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VOLUME 56
Countdown For
Ministry At
Alamo Methodist
Something unusual and dif
ferent will take place at the
Alamo United Methodist Church
Sunday evening, March 14. The
Alamo and Bay Springs
churches will meet for a com
bined RALLY with a “Count
down for Ministry” emphasis.
The purpose of the Rally is
to give consideration to a new
and different approach for de
termining the Church’s mission
and ministry in the world and
how to implement the Great
Commission given by Jesus,
“Go ye into all the world and
make disciples of men of all
nations . ..teaching them to ob
serve all things whatsoever I
have commanded y0u...”
The RALLY begins at 5:00
with a worship service. The
Rev. Curtis Roberts of Twin
City will bring an evangelical
message and then give leader
ship for the two sessions to
follow. Supper will be served
in the Fellowship Hall at 6:45.
A second session will begin at
7:45 and will close at 9:00.
Rev. Richard Aultman is the
pastor of the Alamo United
Methodist Church.
Altamaha River
Comm. To Make
Washington Trip
The Altamaha River Com
mission has been advised by
Senator - Herman Talmadge that
a meeting is programmed for
them with the Georgia Con
gressional Delegation in Wash
ington. The date is Wednesday,
March 24th. The time is 9:00
a.m. The place is Room M 24,
the Old Senate Office Building,
Washington, D. C.
The meeting will be attended
by representatives of the Corps
of Engineers from the Savannah
District Office and from the
Washington Office.
The executive Committee of
the River Basin Commission
is requesting representation
from each of the 46 counties
of the river basin. Indications
to date are that most of the
counties will be well repre
sented, if not all counties.
The purpose of the meeting
is to discuss a time table ac
celerating present cost-benefit
studies by the Corps of Engi
neers and economic research
by the Industrial Development
Division of Georgia Tech, to a
point where actual construction
of navigational facilities in the
River Basin might begin.
The ARB Commission cor
dially invites all local officials,
community leaders and con
cerned citizens from the 2 mil
lion Georgians in the River
Basin to attend this most vital
and historic meeting in Wash
ington on March 24th with the
Georgia Congressional Dele
gation.
Delegates Attend
Youth Assembly
Delegates from Ocmulgee
Academy attended the Youth
Assembly Clinic held in Mt.
Vernon, Saturday, March 6th.
Those attending were Claire
Smith, Beverly Harris and
Selese Kahrmann, who will at
tend Youth Assembly as press
delegates in Atlanta, on April
8-10.
At the clinic the press dele
gates attended a special meet
ing which explained the duties
erf a press delegate. Joe Ledlie
of the Savannah Morning News
gave points on how to write
an effective news article.
Afterwards everyone as
sembled in the auditorium for
a meeting about the procedures
of the Youth Assembly legis
lature.
Shrimp Supper
Saturday, March 13
Ocmulgee Academy will have
a shrimp supper Saturday,
March 13.
Serving will begin at 5:30,
and plates are $1.50 each. See
you then!
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(ircelings from these charming Irish hostesses aboard the biggest St. Patrick ever —
the new Boeing 747 flagship of Irish International Yirlines.
Fitzgerald
Mill Closes
Fitzgerald Textile Mills Inc.,
principal industry in Fitzgerald
since the early 1900’s was
closed down last week on ac
count of adverse economic
causes.
The announcement was made
by vice president T. H. Hol
comb, who added that the mill,
located just outside the city
limits of Fitzgerald, is avail
able for sale.
The cotton mill, normally
employing around 500 workers,
manufactured drapery and up
holstery fabrics. At various
times the looms also wove to
bacco cloth which was used by
tobacco growers in Florida and
Connecticut.
Most species of sharks bear
living young, called pups. The
shark pup is completely on its
own from the moment of
birth, being totally ignored by
the mother, according to
ichthyologists at Marineland
of Florida.
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Washington: Georgia’s four board members of the National
Education Association have urged the state s Congressional
delegation to push for a separate Department of Education with
Cabinet status, to restrict over-lapping programs in education
currently involving twenty-one different Federal agencies.
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan and board member Dr Zack
Henderson of Statesboro, President Emeritus of Georgia
Southern College discuss the proposal during a luncheon
meeting of the NEA members and Georgia s Congressmen. Ihe
delegation took the proposal under study. During the meeting,
the Department of Health. Education and Welfare was described
as "an effective, sprawling monstrosity.” (PRN>
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 -
March Os Dimes
Committee Meets
For 1971 Drive
The March of Dimes
Committee met with Mrs. Abbit
Stewart to organize the 1971
drive. Miss Pearl Macky agreed
to serve as chairman this year.
She, and the Committee would
like to thank the following chur
ches for their fine spirit of
cooperation:
Alamo Chapel - J. A. Wil
liams, $15.00; Mayfield Zion -
Dr. Maudecca Wilson, $10.00;
Spaulding Grove - Mrs. L. H.
Hall, $5.20; St. Paul Baptist -
Mrs. D. Spencer, $15.00; Glen
wood Grove - B. R. Williams,
$15.00.
St. Paul A.M.E. - Miss Pearl
Macky, $15.00; Starlight Bap
tist - Mrs. Lavada Moore,
$15.00; Church of God, Glen
wood - H. T. Wright, $15.00; ■
and Pleasant Hill - Mrs. Mamie
Hall, $15.00, for a total of
$120.20.
May God give you strength
to keep marching to help those
in need.
Chairman,
Miss Pearl Macky
BOX 385
House Has Unusual
Saturday Session,
80 Bills Passed
In an unusual Saturday ses-.
sion, the House approved more
than 80 bills and resolutions
including a supplemental ap
propriations bill.
Among the measures passed
was one which would allow local
governments which sell mixed
drinks to make such sales on
election days one hour after
the polls close.
The House ules Committee
also effective postponed until
next year a bill revising the
state’s abortion law. Speaker
George L. Smith II announced
he will appoint an interim com
mittee to study the measure
thoroughly before the next ses
sion.
The supplemental spending
bill was needed to add more
than sl4 million in appropria
tions for the fiscal 1971-72
year. Some $7.8 million was
added to the State Department
of Education budget, $3 million
to the State Health Department’s
medical assistance program
and over $1 million totheGame
and Fish Commission, among
the extra appropriations to a
number of agencies.
The Saturday session was
called to consider a number of
pending House bills so that the
final week of the session can
be devoted largely to consider
ation of Senate-originated
measures.
Georgia 4 H Is
No. 1 In Nation
Georgia 4-H membership this
year has reached an all-time
high of 158,227, putting the
state No. 1 in the nation, re
ports show.
Oddly, only 23.2 per cent
of the 4-H members live on
farms, while more than 55 per
cent live in rural non-farm
areas and 21 per cent live in
urban and surburban areas, the
report showed.
Ocmulgee Academy
Education Assoc.
The Ocmulgee Academy Edu
cation Association consists of
a membership of 112. The aver
age attendance at each monthly
meeting is 70.
This organization has taken
on many projects to benefit
the school. These projects in
clude activities in the social
and academic areas of the
Academy.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1971
Grant Os $326,000 Goes To Flower
Growing Program In Area Coonties
Governor Jimmy Carter an
nounced the approval of a grant
totaling more than $326,000 to
help expand a flower-growing
program and increase income
in South Central Georgia. Gov.
Carter pointed out that federal
funds were made available by
the Coastal Plains Regional
Commission and the Economic
Development Administration.
The Heart of Georgia Plan
ning and Development Com
mission of Dublin is the appli
cant for the federal funds. The
Commission is the official
organization of the Heart of
Conservation
District Honors
Men Os The Year
The Ohoopee River Soil and
Water Conservation District
and local banks honored one
landowner from each of the
five counties in the district
at an annual banquet last Thurs
day night.
Those men honored for their
achievements in conserving our
natural resources include Ben
Bridgeman of Wheeler County;
J. E. Hart of Toombs; Elmer
Cone of Treutlen; Loy Cowart
of Emanuel and Dr. T. J. O’-
Conner of Montgomery.
The speaker of the evening
was Dr. S. E. Younts, Director
of Rural Development Center
at Tifton. Dr. Younts talked
about conservation and the en
vironment and the role it will
have to play in the future if
life is to be maintained as we
know it today.
President Jim L. Gillis, Jr.
Chairman of the Ohoopee Dis
trict, presided at the banquet.
Representative L. L. (Pete)
Phillips presented the awards.
The official Board of super
visors of the Ohoopee River
Soil and Water Conservation
District were recognized. They
are Jim Gillis, Jr., Pete Phil
lips, J. R. Youmans, Felder
Black, Douglas McGregor, J. C.
Wilkes and L. B. Chambers.
Banks that sponsored the ban
quet are the following; Emanuel
County - Durden Banking Co.,
Citizens Bank, Central Bank,
Spivey State Bank; Toombs
County - Darby Banking Co.,
Brice Banking Co., First Na
tional Bank and People’s Bank;
Montgomery County - Mt. Ver
non Bank, Broggdon State Bank
and Montgomery County Bank;
Treutlen County - Bank of
Soperton; and Wheeler County -
Wheeler County State Bank.
Three From Wheeler
Named Outstanding
Teenagers Os 1971
Three Wheeler County High
School students have been se
lected as Outstanding Teen
agers of America for 1971,
according to James Mullins,
principal.
Selection for the Outstanding
Teenagers awards program
auotmatically qualifies these
students for further state and
national scholarships and
honors. Local nominees are:
Lee Ann Jackson, Renee Den
nis and Johnnette Rivers.
Nominated by their prin
cipals, the Outstanding Teen
agers of America are chosen
from individual schools across
the country for excellence in
community service and aca
demic achievement. The local
students will now vie for the
Outstanding Teenager of the
Year Trophy to be presented
by the state’s governor. Simi
lar trophies will be presented
to winners in other states. The
state winners are selected by
the Outstanding Teenager
Awards Selection Committee,
in cooperation with the Board
erf Advisors.
From amont the 50 state
winners, one boy and one girl
will be chosen for the national
scholarship prize of SI,OOO to
attend the college or university
of their choice.
Georgia Economic Development
District.
The District launched the
greenhouse Floriculture Pro
gram in February of 1970 to
help stimulate economic grow
th. Counties in the district are
Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens,
Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair,
Treutlen, Wheeler and Wilcox.
All except Bleckley and Laurens
are eligible for federal assis
tance because of high unemploy
ment and low family income.
District officials report that
41 out of 45 graduates of the
Floriculture Training Program
are now operating their own
greenhouses.
The Demonstration Program
approved, will cost a total of
$714,000 over 15 months. The
Economic Development Admin
istration is making a $216,000
grant for the job and the Coastal
Plains Commission is making
a SIIO,OOO grant and income
generating program. The Heart
Search And Seizure
School Held In
Eastman Feb. 24
The Federal Bureau of In
vestigation in cooperation with
the Heart of Georgia Planning
and Development Commission
recently conducted a Search
and Seizure School for the Heart
erf Georgia Area.
The School was held in East
man on February 24. Twelve
officers from six law enforce
ment agencies attended the first
session of the school. The sec
ond session (part II) of the
School will be held on March
24, in Eastman.
Officers attending the school
from Wheeler County were
Chief M, D. Bridges and Officer
Ernest Cary from the Glenwood
Police Department.
Revival Services
At Red Bluff
Baptist Church
Revival services will begin
at Red Bluff Baptist Church
on Sunday, March 21, and con
tinue through Friday, March 26,
with services each evening at
7:30 p.m.
The guest speaker will be
the Rev. Robert Woodall, pastor
of Ardsley Park Baptist Church
in Savannah. The Pastor, the
Rev. Foy Spivey and members
invites everyone to attend.
IRISH COLLEENS A PLENTY will be on hand when Dubliners
celebrate the Dublin St. Patrick Festival, March 13-20. The sixth
annual festival is expected to attract several thousand persons
from Georgia and the southeast for a long agenda of festivities.
Included will be bicycle and auto races, golf and bowling
tournaments, a formal ball, a parade and a Little Mr. and Miss
Leprechaun Contest. (PRN)
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of Georgia District will invest
approximately $388,000 from
other sources.
The funds will enable the
district to establish two train
ing centers, 10 greenhouses
and 10 bedding houses.
District officials say 45
trainees will be enrolled in
the program at the first train
ing center where bedding plants,
pansies and perennials such
as daisies, batchelor buttons
and cushion chrysanthemums
will be produced.
Twenty persons will partici-
New Schedule
Given For Issuing
Drivers License
The new schedule for issuing
drivers license has been an
nounced by Sgt. H. J. Holland
of the Georgia State Patrol
Post No. 324 in Helena. It is
as follows:
Tuesday- Ist and 3rd -
Courthouse in Mt. Vernon; 2nd
and 4th - Courthouse in Alamo;
sth - Patrol Station in Helena.
Wednesday - Courthouse in
Hazlehurst.
Thursday - Courthouse in
Eastman.
Friday - Patrol Station in
Helena.
Saturday - Patrol Station in
Helena.
Neighborhood
Service Center
Opens In Alamo
C. J. Broome, Executive Di
rector, Heart of Georgia Com
munity Action Council Inc.,
Eastman, announced the opening
of the Wheeler County Neigh
borhood Service Center in
Alamo. This Center is located
near Hartley’s Grocery and
Market and the telephone num
ber is 568-4812.
The Center is designed to
serve the needs of the low •'
income people in Wheeler Coun
ty and all services are pro
vided on a non-discriminatory
basis. The personnel of the
Center are anxious to help the
low income families to help
themselves.
Everyone in need is invited
to visit the Center and discuss
any problems with Mrs. Abbie
Steward, Center Director or
Mrs. Emma Clements. Anyone
unable to come into the Center ■
may call 568-4812.
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pate in the training program
at the second center. It will
feature the growing of Easter
Lilies, gerberia, daisies and
poinsettias.
Graduates of the training pro
gram will be assisted in ob
taining financing to establish
their own greenhouse ope
rations.
Big Attraction
Because of the new $16.7-
million, 17,500-seat Atlanta
sports coliseum now under con
struction, Kiwanis International
has agreed to bring 20,000 per
sons to Atlanta for its 1975
convention, according to the
Atlanta Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
The huge coliseum is ex
pected to be completed in the
fall of 1972, and the Kiwanis
convention is the first one to
be booked for the facility. The
delegates and their families
will spend an estimated $4-
million here.
Veterans Admin.
Lowers Interest
Rate to 7%
For the third time in less
than three months, the nation’s
veterans and servicemen are
beneficiaries of substantial
savings on interest on home
loans guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration.
Harry W. Piper, Assistant
Director, Atlanta Veterans Ad
ministration Regional Office,
noted payments on a typical
loan, as a result of the latest
reduction to 7 per cent effective
February 18, would be about
s2l per month less than they
were before they were reduced
from the peak 8.5 per cent
interest rate last December.
During the life of the loan,
savings would amount to ap
proximately $7,500.
Mr. Piper explained that
these savings are based on the
average $24,600 loan on new
homes, and the average $20,000
loan on existing homes over a
30-year financing period.
Mortgage interest rates were
reduced from 8.5 to 8 per cent
last Dec. 2, from 8 to 7.5 per
cent on Jan. 13, and from 7.5
to 7 per cent cm Feb. 18.
Mr. Piper commented that
after the reduction of the in
terest rate to 7.5 per cent in
January, there was an im
mediate response from vet
erans who wanted to own their
own homes.
Tax Tables Include
Low Income
Allowance
The Federal income tax
tables for 1970 take into ac
count the low income allow
ance added to the law by the
Tax Reform Act of 1969. As a
result, B. Javan Gamer, IRS
Local Representative, said tax
payers do not have to figure
the low-income allowance.
For 1970, the maximum low
income allowance is $llOO. The
effect of the $llOO allowance
and the $625 personal exemption
on a single person with no
dependents is to eliminate lia
bility for tax until income
reaches $1725, ($2350 for a
single person 65 or over).
Mr. Garner said the tables
reflect whichever is the larger
for each income bracket--the
low-income allowance or the
percentage standard deduction.
The tax tables cover income
up to SIO,OOO. Until this year,
tax tables covered income under
SSOOO.
Taxpayers with income of
SIO,OOO or more or who expect
A speech should be like a
woman’s skirt just long
enough to cover the subject,
and short enough to create in
terest.