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VOLUME 56
Rudolph Dennis
Dies Os Heart
Attack Sept. 16
Ennis Rudolph Dennis. 56, a
well known Mcßae business
man, died Wednesday after
noon of a heart attack while
fishing at the old VFW Fish
Pond on the Mcßae-Milan
road.
Mr. Dennis had lived' in Mc-
Rae 35 years and operated
Dennis Cleaners here. He re
cently sold his interest and re
tired. He was born in Dodge
County on September 12, 1914
the son of Mrs. Leila Parkerson
Dennis and the late Charles
Dennis. He was married to the
former Virginia W. Holloman
and was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Mcßae.
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the chapel of Harris and
Smith Funeral Home with the
Rev. Ronald G. Warnock, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
officiatiing, assisted by the
Rev. J. W. Herndon, pastor of
the Mcßae United Methodist
Church.
Burial was in Oakgrove
Cemetery wi t h Hams and
Smith in charge of arrange
ments.
Pallbearers were Al Colston,
R. M. Parsons, R. O. Warnock,
Herman Langley, Malcolm Mi
nor and Melvin Marchant.
Survivors include his wife of
Mcßae; three sons, Rudy Den
nis of U. S. Air Force Japan,
David Dennis of North Hamp
ton, Mass., and Jeff Dennis of
Mcßae; one daughter, Miss
Carla Dennis of Atlanta; two
step-sons, Tom Hollomon of
Statesboro, and Steve Hollo
mon of Mcßae; mother, Mrs.
Leila Dennis of Eastman; three
brothers, Emory Dennis of Mc-
Rae, Earnest Dennis of East
man, and Leslie Dennis of
Cochran; two sisters, Mrs. T.
F. Hobbie of North Augusta,
S. C., and Mrs. Johnny O’Neal
of Lyons; and five grandchil
dren.
Wheeler County
Conservation
Progress Report
Wheeeler County landown
ers constructed 14 farm ponds
and 140,000 feet of parallel
terraces during the fiscal year
ended June 31, 1970.
Actually this is part of a
progress report given by Ar
thur Walden, District Conserv
ationist for the Tri-County
RC & D Project. Mr. Walden
reported to the project steer
ing committee that 24 farm
ponds and over 300,000 feet of
parallel terraces had been con
structed during the past fiscal
year in the Tri-County project
of Wheeler, Montgomery and
Treutlen Counties.
The 14 farm ponds construct
ed by Wheeler County land
owners total 35 acres of water
which will be used for fishing,
boating, livestock water, irri
gation water and others uses.
The 140,000 feet of parallel
terraces consists of land
smoothing of abandoned con
ventional terraces, filling gul
lies and shaping and vegetat
ing 6 acres of waterways.
Wheeler County landowners
needing assistance should con
tact the local personnel of the
Soil Conservation Service at
the County Adiministration
Building.
LaFavor Reunion
Held Sept. 19
The annual LaFavor reunion
was held Sunday. September
19. at the Little Ocmulgee State
Park. There were 76. members
present with several other
guests.
Marcie R LaFavor was re
elected president. Mrs Vanzel
Newotn was elected new secre
tary-treasurer, and Mrs. H. E.
Clark was elected reporter.
The reunion will be held the
3rd Sunday in September of
each year.
All relatives and friends are
asked to come and enjoy the
fellowship.
Wheeler County Eagle
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tickets in the popular resort on Australia's Gold Coast near Bris
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drops in a coin, courtesy of The Surfers Paradise Progress Asso
ciation. Exciting Australia can be reached three days a week on
American Airlines, which also flies to Hawaii, American Samoa,
Fiji and New Zealand.
Ex-Deputy Os Dodge
County Out On Bond
Jack Eckles, ex-deputy of I
Dodge County who is now an I
Eastman grocer, is out on a |
SIO,OOO bond in the murder
warrant sworn out by Thomas
Sheffield charging Eckles in
the killing of Alfred Lee. Lee
was an uncle of Sheffield.
The commitment hearing,
scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday,
lasted until 12:30 p.m. Satur
day. Fourteen witnesses were
heard. Jack Eckles appeared
on the stand and made an un
sworn statement, in which he
denied premeditated murder.
Three justices of the peace
of Dodge County, Tobe Bell
flower, John D. Womble and
Bluegrass Festival
Set Nov. 27-28-29
The last Big Bluegrass Festi
val of the year has been set
for Myrtle Beach, S. C., at
the Convention Center, No
vember 27, 28 and 29. Starting
time is 10 a.m. daily.
The festival will feature over i
35 hours of clean family enter- I
tainment with the “All Stars”
of Bluegrass, including Bill
Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys,
Jim & Jesse & The Va. Boys,
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch
Mountain Boys, Don Reno-Bill
Harrell & The Tennessee Cut-
Ups, Red Smiley, Mac Wise
man, Chubby Wise, Carl Story
and Rambling Mountaineers
and others.
“FISH EYE” VIEW |
THE BIG PICTURE —A “fish-eye” lens made it possible for a Gen
eral Dynamics' photographer to capture a scene and a half in this
photograph made at the company’s Quincy (Mass.) ship building
division, one of the nation’s leading yards. The picture not only
shows the Navy replenishment tanker (AOR) nearing completion
but also the huge crane arm employed to lift prefabricated sections
used in ship construction—one of many new techniques General
Dynamics utilizes at its Quincy operation.
Frank Wiggins, heard the case.
One of the witnesses became
so profane in his replies to
questions that he was remov
ed from the courtroom and
placed in jail until he could
conduct himself in the proper
manner in the court.
Will Ed Smith of Smith and
Harrington law firm represent
ed the defendant.
James L. Waller
Ordained In S. C.
As Baptist Minister
James L. Waller was ordain
ed to the Gospel Ministry on
August 30, in services at High
land Park Baptist Church in
Hanahan, S. C.
Rev. J. B. Smith, pastor at
Highland Park, preached the
ordination sermon and Bill
Vandiver presented a chain
reference Bible to the candi
date.
Rev. Waller is pastor of the
Garfield Baptist Church in the
Emanuel Baptist Association.
Prior to his call to Garfield, he
was pastor of the Snow Hill
Baptist Church in the Daniell
Baptist Association.
He is a freshman at Brewton
Parker College. The young
minister is married to the
former Romona Allen of Col
lege Park and the couple have
one daughter. First Baptist of
Red Oak is Waller’s home
church.
BOX 385
Emmett Reynolds
To Seek Presidency
Ga. Farm Bureau
Emmett Reynolds of Arabi,
former president of the Crisp
County Farm Bureau Chapter
and former director of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion, announced Monday that
he will seek the presidency of
the Georgia Farm Bureau at
its annaul convention in No
vember.
A veteran of World War 11,
who attended Abraham Bald
win Agricultural College in
Tifton and then completed his
education in animal husbandry
and agronomy at the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Ag
riculture, Reynolds has farmed
more than five hundred acres in
Crisp County since finishing
in 1952.
Reynolds has been chair
man of the Board of County
Commissioners of Crisp Coun
ty for seven years. He served
as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Crisp County
Farm Bureau Chapter since
1953 and served as president of
his local chapter in, 1956 and
1957. He served as a state di
rector of the Qeorgia Farm Bu
reau from 1962 to 1965.
In announcing his candidacy
for state Farm Bureau presi
dent, Reynolds said his plat
form for election would be bas
ed on returning control of the
Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
tion to the Georgia farmer.
“The special services avail
able to members are good and
should be continued," Reynolds
said, “but they should not dic
tate administration of the
Farm Bureau,” he added.
Reynolds said in his opinion
the Farm Bureau should be
more accurately reflect the
needs and desires of Georgia
farmers and should become
more involved' in solving the
problems of the man who
makes his living from the soil.
The candidate added he
thought it most important that
Farm Bureau strengthen its co
operation with all agricultural
groups and agencies but in his
opinion, the Federation should
operate in complete freedom of
politics.
“Everything my family and
I have came from farming,’
Reynolds said. “I have tried to
repay some of this debt I owe
to agriculture by playing an
active role in Farm Bureau
most of my adult life and I
seek now to be of even greater
service to agriculture and
Georgia farm families as presi
dent of the Georgia Farm Bu
reau.”
Arnold Palmer To
Head March OI
Dimes For 1971
Golf Champion Arnold Palm
er will serve as Honorary
Chairman of the 1971 March of
Dimes, Basil O’Connor, presi
dent of The National Founda
tion, announced today.
“It will be a pleasure and
honor to serve this great or
ganization,” Palmer said. “I
hope to give what help I can to
advance the fight against birth
defects.”
Palmer's interest in the Foun
dation dates from the 1950’s
when the voluntary health or
ganization led the successful
effort to develop vaccines
against infantile paralysis. The
golfer’s father, Milfred (Dea
con) Palmer, had polio as a
child, but he overcame the
handicap to become associated
with the Latrobe (Pa.) Coun
try Club in 1921 where he is
still the pro.
As chairman of the 1971
drive, Palmer will aid the
March of Dimes effort to treat
and ultimately to prevent
birth defects. More than 250,-
000 American babies are born
yearly with a significant mal
formation or defect of body
chemistry. Vaccines against
two major causes of birth de
fects, rubella (German mea
sles) and Rh incompatibility
disease, have already been de
veloped and licensed for use.
ADVERTISE IN THE EAGLE
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25, 1970
Thirteen New Project Measures
Adopted For Three County Area
Thirteen new project meas
ures were adopted at a meet
ing of the steering committee
of the Resource Conservation
and Development Project re
cently.
These will be added to the
original project plan and will
illustrate the flexibility of the
RC&D project plan in meet
ing the needs and improving
the project area of Wheeler,
Treutlen, atj d Montgomery
counties, George Norris, pro
ject director, said.
Seven of the new measures
dealt with improving the rec
reation and wildlife in the tri
county area. These measures
include two hunting preserves,
the organization of a hunting
area cooperative for the im
provement of all facets of hunt
ing in the area, the publishing
of a historical guide and an
inventory of potential outdoor
recreation, a youth camp, and
playgrounds for housing pro
jects.
Two measures concerned
structural plans for a water
supply reservoir in Montgom
ery County and a flood pre
veniton project in Soperton.
To accomplish needed land
treatment, a supplemental Ag
ricultural Conservation Pro
gram allocation for the tri
county area was requested.
The amount requested will be
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WHEN A MAJOR FOOD COMPANY wanted to test the taste appeal
of its new peanut butter cereal, it went to experts —a seven-year
old boy whose favorite food is peanut butter and a peanut-loving
circus elephant. Here the two share a bowl of the crunchy stuff.
There was some spillage, but both peanut gourmets approved the
new product. As a matter of fact, the elephant made a pig of
herself.
SINGLE COPY 5c
based on the ability* of the
landowners to pay their share.
The new project measures
include a request for a live
stock specialist for the three
county area. This specialist
will work with individ-
Merman Measles
Immunization
Campaign Set
David E. Quinn, M.D., Medi
cal Director, South Central
Public Health District, and the
Wheeler County Health De
partment announces that a
county-wide Rubella (German)
Measles immunization cam
paign will be held Oct. 1. Dur
ing the past school year the
German Measle campaign was
directed only toward the first
vaccine. This year all children
between the ages of 1 and 12
will be offered the vaccine in
an attempt to eradicate the
disease.
Teams of specialists from the
South Central District Office
in Dublin will be on hand to
assist the Wheeler County
Health Department staff.
The morning clinics will be
held in the appropriate schools
throughout the county. The af
ternoon clinics will be held at
the Wheeler County Health
Department between the hours
of 1:00 and 8:00 p. m. for the
purpose of immunizing the
pre-school children.
Permission slips for the im
munization shots will be dis
tributed throughout the school
system in ample time so that
each parent who wishes to
have his child immunized can
sign the request form auth
orizing the Health Department
to administer the shots, done
by a fast acting jet injector. No
shots can be given without the
proper authorization. Ample
forms will be available at the
Health Department.
During the 1964 German
Measles epidemic in the United
States over 247,000 expectant
women contacted the disease
resulting in as many as 30,000
miscarriages and 20,000 chil
dren born with heart defects;
deafness; glaucoma, cataracts,
and other eye defects; deform
ed arms and legs; and mental
retardation. Without adequate
prevention now, another epi
demic could occur in 1971 or
1972.
The German (Rubella) Mea
sles immunization is approved
by the Medical Association of
Georgia, the Georgia Chapter
American Academy of Pediat
rics, and the Georgia Depart
ment of Public Haelth.
NUMBER 25
uals and groups in solving live
stock management problems
and improving management
methods. It is anticipated that
this will increase the income
from livestock as much as 59
percent.
In the interest of community
and industrial development, a
plan for a solid waste disposal
system is being developed and
schools in the three counties
will be given assistance in set
ting up outdoor science cen
ters.
As in the original project
plan, the new project meas
ures will be financed in vari
ous ways. Some are sponsored
by individuals; organizations;
city, state, and federal agen
cies; or joint efforts of all of
these.
Jekyll Island's
"God Squad"
Impresses Reporter
The “God Squad’ at this
coastal resort meant a lot to
young people this summer by
“just being available.”
This was the dad’s-eye-view
of an Atlanta reporter whose
daughters encountered three
summer missionaries sponsored
by the Georgia Baptist Con>
vention and the Southern Bap
tist Home Mission Board.
Bob Harrell, whose regular
reporting assignment takes,
him around Georgia in a camp
ing rig, used a recent column
in the Atlanta Constitution to
say “thank you” to the student
missionaries.
His daughters, Martha, 18;
and Mary, 17; worked' at the
state-owned island resort dur
ing the summer.
Young people at Jekyll' Lr
land gave the “God Squad” ti
tle to Michele Walker from
New Mexico, Cheryl Sorrel
from Arkansas, and Terry Mc-
Millan from Mississippi.
“Just being available is
pretty important when young
people are working away from
home,” in Harrell’s judgment.
“Having someone to ‘rap with’
is most important when the
only other recourse is to write
a letter home.”
The newsman said when his
daughters wrote home about
attending an “Instant Coffee
House” on the beach, “my
fatherly concern came to the
surface.”
A phone call from father re
vealed that the student mis
sionaries Ditched a tent on the
beach, called it a coffee house,
and invited kids to attend.
‘lf the kids wanted to talk
about religion, the Squad could
handle it. If the kids wanted
to talk about the effect of
smoking grass,’ the Squad
could handle it,” Harrell said.
One of the Harrell daughters
said, “There were a lot of kids
on the island looking for an
swers. The Squad had some of
those answers. I guess the one
big thing that impressed me
was that the Squad had a kind
of happiness a lot of us want
ed.”
In addition to brewing in
stant coffee houses, the mis
sionaries conducted Vacation
Bible schools, worked in an as
sociational youth camp, help
ed with informal church serv
ices on the beach and sang in
area churches.
Summing up the influence
of the students, Harrell said,
‘There is evidence in at least
one home that the God Squact
touched a life or two. Not that
there has been anv sudden an
nouncements about prospective
missionary work in the wilds
of foreign jungles.
“But there is a maturity and
understanding and a caring for
others which I suspect the God
Squad might have sparked, if
not lit the fuse.’
The reporter indicated that
he said a prayer of thanks for
the Squad when his daughters
showed an eagerness to go to
church when he was tempted
to sleep late on Sunday morn
ing.