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VOLUME 54
Food Stamp Program
New Changes To
Benefit More Families
Food stamp program changes'
that will make it possible for j
families in the very lowest in
come category to get more stamps
than before have been announced
by the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture and state and county
welfare officials. The new
changes will become effective in
Wheeler County on Feb. 6.
At Alamo, Gwendolyn B. Cox.
Director Dept. Family and Chil
drens Services—urged all fami
lies in Wheeler County to apply
soon for food stamp aid if they
haven’t already done so.
Mrs. Cox said the changes re
cently announced by USDA's
Consumer and Marketing Service
were made to give extra help to
families with lowest incomes
(those with less than S7O per
month net income) by giving
them more bonus or “free” cou
pons. The amount these families
will have to pay for their cou
pons will be less than in the past, 1
Mrs. Cox said.
As an example, Mrs. Cox noted,
a family of four with a monthly
income of S2O previously paid $2;
and received S4B worth of foodi
stamp coupons. Under the new
rules, such a family would con
tinue to pay the same but would
receive SSB worth of coupons—a I
$lO a month increase in the
amount of bonus. Another exam
ple is a 4-person family with a
net income of $45 a month, which
previously paid sl6 and received
$56 worth of food coupons. Now.
this family would be expected to
pay only sl2 for S6O worth of
coupons—a decrease of $4 in the
purchase requirement and an in- J
crease of $4 in the amount of:
bonus coupons given the family. '
The Consumer and Marketing ,'
Service, Mrs. Cox points out, pays,
for the bonus coupons. Thep
money recipients are required to
put-up out of their own pocket '
to receive food stamp help is
about the amount they could be' I
expected to spend on food each i
month anyway, based on their to- :
tai income, the number of per-1
sons in the family, etc.
By requiring them to swap the
money for coupons instead of just :
giving them extra cash. Mrs. Cox
noted, their purchases are limited i
to food —thereby preserving the
main purpose of the food stamp
program: To help improve their
diet by giving them a boost in
food buying power.
The extra buying power given
food stamp families also means a
boost in Wheeler County’s econ
omy, Mrs. Cox noted. She com
pared the food stamp program
with a new industry, pointing out
that the boost to the economy is
about the same as if a medium- 1
sized manufacturing plant were
to open in the county with re
sulting availability of new jobs.
The bonus coupons given food
stamp recipients go back into the
local economy just like cash, Mrs.
Cox said, noting that statistics
show every new dollar spent in
a community turns over many
times in that community.
Rhine Shoot-Out
Victim Dies In
Macon Hospital
Bill Hardin, 30, of Eastman Rte.
3, died Wednesday night, Jan. 22,
in Macon Hospital as a result of
wounds inflicted in what Dodge
County Sheriff Jackson Jones de
scribed . as a shoot-out at Rhine
on Dec. 28.
Vance Cadwell of Rhine, one
time candidate for Dodge Coun
ty tax commissioner, died the day
of the shooting, Sheriff Jones
said.
Hardin and Cadwell shot each
other, according to the sheriff.
Hardin had been hospitalized in
Macon since the shooting.
Hardin was a farmer.
Details of the dispute that led
to the shooting are not known.
Sheriff Jones said.
ITE A THS
William Hardin - Dodge County
John Wooten Bland - Forsyth
Mrs. Mollie Register Evans -
R-L Helena
Henry M. Beasley - Laurens
County
Mrs. Etta Browning - Glenwood
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA 30411
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FOREST RESEARCH DIRECTOR HONORED-H. E. Ruark,
Director of the Georgia Forest Research Council, receives
the 1968 Distinguished Service Award from the Southeastern
Section of the Forest Products Research Society at its
annual meeting in Montgomery, Alabama. Shown making
the presentation is President Terry Sellers. Mr. Ruark
■was cited for outstanding service in the field of forest
research. As Director of the Georgia Forest Research
Council he coordinates research that has brought the state
to leadership in most areas in the forest industries.
Annual Meeting Heart Os Georgia
Planning And Develop. Commission
The 1968 Annual Meeting ofp
the Heart of Georgia Planning
and Development Commission; ।
was an outstanding success.
After the invocation by Will '
Peterson a delicious buffet din-|
ner was enjoyed by all. Newell 11
NeSmith, Chairman for the year ।I
1968, welcomed the 200 people::
crowded into the Dublin Country i
Club. A slide presentation by Lar- ,
ry Barnett of the Heart of Geor
gia Staff depicted the excellent,
progress being made in the nine ;
counties of the Commission.
The Wheeler County High j 1
School Quartet and Trio were,
highly entertaining as they sang j <
several selections. !'
Chairman NeSmith introduced
numerous statewide and area '
guests which represented a wide '
segment of state development.' 1
Economic Development Adminis
tration, Small Business Adminis- *
tration, State Planning Bureau,
Department of Industry and ■ 1
Trade, Georgia Institute of Tech
nology, University of Georgia, !
utility companies, County Com
missioners, Mayors and Council- :
men, Area Planning and Devel
opment Commissions, County i
Agents, Soil Conservationists,
newspapers, and many more were
well represented.
The Heart of Georgia Excep
tional Service Award for 1968
was bestowed on 37 outstanding
citizens for community develop
ment in their respective areas.:
Those receiving awards from Tel
fair County were: Ray Las
kowske, Louie Varnadoe, Dave
Billing, Jack Wetherington, Billy
Walker and James Windsor.
W. S. Clark of Wheeler Coun- ■
ty was introduced as the newly
elected Chairman of the Com-
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S. BENNET WYNNE, General
Marketing Manager, Southern
Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company, has been named
Vice-Chairman for Education in
the American Cancer Society’s
1969 EDUCATION-Funds Cru
sade in Georgia. Wynne will
direct a program of volunteer
education training for a pro
jected 100,000 Georgia Crusad
ers in April, calling upon them
to tell people life-saving facts
about early detection and
prompt treatment for cancer
cures as they go about their
fund raising contacts. 1
imission for 1969. Mr Clark gra
ciously accepted the honor and'
conferred upon Mr. NeSmith a;
' plaque in appreciation of his ex- ;
ceptional service to the area.
Chairman Clark introduced 1
Oliver Welch, Director of the
(State Planning Bureau, as the
speaker for the evening. The!
(theme of his address centered
lon unity of purpose. Mr. Welch
praised the various groups and,
.individuals throughout the State]
I which contributed to economic
Sand community development and
■ challenged them to renewed es-j
forts and cooperation among
groups. Comparing the APDCs to
a business, he stated that for the:
past 4-5 years they had been
building a base from which rapid
development expansion could be
'realized in the near future.
Honorary awards of Lieutenant:
Colonel on the Governor’s Staff
were presented to Newell Ne-
Smith of Bleckley County and to
Will Peterson of Treutlen Coun
ty by Oliver Welch.
The meeting adjourned with all
in attendance looking forward to
, the challenges and opportunities
in community and economic de- ]
velopment in 1969.
Traffic Arrests Up As
Patrol Works Longer
State troopers worked longer,
hours, covered more territory and
] made more arrests last year than ।
in 1967. This was revealed in a
1968 annual report released by
Col. R. H. Burson, director of the 1
Georgia Department of Public
Safety.
Patrolmen last year arrested
119,711 drivers for various traffic
violations, a 15 per cent increase:
over 1967. At the same time, they'
handed out 192,819 warning tick
; ets, 9 per cent more than the
■ previous year.
During the past year a total
73,636 patrols (up 8 per cent):
spent a total of 580,298 hours (up!
8 per cent) patrolling 12,402,783
miles (up 7 per cent).
Total hours of duty for all
State Patrol personnel was 951,-:
! 554. a 3 per cent increase over
1967, the report showed.
Vocal Concert To Be
Presented At Eastman
On Friday night, February 7,
Joe Buffaloe will present a vo
cal concert at the Eastman Meth-,
odist Church. Mr. Buffaloe, Music
Specialist at Dodge Elementary
School, will present a widely va
ried program of vocal music. He
; will be accompanied by John W.
Rhodes, Dodge County Music Su
pervisor.
The concert, under the auspices
’ of the Dodge County Cultural En
richment Project, will begin at
7:30 p.m. The public is invited
!to attend. No admission will be
charged.
More education means bettei
: adaptability to the changing
1 world.
BOX 385
Mrs. Ruth A. Bond
To Assist Rural
School In Calif.
Mrs. Ruth Allen Bond, Wheeler
County Education Improvement j
Project Director, has been called i
on to present her ideas to a ru
ral school system in California;
on the topic, “Current Concerns :
■in the Education of Exceptional;
Children in Rural Areas — and
what we are doing about them.'’
Her assistance is being sought.
due to the outstanding work she :
has done involving exceptional !
children. In addition to her work
in this field in Toombs and
Wheeler counties, Mrs. Bond has ■
served as a consultant to several;
I other Georgia counties.
In Wheeler County, Mrs. Bond i
] has established a program for ex-1
; ceptional children on all levels.;
: including speech therapy and the j
emotionally disturbed.
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Wheeler Co. Bulldogs
Having Good Season
With 13-2 Record
The Wheeler Countiy Bulldogs
; are having an impressive season
but all too many local people are
missing the action by hot coming
out to the games.
With their record standing at
, 13-2, the Atlanta Journal rates
' the Bulldogs as Bth in Georgia’s
i Class C basketball. Only one
other team from Region 5-C
■ placed in the top ten in the state. I
Stratford Academy is in 9th po
' sition.
This season’s team is one of the
! few Wheeler has ever had that
could boast of seven starters. Os
course, all seven do not start in
each game but the team is so|
well balanced that substitution is
iso smooth that it is not even no
’ ticeable.
The scoring has been evenly di
vided in all the games and, on
:at least one occasion, five play
ers scored in double figures.
Skip Clark is leading the team
in scoring and rebounds. John ।
Bass is running him a close race I
;in rebounds. David Walker is [
' leading in assists, the important |
passes that lead to a goal. Gary j
I Clark, Kenneth Couey, Johnny!
Stevenson, and Tommy Fulford!
complete the top seven.
Rounding out the team are!
Ernie Dyal, Kenneth Elton, Mack j
Smith, and Jack Brewer. The,
team has good height, averaging!
6', and coordination is good.
The Bulldogs’ only losses were
to Stratford and Dexter in their:
, gyms. Both teams were beaten!
j when they played on the ’Dogs j
i floor.
The boys need the support of i
local fans as they enter the last I
! games of the season. Tonight i
(Jan. 31) they face a tough Mt. I
de Sales in Macon and then Lau-1
rens High on Feb. 4 and Dudley ।
;on Feb. 7 on their courts. They j
finish the regular season herel
against Twiggs County on Feb.;
i 14 and Ml. de Sales on the 15th. :
Coach Melvin Sweat is ex-I
: tremely proud of these boys and j
rightly so. It looks like they will j
ibe adding to Wheeler’s trophy !
collection. Come out and see the j
action.
Tobacco Production
Meeting Set Feb. 5
By David H. Williams
The latest information on to- ,
bacco production will be present-;
ed at a meeting at the Wheeler
! County Library. Wednesday, I
February 5, at 7:30 p.m.
! Bobby Miles and Charles Rol
! and, tobacco specialists with the
Cooperative Extension Service,
will provide the information.
They will discuss tobaccco dis- ’
eases, crop rotation, fertilization:
for quality, and sucker and weed;
control. Time will also be pro-!
; vided to answer producer ques
tions.
Several new chemicals have
1 been developed which do a bet
ter job in sucker and weed con-;
‘ trol. These chemicals will be dis
cussed at length. They promise to
. be a labor saver and thus increase
tobacco income.
Wheeler County farmers have
been doing an excellent job of
' producing tobacco. This meeting
will furnish them with informa
tion needed to stay in the busi
ness.
More information can be ob
tained at the County Agent’s Of-.
' fice in Alamo.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1969 SINGLE COPY 5c
Report Is Given On Forestry Phase
In Tri- County Area Development
The forestry phase of the Re- :
l source Conservation and Devel
opment Project work plan is ex
pected to provide benefits valued
at an estimated 9.6 million dol
!lars during the 25 to 40 year
■ benefiting period in the tri-coun
lty area of Wheeler, Treutlen, and
' Montgomery counties.
The RC & D Project is spon- 1
! sored by the Ohoopee River Soil
jand Water Conservation District
jand the county commissioners
'from each of the three counties. <
To bring the forest resources
jup to full production, it is esti- '
। mated that landowners should
| plant 18,000 acres, do stand im
■ provement on 124,000 acres and '
iconvert 22,600 acres of low qual
ity upland-hardwood to pine.
It is proposed that 2,000 new
i management plans be written for ■
woodland owners during the ten ।
year period. The program calls p
for 25,000 acres of stand improve-1I
ment and 70,000 acres of refor- I
estation.
Multiple use bnefits are antic
ipated from prescribed burning ;
which will improve game habitat I
and hunting. Better water con-1
trol on hardwood sites should in- j ।
crease the duck population. An
increase in game food and pro- i
Itective cover is expected to be 1
achieved by coordinating timber (
management plans with game
management.
At present, there are 338,220
acres or 72 percent of the tri
county area in forests. However, I
I only 10 percent is considered ade- '
quately stocked. Due to overcut- 1
ting and high-grade cutting, the 1
area’s forests produce only about 1
37 percent of their potential.
There are 2,400 individual
woodland owners with an aver-
6th Grade Glenwood J
lElem. School Visited
I
By Vietnam Veteran H
it
Just recently the sixth grade p
completed a study of the coun-i,
I tries of southeast Asia. During
lour study many problems arose;
(about the war in Viet Nam. Mag-' (
I azine and newspaper articles!;
। were used to construct an inter
esting display on our bulletin ■ ।
;board. i.
■ To climax our study we invited:
| David Smith to spend an hour in (
our classroom sharing many of,.
the interesting experiences that I (
।he encountered while serving >,
| with the U. S. Army in Viet Nam. (
I David brought many picture al-:.
I bums and other items such as i (
j Vietnamese money to show to the I j
I children. Our study certainly in- : ,
! creased our desire to see democ- ।
i racy flourish around the vzorld. ।
Mrs. Julian Smith ,
Sixth Grade Teacher
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C. H. POINDEXTER, President ’
of Coastal States Life Insur- !
ance Company, Atlanta, has
been named to head the Ameri- (
can Cancer Society’s EDUCA- (
TION-Funds Crusade in Geor
gia during 1969. As state chair- (
man in 1968, Poindexter led the
! 89,356 Georgia volunteers in a (
life-saving education and fund
raising program that produced
a record $1,219,000 in contribu
tions. Crusaders will again urge
contributors to know the warn
ing signs of cancer and have
annual checkups as the “best
assurance against incurable ।
cancer.” Half of all cancer can (
be cured today if detected and :,
treated early, according to the
I American Cancer Society.
age ownership of 139 acres. Os
the total woodland acreage, only;
1,200 acres are owned by non-1
private interest.
The estimated annual payroll
from forest industries is one mil-1
lion dollars with employment of! ।
400 persons. The wood-using in- 1:
dustries include two sawmills, a: i
chipping plant and six pulp com-'
panies which purchase stumpage. j<
Approximately 24 million board !
feet of sawtimber and 87,000 cords ;
of pulpwood are cut annually |J
from the program area. The tri- 1
county timber owners are real- i'
izing 1.3 million dollars annually ■
from stumpage returns. In ad-jl
dition, 1.488,575 naval stores | !
faces produce 1.5 million dollars;'
worth of resin annually. 1
The forestry section of the! :
work plan was prepared by the;
Georgia Forestry Commission in I
cooperation with the U. S. Forest J
Service and Soil Conservation -
Service. Ray Shirley, Commiss-;
ion director, Macon, said that the j j
USFS is coordinating the forest j'
activities and providing financ
ing for the state work. ' 1
The overall program is under: l
the U. S. Department of Agricul- j s
1
Supt. W. S. Clark '
Gives Progress Report
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For Wheeler Schools
As Wheeler County School Su- '
perintendent William S. Clark '
began his second term in office
this month, he gave a progress (
report of the schools for the past
four years.
Looking at the financial pic- ’
ture, Clark said that when he
took office on Jan. 1, 1965, there
was a balance on hand in the
I general fund of $24,412.68. The
balance as of Dec. 31, 1968 was
$36,416.48.
Clark said all audit reports dur
(
ing his administration show all (
funds accountable with proper in
voices and all receipts and ex
penditures being made accord
ing to state laws.
During this four-year period, (
the total receipts from local taxes ,
amounted to $362,472.75. Clark (
pointed out that during this same ,
period, the physical improvements r
alone totaled $405,872.95.
Some of the major physical im
provements cited by Clark were: ,
a gymnasium at the Wheeler:
County High School, a multi-pur- (
pose building at the Wheeler ’
County Training School, a fine; ।
arts building at the Wheeler
County High School, renovated
lunchroom at the Glenwood Ele- <
mentary School, a football and 1
track stadium at the Wheeler j
County High School, and eight <
new school buses. i
Equipment added in the syS-!l
tern includes a wide variety of | <
audio-visual material, closed cir- i
cult television, and modern math <
desks for the math departments i
jat both high schools. <
The curriculum has expanded :
to include band, kindergarten as
a part of the total school pro- i
gram, art, creative dramatics. ■
speech and speech therapy, a pro- :
gram for exceptional children on
all levels, remedial reading,
French, and driver’s education. I
The Wheeler County High 1
School has 'mtered the regional I
literary event:; with much suc
cess. bringing home enough tro- ■
phys to warrant the building of;
additional trophy cabinets. A
planned cultural enrichment pro- 1
gram has provided both the
! schools and community with an
opportunity to see and hear con- ■
certs, plays, and other exhibits. |
All the lunchrooms in the
county are part of a special proj
ect sponsored by the State De
partment of Education. This proj-.
est makes available an additional!
.06 per lunch served, an increase! 1
of from .04 to .10, through 1968.
On the administrative level, p
new office equipment has been i
added and an instructional ma-; 1
terials center established. This.:
! center and the Education Im- ।
provement Project office is
.housed in the courthouse. p
These and many other facili-;
। ties and programs have been ad-1
। ded for the improvement of the ■
quality of education in Wheeler ■
County.
NUMBER 43
ture with the SCS responsible for
the administrative activities.
Al Jacobs, Commission project
forester, and George Turk, man
agement forester, are furnishing.
! technical assistance in carrying
out a program to develop forest
resources in the project area. In.
: doing this, they will work with
landowners, sponsors, and coop-
i erators.
Jacobs said the Forestry Com-
I mission has been designated to
provide data for the forestry
phase of the Resource Report.
The report will show present area
and volume of timber in the
project, its prevailing condition,
and forestry problems involved.
The report will contain recom
mendations for putting land best
suited for forestry purposes into
the highest possible production.
Mrs. Juanita Harrell
Outstanding Teacher
North Ga. Ist District
Mrs. Juanita Harrell, who
teaches the trainable mentally
retarded in the Wheeler Cotmly
school system, has been named
the outstanding teacher of ex
ceptional children in the North
Georgia First District chapter of
the Council for Exceptional Chil
dren.
She will represent this CEC
chapter in the selection of Geor
gia’s Outstanding Teacher of Ex
ceptional Children. This teacher
will be recognized at the Spring
CEC meeting at GEA in March.
Mrs. Harrell has a Masters De
gree in Elementary and Special
Education. She is still enrolled in
post graduate work. In addition
to special education, she has
taught on the elementary level
and social studies in high school.
Her work with exceptional chil
dren won her international ac
claim by Pointer Magazine of
California.
She holds leadership roles in
church, civic, and professional or
ganizations.
The North Georgia First Dis
trict Chapter of CEC includes
Wheeler, Emanuel, Tattnall.
Candler, Evans, Bulloch, Burke.
Toombs, Montgomery, Laurens
Treutlen, Screven, Jenkins, and
Johnson counties.
Tri-County Livestock
Show And Sale Set
For Mon., March 3
Plans are complete and the
dates are set for the Tri-County
Livestock Show and Sale.
The Barrow Show will be held
on Monday, March 3, with judg
ing beginning at 4:00 P.M. The
Steer Show will be at 4:00 P.M.
on Monday, March 17. All ani
mals shown will be sold the next
day after the show. Mrs. Austine
Downie, Show Chairman, urges
everyone to plan to attend the’
shows to be held in Soperton.
Nicky Crowe, Secretary-Treas
urer for the show, reports that
entries were received for 17
steers and 70 barrows.
The Show Committee and Fi
nance Committee for the show
held a joint meeting in the Tri-
County RC&D Project Office in
Soperton on Thursday, January
16, and completed plans for the
show and sale.
R. A. Perry of Soperton wax
named chairman of the Finance'
Committee and will direct efforts
toward financing the show. Serv
ing with him on the committee
are Wade Thompson, John Rol
i ler, D. A. Mcßae, Jr., Milton
Brogdon and Tommy Peterson of ’
Montgomery County; R. O. Bras
well, Ronald Rhodes, Preston.
White, Mrs. Frances Griffin and
L. B. Chambers of Wheeter
County; Dr. T. J. O’Conner, Jim.
L. Gillis, Jr., and Eddie Young
of Treutlen County.
L. B. Chambers, Dr. T. J. O’-
Conner and John Roller will
serve as classing committee. This .
committee will be responsible for
placing the animals in classes ac-
I cording to weight and breed.
Eddie Young is chairman of the •
facilities committee and will set
that the show ring, stalls and
other facilities are adequate for
the show.