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VOLUME 54
County Commissioners Conference
To Be Held In Atlanta Oct. 23 24
County Commissioners along ■
with State Officials will be meet- )
ing in Atlanta on October 23-24, ■
to attend the Georgia County
Commissioners 7th Annual BIPO
Conference, (Better Informed)
Public Officials Conference) )
which will be held at the Dinkier ;
Plaza Hotel. State Association •
President, Jim L. Gillis, Jr. says,
that “this years conference will
highlight the discussion of prob- ;
lems confronted by County Gov
ernments.’’ He further states that,
at least two hundred and fifty
people will be in attendance for )
the various sessions.
During the Conference a recep
tion is planned to honor Fulton/
County Commissioner, James H.
Aldredge, who recently was elect
ed President of the National As
sociation of Counties. Many state
officials and Atlanta business ex- ’
ecutives will attend the reception
honoring Aldredge.
The core of this year’s program
is a session entitled, "Organize
for Action.” This involves a crit
ical examination of County Gov- )
ernment fiscal needs and the i 1
great necessity for County Adva-:'
lorem tax relief.
Another highlight of the Con
ference will be a full-length dis-)
cussion of the County-City mer- ) :
ger question and what lies ahead!
for Georgia in this program. ):
County Officials from Clarke, ):
Glynn, Chatham, Richmond, Ful-)
ton, and Muscogee Counties will :
be questioned from the floor onl <
progress being made in their re-(;
spective counties on County-City j
merger.
State representative Charles M..
Jones, and State Senator Render )
Hill, who serve as Joint Chair- j
men of the Georgia State Tax i
Revision Study Commission will)
report on the possible recommen-;
Gordon Appoints i
i,
New Managers At
Ga. State Parks
I
Appointment of new superin-1'
tendents at several parks in Geor-).
gia’s state parks system was an
nounced by State Parks Director |
John L. Gordon. The state parks)'
and their new superintendents i
are:
Alexander H. Stephens Memo- j
rial Park in Crawfordville — Em- |
melt Darden who was transferred
from Jefferson Davis Memorial
State Park
Cloudland Canyon Park at Ris-;
ing Fawn near LaFayette — Lee
Palmer, former superintendent of
Unicoa State Park near Helen. ।
Hart State Park in Hartwell— •.
George Robinson, formerly a su- .
perintendent-in-training at In-)
dian Springs and Tugaloo State i ■
Parks. /
Indian Springs Park near Jack- i
son—Louis Taylor, former super-)
intendent at Alexander H. Steph- .
ens Memorial Park.
Jefferson Davis Memorial Park,
Irwinville about 9 miles south- '
west of Fitzgerald—Roger Ben- '
nett, former trainee at Stephen
C. Foster Park.
Vogel State Park near Blairs
ville — Alex Brock who was a )
trainee at this park and served I;
briefly as superintendent at Alex- । J
ander H. Stephen Memorial Park. 1
Professional Women
Teachers Meeting
“Moral Value Patterns As They '
Affect Our Culture,” was the ;
topic of great discussion for the ;
Alpha Omega Chapter of the i
Delta Kappa Gamma meeting.
The meeting was held in Vidalia
October 17. :
The professional women teach- i
ers discussed the “Teacher Code
of Ethics” and how it would ap- :
ply to each individual. Some of I:
the interesting topics given by i i
members on program were, j
“Teacher Know Thyself” and ।:
“How Good A Teacher Am I?”
One of the main thoughts))
pointed out by one speaker was, j
“Today’s problems can be caused ;
by rebellion against authority.” ;;
Members from Wheeler Coun
ty attending were Mrs. Hazel
Joyce, Mrs. Grace Smith, and
Mrs. Mary Clark.
Wheeler County Eagle
dations of the Commission.
At the closing dinner meeting
on Thursday night. October 24,
State Highway Board Members
' and their wives will be the guests
of the Association at which time
i the Assistant Director of the
State Highway Department, Em
ory Parrish, will speak.
The opening session of the Con
ference will be Wednesday night,
October 23, at 7 p.m.
Ladies are invited to attend all
functions as well as the general
public.
Deadline Date Nears
For Regular NROTC
Qualifying Exam
The deadline for making ap
plication for the Regular NROTC
) qualifying examination is fast ap
proaching. Applications must be
received by the Science Research
Associates on or before November
15. Applicants will participate in
the nationwide competitive ex
amination December 14, the only
date on which the examination
will be given, as the first step to
ward a college education and a
regular commission in the naval
service.
All tuition, fees, and books are
furnished by the Navy, and the
student receives a subsistence al
lowance of $50.00 per month for
not more than four years. During
each summer between his college
years, a midshipman participates
in interesting at-sea training per
iods.
High school seniors and grad
uates who will be entering col
)lege in September 1969 and who
will be at least 17 but not 21
j years of age by July 1, 1969 may
apply for the Navy College Ap
titude Test. (NCAT) will be given
; a medical examination and will
I complete their applications in
January and February of 1969.
Applications for the NCAT are
available at local high schools and
Navy Recruiting Station, 451 Col
lege Street, P. O. Box 4287, Ma
con, Georgia 31208 or from the
Chief of Naval Personnel (Pers-
B 6411) Department of the Navy,
Washington. D. C. 20370.
Raymond G. Phelps
Gets Purple Heart
Army Specialist Four Raymond
IG. Phelps', whose parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Grable Davis, live on Route
1, Glenwood, received the Pur
ple Heart Sept. 19 at the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, in:
Washington, D. C., while a pa-'
tient.
Spec. Phelps received the award I
for wounds received in action;
while serving in Vietnam.
Navy Day To Be
Observed Oct. 27
Around The World
Navy Day is Sunday, October
27. It will be celebrated in Glynn
County and throughout the world
from October 20 to 27 with this
year’s theme “U. S. Navy—On
the Move" calling appropriate at
tention to the role of the Navy-
Marine Corps Team in safeguard
ing our nation and national in
terests worldwide.
Officially sponsored by the
Navy League, Navy Day com
memorates the historic day in
1775 when the Continental Con
gress received a bill providing for
the creation and establishment of
a fleet to protect the lives and
property of a young and strug
gling nation.
It also marks the birthday of
President Theodore Roosevelt, a
stunch and stouthearted Ameri
can who recognized the vital need
for a strong Navy and gave his
support to a program which re
sulted in a Navy respected by ev
ery nation on earth. He is fond
ly recognized as the father of the
modern Navy.
Notice To Parents:
The Measles shot is now avail- )
able at the Wheeler County
Health Department for children
through age eleven.
Immunizations are given on|
Monday and Wednesday.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
I I
Miss Gwen Cox
Homecoming Queen j
At Wheeler High
Miss Gwen Cox was crowned'
, Homecoming Queen of the Wheel-)
er County High School for 1968-)
; 69 at the half-time of the
s ) Wheeler-Mt. de Sales football)
. game here Friday night.
i: The new queen is beginning )
■ her fourth year in varsity bas-1
ketball and is president of the'
.. Senior Class. She is active in all)
phases of school activities, and :
( serves as secretary of Beta Club,)
; chaplain of the Tri-Hi-Y, and Par- 1
i liamentarian of the Future Home- i
makers. She sings in the Glee
Club and the Girls’ Chorus.
) Included in the Homecoming
Court were: Wanda Ussery, Bth:
grade; Ellen Adams, 9th grade;;
Patsy Raulerson and Dianne Gil-)
der, 10th grade; Scarlett Spires,)
Paulette Dixon, and Brenda j
/Clark, 11th grade; Joan Guin,)
| Betty Jenkins, Joyce Smith, and)
/the queen, 12th grade.
'; After rain halted the paradei
1 in the afternoon, it seemed doubt- ■
Cui that plans for the night's ac-)
' : tivities could be carried out. How-)
ever, fully equipped with um-)
) brellas and helpful escorts, the)
' I girls took their places on the j
field during the first quarter. )
Miss Judy Windham, the out-1
going queen, crowned the new
.queen.
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State Nurses To
Hold 61st Annual
Meeting In Rome
All roads will lead to Rome for
I Georgia nurses on Oct. 30, the j
) opening day of the 61st annual)
■ convention of the Georgia State j
/Nurses Association. The gather-)
ing. to be held on the campus ofl
') Berry College through November j
-2, is expected to attract registered
11 nurses from all parts of the state )
I to explore the general theme of;
i this year’s meeting “Facing Is
sues Opens Doors.”
>) Dr. George L. Simpson, chan-
I cellor of the University System of
- Georgia, will use the meeting.
itheme as the subject of his ad-;
;) dress to the group at the evening )
session Thursday, Oct. 31 at 8:30
. ■ p.m.
At the opening general business )
session at 9:30 a.m. Thursday,)
G.S.N.A. members will be wel-1
) corned to Rome by Dr. John R. |
Bertrand, president of Berry Col-)
lege and by Mrs. Rita Conlon, I
president of the Seventh District;
11 Nurses Association, the hostess)
/group for this year’s meeting.
Baptist Paper Names
Duke For Promotion
The Rev. R. L. (Bill) Duke,/
) Washington, Ga., has been elect- j
)ed promotion manager for “The)
) Christian Index” Georgia Baptist
iConvention paper, effective Jan. I,
! The Rev. Mr. Duke, missionary ;
। for the Georgia Baptist Associa- 1
) tion for the past six years, will)
I promote circulation of the “In-;
;dex” among the churches in the)
: state. ~
Duke succeeds Hugh King, who
retires after four years in the ,
) post to be interim missionary for
1 the Catoosa County Baptist As-)'
; sociation.
Duke formerly served Baptist )
) churches at Commerce, Crawford-),
, ville, Rayle, and Washington.
A native of Jefferson, Duke was
a salesman and cabinet maker be-:
fore entering the ministry. He;
has attended Mercer University ;
' 1 Extension Center classes and has ):
taken seminary extension courses.)
He has been president of the('
Georgia Association pastors con-)
■ ference, the Wilkes County Min- )
isterial association, and the Wash-).
) ington Kiwanis Club.
Homecoming Sunday
At Center Methodist
Center Methodist Church of;;
Vidalia will hold its homecoming )
; service Sunday, October 27. Sing-)
) ing will begin at 10:30, with;:
'speaking service at 11:00 a.m.
I Dinner will follow and we are) ।
planning on having lots of good
singing in the afternoon.
Everyone is invited to come,:
। and share the food, singing and!
fellowship.
Clothes And Toys
Being Collected
For Needy Families
Clothes and toys are being col
lected to be used in the clothes
closet sponsored by the Wheeler
: County Board of Education. Mrs.
Ann White, visiting teacher, is in
) charge.
The garments can be for both
children and adults. So often,
when school children are found
in need of clothes, the parents
: are in need also, Mrs. 'White said.
The toys will be used for needy
families at Christmastime.
Anyone who has clothes or toys
to contribute may contact Mrs.
White at her office in the court
) house or by calling 568-3431. Oth
ers assisting her in collecting the
(clothes are: Rev. Richard Altman,
Mrs. Rachel Boyette. Mrs. L. W.
; Clark, Mrs. Edward Towns, and
Miss Teda Coleman. Or, clothes
; may be left at the Alamo Metho
dist Church.
Veterans' Wives
And Widows Get
Education Bill
I
; State Veterans Service Director
) Pete Wheeler has announced that
) Congress has passed a bill grant
j ing education benefits to the wid
ows of veterans who died of serv
) ice caused disabilities and the
| wives of those veterans perma
nently and totally disabled as a
) result of military service.
Speaking to a regional confer
’ ence of veterans’ service officers,
)he said, “For the first time in
the history of veterans’ benefits,
we have a GI Bill for wives and
‘widows. The bill, passed by both
the House and Senate shortly be
) fore adjournment, is now await
' ing the signature of President
; Johnson.”
Mr. Wheeler is a member of
the U. S. Veterans Advisory
; Commission which recently made
the recommendation for the new
{educational measure.
Under the bill, eligible widows
and wives will be able to receive
$l3O a month for their education
up to 36 months.
The bill also reduces the a
) mount of time which a man must
) spend on active duty in order to
receive education payments for
the statutory maximum of 36
I months. At present a GI must
.serve for three years to receive
;36 months of training. Under the
) new measure he receives the
i maximum if he has served 18
months or more. Eligible veter
ans who serve less tjian 181
months receive 1 1-2 months of
training for each month of serv-;
) ice.
The bill also permits veterans
who have used eligibility under)
previous educational programs |
and who have entitlement under)
the Cold War GI Bill an addition-)
al 12 months of training for a)
maximum of 48 months of earned)
eligibility under two or more
programs.
Other benefits of the measure)
make it possible to participate;
part-time in the on-the-farm;
training program, and permits)
veterans in the flight training pro-)
gram to receive their reimburse-i
ments in monthly rather than)
quarterly payments.
William Cook Now
Student Teacher At
Wheeler Co. High
William Cook of Mcßae has
been assigned his student teach
ing activities by the Division of)
Education, Georgia Southern Col
lege, for fall quarter 1968. Ac
cording to Dr. Donald Hawk, di-)
rector of student teaching, Wil
liam has been assigned duties in i
the English department at'
Wheeler County High School in
Alamo.
He is the Son of Mr. and Mrs.:
W. E. Cook of Mcßae.
Wilson E. Durden
Serving In Vietnam
Army Private First Class Wil-)
son E. Durden, 22. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ewart Durden, Route 1. Hei-'
ena, was assigned Sept. 16 to the |
Ist Cavalry Division (Airmobile))
in Vietnam, as an aircraft repair-;
man.
Advertise in the Eagle. 1
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1968 SINGLE COPY 5c
Georgia Power To Have Formal
Opening Os New Mcßae Office
.; Georgia Power Company will
i observe formal opening of its
) new, all-electric Mcßae District
i Office, Johnny McCraney, the
. utility’s Mcßae District Manager,
) announced this week.
: The 6,ouu-square-foot structure
is at 301 South First Street.
“We are extending a cordial in
j vitation to all Mcßae area citi
;) zens to help us celebrate the
) opening of our new office,” Mr.
( McCraney said.
Festivities will include favors
') for children and drawings for
• prizes. The grand prize w’.il be
;an electric dryer. An electric
') vacuum cleaner and electric irons
’; will be among the other prizes.
Mr. McCraney said open-house
) hours will be from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Wednesday, October 30.
) Visitors will not have to be pres
) ent. at the door prize drawing to
’win.
The new building will provide,
iin addition to the merchandise
') sales area, office space for the
) district manager, district super
) intendent, the district accounting
) supervisor and commercial, in
’ dustrial, residential and home
/
Ga. Senators Get
Federal Grants
For Ga. Projects
1 ) A federal grant, a loan and De
j) sense Department contract affect
!) ing Georgia have been announced
1 by Georgia’s U. S. Sens. Herman
[ E. Talmadge and Richard B. Rus
’ sell. This is what they announced.
) Empire Telephone Company in
/ Comer has received a $1,472,000
, Department of Agriculture REA
, loan for construction and upgrad
, i ing services; Riegel Textile Corp.
i was awarded a $2,679,320 Defense
.) Supply Contract for more than
/5-million linear yards of cotton
( I sateen cloth to be manufactured
|in plants at Trion, Ga., and En
oree, S. C., and the Economic De
) velopment Administration ap
/ proved a grant of $166,200 to ex
. tend water and sewer lines in I
; ) Jasper County.
Wheeler County High Homecoming
Parade Marred By Wind And Rain
; I
By Anne Johnson
I The floats were lined up, the
) convertibles were in their places,
the girls were poised and waiting
/ —just like the Biblical scene
I where the animals lined up to go
) inside the ark. Tractors sputtered,
| the girls gave final touches to
; their hairdos and evening gowns,
) townfolk waited expectantly on
the streets . . . “and then the
! floods came.”
! The sky was ominously black,
) and through the torrents, the
; homecoming representatives star
) ing forlonly could be glimpsed
through the windows of the now
) closed convertibles. No one
; seemed to know what to do; then
(those in charge of the floats de
) cided to transport them to shel
jter. One would have to stretch
; the imagination to understand the
। pathos of this reporter as she
) watched what would have been
the 1968 Wheeler County High
School homecoming parade tear
around the corner at 60 mph, fly-
• ing to pieces.
The wind blew and the rain
) poured for a time, then all was
(quiet (till game time that night).
(Circling town after the rain was
jlike riding through a hurricane’s
'destructive path. Torn crepe
paper littered the streets, an ex
i pensive iron chair lay broken on
; the sidewalk, and a large port-
DEATHS
Mrs. F. Lee Gillis - Glenwood
Eli Cooper - Dublin
J. O. Elion - Hazlehurst
George Evans - Starke, Fla.
Genie Patrick - Milan
James Wilbur Sheffield - Milan
j Mrs .Walter Livingston - Macon
John Dewey Heaton - Warner
) Robins
Brady Ellington - Wilkinson
County
1 Charlie F. Fennell - Rhine
[ service personnel.
; I It also will provide an appliance :
.! service center and loading dock,)
/an all-electric demonstration Kit-!'
, | chen, a storage area and an audi-1
) torium capable of seating 50 per-)
■) sons.
i The auditorium will be avail-)
■) able to the public for civic meet- ; I
■ |ings.
: i The office building is a one-!
.) story structural steel and mason- ):
iry unit with an aluminum and ! i
; ! glass front. Adequate parking <
. I space for both customers and em- ))
.) ployees is available.
. । Besides featuring electric heat- i j
; i ing and air conditioning, the in-: j
- terior has recessed ceiling fluores- ) I
j cent lighting—exceeding the 11-)
.) luminating Engineering Society’s );
I standard of 100 footcandles—that) ।
) gives ample illumination through-);
/out the structure. Ceiling spot- ।
lights line the merchandise dis- (
play windows at the front.
Mr. McCranie said the rapidly ;
increasing growth of the Mcßae (
District residential, rural, com- (
mercial and industrial customers i
of Georgia Power made the new
and larger facility “absolutely (
necessary.”
Local power company offices
in the Mcßae District are at (
Cochran, Eastman, Hawkinsville, (
Hazlehurst and Perry.
EGG COLOR
Which has the best quality, a
white or brown egg? According :
to Cooperative Service poultry-1 :
men at the University of Georgia, I
the color of the egg shell, brown 1 '
or white, has no bearing on the |
1 nutritive value of the egg. Egg)
1 shell color is a breed characistic j
1 of the hen.
MORE BEEF MONEY
I
। There are three ways to make;
i more money from beef cattle in);
Georgia, says Dr. Dan Daniel. I
head of the Cooperative Exten- j ’
sion Service animal science de-.
partment. These three ways are) j
| wean heavier calves, wean better t
I calves and wean more calves. :,
able blackboard had fallen and'
shattered into bits. Everywhere'
' there were vestiges of what
’ might have been.
’ However, this reporter found
; the scene that touched her most)
1 when she drove up to the high j
' school after everyone had left. ।
’ The sky was still dark and the;
’ rain misted down. All was cold;
1 and silent. Even the parking lot )
: was empty—except for one for-)
lorn, abandoned float in the cen-)
• ter. The ugly brown wood of the;
! wagon glared through the wet)
■ crepe paper dripping from the)
) sides. That one pathetic float told )
■ the whole story of the Home-'
coming Parade — Utter disen-)
1 chantment.
I
i October Is Beef
i Month In Georgia
i This is the month for eating'
। meat and cheering cattle farmers.;
October is “Beef Month,” so)
proclaimed by Governor Lester;
Maddox.
Agricultural leaders and cattle-1
; men are hailing the livestock in-)
dustry as one of Georgia’s most j
; important, and at the same time
; are saying it’s not as important;
. as it could or should be.
Cash farm receipts from cattle j
and calves amounted to $82.9)
million last year, making beef the;
biggest income - producing live-)
stock commodity in the state.)
Georgia now ranks 18th in the !
j nation in beef production,
j Nevertheless, the state produces)
I only 58 percent of the beef it con-)
j sumes. Thus the reason for citing)
j the industry’s importance while;
I pointing out the need for expan- :
i) sion.
In his proclamation, Governor;
Maddox said expansion of beefi
production is “essential to the:
economy and the supply of food)
to citizens of Georgia.”
NUMBER 2»
i
Maddox Lays If
On The Line For
George Wallace
Gov. Lester G. Maddox flew ta
faraway Texas the other day to
campaign for third party presi
dential candidate George C. Wal
lace, and, in an address to the
American party of Texas at a
rally in Andrews, Texas, he tru
ly laid it on the line for Ala*
bama’s ex-governor.
“You and I know," Maddox told
the gathering, "that even though
George Wallace is referred to as
the ‘third party candidate,’ he ia
by no means the third-ranking
candidate. And, in reality, there
is no ‘third party’ in the United
States. There is the American In
dependent Party and the Demo
cratic - Republican Establishment
Party.
“I put the Independent Party
first, because that’s where it be
longs.
“George Wallace was the first,
candidate to talk about issues of'
greatest concern to the people.
He was the first candidate to de
mand a return of law and ordier
in the United States. He was the
first candidate to offer some sen
sible solutions to the Vietnam cri
sis.
“He was the first—and only—
-1 candidate to recognize the impor
tance of local control of schools
)to an orderly and efficient edu
; cational system. He was the first
) —and only—candidate to take ai
, strong stand for the private free
) enterprise system, for states’
) rights, for a balanced national
budget, and for a more conserv
ative Supreme Court.”
Regarding Wallace’s chances of
winning, Gov. Maddox had this
to say:
“The polls may show Mr. Wal
lace to have only 20 per cent of
the nation’s popular vote, but I
would like for you to remember
' । that the polls never gave me ev
en 20 per cent when I was run
ning for Georgia’s highest office
—and I’m governor now.
“And when they get thrau^a
counting the votes in November,,
you’re going to find, too, that
George C. Wallace is President.”’
At another point, the Georgia
governor declared: “I am well a
ware that a President does not
1 make a nation, but, perhaps for
; the first time in the history of'
I the United States, this nation ha®
/ the opportunity to make a Presi
(dent.
I) “I am convinced that where all
; other candidates represent the'
) politicians in the old establish
ment, George C. Wallace is the
only one who truly represents the*'
; people.”
' I
C. J. Rhodes Shot
By Accident Saturday
j C. J. Rhodes, son of Mr. and
I Mrs. Jim Rhodes, of Rt. 2, Mc-
Rae, was accidently shot in the
I back of his head, by his grand
father, Centell Purvis near the
Ocmulgee River, Saturday morn
ing, October 12, about 7:00 o’clock.
; while hunting squirrels.
Young Mr. Rhodes was hid be-
I hind a stump and moved, Mr
Purvis thinking it was a squirreli
shot, and 37 shots went into the
back of his head.
He was rushed to the Telfair
| County Hospital where he way
) examined. He was later dismissed
) ana is now at home recovering*
I from the accident.
Community Church
Os God Services
The Community Church of GadL
; located on the Dublin highway,
: announces that each Sunday.
: Sunday School is held at 10:0®
a.m., Worship Service at 11:06:
; a.m., and Evening Worship at
। 7:30 p.m.
The pastor, the Rev. Clintae
McKuhen invites everyone to at
j tend.