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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WHEELER COUNTY
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Alamo,
Georgia, under Act of March 3, 1879
Published at Alamo, Georgia, By
EAGLE PUBLISHING COMPANY
GWENDOLYN B. COX Editor and Publisher '
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NATION A I EDITORIAL
I I AS^bc^ATlt^N
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Immunization Certificates Required
For Children Entering Schools
An admissions crisis may be ( :
facing some Georgia elementary j i
schools this fall, according to a ;
joint statement released today]
in Atlanta by State School Su-' 1
perintendent, Dr. Jack P. Nix,! I
and Dr. John H. Venable, direc- |i
tor of the Georgia Department of 1 1
Public Health. |i
“Approximately 50 per cent of 1
the children who entered first
grade in the fall of 1968 —about ,
60,000 boys and girls — were ad-:
mitted on provisional certificates I'
of immunization, or no certifi- ।
cates,” the statement says. “Un-'
<der the Compulsory School Im- ■
munization Law, Act 1266 of the । *
1968 Georgia General Assembly, i,
these children must have com-i
pleted basic immunizations to'
protect them against six specific I <
diseases — diphtheria, tetanus, J
whooping cough, measles, small- ■ I
pox, and polio—as determined by 1 1
the State Board of Health ruling <
—if they are to be legally read-j I
mitted to the public schools this 11
fall. p
“The provisional certificates I
were issued for a period of one <
year; they are not valid for the
new school term,” the state offic- 1
ials point out.
“In addition, all children com- '
ing into the school systems of the '
state for the first time—an esti
mated 125,000 —must have com- '
pleted these same immunizations ।
and present certificates attesting 1
to the fact,” say Drs. Nix and
Venable. h
“It is imperative that parents \
understand that certificates of
immunization are a requirement
for school entrance just as are ;
birth certificates,” the statement
continues. “The law was passed
for the protection and well-being
of our children. We must comply
with its provisions.
“The immunizations required
by the State Board of Health may
be obtained through private phy-
Viet Casualties
Have Tax Breaks!
State Veterans Service Director'
Pete Wheeler today reminded
Georgia survivors of deceased'
Viet Nam veterans that the In- ■
ternal Revenue Code provides i
cancellation of certain federal in- |
come tax liability if the veteran (
died while serving in a combat |
zone or died of disease, wounds ।
or injuries received while serv-;
ing in a combat zone.
Mr. Wheeler said, “This pro->
vision of federal tax law is im-;
portant to survivors of a deceased i
veteran as it is in force not only ,
for the year in which the service-]
man was killed but also for any
prior year ending after the first ,
day he served in a combat zone.' ■
The provision is not applicable 1
if death occurs after a service- [
man's discharge from active duty.
Viet Nam and certain adjacent I
waters have been designated since :
April 26. 1965, as “combat areas”
for the purpose of this law.
Mr. Wheeler said. "A claim for
refund undeh provisions of this
law may be filed by a deceased
veteran's survivors or legal rep
resentatives within three years
from the time the return was filed
or within two years from the time
the tax was paid."
Field office managers of the
Georgia Department of Veterans
Service can assist veterans, their
survivors or dependents on mat
ters pertaining to taxes and vet
erans’ benefits. Contact the near
est field office for further infor
mation.
There are 225 acres of farm
ponds in Georgia presently being
devoted to commercial production
of catfish, according to specialists
■with the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service.
sicians or local health depart- '
ments who will then issue the ;
appropriate certificates.
“Since some of the required '
vaccinations are not given during
hot summer months, parents
should make every possible at
tempt to complete their children’s I
immunizations during April and
May,” the statement concluded.
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Herman Opposed I
c
To HEW Handling
Food Aid Plan '
As a member of the Senate Ag- 1
riculture Committee and the Sen
ate Select Committee on Nutri
tion and Human Needs, U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge is strenu
ously opposed to a proposal that
federal food distribution programs
for the poor be transferred from
the Department of Agriculture to
the Department of Health, Edu
cation and Welfare (HEW).
And the Georgian let his views '
be known in no uncertain terms ,
the other day during a session
of the SSCNHN Committee. He
described HEW as an agency
/‘without a heart” because it cut
! off school lunch funds to needy
children in school desegregation
enforcement proceedings.
The suggestion that food pro
! grams be removed from the De
partment of Agriculture and
placed under the jurisdiction of
HEW was made by John A.
Schnittker, a former undersecre
tary of agriculture, a witness at
the committee hearings.
He contended that the change
would provide new leadership
and "new ideas” in dealing with
hunger in the nation. The USDA
now handles commodity distri
bution and the food stamp pro
gram.
“I beg to disagree with you,”
Sen. Talmadge replied emphati
cally.
The Agriculture Department,
। the senator said, has developed
।“a great deal of expertise" in
i handling distribution programs
for the poor.
I “Why take these programs
I away from the Agriculture De
j partment and place them in HEW I
( which is the largest agency in
I government next to the Depart
(ment of Defense?” he asked.
Talmadge placed heavy empha
; sis on the fact that HEW cuts off
( school lunch funds for needy chil
] dren when school districts fail to
| meet desegregation guidelines,
i The funds are provided under
! Title I of the Elementary and
i Secondary Education Act of 1965.
“The Department of Agricul
। ture does not choose to cut off
■school lunch funds,” he asserted.
1 charging that HEW “has come to
; the opposite conclusion."
Sen. George McGovern (D-SD),
: committee chairman, asked if the
; Agriculture Department did not
“take up the slack" in school
I lunch programs when HEW cuts
off Titile I funds.
Sen. Talmadge replied that
; Georgia statistics show the Agri-
I culture Department cannot make
:: up the difference. Already some
; 10.000 poor Georgia children have
■ ■ lost their free or reduced-rate
i lunches, he said, and another
' 8,000 children face the same fate.
' "This makes a total of 18,000
■ children who could go without
free or reduced-rate lunches” as
a result of HEW action, the Geor
gian said, adding that the record
“demonstrates HEW does not
have a heart."
> Sen. Talmadge earlier had in
i, troduced a bill in the Senate de
! signed to prevent HEW from
i withholding school lunch funds
> from school districts that failed
i to comply with desegregation
guidelines.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Letter To Editor
| Editor
| Wheeler County Eagle
Alamo, Ga.
Dear Editor:
As a former newspaperman,
from small-town reporter, editor
ial writer, drama critic, janitor,
etc. to big city sportswriter. I
may (or may not be) qualified to
offer an appraisal of Wheeler
County High School’s recent pre
sentation of the Broadway musi
cal “Oliver.”
Without reservation I can say
that Wheeler High’s Oliver was
the best presentation by a high
। school group that I have seen. 1
While the performances generally
were solid, the roles of Fagin, i
Artful Dodger, and Nancy de
serve additional plaudits. And,
certainly, the courage and pa
| tience of the director, Mr. Rob
bins, is nothing short of remark-.
able.
By most economic indices
Wheeler County would be classi- (
fied as one of Georgia’s poorer 1
counties. But with youngsters I
like those in Oliver, and with a
school and faculty like Wheeler’s,
the county surely must be among
the wealthiest in the state.
Jimmy Walker
Mcßae, Ga.
Card Os Thanks
We would like to take this op-;
portunity to thank each person in,
a very special way for every ]
prayer, > your visits, cards, flow- |
ers and food; each act of kindness
shown us during these past sev-'
eral weeks.
We are very grateful to be back '
at home and enjoying the family I
bonds of love.
May God bless each one is our (
prayer. :
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson j
and Dwight
BOBERS ATTACK
Dogwood borers may kill your
dogwood trees before you realize
what has happened. Rodney Cole
man, entomologist with the Co
operative Extension Service, says
dogwood borers feed in the cam
bium or growing area under the
bark. Several borers may kill the
tree.
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BROOD COWS
Wintering the brood cow is a j
big cost item for the beef pro- ।
ducer. Extension animal scientists]
at the University of Georgia point ■
out wintering of brood cows ac- ’
counts for 30 to 40 percent of the [
total annual production costs. A |
producer has to do a good job j
feeding good brood cows in win- |
ter, and he can’t afford to feed a ;
poor brood cow.
LAWN TIPS
No matter how well a garden i
or public landscape development ;
is planned and planted, a regular,
maintenance program must bel
carried out to insure beauty and i
utility over the years, says T. G. |
Williams, Jr., head of the land -I
scape department of the Univer- [
sity of Georgia Extension Service. I
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J (commonly called a modern want-ad machine)
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) It converts unused, unwanted and out-grown items about the house into good, old
’ fashioned money. Look about the house, list all those idle items which may now be
j collecting only dust—place a want-ad in this newspaper and let them collect money
for you, for a change. Many people may be waiting eagerly for these items you
no longer want.
i Incidentally, read the want-ads in this edition. They're loaded with bargains,
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Put this wonderful little money making machine, rhe want-ad, to work for you.
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LEGALS
TAX SALE
| I will sell before the Court
] house Door of Wheeler County,
I Georgia, between the legal hours
■ of Sale, on the first Tuesday in
■ June, 1969; to the highest bidder
■ i for Cash, the following described
property, levied and will be sold to
' satisfy the following Tax Fi Fas
for State, County and School
। taxes for the years herein speci
fied:
j One Acre more or less in the
1 7th Land District, Lot Number
-497, of Wheeler County, Georgia,
’ more particularly described as
follows: Start at a point where
( the Southeast boundary of Willie
! B. Clark intersects the Alamo
Springs Public Road as a Point
iof beginning; thence run South,
61 degrees West, a distance of
two hundred ten (210) feet; thence
I run North, 26 degrees, 30 min
' utes West, a distance of two hun
dred ten (210) feet; thence run
I north, 61 degrees East, a distance
of two hundred ten (210) feet to
j the Westerly side of Alamo
; Springs Road; thencs run south
126 Degrees, 30 minutes East, a
| distance of two hundred ten (210)
I feet along Alamo Springs Public;
j Road to said Point beginning j
I and being bounded on the West (
land North by lands of Willie B. |
। Clark; on the East by Alamo |
I Springs Road; South by lands;
I now or formerly owned by Mr. I
j Jordan. Levied on and will be I
< sold as the property of Elijah ।
■Clark, Jr. to satisfy Tax Fi Fai
I for State, County and School Tax
'for the Year 1967.
I Also at the same time and
' place; All that tract or parcel of
i land lying and being in the 7th
| land District of Wheeler County,
. Georgia and being a part of lot
No. 370 this parcel of land being j
[ more particularly described as I
I follows: lying and being on the (
south side of Highway No. 19 and
starting at the center of concrete
culvert under said highway No.
19 and running in a Northerly
direction along said highway’ for I
a distance of 124 feet to a made I
corner and lands now owned by
Felix Conoway. Thence running
in an Easterly direction for a dis
tance of 325 feet to a made cor
ner, thence running in a Souther-
। ly direction for a distance of 124
• feet to a made corner, thence run-1
I ning in a Westerly direction for
j a distance of 325 feet to a made ;
, corner (concrete culvert) and I
। point of beginning. Levied on and ;
I will be sold as the property of;
Adrian Finance Corporation; to'
I satisfy Tax Fi Fa for State, Coun-j
I ty and School Tax for the year [
j 1967.
Also at the same time and
(place: One Acre more or less |
! carved from Land lot No. 370 ini
17th Land District of Wheeler [
। County, Georgia, described as ]
I follows: beginning at the North
I corner of that certain 20 acre
i tract of land described in that
I certain plat made by J. D.
j Vaughn. Surveyor, dated on the
I 11th day of May. 1945 and record
■ed in the Office of The Clerk of
I The Superior Court of said Coun
i ty in Deed Book No. 15 Page 277
and run thence South 45 degrees,
East 420 feet to a point, thence
run in a South-Westerly direc
. j tion and parallel with said State
■ Highway No. 19 the distance of
s J2lO feet to a point, thence run
j i north 53% degrees, west 420 feet
r Ito the South side of the Right-of
pway of State Highway No. 19,
j thence run North 38% degrees
3 East along the south side of the
1 right-of-way of said State High
. way No. 19 the distance of 210
feet to the North Corner of that
> certain 20 acre tract of land, the
■ point of beginning. Levied on and
will be sold as the property of
j Samuel Conoway, to satisfy Tax
; Fi Fa for State, County and
• | School Tax for the Year 1967.
> Also at the same time and
: place: 5 acres in the shape of a
square carved out of the South
: Corner of Land lot No. 173 in
■ the 11th Land District, Wheeler
County, Georgia. Levied on and
will be sold as the property’ of
Walter Jones, to satisfy Tax Fi Fa
for State, County and School Tax
, for the Year 1967.
Also at the same time and
place: Beginning at a stake on
the East Side of a public road
leading from the Ochwalkee-
Landsburg Public road to the
j Oconee River and running North
j 44 degrees 30 feet east a distance I
lof 363 feet to a stake on the j
[right-of-way of said public road; [
; thence running south 52 degrees
I East a distance of 180 feet to a
I stake; thence running South 44
; degrees 30 feet West a distance
lof 363 feet to a stak^; thence
North 52 degrees West a distance
of 180 feet to a stake, the point
of beginning, said tract contain
ing 1.5 acres of Lot of Land No.
287 in the 11th Land District,
Wheeler County. Georgia. Levied
on and will be sold as the prop
i erty of Mrs. Avis West, to satisfy
I Tax Fi Fa for State. County and
I School Tax for the year 1967.
Also at the same time and
place 10 Acres in the shape of a
square carved out of the North
Corner of Land Lot 215 in the |
1 6th Land District. Wheeler Coun-j
i ty, Georgia. Levied on and will|
be sold as the property of Geor- i
gia Troupe, to satisfy Tax Fi Fa [
for State, County, and School Tax |
for the year 1967.
Also at the same time and
place: City Lot No. 5 in Block
। A of the Nelson Sub-Division in
| the City of Alamo. Wheeler Coun
| ty, Georgia. Levied on and will
Ibe sold as the property of Hous
ing Services Corporation, to sat-
I isfy Tax Fi Fa for State. County
I and School Tax for the year 1967.;
Also at the same time and!
| place: Lot No. 3 Block F in the
I Nelson Sub-Division in the City
i of Alamo, Wheeler County, Geor
| gia. Levied on and will be sold
। as the property of Austin Wood-!
i ard, to satisfy Tax Fi Fas for the
; | years 1966 and 1967.
■ | Also at the same time and
1 place: 2 Acres carved out of Lot
1 of Land No. 497 in the 7th Land
I District Wheeler County, Geor
' I gia and bounded as follows: East
• Iby a Country Road crossing said
M lot; North by James Lowe, et al;
[West by other land of Willie B.
’ 1 Clark and South by Bennie L and
Lucy J. Tillman. Levied on and
> will be sold as the property of
. Willie B. Clark, to satisfy Tax Fi
. Fa for State. County and School
f Tax for the year 1967.
! J. M. Johnson
Sheriff Wheeler County
5-4 t
j COURT OF ORDINARY,
. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA.
. To any Creditors and All Parties
। at Interest:
Regarding Estate of Mrs. Met
. tye Sears Pippin formerly of
i Wheeler County, Georgia, notice
is hereby given that Raymon R.
Pippin the heirs, have filed ap
plication with me to declare no
Administration necessary.
Said application will be heard ■
at my office Monday, June 2,
1969, and if no objection is made
lan order will be passed saying
no Administration necessary.
May Ist. 1969.
D. N. Achord. Ordinary.
5-4 t I
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER
POWER
GEORGIA, Wheeler County
<
By reason of a default in the
payment of the monthly install- [
•ments due under the terms of al'
[note, there will be sold by thel
। undersigned in front of the Court- i,
house door, in Wheeler County, j.
Georgia, on the first Tuesday in ;
June. 1969, during the legal hours/
of sale, to the highest bidder, for |
cash, the following described I (
property, to-wit:
A certain tract or parcel of land ;
lying and being in Wheeler Coun-1.
ty, Georgia, and being in the 6th' (
Land District of Wheeler County, I (
Georgia, and better described as'
follows: Beginning at an iron!]
stake on Highway 30 known as | ■
the Jeff Davis Highway at a/
point half way between the Dub-|.
lin Road and the Road to Lewis
Office; thence running North 351,
yards to an iron stake; thence ■
] running East 150 yards, more or
' less, to the edge of the lake;
(thence in a Southerly direction (
135 yards to the Jeff Davis
(Highway; thence along said I;
I Highway a distance of 150 yards, [
more or less, to the beginning; ■
point. The above tract of land be-!
ing a part of the same property |
Mrs. Roas Enna Price obtained
from Mrs. M. J. Thompson on
the 9th day of September. 1921.
Said property will be sold as ■
the property’ of Leroy NeSmith I
and Oreen NeSmith under and!
(by virtue of the power and au-i,
j thority contained in a certain i
Deed to Secure Debt from Leroy
NeSmith and Oreen NeSmith to ,
Jim Walter Corporation dated (
I September 19. 1967, and recorded 11
iin Deed Book 32, page 404, and •
regularly transferred to Mid-State I
Homes, Inc.
Said property will be sold sub- (
ject to all unpaid taxes and/or re-1
■ strictions of record, if any.
This 28th day of April. 1969. j
Mid-State Homes, Inc., as At-'
torney-in-Fact for Leroy Ne-i
Smith and Oreen NeSmith |
Edwin F. Hunt, Attorney
2150 National Bank of Geor- i
gia Bldg.
Atlanta. Georgia 30303 4-4 t (
To store leftover egg yolks,
(cover them with cold water and
[store in the refrigerator. Exten-1
I sion Service home economists say (
I extra egg whites should also be j
I refrigerated in a covered contain- (
(er.
j (
Georgia homemakers wanting j
to make their homes more safe [
I might consider this kitchen safe- ■
ty tip from University of Georgia I
Extension Service home econo-;
I mists. Turn handles of cooking
| utensils inward on the range, |
I counter or table.
BUYING BANANAS
I Buy bananas according to how I
I you plan to use them. Yellow ba-1
■ nanas with greenish tips are right'
for cooking uses, according to 1
| Mrs. Rita Waters, home economist I
[with the University of Georgia ।
; Cooperative Extension Service,
i Yellow, fleeted with brown, is
j the mellow-ripe stage at which
■ bananas have their greatest ap- (
peal.
j Want your shoes to retain that
। new look? Miss Margie Mclntyre,
i home economist with the Univer
i sity of Georgia Cooperative Ex-
I tension Service, suggests that you
( use shoe trees in them when the |
I shoes are not in use.
I
For a touch of color in late win
ter and early spring, plant pan
sies. marigolds and snapdragons [
in October. According to Henry |
Clay .horticulturist with the Co-1
operative Extension Service,
young plants are available at
most garden shops.
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1969
Classified Ads
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with or without patterns. Phone
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STOP! Before you buy that Mo
bile Home—see us at Mcßae
Homes, in Mcßae, located on
highway 441 South, beyond
Holland Chevrolet Co. All
homes meet approved MHMA
standards. All decors, Early
American, Mediterranean.
Country English and Modern.
Also, Look at our F.H.A. ap
proved houses. Mcßae Homes,
Highway 441 South, Mcßae,
Georgia. 44-ts
LEGALS
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
PROBATE WILL IN SOLEMN
FORM
GEORGIA. WHEELER COUNTY
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY
OF SAID STATE AND COUNTY:
IN RE: Petition to Probate in
Solemn Form the Last Will and
Testament of Millie Sears Patter
son, Deceased.
A petition having been filed by
Mattie Lee Sears, as Executrix, to
probate in solemn form the Last
Will and Testament of Millie
Sears Patterson, late of said State
and County, and to continue in
force the letters testamentary
granted to petitioner February 7,
1966, the same to be heard by the
Court of Ordinary of said State
and County’ on the sth day of
May, 1969, at 10:00 o'clock A M .
an order of service by publica
tion having been granted by the
Court on the 4th day of April.
1969, notice of said proceeding is
hereby given to: Winette Sears,
Ft. Bragg. N. C.; Paul Sears,
Jacksonville, Florida; Winnie
Sears, Quincey, Florida; Harlon
Sears, Canal Point. Florida; Bon
nie Lee Sears Miller, Canal Point.
Florida; Pope Sears, Canal Point,
Florida; Emory Sears, Canal
Point, Florida; Blanch Sears,
Canal Point. Florida; Nell Sears
Holland, Canal Point, Florida;
Bob Sears, Canal Point, Florida,
Betty Sears, Canal Point, Florida;
Truitt Sears, Miami, Florida;
Frieda Sears, Miami, Florida;
Johnnie Grace Sears, Miami, Flor
ida; Marcus Sears, Miami, Flor
ida; Bernice Sears, Miami, Flor
ida; and to all and singular the
heirs of the said Millie Sears Pat
terson, known, unknown and
whose legal residences are in
doubt.
You and each of you are here
by commanded to be and appear
|on the sth day of May, 1969, at
10:00 o’clock A. M.. before said
Court, to file objection, if any
■ you have in said matter, other
wise said Will will be admitted
[ to record as prayed.
I Witness my hand and official
(signature this 4th day of April,
(1969.
D. N. Achord.
ORDINARY. Wheeler
County, Georgia
i Seal of Said Court affixed
! l-4t
(in THE COURT OF ORDINARY
FOR THE COUNTY OF
WHEELER, STATE
OF GEORGIA
TO ALL CREDITORS AND ALL
INTERESTED PERSONS OF
(THE ESTATE OF JEFFERSON
E. BURKHALTER. DECEASED:
You are- hereby required to
[ show cause before the Court of
| Ordinary of Wheeler County,
i Georgia, to be held at the Court
| house in said County on the first
'Monday in June, 1969. why the
I petition of Mildred B. Hall and
| Christine B. Pitts, heirs at law
[of the said JEFFERSON E.
। BURKHALTER, deceased, setting
out that the said JEFFERSON E.
; BURKHALTER died intestate a
i resident of said State and County,
i and that said estate owes no debts
( or the creditors of said estate
I have agreed to the petition of
(said heirs at law. and that the
| heirs at law of the said deceased
(have agreed upon a division of
( said estate, and praying for an or-
( der finding that no administra
tion upon said estate should not
be granted and said order en
tered.
This the sth day of May, 1969.
/s/ D. N. Achord
Ordinary. Wheeler
County, Georgia
E. Herman Warnock
Attorney At Law
P. O. Drawer C
Mcßae. Georgia 31055 5-4 t
( Adding one tablespoon of oil
I to each two quarts of cooking wa
ter for macaroni or spaghetti will
keep the noodles from sticking
and frothing over, according to
home economists with the Uni
j versity of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service.
He who is afraid of doing too
much always does too little!