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VOLUME 54
Maddox Is Proud
Os Way Georgia
Students Behave
Gov. Lester G. Maddox went
to Gwinnett County the other
morning and addressed the stu
dent body of the Lilburn Elemen
tary School. In his talk he ex
pressed pride in these and other
young people in Georgia for the
manner in which they conduct
themselves. Said he:
“As I reflect upon the news
from many parts of this nation
that informs us of some young
people disrupting schools and col
leges, destroying property, lower
ing the level of education, attack
ing police officers and burning,
ruining and tearing down. I want
you to know that I am proud,
really proud, of you young peo
ple here and others like you [
across Georgia who are learning, ;
earning and building up.
■‘l am grateful for you dedicat- ;
ed and able teachers and others in j
education who, because of your I
love for our youth and this great I
country, not only instruct, but I
work to inspire — teaching not j
only academics, but good citizen- j
ship, what made this country I
great and how to keep it that j
way.”
Discussing the recent national
election, Gov. Maddox declared: |
“In an unusual show of disgust, i
the American people voted 57 per j
cent against the incumbent ad-|
ministration and its policies that!
have led to rioting, shooting, ar- !
son, bribery of hoodlums, and!'
general anarchy.”
At another point the governor j'
told his audience this:
“It is my belief that President- *
elect Nixon could well be one M
of the best presidents in history j
if he will only heed the voice I
of the people ... If he will but;
act as this plain mandate of the;
people gives him the direction to!
act, he will have my support and'
the support of the great majority ।
of Georgians.”
Co. Commissioners
To Meet In Atlanta
Monday, January 20
County Commissioners and oth-1
er county officials will meet in!
Atlanta on Monday morning, Jan
uarj' 20th to attend the Georgia
County Commissioners Associa-I
lion's Bth Annual Legislative i 1
Breakfast. Each county will bring ''
as their guest for breakfast their?
representatives to the Georgia :
General Assembly. In attendance j'
will also be state political lead- 1
ers and state government admin-1
istrators. Association President?
and Treutlen County Commiss-! 1
ioner, Jim L. Gillis. Jr. says, “We
anticipate the greatest gathering :
of local government officials for
this type of meeting that we have:
ever had. It is anticipated that !
approximately 700 will be in at- j'
tendance.”
The breakfast serves as a
sounding board for county gov- ;:
ernment leaders for proposed leg
islation to be brought before the
General Assembly of Georgia con
cerning county government oper-; I
ations and at the same time a:,
social gathering for the serious ।.
discussions of state government
needs.
Ladies are invited to the break- ‘
fast meeting as well as the gen
eral public. (
Tailoring Class To (
Be Held In Alamo
A tailoring class will begin at '
the Wheeler County Extension of- 1
fice on January 23 at 1:00 p.m. ;
Classes will be held the week of
January 27-31 and February 10- <
14. This is a good opportunity for 1
anyone who sews to polish their ’
sewing techniques and begin to ’
do a more professional job.
Many of the techniques used
n tailoring are valuable when
used in regular sewing. Achiev
ing a tailored look to your crea
tions is a real achievement. Be
cause of the necessity of individ
ual attention eiven each class
member, the class number will be
small.
If you would like more infor
mation on the class or would like
to enroll in the class, contact Re
becca Walker in Alamo at 568-:
3081.
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
"MAM OF THE YEAR"
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Tenth Dist. Cong. Robert G. Stephens i; shown admiring the plaque presented to
W. Roscoe Coleman, as Richmond County’s “Man Os The Year”, in the Briar Creek
Soil and Conservation District. Others in the picture left to right include: Augusta
Mayor. George Sancken, Jr.; Mrs. Coleman, daughter of Mrs. H. S. Wimberly of Scot
land; Mr. Coleman; Mr. Stephens; and James B. Williams, President of First National
Bank and Trust Co., of Augusta. Mr. Williams who made the presentation speech,
cited Mr. Coleman in addition to his accomplishment as ‘Man Os The Year” in ag
riculture, for his outstanding contributions to Augusta and Richmond County while
serving as representative, senator and on the State Board of Regents.
Campaign To Raise Funds For Boys
Estate Will Be Conducied In Wheeler
An announcement was made to
jday by L R. Clark of Alamo that
jduring the week starting Tuesday,
I Jan. 27 a campaign to raise funds
|to maintain and increase the ac
tivities of Boys Estate, Georgia
iwill be conducted in Wheeler
। County.
| In making this announcement
[Mr. Clark stated that “in my
(opinion this is one of the most
'important community-sponsored .
j efforts we can make in that every
; dime and every dollar contrib
! uted does its part to insure un
' fortunate young boys of Georgia
'the necessary opportunities for
i developing into upright and cour
ageous men of the futur?.”
Boys Estate is located just off.
[U. S. 17, about 12 miles north
i of Brunswick and has been in ex
। istenee more than twenty years,
i It has grown to its present posi
-1 tion through the interest and sup
[ port of individuals in Georgia, re- j
I lying solely on that source of rev- ’
i enue as it is not endowed by any
(organization of any kind nor by;
'any state agencies
; Boys Estate is a recognized j
■ community, having its own mayor ;
' and municipal officers, elected i
: from the young citizens of this
'all-boy community. It has its
I own U. S. Post Office Building,'
| Chapel, Gymnasium, Vocational
: School and other buildings that i
make up a municipality. Boys
.Estate officials, that is. the
! young citizens, make their own.
rules and regulations for the cit
izens who range in age from 6
to 16 years of age. They attend
(school in nearby Darien
The ever-expanding record of
. ‘graduates’ of Boys Estate fills
Georgia To Get
Plywood Plant
Georgia-Pacific Corp, has an
[ nounced plans to build a $6-mil
lion plywood plant two miles:
'south of Monticello in Jasper
County.
The facility initially will pro
duce 90-million square feet of
plywood annually and will em
ploy 265 persons, it was pointed
out. Initial payroll will be ap-'
proximately $1.5-million. Con-j
struction will begin immediately.;
Production will be expanded to [
capacity of 150-million square;
feet a year as soon as additional :
timber commitments can be ob-'
tained, it was said.
DEATHS
J. W. McCrimmon - Fitzgerald
Luther Delmus Britt- Jamaica,
N. Y.
Everette L. Clements - Glen
wood
Mrs. Ardelia C. Mitchell -
A-lston
B. B. McDonald, Jr. - Jackson
ville, Fla.
Seavey Miles - Crystal River,
Fla.
all friends of the institution with
great pride for they have made
the transition from Boys Estate
to man’s estate with commend
able success and many of them
with really outstanding accomp
lishments.
Present plans call for the in
creasing of the number of young
citizens at Boys Estate and the
funds to be collected will insure
. their stay from entry until they
graduate from high school.
Mrs. C. E. Salter, representing
.Boys Estate, will be in Alamo,
to assist in the current drive.
Georgia Hangs On,
Leads Nation In
Tree Farm Area
Tree Farm inspectors, most of
them employed by Georgia’s for
est industries, checked the timber
ion 613,387 acres in 1968 in order
to maintain the lead among states
in total certified Tree Farm area.
H. J. Malsberger, Jr., chairman
of the Georgia Tree Farm Com
mittee, reported Georgia ended i
1963 a scant 66,018 acres in Tree
Farms ahead of neighboring Ala
bama. The Peach State has 7,-.
772.629 Tree Farm acres while
Alabama has 7,706,611 acres.
While inspecting foresters in
Georgia conducted a total of 306
individual checks of privately
owned, tax-paying woodlands in
1968, this activity resulted in a
net gain of 29 new Tree Farms
and 141,013 additional acres.
Malsberger, woodlands execu
tive for Great Northern Paper
Company at Cedar Springs, re
ported the industry foresters con
: centrated mostly'on reinspections
of older Tree Farms in order to
insure that Tree Farm standards
are maintained.
“Chairmen of the 10 Tree Farm
Districts reported a total of 174
reinspections involving 233,344
acres of Tree Farms which showed
neither gains or losses in timber
area,” Malsberger said. “But, in
all these instances, it was found
that the timber stands and pro-!
duction on these Tree Farms has
improved under good forest man
agement and fire protection.”
Notice To Wheeler
County Tax Payers
Georgia Law provides that all I
County taxes remaining unpaid I
as of December 20 shall bear in- i
terest at the rate of Seven per
centum (7%) per annum from
aid date, plus penalties. There
fore, please take notice that al! '
Wheeler County ad valorem j
taxes not paid are now accruing [
interest at the rate of Seven per
centum (7%) per annum, plus the ,
legal penalty; and additionally;
property upon which tax was as-;
sessed is now subject to levy, |
seizure and public sale.
WHEELER COUNTY
Wheeler County High
Future Homemakers
Hold Jan. Meeting
The Wheeler County High
School Future Homemakers of
America met for the first time of
the New Year, January 8.
The meeting was called to or
der by the president, Brenda
Clarke. Joyce Powell gave the
devotional. Scarlett Spires read
. the minutes of the last meting.
' Mrs. Ruth C. HumjOrey, FHA
' advisor, asked that any girl who
wanted to be a member of the
Georgia Teen-Age Nutrition
’ Council see her after the meet
’ ing.
Paulette Dixon introduced the
! guest speaker, Mrs. Marie Cau
sey. The program was about
“Jobs, Careers, and You.” The
FHAers enjoyed the talk which
encouraged them to lead profit
: able lives. Anyone missing the
program missed a real treat.
■Refreshments were served by
Bobbie Clark, Anne Johnson,
Joyce Sumner, Sue Harrelson,
Betty Ann Poole, Gwen Cox,;
(Linda Grimes and Ruth King.!
After which everyone repeated
the creed.
Baptists Make Plans
For Macon Rally
Tuesday, January 21
A rally at the Macon Coliseum.
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m., will!
highlight the Georgia Baptist
Evangelism Conference.
Dr. C .E. Autrey, evangelism
' secretary for the Southern Bap-'
[ tist Home Mission Board, Atlan
ta, will be the main speaker.
A massed youth choir from
’churches across the state will sing
at the rally, directed by Dr. Paul!
C. McCommon, secretary of
church music for Georgia Bap-,
tists.
Testimonies will be given by
Miss Cheryl Kelley, University of,
Georgia student from Hoboken:
and Roger Taylor, layman from
Alma.
Chartered buses and car cara
vans are scheduled from many
Georgia towns, according to the
Rev. O. M. Cates, evangelism sec
retary for Georgia Baptists, co
ordinator of the Evangelism Con
ference.
The annual conference will
meet at Macon's Mabel White
Baptist Church, Jan. 20-22. Fea
tured speakers besides Autrey
(will include:
Dr. William E. Hull, New Tes
itament professor, Southern Bap
j tiSt Theological Seminary, Louis
ville, Ky.; Dr. W. Bryant Hicks,
! missions professor at Southern
Seminary.
Also Dr. Grady C. Cothen, pres
ident, Oklahoma Baptist Uhiver
isity, Shawnee; and the Rev. H.
Earl Peacock, missionary to Bra
’ zil and co-ordinator of the “Cru-
I sade of the Americas,” hemispher
jic evangelistic campaign.
The conference will also in
| elude pastors, ministers of music,
and laymen .
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1969 SINGLE COPY 5c
Welfare Receivers Are Warned
\ Against Imposters By Director
Mrs. Robert Woodall
Heads Wheeler Co.
March Os Dimes
“A Happier New Year” for ev
ery child beginning life is the
goal of the March of Dimes fund
. raising campaign this year, Mrs.
Robert Woodall said today as the
annual drive was launched here.
j Mrs. Woodall, Wheeler County
i chairman of the traditional Jan
| uary drive, added that “of course
the other objective is financing
! research that in time, we hope,
’will overcome the birth defects
that afflict 250,000 newborn in
'fants each year in our country
; alone. The task is an enormous
ione and calls for major support.
“By providing these babies and
(youngsters with the most ad-
Ivanced medical facilities, we can
i alleviate much of the physical and
'mentally disabling aftermath of
! these tragedies,” he said.
' Mrs. Wodall noted that “that
1 heartwarming achievement in our
’community is due entirely to the
I generosity of our Wheeler County
! neighbors, just as throughout the
nation the American people are
i supporting more than 100 March
lof Dimes Birth Defects Centers
I coast to coast.
“In the 1969 March of Dimes
.'campaign,” she said, “it is up to
each of us—thinking of our own
; children as well as tomorrow’s ।
i babies—to give as much as we
can.”
Maddox Proclaims
January 20 As
Georgia Mayors' Day
January 20 has been proclaimed
las Mayors’ Day in Georgia by
’ Governor Lester G. Maddox. Over
1500 mayors and other city of
; ficials from throughout Georgia
will meet in Atlanta on that day
for the eleventh annual meeting,
sponsored by the Georgia Munici
! pal Association.
An address by Governor Maddox i
■at a banquet on Monday evening 1
will be one of the highlights of I
this year’s event. Earlier in the;
day, State Budget Director Wil-'
;son Wilkes will speak during the |
[annual Midwinter Legislative]
Conference luncheon. The Confer-1
[ence will follow, giving the city ■
i officials an opportunity to review <
[1969 legislative goals.
Mayors’ Day allows city offi- •
-cials and state legislators to re-1
■view upcoming municipal legis-j
jlation. This year, cities are ask-1
png the 1969 General Assembly to ।
raise the statewide sales tax by!
one cent, with the state returning |
one-half of the additional one
■cent to municipalities. Cities show ’
a growing need foi' additional j
revenue.
Georgia Walermelon Growers To
Hold Annual Meeting In Valdosta
The Georgia Watermelon Grow
' er’s and Distributor’s Association,
[organized last year, will hold its
first annual meeting at the Holi
day Inn in Valdosta, Georgia, on
January 24, 1969.
The meeting will begin at 1:00
p.m. A banquet will follow the
afternoon meeting, and the ban
quet was planned with the ladies
in mind.
W. J. Grimes, Jr. of Route 1,
Helena, is President of the State
Association as well as President
of the local Suga;- Creek Water
melon Association. Grimes urged
all persons who are interested in
growing and marketing water
melons to attend the meting. He
especially urges a good attend
ance from the Sugar Creek As
sociation.
Registration will begin at 1:00
p.m. and the convention opens at
2:30 p m. The banquet will begin
[ it 7:30 p.m. A complete copy of
’the program is listed below:
1:00 p.m.—Registration
2:30 p.m.—Convention opens—
W. J. Grimes, Pres., presid
ing; Invocation; Address of
Welcome, Mayor of Valdosta;
Response, Boyce Riddle, First
Vice Pres.; Report of Sec. and
Welfare clients are being
warned by State Welfare Direc
tor Bill Burson to protect them
selves from persons posing as
welfare workers.
Notices are being mailed with
January welfare checks stating
that clients should request iden
tification of unknown persons
claiming to be from the Depart
ment of Family and Children
!
Veterans Stale
Park Slated For
New Facilities
; Major improvements continue;
to be made on a large scale
। throughout Georgia’s state parks'
system.
, Latest evidence of this is seen:
। in a joint announcement by State i
; Parks Director John L. Gordon!
and State Rep. Howard H. Rainey;
of District 69’s Post 1 that con- ’
, tract has been let for the con-;
. struction of a group shelter at i
. Georgia Veterans Memorial State 1
, Park near Cordele.
, This newest facility,' to be built;
, by Whiddon Construction Com-:
. pany of Waycross at a cost of!
nearly $15,000, is expected to be
. completed in time for use this!
, summer, Gordon said.
The shelter is the latest of sev-!
J eral improvements at the park.
I Other new facilities include eight j
air-conditioned cottages, swim-!
ming pool, bathhouse and con- ■
cession building, a miniature golf j
course and 50 modern campsites'
supplied with water and electric
ity.
■ The 1,307-acre park is located
along the shores of 10,000-acre
Lake Blackshear, and amply ac
commodates enthusiasts of fish-
’ ing, boating and skiing from both ■
in and outside Georgia, the parks
director pointed out.
A fascinating museum dis
plays relics of World War I and
11. Nearby is the site of Fort
Early, an outpost for pioneer
I Georgia settlers against Indian
' attacks.
Situated 7 miles west of Cor-
। dele and only 67 miles from Ma-:
'con and 160 miles from Atlanta
|by way of 1-75 South or U. S.
i Highway 280 and State 30, Geor
| gia Veterans State Park beckons
■to recreation lovers the year- j
I round.
I |
IDEAL FOR HOME
I Among the many colorful
plants grown in Georgia, crape,
myrtle ranks high, says Horticul-
I turist Troy Keeble with the Uni-j
! versity of Georgia Cooperative
I Extension Service. Crape myrtle
can provide a maximum amount:
:of color with a minimum of!
| maintenance. It’s ideal for home
plantings.
Treas, Tommy Mitchell.
3:00 p.m.—President’s Report—
Howard Sorrells, Nat’l Pres.;
Watermelon Varieties, Dr.
Silas Harmon; Land Prepara
tion and Fertilization, James
M. Barber; Disease Control,
Dr. Norman McGlohon; Weed
Control, James M. Barber;
Marketing, Emory Brinson,'
Director of Markets, Ga. Dept,
of Agriculture.
5:00 p.m.—Committee Reports—
Nomination and Election
of Officers
7:30 p.m.—Annual Banquet
Introduction of Distinguished
Visitors; Presentation of
Georgia Watermelon Queen,
Miss Linda Kay Garrett; In
troduction of Speaker, Jim
Bennett, State Representa
tive, Valdosta, Ga.; Adjourn
ment.
Bill McKinnon, Telfair County
Agent, pointed out that an excel
; lent educational program has
i been outlined for the afternoon
I session. He urged anyone who de
; sires additional information
I about the event to contact him
at the County Agent’s Office, or
(Mr. Grimes.
NUMBER 41
11 Services, U. S. Department of?
- Health, Education and Welfare or
- Social Security before they talk:
> to them or let them into their"
| homes.
, I Burson said that in December’
; two cases were reported in which,
. welfare clients were robbed by
; persons purporting to be from
. “The Welfare Department.” He
, added that two previous instancea^-
! were reported in which imposters
i disrobed and physicially abused.
I recipients of public assistance.
“Everyone should require iden
। tification from unknown persons:
before discussing confidential!;
matters or allowing them to come
i into his home,” Burson stated.
; “All caseworkers employed by
| the Department of Family and!
'’Children Services carry a special
identification card for this pur-
1 : pose.”
During December, Burson re
-1 ports, 264,393 Georgians received
welfare checks; of whom 89,903
■were aged; 3,167 were blind; 29;-
;879 were disabled; and 141,4441!
। (including 32,982 adults) were im
I families with dependent children,
i
Laboratory Assistant
Trainee School To
Begin On March I
The Veterans Administrations
Center, Dublin, is accepting ap
plications for enrollment in the:
Laboratory Assistant Trainee:
School beginning at the Center
jon March 1. According to C. A.
Tosch, Center Director, the school
; will offer opportunities for high
I school graduates to qualify for
! positions of Certified Laboratory
Assistants to help meet the need
for trained personnel in commun
ity health agencies.
In addition to receiving valu
able training at no cost, students.
I will be furnished uniforms and:
paid $104.00 per month during' ■
the course of the training.
The training will extend over*
a period of 12 months and wilk
follow a planned curriculum of
classroom training and practical
experience in a laboratory set
ting. Dr. Glendy G. Sadler, Chief
of Laboratory Service, will direct
the school. Arthur E. Blanchett is
the teaching supervisor, and will
be assisted by members of the
Clinical Laboratory.
Applications for the school will'
be accepted until January 31.
Anyone interested is urged tc
contact either the Personnel Di
vision at the Center, telephone
272-1210, or the Georgia State
Employment Service Office, 139 1
! North Franklin Street, Dublin.
: Georgia.
Retail Meat Clinic
For Piggly Wiggly
Southern, Inc. Stores
In order to serve the people' ■
throughout the Middle and South;
’ Georgia area better, Piggly Wig
gly Southern, Inc., in Vidalia^ is;
conducting a series of special re
tail meat clinics. The most cur
rent being held January 20, 21.,.
[and 22. This will be third in the
series in the past five months,
period. The clinic will be attend
ed by 35 to 40 selected meat mar
ket personnel.
The clinic sessions will give
special attention to such impor
: tant consumer interests as the se
lection of consistent top quality
' meats, proper cutting and trim
j ming of meats, careful wrapping
(and packaging as well as attrac
■ tive displaying of self-service
meats.
Other important areas of izt
.'terest to consumers will include
the necessity of a rigid freshnessa.
program which means a fast turn
over of fresh meats, correct cook
; ing methods, the processing of"
the best ground beef that can ben
made .emphasis on sanitation inv
the meat department and good!
clean stores. Throughout the cEn
ic, Piggly Wiggly Southern’s pol
icy of friendly, courteous servicesa
will be stressed.
The Piggly Wiggly Southern:,,
organization is being assisted in l
this special retail training pro
gram by William H. Ertel and: ’
Harry J. Brummett, retail meatr.
consultants from Swift & Com
pany in Chicago.