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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, AMMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, DEC. 18, 1970
Deaths And Funerals
William C. Buttram
William C. Buttram, 80, of
Lumber City, died Thursday,
Dec. 10, at the Telfair County
Hospital after a long illness.
The Clay County, Ala., native
had lived in Telfair County for
the last 57 years and was a
retired farmer. He was a mem
ber of Fishing Creek Baptist
Church.
Surviving are two sons, Aubrey
Buttram of Hazlehurst, and Al
bert Buttram of Lumber City;
two brothers, Enoch Buttram of
Heflin, Ala., and T. C. Buttram
of Dade City, Fla.; a sister,
Mrs. Ola McLeroy of Bowdon;
five grandchildren; and seven
great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 1 p.m. at Fishing
Creek Baptist Church. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Miles Funeral Home of Hazle
hurst was in charge.
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Mrs. W. 0. Harrelson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Callie Clark Harrelson, 95, of
Wheeler County, who died Satur
day in the Telfair County Hospital
following a long illness, were
held Sunday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock from the Chapel ofHarris
and Smith Funeral Home, with
the Rev. R. L. Harris, pastor
of Helena and Mt. Olivet United
Methodist Churches officiating.
Burial was in the Harrelson
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Harrelson was born in
Dallas, Texas on May 4, 1875
the daughter of the late Jolin
Marion and Sallie Jane Redding
Clark, She was married to the
late William Orion Harrelson,
was a member of Mt. Olivet
United Methodist Church and had
lived in Wheeler County since
1880.
Pallbearers were W. F. John
son, I^on Johnson, Truitt
Harrelson, Edison Harrelson,
Hilton Coleman, Russell Cole
man, Lanier Harrelson and
Curtis Coleman.
Survivors include two sons,
W. B. Harrelson erf Mcßae, and
J. M. Harrelson of Helena; two
daughters, Mrs. R. A. Coleman
and Mrs. J. Leslie Johnson of
Helena; 20 grandchildren; 40
great grandchildren and several
great-great grandchildren.
Elisha Carlton
Powell
Funeral services for Elista
Carlton Powell, 74, of Rt. 2,
Mcßae, who died Tuesday at the
Telfair Medical Center of a heart
attack, were held Thursday
(today) at 2:00p.m., from Dodge*s
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Chapel United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Eugene Scott of
ficiating, assisted by the Rev.
Bobby Ritch.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Mr. Powell was born in Telfair
County on January 9, 1896 the
son of the late John W. and
Eloise Thomas Powell. He was
married to the former Pauline
Brooks and was a member of
Dodge’s Chapel United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include his wife of
Rt. 2, Mcßae; one son, Carlton
Walker Powell of Dublin; two
daughters, Mrs. Lynette Mont
ford of Mcßae, and Mrs. Helen
Branch of Riceboro; two
brothers, Eschol M. Powell of
Lumber City, andElgiaE. Powell
of Dublin; two sisters, Mrs. Eva
Harrell of Mcßae, and Mrs.
Juanita McQuag of We Wa, Fla.;
three grandchildren, and one
great-grandchild.
William T. Pittman
Funeral services for William
Thomas Pittman, 60, of Macon,
who died Saturday in a Macon
hospital after a brief illness,
were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday
in Reedy Branch Baptist Church.
Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Pittman was bom in Tel
fair County and tad lived in
Macon most of his life. He was
retired from the Macon Police
Department and was a member
of the Georgia Peace Officers
Association. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include a brother,
Willie Arthur Pittman of Macon;
and several nieces and nephews,
among them Miss Mary M Pitt
man and Mrs. Rose Ella Edwards,
both of Macon.
Hart's Mortuary was in charge.
Mrs. G. L. Cook
Funeral services for Mrs.
G.. L. Cook, 80, who died Sunday
in a Fitzgerald hospital, were
held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
in Dodge County. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Cook, a native erf Dodge
County, had lived in Fitzgerald
40 years and was a member of
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
She is survived by a son,
Claude B. Cook of Fitzgerald;
four daughters, Mrs. Morris
Campbell, Mrs. Robert Jordan
and Mrs. Lester Faulk, all of
Fitzgerald, and Mrs. Ed Durham
of Stone Mountain; two brothers,
Cosby Brown of Macon, and John
J. Brown of Brunswick; and three
sisters, Mrs. Lucy Campbell of
Macon, Mrs, Veleria Reaves of
Milan, and Mrs. Claudia Williams
of Eastman.
Paulk Funeral Home of Fitz
gerald was in charge.
B. F. McMurrey
Funeral services for B. F.
McMurrey, 61, of Chauncey, who
died Thursday, Dec. 10, in the
Dublin VA Hospital, were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday in Chauncey
Methodist Church with burial in
Chauncey Cemetery.
Mr. McMurrey, a native of
Putnam County, Texas, had lived
in Dodge County 12 years. He
was retired from the U. S. Army
and was a member of VFW,
For the past four years he has
operated a Stuckey’s Pecan Sta
tion in Courtland, N. Y.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Flossie Miller McMurrey;
three daughters, Mrs. Glenda
Clifton of Lithia Springs, Mrs.
Cynthia Perkins at Chauncey,
and Miss Deborah McMurrey of
Chauncey; a son, Rodney Mc-
Murrey of Courtland, N. Y.; and
a sister, Mrs. Jack J. Forney
of Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
Roy Hilton
Calhoun, Jr.
Funeral services for Roy Hil
ton Calhoun Jr., two-months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
H. Calhoun, of Lumber City,
were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in
the Lumber City Church of God.
Burial was in Satilla Cemetery
near Hazlehurst. The infant died
Saturday.
Survivors in addition to the
parents include maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. H.
Bellew of Carlton; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
Calhoun of Lumber City.
James Alfred Elliott
Funeral services for James
Alfred Elliott, 62, of Milan, were
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the
Bloomfield Church of God in
Macon. Burial was in Macon
Memorial Park.
Mr. Elliott was born in Dublin
and lived most of his life in
Macon. He had made his home
in Milan for the last four years.
He was retired from Robins
Air Force Base. He was a mem
ber of the Church of God of
Eastman, a veteran of World
War II and a member of the
Tyrian Lodge Masonic No. 111.
Survivors include his widow,
Florence Clay Elliott of Milan;
two sons, James A. Elliott, Jr.,
of Jones County and W. Edward
Elliott of Macon; two daughters,
Mrs. Carolyn Jones of Milan,
and Mrs. Margret Arthur erf Ma
con; two sisters, Mrs. A. C,
Murchison Funeral Home
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BROWNING BROTHERS
Glenwood, Ga. Mcßae, Ga.
523-3481 868-5571
Rawls of Macon, and Mrs. Wanda
Williams of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.; five brothers, Oliver A.
Elliott of Opelika, Ala., John
E. Elliott of Warner Robins,
Ralph T. Elliott of Orlando, Fla.,
Earnest T. Elliott of Bainbridge
and Charles R. Elliott of Center
ville; 13 grandchildren and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Crest Lawn Funeral Home of
Macon, was in charge of ar
rangements.
J. T. Pittman
Funeral services for J. T.
Pittman, 65, of Rhine, were held
at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Sharon
Baptist Church. Burial was in
Sharon Cemetery.
Mr. Pittman, who died Thurs
day, December 10, was a retired
carpenter, World War II veteran
and a member of Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church. He was born in
Wilcox County but lived most erf
his life in Dodge County.
Survivors include a daughter.
Miss Vianne Pittman of Talla
hassee, Fla.; a son, Herbert
Pittman of Orlando, Fla.; four
sisters, Mrs. Minor Roberson,
Mrs. Gladys Hilliard, Mrs. J. D.
Barron and Mrs. Welman Walker,
all of Rhine; two brothers, J. D.
Pittman and Bobby Pittman, both
of Rhine.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
Beverly W. Rowland
Funeral services for Beverly
Wade Rowland, 63, who died
Tuesday in a Dublin hospital,
were held at 2 p.m Thursday
in the chapel of Townsend Funeral
Home with burial in Snow Hill
Cemetery.
Mr. Rowland, a native of
Wheeler County, was a retired
farmer.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Claudia Lucille Cox;,
a son, B. W. Rowland, Jr. of
Dublin, a daughter, Mrs. James
Cook of Mcßae; a brother, L.
H. Rowland of Dublin; and four
sisters, Mrs. Albert Clark of
Dublin, Mrs. J. W. Goss of Glen
wood, and Mrs. Jack Willis and
Mrs. Dottie Me, both of Mcßae.
Watt Addison
Browning
Funeral services for Watt
Addison Browning, 77, of Telfair
County 1 , who died at his residence
between Scotland and Towns Mon
day, were held Tuesday , at 2:00
p.m., from the Shiloh Methodist
Church with the Rev. Lonnie
IMnbar, pastor, officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Mr. Browning was born in
Telfair County on February 17,
1894 the son of the late Simon
and Becky Clements Browning.
Survivors include several
nieces and nephews.
VERSATILE HOLLY
By: David H. Williams
Christmas wouldn’t be Christ
mas without the reds and greens
of holly berries and holly leaves.
For many people, holly foliage
and berries embody the true
spirit of the holiday season. Holly
has been a traditional part of
Christmas for hundreds of years.
The name "holly” is believed
by some to be a corruption of a
word "holy.” In Italy sprigs of
holly are used to decorate the
mangers in commemoration erf
the Infant’s birth. In Germany
holly is called “Christ-dorn,”
the thorn woven into the crown
of crucifixion.
Hollies are native to many'
parts of the world, but nowhere
are they more in evidence than
in the United States at Christmas
time.
You can purchase holly or
slightly prune your own plants
for a few sprigs. No doubt about
it—the bright glossy leaves and
the brilliant red berries can
lift your spirits.
Hollies probably make up the
largest group erf plants used to
day in many Georgia landscapes.
Their popularity stems from the
great variety in size--from low
spreading types to tall tree
forms. For the most part they
are healthy plants, not as
demanding as many other com
monly used ornamentals.
If you are interested in hollies
and would like more detailed
information on varieties and cul
ture, come by'or call our office.
Ask for a copy of Extension
Bulletin 664, ‘Hollies for Geor
gia Homeowners.”
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POINSETTIA CARE
No doubt you want your poin
settia to stay beautiful and in
good shape throughout the Christ
mas season and beyond. Then
you’ll need to give it tender
loving care.
The poinsettia is a native of
the warmer regions of Mexico.
This is one of the main clues
to its care. In other words, a
warm humid atmosphere.
Select a place where the plant
will have uniform temperatures
of 60 to 75 degrees during the
day. The best nighttime tempera
ture is around 60 degrees.
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“From plant to product, I like
the total-electric concept in my
mobile home business.”
R. E. Bodenhomer. President.
TBR Homes. Inc.. Pelham. Georgia.
"For efficient and economical manufacturing of mobile
homes. I chose an all-electric building." says R E.
Bodenhamer. “Electric climate conditioning and good
lighting keep employees comfortable year 'round. And
that means faster production. We’re now building more
than one home every day.
"Through dealers' requests, we’re finding more peo
ple want total-electric models They like using just one
energv and having one bill to pay. And they qualify for
Georgia Power's total-electric rate with budget billing.
“Dependable electric systems require little mainte
nance. So compact, they free more living space. My home
is total-electric, so 1 know
If you're interested in total-electric mobile homes, as
an owner, park manager, dealer or manufacturer, call a
residential sales representative of Georgia Power for
more information. He'll help get things moving for you.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve*
The location should also re
ceive bright light—but not direct
sun. Poinsettias are very sensi
tive. They are adversely affected
by drafts, temperatures that are
too cool or too warm, sudden
changes in temperature, low
humidity, improper watering and
dim light.
Once in the home, the poin
settia is in a very different
environment from the one in
which it grew. Remember that,
and give the plant plenty of care.
Then it will remain pretty
throughout Christmas and on into
the New Year.
Social Security
Don’t Lose Medicare Benefits!
Charles F. Hall, Branch Manager
cf the Dublin Social Security
Office, wants to remind those
covered by Medicare that "You
may LOSE benefits” if you do
not file a claim for services
received during the period
October Ist, 1968 through Sep
tember 30th, 1969 by December
31st.
A good way to keep these
medical bills is in a folder.
Your Social Security Office has
a special folder for just this
purpose. They can be obtained
by calling 272-5347 in Dublin
and requesting this special
folder, OASI-881C. You will re
ceive the folder by mail.
If you prefer you can stop
by the Social Security Office
located at 114 East Johnson St.,
Dublin. The office hours are
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday, A repre
sentative of this office may be
seen at the Courthouse, Mcßae,
cm Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. tc
12:00 noon and at the Alamo
Welfare Department on second
Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Q. My husband and I both work
under social security. We both
earn about the same. What ad
vantage is it to me to pay social
security tax?
A. There are quite a few ad
vantages to a woman to have her
own earnings under social secur
ity. She may retire and receive
benefits whether her husband
does or not. She may receive
disability benefits if she should
become unable to work. If she
should die, monthly payments
could be paid to her children.
She will probably receive more
on her own record in this case
than she could as a wife since
the benefit would be 50% of her
husband’s benefit.
Q. I am not sure if my em
ployer for the past few years
has been reporting my work for
social security, How can I check
on this?
A. Your social security office
will mail you a card to request
a statement of your social secur
ity record. This will give a
breakdown of yearly earnings
for the past three years, plus
a total for years before that.
If the amounts shown are incor
rect, the social security office
will make an investigation. You
should show us any evidence of
wages paid you that you have.
Q. My neighbor and I both
receive widow's social security
benefits. She receives a good
deal more a month than I do.
What is this?
A. The amount of each benefit
is based on what the working
husband paid in to the social
security trust fund. The year
of his death and his age would
also affect the number of years
to be averaged in figuring the
benefit; therefore, each case is
figured individually'. It is also
possible that you received a re
duced benefit, because you are
younger than your neighbor.
James O. Partin
Receives Promotion
James O. Partin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Johnie I. Partin cf
Lumber City, has been promoted
to technical sergeant in the U. S.
Air Force.
Sergeant Partin is a communi
cations supervisor at Lindsey-
Air Station, Germany, with a
unit of the Air Force Communi
cations Service. He has served
in Vietnam.
The sergeant is a 1956 grad
uate of Lumber City High School.
His wife, Nina, is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Muir
of Adrian, N. D.
Drug Habit
Shocks Mom
Macon Telegraph
"This child told me every
thing except the extent of his
drug experience,” said Mrs.
Percy Pilon, whose teen-age son
killed himself in despair of kick
ing his drug habit.
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Georgia's mild winter
temperature* make hunting an
ideal seasonal sport. And the
State’s more than two dozen
commercial hunting presenes
make Georgia a quail hunting
capital.
One such presene
designed for happy hunting
belongs to Callaway Gardens,
a year-round family resort 27
miles north of Columbus.
Callaway’s hunters gather
at the Sportsman’s Lodge on
the edge of the 1.000-acre
quail hunting presene for
morning and afternoon hunts,
every day except Sunday.
Experienced guides, along
with field-trained dogs, are
provided for every party
There is no bag limit. Ten
quail are allowed for 'fhe
minimum fee of $35 each for
two or three hunters together:
S4O for a single hunter.
Additional birds are $3.50
each. A Georgia resident
license for $3.25. or
non-resident license for $5.25.
is required, both available at
the Lodge.
Adjacent to the Lodge is a
Percy Patrick Pilon, 18, the
youngest of seven children, was
an industrious studset, clean
cut and popular with his class
mates.
"He was never a problem
child,” said Mrs. Pilsn.
But Saturday night,, while his
parents were outtodnaer, "Pat”
wrote an account of iris seven
month involvement with drugs.
Then he killed himself with a
shotgun.
Why? , ■
Part of the answer was in the
rambling letter neatly folded be
side him.
“If someone offers you drugs
be more of a man than I was
and say no,” lie wrote. “Learn
from my mistakes. t%®’t want
any one to go through the hell I
went through and am still going
through.
‘These friends of yours will
offer stuff free.theAslartmaking
you pay for it. Then they sell
you harder stuff at discount
prices, then boost the prices up
when they got you hooked. Re
member, the same person or
friend who has grass will also
be able to push heroin to you
and for what? To make money
for himself white he destroys
you. People who push are the
ones who want to destroy you
and if you give them the chance
they will,” he warned.
The boy’s 50-year-old father,
a contractor, still was puzzled
after the funeral Tuesday.
“When you think about drugs,
you think about irresponsible,
long-haired hippies,” said the
father. ‘The hard thing about
this is that Pat was so normal
. . .he was not rebellious or
opposed to the draft and it made
him mad to read about those
who rioted and burned.’’
His parents first learned of
Pat’s drug habit last April. Po
lice found the boy parked in the
middle of a road in the family
car. Doctors said he was under
the influence of LSD.
Pat promised his parents he
would get off drugs and they
placed him under a physician’s
care. But in September, after
one week in his first year of
college, Pat was asked to leave
because of drug experimentation.
In his letter, Pat wrote with
sad authority when he pleaded
with other teen-agers not to ex
periment with drugs.
skeet and trap range, where
hunters may get in a practice
round for $1.50. Professional
instruction is available without
cost.
Callaway Gardens also
offers four golf courses
totaling 63 holes, a 175-acre
fishing lake, horseback riding,
six all-weather tennis courts,
and convention facilities
accommodating up to 800
people. Ample lodgings are
available at the Holiday Inh or
Callaway cottages, t
The Callaway Gardens
Hunting Preserve, along with
the Gardens-Winchester
Shooting Center, is six miles
from Pine MoutitaHi and the
Gardens on Georgia Highway
IS. Reservations m»v be made
by ^ailuig.or writing: Dutch
Maran. Manager. Callaway
Gardens Hunting Preserve,
Pine Mountain, Georgia
31822.
Quail may be hunted
throughout the State from
October 1 to March 31. The
Tourist Division of the
Department of Industry and
Trade believes yt>u will find
hunting a sport suited to the
season in Georgia.