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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Olice Wootson
Walker
Funeral services for Olice
Wootson Walker, 49, of Nichols,
who accidentally drowned Mon
day, were held Wednesday after-1
noon at 4:00 from the Sandgrovel
Baptist Church with the Rev. [
Hubert Windham, pastor of the'
Milan Baptist Church officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery with Harris and Smith Fu-,
neral Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Mr. Walker was born in Dodge!
County on August 16, 1918 the son J
of Mrs. Georgia Mae Parker J
Walker and the late George!
Washington Walker. He was a i
member of the Brunswick Church |
of God.
Survivors include two daugh- i
tens. Miss Wand Jo Walker and !
Miss Patricia Gail Walker, both i
of Nichols; a son, Olice W. Wal-1
ter, Jr., of Milan; his mother,j
Mrs. Georgia Mae Walker of;
Milan; three brothers, Wilson j
Walker of Nichols, Homer Walker j
of Edwards Air Base, Calif., and I
George Walker of Charleston, S. i
C.; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred j
Taylor and Mrs. Thelma Alls-,
brook, both of Charleston, S. C.,
and Mrs. Myrtice Lowery of
Milan.
George Williams
Funeral services for George
Williams, 56, of Vidalia, who died!
Friday morning in Dublin after
an extended illness, were held at I
4 p.m. Sunday in the Blue Springs j
Baptist Church. Burial was in the!
church cemetery in Laurens
County.
Mr. Williams was a native of i
Soperton and had lived in Vida-i
Ba for 15 years. He was a retired!
painter, and a member of the I
Blue Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.:
Naomi Sterling Williams of Vi-j
dalia; one son, James Edward
Williams of Vidalia; four daugh-1
tars, Mrs. Joe White of Helena,:
Mrs. Geraldine Kight, Mrs. Joj
Ann Jump, both of Dublin, Miss:
Brenda Fay Williams of Vidalia;!
one sister, Mrs. Debbie B. Shep
hard of Vidalia; two brothers,
Tillman Williams of Vidalia, Car
son Williams of Crescent; 15
grandchildren.
Sammons Funeral Home of Soj
perton was in charge.
Millard L. Paulk
Funeral services were held Fri-i
day at 3:00 p.m. from the Provi-'
dence Primitive Baptist Church
for Millard Levator Paulk, 64, of ;
Helena R-l, who died in the Tel-1
■fair County Hospital Thursday ;
after suffering a heart attack.
Services were conducted by El
der Jimmy Beddingfield, assisted ;
by Elder C. H. Radford and El
der E. W Brown, and burial was
in Zion Hope Cemetery with
Hanis & Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were J. C. Yawn.
James Yawn, Clarence Brown..
Herman Ryner, Frank Smith and
Leonard Smith.
Mr. Paulk was born in Dodge
County on April 22, 1905, the son;
of Nelson Lee and Mary English
Paulk, and was married to Miss i
Bernice Coleman on September
22, 1926. He was a member of’
Providence Primitive Baptist;
Church and a Deacon, and was’
also a member of the Masonic;
Lodge.
Surviving are his wife and sev-|
eral nieces and nephews.
Floyd Cooper
Johnson
Funeral services for Floyd I
Cooper Johnson, 58. of Thomas- !
ton, who died Thursday having
apparently suffered from a heart
attack at his residence, were held
at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Emory's
Chapel Baptist Church.
The Rev. H. D. Morgan official-:
ed, assisted by Bennard McCard,:
with burial in South View Ceme-,
tery.
Mr. Johnson, born in Telfair
County, had lived in Upson Coun
ty for a number of years. He was.
a member of the Emory’s Chapel
Baptist Church and employed by
Buffington Cabinet Works.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Eva Mae Lindsey Johnson of
Thomaston; one daughter, Mrs.
Nellie Christine Buchanan of
Jonesboro; two sons, Thomas
Loyd Johnson of Woodbridge.
Va. and William Eugene Johnson
of Thomaston; one sister, Mrs
Mary Louise Hill of Thomaston;
three brothers, Henry Curtis
Johnson, Arthur Johnson, both of
Thomaston, and James Alvin
Johnson of Forest Park; one;
granddaughter.
Passley-Fletcher Funeral Home
of Thomaston was in charge.
Roy C. Pope
Funeral services for Roy C. I
I Pope, 68, of Dublin, who died
j Wednesday, May 7 at his resi
dence, were held at 4 p.m. Thurs
[ day, May 8, in the chapel of
ITownsend Funeral Home in Dub-
Uin.
I The Rev. W. T. Hollis Jr. of-
Ificiated with burial in Bethlehem
I Cemetery.
Mr. Pope was a native of
' Wheeler County and was mem
ber of the Saxon Heights Baptist
I Church. He was a veteran of
; World War I and a member of
I the Dublin Moose Lodge. He was
(employed as a used car dealer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
। Ada L. Pope of Dublin; two sons,
(John Roy Pope and Harry Pope,
(both of Dublin; three daughters,
[Mrs. Jean Davidson of Dublin,
I Mrs. Phyllis Hill of Blacksburg,
Va., Mrs. Roylene Miller of Al-
Jberquerque, N. M.; a sister, Mrs.
I Allene Graham of Orlando, Fla.
I Townsend Funeral Home was
Jin charge.
Walter Melvin Pope
Funeral services for Walter M.
Pope, 73, of Glenwood, who died
Saturday in the Telfair County
Hospital after an extended illness,
were held at 4 p.m. Sunday in
| the Glenwood United Methodist
I Church.
The Rev. Riley Middleton of
: ficiated with burial in the Glen
!wood City Cemetery. i
) Mr. Pope was a lifetime resi-
I dent of Wheeler County, a farmer, j
land a member of the Glenwood i
(United Methodist Church.
Pallbearers were Nephews, Bob
(Jackson, Joseph Pope, Leon Pope,
J Franklin Pope, Hugh Hill, How- I
j ard Pope, Dr. Robert Swint and
(Dana Kent. <
Honorary pallbearers were, I
[ Marcus Bomar and the official ’
! board of the Glenwood United <
[Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. i
Elizabeth Mixon Pope of Glen- 1
,wood; one daughter, Mrs. Hannah :
Rocker of Alamo; one sister, Miss
Annie Pope of Glenwood; three 1
brothers, W. M. Pope of Macon, •
JJ. Ellis Pope of Lyons, and J. A. 1
I Pope of Alamo.
Murchison Funeral Home of ’
(Vidalia was in charge of arrange
' ments.
Sell - Trade - Buy - Rent
W am ads are
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N umerous bargains
■ o satisfy your needs.
A dvertise with them. They're
D ependable agents. They
S ell, trade, buy and rent.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Lawton Holland, Jr.
Dies Sunday, May 11
After Brief Illness
Lawton Hyres Holland, Jr., 55,
of Huntington, West Virginia died
Sunday, May 11, in the Smith
j County Hospital, Marion, Va., I
[following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held I
Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., from the J
First Baptist Church, Mcßae, with
the Rev. Harold W. Withers of
ficiating. Burial was in Telfair
Memorial Gardens with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Holland was born in Dub
lin on April 18, 1914 the son of
Mrs. Lucy Mae Kennedy Holland
and the late Lawton Hyres Hol
land. He was married to the for
mer Mary Burnette on July 18,
1941 in Atlanta. Mr. Holland was
a resident of Mcßae for many
years, but moved to Huntington
several years ago.
Pallbearers were, Norwood
Flanders, Chester Flanders, Wil
liam Harris, Major Harris, Virgil
Walker and C. L. Tucker.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mary Holland of Huntington, ,
West Virginia; three sons, John j
Holland, Charles Holland and;
Russell Holland, all with the U. J
S. Navy; his mother, Mrs, Lucy
Mae Holland of Dublin; two sis
ters, Mrs. Roy Messenger of De-|
Land, Fla., and Mrs. Bobby War-:
lick of Smyrna; and one brother, j
James Holland of Dublin.
Kent William Currie j
Funeral services for Kent Wil-1
liam Currie, 66, who died Thurs
day in the Laurens County Hos
pital following an extended ill
ness, were held at 3 p.m. Satur
day in Glenwood Baptist Church.
The Rev. James Elerson, the ;
Rev. A. D. Stanfield and the Rev. 1
Riley Middleton officiated with i
burial in Glenwood Cemetery. '(
Mr. Currie was lifelong resident ■
of Wheeler County, a member of ;
Mason Lodge No. 479, Ali Shrine i
Temple, and Glenwood Baptist ’
Church.
Pallbearers were, Wallace Ad- 1
ams, Harvey Manley, Daris Jen- 1
kins, Mackey Simpson, Fred Lord 1
and Delmas Sears.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. ।
Emma Rountree Currie of Glen- :
wood; daughter, Mrs. Charles R.
Dixon Jr. of Glenwood; sister,
Mrs. Ray H. Nixon Mixson of Sa- -
vannah. :
Murchison Funeral Home of I
Vidalia was in charge.
—
Sensible Christianity
The driver of a hearse was
pulled over by a state trooper
after being clocked at 75 miles
per hour. The speeding vehicle
was transporting a body to a fu- ’
neral home. “You people have no
respect for the dead in this state,” ;
protested the driver. “Yes, we
do,” came the arresting officer’s
reply. “That’s why I stopped I
you.”
Any of us can be carried awayi
at times by such an eagerness to ।
get a job done that we overlook
elementary precautions. People
usually achieve better results for
God, self and others by applying'
generous amounts of commonJ
sense to whatever they do. Sen-:
J sible use of proper means, in any-1
. thing from taking care of one's I
[children to improving political
life, is bound to be rewarding. Ini
[ other words, we must not be in
J such a rush to get anywhere that, j
! in fact, we get nowhere.
“God deals with you as sons: i
for what son is there whom his
father does not correct?” (He-j
brews 12:7)
Help me to strive after big;
goals, Holy Spirit, but help me be[
realistic about the manner of at- I
taining them.
A Thing To Wear
By Rebecca M. Walker
If you have ever said, “I haven’t
a thing to wear" you may be
telling more than you intended to I
tell. You may be telling that you
don’t plan your wardrobe. If you
want to eliminate that old com
plaint, just remember every ward-1
robe has a basic core aroundl
which it is built.
Wheeler County ladies can do
this wardrobe planning with lit- I
tie fuss and bother. First, inven- :
tory the clothes you have now.:
I mean list every garment, access
ory and underfashion. It’ll take :
some time. But the rewards are 1
worth the effort.
Second, list the activities in
which you normally participate—l
shopping, church, clubs, conven- (
tions, evenings out and sports.
Now compare the two lists. Do j
■ you have at least one outfit—
I from underfashions to accessories J
i—that’s right for each activity?,
llf you do, you are probably in
i better wardrobe shape than you j
thought. If you don’t you know [
J your wardrobe weaknesses. You;
। know areas to consider when you [
are ready to make or purchase:
additions to your wardrobe.
Choose garments you can mix !
and match with changing access-I
I ories if you want to get the most I
from your planned wardrobe.
( Imaginative putting together is
• the creative art you’ll be prac- J
i ticing.
s Choose a few basic accessories!
■' —shoes, bags, hats, gloves— and;
• plan garments which may be
worn with these.
: Remember, planning is the key
: to successful wardrobe building!
and successful dressing.
IT'S A FACT!
J Most of us don’t want the gov
ernment to squander our money
'because we want to do it our
; selves.
Co. Agent's Corner
By David H. Williams
MANY FARMERS PLANT
COTTON TOO EARLY
Every year, many cotton grow
ers get impatient and start plant- j
: ing their crop before the soil is J
I warm enough. This often results J
in poor skippy stands due to
। seedling disease. Sometimes re-j
planting is necessary.
Cotton should not be planted!
until soil temperature at a six-:
iinch depth is above 65 degrees;
J for five consecutive days at 9 o’-:
[clock in the morning. Soil tem-j
peratures below 65 degrees are:
j very unfavorable to normal ger-1
! mination and emergence of cot-1 ■
ton; on the other hand, these low [
temperatures are favorable for
[the development of seedling dis
ease. Os course, there is probably (
no need to begin checking soil ,
temperatures until the date after I -
j which chances of frost are 10 J -
percent or less. j
[ Farmers who don’t have a ]
thermometer for taking soil tem
perature should check with me
for information on this subject.
This year I am urging cotton (
1 farmers in Wheeler County not to ]
start planting according to the I
calendar, or because the next <
farmer down the road has started.
Wait until the soil is warm; it
' may make the difference between
costly replanting and a good
[stand.
|
National Income Plan
Is Opposed By Sen.
Herman Talmadge
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
has voiced strong opposition to
'proposals for creating a federally
' directed uniform nationwide in
come maintenance program de
[ signed to equalize welfare treat
[ ment for needy citizens through
out the country.
The Georgia senator, a member
of the Joint Economic Committee
whose just-released annual report
(included the recommendation,
filed supplementary views in
[which he expressed concern
I about “the increasing tendency
toward centralization of all gov
ernment functions” in the federal
government.
“For some time I have been
concerned about the skyrocketing
cost of welfare and the oppress
ive burden of welfare costs on
local and state governments,” he
[said. “However, I feel that there
[is nothing to be gained by trans
ferring this burden to the federal
government."
Sen. Talmadge said he does not
subscribe to the theory “that
whenever state and local govern
ments have difficulties in meeting
their responsibilities they should
turn to the federal government for
a solution.”
He warned that a nationwide
income maintenance program
would destroy local autonomy in
dealing with welfare problems.
This, he contends, would elimi-;
nate the ability of local govern- !
ments to adapt their welfare pro- [
grams to local conditions and lo- j
cal needs. He added:
“One of the most valuable at- [
tributes of our American system J
has been the insistence on auton-!
omy for the individual state and i
community to handle problems of I
their respective locale.”
Calling for more emphasis by I
the government on education and j
job training as solutions to the [
welfare problem. Sen. Talmadge!
said:
“The cure for low incomes for i
most Americans is training and )
an opportunity for decent jobs
which promote individual dignity
and self-respect, not a relief pro
gram . . . We must continue to
seek ways to secure a greater in-
Rev.
William
Smith
| volvement of private industry in I
I the tremendous task of providing I
. training for hard-core unemploy- J
' ed and job opportunities for those [
j individuals who live in depressed [
(areas.”
He said the government’s rec
ords in job training leaves much
।to be desired.
| “Although government pro-
J grams have been successful in [
[providing good job training to i
1 some individuals, the government .
; has been responsible in all too I
many cases for providing poor [
J training for non-existent jobs,” he ;
[charged.
| Private business, Talmade as-:
iserted, has distinct advantages'
! over the government in job train
: ing in that business can offer both
the training and permanent em
iployment at the end.
He conceded that a job training 1
tax incentive system would result
is some temporary revenue loss,
but that increased taxes would
ultimately result.
“The working, productive indi
vidual is a taxpayer, not a tax
liability.”
Hospiial Patients
The following patients were ad- ।
I mitted to the Telfair County Hos- 1
pital last week: Amerilus Ellis,
[Greg Lovett, Jeffrey Lovett, and
[Oliver Sellers of Hazlehurst: Loni ■ 1
[Saxton Garrison, of Rt. 1, Milan;;
[Willie Grace Myles, of Rt. 2, Me- J 1
j Rae; Michael Wooten, Eddie Dean ।
ITobler, Latha Vales, and James 11
[Denmark of Mcßae.
J Eloise Harrell, and Cellia Me- ■
Rae of Jacksonville; Barbara <
i Sheffield, and Barbara Francis of j
(Eastman; Mildred Fountain of •
.Cadwell; Arnold Dykes, Ada Jes- !
'feries, Jim Hamilton and Ola [ ।
Thompson of Helena; Clifford 1
Durden of Atlanta. I 1
Jimmy Perdue, and Lessie [ ;
Browning of Glenwood; Linda. 1
Gillis of Rhine; Morris Knight, I 1
and Essie Thomas of Milan; Ikep
Wright of Mcßae Manor; Leah [ J
Thompson and Frank Brewer of ( ’
Lumber City; and William E. [ ■
Boney of Rt. 1, Jacksonville.
HOW MANY MILES? I
U. S. motorists drove a total of; 1
one trillion, ten billion miles in : >
1968 — the equivalent of more; <
than 40 million trips around the i'
earth. ;
(<
"Keep Wheeler County Green.” ’
[' ?
In Pucara, Peru,
the lights go on at twilight
and off at 10 p. m.
Same goes for Ayaviri, Cuyo Cuyo and Coota.
Every day of the year. Except when they flicker
and go off. Like if one person too many turns
on an iron and the whole town goes black.
But in Athens. Rome, Cairo and everywhere else
in Georgia you can count on electricity 99.9%
of the time. Even in summer when everyone is
running air conditioners, electric fans, and raiding
the refrigerator for ice cubes. Or on a cold
winter morning when thousands of coffee makers
are perking, hot show’ers are running, electric
blankets are making it harder to get up and
electric heating is making it easier.
We apologize for that .1%. We’re trying to close
the gap and make a perfect record. Maybe
someday we will. But until then, you can depend
on the other 99.9. And that’s a promise!
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve^
FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1969
Patrol Now Uses
Fool-Proof Tool
To Get Speeders
This is a warning to Georgia
motorists. And, to be perfectly
honest, those who don’t heed the
j warning may live to regret it.
(Here’s why:
Georgia’s State Patrol has of
|ficially instituted a system of us
[ ing computers to catch speeders
Jon the highways. Thirty-eight
• cigar -box-sized devices have been
[installed in patrol cars and they
are in operation throughout the
state.
Patrolmen have been undergo
ing a 30-day training course in the
I operation of these specialized
j units, during which period they
merely issued warning tickets to
those caught speeding.
But that’s no longer the case.
Troopers, now well trained and
thoroughly familiar with the new
speed-timer device, are under
strict orders from Col. R. H. Bur
son, director of the Georgia De
partment of Public Safety, to
make cases against speeders who
are monitored on the miniature
computers.
The computer is known as
VASCAR, an abbreviation of Vis
ual Average Speed Computer and
[ Recorder, and experience in 36
other states has shown it to be
fool-proof, according to Maj. Por
ter Weaver, the patrol command
er. He said he hopes to acquire
300 VASCAR units to cover more
area.
Average speed of cars on eith
er side of the highway from a
state patrol car whether the pa
trol car is parked or moving, will
flash on a read-out panel just
beneath the dashboard so that
a trooper can constantly monitor
traffic moving in all directions
with the new equipment. It is a
vast improvement over radar,
Maj. Weaver said. However, radar
units will continue to be used
also in the patrol’s war against
traffic law violators, it was said.
VASCAR’s manufacturer re
ports that out of 83,000 arrests
made with the computer’s help
in 36 states, all offenders were
convicted. There are 26 different
ways a trooper can detect a
speeding vehicle around his patrol
car by using this new device, it
was pointed out.