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VOLUME 54
Governor Makes
Funds Available
For Prison Unit
Transfer of some $144,000 with
in the State Corrections Depart
ment budget to complete financ
ing of a new prison branch in
Wayne County has been approv
ed by Gov. Lester G. Maddox.
The governor gave his approval
during a meeting with the Board
of Corrections. Final approval
of the financial shift must come
from the Legislative Fiscal Af
fairs Committee.
The board needs the extra
money, which is to be transferred
from the Corrections Depart
ment’s personal services funds to
capital outlay, to complete the
cost of the proposed $746,000, 150-
inmate facility.
The department has only $602,-
000 on hand although it was ex
plained that $634,000 would be
needed before contracts could be
signed and construction could be
gin.
Ken Sibctl Resigns
As Director Os
Heart Os Georgia
The Heart of Georgia Plan
ning and Development Commis
sion has announced the resigna
tion of Kenneth Sibal as Exec.
Director of the Commission ef
fective July 10.
Mr. Sibal will report for work
on July 22nd as a Project Super
visor with the Consulting En
gineering and Planning Firm of
Micheal Baker, Jr., Inc. with of
fices in Rochester, Penn.
Mr. Sibal served as Executive
Director of the Commision since
September 1964 and was largely
responsible for the hiring of the
present staff and the Commissions
present work program.
The Executive Committee of
the Heart of Georgia Planning
and Development Commission has
designated Carson Porter, pre
sently Chief of Economic Devel
opment at the Commission's Dub
lin office to serve as acting Ex
ecutive Director after the 10th
of July.
Dr. Gray To Close
Office In Alamo
Dr. W. E. Gray, Jr., of Alamo,
announces the permanent closing
of his office, effective Saturday.
June 29
Any patient wanting records
tranferred to another doctor, is
asked to contact Dr. Gray. He
also asks any patient owing an
account to make immediate ar
rangements with him for pay
ment.
Mrs. Ruth Humphrey
Approved To Add
Course To Students
Mrs. Ruth C. Humphery is the
first Home economics teacher
in the State of Georgia to be ap
proved to add a course of Occu
pational Education through the
Home Economics Department to
high school students.
Mrs. Humphery has been at
the University of Georgia since
June 17 working on Curriculum
for this new course. She will re
turn to her home in Mcßae on
June 28.
Mrs. Patricia H. Deyo
Makes Dean's List
Dr. Louis C. Aiderman, Jr.,
President of Middle Georgia Col
lege, has announced that one
student from Helena made the
Dean’s List for the spring quar
ter.
To make the Dean’s List, a
student must attain an average of
85 or better —a B-plus average.
The student carrying a full aca
demic load who made the Dean’s
List was Patricia Harrelson Deyo.
DEATHS
John T. Gibbs - Ludowici
Mrs. Carrie M. Wynne - Lum
berton, N.C.
Albert Steven Dover - Mcßae
Ernest Williams - Lumber City
Bryant Richard Smith - Mcßae
Jesse Thomas Bush - Mcßae
C. E. Young - Chauncey
Marvin McLeod - Mcßae
Wheeler County Eagle
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Linda Hall, editor of Avondale High School’s student
newspaper, The Blue Star, receives the 1967-68 Jack
McDonough Editorial Award. John E. Drewry, dean
of the University of Georgia’s Henry W. Grady School
of Journalism, makes the presentation. The Georgia
Power Company-sponsored award goes to the student
who writes for a Georgia high school newspaper the
best editorial on free enterprise in America. The winner
receives a SSOO scholarship to the University’s journal
ism school, a bronze plaque and an electric typewriter.
i Cordele's World Watermelon Capital
Plans Giant Festival-Queen Pageant
Watermelons are hanging ripe
ion the vine in the world’s water
| melon center in the Cordele area,
(and the local citizenry believes
(every brighteyed boy and girl at
I this time of the yeai’ should have
(the juicy privilege of sinking
I taste buds into a big one that
I thumps just right.
Local residents, farmers and
| businessmen are planning a gi
gantic watermelon festival in
। eluding parades, watermelon serv
।ed at welcome stations, a lovely
i girls pageant from which will be
(crowned Miss Watermelon, and
' many other events.
I Even Atlantans are slated for
I a watermelon cutting later at the
' Atlanta Farmers Market, and
j
Douglas Publisher
Heads Press Group
The Georgia Press Association
I has elected Thomas H. Frier,
(publisher of the Douglass Enter
prise, as its new president.
He suceeds Louis C. Harris,
i executive editor of the Chronicle
' Herald, Augusta.
( Frier was elected at the close
|of the GPA’s annual meeting
(Saturday. The convention was
i attended by the editors and
i news media representatives from
throughout the state.
Governor Gives
Advice To Youth
In Setting Goal
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, ad
dressing the 28th annual Amer
ican Legion - sponsored Georgia
Boys State in Atlanta, urged the
youths to set high goals and to
become involved in goverment.
He told them this:
“From leaders such as your
selves will come good govern
ment of the future. Set your
goals now, set them high, and
live and work in such away that
they will come true. And I would
give you a fews words of advice:
“Do not expect great acclaim,
rich rewards, or the accolades of
history if you choose to be right
as God gives you to see the right.
To do what is right is like good
ness; it is its own reward. To do
what is merely popular is the ap
ex of cowardice.”
The governor added: “You
young men will have learned a
great lesson when you learn that
every privilege has a responsibil
ty. Meet those responsibilites
with an earnest and a clean mind
and a soul dedicated to your God.
Our firm belief in God is the
foundation stone of our civiliza
tion.”
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
! Georgia’s State House leaders
J and employees will get into the
act also.
: Georgia’s Governor Lester Mad
dox has just issued a proclama
tion declaring this week Georgia
Watermelon Week, and Crisp
Countians were in the Governor’s
office to observe the issuing of
the proclamation. King water
melon will reign supreme in
Cordele the week of June 24 -
29.
(Kennedy Victim
Os Insanity In
U.S. - Talmadge
Immediately upon learning of
the death in Los Angeles of his
colleague, U.S. Sen. Robert F.
i Kennedy. Georgia’s U.S. Sen.
(Herman E. Talmadge issued the
( following statement from his
[Washington office:
“The nation and the Senate
(mourn the tragic passing of Sen.
I Robert Kennedy, and Mrs. Tal
[ madge joins me in expending
(deep sympathy to the Kennedy
family.
' i
j “Sen. Kennedy, struck aown in
(: his prime by an assassin’s bul
(let, was the victim of a kind of
i insanity that has taken hold of
> this great land. Sick and vicious
• minds have been at work. They
(would abandon civilized conduct
; and settle differences between
men and issues by the sword.
“I can find no compassion or
understanding in my heart for
such bestiality. It must be ex
punged from our society.
“It is my prayer that all the
people of our country will heed
the call for law and order and for
the restoration of social sanity
that has been issued by the Con
gress and the President.
“It is my further hope that
all our people of all races and
political persuasions will unite in
the common purpose of advanc
ing the welfare, well being, and
prosperity of each and every cit
izen of this ebuntry.”
J. Harold Mimbs
Opens Law Office
J. Harold Mimbs, a native of
Lumber City who attended pub
lic school in Hazlehurst, has
opened a law office on Hinson
Street of that city. A graduate
of Walter F. George Law Schoo)
at Mercer University, Mims has
been associated with a law firm
in Savannah prior to going tc
Hazlehurst.
There is no right way to do a
one takes it!
Citizens Must
Help In War On
Crime - Burson
Declaring that “law enforce- ;
, ment has never been more im
-1 portant than it is today.” Col. !
R. H. Burson, dircetor of the.
. Georgia Department of Public ।
Safety, has called on all "decent,
God-fearing” citizens to aid the
police in combating crime that is ।
spreading over the country.
“The fight against crime in our
society, in our state, and in our
local communities can be won.”
he told the Macon Exchange
Club. “But such victory will
come only with the help of ev
ery decent, God-fearing person in
America.
"We must toss off the shackles
(of apathy and indifference to
ward crime. We must support
: adequate pay and training for all
police officers, and we must
। make our influence felt in the
proper places in goverment.
“We must be aware of our ob
ligations as citizens to continual
ly obey all laws, and we must ed
ucate our children to respect law
and order.”
i Asserting that “the principle of
law and order is the very bed-
. rock of our society,” Col, Bur
(son said “massive disobedience to
' these laws uproot the foundation
(of our system of goverment and,
unless this trend is reversed im
i mediately, our democracy will
| crumple beneath our feet.”
“The only result from the
• course on which our nation is
headed is anarchy. The only de
terrent to anarchy is complete re
spect f or law and order,” the
Safety director said. He added:
“Every citizen of this country
l is endowed with precious rights
; and priviledges that are not
- found anywhere else in the
■ world. But to maintain and pre
.; serve these rights, every indi
. vidual has tremendous respon
। sibilites. He must not only preach
> respect for the law, but he must
j practice it to the letter.”
r “We must recognize civil dis
obedience for what it really is -
nothing less than crime. Failure
to obey the law. no matter what
the degree, and no matter how
much you disagree with it, is
■ purely and simply a crime.”
| Declaring that “unrealistic re
strictions and restraint have been
placed on the police by some
I Mgh-rankjng govern, leaders,”
Col. Burson said “it seems to me
1 that these officials think more a
’ bout their own political gain than
they do about the protection of
your lives and property.
» ;
( “Our laws are passed for the
’protection of all citizens, and
they arc not to be violated by 1
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anyone.
Ga. State Parks
On Threshhold Os
Setting Record
, Georgia’s state parks appear ;
on the verge of setting new rec-।
। ords both in attendance and rev
enue. This is indicated in pre
, liminary figures released by the
. State Parks Department covering
the first 11 months of the fiscal
year ending June 30.
While based on incomplete re
। ports, attendance figures for the
. 11-month period of fiscal 1967-68
. totaled 4,901,985. This marks an
increase of 269,634, or six per
cent, over the corresponding pe
riod of fiscal 1966-67. Revenue
। receipts totaled $484,224, an in
! crease of $65,943, or 16 per cent,
over the previous year.
। “We have made and are mak
ing many additions and improve
ments to the facilities throughout
our 43-park system in an effort
to meet the increasing demands
of Georgians and out-of-state vis
itors,” commented State Parks
Director John L. Gordon. “We
are delighted that more and more
people are turning to outdoor
। recreation and using our parks.”
' | When you want to find the true
I food cost of an item, divide the ,
! cost by weight or serving. Ac
cording to Extension Service
home economists, comparisons can
be made between items when cost
per ounce, pound or serving is ;
known.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28. 1968
Georgia State Patrol Plans For
Massive Safety Campaign July 4
: A massive traffic enforcement:
. drive - the most concerted safety ;
campaign in the 31-year history
। of the State Patrol - will be car
। ried out in Georgia during this
■ year’s prolonged Fourth of July
■ holiday week end.
| In announcing plans for the gi
igantic operation, Col. R. H. Bur
i son, director of the Georgia De
', partment of Public Safety, warn
|ed motorists that more state pa
' i trolmen will be on the roads at
one time than ever before, and
i that they have orders to “get
j tough” if necessary in an effort
Ito hold down accidents and re-
Wheeler FFA Boys
Quartet Wins Second
Place At State Meet
( The Wheeler County FFA
■ i boys’ quartet got tickled in the
■ j middle of their song and had to
• i start over but they still won sec
ond place in the State FFA
’ meet.
■! The judges agreed that their
■ singing wsa excellent and that
1 ' their ability to overcome their
1 i laughter, start over, and com
, | plete the song properly was in
■. their favor.
' : The quartet is made up of
i Glenn Boyette, Tony Elton, Ra
jMeguiar and Steve Adams. They
’( put in many hours of practice
’ land it paid off in several trophies
for the school’s trophy case.
Mrs. Kahrmann Is
New Health Nurse
»i
‘ I The Wheeler County Health
Department announces Mrs. Jan-
' ice A. Kahrmann, R.N., has been
employed as Public Health Nurse
1 for Wheeler County, and will be
gin her duties July 1.
■ Immunization clinics for pre
school children and others will
(be held each week on Monday
and Wednesday.
The Health Department will be
.■closed all day on Thursday, July
’ ( 4 for a legal holiday.
Brenda Clarke To
Attend National FHA
Meeting In Miami
; Brenda Clarke, an 11th grader
'। in Wheeler County High School
| will be among the 1200 delegates
to the 1968 National Meeting of
( the Future Homemakers of;
(America, July 8-11, in Miami
I Beach, Fla.
Brenda is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson Clark of Rt. 1,
•Helena. She will join 78 other
FHA’ers who will represent the
I Georgia association at the nation- j
[al meeting.
Theme of the national meeting
this year is Citizenship - A Chal-
I lenge to Cherish.
• Brenda will be the President of
■ the FHA of Wheeler County High
(School next year. She served as
( publicity chairman last year.
The Wheeler County Chapter
was among the Honor Roll Chap
ters honored at a lovely tea at
Rich’s at State Convention in At
lanta in May. Delegates other
than Brenda were Paulette Dix
on, Annia Strickland, a member
of the State Degree Committee,
and Mrs. Ruth C. Humphrey.
—
Mrs. Flanders Named
To GSC Training
Mrs. Kathleen Flanders, of I
Scotland, a student at Georgia I
Southern College, is one of 18 |
students awarded traineeships for j
the 1968 ten-week summer ses-J
I sion. The grant includes free I
tuition and other fees plus $751
per week. Mrs. Flanders is a I
graduate student at GSC. She is '
the wife of W. C. Flanders of:
Scotland.
Mrs. Flanders will become qual- j
ified to teach and train handicap
; ped children and youth after ■
completing her academic instruc-i
tion and graduation.
1 The traineeships have been •
made possible under grants from j
the Georgia Department of
Health, Education and Welfare,!
Title VI. '
SINGLE COPY 5c
.; suitant deaths.
( The extended holiday period
officially begins at 5 p.m. Wed-
( nesday, July 3, and continues
(through midnight Sunday, July
I7- a total of 102 hours. (Friday,
■ July 5, has been officially pro
claimed a state holiday by Gov.
Lester G. Maddox.)
While the patrol is aimed for
a “deathless” holiday span, in
; dications are that despite all ef
forts tragedy will strike. For
example, based on Georgia’s traf
fic accident experiences over
past July 4th holiday periods
and on present trends, the patrol
j predicts that at least 21 persons
.will be killed and 311 others in
jured in 659 accidents during the.
1102-hour period.
“We prayerfuly hope this won’t
( happen,” Col. Burson declared.
(“We’U be working day and night
• doing everything within our pow
‘ er to keep our prediction from
’( becoming a reality.”
■ Major Porter Weaver, com-1
■ j manding officer of the uniform
I division, the chief strategist in
’ mapping the enforcement drive,
said troopers from all 40 patrol
1 I
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Parks W. Burton
('Atlanta Gas Light
iNames P. W. Burton
To Industrial Post
Parks W. Burton has been
I named to a new area develop-
I ment post in the Industrial Sales
। Department of Atlanta Gas Light
I Company.
j Mr. Burton will coordinate.
' contacts with potential industrial
. i customers, both throughout the
I company and with other agencies I
concerned with such develop
ment.
, He comes to this position from
1 similar work with the Industrial
Development Division of Georgia 1
Tech where he was director of i
the West Georgia Branch. Mr. (
Burton has previosly been with I
the company, having served in
several supervisory positions in-
I eluding manager of the Rockmart'
operations.
A native of Suwanee in Gwi
nett County, Mr. Burton is a
graduate of Abraham Baldwin:
College, Georgia State College'
and attended Georgia Tech. He
also attended Stone & Webster’s
Public Utility Management .
School.
Raymond Smith On
Destroyer Sporston
Seaman Raymond T. Smith,,
USN, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.'
| Sam T Smith of Scotland, is i
I.serving aboard the destroyer;
( USS Sporston at Pearl Harbor, ।
j Hawaii.
I The Sporston has completed
! nine cruises to the Far East
j where she has distinguished her-'
(self in the Vietnam conflict, per
lforming coastal bombardment off (
[both North and South Vietnam
jas well as carrier escort duties.
High quality Christmas trees
(don’t just happen. They need a
'certain amount of care year-round
I for profitable production, accord-!
! ing to George D. Walker, forester j
(with the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service. |
Men looking for a change in (
I coat style for spring may want to (
■ consider the double-breasted jack
' et. Miss Margie Mclntyre, Exten
sion Service home economist -
I clothing, points out these coats ।
1 come in several colors.
NUMRER 12
posts in the statewide system, as
. well as Atlanta headquarters per
sonnel and GBI agents, will be en
active duty throughout the cam
paign. All week end passes have
. been cancelled for the period.
With the addition of 100 new
. troopers under the present ad
ministration, a total of 600 offi
cers and men make up the task
-. force, constituting the biggest and
(best trained outfit since the pa
• trol was created in 1937.
Augmenting the regular pa
trols, plainclothes GBI agents and
; agents from other state enforc-
I ment agencies will serve as “spot
; ters.” If they observe an obvious'
■ traffic violation, they immediate
■ ly pass on the information, via
'radio, and the uniformed patrol
;: men go into action in running
.' down the suspected violator, Maj.
: । Weaver explained.
“We will use more people, more
i patrol cars and more radar equip-
I ment, including a number of new
■ (ly-acquired, more effective radar
i (machines, in our effort to main
-11 tain safety on our roads and
,' save lives,” he said.
I ( “We’U concentrate on the more'
heavily traveled interstate and
i main U.S. highways, with road
checks at odd hours and at unan
nounced places on an around-the
clock, 24-hour basis. Other es
our troopers will be anywhere
and everywhere we think they
can do the most good in holding
; down accidents that result in im
i juries and deaths.”
. Col. Burson, Lt. Col.’ L. G. BelL
deputy safety director, and Major
(Weaver will be traveling over
(the state in directing strategic.
i maneuvers.
In mobilizing his forces and
Ilaying plans for the all-out safety
[drive, Col. Burson called on all
| drivers, the local and county law
(enforcement officers, the press,
radio and television stations and:
various safety organizations for
full cooperation in helping ta
make the safety campaign suc
ceed.
Last year during a similar 102-
hour July 4th holiday period,
। 15 persons lost their lives and
308 others were injured in 580
; wrecks. The worst year of rec
ord for July 4th holiday traffic
fatalities was 1950 when 21 per
, sons died. The best record was
established in 1962 when only
. two persons were killed, but in
that year the Fourth of July
holiday period officially covered
only 30 hours.
Guardsmen Covered
By VA While
On Active Duty
With time drawing near for
extensive summer training exer
cises, National Guardsmen and
(Reservists are reminded of cer
tain benefits as well as respon
sibilities they have, reports State
Veterans Service Director Pete
. I Wheeler.
Mr. Wheeler said, “Among the
i benefits are those of VA compen
sation for injuries sustained dur
ing annual active duty for train
ing. In order to receive compen
sation for disabilities caused by
' diseases, Guardsmen must have
been on active duty in excess of
•30 days. There is no time limit
(in the case of disabilities result
'ing from injuries.”
Guardsmen or reservists are
(also permitted by law to take
their active duty training without
loss of job, accrued vacation time
or other employment benefits.—
Employers are required to allow
(the men time off work for tins:
training period. On the other
hand, the Guardsmen and Re
servists must report back to work
on the first working period fob
(lowing completion of training in
order to be entitled to seniority,,
: pay rate and other benefits.
VA coverage for benefits in
clude any travel they incur to or
(from their base of active duty
training.
( Additional information on VA
’ claims for guardsmen or reserv
ists and other information on ac
tive duty training may be receiv
ed from any field office of the
Georgia Department of Veterans
Service. The nearest office is,
[located at Mcßae. Its manager
is H. B. Barnes, Jr.