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VOLUME 55
This Is No Time
For America To
Disarm - Herman
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Talmadge
said in a Georgia speech that the
idea of unilateral disarmament
‘'was wishful thinking and even
a threat” to the national security, )
"It is a dangerous world in
which we live, both to the se
curity and the freedom of the
United States and the rest of the
free world,” he asserted.
"Anyone who doubts this and 1
who thinks that the United States,
can disarm at this time has al
ready forgotten the lessons of
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and i
the countries of Eastern Europe, [
as well as the lessons of the so
called ‘wars of liberation’ in I
Southeast Asia and other parts i
of the world."
Sen. Talmadge was principal i
speaker at ‘‘Appreciation Day")
ceremonies for the 445th Military j
Airlift Command’s Dixie Wing at i
Dobbins Air Force Base in Mar-(
ietta. The Dixie Wing, called up I
to active duty during the USS I
Pueblo crisis, returned to reserve :
status effictive June 1.
"What we saw in Budapest and J
only last year in Prague ought toI
make it clear to everyone that j
the Communists are still sworn;
to take over the world by what-I
ever means at their disposal,” the [
senator declared.
“Although from time to time i
their tactics may change, their ob- jI
jectives remain the same,” he )'
charged. “Under these conditions, ),
it would be foolhardy and peri- i
lous indeed for the United States |‘
to abandon its military establish-;
ment that is vital to the defense j
of our nation,” he added.
Sen. Talmadge said national se-/
curity is a responsibility that )
“falls on every American citizen,^
and his duty becomes doubly im- (
portant at a time of great na-।
tional need like this." He said I
U. S. fighting forces overseas and;
reserve officers and men are car-I *
rying more than their share ofl'
the load, “and they stand forward j 1
as the nation’s first line of de- ( 1
sense” against aggression.
The senator and former Geor- I 1
gia governor, a Navy lieutenantj'
commander in World War II with/
32 months’ combat duty in the j 1
South Pacific, highly praised the' 1
Dixie Wing for “outstanding serv-|
ice in time of need and devotion i
to duty.” He said “citizen-sol-; !
diers” have been a vital force in''
maintaining freedom in the Unit-|l
ed States from the time of the j ‘
American Revolution. I'
"Our ready reserve units pro-1
vide a vital part of the backbone l‘
of the nation’s defense establish-1,
ment, and I salute these officers!
and men who serve their country!.
on the home front and the battle |
front," Talmadge said.
The 445th, a unit with an hon-/
ored and colorful history dating
back to missions over Nazi Ger-/
many in World War 11, has per-;;
formed during the call-up mis-/
sions in Engand, Vietnam, Cuba',
and other foreign bases where I ■
small complements were sta-';
tioned. In fact, it became the first I
Air Force reserve military airlift |,
wing in the country to gain com-;.
bat ready status. /
Fewer Ga. Patrol
Cars Involved In
4-Month Mishaps
Fewer State Patrol cars were
involved in accidents during the,
first four months of this year ; .
than in the corresponding period'
a year ago. 1 ■
This was revealed in a report ,
released by Col. R. R Burson, di- ;
rector of the Georgia Department
of Public Safety.
The number of marked patrol '
cars dropped from 36 to 34, a de
crease of six per cent, while GBI
cars (those operated by members
of the Georgia Bureau of Inves
tigation) went down from six to
three, a 50 per cent decline.
DEATHS
Preston Renew - Warner Rob
ins
T. J. Jackson - Tallahassee, Fla.
Mrs. Tempie Holt - Telfair
County
Raleigh M. Carmichael - Macon
Carla S. Vaughn - Milan ।
Mrs. Medie Brown - Dublin
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Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
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SU IhS
They Can Laugh Now
Marine Capt. David W. Clark shows how close his F-9
Cougar was to a private plane piloted by James D. Fox. right,
during an air rescue operation recently 10,000 feet above
Austin, Tex. Fox, a pilot for Humble Oil & Refining Com
pany, was descending through a heavy cloud layer for a rou
tine landing when the airport control tower radioed that a
military plane had lost its navigational equipment and needed
assistance. Fox went back up,located the disabled plane, skill
fully positioned his wing tip under the Cougar’s and led the
craft to a safe landing. At U.S. Navy ceremonies later at
Beeville, Tex., Fox was credited with saving the $2 million jet
fighter and possibly the lives of the two military pilots.
Ga. Homemaker Program For 1969
Now Open; Entry Deadline Aug. Ist
The Georgia Homemaker pro
gram for 1969, co-sponsored by
the Georgia Farm Bureau through
Farm Bureau Women at the
chapter level, is now open for en
tries with the winning homemak
er entry slated to receive recog
nition and honors.
A number of other groups in
cooperation with the Southeast
ern Fair Association are also par
ticipating in the program through
their own organizations.
Mrs. J. Andy Rape, Chairman
of Georgia Farm Bureau Wom
en’s Committee has urged Farm!
Bureau Women at the county j
Chapter level to participate in the [
nomination in each chapter.
The Georgia Homemaker of the i
Year will be announced on Home-1
maker’s Day, October 2, at the i
Southeastern Fair, and will be;
presented with a large silver tray I
engraved “Georgia Homemaker I
of the Year—l 969.” The State)
Three From Wheeler
To Graduate At
Georgia Southern
Three residents of the Alamo [
and Glenwood area are candidates
for degrees at the Forty-first An
nual Commencement at Georgia
Southern College. Commencement
is scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Sun
day, June 8, in the Hanner Build
ing on the GSC campus, States
boro.
Dr. Cecil O. Taylor, chancellor
of Louisiana State University,
will be the commencement speak
er.
The candidates and the degrees
are as follows:
Hilda Jean Braswell, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Oris Braswell, is
a candidate for a B. S. degree in
Elementary Education.
Tommy W. Winham, son of W.
B. Winham. is a candidate for an
A. B. degree in Psychology.
Gerdna Monroe Joiner, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Joiner,
of Glenwood, is a candidate for
a B. S. degree in Business Ad
ministration.
Billy Cook Graduates
From Ga. Southern
William E. (Billy) Cook, son of
Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Cook of
Mcßae, will be among those grad
uating from Georgia Southern
College in Statesboro on Sunday,
June 8.
Mr. Cook has been teaching in
the Wheeler County High School
since January. His wife, the for
mer Sue Winham, is teaching in
the Wheeler Elementary School.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook have two
children and are residing near
Glenwood.
winner will be awarded an all
expense paid weeks vacation for
herself and her family at the
Wanderer Motel on Jekyll Island.
Each county having one or
more entries will have a county
entry Each county winner will
be announced and invited as a
special guest to the Annual Geor
gia Homemaker Luncheon and
Tea. A special ribbon will be pre
sented to each county winner and
she will be introduced at the
luncheon.
Each county winner will par
ticipate for district honors, and
the district winner will receive a
silver tray engraved “Georgia
Homemaker — Congressional Dis
trict 1969.” Davison’s will honor
j the district winner with a lun
| cheon on Wednesday, October 1.
' The district winner will be spec
| ial guests of the Southeastern
। Fair and will receive their awards
I on Homemaker Day, October 2 at
i the Southeastern Fair.
i To be eligible for nomination,
| the entry must be a full time
i Georgia Homemaker between the
j ages of 30 and 55, with a family
। consisting of at least one child.
■ The homemaker must not be reg
i ularly employed, and must be re
j sponsible for meal planning and
■ preparation. No previous district
I winner can be nominated two
j consecutive years. The Home
■ maker must be a registered voter.
Deadline for submitting appli
j cations is August 1, 1969.
Test For School
Certificate To Be
Given At Dublin
The General Education Devel
' opment test for persons who left
■ school or did not have the op
portunity to finish school, will be
held Saturday, June 7, beginning
at eight A.M. in the cafeteria of
the East Laurens High School,
Dublin.
Anyone living in the area who
would like to receive a high
school equivalent certificate is
| urged to take the test. They must
Ibe 20 years of age. If under 20
‘ and there are unusual circum
; stances they should contact Al
; len Smith, Chief Examiner Lau
i rens County Board of Education,
Dublin, before time for the test
as a written permission is re-
I quired from the State Department
of Education.
The cost of the test is deter
j mined by the number of persons
। taking the test, with a minimum
I cost of $6.50
There are five parts in the test,
! one in mathematics, one in sci
| ence, one English and punctua
tion, and one on general apti
tude. The test usually takes about
six hours to complete.
Governor Again
Seeks Approval
Os His Program
That Gov. Lester Garfield Mad
; dox is a persistent, determined
Iman there is no denying. When
■ the Georgia General Assembly, in
; regular session this year, turned
I thumbs-down on his proposed tax
revision program which he said
| was designed to keep Georgia
( moving forward, the governor
i said he wasn’t giving up the fight.
Maddox warned the lawmakers
[ that if they did not call an extra-
I ordinary session to reconsider
। their negative action, he would
[do it himself. Now he has done
i just that. The special session will
begin Wednesday, June 11. The
'governor will outline his propos
[ als in a television speech Thurs
day evening, June 12.
i Gov. Maddox apparently has
; laid the groundwork well for his
I second confrontation with the
[ legislature on tax and budget
I matters. In speech after speech.
I following the regular legislative
■ session, he carried his case to the
I people.
i Obviously satisfied with the re
action from his state-wide ap-
I pearances, the governor held con
i ferences with legislators in groups
: at the executive mansion regard
। ing the situation. Immediately
j following that, Gov. Maddox an
■ nounced he was calling a special
■ session June 11.
His proposals to be presented
Ito the General Assembly call for
I a one-cent increase in sales tax,
.: to be divided equally between
■ education and grants to cities and
counties on a strictly population
/basis, plus some sls-million in
additional income taxes. The
: i sales tax hike would bring in an
■ ) estimated SIOO-million in revenue
. the first year.
। The income tax increase would
be used for increasing all state
I employees’ salaries by seven per
।! cent, for regional mental hospit
als, to provide additional funds
11 for Central State Hospital and
Gracewood State School, to allow
'the hiring of 100 additional state
[ troopers, and to provide more
I money for prison operations.
( How will Gov. Maddox fare
, this time in submitting his pro
gram to the lawmakers? Will they
. again reject it or will they ap
. I prove what he calls Georgia’s
| “Program for Progress?” Only
. I time will tell.
Thomas J. Owens
Elected As Member
Med. Administrators
/ BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS:
The American Academy of Med
ical Administrators announced to
' day that Thomas J. Owens has
) been elected as a member. This
1 ; honor is conferred upon those
whose special qualifications in
1 ; medical administration merit such
' recognition.
The Academy is an interna
tional professional society, some
of the aims of which are to en
courage and foster a scientific ap
proach to the practice of medical
administration; provide a means?
lof intercommunication; promote,
conduct, and foster educational
courses in this specially; estab
■ lish and maintain a criterion of
: competency for those engaged in
■ this profession; and to provide for
! recognition by means of fellow
; ships, scholarships, and grants to
: those who are doing noteworthy
/service in this endeavor.
His certificate and credentials
> have been prepared for presenta
। tion at the Academy’s Convoca
’ tion Ceremony in Chicago Illi
nois on August 18, 1969.
1 Mr. Owens is Administrator of
Wheeler County Hospital, Glen
wood, and is a registered X-Ray
and Medical Technologist. He
’ completed his studies in hospital
L administration at Columbia Uni
versity, New York in June 1966.
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COOKOUT TIME
> If your time for cooking out is
i limited, choose steaks, chops,
‘ cubes, patties or frankfurters.
, Miss Martha Johnsen, food scien
/tist with the University of Geor
• gia Cooperative Extension Serv
ice, says when you have plenty
:. of time for cooking out you might
like to prepare a roast.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1969
Twenty-Nine Forestry Queens Vie
I For Miss Ga. Forestry June 8-9
There will be 29 forestry,
I queens who will vie for the title 1
; of Miss Georgia Forestry on June(
eighth and ninth at the annual
meeting of the Georgia Forestry'
' Association. Miss Linda Sconyers[
>of Swainsboro is the reigning'
1 queen.
The three-day session, June 8-
[9-10, will be held in the Aqua-'
; ■ rama on Jekyll Island. Associa-)
) tion President Edwin L. Douglass'
' : of Augusta will preside.
* ' A highlight of the meeting will I
') be the keynote address by former
j Georgia Governor Carl E. San
' > ders, Atlanta. Sanders will use;
; the convention theme, “Forestry
' j —-Partners in Georgia’s Progress”, I
|as the basis for his talk. His I
1 1 speech will be on Monday morn-1
; ing, June ninth.
The 1969 Miss Georgia Forestry!
i will receive a SSOO scholarship to ,
■ I the college of her choice in Geor-;
/gia, according to Harold Joiner, j
/executive director of the GFA, |
। Atlanta. Both the state queen and ;
' I the runnerup will receive numer- i
' i ous gifts. During the year, the j
/queen will attend various forestry!
Two State Schools
Given Aircraft
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Worth Half Million
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; To assist in the training of stu-!
। dents interested in aircraft con-
’ I struction and maintenance, seven!
। aircraft have been obtained by j
the Georgia Department of Edu-;
cation to be located in two area I
( ' technical schools, reports Lewis I
’ IW. Tabor, Chief, Surplus Proper
ty office. His office will handle
) I -
' i the transfer of the airships from
[ the federal government, which
' has declared the units as obso
! I lete. The aircraft is being donated
I to the State.
( I “We are delighted to be able to
। । accept these operative aircraft for
F 'training purposes in our technical
jschools since Georgia has become)
/aircraft construction and airline)
1 headquarters,” said Jack P. Nix, ’
; State Superintendent of Schools. I
1 I I
Five of the aircraft will be pre
: sented in a ceremony to the At
lanta Area Technical School on
Wednesday, June 4 at 10 a.m. The
J gift includes three twin-engined
I Beechcraft C-54-J airplanes val
: ued at $60,000 each, a Piper Cub
; aircraft valued at $85,000 and a
I Sikorsky helicoper valued at
I $153,812.
Two twin engine Beechcraft C
. 54-J airplanes will also be given
jto the South Georgia Area Tech
: I nical School, Americus, said Ta
■; bor.
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Dr. Arthur Hansen
Ga. Tech's New Head
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।: Georgia Tech has reached into I
) its own faculty ranks for a man I
;to head the 84-year-old Atlanta'
, I engineering institute.
He is Dr. Arthur G. Hansen, 44-
year-old dean of the College of
। Engineering, who will succeed .
{ Dr. Edwin D. Harrison as presi
dent on August 1.
। Dr. Harrison announced his res
ignation last summer and has
' been on leave of absence since
March. Dr. Hansen came to Tech
‘ in 1966.
, Mount Vernon Bank
Presents SSOO Check
To Brewton Parker
Brewton Parker College is SSOO
. richer this week as a result of a
; check presented to President J.
- T. Phillips on behalf of the Mount
Vernon Bank. Making the pres
entation of the gift was Duncan
/A. Mcßae, president of the bank.
The gift was made in memory
of D. A. Mcßae, Sr., former lead
■er in Mount Vernon civic and
business affairs. It is designated
(for the building fund and will be
j used in the next building to be
; erected on the Baptist campus.
With these words, Dr. J. T.
.; Phillips accepted the gift: “We
-1 offer our gratitude to this insti- )
■ । tution and its officers for their j
-Icontinued support. It is fitting
■! that they should dedicate this gift j
: | to the memory of the late D. A.
Mcßae, Sr.”
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functions throughout the state.
The pageant participants will
be presented at a Luau on June
ninth. The Association will also
I host the contestants at a 1 uncheon
'and banquet on Monday, June 10.
Veterans Widows
Have Education And
Home Loan Benefits
Several thousand wives and
widows of Georgia veterans who
may qualify for GI Bill benefits
were reminded today by State
Veterans Director Pete Wheeler
i of deadlines for taking advantage
I of their benefits.
The Veterans Administration,
j through recent enactment of new
I laws, provides a home loan and
educational assistance program to
; certain widows and wives.
Under the program, widows of
I veterans who died in service or of
i injuries incurred in service and
I wives of veterans totally and per
) manently disabled as a result of
I military service can qualify for
up to 36 months of educational
I assistance from the VA. General
i ly, this group has 8 years after ।
their husband’s death or VA’si
(finding of totally and permanent
'disability to go to school and
i complete their training. There is
I no restriction as to period of serv
! ice making it possible for unre-
I married widows of veterans as far
/back as the Spanish-American
' War to receive the educational
. I benefits.
J Widows of veterans who died
in service or of service-incurred
:) disabilities in World War 11, the
i'Korean War or the Post Korean
/period are eligible for VA home
■i loan guaranties provided they do
/not remarry. July 25, 1970, is the
I deadline for eligible widows of
/World War II veterans to use
•)their home loan eligibility; wid-
I! ows of Korean War veterans have
- until January 31. 1975, and Post
-1 Korean widows have as long as
i2O years after their husband’s
I death or discharge to use their
home loan eligibility.
Mr. Wheeler said, “I urge any
veteran’s widow or wife who may
be eligible for any of these bene
fits to check with the nearest field
office of the Georgia Department
of Veterans Service for assistance,
in receiving them.”
Insurance Agents
Hold Annual Meeting
At Dublin May 22
The Middle Georgia Independ
ient Insurance Agents held their)
I third annual meeting Thursday,!
j May 22, at The Elk’s Club in)
i Dublin.
Perry Collins of Vidalia was)
| elected president of the associa- j
j tion and succeeds outgoing presi-)
dent Jack Pournelle of Soperton.
Other officers elected are A. T.
Cochran of Hazlehurst vice-presi-;
dent and L. C. Williams, Ailey,
i secretary and treasurer.
In addition to the officers, the,
Executive Committee elected are)
Olvis Crooms, Cochran; Jon S.I
Stamps. Mcßae; Jack Pournelle,
Soperton; and Gary Yawn, East
man.
Honored guest at the meeting:
was Joe Kelly of Macon, Presi
dent of the Georgia Association
of Independent Insurance Agents.
President Kelly installed the new
slate of officers.
The Honorable Jimmy Conner, I
Chairman, Insurance Committee,)
House of Representatives, Geor
gia General Assembly, was prin-j
cipal speaker at the meeting. He;
gave a most informative talk on'
the insurance industry in Geor- ■
gia. Representative Conner is al-)
so a member of the MGIIA.
Members of the MGIIA are li
censed independent insurance;
agents in Johnson, Emanuel, Lau-i
rens, Treutlen, Toombs, Jeff
Davis, Telfair, Montgomery,,
Wheeler, Dodge, Bleckley, Pulas
ki, Wilcox and Ben Hill Coun
ties. Members of the Middle Geor-
I gia Association are also members
I of the Georgia Association of In
) dependent Insurance Agents.
IT'S A FACT!
Success is a day to day effort.
NUMBER 9
A. J. Rogers Named
Certified Tree Farmer
A. J. Rogers, a Wheeler Coun
ty landowner, recently was addedk
to Georgia’s growing list of cer
tified tree farmers. Mr. Rogers
was presented a Tree Farm Cer
tificate and a Tree Farm Sign to
be displayed on his property in
recognition of the good forestry
practices on his land.
The Tree Farm Program is
sponsored nationally by the
American Forest Products indus
tries and in Georgia by the Geor
gia Forest Industries Committee.
The forest industries of Georgia
recognize the importance of pro
moting sound forestry practices
on private lands to satisfy the ev
er increasing requirements for
wood and wood products. These
sound practices are the basic re
quirements for the Tree Farmer.
First, the woodlands must be pro
tected from fire, insects, and dis
eases. Second, the timber should
be harvested when mature. Third,
idle acres should be planted. The
Tree Farmer is under no obliga
tion to the industries and pays-no
membership dues. In addition, the
landowner may get free technical
advice from industry foresters
from time to time.
Anyone interested in the Ttee-
Farm Program or wishing addi
tional information can contact
Dan Frailey at the Union Camp
office in Helena, or the County-
Ranger.
Hemerocallis Society
Plans Garden Tour
> Dublin members of the Middle
' Georgia Hemerocallis Society are
:; sponsoring a tour of nine gardens
/on Friday, June 13, with free ad
■ ‘ mission to the public.
/ The tour will begin from the
; Laurens County Library at 9:30'
; ) A.M., with some gardens sched—
) uled before noon, and the ne
/mainder following lunch. A dutch;
) luncheon will be served at 12:00
) noon at the Holiday Inn when
) several door prizes consisting of’
'fine plants will be given.
Gardens open for the tours are-
Mrs. W. S. Reese, Mrs. Hansley
Horne, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Brad
ishaw, Mrs. Murray Thompson,.
I Mrs. Herbert Brandon, Mrs. J. 8..
I Beddingfield, Mrs. G. R. Lee, Mrs.
(Robert Lord and Mrs. Ted Mer
cer.
Mrs. Hansley Horne is serving
)as chairman of the tour. Mrip
Steve Mercer is Vice-President of
i region 5 of the American Hemero-
I callis Society, which includes the
State of Georgia.
A large number of flower lov
■ers are expected to visit and en
joy the many lovely vari-colored
[blossoms which will be growing.
) in these Dublin gardens.
Lowell Clark Most
Outstanding Player
I Coach Tracy Rivers, head coach
[at Brewton Parker College, pre
sented Lowell Clark, son of Mr.
) and Mrs. Lowell Clark, of Glen
wood, the trophy for the most,
outstanding baseball player.
Rivers presented the trophy>d®
Clark at the annual All Sports:
Banquet held at Brewton Parfeer.
Paul Anderson, the worldfs,
[strongest man, was the speaker
i for the gala occasion.
Fortson's Ethics
Secretary of State Ben W. Fort
■son Jr., a veteran member of sh».
Stone Mountain Memorial Assn.,,
(declined a complimentary record,
album featuring the carillon at
the park, and paid $4 for it him
self.
It was simply a matter of pro
fessional ethics, he explained,
saying:
“You never know what some
: thing like that will get you into.’"
‘ He apparently had reference to
the recent controversy involving;
U. S. Justice Abe Fortas, who re
signed in face of alleged unethical
conduct while in office.
"Keep Wheeler County Green*