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VOLUME 56
Cities, Counties
Need Action, Not
'Catalog'-Lester
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, in
making his first major speech
since his June 10 kidney stone
operation, told the Columbus
Real Estate Board that most
cities and counties losing pop
ulaion did not do so because
of local governments, but rath
er because of the failure of
state government to meet its
responsibilities to Georgia’s
cities and counties. Said he:
"Even now, some who seek
high public office, and who led
opposition to defeat the Mad
dox proposals to greatly ex
pand state financial assistance
to Georgia’s municipalities and
counties, which would have
helped to provide more relief
to Georgia’s ad valorem tax
payers, have proposed a spec
ial legislative study committee
to determine and catalog the
needs of Georgia’s local gov
•ernments.”
“How ridiculous," Maddox
decried. ‘lt is nothing less than
a wolf in sheep’s clothing, com
ing to further deceive, to fur
ther straddle the fence and to
further waste the taxpayers’
dollars.”
The governor further said
that the critical and pressing
needs of Georgia’s cities and
counties have been “studied,
determined, catalogued, broad
cast and published by all Geor
gia news media; have been ex
plained and detailed by local
officials over and over for two
decades.”
"Anyone who says that it is
time for a study committee to
determine the needs of local
governments has got to be a
mid-20th Century Rip Van
Winkle,” Gov Maddox assert
ed, adding:
“Personally, as a state offi
cial, I would hate to stand be
fore my audience and call for
a study committee to catalog
the needs of Georgia’s local
governments, when they have
been catalogued and catalog
ued and catalogued for these
many years.”
His parting message: “I
pledge to you that . . . whether
I am in or out of public office,
I will continue to fight for the
cause of local governments,
believing that the strength of
our state and the strength of
our nation is determined by
the freedom, progress and
prosperity of our local com
munities.”
Miami Doctor
Plead Guilty To
Fraud Charge
On July 6, in the U. S. Dis
trict Court for the Southern
District of Florida, a Miami
doctor entered a plea of guilty
to three counts of violation of
the fraud provisions of the So
cial Security Act, according to
Charles F Hall, Social Secu
rity Branch Manager in Dub
lin.
Mr. Hall said that sentencing
of Apostolos G. Chakmakis, M.
D. was deferred until comple
tion of an investigation by a
probation officer. The maxi
mum sentence which could be
imposed for these offenses
would be three years impris
onment and a S3OOO fine.
Mr. Hall indicated that this
section of the law states in
effect that it is a misdemeanor
to make false statements to re
ceive Medicare payments. Dr.
Chakamkis had previously
been indicated by a federal
grand jury for allegedly mak
ing false statements to receive
payments for treatment of
Medicare patients.
When sentenced, Dr. Chak
makis will be the fifth physic
ian in the country to be con
victed for violating the Medi
care law, said Mr. Hall.
Pecan growers should collect
soil samples in October to de
termine fertilization needs in
F ebruary.
Wheeler County Eagle
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
Inter-American Solidarity
■am .
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Washington—(HK)-More oil
is coming to the United States
from Venezuela.
That is the result of the discus
sion between President Nixon
and Venezuelan President Rafael
Caldera who came to Washington
for a state visit which included
a 21-gun salute, and an address
before a joint session of Con
gress.
Caldera was told that the U.S.
would announce oil import quota
measures that will insure an in
crease in imports from Venezuela
during the second half of 1970.
In addition, it was noted that
I
Highway Deaths
Drop In Georgia
During 6 Months
I I
> Although more cars traveled I
more miles in Georgia during I
; the first six months of 1970 ;
, , than a year ago, the state’s ,
I : traffic death toll declined.
। This encouraging news was '
। revealed in a State Patrol sta-
■ tistical report released by Col. j
[ R. H. Burson, director of the '
Georgia Department of Public |
Safety.
A total of 820 persons were
, killed during the six-month
period this year compared with j
. 845 in 1969, a decrease of 25, |
| or three per cent, the report ।
, showed.
i Os these, 634 were killed in
rural area accidents, a decline j
of nine. Urban area fatalities
decreased by 16, or eight per |
cent, dropping from 202 to 186.
However, pedestrians killed
[ throughout the state went up
, from 94 to 103, an increase of
‘ 16, dr 10 per cent.
। There were 2.288,074 regis
tered motor vehicles (up 104,-
217) traveling 14,931.754,405
miles (up 756,407,115 miles)
> during 1970’s first half.
As a result of fewer fatali
ties and more automotive trav
el, Georgia’s traffic death rate,
j which is based on the number |
of persons killed to each 100- ।
! million miles traveled, drop
ped from 6.0 to 5.5.
' You have heard about spas, I
those famous European water- ■
ing places where royalty and
celebrities ‘took the cure.’ To
day’s European spas are still
thriving with hundreds of
thousands of people still spend
ing their vacations “taking the
cure,” with two of the most
popular spas located in Czech
oslovakia — Karlovy Vary
'Carlsbad) and Marianske
Lazne (Marienbad), above.
While taking the cure may
include baths and special diets,I
one of the most common sights ;
at a spa is the clients sipping!
their daily quota of special I
mineral water which gushes I
from the underground springs, i
Specially designed cups are;
used with hollow handles:
through which the water is I
sipped.
The Colonnade at Karlsbad :
is the walking and meeting'
place for people from the world:
over. Under the awning, spa'
i visitors take the waters, stop:
since Venezuela has been a se
cure and stable oil source, an
Administration spokesman said
these factors will be taken into
account in formulating the U.S.
long-range oil program.
INCREASED PURCHASES
Caldera said the Nixon Admin
istration’s response to his appeal
for increased purchases of Vene
zuelan oil would serve as * a
symbol of the importance the
United States attaches to Latin
American development inter-
American solidarity.
General Educ.
Development Test
To Be Given Aug. 1
The General Educational De
velopment Test (GED), will be
given Saturday, August 1, at
eight o'clock a.m. in the East
Laurens High School.
The test has five parts: (1)
Reading comprehension, (2)
Literature and punctuation,
(3) General Science, (4) Social
Studies, (5) Math, and takes
an average of seven hours
working time to complete.
Persons under twenty must
have special permission before
the test date to take the test.
Successful completion of the
test qualifies the person for the
HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALEN
CY CERTIFICATE, for most
employers is the same as the
high school diploma.
For additional information
contact a high school counsel
or or Allen Smith. Eastman
374-2240, Dublin 272-0520.
Dykes - Poole
Family Reunion
The families of the late Ber
ry Dykes and Jack Poole will
meet at Jay Bird Springs Sun
day, August 2, for their an
nual reunion.
All relatives are invited to
attend and bring a basket
lunch to be served at noon.
The worse eye trouble is the
“I” trouble.
’ and chat or just relax. Karls
i bad was founded in the 14th
century when legend has it
that King Charles IV came
across the hot springs while
hunting stag in the area. From
that beginning hundreds of
years ago, Karlsbad has grown
to one of the world’s most pop
ular spas and has, in the past,
played host to royalty and
notables who have come to the
city from distant points all
over the world.
I Today, American tourists
| may visit these famous Czech
‘ spas with virtually no dif
ficulty. A visa for Czecho-
I Slovakia is issued usually with
jin 48 hours of application
I (only 2 photos and a 54.00 fee
|is required) and the prices in
' Czechoslovakia are remarkably
| inexpensive. If you want to
’ see a special bit of the old
world, contact your travel
’ agent who can provide you
; with the information you need
!on the ease of travelling to
Czechoslovakia.
Alamo And
; Glenwood Gel
’ State Grant
State Treasurer Jack B. Ray
announced today that the City
I of Alamo would receive $3,-
555.04 and the City of Glen
wood $3,346.27 as the first in-
I stallment of state aid for the
1971 fiscal year.
Other local cities, and the
amount they will receive, are:
i Mcßae. $9,840.24; Helena, $4,-
636.19; Milan, $3,501.35; Rhine,
$2982.62; Jacksonville $1,451.-
34; Lumber City, $4,887.77;
Scotland $1,451.34; Chauncey,
$2,029.42.
This is the city’s share of
half of the $13,517,000 in state
i revenue earmarked for Geor-
I gia’s 499 incorporated towns
and cities under the Aid to Mu
| nicipalities Acts of 1965 and
1967. The remainder will be
distributed in January 1971.
Mr. Ray explained that the
। grants are being paid in two
। installments this year because
’ the law provides that half be
paid on the basis of the 1960
census and half on the 1970
j census, which does not become
official until December 31.
The $13,517,000 is an in
। crease of $750,000 over the
1 grants of the previous fiscal
I year.
Every municipality in the
state—from Atlanta, which had
a population of 487,453 in the
1960 census, to Santa Claus,
which had only five—shares in
I the grants. Each receives an
amount computed by a formu
la based on population.
Mrs. Harville
Honored On
90ih Birthday
On Sunday afternoon, July
26,. Mrs. Leila Harville was
honored on the occasion of her
ninetieth birthday with ap
proximately one hundred and
fifty guests calling at her home
here.
Receiving the guests with
Mrs. Harville were eight of her
nine living children, Miss Mar-
I gie Harville, Mrs. Dalton
Wright, Mrs. Lamar Holmes,
j Mrs. Preston Lake and Roland
i Harville, all of Alamo; Mrs.
i Milo Hartley of Macon, Mrs.
Frank Paulk of St. Petersburg,
Fla. and Mrs. Wallace Poite
' vint of Tallahassee, Fla. One
daughter, Mrs. William Warga
; of Salisbury, N. C. was unable
■ to attend.
Mrs. Harville, the former
| Leila Lord, was born in Wil
kinson County in 1880 and
came with her husband, Hugh
■ Spence Harville, to this county
i three years after their mar
-1 riage in 1900 where they lived
until his death in 1927, and
where she continued to live
through the years.
From this union were born
' 10 children, 20 grandchildren,
27 great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild.
Sgt. W. H. Mcßae
Serving In Thailand
U. S. Air Force Staff Ser
’ geant William H. Mcßae, son
, of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mc-
Rae of Lumber City, is on duty
at Udorn Royal AFB, Thail
and.
Sergeant Mcßae, a security
policeman, is assigned to a
unit of the Pacific Air Forces,
headquarters for air operations
in Southeast Asia, the Far East
j and Pacific area. He previous
; ly served at Kincheloe AFB,
Mich.
The sergeant is a 1957 grad
uate of Lumber City High
School.
During the fall of the year
is a good time to take soil sam
ples to determine the needs of
your lawn, garden or farm
areas. Your county Extension
agent can tell you how to take
i the sample and get it pro
i cessed.
FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1970
Fifteen Young Ladies To Compete
For Miss Georgia Tobacco Queen
I
Fifteen lovely young ladies
representing tobacco producing
counties across the flue-cured
| belt of South Georgia will com
pete for the title of 1970-71
■ Georgia Tobacco Queen Friday
night, July 31, at 8 p.m., in the
I Main Auditorium of Abraham
i Baldwin Agricultural College
■ in Tifton.
Miss Laurie Rowe, daughter
! of Mr. and Mrs. Lester H.
j Rowe of Tifton, will reign as
i the Georgia Tobacco Queen
I until her successor is crowned
. i Friday night.
, i After winning the title of
| Georgia Tobacco Queen in
i j
I I Farmers To Nominate ASC
• i
Community Committeemen
।
■ ; Wheeler County farmers will
■ soon have the opportunity to
1 nominate by petition candi-
' dates for ASC community
committee posts.
The nominating period will
begin July 28 and close Aug
ust 17. “This year we hope
I farmers in Wheeler County
will nominate by petition full
' slates for all five communities.
| A full slate means a minimum
I of six candidates to choose
। from in electing a community
committee of three members
I and two alternates," J. O. Per
due, Chairman of the Wheeler
County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
• tee, said.
All ASC Community com
mittees are elected annually.
। The newly-elected community
i committeemen will convene
: shortly after their September
; election to elect one new ASC
। County Committee member
I and two alternates. County
j Committee members serve
| three-year terms, with one new
i member elected each year. Al
• ternates are elected annually.
I Mr. Perdue explained that
| the County ASC Committee
' administers agricultural pro
i grams such as marketing quo
, tas and acreage allotments,
I price-support loans and pur
! chases, conservation cost-shar
i ing, and other farm action pro
grams at the county level,
dealing directly with produc
ers. Community committees
not only elect County Com
mittee members and alternates
but also help the County Com
। mittee administer these pro
; | grams.
I
I
New Approach To Feeding
40 Million More School Children
A plan to use the resources of the nation’s foodservice industry
to help feed an additional 40 million youngsters under the
National School Lunch Program has been announced by the
National Restaurant Associa
tion (NRA).
NRA represents all segments
of the $46 billion foodservice
industry. Its figures show that
only 20 million students are re
। ceiving school lunch benefits
today under the program
whose original intent was to
serve 60 million, according to
NRA President, Martin L.
Horn, Jr.
Horn said that the way has
been opened for private indus
try to bring its expertise to
bear on the problem of feeding
the nation’s school children by
a change in the Department of
Agriculture’s School Lunch
Regulations.
"Until the recent change, a
school which wanted to use a
private contractor to provide
lunches was unable to benefit
from federal subsidies,” he
stated.
• “Now schools can engage
, ! private foodservice contractors
to provide not only lunches but
even breakfasts at low cost and
to meet stringent nutritional
, standards.”
Over half of the nation’s
private schools, including col
leges, already employ food
1 management companies.
Under the revised regula
tions, a foodservice contractor
can prepare the lunches at a
central point and deliver them
to the school. In some in
stances, the contractor, drawing
. on his experience in other
feeding operations, such as air
lines, industrial plants, etc.,
may find away to install facil
ities, possibly including vend
‘ ing machines.
SINGLE COPY 5c
1969, Miss Rowe was crowned
Miss Georgia Agriculture at
the Southeastern Fair on
Queen’s Day, September 28 in
Atlanta, and competed for the
title of Queen of Tobaccoland
in the 21st National Tobacco
Festival in Richmond, Virginia,
October 8-11, where she was
named first runner-up.
The reigning Queen of To
baccoland, Miss Helga Kos
mahly, of Mineral, Virginia,
will crown the winner of the
1970-71 Georgia Tobacco Queen
title.
The winner of the 1970-71
Georgia Tobacco Queen title
“There’s no red tape tied up
in nominating a community
committee candidate by peti
tion,” Mr. Perdue said. “AU
that’s really needed is a sheet
of paper naming a candidate—
and six or more signatures by
eligible voters on that paper.
Petitions are limited to one
nominee each, but voters may
sign as many petitions as they
want. A farmer who is an own
er, tenant, or sharecropper is
an eligible voter in the com
munity where his farm inter
est is. He can only nominate
and vote in one community,
however, even if he has farm
interests in more than one.”
The ASC Committee Chair
man said that if at least six
eligible candidates are nomi
nated by petitions submitted
by farmers in their community,
no other nominations need be
made. However, if less than six
are nominated by petition, the
incumbent community commit
tee will complete the slate, se
l lecting candidates actively en
gaged in farming or ranching.
In the communities of Ala
mo, Glenwood, Landsburg,
Shiloh and Union-Springhill if
fewer than six candidates are
nominated by petition, and
there is no Negro among those
nominated, then at least one
representative of this minority
group will be nominated when
the community committee fills
the slate. However, if a full
slate of six persons has been
nominated by petition, no
nominations of any kind can
be made by the community
committee.
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Martin L. Horn, Jr.
"Actually,” Horn added, "the
new regulations have the effect
of expanding the school’s free
dom of choice and operation
by giving it the option of hiring
a contractor. This freedom was
denied for 24 years. We are
confident that those schools,
and there are many, which
have no program for feeding
children will look to us for
guidance and assistance.”
The average per meal cost
to the child who pays for his
lunch is 35 cents for what is
termed a Type A lunch. The
lunch may be hot or cold.
“Such a lunch, obviously,
costs much more than 35 cents
—probably two to three times
that amount. This difference
is, of course, made up by the
federal and state govern
ments,” Horn pointed out.
NUMBER 17
will receive an engraved silver
tray and a S3OO cash award:
She will represent the tobacco
growers at the Southeastern
Fair in Atlanta in competition
for Miss Georgia Agriculture
on October 4 in Atlanta. She
will be sent to the 22nd Na
tional Tobacco Festival in
Richmond, Virginia, October
21-24, where she will compete
there for the title of Queen of
Tobaccoland of which the main
prize is a $2,000 scholarship.
Contestants competing for
the title and counties they rep
resent are: Susan Branch, Tift:
Beth Burton, Brooks; Diana
Durham, Colquitt; June Ech
ols, Pierce; Lana Funderburke,
Candler; Debra Herring,
Brooks; Joyce Lanier, Toombs;
Kathy Lovett, Cook; Anne
Lewis. Thomas; Glenna O’-
Brien, Pierce; Gail Phillips.
Thomas; Barbara Sands, Ev
ans; Marilyn Sue Todd, Tatt
nall; Michele White, Tift and-
Wanda Youghn, Irwin,
The contestants will be
judged on the following: Poise
and personality; Speaking and
presentation; How photogenic;
General conduct; Past accomp
lishments; and Talent.
The Tobacco Queen Pageant
Committee welcomes the pub
lic to attend the contest. Na
admission will be charged.
U.S. Government
Commits Crimes
Says Maddox
“The greatest crime of the
latter 20th Century is being
committed by our own nation
al government,” Gov. Lester
G. Maddox told the Georgia
Sheriffs Association’s annual
convention at St. Simons Is
land.
“What’s strange to me,” he
said, “is that people get ex
cited and upset when one of
their friends or loved ones be
comes the victim of a crime.
They’re all up in arms when
they hear about someone close
to them being robbed, raped,
murdered, swindled or other
wise victimized by some crim
inal.
“And yet, very few people
seem to realize that some of
ficials in their own govern
ment are committing crimes a
gainst them and their loved
ones which are just as harm
ful, just as destructive and
just as ruthless as those being
committed by common crimi
nals.”
Gov. Maddox said people
“ought to get upset when gov
ernment officials rob them of
their constitutional rights . . .
ought to become indignant
when their government swin
dles them out of their right to
private property . . . should
really get fired up when pub
lic officials steal away their
right to freedom of choice.” He
added:
“Every liberty-loving Amer
ican should protest when he
sees government gutting the
private enterprise system and
cheating him out of the right
to make a fair profit.
“No citizen who values his
life and loves his freedom:
should be willing to put up
with the crimes against local
governments which gamble
with his life, his property and
his freedom, but too many
Americans either can’t see, or
won’t see, the danger in ee
moving local government from
local control.”
Robert L. Tuten
Aboard USS Power
Navy Petty Officer Second
Class Robert L. Tuten, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert O. Tuten
of Route 1, Helena, is serving
aboard the destroyer USS
Power on a five-month de
ployment in the Middle East