Newspaper Page Text
VOLUME 55
Rural-To-Urban
Migration Musi
Stop - Talmadge
Georgia’s U. S. Sen. Herman E. ;
Talmadge has called for an all
out federal and state effort to
stop the rural-to-urban popula
tion flow and to “start a new:
migration from the city to the
country.”
The senator, delivering the key-I
note address at the opening ses- 1
sion of the Association County I
Commissioners of Georgia’s 55th j
annual convention in Savannah,.
urged tax incentive programs to
lure more industry into the coun-1
tryside.
“Tax incentives to attract more
job-creating business and indus
try to rural areas would improve
the quantity and quality of eco-;
nomic opportunities that present-1
ly contain only 30 per cent of the |
population, but half the nation’s!
poverty,” Talmadge told the
county officials.
“The many social and economic
problems that plague our nation I
today must be attacked where j
they began,“he said. ‘Most of our i I
urban problems are first caused I
by rural problems. If the rural- L
10-urban migration continues as i (
we have witnessed, it is doubtful J
that the urban problems will ever i'
be solved,” he warned.
Sen. Talmadge asserted that;
more public and private effort;
and more financial support will,'
be required to resolve the so-!.
called urban crisis.
“But at the same time, we have'
a crisis in the country,” he de- •
clared. “We must realize that the I
plight of our space-starved cities ■
is very closely related to that of (
our job-starved rural areas.”
Pointing out that people aban-I
don the farm and the small town;
to go where they think they can ,
get a good job and make a living,
the senator said:
“Some of them make it, but |
many do not. Yesterday’s rural!
poor have become today’s urban;
poor and, unless this trend is re- ]
versed, the rural poor of today |
inevitably will become the city ;
poor of tomorow.
"We must attack this problem;
at its source by taking every'
possible step to encourage people |
to remain in rural areas and to|
see that they have the same job;
opportunities as their cousins in;
the city.”
Sen. Talmadge is cosponsoringI
the Rural Job Development Act i
in the Senate which he said de
served “immediate and favorable”;
congressional action .
Musical "Oliver" To
Be Presented On
May 2 3, And 5
Three evenings of stimulatingl
entertainment can be yours on;
May 2, 3 and 5. when the Wheeler ;
County High School Drama So-|
ciety will present the musical
OLIVER' at 8:30 P.M. The play
is directed by H. Edward Rob-’
bins.
Set in England in the 1850’s,'
the story reveals the cruelty im- 1
posed on young children in that;
era. To keep from starving, help-;
less orphans and other unfortu-:
nate children were sent to work-;
houses. As the curtain opens we
find Oliver in a workhouse pre
paring to eat his little bowl of
watery gruel — but dreaming of
“Food. Glorious Food!”
Intrigueing songs and fascinat
ing characters combined with
realistic stage settings carry out:
a suspense-filled, fast movingl
plot. Throughout the musical, col-:
orful characters and smaller plots,
interwoven with the main theme
create for you a delightfully en
tertaining show well worth see
ing.
Ga. Campers-Hikers
To Hold Spring
Camp-Out Jamboree
The Georgia Campers and
Hikers Association will hold their
annual Spring Camp-out Jambo
ree at Little Ocmulgee State Park,
May 2,3, and 4.
In connection with the Camp-
Out Jamboree, they will have a
parade through Mcßae at 4:00 ;
p.m., on Saturday, May 2, that
will involve around 50 decorated
cars and floats.
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
r ' 11 :: '*
Heave Ho! ‘
Workmen watch as a 330-ton boiler drum is lifted into
place at the Georgia Power Company’s Plant Hammond. The 1
lifting operation, part of construction on the plant’s fourth
unit, required some four hours to complete. The unit is ,
expected to become operational in 1970.
Georgia Assoc. Os Library Assistants
Hold Convention Ai Camp Jackson r
By Kenneth Hartley
GALA Reporter
The Georgia Association of Li-;'
brary Assistants held their annual |.
convention at Camp Jackson near
Covington over the week end. j
The election of the 1969-70 of-1
ficers was one of the highlights
of the meeting. Those elected i
were; Phil Tracey of Cedartown, i
president; Marshal Snider of Co-1
lumbus, vice-president; Ann Har-;
ris of Gray, Secretary; Julie Quat- ;
tlebaum of St. Mary’s, historian; j
and Kenneth Hartley of Alamo, |
reporter.
Dr. Waights Henry Jr., presi-1
dent of LaGrange College, spoke,
to the gathering on the impor-1
tance of libraries of the past be-1
cause the present and the future!
is built on them.
Walter T. Johnston, newly ap-1
pointed director of the Coastal
Plain Regional Library at Tifton, i,
also addressed the group. Using;
various books and stores he illus- '
trated “The Writer’s Craft.”
The state scrapbook was dedi - ’
cated to the memory of Miss Lu
cille Nix, former chief of the Pub-;
lie Library Service Division of the
State Department of Education,; (
for her long time interest in li-;
brary work.
During the week-end, work
shops were conducted on the dis-;
ferent phases of library work in
cluding librarianship as a career, ’
parliamentary procedure, projects
for clubs, programs for local
clubs, bulletin boards and pos-
Dormitory Goes
Coed At Univ.
Something different is coming
to the University of Georgia—co-,
educational dormitories.
School officials announced Sat
urday that the James E. Ogle-:
thorpe House, used by male stu-;
dents from September, 1965, until;
last fall when girls moved in, will ।
now house both.
The 10-story carpeted, air-con
ditioned dorm is owned by Uni
versity Inns, Inc. of Houston, Tex.,
which operates several housing
units on other campuses. The
only one that is not already co
educational is Georgia’s.
The Oglethorpe House, which
can house about 600 students, will
be the first such mixed facility
at the state’s largest university.
~D E A T H S
Rev. Joe Hulett - Jacksonville
Mrs. Eva W. Bloodworth -
China Hill
Manley R. Douglas - Chauncey
Willie A. Breedlove - Wheeler
County
Johnnie E. Carter—Warner
Robins
Mrs. Herman Ryner - Eastman
John W. Merritt - Lumber City
tors, publicity and public rela-;
tions, and a workshop for the li-1
brarians.
Scrapbooks and posters from,
the various clubs and districts i
were displayed and viewed.
Some 375 delegates represent
ing 65 library clubs from over;'
Georgia attended the meeting.
Ga. Farm Bureau
Will Award Four SSOO
College Scholarships
Four College scholarships of:
SSOO each will be awarded to two'
boys and two girls in Georgia by i
the Georgia Farm Bureau Feder
ation.
Applications for the scholar-;
ships should be made through
the County Farm Bureau Chap-;
ter, William L. Lanier, President'
of Georgia Farm Bureau and j
Mrs. Irene Rape, Chairman of I
Georgia Farm Bureau Women an- j
nounced today.
Application forms may be ob-:‘
tained from the County Farm|
Bureau Chapter or office.
The scholarships will go to stu-:
dents whose family is a member:
of Farm Bureau. Applicants must;
be qualified to enter college the
fall term of the current year, and |
must be interested in pursuing 1
the profession of agriculture and
home economics.
Students submitting an appli
cation must plan to enter a:
branch of the University System;
of Georgia, or Berry College.
Deadline for submitting an ap-'
plication is May 30, 1969.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration has sponsored the college;
scholarship program for several;
years, and is a special project of;
Georgia Farm Bureau Women, j
Purpose of the scholarship pro-;
gram is to encourage rural young j
Georgians to appreciate the values
■ and opportunities of rural life, |
: and to recognize and assist wor
thy, deserving, and outstanding;
;rural people to pursue their pro-:
session of agriculture and home,
economics.
Fourth Annual Rose
Show To Be Held In
Macon On May 3-4
The Fourth Annual Rose Show :
presented by the Men’s Garden j
Club of Macon under the auspices
of The American Rose Society
will be held at The Citizens and
Southern National Bank in Macon
on May 3-4.
T. B. Harrell, General Chairman
of the Rose Show, said that sched- !
ules are available by writing to
him in care of The Citizens and
Southern National Bank, Macon
No admission will be charged. ,
He who is afraid of doing too]
much always does too little!
Rights Displays,
Clip Joints Add
To GBI Workload
Georgia Bureau of Investiga-I
tion agents are being called on to!
spend so much time on matters I
involving civil rights demonstra- i
tions and alleged clip joint activ-:
ities in the state that the bureau’s
normal operation is restrained.
This was revealed in the GBl’s'
1968 annual report released by;
Col. R. H. Bui son, director of the
Georgia Department of Publicl
Safety. The report, prepared by
Maj. Barney G. Ragsdale, GBI di
rector, stated:
“During the past two years,
there has been a decrease in the
number of cases worked because 1
it became necessary for the gov
ernor to issue executive orders
directing the GBI into areas of
civil rights demonstrations.
“Other men were assigned to
; surveillance details along U. S.
routes 301 and 17 on the Georgia
' coast in order to prevent tourists
;from being clipped.”
The report further stated that
1 nine agents also were taken from
the field to create three special
squads —a state auto larceny
squad; intelligence squad (gamb
। ling, etc.), and a dangerous drugs
and narcotics squad.
“We need more than these nine
men in special squads,” the re
, port said. “We need to create a
; safe burglary squad, and each
। squad should have 15 or 20 agents
leach so that they could specialize
■in their field. Then the GBI
would be of real benefit to local
, officers.”
In spite of the special assign
: ments and the transfer of nine
,agents to the special squads, final
tabulations of the 1968 report
showed:
A total of 4,353 arrests were
। made last year compared with
3,756 in 1967, f an increase of 16
per cent.
The State Crime Laboratory
'worked 11,545 new cases in 1968
I compared with 9,122 in 1967, an
increase of 27 per cent. This in
: eludes the Savannah lab.
However, overall cases worked
jby GBI agents dropped from
8,118 in 1967 to 7,808 cases in
11968, a decrease of four per cent,
: the report showed.
Wheeler Co. Hiah
Drama Society To
Present Musical Play
When the W.C.H.S. Drama So-
I ciety presents the musical OLI
IVER! on May 2. 3, and 5 at 8:30
| P.M. three evenings of delight
i ful entertainment can be yours.
The cast, in order of appear
iance is
I Workhouse boys —Joe Griffin,
Tony Owens, Trent Kimmons,
Joey Thomas, Murray Couey,
Stevie Meguiar, Thad Brewton,
Dennis Boyette, Cary Clark.
Oliver—John Hatten.
Mr. Bumble—Tony Elton.
j Widow Corney—Maria Pope.
Workhouse Attendant — Kale
i Lutz.
Mr. Sowerberry—Ronnie Clark.
Mirs. Sowerberry—Betty Jen
kins.
Charlotte —Gina White.
Noah Claypole—Frank Pickle.
Artful Dodger—Butch Smith.
Fagin—Glenn Boyette.
Charley Bates—Keith Meguiar.
Nancy—Anne Johnson.
Bet—Sherry Clark.
Bill Sikes—Steve Adams.
Bartender—Kale Lutz.
Mr. Brownlow —Ernie Dyal.
Mrs. Bedwin—Justine Clark.
Rose seller —Gina White.
Milkman —Frank Pickle.
Strawberry sellers — Pam Cox,
Wanda Ussery.
I Knife Grinder—Nathan Rowe.
Other chorus members—Joyce
; Smith, Joanne Smith, Angela Ow
ens.
Dr. Grimwig—Skip Clark.
I Old Sally—Betty Jenkins.
H. Edward Robbins is the direc
tor of the musical.
Notice
LOST
Large Black Labrador Retriever
Dog. Short hair, weight about
85 lbs., name “Black Jack".
Owner — Finlay Mcßae. If
found notify Charlie Griffith,
Griffith Motor Co., Mcßae —
Phone 867-3521. REWARD.
’ 31-lt
FRIDAY. APRIL 25, 1969 SINGLE COPY 5c
Clean-Up Campaign For Wheeler
County Said To Be Big Success
The first “Cleanup Wheeler|
I Campaign” has just been com-1
' pleted and according to all reports -
I the campaign was a great sue-,
cess.
School groups, civic clubs and I
others responded throughout the:
I county in making Wheeler a,
j much safer and cleaner place in ;
; which to live. A report of the ac-|
; tual accomplishments is being'
I prepared and the recipients of I
I awards are being selected. These i
i will appear in later editions of,
I the “Eagle”.
I This Cleanup Campaign was
'; I
Waycross Junior
Woman's Club To
Sponsor Ball
l I The Waycross Junior Woman’s
;; Club will sponsor their second an-;
i nual “Beaux Arts Ball.” A high-;
; light of the spring social season, ]
i jthe ball is held in conjunction;
11 with the Waycross Arts Festival. I
■ ■ The theme for this year’s ball ।
■| is the “Enchanted Okefenokee” j
; I and it will be held at the Na-j
| tional Guard Armory, Waycross,
:I on April 26 from 9 p.m. until 1;
•: a.m.
i; The Junior Woman’s Club
1; sponsors this ball annually as
> I their major money making project
' । with proceeds going to their Den
-11 tai Clinic and Crippled Children’s
11 Clinic. This clinic provides serv
l ice and care for crippled children
■ in southeast Georgia.
‘ । We urge everyone in the sur
-11 rounding areas of Waycross to
11 attend. Miusic will be furnished
Iby “The Noble and His Knights.”
i I
’ Bentley Takes License
Os Insurance Agent
! For Misappropriation
5
Comptroller General James L.
Bentley announced today that
। William Earle Paulk of 1155 La
j j Vista Road, NE, Atlanta, has sur
-1 rendered his insurance agents li
cense to the Georgia Insurance
’: Department on charges that he
'withheld nearly $60,000 in insur
:ance premiums.
! According to Mr. Bentley, the
j claims against Mr. Paul approach
’560,000, and range from a single
i claim of $27,392.22 to $61.00.
Bentley reported that Paulk
.' was a surplus lines broker. This
j means that he was authorized to
. I write insurance for companies
I that are not licensed in Georgia,
.!but do meet certain high stand-;
I ards. In order to write this type
!of insurance, the agent must pay
’an annual S3OO license fee, and
place a $20,000 bond with the
’; comptroller general.
’ I The charges against Paulk de
| clared that he, while acting under
the name Southern International
; Underwriters, received payment
; from various companies and indi
' viduals for insurance, which the
insuring companies claim he nev
|er forwarded to them. The
! charges further allege that not
’only did he fail to forward the
' premiums immediately or upon
! demand, but also has refused re-
Ipeatedly to come to an agree-.
Iment for the termination of the;
indebtedness.
The comptroller general said
that the companies involved had
either had to carry the insurance
policies without receiving pay
i ment, or cancel the policies and
'make a refund of the unearned
, portion of the premium, even
though they had not received it.
Bentley stated that there are
, eight claimants against Paulk, and
, that several of them had re-j
" quested that he move against the,
'penal bond, and have it distrib-j
uted on a pro-rata basis. Mr.
Bentley reported that the com-;
pany holding the bond, which is;
I incidentally also one of the claim-:
ants, would be notified to pro-'
ceed.
Bentley said, “This is one of
the most extensive cases of mis-1
f appropriation that the department
t has ever handled. There may ev-,
. en be more people who were vic- i
f timized who have not notified us.”
, Mr. Bentley added that the par- I
- ticulars of the case would be j
turned over to the district attor- j
t ney for possible criminal action, j
| sponsored by the Wheeler Coun-
I ty Technical Action Panel in con-
I junction with the Georgia Electric
’Membership Corporation and the
| Georgia Association of Conserva
ition Districts. The results of this
: campaign will be used in the
; statewide Conservation Beautifi-
I cation contest for 1969 which is
I sponsored by the Electric Mem-
Jbership Corporation and the
’ । Georgia Association of Conserva
tion Districts. The winning coun
। ty in the state will receive $500.00
and the winning county in each
of the remaining four groups will
I receive SIOO.OO in prize money.
) The sponsors urge all Wheeler
Countians to be “litter conscious”
throughout the year and continue
the good work already done.
State's Traffic ।
Death Toll Down
For Ist Quarter
'I '
j For the first time since 1965,
, i Georgia’s traffic death toll went;
'down during a first quarter per-;
iod when compared with the pre-!
’ vious year.
: This was revealed in a State,
Patrol quarterly report released
by Col. R. H. Burson, director of
: the Georgia Department of Pub-;
■jlic Safety.
i i Traffic deaths totaled 356 dur-;
; ing the current 3-month period I
’compared with 416 a year ago, a
• jdecrease of 60, or 14 per cent, the!
I j report showed.
' j Os the total fatalities, 272 oc-,
jeurred in rural area accidents;
} I compared with 327 in 1968’s first
quarter, a decline of 55, or 17
I per cent. Urban area deaths'
j dropped from 89 to 84, a six per
| cent decrease.
The report further revealed;
, j that Georgia’s traffic death rate.
I which is based on the number of I
I persons killed to each 100-million !
|miles traveled, dropped sharply:
J during the first quarter. It went:
, down from 6.7 to 5.2.
; Motor vehicle registrations to- ’
'taled 1,050,214, up 84,424, or nine
Iper cent, over a year ago. These;
Icars and trucks traveled a total
Jof nearly 6.8-billion miles, an in->
; crease of 542,435,714 miles over
. I last year.
William D. Alexander Named Ga.'s
1969 Slate STAR Student April 18
William Dawson Alexander, |
' 17-year-old senior at Westminster i I
School, Atlanta, is Georgia’s 1969
State STAR Student, and Elliott
Galloway, principal of Holy In- I
nocents’ Parish Day School, At
lanta, is the 1969 State STAR
Teacher.
The awards presentation cli-1,
maxed the STAR Banquet of the!
Annual Meeting of the Georgia |
’ Chamber of Commerce Friday I ■
night, April 18, at the Regency i
Hyatt House. Awards were pre
sented by Ovid Davis, vice presi-1'
’dent, The Coca-Cola Company,|
Atlanta, and State STAR chair-i
Iman. Harold Clotfelter, president I
of the Georgia Chamber, presid- ,
ed over the evening events.
Vince Dooley, head football
J coach, University of Georgia, em
ceed the STAR show telecast live
and in color by WSB-TV and spon- ।
sored by WSB-TV and Learning j
; Foundations. Tom Mlay, vice ,
; president of Lockheed Georgia ;
Company, Marietta ,and vice pres- ;
’ident of the Georgia Chamber, ;
paid tribute to the STARs.
As State STAR Student, Daw- j
son Alexander received the trip
|to Europe via Pan American Air-1 j
I ways, a SSOO Atlanta Gas Light p
| Company check, the STAR Stat-1;
luette and the eight-day STAR;;
I Tour of Georgia from the Geor- ।
gia Chamber.
Galloway, the State STAR j
Teacher, received the “ALF” 1
; Statuette, a SSOO scholarship from i
i the Sears Roebuck Foundation i
and the STAR Tour.
First runner-up State STAR; <
Student, Jay Philip Siegel of Dal- (<
| ton High School, Dalton, received .:
’the SSOO Atlantic Steel Founda- 1
NUMBER 3.
Comm. Tommy Irvin
Says Increase In
Milk Price Unjustified
Georgia Commissioner of Agri
culture Tommy Irvin said this
week that an increase in consum
er milk prices at this time is un
justified and that store owners
who raise milk prices are trying
to increase their profits at the ex
pense of the housewife and the
farmer.
“The adoption of a federal milk
marketing order which will only
slightly effect farm prices should
not increase the price of milk, to
the Georgia housewife,” Irvin in-
1 sisted.
The Commissioner, who just
I four weeks ago issued a news re
: lease stating that the marketing
: order should not increase con
: sumer milk prices in Georgia, was*
' surprised by reports that some
I stores are raising milk prices amy
I way.
। “The truth of the matter is that?
the farmer is getting less, the
housewife is paying more and the
store owner is enjoying a much
; greater mark-up on milk today
j than three years ago,” Irvin said.
“The store profit on milk is
such,’ Irvin insisted, “that the
merchant can easily absorb any
'increase in distributor prices re
; suiting from the federal milk
marketing order.”
I The Commissioner said the
i claim that milk prices must be
raised because the farmer is get
|ting a little more for his milh is
; ‘ridiculous.”
“They want to blame the farm
’er because they feel folks won't
get mad at the farmer,” Irvin
I said, “but I have no intention Os
! standing by and letting the farm
er get blamed for something
(Someone else is doing.”
I Commissioner Irvin said that:
i during the past three years store
' mark-ups on milk, including kiefc
! backs from distributors in Geor
; gia have increased nearly 50 per
lcent on quarts and half-gallons;,
although farmer prices decreased
; during that time.
i “In comparison with what the
'farmer is getting for milk, the
housewife is already paying too
much for milk in Georgia,” he
I insisted.
[ tion scholarship award and his
STAR Teacher, Charles Acree,
physics and chemistry instructor
at Dalton High, was awarded 1 as.
SSOO scholarship from Thad Wil
kins and L. G. Balfour Company,.
Parents, School
Key To Child's
Future - Maddox
“Two of the most important kr
j fluences on a child are his par-
I ents and his school” and “es
| course the church,” declared Gov.
Lester G. Maddox in a speerft to
the Cedar Grove Parent-Teacher
Association.
“In our lifetime we have seen
God kicked out of our schooßr,”
he said. “But, although our chil
dren will not start out their day
in school with a prayer for guid
ance and help, we can make sure
that the Christian influence isr
felt in the community, and espec
ially in the home.”
The governor also said that a.
feeling of pride and a feeling of
hope and opportunity were im
portant influences in the growth
and development of the child. He
elaborated:
“By pride, I mean a feeling- of.,
pride in the heritage of our coun
try. An understanding of the sac
rifices that were made by so
many men and women so that wet,
today, might experience the free
doms and the liberties that make
our todays worth living and our
tomorrows worth looking forward
to.”