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VOLUME 56
Liquefied Natural
Gas Plant To
Be Constructed
Atlanta Gas Light Company
has announced plans to build
the first liquefied natural gas
(LNG) plant in Georgia at River
dale, in surburban Atlanta. Site
preparation work is already in
progress.
When it becomes operational
in June, 1972, the LNG facility
will be capable of liquefying 10,-
000,000 cubic feet of natural
gas a day and storing it in a
cryogenic tank. The tank will
hold 290,000 barrels of LNG,
the equivalent of 1,000,000,000
(one billion) cubic feet of natural
gas. It will be 152 feet in dia
meter and 142 feet high. Only
one tank is indicated in present
plans.
The new plant will have the
capacity to put 200,000,000 cubic
feet of gas per day into the
company’s distribution system
in Atlanta. At this maximum,
the plant could operate for five
days.
While the plant is being con
structed primarily to serve in
the Atlanta area, it will also
have an effect on the company’s •
thousands of customers outside
Atlanta. On occasions when the ;
LNG plant is supplying part of :
the needs of the Metro Atlanta
area, a portion of the incoming :
natural gas from cross-country
mains can be diverted to other
parts of the state. ;
Atlanta Gas Light Company
already operates a refrigerated ।
propane storage facility at River
dale. Combined, the propane and
LNG plants will have a maximum >
daily send-out potential of 268,- ,
000,000 cubic feet for five days :
and 68,000,000 cubic feet for ,
three additional days.
Governors Move
To Combat Drug
Traffic Lauded
With the illicit drug traffic
now a major problem in this
country and Atlanta gaining a
reputation as a hot spot in this
nefarious operation, Gov. Lester
G. Maddox recently ordered the <
Georgia Bureau of Investigation ।
into the Atlanta hippie district ,
in an effort to curtail the opera- ,
tion in Georgia. :
What the Griffin Daily News
had to say editorially on the
subject may well have expressed
the viewpoint of other Georgia
communities where the drug
problem has arisen. The editorial
follows:
‘Some folks are knocking Gov.
Maddox for sending the GBI to
raid the hippies. The critics say
it was strictly political, just
for the next election.
“We don’t agree with the crit
ics. We support Lester when we .
think he’s right and oppose him
when we think he’s wrong. This
time we think he’s right.
“If the City of Atlanta can’t ।
stop drug abuse in Hippietown,
then the state had better act
because the problem besets us
all. As a matter of fact, the
problem has become so severe
in Spalding County that the
Superior Court judge discussed
it in his charge earlier this
month.
‘•Cracking down on drug ped
dlers in Atlanta won’t cure
Griffin’s problems. But it will
help lessen them, and it will
make it less difficult for the
proper authorities in Griffin to
solve them.
“So, we think the governor
acted properly.”
Winter Quarter To
Begin Dec. 14 At
Area Tech School
Ben Hill-Irwin Area Technical
School’s Winter Quarter will be
gin on Monday, December 14.
There are openings in all areas
at the school except Cosmetology
and Licensed Practical Nursing.
These areas are Business Edu
cation, Drafting, Welding,
Machine Shop, Radio and T, V.
Repair, Auto Mechanics, Diesel
Mechanics, and Food Service
Management. Anyone interested
should contact the school at P. O.
Drawer M, Fitzgerald, or phone
912-468-7487.
Wheeler County Eagle
Wheeler Co. High
To Sponsor
STAR Program
The Wheeler County High
School, according to Norman L.
Jarrard, Principal, will be the
official sponsor of the Student
Teacher Achievement Recog
nition (STAR) Program in the
Wheeler County school system,
Claude Booker, Exec. V. P.,
Liberty National Bank & Trust
Company, Savannah, and First
District Chairman for STAR an
nounced today.
STAR, a program originated
by the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce, recognizes and promotes
academic achievement, honors
the teaching profession and ex
plains the merits of the free
enterprise system.
Awards and honors to be given
to the 1971 STAR Students and
STAR Teachers were outlined
by the Georgia Chamber Edu
cation Department Chairman Ray
Mcßae, President, First National
Bank, Gainesville.
The 1971 STAR Student will
be awarded a trip to Great Brita in
via Pan American World Air
ways, SSOO cash from the Atlanta
Gas Light Company and the STAR
Statuette -presented by the Geor
gia Chamber of Commerce. The
State STAR Teacher will receive
a SSOO Sears Roebuck Foundation
Scholarship and A. L. Feldman
will presentthe “AW’’Statuette.
All District winners and first
runner-up STAR Students in each
District will enjoy a one week
educational sight-seeing STAR
Tour of Georgia.
First runner-up to the State
STAR Student (from among Dis
trict STAR Students) will be
awarded a SSOO scholarship by
the Atlantic Steel Foundation,
and first runner-up to the State
STAR Teacher will receive the
SSOO Thad Wilkins-L. G. Balfour
Company Scholarship.
As the local STAR Sponsor,
the Wheeler County High School
will administer the System
Student and Teacher’s trip to
the District STAR Meetings, and
provide expenses and escort for
the System Student and Teacher
to attend the State STAR fes
tivities at Atlanta’s Marriott
Motor Hotel, Friday, April 23,
1971.
To qualify to become a STAR
Student, a student must be
unmarried, a regularly enrolled
senior in an accredited public
or private high school in Georgia
and must have a scholastic
average for the first semester
of the senior year in the upper
10 per cent of his or her class.
Students must have taken the
College Board Scholastic Apti
tude Test, (SAT), either
November 7, or December 5.
The student’s grades for each
part of the SAT must be at
least equal to the latest available
national average.
Each STAR Student will desig
nate the qualified teacher
Crossroads of Light
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Illumination from the "Crossroads of Light’’ exhibit
at Henderson, N. C.. forms a dramatic background
behind members of the Georgia Federation of Women s
Clubs. The women are learning how proper lighting
of streets and highways cuts down on crime and on
traffic fatalities. The Georgia clubwomen have initi
ated a “Light up Georgia” campaign that will be
carried to city and county government officials
throughout the state. General Electric Co., which
maintains the nationally known “Crossroads of Light,
was host for the Georgia clubwomen during the tour.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
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WASHING ION (PRNI-Congressman G. Elliott Hagan and
Colonel John S. Egbert review the projects they have worked
closely on during Egbert’s tenure as Savannah District Engineer,
including the Altamaha River navigation project, the Savannah
River and Savannah Harbor widening and deepening, and Tybee
Island beach erosion control and others. Egbert, who has been
reassigned to Vietnam, was commended by Hagan for “the
excellent job he did as District Engineer." Hagan said he is
looking forward to also working closely with Colonel Howard L.
Strohecker, Egbert's successor.
Revival Services
For Wheeler Co.
United Methodist
Revival services will be held
on the Wheeler County United
Methodist Church Circuit, begin
ning on Sunday, November 8,
and continuing through Friday,
November 13, with services each
evening at 7:00 o’clock.
The Rev. James Moore will
be the guest speaker.
The schedule for the churches
is as follows:
Browning United Methodist -
Sunday, Nov. 8 and Monday, Nov.
9th.
Springhill United Methodist -
Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Wednes
day, Nov. 11.
Shiloh United Methodist -
Thursday, Nov. 12 and Friday,
Nov. 13.
The pastor, the Rev. Lonnie
E. Dunbar, Jr., and members
of the churches invites everyone
to attend.
Would You Like
To Help Others?
If you have clothes, shoes,
linens, blankets, quilts or house
hold furnishings that you would
like to donate to people less
fortunate than yourself, please
bring them by the Wheeler County
Department of Family and Chil
dren Services, Alamo.
This office is open Monday
through Friday from 8:00 a.m.
till 5:00 p.m.
(elementary or high school) who
contributed most to his or her
scholastic development.
Anne Johnson
To Perform In
Vagabond Theatre
Anne Johnson of Alamo, is on
leave of absence from her studies
at Mercer University in Macon,
to perform as Balladeer in the
Vagabond Touring Theatre pro
duction of “The World of Carl
Sandburg,’’ now on its eighth
annual winter tour to another 60
North Carolina high schools
under the auspices of the State
Department of Public Instruction.
She won the Balladeer assign
ment because of her outstanding
work at the Flat Rock Playhouse,
the State Theatre of North Caro
lina, during the 1970 summer
season.
Miss Johnson appeared at Flat
Rock in “The Crocodile Smile,”
the new play by Jerome Lawrence
and Robert E. Lee which was
given its world premiere by the
Vagabond Players. In the Vaga
bond School of the Drama pro
duction, “Trudi and the Mins
trel," she acted and sang the
gypsy role of Romola. An ac
complished pianist, she played
the musical accompaniment for
the Vagabond revue, “The Fun
nies," in which she also per
formed.
Previous theatrical credits in
clud? Nancy in “Oliver, ” Jean
nette in “Three Knaves of Norm
andy, ” and the Duchess of Al
bequerque in “Infanta."
Miss Johnson studied voice
at Blair Academy of Music in
Nashville, and at Peabody
College. Her training includes
twelve years of piano, as well
as acting and ballet.
As the Vagabond Touring
Theatre’s Balladeer, she plays
the guitar and sings selections
from Carl Sandburg’s “The
American Songbag.”
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hollis Johnson of Alamo.
Little Ocmulgee
E.M.C. Annual
Meeting Nov. 11
The Annual Meeting of
Members of The Little Ocmulgee
Electric Membership Corpora
tion will be held at the Wheeler
County High School Gymnasium
in Alamo, November 11, at 2:00
p.m.
Members will elect directors
for three year terms from
Wheeler, Telfair and Laurens
Counties. Entertainment will be
furnished by the Music Depart
ment of the Wheeler County High ,
School.
Two major prizes, a dish
washer and clothes dryer, will
be given away, along with
numerous small appliances and
cash prizes.
That’s what Extension Serv
ice agronomists are calling
winter grazing and soybeans.
Winter grazing-soybean com
bination utilizes both winter
and summer sunshine and rain
fall to produce high and profit
able yields. County Extension
Service agents can provide
names of recommended
varieties and local planting
schedules.
FRIDAY, NOV. 6, 1970
Heeler County Regional UJinner In
Georgia f.IC.C. Conversation Contest
Wheeler County lias been de
clared a regional winner in the
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation’s “Beautification
Through Conservation” contest
for 1970, according to Pete Phil
lips, Group V Vice President,
Georgia Association of District
Supervisors. A prize of SIOO
will be awarded to Wheeler
Comity.
Wheeler County competed with
three other county semi-finalist
winners in GACDS Group V in
winning this regional honor.
Judges for the Group Vcontest
in which Wheeler County was
selected included Mrs. Jim
Peterson, Mrs. William F. Led
ford and Mrs. Paulette Barrett.
Wheeler County will now com
pete with four other regional
winners of GACDS groups
in Georgia for the top honors
in the state.
A panel of judges to select
the state winner will be appointed
by Frank Crawford, Rockmart,
1970 President of GACDS, co
sponsor of the beautification
contest.
The judges will spend one day
early in November in Wheeler
County and in each of the four
other regional winning counties.
They will meet the local con
servation and community leaders
to observe conservation activi
ties and accomplishments.
The winning county in the state
will be announced at the GACD
annual meeting at Savannah,
December 7, by Walter Harrison
of Millen, Manager, Georgia
Electric Membership Cor-
Autumn Colors
Still In Focus At
State Parks
Os the many seasonal attrac
tions in Georgia’s 46 state parks,
nature’s autumn spectacular
probably is the most popular.
While the colorful show has
passed its peak in the mountain
range of north Georgia, in more
than 20 state parks in the central
and southern parts of the state
the beautiful foliage is still in
focus, according to State Parks
Department officials.
Here the brilliant reds, yel
lows and oranges are attractively
framed by evergreens, and al
though the number of deciduous
trees is less than that of north
Georgia, beautiful stands -of
maples, sweetgums, hickories
and oaks are often mirrored by
numerous lakes and streams,
it was pointed out.
“It’s a great opportunity for
Georgians to enjoy the fall colors
if they missed them when they
passed through north Georgia,”
Georgia Office Os
Sen. Talmadge
Open To Public
Immediately upon returning
from a 10-day trip to the Middle
East, Georgia’s U. S. Sen. Her
man E. Talmadge opened his
Atlanta office where his constit
uents can come and discuss their
problems with the senator be
tween now and Nov. 13 while
Congress is in recess.
Sen. Talmadge’s Atlanta office
is located in the Federal Building
at 275 Peachtree St., N. E., Room
430, Atlanta, Ga. 30303. (Phone
No. 524-7738. Code No. 404).
During his Mid-East tour, the
Georgia senator met with acting
Premier Yigal Alien and other
top government officials in
Israel.
Sen. Talmadge told newsmen
he hoped Egypt and the Soviet
Union would pull out the mis
siles Israel charges they have
set up in the Suez Canal zone in
violation of the cease-fire. But
he added he was not optimistic
about it.
Sen. Talmadge will return to
Washington in time for the re
convening of Congress Nov. 16.
poration. At the same time,
Harrison will presentthe winning
, county with SSOO made available
by the 41 Electric Membership
Corporatives in the state.
“The Georgia Electric Co
operatives have been glad to
co-sponsor this awards program,
Harrison says. Electric Co
operative members are not only
conservation-minded but vitally
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Assoc. Garden Clubs
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Fall Meeting
The Executive Fall Board
t Meeting of the Associated Garden
Clubs of Southeast Georgia met
on Thursday, October 15, for a
luncheon meeting at the Holiday
Inn at Richmond Hill, Mrs.
Charles Jones of Hinesville,
President, presided.
Plans were made for the fall
meeting to be held at Adrian,
। Tuesday, November 10. Hostess
clubs are Adrian, Mount Vernon,
Vidalia, Town and Country,
, Soperton, Ailey and Alamo.
Mrs. Thomas Coxen of
Ludowici, past president of As
. sociated Garden Clubs of South
. east Georgia will give a lecture
and show slides on “The Holy
Land. ’ ’
Registration will be held at
the Methodist Church on Highway
80 from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Specimens for the horticulture
’ exhibits may be entered between
9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and should
’ be tagged with name and variety
t on one side and name of the
club and person on the citherside.
Lunch will be served in the
Methodist Church social hall at
12:00 noon. Cost will be $2.50.
For reservation, call or write
Mrs. Brooks Hutcheson, Rt. 1,
Kite, Georgia 31049. Telephone
912-668-3381. Reservations
must be in by November 6.
Mrs. Charles Jones, Pres
ident, of Hinesville, will preside.
Mrs. H. B. Brewton is publicity
chairman.
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Golfing at Little Octnulgee State Park at Mcßae. (PRN)
McRAE, Ga. (PRN) - Set
in the high sand hills of Middle
Georgia, Little Ocmulgee State
Park provides historic interest
as well as family fun and
relaxation.
Located two miles north of
Mcßae on U.S. 319-441, the
1,397-acre park boasts a
9-hole golf course and
clubhouse, as well as a
miniature golf course. Both
rental equipment and golf
lessons are available here.
Greens fees are $2.00 for men
and $1.50 for women and
young people under 19, with a
special rate offered to student
golf teams during the school
term.
Other features include
plentiful picnic sites,
playground facilities and a
recreation pavilion, swimming,
fishing and camping facilities.
Although rental boats are not
available, visitors may bring
their own boats and motors
(no limit on motor
horsepower) and use boat
docks and launching ramp
provided by the park.
Cottages at Little Ocmulgee
are fully equipped for
housekeeping, including
electric stove and refrigerator,
cooking and serving utensils
1 and linens. Automatic central
and air-conditioning are
provided as well. Reservations
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interested in anything that will
contribute to the betterment of
Georgia.”
Frank Crawford, GACDS
President, stated that conser
vation has more than utilitarian
values. “We are convinced,” he
said, “that the application of
conservation practices on a wide
spread scale will go far toward
Maddox Praises
Smaller Papers In
Slate, Nation
Gov. Lester G. Maddbx, in
welcoming the National News
paper Association’s annual fall
meeting and trade show toAtlan
ta, said that the smaller com
munity newspapers are more re
sponsive to the public than their
“big city” counterparts.
The governor was critical of
“big city newspapers with a mon
opoly... All too often, a big city
newspaper with a monopoly tends
to stray away from the heartbeat
of the common man, using its
power and influence to promote
policies and philosophies which
are alien to the rank and file
of conservative Americans.” He
added:
“Smaller newspapers are gen
erally doing a good job of filling
the credibility gap which has
been created by the monopoly
media, but I would like to see
you expand your influence even
more.”
Gov. Maddox conceded that
most people depend upon larger
publications for national and
international news, but he con
tended that “it’s the smaller,
independent publications that
really put the news in perspec
tive and bring to the attention
of the American people the mat
ters which directly concern their
communities.”
for housing may be made
through the park
superintendent.
Little Ocmulgee plays an
important part in Georgia’s
rich Indian heritage. It is
believed the origin of the
name “Creeks” is an
abbreviation of Ocheese Creek
Indians. Ocheese was an early
name for the Ocmulgee River,
along which most Creeks were
living and hunting when they
first came in contact with
English settlers. This river now
forms a 300-acre lake used for
fishing, swimming and
boating.
Little Ocmulgee is one of
44 Georgia State Parks
encompassing approximately
40,000 acres. They are well
distributed throughout the
State and conveniently located
near principal highways.
All parks are open on a
year-round basis. Most
facilities are available during
winter months, except in
freezing weather when water
systems must be protected.
Hours are 7 a. m. to 10 p.m.
The Tourist Division of the
Department of Industry and
Trade believes Georgia’s
golden fall weather would be ,
enjoyed by the entire family
on an outing to Little
Ocmulgee State Park.
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making the Georgia countryside
more appealing and more at
tractive.
. “A stretch of cut-over land,
skinned and abandoned or an
old field with gullies and bald
patches is not only unproductive
but also ugly and depressing to
the viewer.
“But there is beauty in trees
and a peaceful pond. In the end,
the poetry of conservation
treated land and the drama of
the fruitful countryside are the
values that count.” Crawford
said.
Baptist Foundation
Elects Rev. Duncan
The assistant executive secre
tary of the Georgia Baptist Foun
dation has been elected executive
secretary of the Foundation.
The Rev. Charles C. Duncan
’ will succeed Dr. Harry V.Smith,
effective January 1. Dr. Smith
announced retirement plans earl
; ier this year.
: The election was announced by
L. G. Hardman, Commerce,
■ chh irman of the Foundation trus
i tees; and the Rev. W. Robert
Rutledge, Augusta, chairman of
the Endowment Committee. Dr.
Smith, who has led the Foundation
since 1955, becomes executive
; secretary emeritus.
The Foundation holds SIO,OOO
- 000 in trusts for educational,
: benevolent, and mission causes
i of the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion.
; The Rev. Mr. Duncan came
• to the Foundation in 1967 from
I the pastorate of the First Baptist
Church of McCaysville. A native
of Dewey Rose, Duncan has also
been pastor of Demorest Baptist
Church; Bethlehem Baptist Chur
ch, Clarkesville; Lithonia Bap
tist Church; and First Baptist
Church, Camilla.
He has been a member of the
executive and administration
committees of the Convention
and was director of Southern
Baptist Hospitals, president of
the Georgia Baptist Pastors’
Conference, vice-president of the
Convention and moderator of
Tucker and Morganton Baptist
Associations.
Language Training
Enlistment Option
Now Being Offered
The United States Army Re
• cruiting Command has issued a
directive to all recruiters
throughout the country that they
may now offer a splendid language
training enlistment option to
qualified young men of military
age.
A background in a foreign lang
uage is helpful to an applicant
but it is not a requirement, Those
applicants who choose Romanian,
Cambodian, Korean, Lactian or
Vietnamese will be interviewed
by an Army Security Agency
representative although they will
not necessarily be assigned to
ASA.
Quotas for those electing
Korean or Vietnamese are liberal
but applicants desiring schooling
for the many other languages
should act promptly to assure
placement.
Other languages included in the
range of choice for an enlistee
include Arabic-Egyptian, Bur
mese, Chinese-Mandarin, Czech,
German, Indonesian, Japanese,
Persian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-
Croatian and Spanish. The length
of the courses depend on the
relative difficulty of the language.
French, Spanish and Italian are
covered in 24 weeks, whereas
Chinese, Japanese and Russian
take 47 weeks.
Those young men of this area
who wish more complete details
at no obligation should contact
Sergeant Bob Manning at 112 A
Jackson St., Vidalia, phone 537-
7097.