r as pastor of
the Lakewood Heights Baptist
Church in Atlanta for 13 years.
A graduate of Mercer Univer
sity and Southern Theological'
Seminary, he was pastor of the
Mcßae First Baptist Church and—
later the Chatsworth Church be
fore moving to the Lakewood.
i Heights pastorate.