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VOLUME 56
Youth Assembly
Clinic To Be Held
In Mt. Vernon
Montgomery County Y Clubs
will be hosts to the Hi-Y and
Tri-Hi-Y Clubs of the Southeast
District, Saturday, March 6, for
their annual Youth Assembly
Clinic.
The clinic is a preparatory
step toward the annual Youth
Assembly held each year in
Atlanta, in the state capitol
building. The young people act
as legislators and draw up,
committee, and vote on the
passage of these bills.
The youth delegates come
from all parts of the state of
Georgia and the SE District
is just a part of the total State
YMCA program. The clinic will
feature a special session for
the Press Delegates who will
be attending. The session will
be led by Joe Ledlie of The
Savannah Morning News-Eve
ning Press. These youngpeople
will be briefed on how to write
a news story, conduct an inter
view, and participate in a group
interview.
The delegates will gothrough
a mock session with Philip
Bolub of Blackshear, the youth
Lieutenant Governor presiding.
The young people elect their
own youth assembly officials
and campaign for them much
as their adult counterparts do.
The Youth Assembly this year
will be held April 8, 9 and 10.
The starting time for the
Clinic in Mt. Vernon is at
9:30 a.m.
Rural Housing
Funds Increased
Secretary of Agriculture,
Clifford M. Hardin, announced
February 26, that the Farmers
Home Administration’s rural
housing program level has been
increased to $1.47 billion for
this year. Current mortgage
market conditions enabled the
Federal program to be in
creased without a net increase
in budget costs.
J. N. McDuffie, State Director
of the Farmers Home Adminis
tration, states that approxi
mately $63 million of housing
funds have been allotted to
Georgia for rural housing loans
for the fiscal year ending June
30th.
Rural housing loans are made
to individual families for
dwellings and for rental housing
properties in the open country
and in towns of not over’ 5500
population. Loans to eligible
families are made for the con
struction, purchase or rehabil
itation of dwellings for their
own use. Repayment terms run
as long as 33 years. The cost
of a building lot may be in
cluded in the loan. The loans
are available only to families
that cannot meet their housing
credit needs from commercial
credit sources.
Applications for housing
loans and requests for further
information should be directed
to the County Office in Mcßae.
Herman T. Langley, County
Supervisor in charge of this
office, will be glad to receive
applications and discuss pro
grams with interested in
dividuals.
Heart Os Georgia
APDC Elects
New Officers
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the Heart of Georgia
Planning and Development
Commission held at Stuckey’s
Carriage Inn in Eastman, the
following officers were elected
for 1971: J. D. Brown of Dublin,
Chairman; Clayton Stephens of
Soperton, Vice-Chairman; and
John Thomas of Eastman,
Secretary-Treasurer.
J. D. Brown is County Agent
of Laurens County. Clayton
Stephens is a practicing
attorney in Soperton, and John
Thomas is manager of the
Ocmulgee Electric Membership
Corporation.
Officers for the past ;»r
were: David E. Morgan, Ch< r
man; J. D. Brown, Vice-Chair
man; and John Thomas, Secre
tary-Treasurer.
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STATE’S NEWEST WELCOME CENTER
Mrs. Jean Holmes, manager of the state’s newest Welcome Center for tourists on 1-75, gives a
pretty, young visitor a free coke and tells her of all the attractions of Macon. The center and rest
area were built by the State Highway Department in cooperation with the Macon Chamber of
Commerce, which staffs and operates it. Just opened, the formal dedication ceremonies will be
scheduled shortly. (PRN)
Kathy Trapnell Named
Miss YMCA Teenager
Miss Katliy Trapnell of
Metter, was crowned Miss
Southeast District YMCA Teen
ager, 1971 on Friday, February
26, at Statesboro Junior High
School by the 1970 title holder,
Miss Susan Brannen of Vidalia.
Miss Trapnell, a lovely blonde,
captivated the judges from the
interviews through the street
dress and evening gown compe
tition. The emcee Bob Wilson
of Georgia Southern College,
asked her “If you were tired
of your current boy friend and
found you didn’t like him any
more, how would you get rid
of him?” Kathy answered very’
simply that she would be honest
and tell him the truth as tact
fully as possible and thus eli
minate any undue hurt or dis
comfort.
Others in the top five finalist
included a tie for runner-up
and this is held by Miss Ethel
Brown of Blackshear and Miss
Jan Smith of Waycross, the
others were Miss Gail Seay
of Mcßae, and Miss Deborah
Fa les of Hazlehurst.
Sgt. Terrell Powell
Stationed In Viet Nam
Army Sergeant Terrell
Powell, son of Guy Powell,
Rt. 1, Lumber City, is stationed
in Viet Nam.
The 32-year-old soldier is a
Scout Leader in Troop A, Ist
Squadron, Ith Armored Ca
valry Regiment. The troop had
just returned to its home base
near Di An after extensive ope
rations in Tay Ninh Province.
Sgt. Powell entered the Army
in October 1964, and was last
stationed in Germany.
His wife, Jerry, lives at War
ner Robins.
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WEE FOLK vie for the title of Mr. and Miss Dublin in the St.
Patrick’s Festival at Dublin. Georgia. (PRN)
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 -
Ten other young ladies were
in the top 15 semi-finalist and
they included Miss Lanier
Brannen, Statesboro; Joni
Browning, Mt. Vernon; Robbie
Lewis, Millen; Lisa Macomber,
Sylvania; Libby Maupin,
Swainsboro; Alice Faye Mor
gan, Sylvania; Sabrina Post,
Hazlehurst; Maria Walker, Mc-
Rae; and Diane Waters, Black
shear. Miss Maupin, a petite
brunette, won the Sister Award.
The contestants were asked to
vote for the girl they had met
during the day whom they would ■
like most to be their sister.
Garden Club Members
Visit Heart Os Ga.
Floriculture Project
On last Sunday afternoon a
group of ladies from the Alamo
Garden Club visited the Heart
of Georgia Floriculture Project
in Dublin.
Mr. Jost, Director, met the
group and carried them through
the entire project explaining
to them about the different kinds
of flowers, showing them the
hot houses with beautiful plants
such as 72,000 geranimums,,
orchids in bloom, all kinds of
flowering mums, bedding plants
and how the soil was purified
for the plants.
It was a very interesting
trip - and the members were
more determined than ever to
win the beautification through
conservation in 1971. Every
one in the County should visit
this flower-land and you will
not only see and enjoy the
flowers but see some of our
own County people at work on
this project.
BOX 385
Alamo Gets Check
For 7,644.13
From 6a. Power
A check for $2,644.13 was
delivered February 26, to the
City of Alamo by Johnny Mc-
Craney, District Manager,
Georgia Power Company.
This check represents a per
centage of the gross receipts
received in 1970 by the company
from the sale of electric power
to commercial and residential
customers in the city. The pay
ment is made under the Munici
pal Partnership Plan. It is in
addition to the company’s prop
erty taxes, which on a statewide
basis last year totaled approx
imately $15,950,000.
More than $6,695,000 in 1970
gross receipts taxes is being
paid this year to the communi
ties of Georgia. This is an
increase of approximately
$645,000 over the amount paid
last year.
The company’s total tax bill
for 1970 was $57,495,172. This
does not include the sales tax
the company collects from its
customers for the State of Geor
gia, nor does it include the
sales tax the company pays on
materials used in its operation.
Chip R. Bell
Training Supervisor
For N.C. Bank
Chip R. Bell, a Georgia
native, has become training
supervisor in the Personnel
Division of North Carolina Na
tional Bank in Charlotte, N. C.
He completed work last month
for a master’s degree in in
dustrial sociology at George
Peabody College in Nashville,
Tenn. He also is a political
science graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Mr. Bell is a native of Alamo,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
U. Bell of Alamo. He was a
trainee at First National Bank
in Albuquerque, N. Mex., in
1967 before beginning his mili
tary duty. He became an in
structor at the Army’s Instruc
tor Training School at Fort
Benning, and later became a
platoon leader with the 82nd
Airbourne Division in Vietnam.
He is married to the former
Nancy Rainey, daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Jack R. Rainey of
514 S.E. Third St., Walnut
Ridge, Ark.
NCNB is the third largest
commercial bank in the South
east, now operating 104 offices
in 31 North Carolina com
munities and a foreign branch
in Nassau, the Bahamas.
How much does a porpoise
eat? One ancient myth, still
widely believed, is that a
porpoise eats its own weight in
fish every 24 hours. However,
after keeping daily records of
food consumption for more
than 20 years, Marineland of
Florida biologists know that
an adult bottlenose porpoise
weighing between 350 to 400
pounds will grow fat on 15 to
20 pounds of fish a day.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1971
Tri-Gounty Glarket Hog Show, Sale
find Judging Contest Set March 22
March 22 and 23 are two big
days for some 50 4-H and
FFA members in our area.
These are the dates of the Tri-
County Market Hog Show, Sale
and Judging Contest, which is
sponsored by the Tri-County
RC&D Project.
The order of events will be
the Market Hog ShowonMonday
Peanut Week To
Be Observed
Mar. 3-13
National Peanut Week is
underway across America and
nowhere is the special obser
vance receiving more support
than in Georgia, the Nation’s
leading producer of peanuts.
As an official kick-off to
the celebration March 3-13,
Gov. Jimmy Carter, a peanut
producer himself, has issued
a Proclamation which calls upon
all Georgians to join in a “toast
to our peanut producers’* by
enjoying peanuts and peanut
products during the 10-day
observance.
Universally consumed and
enjoyed in various forms by
millions of people, it is ap
propriate that the Georgia pea
nut industry lend its support
to the celebration. Last year’s
peanut crop in the state was a
record-breaker in yield and
quality, and peanuts have been
the leading row crop in money
value In Georgia since 1965.
I^ast year’s crop alone was
worth $145,000,000 to growers.
The National Peanut Week
effort is supported by the entire
U. S. peanut industry with pro
ducers, shelters and manu
facturers joining in the massive
promotional effort to create
greater consumption of peanuts
and peanut products.
All across the Nation food
stores will be featuring peanut
products and the Georgia Peanut
Commission, the promotional
agency for Georgia growers,
will be sponsoring various
events which call attention to
the observance.
Georgia Peanut Princess,
Joyce Jowers, and several
Commission representatives
were in Washington recently
to give Congressmen and Sen
ators a preview of our National
Peanut Week at a Peanut Snack
Party. George P. Donaldson,
executive secretary of the Com
mission, will be featured on
the NBC Radio “Monitor” pro
gram as another highlight of
the Peanut Week observance.
1971 Tax Guides
Now Available
The government has just re
leased its 1971 tax guides for
individuals and small busi
nesses containing up-to-date
information on federal income
taxes.
Both booklets, Your Federal
Income Tax and Tax Guide for
Small Business, are available
from the Superintendent of
Documents for seventy-five
cents each.
Officials describe the book
lets as “supplementing”
pamphlets each taxpayer re
ceives from the Internal
Revenue Service, usually in
January, along with his
machine-readable tax form.
The Guides contain more de
tailed information and aid tax
payers, in most cases, to com
plete their own returns ac
curately and quickly.
The guides can be obtained
from a number of government
book stores throughout the
country and by writing the
Superintendent of Documents,
Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C. 20402. Re
mittance by check or money
order should be included with
orders.
Most women want to hear the
truth, no matter how flattering.
and the Livestock Judging Con
test and Sate on Tuesday. The
show will be held at the Soper
ton Stockyard at 2:00 p.m.,
Monday, March 22. This year
the showman will be showing
gilts as well as barrows in
competition. The show is divid
ed into seven classes as fol
lows: four- weight divisions —
(160-179) light, (180-200) me
dium light weight, (201-220)
medium weight and (221-240)
heavy weight; homegrown class;
Grand Champion Class and a
Fitting and Showing Class.
Approximately seventy pigs
have been entered in the show
Ga. Power Cited
For Newspaper
Advertisements
Two Georgia Power Company
newspaper advertisements have
been cited in a national publi
cation, Public Utility Ad-Views.
They were selected as cover
award ads of the month and
reprinted on the front page of
the publication.
One ad was entitled, “When
a bird calls, we listen,” and
described the utility’s activities
in environmental protection.
The other described a 106-
acre, all-electric development
of homes, apartments, shops
and parks in Macon.
The two advertisements were
published earlier this year in
235 daily and weekly news
papers in the company’s service
area. Public Utility Ad-Views
monthly judges and publishes
the best advertisements in the
electric power and gas in
dustries and awards points for
excellence. Last year, Georgia •
Power placed second in the
annual nationwide competition.
Oldsters Lead
In The Stale
The fastest growing segment
of Georgia’s population is prob
ably in the over 65-year-old
group, according to figures just
released.
They show Georgiawith367,-
371 citizens 65 years old or
older, a gain of 76,710 over
1960, or a 26.3 per cent gain
in the age group.
Georgia’s overall increase
in population since 1960 was
16.4 per cent.
ELISA CALLAWAY, 1970 71 POULTRY PRINCESS
A junior majoring in Interior Design at the University of
Georgia, the Georgia Poultry Federation's reigning Poultry
Princess is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Callaway, of
Covington. She will crown her successor in Atlanta on June 4.
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with some thirty of these being
homegrown pigs. The compe
tition should be good with the
quality pigs the boys and girls
liave this year.
Pope Sets Goal
To Make Patrol
Best In Nation
Col. Ray Pope, who Gov.
Jimmy Carter hand-picked as
state public safety director in
his administration, has set an
ambitious goal for himself —
tliat of upgrading the Georgia
Department of Public Safety
until it becomes the best organ
ization of its kind in the United
States.
Col. Pope outlined how he
planned to upgrade the safety,
department at all division levels
in a recent speech to the Ameri
cus Civitan Club. At the same
time, he called for public
support in order to combat
crime which he said is in
creasing faster than the pop
ulation growth.
Pointing out that an esti
mated 1,800 persons will be .
killed in Georgia traffic acci
dents this year, with another
30,000 injured, the director said
with more careful driving and
obeying traffic laws, plus using
common sense, Georgians can
play an important rote in help
ing to reduce this tragic death
toll.
“We have become complacent
about traffic deaths,” Pope de
clared. “We get very disturbed
about deaths from natural dis
asters such as storms and
earthquakes and think nothing
about killing more people on our
streets and highways.”
He pointed out that three
major factors enter into traffic
accidents. They are (l)theroad
and the condition of it; (2) the ’
vehicle and its condition, and
(3) the driver. Half of those
killed will be killed by drunk
and drinking drivers, the direc
tor asserted.
A favorite of sport
fishermen, the gamefish called
dolphin is a fast-growing
species. Dolphins weighing less
than two pounds have attained
a weight of over 50 pounds in
one year at Marineland of
Florida.
NUMBER 48
On Tuesday morning follow
ing the show on Monday, 4-H
and FFA members from Treut
len, Wheeler and Montgomery
counties will be competing in
a Livestock Judging Contest.
This event will be held at the
high school in Soperton at 10:00
a. m.
The Livestock Judging Con
test is a new event this year
and we hope that it will grow
as the show grows and aid in
getting more young people in
volved in the various livestock
fields. The event this year will
be judging market hogs and
possibly a breeding class of
hogs.
Livestock Judging is a very
educational experience and
gives the young person a chance
to team more about the modem
type or kind of animals the
judges are selecting in the
shows. The boys and girls will
be competing on a team and
individual basis in the contest.
There will be FFA and 4-H
teams from Treutlen, Wheeler
and Montgomery counties.
Awards will be given to the
top three teams and the five
high scoring individuals in the
contest.
Tuesday afternoon the boys
and girls will be selling their
animals at the Soperton Stock
yard. Those pigs that placed
in the show will be sold in
dividually and the remaining
pigs will be sold according to
weight division.
Certainly it is hoped that
the people of this Tri-County
area will come out and support
your young people during these
events. They have put a lot
of time and effort into their
projects and we hope you will
support them. Everyone is cor
dially invitedtoattendallevents
or a particular event during
these two days.
Veterans Eligible
For Additional
Home Loan Benefits
About seven million World
War II and Korean Conflict
veterans who financed their
homes with VA-guaranteed
loans before May 7, 1968, are
eligible for additional home loan
benefits, the Veterans Adminis
tration announced today.
The estimated seven million
veterans who may qualify have
accrued about $37.5 billion in
unused home loan benefits, the
VA said.
Harry W. Piper, Assistant
Director, Atlanta VA Regional
Office, said these are veterans
who obtained loans during the
years when loan guaranty was
substantially lower than now.
Mr. Piper noted that the cur
rent VA loan guaranty maximum
is $12,500 or 60 per cent of
the loan, whichever is less —
a maximum in effect since May
7, 1968.
This compares with the
$4,000 or 50 per cent maximum
guaranty, set when VA started
its home loan program after
World War 11. This maximum
was increased to $7,500 or
60 percent on September 1,
1951, and was raised to the
current $12,500 maximum May
7, 1968.
Mr. Piper explained that any
veteran who financed his home
with a VA-guaranteed loan be
fore May 7, 1968, now has
either $5,000 or $8,500 home
loan entitlement available —
depending on when he received
his loan.
Veterans and servicemen who
want to establish eligibility for
entitlement remaining from
their original GI loans are urged
to contact their nearest VA
office or their local service
organization representative.
Bumper-Sticker phil
osophy: “If you don’t
like the police, the next
time you are in trouble,
call a hippie.”