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VOLUME 53
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School
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Sketches
By Normalene Hartley ‘
Football players at the Wheel
er County Hizh Scnool are busy!
checking in their uniforms. The!
season is over for them until|
next year. Their victory over
Telfair was a beautiful climax to’
an exciting season. i
Looking back over the past,
two years when football made its!
debut in Wheeler County, Coach
Fontaine Brewton expressed
pleasure in the results and posi-|
tive anticipation for the coming;
year. |
“We have a good nucleus for
next season’s team,” Brewton said. |
“The boys have good understand
ing of the game and want to
play.” :
The team needs to grow in
depth so that minor injuries will
not hinder the team’s strength.!
Brewton hopes at least four more
boys will icin the squad next sea- |
son. There were 24 boys on the;
team this vear.
Although the schedule for next
season will not be made up until
some t'me in January, we know!
the team will be meeting varsity |
teams in the coming season. Class
C schools and possibly some Class |
B schools will be included.
Going into region play will be
rougher than the teams played
during the past two years. Lack |
of experience might hurt, Brew
ton said, but he considers the tal-|
ent of the local boys gocd and!
he is looking forward to next
season. :
The facilities for football here
are excellent. The location and
lavout of the field is good. The!
track surrounding it is an added
asset. The electric scoreboard is.
one of the best. |
~'The entire program is financed
locally and there are additions
that need to be made. There is
a2 nead dor new uniforms to re
place some of those now in use.
There are some major items of
equipment needed that will cost
several hundred dollars. This
will reguire more community in
terest and involvement. !
Proceeds from the games and
projects carried on by the Touch
down Club are used to finance
these additions. Wheeler County
needs to continue and improve its
support of the football program.
Mrs. Ruth Bond of the local
school system is serving as a
member of the committee evalu
ating the East Laurens High
Scheol for accreditation by the
Southern Asscciation of Schools
and Colleges.
An adult education class for
anvone with less than an eighth
grade education is available at
the Wheeler County High and
Wheeler County Training Schools.
The course of study will include
basic reading, math, and wvarious
social studies.
A class is in the process of be
ing organized at the Training
school.
Anyone interested or who
knows anvone who might be in
terested mav contact Mrs. Ruth
Bond at the ©Courfthouse, Mrs.
Tlara Montford at the Hich School
or Mrs. Ethel Brown at the Train
ing School.
YWA Named
The YWIA of Alamo Baptist
Church has named their organi
zation the Ruby Jchnson YWA
for Mrs. Ruby Johnson. Mrs.
Johnson has for many years set
a shining examwle of Christian
character in our church and com
munity.
On Monday night, Oct. 30, the
YWIA had a methods study at the
home of Mrs. Robert Woodall.
Mrs. Woodall taught the methods
study.
Then, on the followirg night,
Nov. 6, the YWA went to the Ta
bernacle Baptist Church in Vi
dalia, where they were taught the
mission book, So Sure of Tomor
row, by Mrs. C. A. Austin,
QOur organization is growing
and we urge any young women,
16-24 (single) to come to our
meetings.
Reporter—Anne Johnson
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No plow planting. On the Young farm in Christian county, Ken
tucky, 180 acres of soybeans were planted directly in heavy stub
ble left from this year’s wheat and barley crop. Besides time and
land preparation cost savings of about $6 an acre, Harry and
Lawrence Young figure more moisture left in the soil contributes
to a strong, healthy stand.
HERNDON, Ky.— It's been
seven years since one field on
the Lawrence and Harry Young
farm has seen a plow. Yet it
produces a respectable crop
each year.
The fact is that the Young
brothers may eliminate plowing
completely on their 720-acre
Christian eounty farm. Besides |
reducing field preparation
costs, their primary concern
with minimum tillage has been
to conserve precious moisture
and save time in a double crop
ping system.
For 10 years now the pro-
Wheeler Opens A
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Friday, Nov. 17
The Wheeler County girls and
boy basketball teams open their
season Friday, Nov. 17, with:
Twiggs County. Both teams ex-|
ipect good seasons. ; '
Although he lost four of his '
starting six from last year, Coach |
Fontaine Brewton expects to have
a representative team. Coach Mel
vin Sweat opens the season with
the same tsam who last year had
an 8-14 record. This year prom- °
ises to be much better.
The girls game will begin at 7
p. m. Admission will be 50 cents
for students and 75 cents for
adults. We want all of you to i
come cut and cheer the teams to
victory. —Cosby Benton
Rural Residents |
Warned To Beware
Fraudlent Inspectors
. Rural residents are warned to '
beware of persons who are posing
as employees of rural electric
membership corporations to frad
ulently inspect wiring.
. The warning was issued by
Walter Harrison, executive man- |
ager of the Georgia Electric Mem
bership Corporation, an associa- !
tion reprsenting the 41 rural elec- |
tric membership corporations in @
Georgia. :
According to Harrison, these !
persons are operating in various
sections of the state wunder the
pretense of inspecting wiring for
local electric membership corpo
rations ,(EMIC’s). “These persons
have no connection with any of
the EM”’s and are simply out to
collect an exhorbitant price for
fradulent repairs.”
“In several instances,” Harri
son continued, ‘these persons
have committed outright robbery.
These thieves grenerally work in
pair with one engaging the atten
tion of the victim while the other
one does the looting.” ‘
The statewide rural electric
manager advises all rural resi
dents to check the credentials and
the vehicle, for proper markings,
of all persons who propose to
check and repair wiring on behalf
of the local EMC’s. If in doubt,
vou agre advised to call your lo
cal EMC office.
All persons are asked to report
suspicious people of this nature|
to the local BMC. l
DEATHS |
Guy T. Mcßride - Glenwood |
Mrs. Sadie D. Dykes - Mcßae |
James C. Powell - Jacksonville
Miss Donna Kay Haymons -
Mcßae
Mrs. Cora Powell - Lumber City
William Zillmer - Alamo
~ Sgt. Calvin Hudson - Abbeville
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA,
| gressive farmers have been ex
| perimenting with various mini
-| mum tillage methods. The idea
.| is to follow the wheat and bar
| ley harvest with soybeans in the
same fields with little or no
| ground work.
|~ This summer, they tried a
| new method using an Allis
| Chalmers ‘“No-Til” planter.
| The 4-row unit has a spring
| loaded, “rippled” cutting blade
| mounted ahead of each planter
| unit. |
| With the new planter, the
Youngs put in 180 acres of soy
| beans planting and fertilizing
Plane Rated ‘
Over Pilot
In First War
- From The Atlanta Journal
. Washington — Guy Stene- -of
Glenwood, who won his wings 50
years ago during World War ]
always had the feeling back then
that the plane was considered
more valuable than the pilot.
One reason he felt that way,
the Tl-year-old Georgia veteran
said, “was that they didn't give
you a parachute in those days. I
guess theyy were more worried
sbout what happened to the
iplane.”
Mr. Stone and some 60 other
veterans of World War I air bat
tles over Italy gathered in Wash
‘ngton this weekend for the 50th
anniversary of their service to
gether.
It was the first time the avia
tion pioreers who flew from a
kase near Foggia, Italy, had gath
ered {o swap stories since they
left the service.
Mr. Stone, whose only son, Ma
rine It. Guy O. Stone Jr., died
in the crash of his plane at the
age of 21 in 1944, is somewhat of
an expert on the nation’s first
military aircraft.
~ He brought to the reunion his
own pictures of the DeHavilland
(dubed the flying coffin), Far
man, Caudron, and Nieuport air
craft flown by Americans in
World War 1.
Mr. Stone flew them z2ll. And
he recalls som~ of the problems
‘ellow pilots had with the De
havilland No. 4.
“To begin with, the motor
wasn’t verfect,” said Mr. Stone, a
rucdy-faced mian of great vitality
for his years. “You would take
~f, circle the field, and you’d be
lueky if some parts of the engine
didm’t drop out”
Mr. Stone also recalled that
“the first guestion after a crash
wias ““How is the olane?’ The
szcond cuestion would be “How
‘s the pilot?”
“We didn’t have many planes
in those days,” he said. “And I
guess that was the reason.”
The members of the Foggiani
reunion attended ceremonies com
memorating the event at the Ital
ian Embassy here Friday. Satur
dav there wea= a showing of his
['torical film and a group photo
l'graph,
| Each member of the group was
i‘presented' with an Italian certifi
cate confirming the Golden Ea
'gle patches worn by the unit in
1918.
! Mr. Stone attended ground
school training at Georgia Tech,
in Atlanta in August of 1917 be
fore his assignment to the avia
+ion school of the U. S. Signal
Corps.
divectly in the heavy stubble
left from the wheat and barley.
Most of their corn acreage had
been fall plowed before they
bought the planter. But they
did plant 22 acres in “Neo-Til.”
With a conventional tillage
system, the fields of small grains
would be plowed, disced and
harrowed after harvest, The
Youngs have found that open
ing the fields resulted in a seri
ous shortage of moisture. In
some years, there was hardly
enough moisture left to germi
nate the soybean cror.
With the “No-Til” method,
the heavy straw cover helped
retain soil moisture. The
Young’s soybeans came.in full
stand in 8 to 5 days. Meanwhile,
other farmers in the area were
still hustling with land prepa
ration.
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.| after planting with a new Allis
| Chalmers “No-Til” unit.
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ißook Fair To Be |
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Held At Wheeler 1
‘High, Nov. 28-29-30
|| “Books For Winter Reading” is
ithe theme of the Book Fair to be
{held at the Wheeler County High
[lS«chool on Nov. 28, 29 and 30.
', Students ‘will have the oppor
| tunity to browse among the hun
. dreds of books on digplay and
. purchase those they select.
i The fair will climax with Open
1 House on Thursday night, Nov.
30, when parents are invited to
attend frem 7 until 9 p. m.
[ The fair is sponsored by the
(Wheeler County High School
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' Ga. Library Assn.
;Holds Conference
At Jekyll, Nov. 24
i
i “Now is the time” was the
! theme of the biennial conference
iof the Georgia Linbary Associa
;tion held on Nov. 2-4, at Jekyll
i Island.
{ Librarians who attended from
|this area were Mrs. Adelaide
fCarswe]l, consultant with the
{Heart of Georgia Shared Services
land Mrs. Margaret Johnson, li
brarian at Wheeler County High
, School.
g Programs with excel!lent speak
ers were stimulating to all types
sos libraries. Os special interest to
1 school librarians was the Friday
| morning session of the Children’s
iand Young People’s Section which
\featured a panel discussion on
#lCharge in the Challenge,” mod
| erated bv Miss Sarah Jones. The
ianelists chared with their audi
lence recent developments in
school library programs in the
state.
| Nancy Faulkner, noted author
. of books ifor young people, speke !
' at the children’s and young peo
i'ple’s section breskfast on Satur
- day morning., Her subject was
“The Challenge to Security in a
- (Changing World.”
. Frances Gray Patton, author of |
{the well-known “Good Morning,
. Miss Dove,” was the entertaining
speaker at the GLA Book Dinner
'on Friday night. f
Gov. Lester Maddox spcke at
the closzing session on Saturday
morning. His well choser re
marks concerning libraries pleas
‘ed the audience of 800 librarians.
| The 1967 GLA conference was
succesaful: It was well attended;
{the programs were challenging;
Ithe weather was perfect.
| The best way to determine if
!your reast is dore is to utilize a
[roast thermometer. By using this
| thermometer you get a frue test
of the doneness, according to
home economists with the Uni
|versity of Georzia Cooperative
Extension Service.
FRIDIAY, NOV. 17, 1967
State Patrol Predicts 28 Deaths
Over Long Thanksgiving Weekend
{ “28 KILLED, 280 INJURED IN
!5!8‘8 AUTO WRECKS!” !
; That well could be the M‘ondayi
, morning headlines in Georgia i
| newspapers, following this year’si
{ Thanksgiving holiday week end.!
| And it likely will be, too, for this |
|is the State Patrol’s prediction for |
'the 102-hour period from 6 p.rm-.%
'WCHS Initiates EIP |
!Pro;ect Into System
| With the initiation of the E. T
' P. project into the Wheeler Coun
'ty School System, the adminis- |
'trators and faculties of the re-|
| spective schools pledged them- |
Iselves to a year of “Continuous |
| Progress.” |
| iAs a part of the plan for con- |
11i1‘1UOLlS progress a series of Cul-’
[lul'al Enrichment presentations
| has been planned throughout thei
?year. These presentations have !
| been planned to help cultivate a |
‘now awareness, undex‘standing§
tand' appreciation of the fine arts}
| within each child. |
§ Cn Thursday, Nov. 9, the sec-|
i(md of these programs was pre- !
[ sented by Dr. Freida Gernant and |
1‘1;8 Art Education majors from;
Ithe visual arts department of!
_;G-eorgia Southern College, States- |
i boro. :
; These presentations were di- |
| vided into two groups; one pro- |
i gram for levels K-7 and another‘i
l,for grades 8-12. Levels K-7 were |
| entertained with a “chalk talk”i
entitled “Little Yellow and Little,
:lBlue." The chalk talk was edu- !
[cational in that it described some
'of the principles of color mixing
;or color combinations and enter
':tainir‘.-g in that it received visual
“{aid threugh the drawings of one
Ilof the committee members, ac-
Eco-mvparniedv on the piano by an
\iothuer. and a story by yet another.
i In grades 8412 each child was
)’g‘iven a choice of some specialized |
{area of art in which he was pax'-;
3;ticular]y interested. The areas:
lifrom which he could choose werel
ias follows: Advertisirg, Art in
{the Twentieth Century, Ceramics, |
IDrauwin'g, Painting, Prixl[fm@..l<ill,s:,;k
i:md Textile Designs. FEach area |
jincluded original works done by |
i students at Geongia Southern Col- ,
!]ege. |
i The program was very educa-i
iitirma] and entertaining and was |
ireceived very well by members
Los the faculty as well as the stu- |
lident body. :
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Traffic A ’
Lrattic Arrests
‘UpA |
Up As Troopers
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'Work More Hours
| State patrolmen are working |
'|longer and harder and getting'
ifbetter results in their effort to!
' ferret out traffic law violators. |
| Evidence of this is seen in 2!
'Enine—momh State Patrol report!
‘i released by Col. R. H. Burson, di- |
| rector of the Geongia Department |
'j(;f Public Safety. Here are some
' of the highlights of the report: |
" A total of 50,597 patrols (up 7'
per cent over a year ago) spent !
297,028 hours (un 8 per cent) pa- |
I trolling 8,500,728 miles (up 6 per |
' cent). In the course of this ope
ration, state troopers made a to
i tal of 76,558 arrests, an increase
- over last year, and issued fewer
warning tickets. totaling 128,211.
| Total hours devoted to investi
. gation was 28,282, an increase of
10 per cent over last year. Over- ‘
' all, members of the State Patrol
| were on duty for a total of 676,-
538 hours, which was an increase
.of 15,394 hours over 1966.
Meeting Notices
' For Coming Week
The Window Treatment Course
will continue this week and will
meet Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 9:30
' 2. m. Remember to be present.
' The Sncwhill and Shiloh Home
. Eccnemics Clubs will meet Tues
- day afternoon, Nov. 21, at 1 p. m.
, for the Christmas Workshop.
. These are to be held in the Coun
ty Library.
—Mrs. Rebecca M. Walker
SINGLE COPY 5¢
Wednesday, Nov. 22, through
!mid‘night Sunday, Nov. 26.
| “This prediction of 588 traffic |
| accidents which will claim the
lives of 28 persons and cause in
| jury to 280 others is based on past
. Thanksgiving holiday experiences
;and on present trends,” explain
led Col. R. H. Burson, director of
' the Georgia Department of Public
;’Szxfet)'. ;
[ “It is simply a projection of
:s‘tatistics which, unfortunately,
lare usually pretty accurate. But
this doesn’t necessarily have to
hold true. For instance, individual
drivers, who actually cause trage
| dies through carelessness and |
reckless driving, could prove our
! prediction wrong by driving care
fully, sensibly and obeying the
"fraffic laws. We strongly appeal |
to them to do that.” :
While the safety director hopes:
motorists will heed his appeal, |
ith(* State Patrol is taking no!
chances. It will carry out a mas
sive traffic enforcement operation i
throughout thz 102-hour period,
similar to the ones conducted
tover. the July 4th and Labor Day
tholiday week ends.
i Col Burson said the patrol will
'be at top strength with 550 offi.
' cers and men working around the
iclock, They will bbe assisted by |
1 GBI agents, radio operators, li- |
.cense examiners, State Revenue
lagents and enformecent officers
of the Game and Fish Depart
ment who will serve largely as|
spotters. |
{ In addition to the regular pa-
I'trol cars, unmarked cars, airplane
lapotters and roving “tactical
isquads” will be used in seeking
out violators.
70l Burson, Lt. Col. L. G. Bell,
+deputy director,-and Maj. Porter
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Little Ocmulgee
Improvements
Seen By Gordon
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John Gordon
i Mcßae Rotarians at their reg
ular noon meeting Tuesday, heard
State Parks Department Director
John Gordon promise a prompt
facilitation of plans to improve
Little Oemulgee State Park’s
weed-infested lake.
The new director, who took
over from former director Horace
Caldwell, had earlier scored an
ace with local goliers when he
| reduced late-afternoon greens fees
|at the Little Ocmulgee Golf
| Course.
| Gordon delivered an interesting
?.\:puwh to the Rotarians on Geor
";s;;.’l overall parks system, but
{he drew their strongest attention
![wht n he told them that a contract
| for improving the lake would
il:k(-ly be let early next year. The
;b_jc-pass dam and dredging project
éi.\: expected to cost about $230,000
| Director Gordon expresses hope
| for adding an additional nine
lholes to the Little Ocmulgee Golf
!Cour:«:, although he said this
| could not be handled in the near
[future, certainly not until the
i?rxkr: project is completed. He not
|ed thiat money has already been
;Wt aside for imiprovment of the
| golf course clubhouse.
i Expressing confidence in Little
| Ocmuleee’s future, Gordon indi
’:'utod the park is likely to see
Imany other improvements in the
| years ahead.
NUMBER 32
Weaver, commanding officer of
the uniform division, will direet!
the gigantic enforcement epera
(tion from strategic points over the
|state. Road checks will be made
jat unannounced places on a 24-
‘hour basis. Radar equipment wil¥
be used extensively.
In mobilizing his forces and
laying plans for the huge opera
i tion, Col. Burson called on the
{public, all local and county law
enforcement officers, the press,
radio and television stations amd!
various safety onganizations:
throughout the state for full co-~
‘operation in carrying out the
'safety drive.
Gordon Explains
‘Why Camping Has
Become Popular
| State Parks Director John L.
' Gordon, himse'f an ardent camage
ier, has some definite ideas wihy
‘camping has become so popular
'in Georgia and the rest of the na--
I'tion. Here’s what he told the El
| berton Rotary Club:
i “I believe that camping opens
|and cleans man’s senses just ag a
'warm bath opens and cleans his.
Ipores. We see more clearly im
‘the wood beyond the cities amdl
I towns.
| ‘“Cur ears, which have beem:
|dulled by the endless clatter af'
‘machines, can then pick up the
! soothing sounds of nature. The:
' senses of smell, jaded by exhamst:
i fumes ,is awakened by the timg=
' ling odors of lakes, trees and wild:
- flowers. i R
| “The skin gains a sharp aware
'ness from the warm sun, the cold
water of the mountain lake or
, the park swimming pool, the soft
| pressure of the wind as a ceoling:
- breeze passes through the camp
/site. There is something basie
~about the acuteness of {these:
(senses. It has to do with beimg
‘fully aware and alive.
| “What can tantalize more thar:
the inviting aroma of bacon fry
ing out-of-doors, or coffee brew
ling over a camp fire? If yeuw
haven’t exmwerienced this sort of
thing, you have not had one of
the finest kinds of vacations amg=
i body can have.”
Jaguars Open ‘67-68
Basketball Season
' The Augusta College Jaguars
open up their 19€7-68 basketbail.
season Tuesday, Nov. 21, against
Armstrong State College of Sa
vannah. This year the Jaguars:
will he in NIATA competition.
i The Jaguars will field their
biggest team ever. Six foot ten:
inch Bill Kincher of Alame, wiil
be starting at center for the Jag
uars.
Dance To Be Held
At Legion Club
. There will be a round and
. square dance at the American Le
gion club house near Alamo om
Nov. 24 from 8 until . . .
. Music will be by The Chevelle
of Soperton who play both teen
- age and square dance music. A
,lpr()fessionul square dance caler
| will call the sets.
The dance is sponsored by the
| Jenkins - Patterson Post of the
American Legion. Come join the:
| fun.
|ABUNDANT WATER
| Within her physical boundaries
Georgia is lessed with abundant:
water resources, according te:
Wayne O’Stean, resource deviep
| ment specialist with the Univ. of*
| Georgia Cooperative Extensiem
| Service. Georgia has an average:
|rainfall of 47 inches, 2G¢ large:
| lakes or reservoirs covering 260,
1000 acres, 60,000 farm ponds ang
{2,800 miles of rivers.
‘ More than 1,000 Georgia 4-H
’Club members gave talks or dem
jonstrations on television last year,
according to Dr. T. L, Walton,
|state 4-H leader with the Univer
|sity of Georgia Cooperative Ex--
tension Service.