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VOLUME 56
Vidalia Woman
Dies In Freak
Accident June 24
A woman motorist was killed
by a carton of soft drinks fall
ing off a truck in one of three
unusual accidents in Georgia,
it was reported Thursday, June
24,
Mrs. Betty Williams, 29, of
Vidalia, died Wednesday, June
23, when a case of bottles fell
off a tractor-trailer truck and
crashed through the wind
shield of her car. The accident
occurred about four miles
north of Higgston.
Larry Breitwieser, 16, of At
lanta was killed when the fork
life he was operating backed
off a four-foot dock and landed
on top of the youth.
Gravis O. Wilbanks, 65, Cor
nelia died when his farm trac
tor turned over on him, pin
ning him to the ground, as he
operated the vehicle in a gar
den behind his home.
Daily Vacation
School Begins :
Friday. July 10
Daily Vacation Bible School
gets under way at Alamo Bap
tist Church Friday, July 10, at
6:00 P.M. and will continue
July 13 through 17 with daily
sessions from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M.
The Rev. Rayvmond G. John
son, pastor of the church and
principal of the Bible School,
states that a full team of work.
ers has been enlisted and that
expectations are high for an
outstanding Bible School for
all boys and girls, ages 3
through 16. New and improved
materials will be used.
Workers in the Alamo Va
cation Bible School include the
following: intermediate, Mrs.
E. L. Pickle, superintendent,
Ted Morrison, Mrs. R. E. Tu
ten and Mrs. T. C. Fulford;
junior, Mrs. Raymond G. John
son, superintendent, Mrs. W.
H. Thomas, Jr, Mrs. Larry
White, Mr. Palmer Crawford,
and Mrs. Harry Brett; primary,
Mrs. Walter Riddle, superin
tendent, Mrs. Grady Fulford,
Mrs. Walter Spires, Mrs. Leon
Montford, and Miss Betty Jen
kins; three year old nursery,
Mrs. Dorothy Peavy, superin
tendent, Miss Brenda Harvill,
and Mrs. Roland Harvill. The
general secretary and pianist
is Miss Elaine Thomas, and
Miss Joy Cox will serve as a
teacher where needed. The re
freshments will be served un
der the direction of Mrs. C. C.
Hartley, assisted by Mrs. T. A,
Morrison.
Mr. Johnson asks for the
prayers and cooperation of the
parents and bovs and girls in
making this Bible School a
valuable highlight of the sum
mer season.
Donna K. Webster
On Ga. College
Dean's List
Donna Kay Webster of Ala
mo, has been named to the
spring quarter Dean’s List at
Georgia College.
An average of 3.2 out of a
possible 4.0 for 15 quarter
hours of academic work and
an all-college average of at
least 2.5 must be earned by a
Georgia College student in
order to be placed on the
Dean’s List.
A total of 229 GC students
have been placed on the spring
quarter Dean’s List, including
61 who made all A’s in their
academic courses for the quar
ter.
Hogs On Farms
Up Six Percent
The number of hogs and pigs
on Georgia farms June 1, 1970,
is estimated at 1,789,000 head,
up 6 percent from the 1,688,000
on hand on this date last year.
Breakdown of the hogs and
pigs showed 268,000 for breed
ing (up 9 percent from the
245,000 breeders last year) and
1,521,000 other hogs compared
with 1,443,000 last year.
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
Letter To Flue-
Cured Producers
With a new tobacco market
ing season upon us the County
Committee feels that several
points in the handling of your
marketing card need to be em
phasized. We do this to help
you avoid mistakes or misuse
of the card, which could re
sult in heavy marketing quota
penalties or reduction of your
allotment for next year.
Any tobacco marketed above
110 percent of your farms quo
ta is not eligible for price sup
port and is subject to a mar
keting quota penalty. There
fore, the balance carried for
ward on your marketing card
following each sale is based on
110 per cent of your farm's
poundage quota. This is done
so both you and the ware
houseman will know exactly
when price support stops and
penalty marketing begins.
When you take a load of to
bacco to the warehouse you
present your card when it is
weighed in. Your card will stay
in the warehouse until the to
bacco is sold. Regulations re
quire vou to pick up your mar
keting card when you settle for
your tobacco. If you leave to
bacco at the warehouse which
is not identified as a market
ing on your card, it will be
considered a marketing and
subject to penalty.
It is important that you
carefully check the pounds en
tered on your copy of the to
bacco sale bill against the
pounds recorded for that sale
on the back of your card. The
last figure on your card is de
rived by subtracting your last
sale from the previous card en
try. You are responsible for
checking your card after each
sale and reporting errors to
the marketing recorder or the
county ASCS office for correc
tion. Penalties resulting from
errors on your marketing card
will be paid by you.
Another of your responsibil
ities is to make sure that your
marketling card, or cards, are
returned to the county office
as soon as you complete your
marketings, even though the
local markets may still be
open.
Remember, it is illegal to
use someone else’s marketing
card to market your tobacco,
or to allow your card to be
used to market tobacco from
another farm. A violation of
this kind will cause your al
lotment to be reduced next
year and heavy marketing quo
ta penalties may bé assessed
against you. You may also be
subject to criminal and civil
fraud prosecution.
If you have any questions
about your marketing card, or
any other parts of the tobacco
program, you should visit or
phone the county office for an
answer.
Thanks for your cooperation.
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The Mini And The Maxi
While fashion experts debate the length of hemlines, General
Electric Company has tailored two new design innovations of its
own. The -hp jet-pump motor and 66,000-hp jet engine are the
latest additions to GE’s wide selection of power units.
The improved jet-pump motor for farm, home and light indus
trial water systems incorporates a unique drip-proof design, a
new development within the pump motor field. The CF6 jet
engine is a new turbofan designed to power the McDonnell
Douglas DC-10 wide-bodied aircraft which will enter airline
service in 1971.
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The development of a *‘gamma
knife” composed of high en
ergy rays makes it possible for
surgeons to operate in the
depth of the brain without op
ening the skull.
Sixty such “closed” brain op
erations have been performed
with the new Leksell Gamma
Unit on patients treated for
deep-seated tumors, intracta
ble cancer pain and Parkinson
ism at Sophiahemmet Hospi
tal, Stockholm, Sweden.
Above, Professor Lars Leksell,
who developed the system, is
adjusting the collimator helmet
on a patient before operating
the cSrebral radiosurgery ap
paratus.
The helmeted patient is rolled
into the heavily shielded, hemi
spherical central body which
has 179 beam sources of radio
active cobalt (Cob 0
Painless destruction of the
diseased brain tissue, without
affecting surrounding areas, is
achieved by intense cross-firing
of the selected target structure
with the gamma rays, accurate
ly aimed through the apertures
7,900 Bales Cotton Missing From
Two Warehouses In Cartersville
A shortage of 7,500 bales of
cotton valued at almost one
million dollars has been dis
closed in two Cartersville
warehouses through a routine
Department of Agriculture au
dit, Commissioner of Agricul
ture Tommy Irvin revealed to
day.
Commissioner Irvin said that
immediately on learning of the
discrepancy he requested as
sistance from the Attorney
Generals’ office in conducting
a full investigation of the two
Cartersville warehouses, oper
ating under the names T. & L.
Warehouse, Inc. and Carters
ville Warehouse Company.
It appears that receipts for
more than 8,000 bales of cot
ton were used at several banks
for collateral to obtain more
than SBOO,OOO in loars. The
audit uncovered that in actu
ality there were only approxi
mately 500 bales of cotton in
of the collimator helmet into
the brain.
Before cerebral radiosurgery
is performed, the precise three
dimensional brain area to be
treated and amount of radia
tion to be applied are deter
mined from measurements ob=
tained with Leksell localization
equipment.
A 19-minute sound motion
picture illustrating and de
scribing the new closed surgery
and also the more traditional
open surgery was first shown
|at the 38th annual meeting of
|the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons in
Washington, D.C., April 1970.
The film may be obtained
|through The Bugli Company,
60 East 42nd Street, New York,
N.Y. 10017, This public rela
tions firm represents The Axel
Johnson Group whose AB Mo~
tala Verkstad and Johnson Re
{search Center collaborated to
| produce the Leksell Gamma
| Unit and will make it available
[ to hospitals, medical = centers
land medical schools throughout
| the world.
| the warehouses.
i The Department had made
| several attempts in the past
| few weeks to go into the ware
i house for the audit, but each
| time agents of the warehouse
| delayed the Department in
! spectors and presented obsta
‘ cles to prevent a proper audit.
{ It was only when the Com
| missioner informed the ware
i house agents that if permission
! to audit was not granted at
% once that he would request
i court action so enter the ware
| house and to check the rec
i ords that the audit was al
lowed.
i Preliminary investigation in
| dicates that the discrepancies
. could have been occurring for
! a number of years, possibly as
| far back as 1963. However the
| investigation is not complete at
{ this time.
| Commissioner Irvin has or
. dered a vigorous and thorough
i investigation of the entire
| warehouse operation. The re
| sults of this investigation will
i be made public as soon as it is
| complete.
! At that time, the Commiss
! ioner indicated he wili, within
| the dictate of the state laws
| pertaining to warehouses en
| forced by the Department of
{ Agriculture, take any court ac
| tion necessary.
! L. R. Sams, Jr., owner of the
! warehouses, is presently con
i fined in a private hospital with
! a heart condition and is un
available for comment.
| DEATHS
! Wallace R. Browning - Glen
‘ wood
g Beth Marie Britt - Alamo
PLANT MILDEW
‘ Troy XKeeble, horticulturist
| with the University of Georgia
i Extension Service, says home
g gardeners should be looking
i for a thin coat of moldy white
; substance on the leaves, stems
{ and flower buds of their plants.
{ It is mildew and local county
| Extension agents can recom
| mend control materials.
l SUBSCRIBE TO THE EAGLE
FRIDAY, JULY ‘3, 1970 SINGLE COPY bs¢c
Farmers Receive Earlier Payment
Than Ever Before; Checks July 1
|
% Farmgr who have contribut- ‘
| ed to stabilizing markets for
| food and fiber and to the con
| servation of soil and water re
. sources by taking part in the
| 1970 wheat, feed grain, and
| cotton programs are receiving
i their program payments ear
| lier this year than ever before,
i according to J. O. Perdue,
i Chairman of the Wheeler
| County Agricultural Stabiliza
i tion and Conservation (ASC).
i Committee.
'; The first batch of payments
i will be made beginning July
| Ist, 1970. Additional payments
i will continue to be made as
i rapidly as farmers certify com
§ pliance with program require-
E ments and as fast as individual
i farm records can be processed
i and checks returned to ASCS
| county offices for distribution
i to farmers.
! “Because of the excellent co
i operation between farmers and
| their local ASCS office, 50 per
! cent of the participating pro
! ducers in Wheeler County will
i receive their payments on or
{ about July 10, 1970,” J. O.
} Perdue said.
i Most payments should be
| completed by mid-August, if
l farmers who signed up will
complete necessary certifica
l tion indicating that they have
g complied with all of the pro
: gram provisions.
i Farm program payments
! help maintain a balance be
% tween supply and demand, the
! chairman explained. He point
! ed out that both farmers and
i consumers benefit from this
‘ balance.
“Agricultural productivity al
‘ most doubled in the past 20
,‘ years, but farmers’ markets
% take only about a third of this
! increase,” said Mr. Perdue.
! This means we need new mar
! kets. Farm programs help us
g hold down farm production
. and maintain farm income un-
E til new markets are developed
’|, and old ones expanded. Huge
| surpluses must be avoided.
| They are costly in tax dollars |
! and are wasteful of food and
; fiber.”
i “Farm programs help farm
| ers make adjustments in their
| individual farming operations
{ that in the long run will re
i sult in more farm income from
| the marketplace and less from
i the public treasury.
| “Since farmers are SSO-bil
! lion a year purchasers of goods
| and services produced in our
f cities and rural towns, the
l workers and business firms in
| cities and towns benefit from
% farm programs, too.”
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MODERN STEEL SHELVING sets the scene with its qualities of
strength and rigidity combined with some of the new finishes that
make such items as steel shelves an attractive addition to living
‘ rooms. These new steel shelves feature walnut woodgrain finish,
pewter-colored posts with no hardware showing and shelves that
can be raised, lowered or removed without dissembling the unit. i
| Skokie, Tll. — (HK) — The
i squeeze is on to save space in
the home,
{ It's been estimated that there
i are more than 400 million rooms,
| garages and attics that need some
‘ kind of shelving or storage aid to
save space.
! A shelving manufacturer here
has come out with a new line
i of steel shelf units that makes
i shelves more than a place to put
things. ‘He says the decorator
Farm programs also make
important contributions to con
servation of natural resources
and help fight pollution, Mr.
Perdue said. Acres that are di
verted out of crop production
under farm programs are put
to conserving uses such as the
growing of grass and trees.
Such practices conserve soil
and water. provide habitat for
wildlife and small game, help
prevent pollution of our
streams from sediment and ag
| ricultural chemicals or waste i
products, and reduce air pol
lution caused by blowing dust,
the chairman explained.
“When a farmer takes land
out of production and puts it
to a soil and water conserving
use, he gives up the value of
the production he normally
would have received as income.
At the same time, the farmer
pays taxes on land removed
from production even though
that land produces no crops.
Program payments are de
signed to compensate him for
these voluntary contributions
toward a more stable farm
economy and a better environ-
Reynolds Girl
Watermelon
Queen Winner
| Miss Cherill Hobbs of Rey
nolds was crowned Friday
night Queen of the Georgia
Watermelon Pageant, one of
the opening events in the Crisp
County Watermelon Festival.
The black-haired, brown
eyed contestant at 17 was the
youngest participant in the
pageant.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Hobbs, Jr.
In winning, Miss Hobbs re
ceived S3OO, a trophy, and the
right to represent Georgia in
the national watermelon queen
pageant.
First runnerup was Jane
Reyonlds, 19, of Arabi. She
won $l5O and a trophy. She
was also the winner of the
Miss Congeniality trophy.
Second runnerup was Ann
Brightwell of Valdosta. She
won SSO and a trophy.
Miss Hobbs was crowned by
last year’s watermelon queen,
Brenda Hightower of Valdosta.
Also crowned was the Little
Miss Watermelon Queen. She
was Dana Dorough, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Dor
ough. The Little Miss Water
melon Queen contest for five
and six-year-olds.
shelving has luxurious pebbled §
walnut woodgrain finish with f
softly polished pewter-color posts. i
A new design provides a com
pletely enclosed post with no !
unsightly screw holes in view; all |
hardware is hidden. The post i
sections snap and lock firmly i
together without hardware. i
The maker also claims the steel !
sheet shelves provide a strength i
and rigidity never before avail- ]
able because they feature wrap- !
around girder construction. |
NUMBER 13
ment,” Mr. Perdue said.
In recent years, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture had
advanced partial payments to
farmers during the spring
signup period for the feed
grain program only. The bal
ance of the feed grain payment
and cotton and wheat pay
ments were generally made
starting in late July and con
tinuing through August and
September, or later, the chair
-1 man explained.
l Because of budget restraints.
partial payments could not be
made this year. However, the
department made a commit
ment to farmers that full pay
ments would be made as early
as possible. That commitment
is now being fulfilled.”
| SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS AND VIEWS
“My maid has asked me ta
stop holding out social security
taxes on her income.” This
statement was made recently
in the Dublin Social Security
office by a homeowner who
employs a maid. “If it is agree
able with both of us why isn't
it all right to stop holding out
the tax?” Charles Hall, Branch
Manager of the Dublin Soeial
Security office wants to clear
this point up. By Federal law,
if you pay your maid over
$50.00 in cash wages in a eal
endar quarter you are required
to report the wages and pay
social security taxes.
If you have questions regard
ing domestic help in your em
ployment call or come by the
Social Security Office located
at 114 East Johnson Street,
Dublin, the telephone number
is 272-5347 and the office hours
are 9:00 AM. to 5:00 PM. A
representative of this office
may be seen at the Courthouse,
Mcßae Thursdays from 9:30
AM. to 12:00 noon and at the
Welfare Department in Alame
on second Thursday from 3:30
P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Q. I pay a maid $20.00 a
week. She objects to paying
social security taxes, saying
she will not need these credits
for several years. Is it all right
if T don’t report her wages
since she does not want me to?
A. No. When you pay her
$50.00 or more in cash wages
in a calendar quarter you are
required by federal law to re
port her wages and pay social
gecurity taxes.
Q. I became totally disabled
on December 31 1969. How
soon can I get disability pay
ments started?
A. There is a waiting period
of six calendar months before:
payments may begin. This
means that July is the first
month for which you can re
ceive a check. Payments for
. July will be received around
| August 3rd.
| Q. My wife worked over 10
| years under social security be
| fore her death last month. She
| left a daughter age 13 and a
| son 7. Can these children re
| ceive anything on her social
1 security record?
: A. Yes indeed! In addition
i to this, a lump-sum death pay
ment can also be made. You
i should contact your nearest so
| cial security office promptly in
order to get payments started
| as soon as possible.
i Q. I have been working for
| my present employer for 3
! years. Last week he asked to
| see my social security card,
i and I cannot find it. What can.
1 do? :
i A. Contact your social secu
| rity office and apply for a dup
licate card. If you have the
i stub from your old social se
| curity card, take it with you.
l Dr. Dan Daniel, head of the
. Extension Service animal sei
. ence department, says to make
more money from beef cattle,
. producers should wean heav
ier calves, wean better calves
| and wean more calves.