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VOLUME 53
School
Sketches
By Jim Beasley, County Art
Supervisor
In a recent newspaper article'
the story was related of a young
teacher in a metropolitan area ■
who received a list of students
she would be teaching for that
year. By each name there was a
number such as 145, 150. 130. etc.
In looking over the list the
young teacher assumed that these
numbers represented the IQ’s of
each student. With this in mind ]
the teacher began with a positive
attitude toward her assignment'
for that year and therefore began
trying new and exciting methods ‘
by which she could challenge
these students.
The students were quite recep-'
tive and responsive to her teach- (
ing methods and were achieving
quite well. It was not unti.l later
in the school year when she was]
discussing her “accelerated” class
with the school guidance counsel- '
or that she learned that the num- 1
bers referred only to the child’s
locker number.
She had a class of average chil
dren. but by using new' and ex
citing teaching methods and a
positive approach to her teaching 1
she had created a spark of inter
est within the students and help- i
ed them to assume a more positive
approach to their school work.
This is the way that we as par- ;
ents and as educators must look
at a new and different program
which our children are offered. i
In discussing the new programs .
in the Wheeler County School
System, all parents are proud that
their children are being given op
portunities which the parents did
not have when he was in school. ,
Sometimes, however, they feel
that a particular program may
not benefit their child as much ’
as another might. This is possib
ly the case with an art program. ■
The parent asks “How can an art ;
program benefit my child.”
This question arises from the |
misconception that art includes
only drawing and painting. True, 1
drawing and painting are integral
areas of art but they are only
a small part of the w'hole which !
we call ‘"Art.”
Few’ people stop to realize just
how much their own lives are in
fluenced by art. Little do they
realize that all things which make
up our man-made w’orld originate
as an idea on an artist drawing
board. We get up in the morning
and put on clothes which have
been designed by the fashion art
ist. eat breakfast at a table nd
out of dishes designed by an art- ।
ist, drive to work in a car which
was designed by an artist, use
tools at w’ork designed by an in- i
dustrial designer, and return in ■
the evening to a home designed
by an architectural designer; chil- ;
dren study science using drawings
prepared by a medical illustrator.
In general, the artist decides what
style clothes we wear, w'hat style
homes we live in, w’hat style cars i
w'e drive and many other things
which we accept as a part of
our every day lives.
Art then is important to the
consumer, the Sunday painter, the '
mother (who doubles as interior
designer, fashion expert, etc.) the
father (w'ho is particularly inter-,
ested in architectural, automot
ive and industrial design) and the
child w'ho benefits from the many
visual aids offered in school.
The art program in the Wheeler
County School system is set up in i
such away that approximately
900 of the students in the system
receive full benefits from this;'
program. On the kindergarten
non-graded primary, and the ele
mentary levels each classroom is .
visited twice a month by the •
county art supervisor. At this -
level W’e attempt to make avail
able varied media with which
the children can work. .'
Such a program has as its main ;
goals developing within the child
a sense of understanding, of, and
appreciation for order in all
things, development of color con
cepts, a greater sense of and ap
preciation for beauty in their owm
w'orld. A greater awareness of ■
the importance of planning his
w’ork carefully and following
through on that work.
And last, but certainly not least,
it provides an emotional outlet;
from the difficult and sometimes .
frustrating academic w’ork which
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Michael Ruark, outstanding science student at Lanier Sen
ior High School, Macon, and his science teacher, E. V. Knight, j
Jr., learn more about the commercial uses of the atom while!
attending the Ninth National Youth Conference on the Atom J
in Chicago. Michael was the Macon division winner of the i
annual Georgia Power Company-sponsored trip for seven top!
Georgia high school science students and their teachers.
The Georgia State Department of Education selects fori
the trip one student from each of the utility’s seven geograph-'
ical divisions. Each student chooses the teacher who will!
accompany him. Here, Michael and Mr. Knight discuss aj
model of a modern nuclear power plant displayed at the;
conference.
he does during a normal school;
day.
On the high school level daily
classes are set up for those stu-'
dents who elect to take art. This ;
(course carries with it one unit ;
credit for the years work. Stu
dents from the eighth through I'
the 12th grade and the special |]
education classes work together i
'in one group. It is not the pur-!;
pose cf this class to make per--]
forming artist out of every stu-i"
dent but rather to give them a;
better understanding of art and a
broader field of experience in the '
various areas of art.
The outline for the high school, ■
classes is set up this year to in-,*
elude instructions in drawing and! 1
painting, ceramics, weaving,]-
sculpture, lettering, fashion Ulus- 1
trations, cartooning, textile de
signs. printing processes, mosaics!!
and many other related areas.
The children are exposed to ;;
many group activities in which <
they must work cooperatively ;;
with their fellow students and j
they participate in critiques where ' 1
they learn to give and accept!;
constructive criticisms. The stu- 1
dents learns by doing and by eval- j
uating his own work, discovering;
his mistakes and solving the prob-!,
lem in an individual way. ;
In the art urogram we strive (
to provide for depth of learning j
for the accelerated students and,
at the same time give the slower 1
student an opportunity to excel.
The art program, just as any ]
new and young program, is ex
periencing growing pains and will
need time in which to fully estaib- <
lish itself as an integral and im- ' *
portant part of the curriculum. 1
It receives strength though from 1
the 'act that within Wheeler Co. , 1
there is a vast reservoir of un-11
tapped talent.
But then this is the underlying 1
purpose of the entire EIP pro-; ।
gram; to examine closely each;!
child, to understand and appre- i I
elate his potentials, and to pro- i;
vide the means and materials by' 1
which the individual child might i
enjoy and experience “continuous ■ I
progress.” ; 1
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DEATHS
J. W. Green - Cochran
Norris N. Nelson - Leesburg ! t
Mrs. W. S. Smith - Mcßae
Mrs. Mary Jane Sheffield • ; (
Milan f
Mrs. T. C. Tyler - Haines City, I <
Fla. i
Henry A. Gray - Mcßae <
Joseph S. Grace - Lumber City t
Mrs. Janet Clark Montgomery - :
Alamo i
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Visiting Hours
At New Mansion
Set By Governor
Gov. Lester G. Maddox has an-1
; nounced visiting hours at Geor- '
; gia’s new Executive Center, bet- (
ter known as the Governor’s Man- ]
sion. The $2-million mansion is]
located at 3'91 West Paces Ferry;
Road.
The new Governor’s Mansion'
will be opened to the public be-'
tween the hours of 10 a.m. and 1|
p.m. Monday through Friday,]
Maddox said. 'After remaining!
closed to the public on Saturday, |
it will be reopened at 3 p.m. on!
Sunday and remain open until 5!
p.m. This schedule begins Feb. 11.1
“It is the wish of both Mrs. i
Maddox and I that all Georgians)
visit ther new Executive Center!
and their First Family,” the gov-;
ernor said. “As I promised the!
people, I intend to have a “peo-|
pie’s administration,’ and opening
the mansion to the public is[
another example of the intention!
to get people involved in their!
government.”
Gov. Maddox recently showed'
off the new' mansion to the press)
and to members of the Georgia;
General Assembly and other]
state officials.
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Tax Requirements
For Students
Students who worked part-time !
or during the summer may have '
a refund coming on their 1967 •
Federal income tax returns, J
Young G. Chambless, the local!
representative of Internal Reve-1
nue, said today.
Students are required to file a;
tax return if they earned S6OO or
more. If they earned less than
S6OO and taxes were withheld
from their wages, they should file'
a return in order to obtain a re
fund of the tax withheld.
Unmarried students who earn
less than S9OO will not owe any'
Federal income tax. They are en
titled to claim the usual S6OO per-,
sonal exemption, plus a S3OO min-,
imum standard deduction.
Students are entitled to claim;
their own personal exemption j
when filing a tax return, Mr.
Chambless said. Parents who;
furnish more than one-half the'
cost of support for their child who
is a full-time student may also;
claim him as an exemption on
their tax return, unless the child •
is married and is filing a joint)
return with his or her spouse.
[LB J, HHH Voiced
'Nothing New' To
Him, Says Gov.
i Returning to Georgia after a ;
'whirlwind tour of the nation’s I
I capital, Gov. Lester G. Maddox ;
। said he learned “nothing new'” |
jfrom his private conversations!;
(with President Lyndon B. John-!
son and Vice President Hubert H ;
; Humphrey.
I “'But I am for the President’s;
j tax increase,” Maddox said, re-I
iferring to the administration’s 101,
jper cent surtax proposal. He said!,
j a tax increase would improve the |
| country’s economic situation “by i
curbing inflation, and getting;
! more money imthe national treas-1
i ury to meet commitments.”
I While repeating his support of I
' the President’s surtax proposal, j
Maddox declared that he is |
against any oh credit, such as a)
I rise in interest rates.
Gov. Maddox also met with va-]
•rious State Department officials!
! during his tour of Washington,!
; which was prompted by his in-1
I vitation to attend President John
j son’s annual prayer 'breakfast.
’Spotting the Georgia governor
; and other state chief executives in i
'the audience, the President in-;
I vited them to drop by for inform-'
lai talks.
“We discussed the Pueblo as-i
j fair and the Vietnam war,” Mad-'
! dox said. iHe described the meet-'
I ing with Johnsdn “a typical White;
'House briefing," adding that the'
: military situation in the Far East
; is “the same bad situation.”
The governor said his conver-1
! sation with Humphrey centered |
|on Georgia’s economic problems,]
। but he did not go into details
[ about his talks with the vice pres- i
! ident or other state department ;
■ ; officials.
Gov. IMaddox also paid a brief;
I visit to the oif/p’ot Georgia’s U.!
,S. Senator Horman E. Talmadge;
! in the Capitol.
Accompanying Maddox to!
; Washington were State Revenue;
: Commissioner Peyton S. Hawes. ;
i Larry 'Lloyd, the governor’s ex-'
ecutive assistant and State Pa
trol Capt. Steve Polk.
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Employer's Tax
Guide From
Internal Revenue
' A. C. Ross, District Director of
I Internal Revenue Service for
'Georgia, advised today that there
I will be no 1968 issuance of Cir
j cular E, Employer’s Tax Guide.
I Employers should continue to use
I their current edition (Rev. Janu
i ary, 1967) of Circular E for with
: holding information.
j Effective January 1, 1968, the
|maximum annual income subject
!to social security was increased
ifrom $6600 to S7BOO for both em
! ployees and the seif employed.
The social security employees tax
I tables in the 1967 edition of Cir
! cular E may be used to accommo
date this increase. There have
Ibeen no changes in the Federal
j income tax or social securtiy
i withholding rates for 1968.
I
Our forefathers went out and
i built empires: today you have to
| have a permit to add a room to j
| your house.
Tri-County Egg And Pullet Producers
Asso. To Meet Thursday, February 15
The annual meeting of the
membership of the Tri-County
Egg and Pullet Producers’ Assoc
iation has been scheduled for
Thursday night, February 15. The
meeting will be held in the Tel
fair County High School lunch-
I room at 7:30 p.m.
All members of the Association
'and their wives are invited and
urged to attend the -annual event
' which will begin with a free sup
'per. Prospective members are
। also invited to attend. The meal
। will be sponsored through the
courtesy of Mutual Production
; Credit Association.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Bill Owens, president of
j the Georgia Egg Commission. Mr.
Owens, who resides in Dahlonega,
will speak on the proposed egg
i control program. In addition to
heading up the Georgia Egg Com
। mission, Owens has been a poul
' tryman his entire life, and is also
in the egg processing business.
FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1968
Mrs. Janet Clark
Montgomery Dies
Wednesday, Jan. 31
i
Funeral services for Mrs. Jan-1
et Clark Montgomery, 41, of Ala
i mo, who passed away Wednes
;day, Jan. 31, in the Macon Hos-|
' pital, following a brief illness'
I were held at 11 a.m., Feb. 3; in!
j the Alamo Methodist Church. The '
'Rev. Ray Wilder, Rev. J. W. Dur-
Iden and Rev. Curtis McCollum
| officiated with burial in the Ala-;
Imo Cemetery.
Mrs. Montgomery, a native of'
IWheeler County, was employed'
jby the Wheeler County Board of;
; Education as Guidance Counselor'
lat Wheeler 'County High School.'
! She was a graduate of Georgia I
I'State College for Women of Mil-i
jledgeville and was presently do- j
ling graduate work at West Geor-'
jgia College of Carrolton.
Mrs. Montgomery was an ac-1
I tive member of the National Ed-1
jucation Association, the Georgia]
rEducation Association, the Wheel-1
;er County Education Association, i
! and the Georgia State Association !
;of School Counselors.
Active pallbearers, were Mau-'
' rice Johnson, Robert Hinson, Hol-1
; lis Johnson, Morris Jenkins, Ray '
I NeSmith and M. O. Belson.
| Honorary pallbearers were J.
jA. Pope, Wallace Adams, Dr.
'Tom Lightsey, John Hatten, Le
ißoy Clark, A. M. Hilton, Robert
j Ashley, Edward Robbins, C. C.
i Coleman, John Heath, 'Bennett
' Achord, C. R. Brantley, Ashley
j Clark, Clady 'Cox, Hugh Monfort,
jiLuther Bell and Carl Manus.
] Survivors include her husband,
|H. S. Montgomery; one daughter,
(Miss Elaine Joiner; her parents,
I Mr. and Mrs N. M. Clark, Sr., all
lof Alamo and one brother N. M.
; Clark, Jr., of Warner Robins and
: four nieces of Rome.
i Harris and Smith Funeral Home
of Mcßae was in charge of ar
' rangements.
Social Security
Makes Changes
There were many' changes made
'in your Social Security as a re
isult of the 1967 amendments. For
;the next seevral weeks this col-,
' umn will try to explain these
; changes. For more detailed infor
' mation, call, write or visit the I
'Dublin Social Security Office at j
11'14 East Johnson Street, Dublin.
Telephone is 27'2-5347.
Q. How much is the tax rate in
1968 as a result of the new laws? j
A. The tax rate for 1968 re-j
mains the same (4.4 for employee,
4.4 for employer and 6.4 for self
employed). Taxes will be deduct
ed from $7,800 instead of the pres-j
ent $6,600.
Q. I understand there will be I
an increase in the monthly So
cial Security checks. Will I have
to make application for this in
crease?
A. No. The first payment under!
the new law will be for February!
land will be automatically added
to the check you will get in I
March.
Q. Does the new law allow a
person receiving Social Security!
to earn more without having his]
benefits stopped ?
A. Yes. Beginning in 1968, you I
can earn $1,680 per year (sl4Ol
'monthly) and still get all your;
I checks.
According to James L. Brown,
President of the Tri-County As
sociation, door prizes wiH be
awarded during the meeting. Spe
cial entertainment will also be
provided. Brown stressed the im
portance of the members and their
wives attending the meeting. He
pointed out that the poultry pro
ducers are now going through a'
critical stage, and that the future;
of the industry does not look too 1
good at this time. Long - range l
plans are being made, however,.
that could help to release this,
poor economic situation. For these
plans to be successful, they must'
have the support of all people in
volved in the poultry and egg en
terprise.
Brown urged all members and
their wives to attend the meeting.
so they could become familiar
with the plans being made, and so
they can better understand how
the plans will affect them.
SINGLE COPY 5c
Winner Os 1968 Mrs. Georgia Contest
To Receive Many Valuable Prizes
Mrs. Georgia 1968 wiL find her-1
'self the recipient of many valu- 1
! able prizes when she received her
| crown on May 10, nam ng her
!the state’s outst ; »ding mother-;
< wife - homemaker.
Deadline for entry in the an
nual competition is February 15.
To enter, a lady must be a mar
!ried Georgia homemaker who is
! over 2'l years old. She may enter
; on her own or be nominated by a
I woman’s club. Special cash prizes
' are available to those women’s
; clubs who nominate finalists and
i winners.
! Entry blanks are available at
1 all offices of Atlanta Gas Light
I Co., Georgia Natural Gas and Sa
vannah Gas Co. Local contests
are scheduled between (March 25
; and April 6 with the iMrs. Geor-,
I gia competition taking place in
'Atlanta 'May 8-11, the beginning
!of Mother’s Day week end. Local i
! titleholders from Athens, Atlanta,;
'Augusta, Macon, Rome, Savannah
1 and 'Brunswick will represent
। their hometowns.
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Rev, Pemberton
Will Speak Feb. 13
To Alamo Methodist i
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w ISilB
REV. JAMES S. PEMBERTON
The Rev. James S. Pemberton,
I Sr., a Methodist Board of Mis
isions Staff member who has re
'siponsibility for interpreting Alas
ka Methodist University (AMU)
and developing financial support
for it through the Advance Spe
cial plan of missionary giving,
I will speak at the Alamo Metho-
Idist Church on February 13, Tues
day at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Pemberton is a director of
the advance in the Board’s Joint
(Commission on Education and
I Cultivation, New York. AIMU was
[brought into being in 1960 large
ly through the Advance Special j
gifts of thousands of Methodist 1
Church in ail 50 states. It is a I
[project of the National Division!
lof the Board.
I
Mr. Pemberton came to the ,
[Board staff from the pastorate of I
I the First Methodist Church in
'Hudson, Mass. He has 38 years of
pastoral experience in Methodist
(churches in New Jersey, Pennsyl
[vania and Rhode Island, as well;
ias Massachusetts. For six years,]
Ihe was professor of church his-I
[tory at Barrington College, Bar
|rington, R.1., and an extension
! lecturer at Brown University,
I Providence, R.I.
11 Born in Camden, N.J., Mr. Pem
• Iberton received his educat or, at
(Temple University (bachelor of
I'science), Philadelphia, Pa., the
| Tem'ple University School of
-Theology (bachelor of sacred the
•ology) and Brown University
[(master of arts). He has traveled
j extensively in Europe, Latin
[America, the Middle East and
[Southeast Asia. He is a minister
ial member of the New England
Methodist Conference.
100 Trainees Now
Needed For Jobs
With Furniture Plant
।
Guy Musgrove, Dublin Manager
of the Georgia Department of La
bor, announced today that 100
trainees are needed for jobs with
the Georgia Furniture Manufac
turing Co., Dublin.
People completing the training
program will be employed.
Department of Labor represen
tatives will be at the Wheeler
. County Courthouse in Alamo from
, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb.
13, to interview’ applicants.
NUMBER 44-
i The new Mrs. Georgia will be
I awarded a double oven Magic
Chef gas range, 100,000 Top Value
trading stamps, a check for S2OO,
a gas light, gas dryer, gas chaci
gri'.l and a set of luggage. In ad
dition she and her husband will,
receive an all-expense paid trip
-to the Mrs. America Contest i».
; St. Paul, Minn., August .14-23.
| ‘lßut the prizes are only a smaH:
.part of the w'onderful experience
.of being Mrs. Georgia,” ex
plains the current titleholder,,.
Faye Thompson of Monroe. "I’ve
met hundreds of new friends and.,
have ridden in parades, appeared’
on radio and television, made-
' speeches, hosted open houses, and.
much, much more.” The prizes- -
especially the gas range and gas
; dryer - have been a big help;
around my home,’ she is quick to
add.
Each local winner will receive
! a Magic Chef deluxe gas range,
50,000 Top Value stamps, a gas
light and a check for SIOO. These
ladies receive an all-expense paid;
; trip to Atlanta for themselves
! and their husbands for the four
'day competition.
Judging at all levels - from.-
, the ladys hometown to the Mrs-
America Contest - is conducted in
three areas: (1) homemaking’
knowledge and abilities, (2) poise,,..
; personality and grooming, and’ (31
; community, church and civic par
tipication.
“It’s truly a never-to-ibe-forgot
ten experience,” explains Faye
Thompson. “Every lady who par
ticipates is a winner in the many
new and lasting friendships she’
is sure to make. I can’t recom
mend entering strongly enough'” 1 '
Grant Approved
To Train School
Bus Operators
A project application has been;
; approved which will enable the
•' State 'Department of (Education to
- ' train school 'bus drivers ancL
- school bus mechanics throughout.
■ the state, it was announced by
1 ' Gov. Lester G. Maddox.
-' The project application was;:.
■; made possible through the enact-
-; ment of the National Highway
! Safety Act of 1966 and the enact
ment of Georgia Senate -Bill No..
85, which created the Office of
the Coordinator of Highway Safe
ty-
This office was created to act
as the governor’s agent to carry
out Georgia’s Highway Safety ’
| Program. Gov. Maddox appointed: :
! Ben 'A. Jordan as coordinator and;
' he is directly responsible to the
governor for the implementation
; of Georgia’s Highway Safety Pro
; gram.
[ The federal funds will 'be used
' to purchase two complete Edex-
Drivocator Units. IThese units,
can be transported in an automo
bile from one center to another..
I As many as 60 drivers can receive/
' the training at one time.
This project made federal funds,
available on a matching basis..
The project totals $33,048, of
which $16,524 will be provided
i r_ J ’ e.. . _ .1 . c. ’ _ ■> _
. .by federal funds for a period of
| six months.
The University of Georgia hasr
'■ ' offered assistance in developing,
,! and programming additional safe
- 11 ty lessons for school -bus drivers
! and mechanics.
. i State School Supt. Jack F...
J Nix authorized John C. Maddox.,,
( > State Department of Education’s;:
i chief of Pupil Transportation, tor
, submit the project. Gov. Mad
dox designated Larry N. Cain,
the State Education Department’s',
education program representative^
as the projector director.
GARDEN HINT
Now is a good time to survey*
your garden tool needs for the?
coming season. You will need tor
replace those lost or unservice—
able tools and repair or clean oth
ers. Dr. D. A. Hegwood, hortieul—
turist with the Cooperative Exten
sion Service, suggests that you—
check all power equipment to be*
sure it is ready for use.
The 1967 peanut production of
975,120,000 pounds is the largest
I ever produced in Georgia, ac
| cording to the State Crop Report
ing Service.