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VOLUME 56
American Youth
Have Unequaled
Freedom-Lester
Gov. Lester G. Maddox, in
addressing the Georgia Youth
Council in Atlanta, talked
about America, which he de
scribed as “the strongest, freest
and most prosperous nation in
the world.”
'But, in building such a na
tion,” he said, “it was inevi
table that some mistakes would
be made. Free men, allowed to
think for themselves, are not
always in agreement.
"As a result, we have had
disagreements between labor
and management, between
blacks and whites, between the
rich and poor, between indus
trialists and conservationists,
between ‘haw'ks’ and ‘doves’
and so on down the line.
“As citizens, you should in
volve yourselves in these con
troversies and express your
own opinions. But, in doing so,
I would hope that none of you
would be guilty of being
ashamed of your country sim
ply because our history is not
all glory, justice and har
mony.”
Gov. Maddox said mistakes
have been made by his gener
ation and those before him,
but that in all of their blunder
ing, ‘we still have been able
to salvage for you and your
generation the right to make
your own mistakes”
“You are still the inheritors
of a free nation," he told the
youth group. “It's not as free
now as it was when I was
born, but you still have more
real freedom to determine
your own destinies than any
other people in the world.
Thank God for that.”
“And,” the governor added,
“keep this fact uppermost in
your minds when you are de
bating such issues as the war
in Vietnam, the pollution prob
lem, poverty, race relations,
politics or whatever.
“Like most of you, these
problems concern me, too, and
I am not always in agreement
with the way our leaders at
tempt to solve them. But, while
I regret some of the things
which have been done in he
name of America, there is
nothing in our history that
gives me cause to regret that
I am an American. There is too
much to be proud of.”
Gov. Maddox left this part
ing message: “You are free to
build upon what we have left
you, or you can erase the prod
uce of our sweat and blood
and start anew. This is your
priceless heritage as Ameri
cans.”
Ga. Safety Dept.
Retires 19 Men
Under New Plan
Nineteen members of the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety, with an average of 30
years’ service, have ended their
careers with the law enforce
ment agency under a new
mandatory retirement program
passed by the 1970 Georgia
General Assembly.
In this first group to retire
under the new law were 14
members of the State Patrol’s
uniform division and five
agents of the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation.
Under the new retirement
program, the second group will
retire in January, 1971.
At the retirement ceremon
ies held at the Patrol Head
quarters in Atlanta, Col. R. H.
Burson, state public safety di
rector, expressed the gratitude
of the Safety Department and
the people of Georgia for the
long years of service these men
have rendered. Each was pre
sented a certificate of appre
ciation.
A wall plaque showing the
names and dates of service of
all men who have retired from
the Department of Public
Safety since its creation in 1937
also was unveiled. There are
now 55 names on the “Retired
With Honor” plaque.
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The Everett M. Dirksen Memorial Medallion serial
number one is presented to his widow, Mrs. Louella
Dirksen, by Mayor William Waldmeier of Pekin,
Illinois. The medal is a copy of the bust which is on
display at the Library of Congress. These medals are
available at participating banks or direct from Dirksen
Library Fund Medal, P. O. Box 645, Elgin, Illinois 60120.
A percentage of the sale proceeds will be allocated to
the trust fund for the Congressional Leadership Re
search Center at the Dirksen Library in Pekin. James
Kemper of Kemper Insurance is chairman of the Na
tional Dirksen Library Fund Committee, of which
President Nixon and former President Johnson are
honorary co-chairmen.
Blackburn Park
Dam, Lake Basin
Are Being Buili
Construction of a new earth
en dam and five-acre lake ba
sin at Blackburn State Park I
in Rabun County has been
started, State Parks Director
John L. Gordon announced.
Contract for the project was
awarded recently to Jones &
Jones Construction Company
। of Dahlonega when sealed bids
‘ were opened in the office of
। the State Purchasing Depart
ment, it was pointed out.
In addition to the dam and
lake basin, a new superintend
ent’s residence and a beach
ar.d bathhouse complex will
be added in the near future '
at the park, Gordon said.
Peace Corps Seeks Minority Members
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Former Peace Corps Volunteer Franklin. Walker,
’right, met recently with Senator Edward Brooke of
Massachusetts as part of a spearhead drive to attract
members of racial minorities to Peace Corps service.
Walker was a Peace Corps Volunteer at the Kingston,
Jamaica Boy’s Town during 1965-68. He is now coun
selor for special projects at Northern Illinois Univer
sity. In a series of radio and television appearances in
the Washington, D. C. area, Walker said that the Peace
Corps teaches skills and organizational ability that
can help minorities develop leadership at home. Peace
Corps Director Joseph Blatchford says too few minor
ity group members have taken advantage of Peace.
, Corps opportunities in the past.
Rev. Jahnson To
Deliver Series Os
Holy Land Talks
The Rev. Raymond G. John
! son, pastor of Alamo Baptist
Church, will deliver a series of
messages on the Holy Land,
beginning Sunday night, Aug
ust 9, at 8:00 P.M. at Alamo
Baptist Church. These talks
will be illustrated by the use
of color slide films showing
many sacred places where
Christian history was made.
The Alamo pastor had the
privilege two years ago of a
fifteen day tour of Israel, Ath
ens, Corinth and Rome. It is
his desire to share some of the
inspirational and educational
experiences of that trip with
■ the people of Wheeler County.
The worse eye trouble is the
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Steer Grazing
Meeting Set For
Wheeler County
A special steer grazing
meeting has been scheduled
for interested farmers in Tel
fair, Wheeler, and Montgom
ery Counties. The meeting will
be held on Thursday night,
August 13, at 8:00 p.m. at the
County Agent’s office in Ala
mo.
According to Bill McKinnon,
Telfair County Agent, the
meeting is sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension Service
an dis held for the purpose of
acquainting farmers with rec
ommended practices involved
in. the utilization of small grain
crops for fattening steers.
W. H. Sell, Extension Ag
ronomist. and M. K. Cook. Ex
tension Animal Scientiest, will
conduct the meeting.
: County Agents in Telfair,
Wheeler, and Montgomery
Counties are cooperating in
| this venture. All Telfair Coun
ty farmers who are interested
and is held for the purpose of
and urged to attend the meet
ing.
For further information, con
j tact Bill McKinnon, Telfair
■ County Agent.
Area Roadbank
Work Finished
The vegetation of 72 acres
. of eroded roadbanks has been
■ completed in Wheeler, Treut
len, and Montgomery counties,
according to George Norris,
director of he Tri-County Re
source Conservation and De
velopment Project.
। The work was done on a co
' operative basis with the Soil
' Conservation Service provid
: ing seed, fertilizer, lime and
' mulching material, and the
State Highway Department
furnishing the labor and equip
ment.
Using a hydroseeder, .bahia
grass was sown on the flat
, slopes and a combination of
love grass and sericea lespe
deza was used on the steep
slopes.
Fertilizer rates were the
same on both flat and J steep
slopes. Hay or straw and ! a
thin coat of asphalt was
sprayed on the banks as a
mulching agent. The agphalt
held the soil until the vegeta
tion took hold.
Lime is now being added to
the banks and ammonium ni
trate will be applied later as
a side dressing.
The new green roadsides will
add beauty as well as save
many dollars by reducing road
maintenance costs. This project
will result in keeping many
hundreds of tons of silt out of
the ditches, streams and ponds
in the tri-county area, Norris
said.
Thomas R. Hartley
To Graduate From
University Os Ga.
Thomas R. (Ted) Hartley
will be among the August 21
graduating class at the Uni
versity of Georgia in Athens.
He will receive a B. S. degree
in Agricultural Economics.
While at the University,
Hartley was named to Phi
Kappa Phi, whose membership
includes only the upper ten per
cent of the class.
In addition to this, he was
elected to Gamma Sigma Del
ta, the honor society of agri
culture. He was also a mem
ber of the Dean of Agricul
ture’s student advisory com
mittee.
Hartley was a justice on the
student judiciary while at the
University and served as treas
urer of Acacia Fraternity.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Hartley and his wife is
the former Fran Branco of
Pensacola, Fla,
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Agricultural Festival Planned
For Aug. 14-22 In Moultrie
A full week plus—activities
are planned by various civic
organizations as a salute to ag
riculture — the area's largest
single income producer.
Beginning August 10th Moul
trie Shrines sponsor a Shrine
carnival which ends on Aug
ust 15th. The Moultrie Art As
sociation sponsors a flea mar
ket, arts & crafts sidewalk
show and sale from 9:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, Aug
ust 15th. Sunday, August 16th
has been set aside as Harvest
Prayer Day. Monday, August
17th, Moultrie Jaycees sponsor
the ‘Southeast Queen of Agri
cultural” beauty pageant at the
Moultrie High School stadium.
County Agent “Hank Kimbel”
of television’s “Green Acres”
fame will act as Master of
Ceremonies for the pageant.
August 13th through August
22nd softball tournaments for
girls and church leagues will
be sponsored by the Moultrie
Recretation Department.
The Chamber of Commerce
will sponsor a “good manners”
telephone clinic at the Colquitt
Regional Library on Wednes
day, August 19th through the
cooperation of General Tele
phone Company.
Farm Day will be held on
Thursday, August 20th, with
many agricultural exhibits at
the Courthouse Square includ
ing a “children’s zoo” — all
sponsored by the County Ex
tension office.
Friday, August 21st, a teen
age youth dance will be spon
sored at the Moultrie gym by
the Moultrie Youth Center at
8:00 p.m.
DEATHS
Howard Thomas Kennon -
Brunswick
Beatrice Gwen Bowen -
Rhine
Harvey Cochran - Lyons
Mrs. Maude Williams Sum
ner - Mcßae
Infant Stuckey - Quincy, Fla.
Spec. 4 Jimmy H. Mercer -
Hazlehurst
Levi Spires - Rhine
Charlie Reed Moss - Alamo
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READY IN 1973
Hatch Nuclear Plant
Continues on Schedule
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Men and machines are working steadily to complete the state’s
first nucleai-fneled electric generating plant. Work on the light
bulb-shaped containment vessel in background is almost finished.
The construction of Georgia
Power’s Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear
Plant is on schedule, and the
plant will begin producing elec
tricity in three years according
to Company officials.
The plant’s first 800,000-kilo
watt unit will be completed in
the latter part of 1973. A sec
ond unit of equal size is sched
uled for service in 1976. The
nuclear-fueled station is being
built on the Altamaha River near
Baxley, in southeast Georgia.
Richard E. ConA-ay, superin
tendent of generating plant con
struction, reports that the light
bulb-shaped containment vessel
which will house the reactor for
Unit No. 1 is virtually complete.
Nearly 450 men presently are
working on the project. Over
1,000 will be employed in later
peak stages of construction.
As of June 30, some 7,000
tons of reinforcing steel have
Moultrie Newcomers' Club
will sponsor a trash and treas
ure sale on Friday ar.d Satur
day, August 21 and 22, 9:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 22nd, the
Early Bird Civitan Club starts
off the day with the festival
Howard Kennon
Dies Monday
In Brunswick
Howard Thomas Kennon, 67.
of St. Simons, a well known
former resident of Mcßae and
pharmacist in Brunswick, died
Monday in Brunswick Hospital
following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 10:00
o’clock from the St. Simons
United Methodist Church with
the Rev. David Cripps officiat
ing, assisted by the Rev. Tom
Stroud. Burial was in Oak
grove Cemetery in Mcßae,
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
with graveside services.
Local pallbearers were mem
bers of the Helena Lodge 536
F&AM.
Mr. Kennon was born in Mc-
Rae on April 4, 1903, the son
of Mrs. B. M. Kennon and the
late Dr. Kennon and was mar
ried to the former Lena Dam
pier. He attended the Univer
sity of Georgia in Athens
where he was a member of
the Sigma Nu Fraternity and
graduated from the University
School of Pharmacy. He had
lived on St. Simons Island for
twenty-five years, a member
of St. Simons United Metho
dist Church, and was a mem
ber of Golden Isles Lodge 707.
Survivors include his wife;
one daughter, Mrs. Ann K.
DeLany; and one grandson,
Richard Kennon DeLany, all
of St. Simons; mother, Mrs. B.
M. Kennon of Mcßae; and
three sisters, Miss Allie Ken
non and Mrs. J. C. Clements
of Mcßae, and Mrs. T. Ayer
Hatcher of Waynesboro.
been used in the project, and
over 57,000 cubic yards of con
crete have, been poured. Major
piping and electrical work will
start in September.
The plant represents the ,
largest single industrial invest
ment in the state’s history.
Speakers Available
Georgia Power Company has
a 38-man speakers’ bureau, com
posed of company employes lo
cated throughout the state, to
inform Georgians about the
Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant
and its advantages to the state’s
environment and economy. Mem
bers of the group are now avail
able for engagements. Civic
groups, schools and other or
ganizations may request their
services by calling a local Geor
gia Power Company office, or by
writing Georgia Power’s Adver- ;
tising Department, 270 Peach
tree Street, in Atlanta. j
NUMBER 18
Parade at 10:00 a.m. Six bands;
twenty eight political candi
dates with vehicular enries,
many floats—both of commer
cial and civic nature, the fa
mous “Johnny” of Call for
Phillip Morris fame and “Alvy
Moore” or “Green Acres” tele
vision show will all be a part
of the big parade.
The Kiwanis Club follows
the parade with a Political
Jamboree at the Courthouse
Square, followed by a barbe
cue chicken luncheon spon
sored by the FFA and Bakker
Packers club.
The “Ramsey Pidcock” golf
tournament sponsored by the
Sunset Country Club begins on
Saturday, August 22nd and
concludes on Sunday, August
23rd.
The Merchants Division of
the Chamber of Commerce
sponsors the “Dean Hudson.”
orchestra for a big dance with
a big dance band sound at the
Armory on Saturday, August
22nd.
There will be four “free”
performances of the famous
“Dingier Trio” trampoline
group and a special ascent of
a hot air balloon with “Randy
Rogers,” ballonist, under the
sponsorship of Rock City Gar
dens.
During the week and a half,
other activities are also
planned such as horse shoe pit
ching contests, watermelon
eating, corn shucking, husband
calling, bicycle races, a fun
film festival of “Let’s Take a
Trip” nature at the library
and other activities yet to be
announced sponsored by other
community organizations
makes this a community wide
project.
Marion K. Butler
Completes Training
Airman First Class Marion
K. Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs
Marion E. Butler of 511 Rut
land Drive, Dublin, has grad
uated at Keesler AFB, Miss,
from the U. S. Air Force radio'
repairman course.
The airman, who was trained
to operate and repair emer
gency radio equipment, is be
ing assigned to Tinker AFB,
Okla., for duty with the Air
Force Communications Service
which provides global com
munications and air traffic
control for the USAF.
His wife, Carol, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. James F.
Stapleton of Rt. 1, Lumber
City.
Application For
Road Submitted
Gov. Lester Maddox an
j nounced the submission of a
I $1,240,000 application for a
I Redmond access road on behalf
I of the City of Rome to the
; Appalachian Regional Com
‘ mission in Washington.
Os this total project cost, the
Appalachian portion would be
$868,000. The Georgia State
Highway Department is con
tributing $372,000, it was
; pointed out.
BOOKMOBILE
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Aug. 12—
Harden’s Store 8:45-9:00
Lowery (Old School) 9:15-
9:40
Bethel Church 9:50-10:20
Glenwood (Uptown) 10:30-
11:30
Shiloh (at church) 1:15-1:40
Springhill Community
House 1:50-2:15
Butler’s Store 2:45-3:00
Benny K. Brown
At Glynco NAS
Navy Airman Benny K.
; Brown of Mcßae, is now serv
; ing at Naval Air Station-,
j Glynco, Ga.