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VOLUME 56
Local 4-H'ers
To Attend Rock
Eagle Meet
Four Wheeler County 4-H’ers
have been selected to attend
the 37th annual 4-H Council
Meeting at the Rock Eagle
4-H Center, June 22-24. They
will help carry out the Council
theme: “A New Decade:
Choice, Challenge, Change.”
Gary Coleman, Thomas Mer
cer, Gail Yawn and Wanda Us
sery will be Wheeler County’s
delegates to the leadership-cit
izenship conference.
According to David H. Wil
liams, Wheeler County Exten
sion agent, and Mrs. Rebecca
M. Walker, Wheeler County
Extension Home Economist, the
three-day event will bring to
gether nearly 1,000 boys and
girls representing every coun
ty in Georgia.
Program features include a
national citizenship test, col
lege scholarships, a workshop
on drug abuse, the United
States Third Army Soldiers’
Show, a citizenship ceremony
for 18-year-old delegates and
the election of 1970 State 4-H
Council officers.
Speakers for the occasion in
clude L. W. Eberhardt, Jr., di
rector of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service; Mrs. Florrie
Fisher, lecturer, Miami, Fla.;
Paul Anderson, olymic weight
lifting champion: David
Schwartz, professor, Georgia
State University, and Bill Cur
ry, Baltimore Colts football
player.
Gary, Thomas, Wanda and
Gail are voting delegates and
will help select the new Coun
cil officers.
Current officers of the Geor
gia 4-H Council include: Jim
Davis, Bulloch County, presi
dent; Ginger Jones, Franklin
County, and Eddie Mills, Clay
County, vice presidents: Nan
cy McCannon, Clayton County,
secretary-treasurer; Susan Am
ason, Wilkes County, reporter,
and Randy Hudson, Wilcox
County, parliamentarian.
Benny K. Jones
Graduated With
Honor From Tech
Benny K. Jones of Alamo
was graduated with honor
from Southern Tech in recent
ceremonies in Marietta. Mr.
Jones was awarded the asso
ciate degrees in civil engineer
ing technology (structural ma
terials and design option) and
civil engineering technology
(surveying and construction
option) had completed the re
quirements for these degrees
earlier in the year.
This STI commencement was
the last one for the associate
degree only. Beginning in Sep
tember, Southern Tech is au
thorized to award the bacca
laureate as well.
Wheeler Library
To Show Films
The Wheeler County Library
announced today the following
plans for a film program this
summer:
Five full length films of in
terest to kindergarten and
school age youngsters will be
shown in the Wheeler County
Library on Mcßae Street in
Alamo. The films will be
shown every other Friday
starting June 26th.
ADVENTURES OF TOM
SAWYER will be shown Fri
day, June 26th at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, July 10th BIG RED
will be shown.
THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE
CHASE will be shown Friday,
July 23rd.
HANS BRINKER OR THE
SILVER SKATES is scheduled
for Friday, August 7th.
The last film DAVY CROCK
ETT, KING OF THE WILD
FRONTIER will be shown at
2:00 p.m. on Friday, August
21st.
Admission to the films is
FREE!
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Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
Gloucester, Mass.—(HK)—Be
cause fishermen are using a better
trap these days, lobsters and crabs
are beating a path to its door.
Lobsters have been fished com
mercially for 200 years in the
colder waters along North Amer
ica’s East Coast, but until re
cently it was always in the quite
shallow inshore waters at depths
of from six to 240 feet, expressed
more saltily as one to 40 fathoms.
About 10 years ago it was dis
covered that there was an equal,
perhaps greater, supply of lob
sters in the far deeper waters
along the Continental Shelf. These
Farmers Warned Againsi Packing
1 !
i Produce In Infested Straw
As harvest time approaches,
। Georgia farmers and shippers
are reminded by plant pest
control officials of the United
States Department of Agricul
; turs to be careful about using
i hay or straw in shipping mel
; ons and other produce. They
. point out that it is illegal to
I use hay or straw packing for
I shipments moving from areas
। infested by the white-fringed
' beetle unless the packing has
I been freed of these pests.
Federal domestic plant quar
! antines restrict the movement
of hay and straw from areas
! infested by any of these pests.
The restrictions are necessary
to help prevent white-fringed
> beetles from hitchhiking into
new areas by means of infest
ed hay or straw, plant pest
I control officials point out. Al
though restrictions on the
movement of hay and straw
from areas infested by this
' pest are in effect throughout
' the year, the danger that pests
I will be inadvertently spread in
; infested shipments of crops is
greatest at harvest time.
The white-fringed beetle is a
serious pest in areas of the
j Southern United States where
; they are established. They are
potential threats to other sec
tions of the country.
White-fringed beetles attack
a wide variety of crops and or
namentals, causing severe
damage. States with areas reg
ulated under the Federal
white-fringed beetle quaran
tine include: Alabama. Arkan-
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THE ENGINE INLET of an American Airlines 747 Astroliner is an
unusual place for a fashion show, but Stewardess Lona LeSchander
makes good use of it to display a new red, white and blue topper
the girls wear on all Astroliner flights. American operates 747
Astroliners between Nev/ York and Los Angeles, and New York and
San Francisco. The popular Americana service is featured in both
first class and coach on all flights. American’s Astroliners, with
86 first class and 245 coach seats, also offer in-flight movies, eight
channels of Astro-stereo music and smoking sections for all pas
sengers.
Lobsters and Crabs Go To Pot
lobsters had been enjoying an
immunity to trapping that let
them generally live out their 50-
year life spans.
But they lie 150 to 200 miles
offshore and in depths up to 2,000
feet, so the relatively frail wood
en traps are out of the question.
It was only about two years
ago that the U.S. Bureau of Fish
eries encouraged the development
of steel, damage-resistant traps
heavy enough to rest on the
ocean floor far below the surface
without being dislodged by tides
or currents. The steel traps are
rectangular rather than the usual
sas, Florida, Georgia, Louisi
ana, Mississippi, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Tennes
see and Virginia.
Only portions of the states
designated as white-fringed
beetle infested areas are sub
ject to quarantine restriction.
Packing used in shipments
to be moved from infested
areas into noninfested areas
must either be hay or straw
which is free of any of these
pests or a substitute, nonregu
lated material.
Shipments of potentially in
fested crops, straw, hay, and
other regulated items are sub
ject to inspection. Any ship
ments found to be moving il
legaly are liabe to return to
point of origin or to treatment
in transit—usually more costly
than treatment at point of ori
gin—at the owner’s expense.
Farmers and truckers can
find out if the particular areas
from which they are moving
regulated material are infested
by contacting the local plant
pest control office or county
agent.
Notice
We will be closed the week
of June 29 through July 4th
for Vacation.
Oconee Tractor Co., Inc.
J. H. Perdue, Pres.
10-2 t
DEATHS
Mrs. Mannie P. Crooks -
Warner Robins
dome-shaped, measuring 48 by
36 inches and 18 inches high, a
good deal larger than the inshore
wooden “pots.” The deep-sea lob
stermen do not come home each
night as the inshore fishermen
do, but remain at sea from seven
to 10 days in their vessels of
more than 100 feet in length. But
for each man-hour of work, they
produce two and one-half times
as much lobster as the inshore
lobstermen do.
200 Steel Parts
Frank Rose 111 has two 150-
foot steel ships sailing out of the
colorful port of Gloucester, Mass.
Each carries a five-man crew and
200 new steel pots. Thirty of the
pots are strung on a steel cable
600 to 2,100 feet long, capable
of supporting 3,000 pounds, and
they are hauled every 24 hours.
The frame of the pot is made
of 3/8-inch round steel rod. At
first, nylon netting had been used
to cover the frame but it was
found unsatisfactory because of
the need for frequent repair. It is
being replaced rapidly by steel
wire mesh.
The entire trap is given a plas
tic coating to make it saltwater
resistant and to bond the wire to
the frame. A trap weighs about
-138 pounds and costs approxi
mately SIOO as against the $5 to
$lO for a light wooden pot. Lob
stermen have caught more than.
30 pounds in a single steel trap,
while experts say that five to 10
pounds per day per trap is a very
profitable catch.
Area Students
On Ga. Southern
Spring Dean's List
Four Georgia Southern Col
lege students who are residents
of the Wheeler County area
have been named to the 1970
Spring Quarter Dean’s List.
To be eligible for the Dean’s
List a student must have been
at least a 3 3 grade point av
erage for the quarter.
The following students have
made the Dean’s List:
David Lee Griffin, a senior
Accounting major, had a 3.33
grade point average. He is the
son of Mrs. Frances C. Griffin
of Alamo.
Maurice Lynn Johnson, a
sophomore Criminal Justice
major, had a 3.33 grade point
average. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Johnson of
Alamo.
Harry Gene Me Alum, a sen
ior Accounting major, had a
3.66 grade point average. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hil
ton R. McAlum of Alamo.
Linda Sue Sikes, a senior
Elementary Education major,
had a 3.33 grade point average.
She is the daughter of Mrs. M.
B. Sikes of Alamo.
Eastman Plant Sold
For $1 Million
W. W. Taylor, owner of Tay
lor & Son, Inc., an egg pro
cessing and feed plant, in East
man, sold the business this
week to Hi-Haugh, Inc., which
operates a similar business in
Atlanta.
The price was in excess of
$1 million according to Taylor.
It was one of the biggest pri
vate deals ever made in
Dodge County. It not only af
fects egg producers in Dodge
County, but those in surround
ing counties who have a con
tract with Ihe company to pro
cess eggs.
Taylor said the business had
reached a 600,000-dozen-egg
volume per week, with most of
them being trucked to the New
York market, and the remaind
er being handled in other East
ern markets. Trucking is hand
led by Egg Processing Co.
Three From Area
Receive Certificates
Rev. R. J. Smith and Rev.
James Milton of Glenwood,
and Robert E. Tuten, Jr. of
Alamo were among the 53 per
sons presented certificates at
closing exercises of the Exten
sion Department of Christian
Education at Mercer Univer
sity.
Certificates were awarded
for having completed a total of
10 semester hours in Old Tes
tament, Baptist doctrine, Bap
tist history and English.
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1970
Wheeler County 4-H’ers Join
Winners Parade At Rock Eagle
Wh-eeler County 4-H'ers
marched in the parade of win
ners at the 1970 South Central
District Project Achievement
meeting held at the Rock Eagle
4-H Center last week.
Local 4-H’ers returned home
with four district winners, ac
cording to Mrs. Rebecca Walk
er, Extension home economist
and David Williams, county
agent. These district winners
were spotlighted during the
traditional 4-H parade of win-
Georgia Power Co.
Merit Award
Winner
The Georgia Power Com
pany’s 1969 Annual Report has
been named a merit award
winner in a yearly competition
sponsored by Reddy Kilowatt,
Inc.
Announcement of the award
was made at the Edison Elec
tric Institute annual conven
tion in Boston. H. L. Bowen,
senior vice president, Georgia
Power Company, accepted the
award. Georgia Power’s annual
report was in competition with
those of investor-owned elec
tric utility companies from
throughout the United States
and several foreign countries.
Ash B. Collins, chairman,
Reddy Kilowatt, Inc., said the
Georgia utility’s report “dra
matically and graphically re
flects a dynamic, well-managed
organization and its services to
an expanding region of the
country.”
Production May Be
Improved On Melon
And Cantaloupe
Improvements in both can
taloupe and watermelon pro
duction may be put into effect
because of research work at
the Coastal Plain Experiment
Station in Tifton.
“Research work on canta
loupes has shown that the crop
can be made to mature 10 to
15 days earlier than they are
maturing now,” Dr. Silas A.
Harmon, horticulturist in
charge of the research stated.
This step-up in maturity
date can be done by planting
the cantalope seed in peat pots
in a hot house in late January.
In about five weeks the plants
are large enough to be put out
in the field. The entire pot of
peat is set in the ground with
the plant.
Steel Imports Outpace
U.S. Shipments Abroad
New York —(HK) —The gap
between steel imports and exports
widened in March after they had
been almost in balance in Febru
ary, American Iron and Steel In
stitute reported.
Foreign steelmakers shipped
859,311 net tons of steel mill
products to the United States dur
ing March, while domestic produ
cers sent 698,94 tons abroad. In
February imports totaled 696,664
tons and exports 690,402 tons.
The March imports were val
ued at $132,186,000 while ex
ports, according to data from the
U. S. Commerce Department,
were valued at $99,748,000. The
resultant U. S. trade deficit in
steel for the month was 160,817
tons or $32,438,000. February's
imports were valued at $106,523,-
000 while exports in that month
were worth $94,559,000.
3 Month Report
The Institute reported that in
the first three months of the year
ifnports totaled 2,336,971 torts
(worth $356,895,000), well above
the 1.953,292 tons (valued at
$250,627,000) imported in the
same period of 1969. In January
and February of last year, how
ever, a strike at East and Gulf
Coast ports limited both imports
and exports.
Exports in the first quarter of
1970 totaled 2,043,378 net tons
valued at $283,272,000 compared
with 745,769 tons valued at $116,-
316,000 in the corresponding p®*.-
riod last year.
SINGLE COPY 5c
ners at the climax of the three
day event.
Wheeler County boys and
girls joined other Four-H
champions from some 25 area
counties for the 1970 achieve
ment meeting. The theme of
the event was “The SoUnd of
4-H.”
District winners from Wheel
er County include: Kenneth
Hartley, Housing and Equip
ment; Butch Smith, Pecan Pro
duction; Johnny Williams,
Home Furnishings and Art:
Sarah Williams, Clothing.
Two of the local first place
winners—Kenneth Hartley and
Butch Smith—are senior mem
bers and now will have a
chance at state titles when the
Georgia 4-H Congress is held
in Atlanta in August. If they
win in Atlanta, they will get
to attend the National 4-H Con
gress in Chicago and compete
for national honors.
Mrs. Walker and Mr. Wil
liams pointed out that the oth
er local 4-H winners are Clov
erleaf, and a district title is as
high as they can go.
Georgia Baptists
Employ Minister
To The Hippies
A Baptist minister to the At
lanta hippie community has
been appointed by four Bap
tist groups in Georgia.
The Rev. Donald W. Rhymes
will work in the 10th Street
area, sponsored by the First
Baptist Church, Atlanta, At
lanta Baptist Association, the
Georgia Baptist Convention,
and the Southern Baptist
Home Mission Board.
He will serve as a Christian
minister and as a guide to co
operating churches in their
witness and ministry to those
in the hippie community.
The director of weekday
ministries for Highland Ave
nue Baptist Church in New
York City since 1967, Rhymes
has been pastor of churches in
Texas and Kansas.
Born in Louisiana, Rhymes
attended Louisiana Polytech
nic Institute and is a graduate
of Hardin-Simmons University
and Southewestern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
Mrs. Rhymes is the former
Goldie Jewell. She attended
Tyler Junior College in Tyler,
Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Rhymes
have three children.
Cement-Maker
CEMENT-MAKING at 12,800 feet
—This 148-foot dry process ro
tary kiln and 134-foot tall cy
clone preheater are part of an
expanded cement-making plant
high in the Andes Mountains in
Viacha, Bolivia. Designed and,
erected by Allis-Chalmers, the
Sociedad Boliviana de Cemen-|
tos S.A. facility is majority
owned by W. R. Grace & C 0.,!
5 and has a capacity of 200 met*;
ric tons per day. "
NUMBER 11
In addition to the four first
place winners, 12 Wheeler
Countians came home wtih sec
ond and third place honors.
Russell Library
Should Be Ai Ga.
Editorial Says
Formation of the Richard B.
Russell Library Foundation to
preserve the personal papers
and documents of Georgia’s
senior senator, which was re
cently announced by U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge, chair
man of the foundation’s board
of trustees, is being acclaimed
across the state.
Among the many favorable
editorials appearing was one
in the Athens Banner-Herald
urging that the library be lo
cated at the University of
Georgia. The editorial said in
part:
As Sen. Talmadge noted,
Sen. Russell has served dur
ing the administration of sev
en presidents and his papers
‘rank in importance with pres
idential papers.’
“We believe the papers can
be of great value to students
of government and history, and
we strongly urge that they be
located at the University of
Georgia in Athens.
“Sen. Talmadge said it is
hoped that state funds can be
made available for a building
to house the library, possibly
at the Univeristy.
“Certainly the funds should
be appropriated and the lib
rary should be constructed on
the campus here in Athens.
“The University of Georgia
already has outstanding de
partments of history and po
litical science, and the Russell
papers should enhance their
capabilities even more.
“At the same time, location
of the library here would make
the papers readily available to
many scholars and other citi
zens who would like to see
them.
“We commend Sen. Tal
madge and the other members
of the foundation for their de
cision to develop the Russell
library and for their efforts in
getting it started.
“This is a most appropriate
way to honor one of the state’s
most distinguished citizens.”
Jean Browning
Wins Scholarships
Miss Bonnie Jean Browning,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Browning, Jr. of Glenwood
received $700.00 in Scholar
ships last week.
Miss Browning was a con
testant in the Miss Ga. Pag
' eant held at the Three Arts
I Theater in Columbus. Her ti
‘ tile was Miss Brewton Parker,
an honor she received earlier
this year.
The contest, which began
with Preliminiary competition.
Wednesday night in which ten
finalists were selected and Miss
: Georgia, Nancy Karol Carr was
■ crowned Miss Georgia Satur
; day night.
The Pageant officially ended
I after the Miss Georgia Pageant
Awards Breakfast at Colum
, bus College on Sunday morrv
; ing. Miss Browning accompan
ied by her parents attended.
Each contestant received SIOO.
I scholarships and other numer
l ous gifts.
Five girls were chosen to re
ceive additional scholarships.
Miss Browning was the recip
inet of a $600.00 scholarship.
There were 62 contestants in
I the pageant.
Record production is expect
ed for peanuts in Georgia with
an increase of approximately
five percent over last year’s
I yield.
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