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VOLUME 55
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Corn Producers |
Urged To Check |
Local Corn Prices
J. O. Perdue, Chairman of the
Wheeler County Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation (ASC) |
Committee today urged area corn'
producers to keep checking prices !
at their local stations to see if the'
recent market advances have%
made it advantageous to rt?:de,emi
their price-support loan and sell,
it on the market. |
Mr. Perdue said that for the:
past week corn prices in the area
have been running about .17 cents |
above the county loan rate of 1.23;
per bushel. !
“This indicates to me,” Mr. Per- !
due said, “that some producers!_,
may find it to their economic ad- |
vantage to redeem their loans.” !
The Chairman noted U, S. De-!
partment of Agriculture reports!
which showed that in two weeks|
prior to April 24 local market!
prices for corn on a national av-l,
erage were about 8 cents over the!
local loan rate. The prices quotedi
from a representative group of re- |
porting points in major corn pro- |
ducing areas, ranged from a high|
of 18 cents above loan to a low!
of 1 cent below loan, i
Mr. Perdue also said there was|
an additional increase in market"
prices immediately after releasei
of the USDA report on April 24
which showed stocks of corn 'm;
storage as of April 1 totaling 3.0
billion bushels, down 6 percent;
from a year earlier and consider- |
ably lower than anticipated. '
Chairman Perdue pointed out,
however, that nationally produc-i
ers have price support loans out-|
standing on 812 million bushels|
of corn, more than half of it un-!‘
der “reseal’ from 1967 and ear-|
lier crops years, and that the
Commodity Credit Corporation?
owns 257 million bushels of com.!
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4.H Livestock '
By David H. Williams "
Sixteen 4-H boys from Wheeleri‘
County toured to Tifton Friday,‘j
May 16 for the Annual Districtlj
Livestock Judging Event. At this|
event the boys are required to|
place four classes of beef cattle|
and four classes of hogs. They[‘
are also required to give oral
reasons on three of the eight|
classes of livestock. |
Representing the Senior 4-H|
Club were Craig Adams, Gary];
Coleman, David Edge, Thomas!.
Mercer, Nathan Rowe and Gar-!'
land White. The three top seniors |
from Wheeler County were David|
Edge, Gary Coleman and Craig!<
Adams respectively. They had al
combined score of 1187 of a pos-}'
sible 1550 points. L
The Junior 4-H Clubs were I'ep-§
resented by Dennis Boyette, Brent |
Coleman, Joe Dixon, Eddie Ful-|
ford, Wade Fulford, John Hatten, |
Mitchell McGhee, Michael Smith, |
Joey Thomas and Wayne White. |
The three top juniors were Wade!‘
Fulford, Wayne White and Eddiejl
Fulford with Wade and Waynei
tving for top score. These three!
boys had a combined score ofi;
1146 of a possible 1550 points. L
Livestock Judging is a relative-k
ly new experience for Wheeler !
4-H boys. This is the second yearg_‘
they have entered competition.
However interest is keen as ex-ij
hibited in the large number tak- '
ing part in this event. \
i
Sugar Creek Melon
Growers Assoc. To
Meet Tues.. May 27 |
The Sugar Creek Watermelon |
Growers Association will meet on
Tuesday night, May 27, at 8:00
p.m. at McGinty’s Restaurant in_"(
Helena. The meeting will begin
with supper served at 8:00 p.m. i!
Topics of interest to be dis-;
cussed include the. securing of
buyers for this year’s marketing |
season and to inform producers |
of watermelon disease control. |
W. J. Grimes, President of the :
Association, urged all members
and prospective members of the f
association to attend this impor
tant and informative meeting. 1
e e e <
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. i
Wheeler County Eagle
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—New hope fer millions of
children of developing countries is contained in a check ;
for $7,773,500 held by Henry Labouisse (center), Execu
tive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund. The
record-breaking check, presented by Mrs. Guido Panta
leoni, Jr., President of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, ‘
includes the receipts from the 1968 Halloween collection
and greeting card sales, totalling almost $2 million over
the previous year’s American contribution.
Witnessing the ceremony in the office of United Nations
Secretary General U Thant (left) are C. Lloyd Bailey,
Executive Director of the U.S. Committee, and students
of the UN International School, representing countries
aided by UNICEF,
Forty-Seven Seniors To Graduate
At Wheeler Co. High May 25-26
| Forty-seven seniors will partic
iipate in graduation exercises at
ith-e Wheeler County High School
Ithis week end.
' Baccalaureate exercises will be
‘held Sunday evening, May 25, at
8 pm. in the school cafetorium.
!The Rev. Richard Altman, pastor
of the Alamo Methodist Church,
will speak.
i Commencement exercises will
'be on Monday night, May 26, at
8 pm. in the cafetorium. The
program theme will be “The Art
of Thinking”. Class valedictorian
Jimmy Wooten will speak on the
Art of Achievement; the saluta
!torian, Joyce Price chose the sub
iject, “The Art of Imagination.”
IHonor graduates Linda Clark
'Fowler, Anne Johnson, and Jo
' Anne Smith will speak on “The
Art of Maturity, The Art of
Thinking, and The Art of Taking
kTime To Live.”
Other graduates are: Craig
Adams, Wally - Adams, Jack
Ashley, Jesse Braswell, Clif
ford Browning, Earnestine Bry
iant, Anita Butler, Susie Cannon,
‘Mary Nell Cartwright, Mike
'Chambers, Gary Clark, Gwen
iCo.\', Jimmy Day, Ernest Dyal,
Tony Edge, Larry Fields, Ronnie
!Gilder, Kathryn Graham, Jerry
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Producers Sign
I
Up For Programs
|
Across the Nation, most pro
ducers of wheat, feed grain and
rcotton are showing a high level
of program participation, the
'Chairman said.
} Final signup on wheat national
-Iy, shows 981,153 farms with 45,-
722,428 acres of allotments, or
88.7 percent of the total national
allotment. This is a record num
ber of farms, 139,019 more than
in 1968, and is also a record per
centage of national allotment on
signed farms—=Bß.7 percent to 84.4
percent in 1968.
In the feed grain program 1,-
661,770 farms have been enrolled,
which is 161,411 more farms than
in 1968. Total diversion of 41,-
342,442 acres is planned on farms
with feed grain bases totaling 94,-
005,566 acres. Base acreage on
signed farms totals 7 million more
acres than the previous record of
87 million in 1965. Total intended
diversion is nearly 5 million acres
greater than the 1965 record of
36.7 million, and 7 million acres
greater than the 1968 figure.
In the 20 cotton producing
States, a total of 477,587 farms
have been signed up for the 1969
upland cotton program. These
farms have 14,948,744 acres of |
cotton allotment, 92.3 percent of
the total national allotment. Par
ticipation is up slightly from 1968;
the final total of 477,587 farms
compares with 463,800 farms inf
the final 1968 report.
Georgia’s 1968 lamb crop is es- |
timated at 2,200 head, according
to the State Corp Reporting Serv-i
ice.
. Grimes, Linda Grimes, Kathyl:
. Green. iJ
|| Joan Guin, Joan Harville, Bet
by Jenkins, Danny Maddox, Jim-i]
,'my Riddle, David Rogers, Mike |
Seabolt, William Sightler, Wilmaf‘l
| Sightler, Joyce Smith, Katherine!
.!Spires, Larry Stanley, Louise]:
Stinson, Billy Thigpen, Eugene‘,;
| Thigpen, Elaine Thomas, Lada 1
| Mae Travis, Gary Webster, Mar-!j
| garet Williams, Zilla Wilson, and |
, Josephine Wooten. !]
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Eldridge Responsible |
by AR g b
. For Economy Laws
- Passed Last Session
| At least one member of the .
" Georgia Senate spent the 1969;1‘
' General Assembly session seeking |
: ways to save money in state and |
' local government. A new law, in-!(
'troduced by Senator Frank El- ]
| dridge, District 7, of Wayecross, |1
' will help county law enforcement ' ¢
" agencies save money on the pur- |
‘'chase of official vehicles. i]
| Under Senate Bil 104, counties
;‘may take advantage of volume ¢
|discount rates by contracting for
police and official vehicles it
' through the State Purchasing De- ]
| partment. bt
| Senator Eldridge devised theél
legislation after being informedit
by county officials that v-ehicle}t
' costs were higher to local govern- |,
ments than state agencies because !\
'of volume discounts to the state,!
- and that existing laws prohibited |
| the State Purchasing Department
| from using their discount by mak- !
' ing vehicle purchases for local{
governmental agencies. |
' The bill enabling local govern- !
" ments to use centralized ordering i
' through the State was supported
| by the Ware County Commission. |«
i Members of the Commission, |
| along with officials of the Geor
' gia Municipal Association and the ¢
' Association of County Commiss- ]
' joners, visited Governor Maddox
and urged his approval. The bill|;
‘i was signed into law April 28. )
| In discussing the economy leg- |
"iislation, Senator Eldridge also
‘| noted that such a centralized pur- ',
' chasing procedure should help to z
| insure uniform quality of police
‘;vehicles throughout the state and
| may result in more efficient or- |
| dering and delivery of official ve
| hicles for local governments in .
| Georgia. #
{ ey .
Notice To A
| Residents Os Alamo |
| Due to the increase in expenses
incurred in the operation of the |
| City Sanitation Department, it}
" has become necessary to assess a|
| garbage charge of SI.OO per month ' I
|for each person and business|
| place that uses this service. This
! fee will be included on your wa- I
iter card beginning next month
{ and will be paid along with your |
| water bill at the City Hall. |
i Respectfully, |
! Mayor & Council of Alamo, Ga.i
Date—May 5, 1969
!Miss Kay Webster |
u |
‘loms Honorary Homei
Economics Fraternity |
t Kay Webster was among thel
{eleven new members initiated in-!
Ito Phi Upsilon Omicron, the hon- |
orary home economics fraternity |
at Georgia College at Milledge-|.
gville May 1.
~ Others present besides the new '
‘members included officers of the |
Alpha Eta Chapter, those mem- |
bers residing on campus this|
quarter and several faculty .mem-i‘
bers. |
~ Eligibility is based on scholar-|
ship and leadership. Kay is the|
daughter of Mrs. E. S. Webster ||
of Alamo. |
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Agreement Signed ?
For Irrigation Dam |
~ The Ohoopee River Soil and |,
‘Water Conservation District and |
ilhe Montgomery County Com-|
Imissioners as Co-Sponsors of the!
Tri-County RC&D Project have |
;execut.ed a Project Measuresf
Agreement for the first Works of |
Improvement to be constructed!
;in the Project Area. |
~ The first construetion to get'
i’underway in the three—countyi
iproject will be a group irrigation;
reservoir located near Uvalda in!
I;Montgomery County. The locals
landowners involved in the irri-|
‘gation structure will pay the 10-|
‘cal share of the cost. The Soil|
Conservation Service through thcg
'RC&D Program will pay fifty|
percent of the construction costs. |
~ The structure will be about 4.5
‘acres in size and will provide ir-|
rigation water for about 20 acres!
of crops. Nicky Crowe, one of the|
landowners, stated that the struc-|
ture was badly needed and that
Ethe water could be used now if|
it were available. !
i The Project Measures Agree-|
iment signed by the two sponsors:
‘and the Soil Conservation Service |
spells out the responsibility of |
‘each party in the “construetion, !
‘operation and maintenance of the
'structure. The contract will be
‘advertised for bids soon with con-!
struction getting underway early |
in the summer. ii
~ The Tri-County Resource Con-!
iservation and Development Proj-i’
ect Plan was prepared by the|
Project Steering Committee for!t
the sponsoring organizations, Fed- :l
eral and State agencies assisted
with the plan development with |
leadership provided by Soil Con-l'
servation Service. The plan in-;
cludes proposals for twenty-one|
single purpose irrigation struc-/
tures and several multiple pur-i:
pose irrigation and recreation res- .
ervoirs. The Project Sponsors{'
hope to install several more of|
these structures in the near fu-!
ture. b
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When To Sell t
By David H. Williams I
The high cost of gain as cattle ]
get heavier—the best way to keep f
from overlooking this is to keep '
accurate records of feed, cattle
gains and, when possible, changes
in grade. 3
To figure the profit potential
of keeping cattle for another 100
pounds of gain, estimate the cost
of the next cwt. gain and the
sale price now and 40 to 50 days °
later. !
Information 1 have from the !
Extension animal science depart- ’
ment indicates that holding 1,000
to 1,150-pound high good to choice 1
cattle to heavier weights gener
ally will not pay. Not unless the 1
general price level increases sub- ]
stantially or heavier cattle are in ]
short supply and considerably
higher in price. |
Other points may help you!.
schedule sale of cattle before
costly gains net profit are these:
Sell steers at 1,000 to 1,150
pounds; heifers at 900 to 1,000
pounds. (2) Sell when steers have /
been fed about 45 bushels of corn 1
or equivalent; when heifers have |
consumed about 35 bushels. (3)
Avoid long feeding periods. :
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DEATAHS |
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BORE R e E e
Mrs. Gladys G. Heath - Ameri- ;
cus !
Mrs. Ruth A. Brown - Rhine "1
Mrs. Sarah Thompson - Milan ,
James D, Bracewell - Glenwood
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1969
Annual Meeting Georgia Forestry
Asso. To Be Held At Jekyll Island
[ The 1969 annual meeting of the |
'Georgia Forestry Association will‘
'be held at Jekyll Island in the
‘Aquarama, June 8-9-10. President}
‘Edwin L. Douglas, president,
TAugusta Hardwood Co. and Glynn |
IFarms, Inc., Augusta, will preside.}
| A highlight of the meeting willl‘
'be the keynote address by thei
IHon. Carl E. Sanders, former
{ governor, Atlanta. Sanders will
‘use the convention’s theme, “For- |
estry-Partners in Georgia’s Prog
;ress", as the basis for his talk.“
lHis speech will be on Monday
‘morning, June 9. :
. Douglas said the general ses
sion, election of officers and the}
‘crowning of Miss Georgia Fores
l'try head the list of other activi
i ei bl R S e |
\
Saqt. L. E. Livingston
Awarded Medal |
For Vietnam Service
i‘ Sgt. Larry E. Livingston of
‘Lumber City, was awarded the
lArmy Commendation Medal with
V" Device for Heroism while
‘serving in Vietnam.
' He received the medal for he
‘roism in connection with military
‘actions involving conflict with an
Earmed hostile force in the Re
ipublic of Vietnam. He distin
'guished himself by valorous ac
'tions on August 5, 1968, while
'serving as an Airboat Command
‘er with Company E, 15th Engineer
{Battalion, on a patrol off the
Dong Tam River. When the rear
lelement came under attack, Ser
| geant Livingston directed his boat
ithrough a barrage of grenade,
:automatic weapons and claymore
|mine fire in order to shield a dis
iabled boat carry wounded and to
'place effective fire on the enemy.
' Sgt. Livingston’s personal brav
ery and devotion to duty are in
lkeeping with the highest tradi-
B e .
;tlons of the military service and
‘reflect great credit upon himself,
!the 9th Infantry Division and the
lUnited States Army. |
~ Sgt. Livingston returned home
in April. His wife is the former
'Miss Nina Pope of Lumber City,
sand his parents are Mr. and Mrs.
V. A. Livingston, also of Lumber
City.
k — . eeet e e S S S et S
Ga. Crop Reporting
\
Service To Conduct
Farm Survey Soon !
During the last week of Mayi
and the first part of June, enum-'
erators from the Georgia Cropi
Reporting Service will contact |
over 2,000 farms throughout thef
State collecting farm data to be!
used as indications for crop and |
livestock estimates. Also during |
this approximate time, a sizeable |
crop and livestock mail surveyl
wil be conducted. g
Archie Langley, Agricultural |
Statistician for Georgia, explained |
that this is a part of a continuing@
effort to provide timely, unbiased |
crop and livestock estimates for |
farmers and the public to use. He |
also expressed his appreciation to
the many Georgia voluntary re
porters who have supplied infor
mation necessary to prepare the
various state and county agricul- |
iure reports released by his office. !
Information obtained from ;
these surveys will be used to pre- !
pare crop and livestock reports
issued during June and July. !
Dr. John E. Codwell To Be Speaker
At W.C.T.S. Commencement May 23
Dr. John E. Codwell, associate|
director of the Southern Associa- |
tion of Colleges and Schools, will |
be the commencement speaker .
at the Wheeler County Trainingi
School Friday night, May 23, at|
8 p.m. i
Baccalaureate exercises werei
held at the school on May 18 with !
the sermon delivered by Dr. Ht
G. Neal, pastor of the First Af-|
rican Baptist Church of Bain-!.
bridge. i
Sammy T. Jackson will deliver}
the valedictory and Nellie James
will give the salutatory addressi
at the commencement services!
SINGLE COPY 6¢
Ities. Presentation of the Golden |
.iPine Cone Award and I'.ecogni-f
tion of the county with the best |
|fire protection and general per-é
‘}formance record as well as the!
{outstanding Georgia Forestry E
}Commission district will be sea-;
| tured. |
:; A delegation of more than 700'
foresters and landowners are ex
| pected, announced Harold Joiner,l
executive director, GFA, Atlanta. |
‘|He added that the program will|
| feature a paper by Tommy Irvin, |
| . s o
Georgia Commissioner of Agrx-t
:culture, Atlanta. ;
f Other presentations will include |
‘ithe president’s report and com-|
iments by Monty Griffin, National |
»54-H Forestry Champion, of Bar-%
Iney. |
l A Luau will open the annual’
!meeting on the evening of Junei
!8. The festivities will feature the
{presentation of awards and the!
{introduction of participants ing
'the Miss Georgia Forestry Pag-i
;;eant. |
l; The Forestry Queen will be,
llnamed at the annual banquet on!
{June 9. The reigning queen isi
i et e e e e e e e e e e 1
' New Lumber Training
Program To Aid
|
Industry In South
: A new lumber training program
|will begin operation June 9, at
''Haywood Technical ' Institute,
?;C]yde, North Carolina. The 4-part
' training program will be the most
icomplete of its kind to be asso
| ciated with the Lumbes Industry
v‘gin the United States.
’! The complex now under con
|struction has an expected value
'|of % million dollars. Donations
‘|valued at more than $250,
‘|have been received from Appa-!
' Ilachian Lumbermans Club; Sou-|
ifthern Lumber Manufacturers As-!
|sociation; U. S. Plywood, Cham
:!pion Papers; T.V.A.; Magnavox
"Corporation of Tennessee; Salem |
| Equipment Company, and Corley,
| Manufacturing Company. The re-|
maining money has been released |
through the Federal Manpower
Development Training Act and
North Carolina state funds. |
The facilities for training Saw-;
yers, Sawfilers, Lumber Inspec-|
tors, and Dry Kiln Operators will |
'include automatic circle and band!‘
mills, an automatic dry kiln, saw |
[ filing equipment, and other equip- :
| ment needed for all phases of the !
Iprogram. I
| Students do not have to be a,
{high school graduate in order to!
‘,qualify. If a student does not live
{within driving distance of Hay-|
?wood Tech, he might qualify for |,
‘an allowance to pay for living|
gexpenses in Haywood County
while going to school. !
l For additional information on
?the program, enrollment, and;’
‘housing, contact Haywood T-ech«?}
\nical Institute, Clyde, North Car-gl
;olina, :
| KITCHEN SAFETY i
| Faulty equipment can be the}w
cause of an accident. Miss Annette |
Ray, home economist with the!.
iUniversity of Georgia C()operative;:
| Extension Service, suggests that
!you check kitchen appliances for
ffrayed electrical cords or unusual -
'sounds. Give careful attention to
~suggestions in the maintenancell
! manual. !
Friday night.
Other graduates are: Betty Jean
Bellamy, Erma Bonner, Gloria
Jean Burnette, Jewell Carswell,
Vinnie Clark, JoAnn Gillis, Lar
ry Griggs, Robert Hall, Kenneth
Harris, Eddie Hayes, Margaret
Elizabeth Holloway, Donnell
Howell, Bennon Lee Jackson,
Grace Helen James, Patricia
Johnson, B. K. King Jr,, Carolyn
Ann Mackey, Gwendolyn Maxine
Mackey, Lucille Nesbit, Ernestine
Ryals, Joan Smith, Aaron Stew
ard, Hollice Steward, Inez Till
man, Wilbert Travis, Salonia Mae
Williams, and Raynita Wright.
IMiss Linda Sconyers of Swaing
fbol‘oA
i S S
Lions International
Discloses Chartering
Os Its 23,000th Club
% Maintaining its position as the:
|world’s largest service club or
'ganization, Lions International
!has announced the chartering of"
lits 23,000th club. This places
ithe Lions close to 10,000 clubsr
|ahead of the next largest service
[group, according to Lions Inter
|national President David A. Ev
jans of Texas City, Texas.
| Evans officially welcomed.
ithe Brook, Indiana, Lions Club
|at their Charter Night celebra
tion on April 16. Brook was
|the 412th Lions Club in Indiana,
lwith some 19,000 members in:
ithat state.
, Lions International is probably
{best known for its work with the
!blind, maintaining eye banks and'
‘leader dog schools throughout the
lworld. However, they have been
responsible for the building and
lequipping of schools, hospital
'wards, rehabilitation centers,
iplaygrounds, parks and civic cen
lters.
The Lions internationally fa
mous motto, “We Serve”, takes
form in hundreds of thousands of
projects each year within the tem
major categories of Lionistic ae
tivities: agriculture; boys anmd!
girls; citizenship and patriotism;
civic improvements and commun--
ity betterment; education; health
and welfare; international rela
tions; safety; sight conservation;
and youth exchange.
Well over 500,000 humanitarian:
projects are completed each year
Iby the 23,000 Lions Clubs. Today
fthere are more than 900,000 mem-
Ibers in 145 countries and gea
!graphic areas throughout the:
}world.
’Hazlehurst Youth
‘Shot To Death In
;New York Saturday
| A native of Hazlehurst was shot:.
[to death Saturday in Geneva, N.
| Y. after he reportedly entered the:
'home of S. S. Marribitt, Jr., 28.
j Marribitt was arraigned om a.
charge of second degree man
'slaughter in the shooting of Rieh
}'ard A. Miles, 19, of Hazlehurst.
. Miles died of a single chest.
'wound from a .38 caliber revolv
er., Marribitt claimed that he did
not know the victim. He is being
held without bond.
Miles had lived in Geneva for
about one year with his sister and
her family at a home near Marri
bitt’s.
Races To Be Held At
Swainsboro Track
Friday Night, May 23
Swainsboro Speedway did not.
have the races Friday night, due:
to the new racing law that went
into effect May 15th. The Speed
way was inspected earlier in the
year and has the required Insur
ance Policy, but did not have the:
special State Permit. The Speed--
way attorney immediately can
tacted the State Department and
got the Racing Permit.
There will be regular races this:
‘}Friday night—plus an added at
traction of Freddy and His Fun=
‘ny Car. This act is from Zendale,,
|Ohio. The Speedway is proud ta:
|announce that it will be as
| Swainsboro Speedway this Friday"
inight.
New Partnership
Forined In Mcßae
' Preston N. Rawlins, Jr. andi.
{William T. Straughan, Attorneys:
‘at Law of Mcßae, announce that.
‘they have formed a partnership
for the general practice of lawr
under the firm name of Rawling
& Straughan, effective May 26,
to be conducted at the former law
office of Preston N, Rawlins, Jr.,,
rat 117 East Oak Street, in Me
'Rae, opposite the Telfair County”
I Courthouse.
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