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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs. Leila
Massey Walker
Funeral services for Mrs.
Leila Massey Walker, 79, of
Mcßae, who died unexpectedly
Saturday at her home, were
held Monday afternoon, at 3:00
o’clock from the Union Prim
itive Baptist Church with Elder
Ralph Riner of Vidalia, officiat
ing, assisted by C, E, Milton.
Burial was in Snowhill Church
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Jerome
Couey, Pete McDuffie, Bobby
Freeman, Bobby Odum, lister
Metcalf, Benny Ross and D. L.
Knowles.
Honorary pallbearers were
Ralph Foster, Charles McVey,
Frank McVey, W. D. Godfrey,
Julian White and Hugh McGahee.
Mrs. Walker was bom in
Montgomery County on January
5, 1892 the daughter of the late
Bennett and Eleanor Seigler
Massey. She was married to
the late Lonnie Morris Walker
on April 23, 1908 in Wheeler
County and was a member of
the Union Primitive Baptist
Church.
Survivors include five sons,
Morris Walker of Savannah,
Milton Walker and Harlem
Walker of Jacksonville, Fla,,
Oliver W'alker of Brunswick,
and Hiram Walker of Mcßae;
four daughters, Mrs. Forrest
Browning, Mrs. A. J. Clark
and Mrs. C. R. Brantley of
Alamo, and Mrs. Joe E. Moon
of Jacksonville, Fla.; 28grand
children, 32 great grand
children, andanumberof great
great grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Effie Coleman of Lees
burg, Fla.; and two brothers,
Politics oln Parade
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We have heard some people
say that former Governor Ernest
Vandiver will not be a candidate
for the United States Senate in
1972. Primarily, they have said
they thought so because of Van
diver’s health. At times, we have
wondered, ourselves, if he is in
good enough health to wage a
vigorous campaign.
Now, however, we can say
with all sincerity that we are
of the firm opinion that Ernest
Vandiver will qualify for the
Senate almost as soon as the
entries are opened about a year
from now. We are convinced,
also, that his health is as good
as it was 20 years ago, and that
the campaign he wages will lack
none of the vigor shown when
he won the governorship in
1958.
We reached these conclu
sions last week after spending
two hours at lunch with Ernest,
listening to him talk, watching
carefully for any doubts he
might have in mind, and. in
general, analyzing his political
intentions, to the best of our
ability from 35 years experience
in Georgia politics.
A great deal of what the
former governor told us con
cerning plans for his campaign
is off the record, but we are
authorized to say that he will
resign as Adjutant-General
when he qualifies for the Sen
ate, and will call on all other
candidates who might hold
political office to resign, also.
ft will be remembered by
political veterans that Vandiver
was holding the Adjutant's of
fice back in 1954, and resigned
it when he qualified for Lieut.-
Governor. The law didn't force
him to do so, but he did anyway.
We might report, also, that
Vandiver has what he calls
“satisfactory” pledges for cam
paign money In this respect, he
is in a different category from
State Senator Hugh Carter, who
announced last week that he
would not run for the Senate
because he couldn't get at least
$250,000 pledged. Vandiver is
not a rich man, but he most
certainlv wouldn't have to can
cel a television program or ad
vertising schedu’e if contribu
tions for such failed at the last
minute to come through.
Concluding, in our opinion,
Ernest Vandiver is a definite
candidate for the Senate and
will be able to wage a strong
campaign.
• • • ♦
The many friends of Pete
Ernest Massey of Miami, Fla.,
and J. C. Massey of Waycross.
Mrs. Betsy
Vaughn Dean
Funeral services for Mrs.
Betsy Vaughn Dean, 85, of
Helena, who died Tuesday, April
27, in the Telfair County Hos
pital following a long illness,
were held Wednesday afternoon,
April 28, at 2:00 o’clock from
the Chapel of Harris and Smith
Funeral Home, with the Rev.
Carl E. Milton, Interim pastor
of the Southside Baptist Church
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Warren Bumham, pastor of
Faith Baptist Church.
Burial was in Oak Grove
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were, D. L.
McLaughlin, Charles Thomp
son, George Thompson, Charlie
Thomas, Jack Walker, Wimbric
Walker, Calvin Bryan, Ralph
Foster, W. D. Godfrey, Tommy
Browning, Lawrence Spires,
Melvin Coleman and Johnny
Hendley.
Mrs. Dean was bom in Mont
gomery County the daughter of
the late Samuel and Sarah Ellen
Parrish Vaughn. She was mar
ried to the late Edgar Dean
and was a member of the Cedar
grove Methodist Church.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs„ Nora Angelan of
Atlanta, 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.
: Wheeler, Director of the State
t Dept, of Veterans Service, will
i regret to hear of the death of
his mother, Mrs. Ruby Gordon
Wheeler, last week.
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E. G. Summers, a friend of
Lester Maddox, has been elect
ed to the State Senate in the
53rd District, replacing Billy
Joe Abney, who took a judicial
appointment. This gives the
Lieut.- Governor within one of
a tie with Gov. Carter among
Senators.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Speaking of Maddox, he
reiterated to us last Friday that
he “has no plans at this time
to run for the U. S. Senate
next year."
• * * *
The young “experts" who
are handling Carter’s reorgani
' zation plans are finally recog
nizing what we have been writ
' ing all along, i.e., that they don’t
know very much about state
1 government. They have asked
Lt.-Gov. Maddox to assign his
legal aide, Frank Blankenship,
to help them, and Maddox
agreed for the knowledgeable
Blankenship to give them 25%
of his time. (Maybe Gov. Carter
is the one who told this young
crowd that they need real ex
pert help.)
♦ ♦ • ♦
We hear that Mac Barber,
who ran such a good race for
Comptroller-General in 1970,
is telling friends that he is seri
ously considering running for a
post on the Public Service Com
mission next year.
• • * •
During a speech Lester Mad
dox was making to a group of
students recently, he was
heckled by several Negro mili
tants who asked him if he could
prove his charges that the late
Martin Luther King. Jr. as
sociated with Communists. The
Lt.-Governor promptly named
several Reds to whom King
had been close. His hecklers
had nothing more to say.
SCOOP (as of when this col
umn was written) — Joe Sports,
Executive Director of the
Democratic Party of Georgia,
has been offered the job of top
administrative aide to U. S.
Senator David Gambrell at a
salary of $29,500 a year. Joe
will likely take the position. His
going will leave a place hard to
be filled in the Democratic or
ganization of this state.
John C. Fountain
Funeral services for John
Calvin Fountain, 50, of East
man, who died Monday, April
26, of a heart attack, were
held at 2 p.m., Wednesday,
April 28, in Eastside Baptist
Church. Burial was in Wood
lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Fountain, a native of
Laurens County, had lived in
Dodge County 45 years. He
was a deacon of Eastside Bap
tist Church and also served as
treasurer of the church
Brotherhood. He was a pulpwood
operator.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Lois Sheffield Fountain;
four daughters, Mrs. Warren
Sheffield, Mrs. Mary Crenshaw,
Mrs. Maxiene Smith and Miss
Tina Fountain, all of Eastman;
two sons, Billy Joe F'ountain
and John C. Fountain, Jr., both
of Eastman; two sisters, Mrs.
Martha Terry of Rhine, and
Mrs. Lars Singleta/y of East
man; and three brothers, Homer
Fountain and Bill Fountain, both
of Jacksonville, Fla., and Wash
Fountain of Eastman.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home in Eastman, had charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Lula Jackson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lula Mercer Jackson, 63, who
died Wednesday, April 28, were
held Saturday at 3 p.m. in
Beulah Baptist Church in
Wheeler County. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Jackson was a native
of Wheeler County but had lived
in Jones County two years.
Survivors include her hus
band, Asa Jackson; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Dorothy Jones and
Mrs. Lois Folendore, both of
Haddock, and Mrs. Louise
Brooks of Florida; three sons,
James Jackson ofTwiggs Coun
ty, Paul Jackson of Florida,
and Franklin Jackson of Gray;
seven sisters, Mrs, Lena Dom
iny, Mrs. Lennie Tanner and
Mrs. Ola Neal, all of Dublin,
Mrs. Lessie Maddox of Had
dock, Mrs. Alice Nelms of
Florida, Mrs. Rosa Lee Thomas
of Macon and Mrs. Visa Hod
kins of California; and four
brothers, Tom Mercer of
Wheeler County, Joe Mercer
of Glenwood, Edward Mercer of
Colorado, and Jerry Mercer
of Florida.
Williams Funeral Home was
in charge.
John S. Fletcher
Jolin S. Fletcher, 81, of 520
Charles St., Macon, retired
yard conductor with the Central
of Georgia Railroad, diedTues
day, April 27, at his residence.
Graveside services for Mr.
Fletcher were held at 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 29 in Cedar
Ridge Cemetery.
Mr. Fletcher had lived in
Macon most of his life. He
was a member of First As
sembly of God Church, United
Transportation Union and the
I AM COSPONSORING legislation to create a new Cabinet
level Department of Education.
A Department ot Education is greatly needed to coordinate pres
ent federal education programs. Presently, school and training
programs, costing sl2 billion annually, are administered by 29
federal agencies
Ehe Department of Health. Education, and Welfare has gotten
far too big and complex to give adequate attention and supervision
to the needs and problems of education in the United States today.
The Department of Health. Education, and Welfare with its myr
iad of responsibilities, oversees a S6O billion a year budget.
Anyone who has ever tried to do business with HEW realizes
that quite often over there one hand doesn't seem to know what
the other is doing.
In fact, in many respects. Hl W operations have become a mystic
maze of bureaucracy
WE Al l. RECOGNIZE the importance of education to our so
ciety. Nearly 125 million Americans receive some form of educa
tion. The need to coordinate, update, and always improve educa
tional programs is pressing. I nder the present setup, many vital
programs are eaught up in bureaucratic red tape, and education
sutlers as a result
In recent years, there has been a trend to create new cabinet
level departments, where needed, such as in housing ami transpor
tation.
Certainlv. the tremendous impact of education on this country's
present and future also warrants the creation of a Department of
Education.
I do not advocate a proliferation of new governmental depart
ments We have too many already But this legislation would co
ordinate not proliferate In reality, it would be more effective and
a less complicated system than that which now exists. I hope the
Senate will act quickly to provide more efficient administration of
federal programs by creating a Department of Education.
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( not prepared or pn > tt d at government expense)
National Association of Retired
and Veteran Railway Em
ployees.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Thelma Bridwell;
two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Ship
man and Mrs. L.S. Dickson;and
two sons, Harry L. Fletcher
and J. P. Fletcher, all of Macon;
eight grandchildren, and six
great-grandchildren; two bro
thers, Wylie Fletcher of New
Orleans, I^a., and Dave Fletcher
of Macon; and four sisters,
Mrs. Lucy Cameron of Mcßae,
Mrs. Loreena Ashley of Helena,
and Mrs. Lizzie Jernigan and
Mrs. Sis Walker, both of Tifton.
Hart’s Mortuary was in
change.
Mrs. Ida Cameron
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ida C. Cameron, 91, of East
Point, who died Monday in At
lanta following an extended ill
ness, were held Wednesday at
2 p.m. in Shelton Chapel Meth
odist Church near Lumber City.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery.
Survivors include two sons,
Gordon Cameron and M. B.
Cameron, both of Lumber City;
three daughters, Mrs. Margie
Jones of Atlanta, Mrs. Leila
White of Lumber City, and Mrs.
John Hedgecockof Jacksonville,
Fla.; and a sister, Mrs. Louise
Shaffeur of Miami, Fla.
Thomas Wainwright Funeral
Home of Hazlehurst was in
charge.
Mrs. Ada Cooper
Mrs. Ada Allen Cooper, 79,
of Peachbelt Nursing Home in
Warner Robins, died early
Tuesday of a heart attack.
Mrs. Cooper, a native of
Mcßae, had lived in Warner
Robins for the past 20 years.
She was a member of South
side Church of God.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. John M. Countryman
of Columbus; one son, Walter
P. Cooper of Ft. Meade, Fla.;
three sisters, Mrs. Reese
Coody of Eastman, Mrs. Pearl
Dennis of Mcßae, and Mrs.
Daisy Nelson of Macon.
Christopher-Smith Funeral
Home had charge of arrange
ments.
National Hospital
Week May 9 15
Some 200 Georgia hospitals
will join more than 7,000 others
nationwide in observing Na
tional Hospital Week, May 9-15.
Most community hospitals
are planning some activity dur
ing the week in an effort to
make people aware that "Your •
Hospital Cares!” In addition
to open houses and tours, some
hospitals plan to offer some
sort of service, such as free
blood typing for the community,
according to a spokesman of
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
the Georgia Hospital Associ
ation in Atlanta.
National Hospital Week
emphasis this year will high
light career opportunities for
young people. Os the more than
200 jobs open in the hospital
field, many show critical short
ages of people available to fill
them. Some Georgia hospitals
plan to have high school and
junior high school tour groups
to visit their institutions. A few
will even go into the elementary
schools in an effort to interest
young people early.
Employees, volunteers and
doctors will be honored on va
rious days at some institutions
in observance of National Hos
pital Week. Employees in par
ticular will be singled out for
recognition since hospitals rank
as the third largest employer
in the U. S. More than 2-1/2
million Americans are employ
ed in hospitals, and approxi
mately 40,000 are employed in
Georgia hospitals.
National Hospital Week is
always celebrated the week of
May 12, the birthdate of
. Florence Nightingale, who pio
neered modem nursing and did
much to humanize hospitals 150
years ago.
Stated Meeting Os
Synod Os Georgia
Presbyterian
The 127th Stated Meeting of
the Synod of Georgia, Presby
terian Church in the United
States, will meet in Valdosta,
May 11th and 12th. Dr. David
B. Walthall of Atlanta, Mod
erator of Synod, will preside
at the opening session.
The host church, the First
Presbyterian Church, was
organized in 1864, and is cur
rently served by the Rev. Wade
H. Bell, Jr., pastor.
A new method of operating
Synod will be used for the first
time in 1971. It consists of
assigning all commissioners to
a Standing Committee of some
phase of Synod’s work. Prog
ress reports will be presented
by the Permanent Committees
and plans and programs for
the future will be discussed
and recommended to the full
" Synod.
Two men who have served
as institutional heads for many
y^ars will be honored at this
meeting. They are Dr. M. A.
MacDonald, President of
Thom we 11 Orphanage in Clin
ton, South Carolina and Dr. J.
McDowell Richards, President
of Columbia Theological Semi
nary of Decatur.
One of the speakers for this
meeting will be the Rev. Earnest
J. Lewis, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Evans
ton, Illinois, who will present
plans for a “Celebration of
Evangelism” to be held in Cin
cinnati, Ohio, September 20-24.
Special Medical
Program To Be
Presented At Dublin
A special medical program
will be presented at 1:00 p.m.,
Monday, May 10th, in the Cen
ter Director’s Conference
Room at the Dublin VA Center.
Although the program is pri-
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marily for VA physicians, in
terested physicians from Mc-
Rae and area are invited to
attend.
The program will be pre
sented in two parts; the first
will consist of the showing of
a film, “Management of Organic
Headache.” The film to be
shown is one produced by the
Medical Television Network of
the University of California.
A guest lecturer will be fea
tured in the second part of the
presentation. Guest lecturer for
this part of the program is to
be Dr. Robert B. Aigner.
Dr. Aigner attended St. Mar
tin’s College, Olympia, Wash
ington, and received his M.D.
degree from St. Louis Univer
sity School of Medicine in 1952.
He completed his internship
and medical residency at Provi
dence Hospital, Seattle, Wash
ington, from 1952 to 1954. In
1956, he entered the Mayo Clinic
as a Fellow in Neurology train
ing there until 1960. Since then
he has been in private practice
in Neurology in Seattle, and for
the past eight years has been
affiliated with the Seattle Medi
cal-Surgical Clinic. He is a
Diplomate of the American
Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology.
Following Dr. Aigner’s lec
ture, there will be an informal
presentation of related cases
available in the Center. A ques
tion -and-ans we r period will
follow the lecture and presen
tation of cases.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
“Don’t forget to call,” How
many times have we heard this
expression? According to
Charles F. Hall, Branch Man
ager of the Dublin Social Se
curity Office this saying now
applies to social security' ques
tions, reports, and even filing
claims. So if you have a
question or a report to make
to the Dublin Social Security
Office pick up your phone and
call 272-5347.
You’ll be surprised how easy
and convenient it is to handle
Social Security matters by
phone. So, "Don’t forget to
call - and do it soon.” The
phone number is 272-5347. Or
if you prefer to come to the
Dublin Social Security Office
the address is 114 East Johnson
Street, and the hours are from
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9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
A representative of this of
fice may be seen at the Court
house in Mcßae, on Thursdays
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon,
and also in Alamo, on second
Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30
p.m. at the Welfare Department.
Q. A cousin of mine up North
says he applied for his social
security by telephone. Can a
person do that in this area?
A. Why not? Just dial 272-
5347 and ask for a claim repre
sentative. In most cases they
can complete the application
form and mail it to you for you
to sign and return.
Q. What about proofs? I
mean, how do they know I am
old enough for social security?
A. Don’t worry. They’ll help
you prove it. The representative
will ask you for a birth certifi
cate. If you don’t have one he
will assist you in securing the
best proof of your age.
Q. I went down to the Social
Security Office last Monday and
there were 30 people ahead of
me. Is it necessary to wait
that long just to ask a question
about Medicare?
A. Never. Just dial 272-5347 ।
and ask to speak to one of the
Medicare representatives. If
they are all busy when you
call just leave your phone num
ber and they’ll call you back
Think of all the trouble you’re
going to avoid trying to park
your car, etc.
Q. I am going to move back
up North next month. What do I
need to do to get my check on
time up there?
A. Phone the Social Security
Office and give them your new
address. Os course, be ready
to give them your name and
number as it appears on your
award letter or your Medicare
card. Don’t forget to give the
post office your forwarding ad
dress before you leave.
Mutual P.C.A.
Reduces Interest Rate
One-Half Percent
Frank Marshall, General
Manager of Mutual Production
Credit Association announces
that the Board of Directors of
Mutual PCA have approved a
reduction in interest rate to
its members of one-half of one
percent effective May 1. This
will effect all loans now out
standing and any new loans
advanced.
Mr. Marshall stated that this
reduction was made possible
by a lower cost of money through
out the Nations’ money market
and this savings was im
mediately passed on to the
farmer member in Mutual PCA
territory.
This reduction along with
other ones since October 15,
1970, has reduced the Associ
ation’s interest rate by a total
of two and one-half percent,
resulting in savings of thous
and’s of dollars to farmers in
Laurens, Johnsen, Treutlen,
Bleckley, Dodge and Telfair
counties.
Bleckley, Dodge and Telfair
counties.
Mr. Marshall also stated that
Mutual PCA was most happy
to announce this savings to all
the association’s members and
to remind them that this was
the lowest that Mutual Produc
tion Credit Association interest
rate had been since May of
1968.
Ga. Heart Offers
Cardiology Program
For Nurses
“Two Days of Cardiology for
Nurses” will be presented by
the Georgia Heart Association
Committee on Nursing Educa
tion, May 20-21, at Emory Uni
versity and Nell Hodgson Wood
ruff School of Nursing.
Instructor nurses and nurses
actively involved in care of
cardiac patients are invited to
attend the course which will be
limited to 100 participants.
A guest faculty of leading
Georgia physicians and nurses,
expert in the field of cardiology,
will discuss the anatomy and
physiology of the heart and
recent developments in the re
habilitation erf cardiac patients
through exercise, environ
mental factors and other
methods.
Nurses interested in attend
ing “Two Days erf Cardiology
for Nurses” should contact the
Georgia Heart Association,
2581 Piedmont Read, N.E., At
lanta, Georgia 30324, for regis
tration information.
More than 4-million gallons of
water fills the rivers and lakes
at Six Flags Over Georgia.