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VOLUME 56
Youth Rally To
Stress Harmful
Use Os Drugs
The Youth Rail}' of the Dublin
District United Methodist Church
will offer the youth of the dis
trict help in understanding and
avoiding the evils of drugs and
the heartbreaks drugs can cause.
The rally will be held in the
Swainsboro United Methodist
Church, Sunday, October 25th
from 3:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.,
according to an announcement
made by Dublin District Director
of Youth, the Rev. Don Proctor.
From 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. a wel
come will be extended by the
Mt. Vernon M. Y. F., who will
also conduct the devotional. From
3:30 to 5:00 p.m. a panel dis
cussion will be held on “Medical
Facts and Why It’s Nonsense
To Use Drugs”. This part of the
panel will be directed by Dr.
W. T. Smith, clinical director
of psychiatry at Central State
Hospital.
The second member of the
panel will be Laurens County
State Judge W. M. Towson of
Dublin who will discuss the sub
ject of “What The Law Says
About Drugs.”
J. E. Seymour, narcotic de
tective of Macon will be the third
member of the panel and he will
discuss the topic “The Ex
periences and Needs of Drug
Users.”
The Rev. John Benton will
discuss the topic ‘The Spiritual
Answers to the Drug Problem.”
Each member of the panel
will have five minutes to discuss
his topic, and a period of ques
tions and answers will follow.
From 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. rec
reation and Christian folk singing
will be directed by the Rev. Don
Proctor of Soperton.
From 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. will
be sack supper time, with at
tendees bringing their supper
and the Swainsboro M.Y.F. will
provide beverages.
From 6:30 to 7:30 the Wrens
M.Y.F. will present a drama
demonstrating how drama can
help youths express themselves
in a creative way. The Wrens
group will also present their
‘Tooth For Christ Team.”
From 7:30 to 8:30 the evening
worship will be held with the
Rev. John Benton speaking on
“Christ, the Answer For All
The Pressures And Boredom Os
Our Day.” A youth choir from
the northern section of the dis
trict will provide special music.
The District Director of Youth,
Rev. Don Proctor said that he
felt this can and should be one
of the most meaningful ex
periences in the church and dis
trict as it will offer pastors,
parents and their youths a chance
to get it all together in terms
of better communications, under
standing and a working together
to let Christ become real in our
lives. He added, “It is the hope
of the Youth Council that many
parents will care enough to come
and learn more about a problem
that can, if neglected, eat away
the moral foundations of our
nations.
Revival Services
At Scotland
United Methodist
Revival services will begin at
Scotland United Methodist Church
on Sunday night, October 25,
and continue through Friday,
October 30.
Services will begin each
evening at 7:30 o’clock with the
Rev. Charles Burdette of
Jacksonville, as guest speaker.
The pastor, the Rev. R. L.
Harris and the members of the
church invites everyone to attend.
Wheeler County
Bullpups Crush
Northwest Laurens
The Wheeler County Bullpups
won their first game of the 1970
campaign here Thursday 33-6.
Wheeler had a strong running
game gaining 200 yards rushing.
Scoring touchdowns for Wheeler
were: Johnny McDaniel on a 25
yard run, Wade Fulford, two
yard pass from Phil Clark, Gene
Warren on an eight yard run,
Sport Cox two yard run and
James Turner on a 50 yard
return. Phil Clark kicked three
cf four extra points.
The schedule for the rest of
the year is with Montgomery
County in Mt. Vernon, October
28, at 4 o’clock.
Wheeler County Eagle
Wheeler County
Submits Entry
Into Contest
Wheeler County' has submitted
its entry in the statewide Beau
tification - Through - Conser
vation contest which closed Sep
tember 30, L. B. Chambers,
member of the Board of Super
visors of the Ohoopee River Con
servation District announced to
day.
Most of the counties in Georgia
entered this contest which is
being held for the third year
under the joint sponsorship of
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation and the Georgia As
sociation of Soil and Water Con
servation Districts.
A SSOO cash prize will be
awarded the state winner by the
Electric Membership Corpora
tion, and four SIOO prizes will
be awarded to sectional winners
by the Georgia Association of
Conservation Districts.
Wheeler County’ will compete
with the four other counties in
the Ohoopee River Conservation
District. The District winner will
be selected by a judging com
mittee appointed by SCD Chair
man Jim L. Gillis, Jr.
The winner in the Ohoopee
River Conservation District will
then compete with the winning
counties from the other Districts
in the state for the state award.
The state winner will be an
nounced by Harrison at the annual
GACD meeting in Savannah,
December 6-8.
Department Warns
Candy Love Beads
Could Be Hazard
The Georgia Department of
Public Health today warned that
some types of candy “love beads ”
currently being sold in retail
stores have been found to be
contaminated with wood splint
ers, metal fragments, and insect
parts, and could possibly repre
sent a health hazard. The De
partment is urging retail mer
chants to voluntarily withdraw
the candy' novelty from their
shelves.
The candy beads - which are
threaded on a string to make a
large necklace - were made in
Hong Kong and imported and
distributed nationwide by Ce De
Candy Inc. of New Jersey and
California. The candy has been
sold in this country for about a
year or so, one health official
said, but it is not known how
many stores in Georgia have
the candy on sale now. The multi
colored confection usually sells
for about ten cents.
According to Tom McKinley,
director of the Department’s Dis
ease Investigations Service, con
taminating objects were recently
found in the imported candy by
the Federal Food and Drug Ad
ministration (FDA). McKinley
pointed out that, so far as is
known, no person in Georgia
has contracted an illness that
can be directly attributed to eat
ing the imported candy.
You can’t lose. The Lord helps
those who help themselves, and
the government helps those who
won’t.
Jack Ray Promises
Fiscal Responsibility
ATLANTA (PRN) - State
Treasurer Jack B. Ray, a
candidate for re-election, says
that because state spending
now exceeds $1 billion a year
“it is more important than
ever to elect a Treasurer with a
record of fiscal responsibility,
integrity and experience.”
Ray, who is seeking
JACK B. RAY
election to
his third
full term in
the Novem
ber 3 gene
ral election,
pointed out
that state
spending
has more
than doub
led since
Gov. Ern«st Vandiver
appointed him Treasurer in
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JEKYLL TO HOST WYSONG - A free golf exhibition by one
of the nation’s outstanding golf pros, Dudley Wysong will be
played on the Championship Golf Club course here, Sunday,
Nov. 1, under the sponsorship by the Cosair Motel and the
Carriage Inn. Wysong, who turned pro seven years ago, has
many wins to his credit but looks on his first big prize, the
Hawaiian Open in 1967 in which he heat out Billy Casper in a
sudden-death playoff, as his biggest golfing thrill. Both Wysong
and Casper finished the 72-hole regulation trip in 284 after
which Wysong found the green with his second-shot four iron to
take a one-stroke victory and the $20,000 first place money.
The free exhibition gets underway at 1 p.m.
Ocmulgee Academy To
Have Festival Oct. 31
An afternoon and evening of
fun, thrills, and entertainment
awaits the Ocmulgee Academy
Raiders and all their friends.
At 6:30 on October 31, festivi
ties will begin with a colorful
parade from the Academy campus
to the ball park where the Raiders
and the Jeff Davis Yellow Jackets
will clash in two games. The
first game will begin at seven
o’clock.
Milan Woman
Electrocuted
A woman was electrocuted in
Milan, Tuesday while helping her
husband install a television an
tenna.
The dead woman was identi
fied as Mrs. Essie Mae Facison,
20, of Milan.
The accident occured on the
Clayton Jones farm near Milan
where the couple lived.
The couple was erecting a
25 foot TV antenna when the
top of the antenna struck an
electric line killing the woman
according to Milan Police chief
Dan Dykes.
Dodge County Coroner Joe Gid
dens said the husband, Thomas,
suffered only minor burns in the
incident.
1961.
“During those nine years
every dime has been spent
exactly as appropriated by the
General Assembly,” he said.
“Yet my office staff remains
the same size. I think this
record proves that I can be
trusted to continue
discharging the duties of
Treasurer efficiently, honestly,
economically, and with only
the interests of the people in
mind.”
Ray said that “during the
nine years I’ve served as
Treasurer, Georgia has
compiled an enviable record in
the proper handling and
management of its tax dollars.
If re-elected, I promise four
more years of this same
leadership.”
Between the twogames a lovely
young teenager will be crowned
“Miss Ocmulgee Academy. ”Her
personal escort, her beautiful
court, and their handsome
escorts will lend a festive atmos
phere to this gala occasion. You
can’t afford to miss such beauty
and excitement.
5 338,557 Grants
Three federal grants totaling
$338,557 have been approved for
three Georgia communities, U.S.
Senators Herman E. Talmadge
and Richard B„ Russell announced
from Washington.
The Appalachian Regional
Commission approved a5175,000
grant to underwrite part of the
sl-million Fort Oglethorpe sew
age treatment plant and pumping
station, and a $57,872 grant to
Gwinnett County for a program
aimed at 500 high school drop
outs.
Homerville is to receive $105,-
685 from the Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development for
the construction of 40 low-rent
housing units, four of which will
be designed for senior citizens.
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UNDERGROUND ATLANTA
Visitors stroll amid the gaslight charm of Underground Atlanta,
The Historic City Beneath The Streets. At left is Muhlenbrink’s
Saloon, a famous spot on Old Alabama Street, a re-creation of a
saloon on the same spot and of the same name that was popular
with Atlantans of the 1850 s. (PRN)
FRIDAY, OCT. 23, 1970
Cottage Prayer
Meetings Precede
Baptist Revival
Alamo Baptist Church is look
ing forward to revival services
to be held November 1-8, with
the Rev. William L. Key of War
ner Robins, preaching. Music
will be under the direction of
Arthur Waite, Minister of Music
at First Baptist Church of East
man.
Cottage prayer meetings have
been planned under the direction
of the Br other hood of the Alamo
church to be held on Tuesday,
October 27, and Thursday,
October 29. The Tuesday prayer
meetings will be held in the
following homes: Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. McDaniel, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Riddle, Mr. and Mrs.
R. U. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Holmes and Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Hartley.
The Thursday meetings will
be held with Mrs. Frances Grif
fin, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brett,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Pickle, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Mathies. All
meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Raymond G. Johnson,
pastor, requests the prayers of
all people who long to see a
spiritual awakening.
Alamo Baptist
Church To Build
New Sanctuary
Alamo Baptist Church voted
in regular conference on Sunday,
October 18, to enter into con
tract with the Palmer Construc
tion Company of Vidalia to erect
a new sanctuary at a cost of
$66,500.00.
This action is the result of
several years of study and plan
ning by the local church. The
complete building program also
calls for new fui-nishings for
the new sanctuary and the reno
vation of the existing church
sanctuary in such manner as to
change it into an educational
building. These two areas of
the building program are still
in the planning stage.
Construction on the new
sanctuary is expected to begin
immediately. The old pastorium
will be removed and the new
structure erected parallel to the
present church auditorium.
Four From Wheeler
Enrolled At South
Ga. Tech School
Four students from Wheeler
County are among the 515 Geor
gians enrolled at South Georgia
Technical and Vocational School,
Americus. They are:
Clifford Browning, Business
Machines Maintenance; John El
ton, Electrical Technology; John
ny A, Stevenson, Automotive Me
chanics; and Mickey Whitehead,
Electrical Technology.
That innocent looking and
beautiful crabapple tree in
your yard is more than orna
mental. Horticulturists with
the University of Georgia Co
operative Extension Service say
it has edible fruit. Crabapples
are suited for processing as
spiced pickles, making jelly or
as a blend with other fruit.
Grand Jury Presentments Oct.
Term Wheeler Superior Court
The Grand Jurors drawn to
serve at the October 1970 Term
of Wheeler C ounty Superior Court
organized by electing Oris Bras
well Foreman, Betty Jo Thomas
Clerk, and Arthur Tarpley, Bai
liff.
The Jurors were sworn in by
District Attorney, Albert D. Mul
lis and received an inspiring
and timely charge to begin their
deliberations.
The Grand Jury, after due
consideration and deliberation,
make the following appointments
and recommendations.
We appoint on the Building
Inspection Committee - Mrs.
Helen F. Hartley, Chairman,
Mrs. J. T. Manus and C. H.
Hinson.
We appoint on the Records
Committee - L. W. Kent, Jr.,
Chairman, Julian Smith and
Ronald Rhodes.
We appoint on the Machinery
Committee - Lewis Mercer,
Chairman, Billy Wilson and
Lamar Stovall.
We recommendthatT. A. Hart
ley be appointed Notary Public,
Ex Officio, Justice of Peace for
the 393rd. District, G. M.
We recommendthat Dr. Marvin
Wall be appointed as a member
of the Health Board for a six
year term for the member whose
term expired June 15, 1970.
We recommend that Herbert
Webster be appointed as a mem
ber of the Health Board for a
six year term for the member
whose term expired December
31, 1969.
Jimmy Carter Coming
To Mcßae Saturday
To Meet Public
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Jimmy Carter, Democratic
candidate for Governor in the
up-coming General Election, will
arrive at the Telfair-Wheeler
Airport Saturday morning,
October 24, about 10:00 o’clock.
Mr. Carter will speak briefly
to the public at the paved parking
area behind the Telfair County
Courthouse where he will give
his views on the issues. He also
expects to tour (walking) Mcßae
and Helena to shake hands and
meet the people.
All citizens of Telfair and
Wheeler Counties are invited to
attend.
Kenney’s Alley in Underground Atlanta, “The Historic City
Beneath The Streets,” is a popular place for family outings with
an array of unique shops including a printer, a glassblower, a
candle shop, and several restaurants. (PRN)
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We recommend that payment
for Jury Duty be raised to eight
dollars per day, effective Jan
uary 1, 1971.
We recommend to all officials
concerned, that a survey be con
tinued for Ocmulgee and Oconee
River Navigation.
We recommend to State
Authorities that treatment and
rehabilitation for drug addicts
be provided. We further recom
mend that officers be provided
to enforce drug laws.
The Building Inspection Com
mittee, Records Committee, and
Machinery Committee made their
reports to the Grand Jury and
their recommendations were
adopted as follows:
That the Courthouse rooms
Federal Land
Bank Annual
Meeting Held
Some 310 stockholders and
guests attending the annual stock
holders meeting were told the
evening of October 15, that in
novations in the past several
months have enabled associations
to more effectively serve the
credit needs of farmers using
Land Bank service. Mentioned
briefly by Frank L. Barton, Vice-
President and Secretary, Federal
Land Bank of Columbia, was a
new variable interest rate now
being offered to new borrowers
thereby enabling them to share
fairly and equally with the bank
the cost of money over the loan
term.
Mr. Barton also pointed out
that member stockholders can
now invest in Farm Credit In
vestment Bonds, which hereto
fore were available to large in
vestors.
Raymond L. Evors, Manager
of the Association, reported that
the association had $13,508,992
in loans outstanding to 975 farm
ers, growers and ranchers, an
all-time high.
Dolan E. Brown of Twin City,.
Director, was chairman of the
meeting.
Other activities of the meeting
included a barbecue dinner and
entertainment by the Michael
Wall Trio of Soperton.
The stockholders also amended
the by laws setting the age limit
of Directors to 65.
Elected to three-year terms
on the association’s board of
directors were Willis McLain,
Sr. of Lyons; and Elmo D. Rich
of Swainsboro. Other directors
are Dolan E. Brown of Twin
City; H. Homer Durrence of Ma
nassas, and Fate DeLoach of
Metter.
The Swainsboro Federal Land
Bank Association makesandser
vices long-term loans to
farmers, growers and ranchers
in Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins,
Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall,
Toombs and Wheeler counties,
it is entirely owned by the
borrower-members it serves.
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all be paneled, a hole in ceiling
of Tax Commissioners Office
needs repair. The Health Office
and Department erf Family &
Children Services were found
in satisfactory condition. The
County building housing theASCS
Office, Wheeler County Library
and Wheeler County Extension
should be painted. The roof of
the Extension building needs re
pair. A light in ASCS Office
needs repair also. The jail needs
to be painted a lighter color.
All records of the County
officers were found in satisfac
tory condition.
The County road equipment
was checked and found in operat
ing condition.
We recommend that the clerk
of this Jury be paid $2.00 per
day extra for her services, and
that Arthur Tarpley, Bailiff be
paid SB.OO per day for his ser
vices.
We wish to express our ap
preciation to District Attorney,
Albert D. Mullis, Judge O’-
Connor, Sheriff Johnson and
Clerk L. R. Clark for the ef
ficient manner in which they
handled the affairs of the Court.
Respectfully Submitted,
Oris Braswell, Foreman
Betty Jo Thomas, Clerk
Urbanites Have
Stake In Rural
America, Herman
“What were serious rural
problems yesterday are critical
city problems today,” declared
U. S, Sen. HermanJß-. Talmadge
in calling for more urban support
of efforts to revitalize rural
America.
“For too long urban interests
have either pretended rural prob
lems didn’t exist or turned their
heads and looked the other way,”
the Georgia senator said in ad
dressing the Douglas County Cen
tennial celebration in Douglas
ville.
“Now, the nation’s cities are
feeling the pressures and the
conflicts resulting from the
massive rural-to-urban migra
tion that has continued year after
year,” he asserted.
Sen. Talmadge outlined legis
lation he is pushing in the Senate
to secure a “national commit
ment” to rural development. He
won approval in the Agriculture
Committee, in the Senate, and
in the conference committee of
an amendment to farm program
legislation that calls for more
planning and efforts to achieve
greater population and economic
balance between rural and urban
America.
“We can make fasterandmore
effective progress in our efforts
to renew rural areas, farms
and small towns when we have
the full support of urban in
terests,” Talmadge said. “They
ought to realize by now that
they also have a high stake in
rural development.
“A better rural-urban balance
is vital to the peace, prosperity,
and welfare of everyone, includ
ing city dwellers. As we move
into a new decade and try to
resolve the social and economic
ills that plague our country, rural
development must be given the
highest priority,” he said,
adding:
“We have on the one hand
cities that are fast becoming
unlivable and ungovernable, and
on the other hand rural com
munities that face social and
economic bankruptcy.
“We cannot go on repeating
the mistakes of the past that
have caused the mass migration
of millions of people from the
country to the city.”
Sen. Talmage pointed out that
although the trend has been slow
ed, “the movement of people
from rural areas still goes on
at a high rate. We already have
70 per cent of the people cram
med on less than two per cent
of the land, and it is estimated
that by the year 2000 one hundred
million more Americans willadd
to the problems of urban poverty,
crime and congestion.”