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VOLUME 56
Wheeler Hosts
Bulldog Holiday
Classic Dec. 19
The firing opens Saturday night
at the Wheeler County Gym as
eight boys teams and four girls
teams begin competition for what
should prove to be the most
prestigeous of all Area Christ
mas Tournaments.
We’ve worked awfully hard to
bring the best possible basket
ball to our fans here, said Wheel
er Coach Mike Perry. We’re
extremely fortunate to have
gotten such teams as Baldwin
High, Appling County and Reids
ville to come in here and play
against our region teams, Treut
len, Montgomery, Northwest
Laurens and Southwest Laurens.
I feel, without question, we have
the finest tournament field be
tween Macon and Savannah, and
we have plans for making it a
yearly event.
In the boys division Wheeler’s
unbeaten Bulldogs rate as co
favorite along with unbeaten Ap
pling County and Baldwin High
of Milledgeville. Fate of the draw
paired Appling against tough
Treutlen High of Soperton in
the opening game and one of
these fine teams will go home
early. Baldwin High sports a
4-1 region and laving split a
pair of games with Alabama’s
3rd rated team, Fairfield High
of Birmingham. They have also
defeated Georgia College’s
Freshmen 81-53.
Coach Ted Morrison’s Wheeler
girls and Mayes Dobbins Eagles
from Montgomery' kick off the
tournament at 6:00 Saturday.
Montgomery brings the only' un
blimished record to the girls
division and must rate the
favorites role. Other first night
action will find Appling and
Treutlen’s boys squaring off at
7:30 with Northwest and South
west Laurens’ boys renewing
their rivalry in the night cap
at 9:00 p.m.
Monday night will complete
first round action. Northwestand
Southwest Laurens’ girls will
tip off at 6:00 with Baldwin and
Reidsville colliding at 7:30.
Wheeler’s boys tangle with Mont
gomery in the feature game of
the evening at 9:00.
Semi-finals in the boys division
will be played at 7:30 and 9:00
Tuesday with the finals of both
boys and girls. On Wednesday
a boys consolation game will
begin at 6:00.
An all tournament team will
be picked by area high school
and college coaches plus tourna
ment officials and they will re
ceive individual awards. Winning
team members will also receive
engraved miniature basketballs.
Christmas Cantata To
Be Presented By
Alamo Baptist Church
“Love Transcending,” abeau
tiful Christmas cantata by John
W. Peterson, will be presented
Sunday, December 20, at 8:00
p.m. at Alamo Baptist Church
by the church choir, under the
direction of Mrs. Tommy Owens.
The purpose of this musical pre
sentation of the birth of Christ
is to inspire worship and adora
tion in the hearts of all who
attend.
The choir will be accompanied
by Miss Jennifer Fulford at the
organ and Miss Angela Owens
at the piano. The reader is Jimmy
James. Members of the choir
are as follows: sopranos, Mrs.
Normaline Hartley, Mrs. Betty
Thomas, Mrs. Dorothy Fulford,
Miss Gina White, Miss Laura
Johnson, Mrs. Nancy Bell and
Miss Joy Cox; altos, Mrs. Avis
Bell, Mrs. Ruth Johnson, Mrs.
Adra Harvill, Miss Sandra
Thomas, Miss Maria Pope, Mrs.
Pauline Thomas, Maurey Couey;
tenors, Frank Pickle, Jim Beas
ley, Don Leggett, Keith Meguiar
and Kenneth Hartley; bass,
Ramon Meguiar, E. L. Pickle,
Tony Owens, Lynn Leggett, J.
M. S. Thomas and “Chip” Bell.
VISUAL POLLUTION
Junkyards, trash dumps,
gaudy signs, service areas and
other unsightly elements along
our roads and streets are now
being classified as visual pol
lution. If communities are to
remain attractive and liveable,
this visual pollution must be
battled along with water and
air pollution.
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CONGRESSMAN G. ELLIOTT HAGAN was principal speaker at ceremonies commissioning the
USS SAV ANNAH, one of the Navy's new Fleet Replenishment Oilers, and the fifth Navy Ship
named after the Savannah River and the Port of Savannah Savannah Aiderman Leo Center (right)
presented Captain Bernard P Williams. Jr. a silver service for the ship from the citizens of
Savannah. Ceremonies were held at Boston Navy Yard. Mass. (PRN)
Legislature To Hold
Hearing On P. O. W. ’s
ATLANTA (PRN) The
House and Senate Defense and
Veterans Affairs Committees
will conduct a public hearing
December 18th to help shed
light on Georgia efforts
concerning the plight of
prisoners of war and persons
missing in action in Southeast
Asia.
I'he chairmen of the two
legislative committees said
their panels will also sponsor a
Christmas party the same day
for Georgia children of the
prisoners of war (POW’s) and
those missing in action (MIA).
“Our committees want to
do everything we possibly can
to help the sixty-seven persons
missing or captured
servicemen,” declared Rep.
Crawford Ware of Hogansville,
chairman of the House
committee.
“Perhaps the best thing we
can do is help publicize their
efforts and make ourselves,
our committees and the
facilities of state government
available to them,” he
continued.
Senator Culver Kidd of
Milledgeville, chairman of the
Senate panel added, “We have
an impressive list of dignitaries
who will participate in the
public hearing, which we hope
will make clear what is being
done and what can be done in
this area”.
Some thirty-nine children
and youth, ranging in age from
2 to 20, with most teenagers
or younger have accepted
invitations to the Christmas
party in the House chamber.
Irvin Cautions
Sellers. Buyers
Os Seed Corn
ATLANTA (PRN)
Commissioner of Agriculture
Tommy Irvin reminded
farmers and seed dealers this
week that it is a violation of
state law to advertise or
transport for sale second
generation seed corn or seed
corn produced from an
original planting of a hybrid
variety.
Irvin said several
ad v e r t i s
eme n t s
a p p earing
in local
state papers
had been
brought to
his atten
tion during
the past
few days.
Accord-
IRVIN
ing to the Commissioner, such
seed corn, when planted, will
produce 20 to 50 percent less
than the average expected
yield and he cautioned farmers
against buying such corn for
planting.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Individual members of the
House and Senate will
personally pay for decorations
and presents for the
youngsters.
The two committees have
secured commitments for the
public hearing from Richard
Capen, Assistant Secretary of
Defense; Major Fred
Thompson, a repatriated
prisoner of war; Mrs. JoAnne
Vinson, chairman of the Board
of the National League of
Families of American
Prisoners in Southeast Asia;
Louis Stockstill, the free lance
writer whose article, “The
Forgotten Americans” helped
change the attitudes of the
American people and the
official policy of the federal
government regarding
POW-MlA’s; and Father
Maher, command chanlain at
Robins Airforce Base in
Warner Robins.
Other dignitaries have been
invited and the committees are
waiting for commitments
before announcing them.
The committees are
soliciting contributions not to
exceed $25.00 from each
Georgia legislator to finance
the Christmas party. They
have agreed to donate any
Georgia Power
Presents Checks
To Area Cities
The Georgia Power Company
this week presented to Alamo,
Glenwood and Wheeler County
checks totaling $12,169.62,
representing the utility’s local
property taxes for 1970.
Os the total, Wheeler County
received $11,069.42; the City
of Alamo, $750.56; and the City
of Glenwood, $349.64.
In presenting the tax payments,
Johnny McCraney, District Man
ager, said this was part of more
than $16,000,000 in property
taxes that will be paid by the
company for the year 1970 to
state, municipal and county
governments throughout Georgia.
Earlier in 1971, municipal
partnership tax payments for the
year 1970, totaling nearly
$7,000,000, will be made by the
company to the 400 cities, towns
and communities with which its
partnership franchise agreement
was in effect. Under this agree
ment, the company pays each
municipality in which it operates
a percentage of its gross revenue
derived from the sale of elec
tricity for residential and com
»mercial uses. These municipal
partnership tax payments are
in addition to property taxes.
The company ’s total tax bill
for 1970, including federal, state,
county and municipal payments,
will approximate $60,000,000.
excess funds to Mrs. Thomas
V. Parrott, the Georgia area
co-ordinator for the National
League of Families of
American Prisoners in
Southeast Asia.
Mrs. Parrott, whose own
husband is a prisoner, will m «
the money to promote the
release of Georgia and
American POW-MlA’s.
The two committees have
invited all members of the
current General Assembly to
attend the hearing and party
as well as Governor Lester
Maddox, Governor-elect
Jimmy Carter, Georgia’s U.S.
Senators and Congressmen and
the presidents of the Gold Star
Mothers and the Gold Star
Wives.
The hearing is scheduled to
begin at 10:00 a.m. in the
Georgia House chamber and
end shortly before noon. The
party will be held immediately
afterwards.
While the hearing is taking
place, Rep. Arch Gary of
Riverdale, owner of Gray Line
of Atlanta Sight-seeing Tours,
will carry the children on a
tour of the city.
Members of the House
committee in addition to Rep.
Ware, are Representatives Joe
Wood of Gainesville, Arthur
Gignilliat of Savannah, Ed
Berry of Columbus, Haskew
Brantley of Atlanta, Stan
Collins of DeKalb, William J
Crowe of Lafayette, Nathan
Dean of Rockmart, James H.
“Sloppy” Floyd of Trion,
R.A. Griffin of Bainbridge,
Dick Lane of East Point, and
Henry Russell of Boston.
Members of the Senate
panel, in addition to Kidd, are
Senators Frank Coggin of
Hapeville, Jack Stephens of
Atlanta, Floyd Hudgins of
Columbus, Brooks Pennington
of Madison, Ed Reeder of
DeKalb and Armstrong Smith
of Atlanta.
“This is the first time we’ve
done anything exactly like
this,” said Ware, “but al) of us
are deeply concerned both
about these Americans missing
or captured in Southeast Asia
and their families here in
Georgia.
“Because it is a unique
situation, we felt something
different was called for and we
hope that along with
everything else it will
emphasize to these families in
Georgia that the state does
care”.
Added Kidd, “I’m sure all
Georgians are upset, along
with these families, about the
plight of these servicemen and
the members of the Defense
and Veterans Affairs
committees have been
especially concerned. We all
feel good to be doing
something and if this can
result in helping in even some
small way it will be more than
worthwhile, we feel.”
State Patrol Predicts 49 Highway
Deaths Over Xmas-Dew Dear Holidays
With the Christmas-New Year
holiday season at hand, the State
Patrol has issued a strong appeal
to all Georgians to be exceedingly
cautious in driving and walking,
both in daytime and at night.
“With Christmas and New
Year’s Day coming only a week
apart, this is the most hazardous
single period of the year from
the standpoint of traffic safety,”
declared Col. R. H. Burson, state
public safety director.
“We cannot urge too strongly
that drivers and pedestrians alike
do everything humanly possible
to protect themselves and others
as they go about on our highways
and streets. This can best be
done by strict observance of all
traffic laws. Let’s not kill off
our people. May all of us, in
our individual way, help make
this a Merry, Joyful Yuletide
season,” he said.
Yet, while Col. Burson prayer
fully hopes that the public will
heed his plea for safe and sane
conduct over the long holiday
period, the patrol’s computer
foresees tragedy for some be
cause of a few foolhardy drivers.
For example, based on past
holiday experiences and present
trends, the patrol predicts that
at least 49 persons will lose
their lives in Georgia traffic
accidents during the combined
Christmas-New Year holiday
span.
Here’s a breakdown of the
Civic Club
Organized In
Wheeler County
Nine citizens of Glenwood, met
on Tuesday, December 9, at 7:30
p.m., in the social tall of the
Glenwood Methodist Church, for
the purpose of organizing a Civic
Club for Glenwood and Wheeler
County.
The purpose of the civic club
is to promote better citizenship
to help provide fellowship for
the community and to help provide
a better understanding of com
munity problems at our own
local level.
Temporary officers were
elected as follows: President -
L. W. Kent, Jr.; Vice-president -
Viven Joyce; Secretary and
Treasurer - Bernice Yawn; and
Publicity Chairman - Wayne
Johnson.
The next meeting will be held
January 7, at 7:00 p.m,, in the
social hall of the Glenwood
Methodist Church. The business
meeting will follow an evening
meal.
Wayne Johnson,
Publicity Chairman
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FRIDAY, DEC. 18, 1970
prediction for the two weekends,
each of which covers a 78-hour
period:
Christmas: Beginning at 6p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 24, and ending
at midnight Sunday, Dec. 27,
death is anticipated for at least
26 persons and another 425 are
expected to be injured in a total
of 1,450 accidents.
New Year: Between 6 p.m.
Dec. 31, and midnight Sunday,
Jan. 3, the lives of at least 23
persons are expected to be
snuffed out and 391 others in
jured as the result of 1,334
traffic mishaps.
The State Patrol, whose uni
form division force now stands
at 675 men — the highest in its
33-year history-- will be out
on the roads in full force through
out the two 78-hour periods in
an all-out effort to hold down
accidents and resultant deaths
and injuries. It will be a massive
enforcement operation similar
to previous ones on holiday week
ends.
Every able-bodied patrolman,
in addition to plainclothes GBI
agents, radio operators, license
examiners and other state agency
enforcement officers who will
Wheeler Co, Defeats
Treutlen Vikings
SOPERTON —
Wheeler County came here for
the purpose of winning a double
header basketball date last night
and they accomplished their end,
but it took great play on the
part of their two teams to do it.
Celestine King made three free
throws within the last 46 seconds
of the girls game to give the
Wheeler County lassies a 29-26
win, then the Bulldogs from
Alamo scored 30 points in the
third quarter and 19 more in
the fourth quarter to whip the
Treutlen County Vikings, 75-62.
King had three chances at the
free throw line and missed the
first time but then came back
with 24 seconds left to put the
Wheeler County girls in front,
28-26. She then made one of
two with 18 seconds to go for
the final three-point margin.
The Bulldogs of Coach Mike
Perry got 25-point scoring from
Robert Bellamy, 18 points from
Russell James, 14 from Tommy
Fulford and 12 from Skip Clark,
to overshadow the 21-points of
Treutlen’s Thomas McLendon
and 20 points of Ellsworth Kincy.
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serve mainly as “spotters,” will
be pressed into service. In all,
the task force will comprise
some 1,000 men.
Also, in addition to recogniz
able patrol cars, unmarked cars,
airborne spotters and roving
“tactical squads ” will be utilized
in seeking out traffic violators.
.Speed checking devices, including
the recently purchased new
“foolproof” radar units and Vas
car equipment, will be used.
In planning this statewide traf
fic enforcement operation, Col.
Burson calls on all local law
officers, the press, radio and
television stations, and civic and
safety organizations for their
full support and active coopera
tion in helping to make this dual
Wheeler Co. Eagle
To Be Published
Early Next Week
The Wheeler County Eagle will
be published one day earlier
next week because of Christmas
holidays.
Anyone having news or adver
tising, deliver to the Eagle by
Monday morning.
“They beat us on the boards
badly in the last half, ” Treutlen
coach Cook Holiday said arter
wards. “We tad them down
eight points, 34-26, at halftime,
but knew we had to hit the boards
hard to hold our lead. We didn’t,
and the result was disaster.”
Treutlen County plays at East
Laurens tonight.
Wheeler County goes to North
west Laurens next Tuesday.
BOYS:
WHEELER CO. (75)—Fulford.
14, Ciark 12, James 18, Bellamy
25, Woods, Powell, Robinson 6.
TREUTLEN CO. (62) — Kincy
20, McLendon 21, Dorsey 14,
Payne 5, Griner 2, Little, Snead.
WHEELER CO. 18 26 56—75
TREUTLEN CO. 18 34 46—62
GIRLS:
WHEELER CO. (29) — King
16, Gilder 8, Simmons 3, Carter
2, R. King, James, Key, Griggs,
Clark.
TREUTLEN CO. (26)—Strick
land 12, Phillips 1, Johnson 4,
Hudson 6, Gillis 2, Coney 1,
Benjamin, Miller, Wadley,’
Wright, Smith.
WHEELER CO. 5 11 19 29
TREUTLEN CO. 11 17 22 26
NUMBER 37
safety campaign a success.
"The lives of many people
depend on it,” he asserted.
1971 Farm
Program
Announced
New information on the 1971
farm programs has recently been
announced according to Ross P.
Bowen, Chairman of the Georgia
State Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation (ASC)Commit
tee.
“First of all, the sign up period
for the feed grain, wheat, and
cotton programs will be March
1 through April 9. Between now
and March 1, we expect to an
nounce all details of the pro
grams which will be operated
under the new farm law, the
Agricultural Act of 1970, ” Bowen
said.
Final determinations on set
aside acreages have not been
made, but a tentative 20 percent
set-aside for feed grain and a
set-aside of between 60 and 75
percent domestic wheat allot
ment have been announced. The
set-asides for these two crops
will not exceed 20% on feed
grains and 75% on wheat. The
cotton set-asides will not exceed
20 percent of the farm acreage
allotment.
These tentative set asides are
planned by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture for the purpose
of the special January Farmers’
Planting Intentions Report. De
cision on the actual percentages
will be made before March 1.
“Set-aside is an important new
concept,” the ASC Committee
Chairman said. “Under the set
aside programs for feed grain,
wheat and cotton, a participating
farmer will set aside a certain
percentage of his base of allot
ment and put this acreage in a
conserving base in conserving
use.
“On his remaining cropland
he will be free to plant whatever
he chooses, except that he can
not grow crops which are under
marketing quotas — peanuts, rice
tobacco, extra long staple cotton,
and sugarcane, unless he has
farm allotments for these.
Notice Os Election
Wheeler Co. Board
Os Education
This is notice that there shall
be a special Countywide election
held on the first Tuesday in
February, (February 2, 1971)
for the office of member to the
Wheeler County Board of Educa
tion from the 1417 Militia Dis
trict (Landsburg). The incumbent
is L. B. Chambers, whose term
expires January 1, 1972. His
elected and qualified successor
stall take office on January' 1,
1972 for a term of six years.
QUALIFICATIONS: No person
stall be eligible to serve as a
member of the Board erf Educa
tion from the 1417 M. D. unless
he shall reside in such District.
In order to be eligible for mem
bership on said Board, a person
must be at least thirty (30)years
of age, of good, moral character,
qualified and registered to vote
for members of the General As
sembly, and shall have lived in
Wheeler County through five (5)
continuous years immediately
preceding the date of the election.
NOTICE OF CANDIDACY:
Each candidate for such office
shall file his notice of candidacy
in the office of Ordinary of
Wheeler County at least fifteen
(15) days prior to the first Tues
day in February, 1971.
The election shall be held
County-at-large.
D. N. Achord
Ordinary, Wheeler County, Ga.
Dec. 18 - Jan. 18
Negro firms and individuals
accounted for 83 per cent of all
minority participation in VAloan
guaranty operations in FY 1970.