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VOLUME 55
Hagan Urges Speed-Up Os Federal
Support To Soil, Water Conservation
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan
has urged an acceleration of Fed
eral support to Soil and Water
Conservation efforts in Georgia.
In testimony to the Agriculture
Subcommittee of the House Ap
propriations Committee, Hagan
pointed to the “excellent progress
being made in soil and water con
servation in Georgia.”
Hagan said that more than 105,-
000 land owners and operators are
cooperating with Georgia’s 27 lo
cally organized and controlled
soil and water conservation dis
tricts. “With the able help and
cooperation of State Conserva
tionist Cecil Chapman and the
Soil Conservation Service, our
people are developing and apply
ing conservation plans, and mak
ing giant strides to make the best
use of our Nation’s soil and water .
resources,” Hagan noted.
“We are particularly proud of
Middle Ga. College
Installs New Chapter
On Honorary Society
The Middle Georgia College
chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, na
tional junior college honorary
scholastic society, installed a new
chapter of the society at Georgia
Military College in Milledgeville
Wednesday, April 30.
The ceremony which marked
the official establishment of the
society at Georgia Military Col
lege took place at 11:00 a.m.
Acting as representatives of
the national society were Miss
Dorothy Price, Associate Profess
or of Languages at Middle Geor- '
gia College and faculty sponsor
of the chapter, and the following
students:
James A. White of Macon. Jos
eph Pope of Alamo, Janet Krat
zer of Fitzgerald, Nancy Summers
of Macon, Mary Talton of Haw
kinsville, Frances Woelfel of
Hawkinsville, Anna Wilson of
Hawkinsville, Dale Roper of
Cochran, Teresa Cox of Austell,
Gail Hamlin of Macon, Wallace
Houston of Blakely, Ronald Wood
of Warner Robins, and James
Freeman of Jackson.
Mrs. Eva Clements
Awarded Posthumous
Medal To Husband
Mrs. Eva M. Clements of
Glenwood, was presented the,
Bronze Star Medal posthumously
awarded to her late husband. Ser
geant First Class Dawson Clem
ents, in a ceremony May 9 at
Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Sergeant Clements was award
ed the Bronze Star for meritorious
service in connection with mili
tary operations against a hostile
force in the Republic of Vietnam
during the period August 1968 to
October 1968.
Mrs. Clements was also present
ed the Air Medal to her husband
for meritorious achievement while
participating in sustained aerial
flight in support of combat
ground forces in the Republic of
Vietnam during the period Aug
ust 1968 to October 1968.
In addition. Mrs. Clements was
presented the Good Conduct Med
al with Three Loops, Army Oc
cupation Medal. National Defense
Service Medal, Sharpshooter
Badge with rifle and automatic
rifle bars, the Marksman Badge
with pistol bar, Vietnam Service
Medal and Vietnam Campaign
Ribbon awarded to Sergeant
Clements.
Presentation was made by Col
onel David G. Cogswell, deputy
Center commander. A close
friend, Mr. 7V. W. Hart of Glen
wood, observed the presentation.
Methodist Revival
Begins May 18
The Alamo United Methodist
Church announces a series of
spring revival services beginning
May 18 and continuing nightly
through May 23. H. Edward Rob
bins will be in charge of special
music and congregational singing.
The pastor, Richard G. Ault
man, will be preaching each night.
A nursery will be provided each
evening. Services will begin at
8:00 p.m. You are invited.
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
the way Georgians have banded
together to take advantage of the
Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act," Hagan said, "to
help solve their flooding and oth
er complicated community soil
and waler problems.”
Hagan said that in the First
District, Federal assistance has
been authorized for the Ebenezer
Creek and the Eli Whitney Wa
tershed project, both in Effingham
and Screven Counties. Sponsors
have secured land rights for both
projects, and construction will be-,
gin as soon as Federal funds are
available.
He also noted that Little Ogee
chee River Watershed in Chat-!
' ham and Effingham Counties,'
Black Creek Watershed in Bui-(
loch and Bryan Counties, and Lit-1
tie Creek Watershed in Laurens ]
and Wheeler Counties are author-|
ized for planning.
Hagan reported that six addi- j
tional applications for planning j
(assistance under Public Law 566 j
] have been received from the First i
District, they are: North Tattnall:
: Watershed, comprising 127,136]
acres in Tattnall and Candler;
Counties: South Tattnall Water- •
’shed, 125,826 acres in Tattnall,]
Evans and Long Counties; New-!
port-Jericho Watershed, 204,5521
acres in Long, Liberty and Bryan |
Counties; Big Mortar-Snuff Box]
Swamp Watershed, 242,925 acres I
in Bulloch and Jenkins Counties;]
and Fifteen Mile Creek Water
shed, 172,760 acres in Bulloch,]
Candler, Jenkins and Emanuel]
; Counties.
Herbert Warnock
Expresses Thanks
After 43 days in the Macon and
( Treutlen County Hospitals Her
; bert Warnock, Clerk of The Treut
len Superior Court, is finally
home and making steady progress
in recovering from injuries re
ceived in an accident near Macon.
“I want to take this means of
( expressing my sincere apprecia
tion to each and every one of
you who remembered me during
my confinement with your Pray
ers, cards, gifts, THOUGHTS and
many other services in my behalf,
this goes to all the Doctors,
! Nurses, Maids and Aides,” Her
bert said today.
' ( “Each thing done has been sin
gularly noted by me and my en
: tire family and caused us to real
ize how many friends we do have
.and what they mean to us.”
“I hope to continue making
| progress in my recovery and trust
I that soon I will be able to be
(back in the office where I hope
■to see each of you again.”
Herbert Warnock
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DEATHS
Roy C. Pope - Dublin
George Williams — Vidalia
Millard L. Paulk - Helena R-l
, i Lawion Hyres Holland, Jr. -
Huntingion, West Va.
Floyd Cooper Johnson -
Thomaston
Walter Melvin Pope - Glen
wood
Kent William Currie - Glen
wood
Olice Wooison Walker - Nichols
Riß'aisKiigcsa
High School Golf
Tournament Held
At Little Ocmulgee
The State Class C High School
! golf tournament was held at Lit-
I tie Ocmulgee State Park Monday,
iMay 12.
| Stratford Academy of Macon
: captured the Class C Champion
| ship with a total of 304. The other
: schools participating and their
I scores are as follows: Savannah
. Country Day, 314; Lewisville, 343;
Deerfield, 383; and Taylor Coun-
■; ty 423.
: : Johnny Lott led Stratford with
]a 71, and was the medalist of the
| tournament.
j Local sponsors for the tourna
] ment were, Firestone Home and
i Auto, Roydon Wear Inc., Jon. S.
| Stamps Insurance Agency, and a
( local attorney. Golf pro Ray Gen
. try was in charge of the tourna
i ment.
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Pint-Sized Moonshine Still
Have you ever seen a miniature moonshine still? The
one pictured above was found Wednesday, May 7, by Telfair
(Deputy Sheriff Tom Cross, about four miles south of Work
more between highway 441 and the new paved China Hill
; road. Capacity was said to be about 100 gallons, according to|;
i Sheriff Jack Walker.
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South Georgia United Methodists To
Hold Annual Conference At Valdosta
; South Georgia United Metho- ;
I dists will hold their 103rd annual
(conference this year at Valdosta. ’
I About 1,000 lay and ministerial j
(delegates will meet June 2-6 at <
ithe First United Methodist 11
: Church. Purpose of the five day <
j meeting is to consider church pro- i
I grams, hear board and agency re-
I ports, and assign ministers to new 1
] appointments.
i Probably receiving more atten- 1
ition than any other item will be i
; a “plan of merger” which would i
j eliminate racial structure in Geor- ।
i gia’s three annual conferences of 1
• The United Methodist Church.
The plan will be considered on
Wednesday afternoon, June 4. :
That day is Laymen’s Day, and j
the report has been purposely!
scheduled then to allow more lay-1:
men to participate in delibrations,
]a church spokesman said. h
j The plan was officially adopted ]
; March 22 by a statewide Commit- {
I tee on Merger. That committee, 11
(composed of approximately 100],
] persons, included both ministers । i
Vietnam War
Deaths Increase
■
J Statistics released this week by I
(the Georgia Department of Vet-L
erans Service and compiled by
. the Defense Department show the j ।
number of Georgians killed in
Vietnam fighting since 1961 is .
: nearing the 1,200 mark. State Vet
erans Director Pete Wheeler said
the 1,188 count is of March 31, i
1969. The national count of deaths j 1
Uis over 34,000 making the Viet-]
j nam War the fourth most costly I'
in terms of human life in Amer-1
ica’s history. Only World War 1,?
World War II and the War Be-1 1
tween the States resulted in more I
deaths.
Os the total Georgia casualties, j
; Muscogee County recorded the ]
■ most deaths with 245, due mainly
i to that county’s military training:
| areas and the fact that many ser- ]
.vicemen being deployed to Viet-|
( nam list Muscogee as their coun- ]'
ty of residence. Populous Fulton
’ i County had the second highest j
[(number of Vietnam deaths with;
140, followed by Richmond with :
57. Chatham with 46, Bibb with :
’ 43, and DeKalb with 42 deaths. ;
The Veterans Service records |
: show that six servicemen from ]
Telfair County and three from ]'
; Wheeler County have lost their : 1
lives in the Viet Nam War.
■ Twenty-three thinly populated *
counties have yet to record aj ]
hometown casualty in the south
east Asian fighting, according to. ‘
Mr. Wheeler; their Selective Ser
vice draft quotas are lower, re- i
suiting in fewer men being in- i
ducted into service.
Mr. Wheeler said, “While it is:
sad to have to report the number <
of young men losing their lives <
in any war. we offer the services;'
of the Department of Veterans b
Service to survivors of Vietnam 1 ;
casualties in any assistance or 1
claims advice they may need as i:
possible recipients of veterans’;:
benefits. The office manager of 1
the field office located at Mcßae |
will assist in every way possible.” '
and laymen.
It requires a simple majority I
vote in each of the South Geor-1
gia, North Georgia, and Georgia!
Conference for passage. If passed
favorably by the three confer
ences, it would be implemented
in June, 1970.
The plan would create two;
“new” administrative units called
the North Georgia Conference and
South Georgia Conference —same
names as two existing confer-1
ences. Negro local churches
of the Georgia Conference would (
be merged into these bodies.
At least one new district su- (
perintendent will be named to
succeed a superintendent trans- ■
ferring to another position. Also ]
! expected are changes in pulpit as
] signments of some of the South
Georgia Conference’s larger ।
| churches.
Conference preacher will be (
Bishop Thomas M. Pryor, of Chi- (
cago. Laymen's Day speaker on
June 4 will be the Rev. Robert A.
Lundy of New York City, a for-!
mer missionary bishop in Indon- ]
esia who is now a staff member I
of the church's Board of Missions.;
Host for the conference will be;
the Rev. Jason Shirah, pastor of
First United Methodist Church in
Valdosta.
Garden Club Os
Georgia 1970
Engagement List
Honoring the interest of its]
new president, Mrs. James An-;
derson of Marietta, in conserva-1
tion. The Garden Club of Geor- i
gia, Inc., will use as its theme]
for the 1970 Engagement Calen- ’
dar, “Beautiful Georgia—Ours for I
Safekeeping.”
Garden club members are (
urged to send photos of wild ]
flowers, birds, conservation proj-1
ects, gardens, and flower arrange
ments to the Calendar Chairman (
Mrs. H. V. Lamon, 6920 Forsyth
Road, Macon, by June Ist.
Photograpns must be 5 x 7 or:
8 x 10 vertical glossy prints. Col-;
or prints of the same size must :
be accompanied by a color trans- j
parency; or 35 MM or 214 color
slides may be sent. Clips or writ
ing should not be put on the pho- ;
; tograph.
On a separate sheet of paper ]
the name, address, description,
club name, and photographer’s ]
name should be listed.
Miss Elizabeth Mason and Mrs
Charles P. Yarn of Atlanta, Con
servation Co-Chairmen for the ] i
Garden Club of Georgia, Inc., will ;
act in an advisory capacity for 4
the conservation material to be ■
included. ;;
KITCHEN SAFETY
Faulty equipment can be the
cause of an accident. Miss Annette ]
Ray, home economist with the 1
University of Georgia Cooperative
Extension Service, suggests that. ■
you check kitchen appliances for:
frayed electrical cords or unusual
sounds. Give careful attention to
suggestions in the maintenance
manual.
Advertise in the Eagle.
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1969 SINGLE COPY 5c
Open House And Air Show At
Robins Air Base May 17-18
An invitation to all Georgians]
and citizens of neighboring states
]to attend the two-day open house
’ and air shows at Robins AFB, Ga.
May 17-18 was issued today by
the base commander.
Colonel Andrew A Chaffin said
that cars from 139 of Georgia’s
159 counties and from all neigh
boring states passed through the
base gates last year as more than
200.000 attended the event.
Dance Recital To
Be Held In Milan
The Milan and Alamo Schools
;of Dance will present “The Old
Lady In The Shoe”, in the Milan
(School Auditorium on May 24 at
; 8:00 o’clock. Proceeds from the
(performance will be donated to
ithe Milan PTA who is sponsoring
, the Dance School’s Recital.
The students have been pre
| paring for this recital for the past
(year. The costumes are profess-
I ionally made and ordered from
]New York. The choreography by
!Mrs. Duane Fech, with assistance
( from the Atlanta School of Bal
llet and the Scott Caligan Dance
, Studios.
Everyone is invited to attend
this performance, the admission
(prices are: adults 50 cents and
children 25 cents.
The Apparel Industry:
Georgia's Second Largest Employer
(Editor’s Note: The Georgia'
(Chamber of Commerce has pro-]:
(claimed May 1- June 15 for a;
। "Salute to Georgia Industry.” The
] following article recognizes the:
I contributions made by our tre-']
mendous apparel industry.)
i “It’s almost that I have to work,
■so that I can farm,” chuckled |
I Howell Towler, who is typical of ]
; thousands of Georgians who have;
found industrial employment in : •
j the state’s apparel plants in or- j ।
der to live in the country.
] “I’ve farmed a little all my j
| life,” Mr. Towler said. “And to ( 1
tell the truth, I like it better than ]:
'anything but there’s just not('
i enough money in farming today.!
j I don’t want to give it up but I (
need to live.”
Mr. Towler’s solution to this j
i problem was to take a job in the ] I
: Monroe slacks plant of the Ox- i:
(ford Manufacturing Co. some (
j eight years ago. His wife, Caro-; 1
j lyn, is in charge of the plant’s I.
(personnel office and training cen-(
ter, and Mr. Towler is head ma-(I
I chinist there.
! And most every afternoon, Mr.
j Towler drives to his farm home;,
; about five miles from the plant ];
(to put many of his off-hours till-},
; ing the soil. He and his father- ] ]
(in-law raise cotton on their 601;
। acres. ]:
I ■
Mr. Towler recalled that when 1
he was first married, they moved ।
1 into Monroe. But they found they ]
didn’t like city life, even in a ,
] town the size of Monroe. 11
But now Mr. Towler has the (
best of two worlds: industrial
wages and rural living.
The establishment of Oxford
Manufacturing’s plant in Monroe (
(is typical of Georgia’s apparel in-!
dustry. In the post-World War II j
period of agricultural m-echaniza-(^
; lion, thousands of farm workers (
were displaced by machines and;
: were forced to move to the cities:
' for employment.
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“Fortunately, hundreds of ap- ]
. parel firms established plants in (,
Georgia’s rural or semi-rural. 1
areas during this period after 1
'finding Georgians were willing'
workers and readily trainable for;
:an industrial job,” noted A. W. i
; Holloway, president of the Geor- ]
( gia Chamber of Commerce. I j
“This industrial movement kept <
. thousands of Georgians from')
! either starving to death on a non-11
: productive farm or moving to a ' f
(slum in a metropolitan area and,]
i going on welfare.” i f
Today, Georgia has more than ( 1
450 apparel plants, located in j i
.more than 120 of the state’s 159 M
(counties, making the industry a
(major source of employment in
‘all areas of Georgia but the
.' “Many came because it was free]
; I fun for the entire family,” said 1
> Colonel Chaffin. “Thousands of
others came because it was their'
only chance to see the Warner
Robins Air Material Area, the
only such Air Force industrial
; complex in the eastern- United
States.”
: I Colonel Chaffin said that this
11 year’s theme calls for a report to
the nation on the forces for free
dom. The airshow will be virtual
ly duplicated on both days. We
will have an 80-man paradrop by
Army reservists on both days,
special demonstrations of in-flight
’ refueling, short and vertical take
offs, rescue techniques, aerial
1 cargo delivery, numerous flyov
ers, professional stunt pilots, sky-
! divers, and many other events,”
’ he said,
r
The colonel said that the open
house will open at 9 a.m. on both
days to permit spectators to see
the exhibits at a leisurely pace,
( ] and still see the complete air
, show. This will also eliminate
, traffic and parking problems, he
said.
: For children, a full-fledged car
nival midway, repleat with rides
I and concessions will be available,
i Food and beverages will be scat
-1 tered throughout the open house
and airshow area.
'heaviest concentration is in the]
northern half.
These plants employ more than ]
67,000 workers — making it the (
! second largest industrial group in
] the state—and their annual pay
roll was more than $252.4 million
( last year.
While much of the output of
] Georgia’s apparel industry is
(manufactured for labeling by oth
ler firms, many nationally-known
.clothing firms have operations in
the state.
Among them are the Lovable
Co., founded by Georgians; Cal
laway Mills, another native firm;
the Arrow Co. division of Cluett,
I Peabody and Co., the Carwood i
Manufacturing Co. division of!
|Chadbourn - Gotham Inc.; the;
Manhattan Shirt Co., the Thom-,
son Co. division of Salant & Sal-:
iant Inc.; White Stag Manufactur
ing Co. division of Warner Broth-]
]ers Co.; Puritan Fashions Corp.;;
■ Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., Blue
! Bell Inc., Levi Strauss & Co.,
Shirley of Atlanta Inc., and Sew •
; ell Manufacturing Co.
“The apparel industry is a tre
i mendous industry for Georgia,” I
Mr. Holloway noted. “And it is
] remarkable that its success hangs
by a thread—a shopping decision
that won’t be made by a con-1
] sumer for months after a garment
(is made.”
Sgt. Grover Varnadoe
Serving In Vietnam
Staff Sergeant Grover K. Var
nadoe, son of Grover C. Varnadoe
of Helena, is on duty at Da Nang
AB, Vietnam.
Sergeant Varnadoe, an aircraft
pneudraulic technician, is a mem
ber of the Pacific Air Forces. Be
fore his arrival in Vietnam, he
was assigned to Castle AFB, Calif.
The sergeant is a graduate of
Telfair High School, Mcßae. His
wife, Betty, is the daughter of]
Mr. and Mrs. John W. May of Mi- ]
ami, Fla.
Notice To
Residents Os Alamo ;
Due to the increase in expenses
incurred in the operation of the j
City Sanitation Department, it'
has become necessary to assess a (
garbage charge of SI.OO per month ]
for each person and business
place that uses this service. This.
fee will be included on your wa- ]
ter card beginning next month
and will be paid along with your
water bill at the City Hall.
Respectfully,
Mayor & Council of Alamo, Ga.
Date—May 5, 1969
NUMBER 6
Static aircraft exhibits of near
ly 70 distintively different types
of weapon systems from the
Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Ma
rine Corps and the Air Force will
be featured. Highlights include
( the first open display of both the
AC-119K gunship and the AC-47
(“Spooky” gunship.
The University of Georgia Air
Force ROTC band, drill team, and
] Angel Flight marchers will be co
' starred with the Headquarters
'! Air Force Reserves band. And
■ “numerous rock ’n roll bands
(which will hold a jam session in
' one of the hangers,” laughter Col
jonel Chaffin.
Georgia Leads
Entire Nation
(In Watersheds
By David H. Williams
Georgians are taking advantage
of Soil Stewardship Week, May
11-18, to point out that their state
■ is a leader in watershed work.
'I Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton,
chairman of the State Soil and
Water Conservation Committee,
said Georgia is No. 1 in the nation
in number of multiple-purpose
small watershed projects ap-
■ proved for federal assistance. He
I explained that these projects are
; designed not only to help prevent
■ floods, but also to provide water
(for cities, industry and recreation.
The Soil Conservation Service
> I
; has completed 61 watershed work
' plans in the state. Os these, 33
are multiple-purpose, more than
any other state. And of the 33,
Mr. Gillis added, 15 will provide
j municipal water and 13 will pro
vide recreation.
j. Fourteen small watershed proj
ects have been completed in Geor
gia, with all works of improve-
! ment installed. Texas, with 18:
completed projects, is the only
state ahead of Georgia in the area.
Georgia projects either com
pleted or under construction in
clude 223 floodwater retarding;
Structures and 485 miles of im
] i proved stream channels. More
. than 200,000 acres of critical areas
have been treated. Mr. Gillis ex
plained that critical areas include
(land such as road cuts and fills,
and eroding hillsides where all
: cover has been removed.
Eight cities are now pumping
( water from completed flood pre
vention structures. These include
Cornelia, Dalton, Carrolton, Villa
Rica, Temple, Dallas, Warrenton
and Union Point.
Mr. Gillis added that a number
of watershed structures are also
providing recreation. These in
! elude Tobesofkee in Bibb Coun
ty, Marbury Creek in Barrow
County, and Bull Creek in Mus
cogee County. A multiple-purpose
structure on the Little Sandy-
Trail Creek watershed in Clarke
-1 County and one on the Little Sa
tilla Creek in Appling and
Wayne Counties will also provide
recreation when these watersheds
are completed.
In Athens, C. W. Chapman,
i state conservationist with the Soil
Conservation Service, said bene
fits in dollars and cents that are
accruing to communities as a re
' suit of completed watershed proj
. ects amount to thousands of dol
lars annually. He estimates that
$1.3 million in flood damages
alone is being saved each year
: because of these projects. When
all pending projects are complet
ed, the savings will rise to more
;than $7 million, he added.
Mr. Chapman continued that
watershed projects in Georgia.
' have already brought nearly tOO
new industries or businesses that,
employ about 2,600 people. In ad
dition, more than 40 other indus
tries employing approximately
12,000 people have been expanded.
Harrelson Reunion
The annual Harrelson Reunion
will be held Sunday, May 18, at:
the Little Ocmulgee State Park.
All relatives and friends are in
vited to attend and bring a bas
ket lunch.