Newspaper Page Text
VOLUME 54
Wheeler County
High Future
Homemakers
The Wheeler County High
Chapter of Future Homemakers
has been working since the new
officers were installed last May.
The 1968-69 officers are:
President, Brenda Clarke; Vice-
President, Paulette Dixon; Secre
tary, Scarlett Spires; Treasurer,
Joan Guin; Parliamentarian.
Gwen Cox; Historian, Louise
Stinson; Public Relations Chair
men, Justine Clarke, Kaye
Bridgeman; Projects Chairman,
Dianne Gilder, Barbara Gowan;
Degree Chairman, Betty Rabun;
Honor Roll Chairman, Elaine
Thomas; Music and Recreation
Chairman, Elizabeth Pickle; Pro
gram Chairmen, Dianne White,
Anne Johnson; Social Chairmen,
Peggy Adams. Patsy Raulerson:
Photographer, Kathryn Graham;
Devotional Chairman, Bobbie
Clark. Several of these officers
met in August to plan the pro
gram of work for the coming year.
The FHA club this year was af
filiated with seventy-three mem
bers. The FHA meets the second
Wednesday of each month. The
meetings are planned to help
each girl grow in personal, home, j
and family living. Interesting
programs are presented in con
nection with state and national
goals. The programs of the prev
ious meeting were, a panel ex
plaining the FHA emblem, mot
to, flower, colors, and purposes,
a panel of adults and students
discussing communications be
tween teens and adults, a talk
given by Mrs. Freita Spell, the
surrounding counties health su
pervisor, and a talk and slides of
the Holy Land given by Rever
end Mchael G. Dipalma. Mr. Di
palma is pastor of Mcßae Pres
byterian church. Each month a
devotional is given by one of the
members of the club. Each mem
ber of the club also has the re
sponsibility of serving as hostess
at one of the monthly meetings.
Officers of the club meet addi
tional times when carrying out
a major project or responsibility.
The FHA has three degrees of
achievement which a girl may
earn. The levels of growth and
development are the Junior,
Chapter, and State Degrees.
The FHA carries out many
chapter, school, and community
projects. All the members work
together to help make the Home
Economics Department more ef
ficient and orderly. Seven FHA
members. Brenda Clarke, Janice
Adams, Paulette Dixon, Joyce
Powell, Patt Dyal, Kathy Pope,
and Gail Tucker, attended the
Fall District II meeting in
Swainsboro in October. Five girls
participated in a skit about Na
tioonal Convention which Brenda
Clarke and Mrs. Ruth C. Humph
rey. FHA advisor, attended in Mi
ami last July.
Some other projects the FHA
carried out last year were, baby
si titng at the PT A meetings, car
rying fruit baskets to the Mcßae
Manor Nursing Home at Thanks
giving, and sponsoring a Home
coming float. This year the FHA
had a Mother-Daughter Tea for
all the mothers of students in
FHA and the Home Economics
Program.
Also this year the FHA has an
advisory board to help benefit the
club. Serving on the Board are:
Mrs. Marie Causey, William S.
Clark. Miss Brenda Clarke, Mrs.
Hazel Clarke. Miss Joy Cox, Mrs.
Frances Griffin. John Hatten, and
Mrs. Ruth C. Humphrey.
In future months the FHA
plans to have another advisory
committee meeting, carry favors
to the Mcßae Manor Nursing
Home at Valentine’s Day. be re
sponsible for Career Night at the
March PTA meeting, plan and
carry out a Spring Fashion Show,
observe National FHA week,
March 23-29. attend the Spring
District II meeting in Swainsboro
in March, and the State Conven
tion in Atlanta in April.
Brenda Clarke. Paulette Dixon,
and Scarlett Spires are State De
gree Candidates in the Future
Homemaker Organization this
year.
This is the 13th year the
■Wheeler County High FHA has
worked to be an Honor Roll
Chapter, and it has reached its
goal most of these years.
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
/T" '""'I
MU'
—mnJl -Ji drwV
r /x ' ' I
LAW NEEDED—A recently drafted bill is to be proposed to
the Georgia General Assembly, which would impose stiff penalties
for abandoning dogs in the wild. Unwanted dogs are frequently
dropped along country roads because the owner hadn’t the “heart”
to dispose of the dog more humanely. Such dumping has created
a statewide problem with a large wild dog population. Wild dogs
take a high toll of livestock and wildlife annually, finding it
necessary to kill for food or starve to death.
Three Georgia Congressmen Sponsor
Equal Rights For Women Legislation
Three members of Georgia’s [
Congressional Delegation in the
U. S. House of Representatives
joined today in co-sponsoring,
legislation to guarantee equal
’ rights for women under the U. S.
i Constitution.
Co-sponsoring the measure
were Third District Congressman
Jack Brinkley of Columbus, Fifth
District Congressman Fletcher
Thompson of East Point, and
! Eighth District Congressman W.
S. (Bill) Stuckey. Jr. of Eastman.
The three Congresmen, repre
senting both Democrats and Re
publicans, said they offered the
Constitutional Amendment for
Annual Convention
American Foresters
To Be Held In Macon
Ed Knapp, chairman, South
• eastern Section, Society of Amer
’ ican Foresters, Macon, announces [
[ speakers for the Section’s tech
(nical session on Jan. 9. The Sec
[ tion will hold their annual con
vention in the Dempsey Motor
Hotel at Macon Jan. 9-10.
The speakers and their subjects
‘ are Robert E. Hanie, executive
director, Georgia Council for the
Preservation of Natural Areas,
Decatur, “The State of Nature In
Georgia”; Dr. Richard G. Clem-'
ents, Institute of Ecology, Uni
versity of Georgia, Athens, “Ecol
ogy and Forest Uses”; R. S. How
ard, Jr., Water Quality Control
Board, Department of Public
Health, Atlanta, ‘Water and Its
Importance In Today’s Environ
ment”; and William A. Hansell,
director, Air Quality Control
Branch, Department of Public
Health, Atlanta, “Ecology As It
Relates To Air.”
Dr. Frank B. Golley, executive
director, Institute of Ecology,
University of Georgia, Athens, I
will deliver the keynote address
which preceds the technical ses-.
' sion, Knapp added. Dr. Golley
will direct his remarks to the con
vention theme, “The Importance
Os Environment To Life.”
Knapp states that more than'
250 delegates from Alabama and
Georgia are expected for the twm
day meeting.
John Hinson Named
On Dean's List
John Hinson, sophomore Polit
ical Science major from Alamo
was named to the 1968 Fall Quar-
Iter Dean’s List at Georgia South
ern College, with a 3.87 grade
: point average.
To be eligible for the Dean’s (
List, a student must have at least
a 3.8 grade point average for the
quarter.
Hinson is the son of Charles
Hughes Hinson of Alamo.
;[ women at the request of the Geor
gia Federation of Business and
professional Women’s Clubs.
If passed by Congress and ap
proved by three-fourths of the
. State Legislatures, the proposed
Constitutional Amendment would
. declare that “Equality of rights
under the law shall not be denied
or. abridged by the United States
or by any State on account of
sex. Congress and the several
States shall have power within
their respective jurisdictions, to
enforce this article by appropri
ate legislation.”
In a joint statement, the three
Georgia Congressmen declared
that, “One of the more important;
' developments in our country has
been the emergence of women
[from second-class citizens to full]
: participants in our national life (
with the passage of the 19th (
, Amendment, which gave them the [
right to vote.
i “The women of our nation, 1
once freed from their subservient (
role, have made a substantial and!
; lasting contribution to our na- (
tional life. We are a stronger na-:
tion today because we have j
I agreed that women have the same (
political rights as men. The Unit- 1
ed States is a far better country;
for its decision to unshackle
women and grant them full polit-.
; ical equality.
“It is our considered judgment !
that similar benefits can be ex
pected by guaranteeing the rights
of women in the world of busi-।
ness and commerce under the'
United States Constitution. It is
for this reason—and because it is
right and just—that we have i
joined together in this common:
effort to guarantee to the women
of our state and nation equal |
rights through the legislation we:
have introduced today.”
Mcßae Man Shot
Near His Home
Floyd Selph of Mcßae, was,
shot Sunday night near his home
at the corner of Telfair Avenue
। and Willow Creek Lane.
Arrested in connection with the
i shooting was Dee Williams of Rt.
1, Mcßae, on a warrant sworn
out by Selph’s father, J. D. Selph,:
according to Sheriff Jack Walker.
It was reported that Selph was
shot with a shotgun. He was car-;
ried to the Telfair County Hos
pital where his condition is listed
as fair.
Williams was apprehended last
Sunday night above Helena on
the Long Bridge road. Arresting
officers were, Sheriff Jack Wal
ker, Deputy Sheriff Tom Cross,:
; and Sgt. Harry Holland of the
(Georgia State Patrol.
Williams has been released on
I bond set by JP Court and the case
:is bound over to February term,.
I Telfair Superior Court.
Double Size Os
Highway Palrol ]
Weaver Insists ]
In the wake of another record-.
breaking year for killing people[ •
on Georgia highways—l96B’s traf-. ■
sic death toll reached I,749—Maj. '
Porter Weaver, commanding of
ficer of the State Patrol, has
[ joined Gov. Lester G. Maddox.[
; Col. R. H. Burson, state public (
safety director, and others in,
[ calling for more state troopers.
“Give us twice the manpower.”
declared Maj. Weaver when';
asked what steps should be taken :
in an effort to reverse the steady I.
j rising death toll. “With our pres- i
j ent manpower, about all we can [;
do is answer calls. We can’t stop i;
speeders and enforce traffic laws | ’
the way we should with so few j '
men on the highways."
The State Patrol now has aI.
total of 600 troopers, the com-|1
mander pointed out. But by the <!
time they are divided among all j i
the divisions and agencies as- ■
I signed by law. only 265 are on
the highways on any given day. i
“We’re the largest state east of '
the Mississippi River." the major 1
said. “We’ve got 90,000 miles of [
I roads to cover with 265 men. It's
a monumental task
“But from yeai -to-year, the ।
percentage increase in deaths is
about the same as the increase
■ in licensed drivers and motor ve
hicle registrations in the state. At
1 least we’re holding our own,” he
i added.
To do more than hold the line, I
i Maj. Weaver emphasized, would]
require stricter enforcement on I
the roads, “but for that we'd need I
at least twice the present man-I
' power.”
1 I
New Officers Elected
At First District
Gala Annual Meeting
’ New officers for 1969-70 were]
elected when the First District ।
GALA annual meeting was held i
at the Marvin Pittman Audito- i
rium in Statesboro.
The new officers were: Jane I
| DeLoach, president, Glennville j
High; Shirley Collins, vice-pres-1'
; ident, Bradwell Inst.; Mary Ann [
[Pearson, secretary, Bradwel Inst.; I
Janice Harden, treasurer, Claxton]
High; Clifford NeSmith, reporter, |
I Groves High; Velma Kessler, his-j
[torian, Groves High; and Susan]
j Daniels, parliamentarian, Groves i
I High.
Anne Johnson of the Wheeler i 1
( County High School is the out
] going president and presided dur- j 1
ling the meeting.
I ;
Mrs. Pat Boney of Claxton was i
i guest speaker for the occasion 1
I with the topic, “Blueprint For j
i Happiness.” i
I I
One hundred seventy two stu-1
dents representing 14 schools j
[ were present at the meeting. ]
I ।
Loans Available
For Farmers
h
Herman T. Langley, County I (
i Supervisor for the Farmers Home:
Administration, says that Emer
; gency Loans are still available ] e
(to eligible farmers in Telfair and']
[ Wheeler Counties at just 3 per .
cent interest. This low interest ].
rate is possible because of the I
I severe crop losses from dought ]
! this past year, he said. j,
Langley also said that funds |
were available under the Oper-1
bating Loan and Farm Ownership!
Loan programs administered by t;
his office. Full information onL
i these loans may be obtained from : <
: the local FHA Office located in; (
' the County Office Building in Me- ] ।
| Rae. I
I h
I I ■ M '■!l!ll■a■!l!l■WW■®■ . (
DEATHS
h
Ik*..*! ■ ■ Blj<
J !
Robert D. Lane - Soperton
Mrs. Elen Wilkes - Dublin
Olan C. Smith - Lyons
Mrs. Fannie Smith - Eastman
James W. McCrimmon - Fitz-[ i
gerald
Pearlie T. Wilkerson - Vidalia ;
Joe P. Rhodes - Mcßae :
i Mrs, Elizabeth Ann (Eliza) ii
Buchannon Allen - Mcßae
Thomas Jefferson Cravey -
j Milan
Janice L. Rogers - Glenwood r<
FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1969 SINGLE COPY 5c
Georgia Republicans To Celebrate
With Presidential Ball January 20
Mental Health
Leaders To Meet
In Atlanta Jan. 23
Some 300 Mental Health vol
unteers are expected to attend
the 17th Annual Meeting and
Program Conference of the Geor
gia Association For Mental Health
at the Marriott Motor Hotel in
Atlanta, January 23-24-25.
The conference will be built
around the theme “Social Action
and Public Policy.” There will be
workshops on Social Action in
Community Planning for Com
munity Services, Legislation,
Adequate Education for all Chil
dren and Adequate Facilities and!
Services for Recreation. Special
ists in these fields will lead the
workshops.
Brian O’Connell, Executive Di-[
rector of the National Association!
For Mental Health will be the I
featured speaker at the Annual j
Banquet on Friday evening.
“The conference is aimed to
ward making citizens more aware
of their role in effectively chang- 1
ing Public Policy through Social j
Action,” said A. Paul Cadenhead,
President of the Association.
$5-Million Seen
(For Ocean Study
Georgia’s new ocean research
| center on Skidaway Island near
| Savannah will receive $5-million
lin federal funds if Congress ap-
I proves a $14.6-million marine re
sources appropriation sought by
the Coastal Plains Regional Com
mission.
j Laurie Abbott, chairman of the
I Ocean Science Center of the At
llantic (OSCA), said the money
। would be used to help create a
I marine extension program similar
| to Georgia’s agricultural extension
| service.
I
Drama Clinic
.
Planned By
Georgia Baptists
Drama as a church teaching aid
will be featured at a “creative
teaching” clinic at First Baptist
Church, Statesboro, January 16-
17. First session is 7 p.m. Thurs
day.
Choral speaking, a Christian
folk musical, and traditional
church drama will be featured in
general sessions.
Small-group sessions will deal
with drama as a teaching device
in Sunday school or other church
groups.
Sponsored by the Church Train
ing Department of the Georgia ■
Baptist Convention, conference
leaders include drama specialists:
Cecil McGee, Baptist Sunday
School Board, Nashville, Tenn.;
Mrs. Sarah Miller, writer, Hous
ton, Tex.; Mrs. George Lambert, ]
Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Johnny]
Stack, Greer, S. C.
The Rev. Garnie A. Brand is
secretary of the Church Training j
Department for Georgia Baptists.
Rattlesnake Roundup Scheduled For
Vidalia For Saturday, January 18
A large crowd is expected to
attend the First Annual Rattle
snake Round-up to be held on
Saturday, January 18, at the Vi
dalia Municipal Airport according
to Chairman Bill Hodges.
Reports drifting in from snake
hunters who are busy probing
gopher holes, bushes, crevices,
and any other places where
snakes are likely to be found are
that they are being quite suc
cessful and that when all these
snkaes are brought in, it will be
a sight to behold.
Activities will get under way
with a Rattlesnake Hunters’
Breakfast at the Southern Case
in Vidalia scheduled for 7:00 a.m.
Gates at the Airport will open
at 9:00 a.m. Adult admission is
50c and children 12 years or un
[der 25c. Snake receiving station
.will open at 10:00 a.m.
Mack Gilliam, who operates the
[Mack Gilliam’s Rattlesnake Ha
■ena, Ormond Beach, Florida, will
| George Republicans will cele
jbrate the inauguration of Richard
] M. Nixon as President with a ball
.at Callaway Gardens near Pine.
Mountain.
More than 500 GOP leaders
from throughout the state are ex
pected to attend the January 20
'. gala, which will coincide with :
three formal inaugural balls in
Washington.
i The ball is believed to be the ,
first such presidential inaugural i
[ celebration in the nation.
Howard H. (Bo) Callaway, for
. mer GOP representative and the [
i party’s 1966 gubernatorial nomi-:
nee, will be the host. Mrs. John
Cauble, Georgia’s Republican Na-'
: tional Committeewoman, will be ;
i the hostess.
; Mrs. Cauble said the ballgoers [
I may receive a personal message (
from the new President, during
; the festivities. Invitations to the |
। ball were mailed several days ago. i
Wheeler Co. High
। Future Homemakers
(Regular Meeting
] The Future Homemakers of ]
| America Club at the Wheeler!
i County High School held its reg- [
lular meeting December 11, in the |
] Home Economics Department. [
i Brenda Clarke, President, called
i the meeting to order, and Scarlett
I Spires, secretary, read the min- [
1 ] utes and called the roll. Barbara '
i Gowan gave the devotional.
' The guest speaker was Michael i
; G. Dipalma, pastor of the Mcßae
[Presbyterian Church. Mr. Di
। palma shared with the FHA
' i guests and members, his experi
! ences and slides which were
! | taken when he visited the Holy
’; Land.
' i Mrs. Ruth C. Humphrey, the
1 Future Homemakers of America
i club advisor, gave a brief sum
'[many of Mr. DiPalma’s Christian
• leadership experiences.
Refreshments were served by
I Kathy Pope, Justine Clarke,
Renee Dennis, and Marsha Mc-
Neal.
Invitations were sent to FHA
members and their mothers, to
attend the tea. It was agreed that,
the attendance and participation,
were very successful.
Justine Clarke, Reporter. ■
Cotton Meeting
By David H. Williams
What is the latest in cotton pro- [
duction practices? What will be ।
the 1969 cotton program? What ■
is the outlook for cotton in Geor- I
gia?
These and other questions will i
be discussed at a meeting in Tis-1
[ton, January 14. This meeting will ]
be held in the Rural Life Build- ।
ing at ABAC beginning at 9:30 ]
a.m. It is jointly sponsored by the
Georgia Extension Service and
Abraham Baldwin College.
Cotton producers and business
| men interested in cotton are in
vited to attend, and get the most
up-to-date information on cotton,
j Further information can be ob
tained from your County Agent.
1 give three lectures and demon- |
(strations on milking and hand-1
| ing snakes at 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., •
[and 4:00 p.m.
A concession stand will be open (
| for the convenience of citizens
who wish to come early and stay I
late.
The sum of $3.00 will be paid (
for each rattlesnake, three feet |
or more in length. Five cash (
prizes consisting of $75.00, $50,00,;
$35.00, $25.00, and $15.00 will be i
awarded to hunters bringing in
the largest number of snakes:
measuring three feet or more. Al
so, $25.00 will be given for the i
largest snake by weight. All snake
hunters must be registered.
The Rattlesnake Roundup is
sponsored by the Vidalia Cham
ber of Commerce, and since the;
] purpose of the Roundup is to rid
| the area of as many snakes as
, possible and is a very worthwhile
(project, the Chamber needs the
! full support of the public.
NUMBER 40
U. S. Senate Elects
Georgia's Russell
I
President Pro Tem
( Senator Richard B. Russell was
unanimously elected President
Pro Tempore of the United
States Senate today in a vote in
the opening session of the 9slst
■ Congress.
[ As the Senate’s President Pro
; Tempore, the Georgia Senator is
[ third in line of succession to the
office of President of the United
States. Senator Russell, who be
। gins his thirty-seventh year in
the Senate on January 12th, is
, the senior member of the upper
i body of Congress.
i He will be elevated to the po
' sition of Chairman of the Senate
. Committee on Appropriations. Ffe
has served on this Committee:
' since he came to the Senate in;
1933. It is regarded as the most*
; important Senate panel since it
j considers legislation to provide
I money for all federal activities
' before it is brought to the Senate
i Floor.
Senator Russell will relinquish
the Chairmanship of the Senate
Armed Services Committee — a
; post he has held since 1951 wth
i the exception of a period in 1953
and 1954 when the Republicans
had control of the Senate, He
[ will continue to serve as a mem
■ ber of the Armed Services Com
! rhittee and as Chairman of the
i Defense Sub-committee of the’
• Appropriations Committee.
Five other Georgians have pre
- [ ceded Senator Russell in the po
■ sition of President Pro Tempore.
■; They include Abraham Baldwin,
' John Milledge, William H. Craw
ford, Augustus O. Bacon and Wal
! I ter F. George,
i
Teen-Age Doers
Key To Nation's
Fuiure-Maddox
)
More than 450 youngsters,
ranging in age from 16 to 19, who
’attended the Southeastern Con
ference of Junior Achievement at
Callaway Gardens in Pine Moun
tain, heard Gov. Lester G. Mad
] dox encourage them to set goals
;and achieve them under the
■ American free enterprise system.
“When someone tells you. it
[ can’t be done,” the governor de
| dared, “don’t you believe them.
[You can be successful. America,
and the private free enterprise
[make it so to those who would
| move upward. It is not difficult
j to be successful; in fact, it grows
] easier as fewer people try to
climb the ladder of success.”
Gov. Maddox was high in tris
praise of the teen-agers who start
and operate their own businesses
Said he:
“I have no doubt that each, of"
you wlil rise to the defense of
that system we cherish, the Amer
ican system that will create more
jobs, more opportunities, more
highways and schools, and great
er state and national strengths
than any social or economic
scheme ever devised by bureau
crats.
“A stronger private free enter-
I prise system is what you are
| working for and what I’m work
*ing for in Georgia. Just as you
[sell stock in your enterprises^ we
are working hard to sell the na
[ tion’s businessmen some stock.
Hn Georgia’s future, and they are
[ buying it right and left.”
The governor concluded his bcs
, marks to the young achievers: in
(these words:
j “It is on the talents, strength,
goals and faith of young pec^de
just like you that the future &T
this nation rests, and I urge you
to make missionaries of your
selves to those in our young peo
ple who allowed themselves to be
led down the dead-end street of
violence.
“I have every confidence that
you will join here, and in. your
respective states, with leaders
who seek a return to the princi
ples of free enterprise on which
Junior Achievement is foundwt"’