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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
William Whaley
Funeral services for William
R. Whaley, 67, of Dublin, who
died Wednesday, April 21, were
held at 11 a.m. Friday in New
Bethel Baptist Church with
burial in the church cemetery.
Mr. Whaley, a native of Tel
fair County, was a member of
New Bethel Church. He was a
retired engineer with the State
Highway Department.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Lois Whaley; three daugh
ters, Mrs. L. D. Thompson
of Coral Gables, Fla., Mrs.
Jess Goss of Savannah, and
Mrs. R. E. Hill of St. Peters
burg, Fla.
Townsend Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
William Henry
Thomas
Funeral services for William
Henry Thomas, 82, of Alamo,
who died Thursday, April 22,
in Mcßae Manor Nursing Home
following a long illness, were
held Saturday afternoon, April
24, at 3:00 o’clock from the
Alamo Baptist Church with the
Rev. Raymond Johnson officiat
ing, assisted by the Rev.
Richard Aultman.
Burial was in the Alamo
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Thomas was bom in
Wilkinson County on February
7, 1889 the son of the late
Zachry Taylor and Lucinda
Politics oln Paradi
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The U. S. Supreme Court de
cision on school bussing is aw
fully hard to understand, pri
marily from the standpoint of
what is best for all children.
To bus a child great distances
— or any distance — twice a
day, purely for the sake of in
tegration, seems to us to be
highly detrimental to the cause
of education For, after all,
children go to school to learn,
and anything that interferes with
this learning is wrong. We can
not believe that the so-called
“advantage" of mixing the
races is as important as a child
going to school in his own
neighborhood, with his own
kind, and in surroundings to
which he is accustomed.
The Courts are rapidly des
troying the public school sys
tem of this nation. Hundreds of
schools over the country are
scenes of friction, with educa
tion suffering. Neither white
nor black are studying in an
atmosphere conducive to best
learning. Particularly is this true
in schools that are already buss
ing, and we cite you what is
going on in the North Carolina
schools which are under court
order to bus. How much worse
this will be when bussing is go
ing on all over the country.
One effect already is the re
fusal of many school districts to
approve bond issues and higher
taxes for the schools. Parents
figure that their children are
not even getting the education
for which they are already pay
ing, so why pay more for even
less education. And, they figure,
if we can hold down school
taxes maybe we can. send our
chi'dren to private schools.
We agree completely with the
declaration by the inimitable
Martha Mitchell: “We ought to
abolish the Supreme Court.”
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U. S. Senator Herman Tal
madge has received over 30,000
communications on the Calley
affair. He started trying to an
swer each letter individually,
but iust couldn't do it, so spec
ial form letters are being pre
pared Other Senators and
Representatives are finding
themselves in the same boat.
*» » »
Miss Martha Tate, who
moved from Senator Russell's
office to that of Sen. Gambrell,
hasn’t been too happy there, so
she now has a much better job
with Senator Bible, of Nevada.
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Gov. Carter’s reorganization
plan is beginning to get into high
gear, but department hc’ds
don't 'ike it any more now than
thev did in the beginning. They
are finding (as we wrote weeks
Fordham Thomas. He was mar
ried to the late Mellie Smith
on November 10, 1907 in Lau
rens County and was a member
of the Alamo Baptist Church.
Survivors include seven sons,
W. C. Thomas, W. H. Thomas,
Jr., Ralph Thomas and Jack
Thomas, all of Alamo, Roy
Thomas of Jacksonville, Fla.,
Dan Thomas of Leesburg, Fla.,
and J. Z. Thomas of Dublin;
two daughters, Mrs. Myrtice
Brown of Alamo, and Mrs. Isak
Nygaard of Warner Robins; one
brother, Oles Thomas of Rt. 1,
Dudley; 31 grandchildren, and
47 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Lizzie Leggett
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lizzie Leggett, 66, of Hazle
hurst, who died Wednesday,
April 21, following an extended
illness, were held Saturday,
April 24, at 3 p.m. in Mt.
Pleasant Baptist Church near
Hazlehurst. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Curtis Mc-
Duffie of Denton, Mrs. Bernice
Chambers of Brunswick, and
Mrs. Yvonne Spivey of Willa
coochee; three sons, Johnny
Courson of Lumber City, W.
B. Courson of Denton, and Ver
non Floyd of Atlanta; two bro
thers, Mitch Floyd and Willie
Floyd, both of Broxton; and a
sister, Belle Coleman of
Toccoa.
Miles Funeral Home was in
charge.
ago) that it is taking a tremen
dous amount of time to prepare
what the governor wants. The
deadline was Monday, April 26,
and some staff folks in various
departments worked over the
weekend to get their paper
ready. One department has had
a dozen top personnel on it for
weeks.
Another thing they don’t like
is that the governor is cutting
out certain positions that are
100% federally funded, thus
saving the state nothing. This
money couldn't be transferred,
though, for the federals forbid
such.
So far, the cost of extra per
sonnel to handle this reorgani- •
zation (all hired by the gover
nor) amounts to over SIOO,OOO
a year. And the tragedy of it
is that there is no indication
yet of where Carter's boast of
saving SSO million a year will
be fulfilled.
Also, most of the crowd hired
are young squirts fresh out of
schoo', who have no experience
in running a billion dollar busi
ness, and are creating confusion
all around.
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Speaking of the reorganiza
tion, our readers wi'l remember
that Arthur Anderson & Co.
was hired to furnish the b’ue
prints on the reorganization. We
see by the stockholders meeting
notice of the Southern Co.
(Georgia Power) that the An
derson firm is also their audi
tor. Since Carter spent several
years on a planning board set
up and funded by Georgia
Power, does the Anderson
choice have any significance?
What we mean is, who's go
ing to be the boss of state gov
ernment when the reorganiza
tion is complete — the Gover
nor, the General Assembly or
some special interest groups?
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Public Service Commissioner
Bobby Pafford has been get
ting an awful lot of publicity
from Atlanta Newspapers, Inc.
But, they have been known be
fore to take some public of
ficial up on the mountain top.
and then drop him with a thud
when he wouldn't go down the
line with them on a'l they want
ed. Witness long time political
figure John Greer. Be careful.
Mr. Pafford.
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PREDICTION — Hamilton
Jordan, Executive Secretary to
the Governor, isn't likely to
last out the year in this job.
Too many legislators, plus some
of the governor's strongest sup
porters, don’t like the inade
quate job he is doing, nor his
high and mighty attitude to
ward everybody. ...
Mrs. Annie Mae
Howington Gresham
Mrs. Annie Mae Howington
Gresham, 65, a well known
resident of Helena, died Satur
day in the Telfair County Hos
pital following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11:00
o’clock from the Chapel of
Harris and Smith Funeral Home
with the Rev. Dickie Johnson,
pastor of the Helena Baptist
Church officiating, assisted by
the Rev. R. L. Harris, pastor
of the Helena United Methodist
Church.
Burial was in Oak Grove
Cemetery with Harr is and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Walter
Dyal, Walter Barrett, Herman
Warnock, L. E. Batchelor, D.
L. McLaughlin, R. L. Nix and
Jon. Stamps, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers were
the Deacons of the Helena Bap
tist Church.
Mrs. Gresham was bom in
Cobb County on August 8, 1906
the daughter of the late J. B.'
and Fannie Flora Barrow How
ington. She was married toG.
Watt Gresham on February 13,
1924 in Telfair County and was
a member of the Helena Meth
odist Church. She had lived in
Helena for 52 years.
Survivors include her hus
band of Helena; four sisters,
Mrs. Molly Tinsley of Marietta,
Mrs. Lucille Shaffer of Brook
side, Ala., Mrs. Ruby Couey
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs.
Virginia Otwell of Smyrna; and
one sister-in-law, Mrs. Mil
dred Howington of Savannah.
Mrs. H. J. Ussery
Funeral services for Mrs.
Horace Jackson Ussery, 59, of
Macon, who died Sunday, were
held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Wil
lingham Baptist Church. Burial
was in Macon Memorial Park.
Mrs. Ussery, the former
Polly Ann Vickery, was bom
in Telfair County but had lived
in Macon 30 years. She was a
member of Willingham Baptist
Church.
Survivors, other than her
husband, are three daughters,
Mrs. Eddie Lee Smith of Cor
nelia, Mrs. Fred Ellard of
Macon, and Mrs. Jimmie Clark
of Haddock; 11 grandchildren;
a brother, Jessie Vickery of
Tampa, Fla.; and three sisters,
Mrs. Lilly Mae Vickers of Ma
con, and Mrs. Paul Harper
and Mrs. James Sapp, both of
Newberry, Fla.
Hart’s Mortuary was in
charge.
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Mrs. Betsy
Vaughn Dean
Funeral services for Mrs.
Betsy Vaughn Dean, 85, of
Helena, who died Tuesday in
the Telfair County Hospital fol-
THE SPREAD OF DRUGS has become a national problem of
utmost severity. There is virtually no community in America that
has not been invaded by this epidemic.
The Secretary of the Navy reported, in terms I found shocking,
that drug abuse in the Navy and Marine Corps is "out of control.”
When the Armed Forces, a group truly representative of all Ameri
cans, cannot control drug abuse, it is time to realize that this is a
serious reflection of a drug problem throughout all our society.
It is no longer only an urban problem. Neither is it just a vehicle
for youthful experimentation. Drugs are available everywhere.
Drugs are used everywhere.
The hard truth is we are in the grip of a deadly threat. Many
crimes that plague the country, and most in big cities, can be
traced directly to drugs and narcotics.
A "drug culture” has taken hold of our society. The over
abundance of pills for every ache, real or imagined, the avail
ability of potent drugs to anyone, has resulted in a drug com
placency. Children have grown up bombarded by ads for drugs.
Many young people have come to assume that pills are away
of life.
* * *
RESPONSE to the problem is of top priority. Legislation has
been passed, but it has been late in coming and it alone will
not be enough.
Criminal penalties have been stiffened against dealers and
pushers of illegal drugs. Now must come even stronger enforce
ment. Law enforcement agents can only be effective, however,
when they have the full support of the public.
More international cooperation and controls also are impera
tive. We must do something about the production and manufacture
of drugs and narcotics in foreign countries that eventually find
their way to some dark alley in the United States.
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I feel very’ strongly, however, that the final solution to the
problem lies in greater public awareness.
Everyone from students to parents, urban and rural, must be
given the full facts about drugs. Both home medicine cabinets,
that contain too many lethal drugs, and pushers that prey on
children, must be rejected and shown to be the menaces they are.
We must throw unneeded drugs out of our lives and our society.
The security of the nation hinges upon our ability to overcome
dangerous threats. The drug problem is such an emergency.
lowing a long illness, were
held Wednesday afternoon, at
2:00 o’clock from the Chapel
of Harris and Smith Funeral
Home.
Burial was in Oak Grove
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Dean was bom in Mont
gomery County the daughter
of the late Samuel and Sarah
Ellen Parrish Vaughn. She was
married to the late Edgar Dean
and was a member of the Cedar
grove Methodist Church.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. Nora Anglen of At
lanta, Miss Dolly Dean, Mrs.
Clara Hulett, Mrs. Ruth Rogers
and Mrs. Mabel Smith, all of
Helena; two sons, Fletcher Lee
Dean of Mcßae and J. C. Dean
of Helena; 14 grandchildren;
17 great grandchildren, and 4
great-great grandchildren.
Georgia Consumer
Services Program
Office Moved
Comptroller General Johnnie
L. Caldwell, announced that the
Georgia Consumer Services
Program (GCSP) will be moved
from his office into the Depart
ment of Family and Children
Services on May 1.
“During the last three
months, Caldwell observed, ‘T
have had my department eval
uating the role and capabilities
of the GCSP. In conferring with
the Governor, it was decided
that the program could best
function in another depart
ment.’’
“I believe that the people of ‘
this State need a consumer
protection agency. However, I
feel that with my already exist
ing activities in the insurance,
small loan and fire safety fie Ids,
this department is not geared
to continue to support a program
which aims at serving only
people who are financially in
digent. I believe that a program
needs to be establishedtoserve
the needs of all Georgians re
gardless of their financial
status. Although low income
groups liave many consumer
problems, these problems, in
similar form, run throughout
the financial and social spect
rum of all Georgians. It was
simply felt that the GCSP
doesn’t achieve what we are
trying to accomplish in the
Comptroller General’s office.”
Caldwell went on to say that
since the program is funded
through a federal grant to the
Department of Family and Chil
dren Services, this shift would
have a minimum disruptive
effect.
“For the last two years,
under my predecessor, the ’
GCSP under the direction of
the Comptroller General’s of
fice lias made some headway
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
in helping Georgians although
it was handicapped in its
scope.” Caldwell notedthatthis
change may give the program
more financial manpower sup
port in future years.
"It is our primary belief
that we are here toserve Geor
gians in the best way we can.
I feel that this move on the
part of the GCSP reflects our
concern and desire to create a
more efficient department with
better services for all people.”
Nine Week Summer
Session Scheduled
At Brewton Parker
An innovative nine-weeks
summer session at Brewton
Parker College has just been
announced by Dean Aaron H.
Swain. The June 14 to August
13, session will allow students
to earn three courses or a full
15 hours due to longer class
sessions each day. Normally,
classes meet for 50 minutes,
but will meet for a full hour
this summer.
A much broader course of
fering will be available this
summer. Bible 101, Biology
101 and 102, Chemistry 202,
English 101, 102, 201 and 202,
History 101 and 102, Math 100
and 102, Music Appreciation
201, Political Science2o2, Psy
chology 201, Sociology 201 and
Speech 201 will all be offered.
All residence halls as well
as all classroom space will be
air-conditioned for the comfort
of the student. A Summer School
Bulletin with all the details of
summer school is available
from the registrar’s office.
Farm Bureau To
Award 4 College
Scholarships
The Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation announced that four
college scholarships would be
. awarded during 1971. The
awards will go to two rural
boys and two rural girls from
among Farm Bureau member
families of Georgia.
Emmett Reynolds, President
of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation, said that the S2OOO
- in scholarship funds for 1971
will be divided into four
scholarships of SSOO each. Each
winner will receive $250 for the
first year of college and re
ceive the remaining $250 for
the second year at college pro
vided a minimum B average is
maintained during the freshman
year.
The 1971 College Scholar
ship program will be co
ordinated through the County
Don't you just love being a
woman these days? Ido! Every
thing is changing so rapidly
for us —it's really exciting! We
gals have never had so many
opportunities for creative ful
fillment in so many different
areas, our homes, personal
lives, our careers.
And the way today's women
look and feel about them
selves is exciting, too. This is
one of the things that makes
my work at Barbizon so very
rewarding. It's always a thrill
for me to see our girls so per
fectly poised and immaculate
ly groomed. They really make
the most of their personalities
and appearance, and they do
it with such apparent ease.
But don't think this hap
pens by accident. Not by a
long shot! The poise and charm
so recognizable in successful
models result from definitely
acquired skills. Our gals
learned them and so can you.
And you should want to
learn them because your pos
ture, grooming, the way you
wear makeup, your judgment
in clothes and hairstyling all
create an impression about
you. Whether you like it or
not, you're always judged by
your appearance, so it’s only
logical that you should make
the very most of it.
And that’s where I come in
because I can help you do it!
In future columns I'll share
some of our Barbizon models’
professional tricks of the
trade" with you like tips on
diet, exercise, makeup, hair
styling. and much, much more.
I know you’ll find this in
formation really helpful. It s
worked beautifully for thou
sands of Barbizon models over
the years and there’s absolute
ly no reason why it can’t work
just as beautifully for you!
Farm Bureau Chapters. Each
County Chapter may submit no
more than five names for con
sideration of scholarship
awards to the Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation.
Entry forms are available
at the County Farm Bureau
Chapter level, and may be ob
tained also from the County
Farm Bureau President and '
Chairman of County Farm Bu
reau Women.
The scholarship program is
open to graduating seniors
qualified to enter college this
fall to pursue their studies in
agriculture, home economics,
agri-business or related pro
fessional fields. Students sub
mitting applications to the local
chapter must plan to enter a
branch of the University System
of Georgia, or Berry College.
Applications for all entrants
must be mailed to the Georgia
Fam Bureau Federation no
later than May 30.
The Fam Bureau Scholar
ship Program has been spon
sored for several years by the
Georgia Fam Bureau Federa
tion in cooperation with Georgia
Farm Bureau Women. The pro
gram is a special emphasis
project of Farm Bureau Women.
Mrs. L. T. Whitehead of Bishop,
is State Chairman of Georgia
Fam Bureau Women.
Drop In VA Loan
Interest Rates Big
Help Io Vets
A series of reductions in
interest rates is enabling vet
erans and servicemen to realize
substantial savings on interest
on VA home loans. As a result
of the most recent reduction,
the current interest rate is 7
per cent.
Georgia Veterans Service Di
rector Pete Wheeler said that
the monthly payments on a
typical loan would be about
s2l less than they were before
reduction from the peak 8.5
per cent interest last Decem
ber. During the life of the loan,.
savings would amount to ap
proximately $7,500.
“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 period,” said
Wheeler.
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Mortgage interest rates were
reduced from 8.5 to 8 percent
last December. In January the
rates were reduced to 7.5 per
cent, and the reduction to the
present 7 per cent occurred
in February.
Wheeler said, “The interest
rate reductions caused an im
mediate response from vet
erans who want to own their
own homes. And the current 7
per cent interest rate, hope
fully, will serve as a stimulus
to home ownership, builders
and the construction labor mar
ket.”
Maddox Carries
His Message To
Cambridge, Mass.
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox,
who is in great demand as a
speaker both in and outside
Georgia, visited the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Tech
nology in Cambridge the other
day and addressed the Alfred
P. Sloan Fellows. Here are
some of the things he told them:
“With entrance requirements
drastically reduced in most col
leges and universities, the
average ability of the various
student bodies has also
tumbled,” Maddox declared.
“As a result, the challenge of
the curricula has tobe lowered.
This serves only to frustrate
the serious student who has
goals and who wants to com
pete.
“I think it’s a crime to turn
our great institutions of higher
learning into temples for the
worship of mediocrity. And
wherever you have a crime,
there has to be a criminal.
Who is the criminal in this
case? Certainly, it’s not the
students, for they are the most
seriously injured victims.”
Pointing out that a major
step in the investigation of a
crime is to try' to determine
who lutd a motive, the former
governor said, “in the case at
hand, I can think of nobody
who would benefit from the
destruction erf the efficiency
and effectiveness erfhigheredu
cation in America....except the
enemies of America and tlie
enemies of freedom. ” He added:
“This point is made even
more dramatic by what’s
happening to our technical in-
stitutes, such as M.1.T., Geor
gia Tech, Cal Tech and others.
Applications for enrollment
have dropped as much as 25
per cent in some of our nation’s
best schools of engineering.”
Demo Party Goes
To Ga. Citizens
State Democratic Party
Chairman Charles H. Kirbohas
scheduled a series of meetings
around Georgia aimed at making
the party “more responsible
to the desires” erf the people.
Kirbo said the meetings,
which will be held in each
congressional district, will
continue from April 24 through
July 17. He described the pro
gram as a result of Gov. Jimmy'
Carter's promise to "demo
cratize the Democratic Party.”
Bill Designed To
Equalize Taxes
Signed Into Law
An income tax revision bill
purported to equalize the burden
of state taxes for Georgians
has been signed into law by
Gov. Jimmy Carter.
The bill does not produce any
new revenue but shifts a larger
percentage of the tax burden to
persons in higher income
brackets. One of its main fea
tures is to make the Georgia
income tax laws conform to the
federal system.
The bill also increases the
exemption for dependents from
S6OO to S7OO, provides that no
taxes must be paid by persons
whose income is less than
$1,500 and couples whose in
come is less than $3,000, and
provides tax credits for the
poor.
The law, effective with the
filing of state tax returns next
year, also requires that mar
ried couples with joint income
file joint returns.
THE BIG THREE
Letture, tomatoes and car
rots make up about 50 percent
of the U. S. production,
acreage and value of winter
vegetables.