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VOLUME 56
Tobacco Growers
Set To Meet
In Several Areas
A series of tobacco meetings
designed to familiarize tobacco
growers with problems that
threaten Georgia’s tobacco ex
port market will be held next
week in several tobacco growing
areas, according to Com
missioner of Agriculture Tommy
Irvin.
Irvin said the meetings, sche
duled in cooperation with other
interested agricultural agencies,
will deal with concern expressed
by foreign buyers over the sub
stitution of new tobacco varieties
for the standard or old line
varieties which the foreign
buyers prefer.
According to Irvin, the meet
ings, which will all begin at
2:00 p.m. will be held at the
Waycross Court House on Nov.
17, Metter Court House on Nov.
18, Douglas Court House on Nov.
19 and the County Agriculture
Building in Moultrie on Nov. 20.
“If we are to maintain our
ioreign markets,” Irvin said,
we must continue to produce
the old line tobacco varieties
bat feature the characteristics
tta buyers and users want. We
are facing a serious problem
that only tobacco growers can
solve and 1 urge every tobacco
farmer to try and attend the
meeting most convenient to his
marketing area,” Irvin said.
Miss Renee Dennis
Receives DAR
Good Citizen Award
Miss Renee Dennis, a senior
in the Wheeler County High School
has received the DAR Good Citi
zen Award.
To be eligible for the award,
the candidate must possess the
following qualities toan outstand
ing degree: Dependability, in
cluding truthfulness, loyalty and
punctuality; service, coopera
tion, courtesy, consideration of
others and civic activities;
leadership, personality, self
control, ability to assume re
sponsibility; and patriotism, un
selfish interest in family, school,
community and nation.
Miss Dennis is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Dennis
and resides on Rt. 1, Helena.
Report Farm Acreage
Ownership Changes
To ASCS Office
Gene Harris, Chairman of the
Wheeler County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
(ASC) Committee, suggests that
now is a good time for farmers
to bring up to date farm records
which are maintained in their
County ASCS Office.
Records are kept on farms
.anticipating in Government pro
grams administered by ASCS.
A farmer who was in any pro
gram in 1970 and who has bought,
sold, leased, rented or otherwise
acquired or disposed of farmland
should visit his County ASCS
Office to report the transactions.
The ASC Committee Chairman
commented that previous farm
legislation is expiring and Con
gress is expected to take up
proposed new farm legislation
when it reconvenes in November.
“Whatever farm programs we
tave, farmers will want to be
sure their farm records are
accurate and complete when the
programs go into effect,” Mr.
Harris said.
County ASCS offices are re
quired to keep records on acreage
of all farms where owners or
operators participate in any'ASCS
administered program. These in
clude programs for feed grain,
wheat, cotton, peanuts, rice, to
bacco, sugarcane and sugarbeets
in years when proportionate
shares are in effect. In addition,
ASCS-administered farm pro
grams include price-support on
several commodities such as
soybeans and honey.
The County ASC Committee
said that if a farm is constituted
differently now than it was when
the farmer began program par
ticipation, and if he hasn’t yet
reported the change, he should
do so as soon as possible. Also,
if a farm has changed owners
or operators in ttat period, a
report should be made to the
County ASCS Office.
Wheeler County Eagle
ATLANTA. . . Hundreds of leaders of veterans’ organi
zations, representatives of the Armed Forces and legisla
tive officials turned out for ceremonies at the state capitol
building where Governor Lester Maddox signed the pro
clamation officially designating Wednesday, November 11,
1970. as Veterans Day in Georgia, Patriotic music for the
Rhine Man Charged
In Shooting Death
The Macon Telegraph
Clarence Moore Jr., a night
policeman of Rhine, was placed
in Dodge County Jail Wednesday,
Nov. 4, on a charge of murder
in connection with the shooting
death of Raymond A. Peacock
of Rt. 4, Eastman.
According to Dodge County
Sheriff Jackson Jones, Moore
came Wednesday morning to the
office of Eastman Cotton Mills
and asked to see Peacock.
Peacock came outside to meet
Moore and was shot five times
with a .38 caliber pistol, the
sheriff said.
Moore then went inside the
cotton mill, put his pistol down,
telephoned the sheriff and waited
until he arrived, Jackson said.
Peacock died at 10 a.m. in
Dodge County Hospital of gun
shot wounds, according to hos-
Ga. School Boards
Assoc. District
Meeting Nov. 18
Olvin Smith, member of the
Coffee County Board of Education
and Bth District Director of the
Georgia School Boards Associ
ation, Inc., announces plans for
the Annual Fall District Meeting
cf local school board members,
administrators, and legislators
from his district. The seminar
will be held at the Union Building
of South Georgia College in Doug
las on Wednesday evening, Nov.
18, beginning at 7:00 o’clock.
The major thrust of an in
formative and fast-moving pro
gram will be legislative
proposals advanced by the GSBA,
designed to meet some of the
most pressing needs of local
boards of education throughout
the district. Also, participants
will receive a status report on
school desegregation in their dis
trict.
Hagan Joins 55 Other
Congressmen In Rate Case
WASHINGTON: (PRN)
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan
is among fifty-five southern
Congressmen who have signed
a petition asking the
Department of Justice to
support the south in an
important freight rate case
now pending in the Federal
Courts.
The case involves the basic
formula by which railroad
rates on north-south freight
shipments are divided between
northern and southern
railroads.
At present, Hagan
explained, these rates are
divided according to the
amount of service performed,
each group of railroads
receiving the same proportion
of the rate for the same
amount of service. The
northern railroads have been
trying for several years to get
the Interstate Commerce
Commission to give them
more than an equal share of
these rates in order to offset
some of their financial
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Veterans Day Observance In Georgia
pita! spokesmen.
Moore told the sheriff that
1 Peacock had tried to break into
, his home Tuesday night.
Moore was employed at Arm
; strong Cork Co. in Macon until
. Armstrong closed down the plant
June 3 after management and
Cement, Lime and Gypsum Work
i ers Local 461, of which Moore
■ was a member, failed to reach
agreement on a new contract.
Sgt. Jimmy Adams
Receives Bronze Star
Army Sergeant Jimmy W.
Atams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Adams of Alamo, recently
received the Bronze Star Medal
near Phouc Vinh, Vietnam.
He received the award for
distinguishing himself by val
orous actions. The Bronze Star
Medal, adopted in 1944, recog
nizes acts of heroism performed
in ground combat against an
armed hostile force.
Sgt. Adams received the award
while assigned to the 62nd In
fantry Platoon of the Ist Cavalry
Division, Airmobile in Vietnam.
The Sergeant entered the Army
in June 1969, completed basic,
training at Ft. Jackson, S. C.,
■ and was last stationed at Ft.
Gordon.
He also holds the Air Medal
and the Purple Heart.
GEORGIA WILDFIRES
What causes wildfires in
Georgia? Debris burning is still
the major cause. Os the 8,743
! wildfires reported in 1969,
> some 3,235 or 37 percent were
' attributed to debris burning.
1 All of these were due to
t carelessness on the part of
i someone—a homeowner burn
i ing trash, a sawmiller burning
slabs or landowners clearing
fields.
problems.
Because this would reduce
their revenues by millions of
dollars each year, the southern
railroads have vigorously
resisted this claim for
preferential northern divisions,
and because these inflated
northern divisions would have
the effect of forcing southern
shippers to subsidize
inefficiencies of the northern
railroads, the Southern
Governors’ Conference has
also fought against the
northern railroads’ claims.
The petition signed by
Congressman Hagan objects to
unfair divisions of freight rates
as being economic
discrimination against the
south. The petition says
inflated northern divisions
“would raise an artificial
barrier against the movement
of southern goods to northern
markets, and thereby
discourage the establishment
and expansion of business and
industries throughout the
south.”
occasion was presented by the United States Third Army
Band from Fort McPherson. Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler served as Georgia Chairman for
Veterans Day observance. Assisting him as Co-chairmen
were the Department Commanders and Auxiliary Presi
dents of the major veterans’ organizations in Georgia.
Highway Patrol
Gets Foolproof
Radar Machines
Motorists, both Georgia and
out-of-state drivers who are in
clined to exceed the lawful speed
limits in this state, would be
smart to change their attitude.
Here’s why:
Georgia’s State Patrol is re
plenishing its stock of radar
speed checking devices with a
new type unit that has practically
doubled the range of previous
radar units, according to Col.
R. H. Burson, director of the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety.
The new radar units, already
installed on a number of patrol
cars, have an effective one-half
mile range compared to about
one-fourth mile for the previous
units. The new units also work
more efficiently inside the patrol
car than the older units. The
patrol plans to purchase more
of these units.
Combined with the present
Vas car and radar units now in
use, the new units will raise
the patrol’s number of speed
checking devices to well over
150.
The new radar unit, according
to the manufacturer, is guaran
teed to be jamproof, foolproof,
and to tell the truth to within
one mile per hour.
For example, it will not be
affected adversely by lawn mow
ers, high tension wires, or tin
foil placed in hub caps, it was
pointed out.
“In short,” commented Col.
Burson, “drivers who are prone
to break our speed laws had bet
ter watch out. We’ve got a secret
weapon to catch them.”
Spaulding Grove
Baptist Church
50th. Anniversary
The 50th anniversary of
Spaulding Grove Baptist Church
in Alamo, and the 86th birthday
of the pastor, the Rev. J. W.
Harvey, was observed with a
celebration at the church on Sun
day, November 8.
The Rev. Harvey who has five
daughters, six sons, 53 grand
children and 104 great and great
great grandchildren, for a total
of 168, has been the pastor at
Spaulding Grove since it began
50 years ago.
Annual Thanksgiving
Dinner At Alamo
United Methodist
The annual Thanksgiving
Dinner will be Saturday, Novem
ber 21, at the ALAMO UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH. Turkey
with all the trimmings and cake
for dessert will be served begin
ning at 5 o’clock.
Tickets can be purchased in
advance by calling the Methodist
parsonage, 568-2651, or you can
pay at the door.
Everyone is invited to come.
You can’t lose. The Lordhelps
those who help themselves, and
the government helps those who
won’t.
FRIDAY, NOV. 13, 1970
Heart Os Ga.
Announces Funds
For Youth Program
I An allocation of $110,460 for
the Neighborhood Youth Corps
I program in the Heart of Georgia
area was announced today by
Senators Herman Talmadge and
Richard Russell. The announce
ment was in the form of a tele
■ gram to the Heart of Georgia
Community Action Council, Inc.,
■ headquartered in Eastman.
; The grant is from the Depart
ment of Labor and will fund the
! 1970-71 payroll for 38 out-of
: school NYC enrollees, according
to C. J. Broome, Executive Dr
rector, Heart of Georgia Com
l munity Action Council, Inc.
: Enrollees in this program will
be provided work-training and
work experience, combined with
educational and training assis
tance, including basic literacy,
counseling and occupational po
tential. Applicants 16 and 17
years of age are enrolled in the
. program in the Heart of Georgia
area. Enrollment is limited to
24 months. The grant announced
I is for a contract period ending
July 17, 1971.
The Neighborhood Youth Corps
program is supervised by Mrs.
Audrey Pate, NYC Director, in
the 12 county Heart of Georgia
area. Headquarters for the Heart
of Georgia Council and for the
NYC program are in Eastman.
In addition to the out-of-school
program, there is an in-school
program in current operation
enrolling 170 youths. This in
school program operates under
a contract for $329,150 which
began September 1, 1967, and
ends January 31, 1971. During
the past summer a special youth
program involving 100 youths
was operated by NYC. All NYC
enrollees are paid for their work
which enables them to continue
educational efforts.
The Heart of Georgia Com
munity Action Council is operated
by a 30-member Governing
Board, chaired by Boston Harrell
cf Soperton. Each of the counties
is represented on the Board.
KEEP IT COOL DEER
Hundreds of pounds of deer
meat are spoiled each year
because the carcasses were not
handled with proper care.
, Wildlife specialists with the
University of Georgia
Extension Service say this is
especially true in Georgia
where many deer hunting days
are warm and sunny. Because
the animal’s body heat causes
rapid spoilage, the carcass
should be cooled as soon as
possible. When taking the deer
home, don’t put it across the
hood of the car. Engine heat
can ruin a deer carcass in a
short time.
Lumber and other wood
products used in construction
are often treated with fire re
tardant chemicals to give added
protection against fire hazards.
Chemicals are pressured deep
into the wood. These chemicals
emit a non-combustible gas and
vapor at a temperature several
degrees below that at which
wood will burn. This gas and
vapor retards flame spread.
Ex-Judge Harold Ward
Dies After Auto Mishap
Former Dublin Judicial Circuit
Judge Harold E. Ward, 49, was
killed Monday night when he suf
fered a heart attack after his
car struck a parked auto with
no lights.
His vehicle went out of con
trol, hit a tree and a house.
He served four years as judge
of the four-county' Dublin Judi
cial Circuit that includes Laur-
Atlanta Gas Light
Co. Wins National
Safe Driving Honors
National Safe Driving honors
were won by Atlanta Gas Light
Company in the Gas Industry
Division of the 39th National
Fleet Safety Contest conducted
by the National Safety Council,
and sponsored by the American
Gas Association. Atlanta Gas
Light is the parent company' of
Georgia Natural Gas Company
and Savannah Gas Company.
The Atlanta Gas Light Company
fleet, consisting of 850 vehicles
and over 1,000 drivers in 192
municipalities throughout the
state, was awarded a certificate
of achievement here today in the
Gas Industry Division of the con
test, and at ceremonies held in
conjunction with the 58th National
Safety Congress and Exposition.
The award is based on the
company’s outstanding safety
performance from July, 1969,
through June, 1970. During this
period, the firm’s drivers ope
rated over 11-million miles and
tad less than 10.4 accidents per
1,000,000 miles of operation.
All accidents were counted in
the contest except those
occuring when a company ve
hicle was properly parked. Win
ners were determined after
certification of their records by
an official appointed by the
National Fleet Safety Contest
Committee.
The winners were honored at
an award luncheon sponsored by
General Motors Corporation in
the LaSalle Hotel’s Grand Ball
room. More than seven hundred
safety experts from the nation’s
motor transportation industry at -
tended the luncheon.
One hundred and eight com
peting fleets, consisting of 46,-
709 vehicles, traveled 603,537,-
000 miles during the contest
year.
Atlanta Gas Light Company,
the largest natural gas distri
bution company in the southeast
ern United States, serves more
than 600,000 Georgians from its
54 offices in the State.
Outstanding Science Student
Bob Koester, outstanding science student at the Central High
School Complex in Macon, and George Sturgis of the Georgia
State Department of Education, learn about commercial uses of
nuclear energy while visiting Chicago’s Museum of Science and
Industry. The two attended the 11th National Youth Conference
on the Atom. Bob was the Macon division winner of the annual
Georgia Power Company-sponsored trip for seven top Georgia
high school science students. Each spring at the Georgia State
Science Fair in Athens, one student is chosen from each of the
power company’s seven geographical divisions. Winners are
selected by a committee from the State Department of Education.
SINGLE COPY 5<
ens, Twiggs, Treutlen and
Johnson counties, and for two
four-year terms as the circuit’s
solicitor general (now called dis
trict attorney).
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Pine
Forest Methodist Church where
he was a member of the board.
According to Police Chief Ver
non Deloach, Mr. Ward was driv
ing alone about 11:30 p.m. when
he suddenly came up on a 1962
Oldsmobile parked with no lights
on. The parked car was owned
by Martha Jeffery of Dublin, the
police chief said.
DeLoach said the Ward auto
swerved sharply in an effort to
miss the parked car but did
strike the rear and this caused
the driver to have a heart attack
and threw the moving vehicle
out of control and caused it to
smash into a tree and house
on Bellevue Avenue.
The woman was charged with
1 leaving a vehicle on the side of
the street without lights and hav
ing an expired driver’s license,
according to De Loach.
Mr. Ward, a native of Macon,
was a graduate of the University
Public Controls
Health System,
State Assoc. Told
Comprehensive health ser
vices are not often available
even to those who can afford
them, Dr. Thomas F. Sellers,
Jr., Chairman of the Department
I of Preventive Medicine and Com
• munity Health, Emory School of
Medicine, told the final session
i of the 41st annual meeting of
• the Georgia Public Health
Association in Augusta today.
Although a scarcity of money
• and physician manpower contri
■ bute to this problem of providing
i comprehensive health care, he
; said, the system is largely at
fault. “The health care system
, in this country has grown with
very little planning and has not
i changed with the times,” the
physician charged.
I “The public has the only con
i trol over its health system,”
■ he pointed out, “because it must
pay the bill.”
Also during this rap-up ses
sion, J. B. Eller of Chamblee
was elected president of the As
sociation for the coming year.
Other new officers are: Dr. Nor
man B. Pursley of Gracewood,
president elect; Dr. David M.
Wolfe of Albany, vice president;
George Clackum of Atlanta,
secretary; and William W. Moore
of Atlanta, treasurer.
NUMBER 32
of Georgia. He was a practicing
attorney in Dublin for 20 years.
He was a veteran of World War
11, chairman of the state board
of the Cancer Society, a former
city attorney and a former city
recorder.
He was a member of the
American Legion, the Dublin Bar
Association, the Elks and was a
Mason and a Shriner.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Minnie Ward and four chil
dren, Mrs. Connie Wommack of
Adrian, and Misses Cristol and
Cynthia Ward and Harold E. Ward
Jr., all of Dublin.
Register Now To
Participate In
Nat. Merit Program
Wheeler County High School
students who expect to complete
their secondary school require
ments and to enter college in
1972 should register now to par
ticipate in the 1971-72 National
Merit Scholarship Program,
Principal James Mullins announ
ced today.
The first step for all students
who wish to enter the nationwide
Merit Scholarship competition is
to take the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test
(NMSQT). The test will be given
only once during this school year.
Our school is scheduled to give
the NMSQT at 9:00 a.m., Satur
day, February 13 (or Tuesday,
February 16), 1971.
Taking the NMSQT is also
the first step for students who
wish to participate in other schol
arship programs administered
by the National Merit Scholarship
Corporation (NMSC). These pro
grams include the National
Achievement Scholarship Pro
gram for Outstanding Negro Stu
dents and Special Scholarship
programs administered by NMSC
for business and industrial firms.
NMSQT participants pay a
$1.25 test fee. When the test
is given on a Saturday, the school
may charge an additional fee
of up to $1.25 to cover admin
istrative costs of testing on a
nonschool day.
When his NMSQT scores are
reported, each participating stu
dent will receive a handbook to
help him understand his scores
and compare his test perform
ance with that of other high
school students across the coun
try. The handbook, which con
tains information about making
college choices and financing a
college education, is furnished
as a part of reporting the stu
dent’s test results. Other inter
pretive materials are sent to
the school.
The highest-scoring students
in each state will be named
iMerit Program Semi-finalists
jand, if they advance to Finalist
standing, they will be eligible
for Merit Scholarship consider
ation. In addition to the National
Merit Scholarships financed by
NMSC, more than 450 business
corporations, foundations, col
leges, professional associations,
unions, trusts, other organiza
tions and individuals offer schol
arships through the Merit Pro
gram.
About 24,800 students have won
Merit Scholarships in the fifteen
programs to date. Approximately
12975 new winners ofMeritSchol
arships entered college this fall.
VA Pensioners
To Relieve
Questionnaires
Georgia Veterans Service Di
rector Pete Wheeler is remind
ing the more than 55,000 Georgia
veterans, dependents and sur
vivors Who receive Veterans Ad
ministration pension benefits that
they will receive their annual
income questionnaires along with
their November Ist checks. Par
ents receiving Dependency and
Indemnity Compensation benefits
also will receive their question
naires.
Wheeler said, “It is most im
portant that beneficiaries com
plete the questionnaires at their
earliest convenience and return
them to the VA no later than
January 15, 1971.”