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VOLUME 57
The Glass Bottle
Pollufant In
Wheeler County
By Kenneth C, Hartley
On every street corner, on
the court house lawn, in every
alley, along the highways, im
bedded in stream bands, and
even among the shade trees
of the state park are glass
bottles, These bottles, usually
of the ‘“no deposit, no return’’
type, mar the beauty of the
natural landscape.
The landscape picturedabove
could be anywhere, U.S,A., but
in this case it is Wheeler
County, Georgia. Glass bottles
are amajor pollutant in Wheeler
County,
Glass bottles would be no
problem if there were enough
kind-hearted souls, who pick
up litter everywhere they go;
but where as there are 100,000
litterers or complacent indivi
duals for one kindheartedsoul,
a glass bottle problem arises
and the bottles become a major
problem, Since people have no
reason to pick up bottles, the
problem becomes providing an
incentive to pick up the bottles,
A new process of glass
reclamation has been intro
duced into the State of Georgia,
Presently the Coca Cola Com
pany and the Owens-Illinois
Corporation operate glass re
clamation centers inthe Atlanta
area these centers provide
places for glass of all kinds
to be brought, weighed, and
redeemed per pound for cash.
Unfortunately, these companies
operate only inthe Atlanta area.
By working through the Re
source Conservation and De
velopment project, the people
of Wheeler County should at
tempt to obtain a redemption
center in Wheeler County for
the purpose of providing an
incentive for the public to pick
up glass bottles and remedy a
county-wide eyesore,
The first step of the plan
should be to contact the Coca
Cola Company and/or Owens-
Illinois Corporation and estab
lish with them a need for a
glass redemption center in the
county by explaining that
Wheeler County is small, but
that it has a large problem;
and by requesting only one day
every two weeks; the county
could quite probably gain a
redemption center,
The second step should be to
provide a place in the county
for one of the companies to
set up a redemption center.
Alamo or Glenwood would be
the better location as they both
have facilities to accommodate
such a center.
The third step should be tc
advertise; to advertise the bot
tles, Educating the public is
most important in such a situ
ation, The schools, county
newspaper, state newspapers,
and radiowouldall be necessary
means of educating the people
of Wheeler County to such a
project.
A project of such magnitude
as a glass redemption center
would bring the necessity o:
cleaning the environment home
to Wheeler County, It would
provide our rural county with
a ‘“way out” of the dilemma
of pollution by glass bottles.
Also, it would most certainly
decrease the bottle eyesore; if
not destroy it completely.
Wheeler County and, its neigh
bors would be awakened to the
need for a pure environmeni
by this first major step. So,
for these reasons, Wheelex
County should take the needed
steps outlined in this essay and
eliminate the glass bottle polut
ant from the county,
R
pusic Recital At
Ocmulgee Academy
Piano students of Ocmulgee
Academy will present a recital
on Friday night, May 21, at
8:30 o’clock in the school
library.
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Ocmulgee Academy
Chicken Supper
A fried chicken supper will
be held at Ocmulgee Academy
on Saturday night, May 22.
Serving will begin at 5:30 and
continue until 8:30 p.m.
Plates will be $1.50 each.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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AMERICAN DAIRY PRINCESS JANE LOGAN will be in
Georgia the last week in May to help kick off June Dairy Month
across the state, She will be on hand when Gov, Jimmy Carter
signs the June Dairy Month Proclamation Friday,K May 28, and
will be a special guest of honor at **Dairy Night at Six Flags”
that evening, (PRN)
Soil Stewardship
Jimmy James
Soil Conservationist
Soil Stewardship Week will
be observed during the week
of May 19-26. This is a special
week set aside nationally every
year to call attention to every
one’s responsibility as a
steward of the soil and other
natural resources,
The Ohopee River Soil and
Water Conservation District
joins the state association and
the state Soil and Conservation
committee in sponsoring this
event.
The population of the U, S,
will double in the next 30 years.
What does this mean to each
of us? It means that the pro
duction of food, fiber, buildings,
services, etc, will have to be
doubled. It means that each
acre of landwill have to produce
twice what it is now producing.
Millions of acres of prime crop
land is being taken out of pro
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Alamo Elementry School students are doing their share of
cleaning their campus. Here, under the direction of fifth grade
teacher, Danny Taylor, part of them work on a rock wall and
campus clean up,
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Pictured above is Mrs. Louise (Granny) White with the Beauty
Area of the Month sign at her home this month.
Granny White is an active member of the Alamo Baptist
Church, loves her flowers and contributes much to the civic and
religious life of this community. Ride by her home and see the
beautiful red roses and deep yellow or gold day lilies, you will
enjoy them.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
duction by highways, industries,
shopping centers and homes
each year., What will happen
when we are no longer able to
produce the food and fiber we
need?
Our streams and rivers are
becoming more polluted each
day. One day these streams
and rivers might have to furnish
water for our homes as they
are doing in many cities today.
Much of this pollution comes
from industries and from the
average citizen. Check the
county bridges for garbage,
dead animals, chemical con
tainers and see what’s adding
to the pollution problem right
here in Wheeler County.
Many churches and other or
ganizations throughout the
county and the state will be
observing Soil Stewardship
Week. Find out how you can
help support the drive for con
serving our natural resources,
Wheeler County
High Graduation
Set Friday Night
The Wheeler County High
School will hold Commencement
Exercises on Friday night, May
21, at 8:30 o’clock in the high
school gymnasium.
This year, 58 seniors are
completing the requiremen's
for graduation. They are:
Robert T. Bellamy, Malcolin
Browning, Russell Burkett,
Zarbara Delinda Burnette, Leon
Victor Butler, Willie Mary
Carswell, James Andrew Chap~
man, Cynthia Elaine Clark,
Tracy Couey Clark, Albert Anul
Clements, Thomas Edward
Coats, Franklin = Conaway,
Beverly Sue Crawford, Char
lotte Renee Dennis, Bobby
Michael Dixon, Janice Diane
Dowdy.
Thomas Clyde Fulford, Jr.,
Leonard George, Gail Diane
Gilder, Donald Leerue Gillis,
Glenda Fay Gillis, Barbara
Lynn Gowan, Annie Rose Hall,
Kenneth C, Hartley, Avery Har
vey, Eddie Harville, Ernest
Osby Holloway, Jr., David Ran
dall Horne, William Lynn
Horne, Vernon Randolph
Howell, Elmerleen James, John
Russell James.,
Lee Anna Jackson, Jerlean
Jones, Charles Kenny, Anna
Mae Lee, William Henry Mc-
Rae, Willie Lee Nesbit, Freddie
Lee Nobles, Randy D. Pope,
Patricia Raulerson, Lisa Jon
nette Rivers, John Wesley
Roberson, Nathan Ellis Rowe,
Jacquelyn L, Simmons, James
M. Smith, Ira Joe Spencer,
Jennifer Cassiel Spires,
Michael Steven Spivey,
Lynise Demetria Stanley, Maxie
J. Tillman, Ronnie Troup,Mary
L. Turner, Merle E, Webster,
Beverly Diane White, Lonnie
Benjamin Williams, Alex:¢na
Woodard and Freddie Leland
Woods.
Miss Renee Dennis will de
liver the Valedictorian address
and Miss Lee Anna Jackson
will give the Salutatorian ad
dress.
Renee Dennis, ILee Anna
Jackson, Kenneth Hartley,
Diane White and Jacquelyn Sim
mons are the honor graduates.
Lamar Wesley Clark
Dies Wed., May 12
In Telfair Hospital
Funeral services for Lamar
Wesley Clark, 61, of Alamo,
who died Wednesday, May 12,
in the Telfair County Hospital
following a brief illness, were
held Friday afternoon, May 14,
at 3:00 o’clock from the Alamo
United Methodist Church with
the pastor, the Rev. Richard
Altman officiating, assisted by
the Rev, Raymond Wilder of
Roberta, former pastor.
Burial was in the Alamo City
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements,
Pallbearers were Harlo
Clark, Robert Clark, Thomas
Waters, W, A, McGhee, Cecil
Clark and Clayton Smith,
Honorary pallbearers were
Members of the Georgia Fores~
try Commission; Billy Clark,
Hoke McNeal, Paul Stevenson,
Alvin Hartley, W. T. Snow,
Maurice Johnson, Leroy Clark,
W. H. Gilder, Herbert Webster,
Burch Granam and Clady Cox.
Mr., Clark was born in
Wheeler County on May 9, 1910
the son of the late John F. and
Elizabeth White Clark, He was
married to the former Willow
Pear]l McGhee in July of 1930
in Wheeler County, and was a
member of the Alamo United
Methodist Church,
Survivors include his wife of
Alamo; two daughters, Mrs.
Oreita Smith of Atlanta, and
Mrs. Rachel Grant of Alamo;
three sons, Lamar W, Clark
of Savannah, Kenneth B. Clark
of Swainsboro, and William M,
Clark of Dublin; two brothers,
C. C. Clark and Haisten Clark,
both of Alamo; three sisters,
Mrs. Dave Redding, Mrs. C. F.
McGhee and Miss Mary Clark,
all of Alamo; and nine grand
children.
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State Truck Taxes
WASHINGTON An
average large truck pays as
much in state highway usc
taxes as 31 passcnger cars.
FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1971
Georgia Power Co. fipplies To Public
Service: Comm. for Rafe Increase
The Georgia Power Company
has applied to the Georgia
Public Service Commission for
an increase in electric rates to
all its retail customers.
Explaining the need for the
increase, Edwin I, Hatch, power
company president, said, “We
do this only after careful con
sideration. We have held the
line on electric rates as long
as we possibly could. The
ravages of inflation, however,
have finally forced us toaskfor
this adjustment.’’
Retail electric rates would
be raised an average of a little
more than 13.38 percent. For
the average-use residential
customer, using 725 kilowatt
hours per month, the difference
would be about $1.90 per month
or about 6-1/2 cents per day.
Among the economic factors
making the increase necessary,
Mr, Hatch cited sharp rises in
“construction expenditures,
higher costs of labor and fuel,
high interest rates on money
borrowed to finance construc
tion and the tremendous impact
of inflation generally. “Such
costs have risen beyond any
reasonable expectations during
recent months,’” he said.
The proposed increase would
provide about $45 million in
revenue annually, of which more
Miss Browning
Presents Concert
At Brewlon Parker
Miss Jean Browning, pianist
and Tim Pollock, bass present
ed a concert on Thursday, May
20, at 8 p.m. in Gates Hall
Auditorium at Brewton Parker
College.
Miss Browning, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W, R, Brown
ing, Jr., of Glenwood, and a
student of Ralph W, Cooper.
Her program of music per=
formed for the recital included
works of Bach, Beethoven and
Chopin, The final number of
her program was Concerto in
g minor, Opus 25, Third Move
ment by Mendelssohn and she
was accompaniedby herteacher
in a duet,
Mr. Pollock is the son of
Rev. and Mrs, Charles Pollock
of Hinesville, His music in
cluded anAria from HERCULES
by Handel and Christy’s ar
rangement of Mr. Banjo. Tim’s
teacher is Miss Hildegarde
Stanley.
Miss Browning and Mr, Pol
lock are both graduating soph
omores and the recital is one
of the Music Department re
quirements at Brewton Parker
College.
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25 Operators Complete Training Program
Alamo Shirt Company furnished coffee and doughnuts to 25 operators Tuesday, May 18, who have
satisfactorily completed the training program. Billy Adams, Oxford Shirt Division Group Manager,
was on hand to make the opening remarks, Those operators pictured above are among some 10,000
employed by Oxford Industries, with about 34 garment plants in the nation, most of which are in the
southeast,
Jimmy Fields, Plant Manager, presented the training certificates, The Alamo plant has approxi
mately 200 employees with earnings for trained operators at approximately $2.00 per hour, The
plant has a weekly payroll of about SIB,OOO which is a great asset to Alamo and surrounding com
munities,
It produces about 2250 dozen dress shirts weekly. The production is made up of: 1250 dozen
Ramar Boys Dress shirts, 500 dozen Holbrook Dress shirts, 500 dozen Penney Dress shirts, The
Holbrook shirt is a quality mens dress shirt which retails from $9.00 to $12.00. Plans are heing
made to make a knit dress shirt for Holbrook which retails from $15.00 to SIB.OO each.
than one-half will be required
for increased taxes. The new
revenue will help support the
tremendous additional invest
ment in electric plant required
to meet the growing needs of
nearly one million customers
in Georgia, Mr. Hatch said.
The power company’s con=
struction budget for 1971 will
reach a record of $363 million,
and for the three-year period
1971-73 will aggregate sl.l
billion,
“The enormity of our con
struction costs in 1971 may
be seen,’”” the utility official
said, “in the fact that they are
$315 million greater than our
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Dr. Paul Davis
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Delivers Address
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At Wheeler High
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Dr. Paul E, Davis, Assistant
to the President and Director
of Public Relations at Brewton
Parker College, delivered the
Baccalaureate address at
Wheeler County High School
on Sunday, May 16, at 8:30 p.m.
The speaker is a widely known
Baptist layman who is heard
in schools, churches and civic
clubs throughout Georgia,
He is a graduate of the Uni~
versity of Georgia from which
he holds the bachelors, masters
and doctorate. His early school
ing was received in the Emanuel
County Schools. Dr. Davis is a
veteran of the second World
War, in which he was decorated
with the Distinguished Flying
Cross,
The college administrator
has served in the public and
private schools and colleges
in the State for the past 23
years as acoach, teacher, prin
cipal and in the position now
held.
He is married to the former
Martha Bland of Metter, and
they have two daughters with
whom they live in Lyons.
SINGLE COPY 5¢
net income was last year, They
amount to nearly a million dol
dars a day and $376 for each
customer we serve.
“This money must be raised
in the open market through the
sale of stocks and bonds and at
the unusually high interest rates
that prevail today. Construction
can’t wait because our cus
tomers can’t wait, The power
plants, transmission lines and
other service facilities must be
built now. The company’s earn=
ings must be sufficient toattract
adequate investments tofinance
this construction. Without the
investment money, we cannot
build. If we can’t build, we
cannot provide the type ofelec~-
tric service our customers re
quire and demand. It’s as simple
as that,”
Interest rates on the sale of
stocks and bonds, Mr, Hatch
explained, reached a record
high of 8-7/8 percent in 1970.
That was nearly 80 percent
higher than the company was
paying 10 years ago, He cited
some other examples of rising
costs: A utility pole that cost
$29.13 in 1960 is $39.85 today.
Copper wire has doubled in
price from 30 to 60 cents a
pound. Coal is up from $7.32
per ton to more than $9 a ton,
and a turbogenerator that cost
$lO million in 1960 would be
sls million now,
He pointed out that the grow=-
ing cost of environmental pro
tection facilities is stillanother
factor in the need for a rate
increase. “In addition to mil
lions of ~dollars aircady ex
pended on such facilities,” he
said, “Georgia Power will
spend another $47.7 million in
the next six years. The invest
ments in these facilities, pro
ducing no income, are for the
protection of air and water and
are a part of our obligation to
the citizens of Georgia,
“Georgia Power has had a
long history of rate reductions
rather than increases,’’ he con
tinued. “In the past 38 years,
the company has had only three
small rate increases compared
with 10 general reductions put
into effect in the same period.
The average residential price
per kilowatt-hour today is 16
percent lower than it was 10
years ago and is 21 percent less
than the national average,
“We have cut expenses in
every way we know how, short
of jeopardizing the quality of
our electric service, inaneffort
to avoid increasing our rates,
However, interest rates and
the costs of manpower, fuel,
materials and supplies have
risen so rapidly that we no
longer are able to absorb the
increases through efficiencies
and cost-cutting programs,
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“No one likes a rate increase,
and Georgia Power is no ex
ception. But we do hop¢ our
customers will understand how
necessary it is so that we can
continue to provide the kind of
reliable service they have every
right to expect.”’
Soil Stewardship
oil Stewardsh
Plans Under Way
In Wheeler County
“The environment is every=-
one’s, and the task of cleaning
up the environment calls for
the total involvement of all of
us, not just the few who are
directly involved in this tre
mendious undertaking.””
That’s a quote from the
proclamation Governor Jimmy
Carter has signed designating
May 16-23 as Soil Stewardship
Week in Georgia.
And Wheeler County Agent,
David H, Williams, believes it
sets the stage for what may be
the most meaningful Soil
Stewardship Week observance
in history.
Never before, he stated, has
there been so much interest in
pollution control, clean air and
water, and productive and
scenic agricultural land. “En
vironment and ecology are ‘in’
things today,’’ he added.
To plan for Soil Stewardship
Week in Wheeler County, Wii
liams cailled a meeting at his
office ofall interestedagencies,
organizations and individuals,
Represented at the March 26
planning session were the Ex
tension Service, Soil Conser
vation Service, Farmers Home
Administration, Farm Bureau,
Ministers of Wheeler County
and the Ohoopee River Conser
vation District,
The County Agent said local
ministers will again play an
important role in the observ
ance, Most of them will preach
Soil Stewardship sermons
either on May 16, or May 23,
The special week is a nation
al observance, It has been spon
sored in Georgia for many years
by the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee and
the State Association of District
Supervisors. The annual ob
servance emphasizes man’s
obligations to God as stewards
of the soil, water, air and
other natural resources.
The 1971 theme is “The
World and They that Dwell
Therein,”’
Gov, Carter’s proclamation
points out that ‘““the human race
and all other living things, as
well as the environment which
surrounds and sustains us, are
|he Lord’s.”
He adds, ‘“‘ln accordance with
His will, we are the stewards
of His creation,” and then
points out that “we have not
functioned well, as evidenced
by air and water pollution, soil
erosion, exploitation and neg
ligence,”’
In signing the prnclamation,
the governor requested “all
the citizens of our State to ob
serve this week with ap=
propriate ceremonies and ac
tivities to the end that our State
shall become a storehouse of
clean water, a land of good
soil, and an empire of beauty,”’
COTTON RESEARCH
The cotton industry has
earmarked SlO million for its
1971 program for research and
promotion. One-half of this
will go for research. Only
one-third of such expenditures
have gone for research in
recent years. In addition, the
Agricultural Act of 1970~ for
the years 71 through '73—au
thorizes up to $lO milhon a
year out of government savings
for cotton research and pro
motion, The government
money is to be made available
from expected savings on pay
ments to producers under the
new program.