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VOLUME 56
Army Wide
Requirement Race
Relation Instruction
SFC Bobby Wright of Alamo,
selected as Ft. Campbell, Ky.,
Senior Instructor.
Communications is the key
word of the new block of in
struction on race relations that
has become Army-wide for
Basic Trainees. It is being
implemented as a part of the
new plan for basic training
subjects.
January 18 was the starting
date for the class at Ft. Camp
bell. To prepare for it, Ft.
Campbell sent four sergeants
to Ft. Benning, to be trained
as instructors. The course was
intended to be taught by a black
and a white instructor with both
of them being on the platform
at the same time.
The four hour block of
instruction begins with a film
that is narrated by Bill Cosby
and shows the black contribution
to our society. In the second
hour, the instructors lecture
on the backgrounds of race
problems and relate them to
the Army. The third and fourth
hour is a discussion of several
film clips that show scenes
in which the trainees might
find themselves. These scenes
involve racial conflict and are
made up from incidents that
are on file.
The instructors try to get as
relaxed an atmosphere as pos
sible to promote discussion and
to increase the communication
between individuals. The class
is divided up into discussion
groups and the groups are given
a chance to discuss the film
clips, with a trainee group lead
er guiding the discussion and
reporting to the class on his
group’s discussion. Individuals
are given the opportunity to
say what they think of the situ
ation they are shown and the
reaction of other members of
the class.
Sergeant First Class Bobby
H. Wright, Senior Instructor
and Sergeant First Class
Waverly H. Walton are one
instructor team. Staff Sergeant
Herbie S. Jones and Staff Ser
geant William M. Lens dale
make up the other. These two
teams are responsible for pre
senting the instruction.
The trainees are given the
opportunity to comment on the
class and to give suggestions.
Most of the comments are very
positive of their evaluation of
the class. There are a few
negative comments, but on the
whole the class is very well
received. Os a recent class,
these comments were made:
“The class as a whole (was)
interesting and enlightening.”
“I think the instructors are
narrowminded in their views.”
“The class is interesting and
started me thinking.”
"I think having a black and a
white instructor opened a lot
of doors.”
“Good idea to have a class
like this and to present it like
it really was.”
“Loosens racial prejudice.”
“Very interesting — Most of
it common sense.”
“More emphasis on general
race relations, not just black
or white.”
•'Have smaller discussion
groups.”
“Good lecture.”
Permanent party personnel
also are being exposed to the
class. No reactions are avail
able from them as of yet.
“We are not trying to solve
the racial problem just by hav
ing this class,” stated one of
the instructors, “But we are
trying to get the troops to
communicate with each other.
Communication can help the
soldiers to accept each other
for what they are.”
Church Os God
In Alamo Set
Revival Services
Revival services will begin
at the Alamo Church of God
on Monday, March 1. Services
will begin each evening at 7:30
o’clock with Sister Virginia
Herrington, pastor of Big Oaks
Church erf God, preaching.
The pastor, Raymond L.
Brown and all members in
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NATION’S FIRST MOBILE HOME LOAN
Tallahassee, Florida played a part on the national scene with the approval of the nation’s first
Veterans Administration’s loan for mobile homes. Mr. E.C. Allen, president of Mobile Home
Industries, Inc., presented the keys to the mobile home to Tommy Culley, an associate of Culley
Funeral Homes of Tallahassee. Pictured in photo: left to right — Mr. E.C. Allen, president of
Mobile Home Industries -- Mr. Tom Culley - (Associate with Culley Funeral Home who bought the
home) and Mr. Odell Vaughn, Director of Veterans Administration Affairs for Florida (home
office- St. Petersburg). (PRN)
Hagan Measure Condemns
Mistreatment Os P.O. W.’s
WASHINGTON (PRN) - A
Resolution condemning the
North Vietnamese for
inhumane treatment of
American Prisoners of War has
been introduced in the U.S.
House of Representatives by
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan.
The Resolution, which has
more than 200 co-sponsors
with broad bi-partisan
support, calls on the North
Vietnamese to comply with
the Geneva Convention
accords which that
government signed in 1957.
Specifically, Hagan’s bill
requests the North Vietnamese
and Viet Cong to:
1. Identify all prisoners in
their custody;
2. Permit impartial
inspection of their POW
camps;
3. Release seriously injured
or sick prisoners;
Ocmulgee Academy
Barbecue Saturday
Ocmulgee Academy in Lum
ber City, will have a barbecue
chicken supper Saturday night,
February 27.
Serving will begin at 5:30
p.m. Plates will be $1.50.
All proceeds will go to the
school. All members and
friends are urged to attend.
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Former Georgia Parks Department Director John L.
Gordon, right, and Wade Manning, manager of Geor
gia Power Company’s land department, look over a
newly completed rock sign at the entrance to Mocca
sin Creek State Park. The park, on Lake Burton in
northeast Georgia, features facilities for camping and
fishing. Land for the development and for a nearby
state fish hatchery was donated by Georgia Power
to the state in 1963. The special sign bears a com
pany medallion at one end and a parks department
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
4. Permit the free exchange
of mail between prisoners and
their families.
The Resolution offered by
Hagan is similar to a
Concurrent Resolution which
passed the 91st Congress in
1969.
i “World opinion has had a
dramatic effect on the
conditions of our Prisoners of
War over the past two years,”
। Hagan said. “However, the
i Communist government still is
not complying with
elementary provisions of the
I Geneva Accords on prisoners
; of war. There are some
families who still have not
heard from their husbands,
fathers, sons and brothers, and
yet we know for a fact that
some of them have been held
prisoner for as long as five
years. The North Vietnamese
have consistently refused the
International Red Cross the
right to inspect their POW
camps. They have released
only token numbers of our
prisoners, and they have
refused a complete list of their
prisoners.”
Hagan added: The
Communists are moved only_
through world opinion. I think
1 it is imperative that Congress
officially goes on record as
soliciting from the North
* Vietnamese more humane
• treatment.”
J.H. Holmes
Dies In Telfair
Hospital Feb. 17
Jerome H. (Rip) Holmes, 71,
well known resident and busi
ness man of Mcßae, died
Wednesday night, February 17,
in the Telfair County Hospital
following a brief illness. Mr.
Holmes was the former owner
of Mcßae Livestock Market,
which he sold several years
ago, and was retired.
He was born in Truetlen
County on November 9, 1899
the son of the late Charles
C. and Mary Frances Wright
Holmes. He was married to the
former Agnes Griffin on
September 14, 1930 and was a
member of the Mcßae First
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon, February 19,
at 3:00 o’clock from the Mcßae
First Baptist Church with Dr.
Ted Phillips officiating, assis
ted by the Rev. J. W. Herndon,
pastor of the Mcßae United
Methodist Church.
Burial was in Telfair
Memorial Gardens with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were nephews.
Honorary pallbearers were
the Deacons of Mcßae First
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife
of Mcßae; one sot, Jerry
Holmes of Athens; two grand
children, Renee and Pace
Holmes; one brother, C. L.
Holmes of Alamo; and three
sisters, Mrs. Henry Thigpen
of Adrian, Mrs. W. A. Hartley
erf Alamo, and Mrs. Rudy Cole
erf Mt. Holly, N. C.
Miss Jean Browning
Listed Among Most
Outstanding Students
Named in this year’s national
listing of America’s most out
■ standing Junior College stu
dents is Miss Jean Browning,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Browning, Jr. of Glenwood.
Her name is included in the
1970-71 edition of Who’s Who
Among Students In American
Junior Colleges, a listing of
the campus leaders from more
than 600 of the nation’s insti
tutions of higher learning.
The annual directory of dis
tinguished students has been
published since 1966 and
carries only the names of stu
dents whose academic standing,
service to the community,
leadership in extracurricular
activities and future potential
are decidedly above average.
Jean is currently a sopho
more student majoring in Music
at Brewton Parker College in
Mt. Vernon.
Ocmulgee Academy
• Education Assoc.
The Ocmulgee Academy Edu
cation Association will meet
at the school on Friday night,
March 5, at 7:30.
All members and interested
parents are urged to attend.
FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1971
Senator Talmadge Calls For War On
Crime find Smut, Asks for fiction
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge, in two Georgia speeches
delivered on the same day re
cently, spoke out cm two erf the
nation’s major problems —
crime and pornography — and
called for forceful action to
combat them both.
The senator told the Savannah
Law Association the threat of
Former Dodge
Deputy Sheriff
Dies In Eastman
The Macon News
Funeral services were held
at 3 p.m. Monday for Benjamin
Jackson “Jack” Eckles, 47,
who died Saturday after suffer
ing a heart attack in the Dodge
County jail where he was being
held cmi a murder conviction.
Mr. Eckles, a former Dodge
County deputy sheriff, was con
victed by a jury in Dodge
Superior Court January 28 and
sentenced to life imprisonment
for murder in the fatal shooting
last Sept. 5, of Alfred Lee, 26,
a parttime employee of Eastman
Cotton Mill cm the front porch
of Lee’s home in Eastman.
A motion for a new trial had
been filed on Mr. Eckles’ be
half and he was being held in
the jail pending court action
on the motion. He reportedly
had been taken to a hospital
several times since his con
viction for treatment of a heart
ailment.
Mr. Eckles complained of
chest pains early Saturday
morning and was taken by am
bulance to a hospital where
he was pronounced dead, au
thorities said.
Mr. Eckles was a native of
Dodge County and was owner
and operator of Eckles Grocery
store in Eastman. He was a
member of the First Baptist
Church, Eastman Masonic
Lodge 279 and of Al Sihah
Shrine Temple in Macon.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. lone Ryals Eckles of East
man; two sons, Spec. 4 G. L.
Eckles of Ft. Myers, Va., and
Jack Eckles, Jr., of Eastman;
a sister, Mrs. Christine Cole
man of Eastman; and two bro
thers, Abner Eckles of Helena,
and J. C. Eckles of Eastman.
Services were held in the
chapel of Stokes-Southerland
Funeral Home in Eastman with
burial in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Negro Youth
Shot Accidentally
In Helena Home
Melvin Hughes, age 15, was
shot accidentally at the home
of Melvin Davis in Helena.
It was reported that Davis,
age 15, picked up a loaded
single barrel shot gun and was
told to put it down by Hughes.
Davis placed the gun against
a piece of furniture from where
it fell and discharged, striking
Hughes in the side and stomach.
Hughes was carried to an
Augusta hospital where he is
reported in good condition.
NOTICE
On February 1, 1971, an
ordinance was passed by the
City Council prohibiting all
manually operated or self pro
pelled vehicles, namely bi
cycles, motor scooters & etc.
from being used on the side
walk of Alamo in the business
district. This violation will be
termed a misdemeanor and
fined not less than $5.00 nor
more than $25.00 per offense.
The vehicle will be stored by
the Police Department until fine
is paid.
We ask all parents to help
us enforce this regulation for
the protection erf all the people
who uses these side walks.
By City CouncilandMayor
Alamo, Georgia
lawlessness in the United States
is “greater than ever before”
and pleaded for “a national
renaissance of dedicated belief
in the dignity and necessity of
the law.”
Sen. Talmadge told the law
yers the law of God and man
is a shrine before which the
American people have laidtheir
hopes and desires.
“I submit,” he declared,
“that this shrine is being dese
crated. It is being violated as
never before in history by a
vast and growing army of im
morality and criminality.”
Talmadge said “unless there
is a let-up in crime, barred
doors and windows will make
families prisoners in their own
homes.” He added:
“People are afraid to walk
the streets at night, and this
fear is seeping into the surburbs
where night-time football
Poultry Federation Seeks
Scholarship Applicants
GAINESVILLE, GA. (PRN)
Scholarships leading to
rewarding careers in Georgia’s
poultry industry are again
available to Georgia high
school and college students
who have not yet chosen a
career course of study,
according to Georgia Poultry
Federation President James
Evans.
These scholarships, open to
both freshmen and transfer
students entering the
University of Georgia’s
Department of Poultry
Science, are one phase of a
Federation recruitment
program aimed at insuring
future leadership for the
stale’s leading farm-related
industry, Evans noted.
Because of the size and
scope of this industry, it offers
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(L - R) J.K. Smith, Governor of CFC, and David Hamil,
Administrator of REA presents to Schley Moore, Manager of
Washington County EMC and board President W.O. Cummings
the joint loan. Watching the cermony in the foreground are (1-r)
Vincent Slatt, President, CFC and David Holmes, Vice President
of Georgia EMC. (PRN)
Sandersville Co-Op Gets
Loan From New Bank
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 16,
(PRN) — The Washington
County Electric Membership
Corporation of Sandersville,
Georgia received the first loan
in the Southeast, made jointly
by the Rural Electrification
Administration (REA) and the
National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance
Corporation.
The signing of contracts was
made during the annual
meeting of members of the
National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association in
Dallas, Texas. On hand for the
exchange of contracts were
REA Administrator, David
Hamil; CFC Governor, J.K.
Smith, and Washington
County Manager, Schley
Moore. Also participating in
the cermonies were; Vincent
Slatt, President of CFC; David
Holmes, Vice-President of
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games are a thing of the past.”
Asserting that lie could not
“comprehend how the over
whelming majority of law
abiding Americans can remain
apparently indifferent to the
vicious assault of lawfulness
all across the land,” Talmadge
said, “if our lawful society
is to survive, there must be
a national renaissance of dedi
cated belief in the dignity and
the necessity of the law.”
Earlier that day, Sen. Tal-
Ocmulgee Academy
Barbecue March 6
There will be a barbecue
chicken supper at the Ocmulgee
Academy school on Saturday
night, March 6.
Serving will begin at 5:30.
All proceeds will go to the
school. The public is invited
to attend.
a larger volume and variety of
job opportunities than many
young people might realize,
Poultry Federation Education
and Research Committee
Chairman Fred Haley, of
Canton, emphasized.
“Career fields in poultry,
eligible for Federation
scholarships, include genetics,
physiology, nutrition,
pathology, product
development, management,
sales, foreign trade,
government, journalism, and
many more,” Haley noted.
Both men urged students
interested in these careers and
the scholarships that can help
to make them a reality to
contact the Georgia Poultry
Federation, P.O. Box 763,
Gainesville, Georgia 30501 for
further details.
Georgia EMC and member of
J the Board of Washington
> County, and W.O. Cummings,
President of Washington
i County.
In signing the contracts,
i Administrator Hamil said “It
> is a historic occasion in the
5 rural electrification program in
> America.” Governor Smith
stated that the cooperatives
had formed the CFC in an
i effort to provide themselves
financing, supplementary to
REA funds, in order to meet
the new and expanding
। challenges the cooperatives
will face in the coming years,
and that CFC was happy to be
in business to make the loan.
Mr. Moore responded that
Washington County EMC was
“honored to be selected as one
of the first to receive a joint
loan, and 1 assure you it will
be put to good use in our
service area”.
NUMBER 47
madge, addressing the Colum
bus Rotary Club, described the
problem of pornography as “a
blot upon the American
society,” and called on Con
gress to “mount an offensive
against pornography and ob
scenity” which he said were
flooding the country. Said the
senator:
‘Tn recent years, because
of permissive Supreme Court
decisions which have given por
nographers virtually carte
blanche authority to print, film
and sell just about anything
they want, there has been a
steady rise in the production
and traffic of obscene and sala
cious material, much of it
through the United States mail.
‘The flood of pornographic
material increased sharpely
soon afterthePresident’sCom
mission on Pornography and
Obscenity issued its report last
fall. As we all knew it would,
this outrageous report recom
mending the abolition of laws
against pornography gave added
momentum to an already appal
ling problem.”
An outspoken critic of the
Pornography Commission re
port ever since it was released,
Sen. Talmadge was co-sponsor
of a resolution to repudiate
it, which the Senate adopted
60-5. President Richard M.
Nixon also strongly denounced
the commission report.
Alamo Shirt Co.
List New Benefits
For Employees
A significant increase in em
ployee benefit programs for all
production employees of Alamo
Shirt Company lias been an
nounced by I .eon Monfort,
Included in these benefit pro
grams is a new retirement
plan, paid for entirely by the
company, which is effective
January 1, 1971. Benefits under
the retirement plan include such
features as prior service credit
for long term employees, early
retirement, vesting, disability
payments and death benefits.
Provisions of the group in
surance program have been
significantly increased as well.
For example, payments for hos
pital room and board, hospital
extras and emergency accident
benefits have been doubled,
while other areas of the plan
have been increased sub
stantially.
In commenting on the new
benefits, Leon Monfort said,
“Our ability to provide these
additional benefits at no cost
to our employees is a direct
result of the efforts and loyalty
of all our people, and an indi
cation of our confidence in the
continuing success of our
company.”
Maddox Has Own
Ideas Os Reform
Os Government
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox,
addressing the Cedartown Ki
wants Club, said he believes
a “well-planned reorganization
’ of state agencies is long over
due,’’ and that the taxpayers
deserve to have everything pos
sible done to give them better
services for less money. But
he cautioned:
“Our Georgia constitution
provides the means for bringing
about such reorganization, with
the authority of the executive,
legislative and judiciary bran
ches of state government clear
ly defined in order to protect
the rights of you, the people.’’
He added:
“As governor, I respected
these various functions of the
different branches of our state
government, and as lieutenant
governor, I still respect them.”