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VOLUME 57
Forum On Solid
Waste Disposal
Held In Augusta
G. M. Joiner, Mayor, City
of Glenwood, and George
Norris, Proj. Coordinator, Tri-
County R.C.&.D., attended a
two-day “Forum on Solid Waste
Disposal,” held in Augusta
recently. The “Forum’’was co
sponsored by the Centra) Savan
nah River Area Planning and
Development Commission, the
Association County Com
missioners of Georgia, and the
Georgia Municipal Association.
The meeting covered the col
lection and disposal of solid
waste. It is a problem of in
creasing concern to local
governments throughout the
country. The first day to the
meeting was designed for elec
ted public officials and included
topics suchas federal programs
and new state regulations
governing the disposal of solid
waste. The second day of the
“Forum" was designed for
landfill operators.
Participants in the program
included Tenth District Con
gressman Robert G. Stephens,
Henry' Hudson from the Solid
Waste Management Office of
the Environmental Protection
Agency, and Moses McCall from
the Solid Waste Program, Geor
gia Department of Public
Health.
National Honors To
Muscogee County
Watershed
The Columbus, Georgia, area
has hit the national spotlight!
The Bull Creek Watershead in
Muscogee County has been
named the outstanding small
watershed in the nation,
Jim L. Gillis Jr,, Chairman
of the State Soil and Water Con
servation Committee, an
nounced this week that the Na
tional Watershed Congress tad
honored the Bull Creek Water
shed in this manner.
Gillis, of Soperton, notedthat
this is the second time a Geor
gia Watershed has been so
designated. In 1965, the National
Watershed Congress presented
its Watershed of the Year Award
to the deserving citizens of Car
roll County for making the Little
Tallapoosa River Watershed a
“monument” to sane water
management in America.
About the Bull Creek Water
shed in the Columbus area,
Gillis said the honor is richly
deserved. The stabilizing of
Bull Creek and its tributaries,
he said, has resulted not only
in flood and erosion control,
but also economic growth and
the creation of much needed
recreational areas in Muscogee
County.
As recent as 12 years ago,
Gillis added, Bull Creek would
come raging through Columbus
with almost every heavy rain,
turning the streets into canals,
flooding homes, sweeping away
bridges and causing countless
personal losses and tragedies.
Now, with the watershedcom
pleted and eleven floodwater
retarding structures, the
stream is no longer a threat to
life and property, he said.
When the National Watershed
Congress meets at Tampa, Fla.,
June Sixth-Ninth, it will form
ally present the award to Mus
cogee County officials.
Study Committee
Members Chosen
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox
has announced five senatorial
appointees to the State Self-
Insurance Study Committee.
The senators are A. W. (Al)
Holloway of Albany, 12th Dis
trict; Frank Coggin of Hape
ville, 35th District; Sam W.
Doss of Rome, 52nd District;
Terrell A. Starr of Forest Park,
44th District; and Turner S.
Scott of Thomaston, 17th Dis
trict.
The purpose of this study
committee, established by the
1971 Georgia General As
sembly, is to determine whether
or not private enterprise would
be able to handle the insurance
needs for the state better and
more cheaply than the state
which is now handling the in
surance.
Wheeler County Eagle
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GOVERNOR CARTER SIGNS FOREST FIRE BILL
Rep. Pete Phillips, GFA’s Harold Joiner. Commission Director Shirley. (PRN)
Carter Signs Forest
Protection Measure
ATLANTA (PRN) - A new
state law has been signed by
Governor Jimmy Carter giving
the Georgia Forestry
Commission authority to
investigate then warn or bring
charges against both careless
and willful burners of the
forestlands in the state.
In a ceremony in the
governor’s office, Rep. L.L.
Phillips of Soperton, sponsor
of the bill. Commission
Director Ray Shirley and
Georgia Forestry Association
Executive Director Harold
Joiner witnessed the signing of
the bill.
“This will give the Georgia
Forestry Commission the tools
it needs to help protect
Georgia’s vast timberland
owners from careless burning
and from those who would
wantonly set fires,”
David Johnson Named High Point Man On Eagle Squad
On May 18, at the All-Sports
Banquet at Carson-Newman
College at Jefferson City,
Tenn., several native Knox
villians claimed many' of the
honors.
Former Fulton High School
football standout Billy Wilson
received the Eagle Club Athlete
of the Year Award, the Ronnie
Bell Memorial Outstanding De
fensive Player trophy and the
Most Valuable Player Award.
Wilson, NAIA Honorable Men
tional All-American for two
years averaged 20 tackles per
game this past season — 13
individual and seven assists
per contest.
It was also announced that
Income Tax Data
Sent To Employers
ATLANTA (PRN) - “Get
Ready,” an information
packet on changes in Georgia’s
new state income tax law, was
mailed to all Georgia
employers last week from the
State Revenue Department.
The packet outlines the
withholding adjustments that
some single filers and former
separate filers should make on
1971 paychecks now, to avoid
having an unexpected
additional tax balance at the
end of the year.
The Revenue Department
has urged all employers to use
the “Get Ready” packets to
tell their employees how the
changes in the new state
income tax law will affect
them. An estimated 550,000
taxpayers will be affected.
Employees most affected
will be those with adjusted
gross incomes SIO,OOO and
above who are either single
filers or married working
couples who filed separate
state returns last year but
under the new law will be
required to file jointly if they
file a joint federal return.
Any employer who has not
received a “Get Ready”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Representative Phillips said.
Governor Carter said the
new’ bill gives proper authority
to the state agency to protect
the important forestlands of
Georgia. He explained the
importance of forestry to the
overall economy of the state
and the protection of the
forestlands adds to the value
of the environment.
The new law sets up
guidelines for both landowners
and the Commission, returning
to the state agency the powers
that were authorized under a
previous law.
“When the new criminal
code was passed, the
misdemeanor cases were
inadvertently left out and it
has made prosecution of those
who set fires under the felony
provisions almost impossible,”
Director Shirley said.
Wilson and Buzzy Stokes
(Clover, S.C.) will serve as
co-captains of the 1971 football
team.
Other awards in football in
cluded the Henderson Achieve
ment Award (for overall
improvement) went to Gary
"Butter” Hubbs, former Young
High athlete.
Russ Bradshaw (Kensington,
Md.) received the Paul D. Brew
er Academic Award and the
J.N.G. Fox Best Blocker Award.
As an offensive tackle Brad
shaw graded 81% for the year.
The Nolan Barham Most Out
standing Offensive Award was
claimed by Morristown’s Rod
ney Wampler. The 6’, 195-
pacKet should contact the
Georgia Department of
Revenue, in care of Richard
Johns, Withholding Tax,
Room 506, Atlanta, Georgia
30334, Phone
6 5 6-4 1 82-4 1 8 3. G - 4
withholding forms may also be
obtained from that office.
Revised withholding tables
have not yet been completed
but will be available to
employers bv December,
1971.
Tying Georgia’s state
income tax law to the federal
will bring all taxpayers “the
greatest deductions and the
simplest state filing form
ever,” according to Revenue
Commissioner John
Blackmon, “and in order to
increase overall benefits it was
necessary for some tax
categories to absorb slight
increases.”
Deduction benefits include
a 10% to 13% increase in the
maximum standard deduction
and a SIOO increase in
dependent deductions. Tax
credits will be allowed low
income groups: single filers
with incomes $3,000 and
under and married filers with
incomes of $6,000 and under.
Governor Carter said the
new law would serve as a
reminder to those who use the
woodlands for hunting,
fishing, hiking and other
nature loving events to be
extra careful about fires.
It spells out certain specifics
involved in the setting of
woods fires, making it
unlawful to start fires on
property other than your own
or if setting fire on personal
property making it necessary
to take certain precautions to
prevent escapes to other
property owners.
The new law also prevents
the destruction or damage to
any equipment used in
detection or suppression of
wildfires.
Representative Phillips said
the new law would make all
such actions a misdemeanor.
pound fullback averaged 4.98
yards per carry this past season
and was NAIA Honorable Men
tion All-American.
Tennis awards were claimed
by Bob Albritton (Lake Wales,
Fla.) who received the Most
Valuable Player Award and
Tommy Arnett (Elizabethton,
Tenn.) won the 100% Award,
David Johnson of Alamo, was
named High Point Man for the
Eagle track squad and Most
Valuable Track Squad Member.
Livestock Judging
Team Competes
In Tifton
Nine Wheeler County 4-H
boys traveled to Tifton, Friday,
May 21, to compete in the
district Livestock Judging Con
test.
They matched their skills
of observation and explanation
with those of 4-H boys from
the other 25 Southcentral Geor
gia Counties. In the morning
they placed eight classes of
hogs and beef cattle. In the
afternoon they explained their
placing by giving oral reasons.
Those attending from Wheel
er County were Brent Coleman,
Gary Coleman, David Edge,
Thomas Mercer and Johnny
Peacock composing the senior
or high school team. On the
junior team was Wade Fulford,
Mike Purvis, Mike Smith and
Joey Thomas.
These boys have shown in
practice that they have a good
idea of what they are doing.
Their hopes are high to do a
better job than any other Wheel
er County team has ever done.
On two occasions they have
tad the benefit of working to
gether on farms in the county.
Foster Rhodes, Area Livestock
Specialist, has assisted in
training them at the Mitchell
Hereford Farm and at Preston
White’s farm.
Our best wishes go with the
Wheeler County 4-H Livestock
Judging Teams.
Senator Gambrell Approves Proposed
Study Os The Altamaha River Basin
Senator David H. Gambrell
added his endorsement to the
proposed study of the Altamaha
River Basin by the U. S. Corps
of Engineers. He made the en
dorsement in a statement pre
pared for the Corps of
Engineers public hearing into
the feasibility of such a study.
Gambrell stressed the par
ticular importance of providing
a channel to accommodate the
movement of barge traffic on
this river system. The
Altamaha River Basin, com
prised of the Oconee, Ocmulgee
and Altamaha rivers is one of
the largest river systems on
the Eastern Seaboard. It touches
eight Congressional Districts
and some 59 counties repre
senting over 50% of the total
land mass of Georgia and nearly
2 million of her citizens.
In view of such statistics,
Gambrell said he was at a
loss to understand the low
pr iority which had been attached
to this study. He went on to say
that the economic future of this
area could be significantly im
proved if river transportation
were made available to the
established industry of the
Georgia Special
Olympics To Be
Held May 28-29
Eight hundred mentally re
tarded children will arrive in
DeKalb County to compete in
the Georgia Special Olympics
which will take place May 28
and 29, at the DeKalb Junior
College.
Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, wife of
the late Senator Robert
Kennedy, will be on hand with
four of her children and two of
the Shriver children.
An exciting two days have
been planned which will start
with the swimming competition
Friday night, followed by a
variety show featuring TV
stars, the “Banana Splits,” a
wheel chair magician and many
other celebrities.
Saturday, May 29th, will be a
full day starting at 7:00 a.m.
with Secretary of State Ben
Fortson lighting the Olympic
Torch at the State Capitol. The
Emory Cross Country Track
Team will relay this to the
DeKalb College.
An opening parade will in
clude the Third Army Band
from Ft. McPhearson and the
releasing of 800 balloons with
each participants name.
Coach for the Georgia Special
Olympics is Pro-football great,
Fran Tarkenton, of the New
York Giants. On hand for the
entire day will be prominent
sports figures to conduct clinics
during the day. Also on hand
to entertain the crowds will be
Wilson’s Certified Giant
“Henry Hite” and Chief Noc-
A-Homa of the Atlanta Braves.
Each youngster will select
two events to participate in,
which include 50 yd dash, 300
yd run, high jump, softball
throw and broad jump.
Gov. Jimmy Carter has de
clared officially May 29th as
“Special Olympics Day in
Georgia.” Mrs. Jimmy Carter
serves as Honorary Chairman
of the “Special Olympics.”
An art show will be on display
at the DeKalb Junior College.
The contest was designed to
involve all retarded youngsters.
The winning picture will be on
the official program of the
Special Olympics.
Following the Olympics a
banquet will be held at Stone
Mountain for all the youngsters.
Frank Spence is State
Director for this event.
NOTICE
Georgia Power Company in
Mcßae, will be closed Monday,
May 31, in observance of
Memorial Day.
They will open again on Tues
day morning, June 1, at 8:30
o’clock.
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1971
region, thereby increasing the
number of jobs for Georgians.
He added that good river trans-
Stale Watershed
Chosen As Best
In All America
Georgia once again lias
demonstrated to the nation that
it can do its thing — and do it
better than others. Here’s the
latest example:
Bull Creek Watershed in
Muscogee County has been
named the outstanding small
watershed in the United States
by the National Watershed Con
gress, according to Jim L.
Gillis, Jr., of Soperton, chair
man of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee.
“This is the second time a
Georgia watershed has been so
designated,” Gillis said. “In
1965 the National Watershed
Congress presented its Water
shed of the Year Award to the
deserving citizens of Carroll
County for making the Little
Tallapoosa River watershed a
‘monument’ to sane water man
agement in America.”
The Watershed Congress is a
forum of 27 of the nation’s
leading industrial, agricultural
and conservation organizations
dedicated to improved natural
resources management and use
on a watershed basis.
State Leads
Again In
Poultry Income
GAINESVILLE (PRN) -
Georgia continued to lead the
nation in income from poultry
and poultry products in 1970,
Georgia Poultry Federation
President Horace Sewell
announced today, and poultry
continues as the largest
segment of Georgia
agriculture.
Figures just released by the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture on 1970 cash
receipts from chicken, eggs
and turkeys show that these
commodities earned a total of
over $405 million dollars for
Georgians - some SSO million
more than was earned by the
next-ranking state in poultry
production.
Jii|H
BASKETBALL AND TRACK
Clayton Warren Clark is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark
of Route one, Alamo, and a graduate of Wheeler County High
School. He was a member of the 1970-71 LaGrange College Track
Team and trainer of the 1970-71 LaGrange College Basketball
Team.
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portation would be advantageous
not only for industry but also
for the agriculture and forestry
of the area.
Irrigation and improved
drainage and soil conservation
would significantly increase
crop and pasture land acreage.
Gambrell underlined the feet
that since his appointment to
the United States Senate he lias
tried to see that the environ
’ ment was protected and conser-
t vation promoted in every
federal action.
He said that the residents
of this area could be assured
that the protection of ecology,
( recreation and wildlife will be a
major concern in all efforts to
develop this area. He em
phasized that federal laws re
quire environmental impact
' statements to be made by each
federal agency involved in fed
erally funded works and that
environmental protection must
remain the principal criteria
in outlining this project.
The Senator pointed to
several related benefits of mak-
Alamo Chapel Baptist
To Have Women’s
Day Program
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Mrs. Annie Jackson
On Sunday, May 30, the Alamo
Chapel Baptist Church will
celebrate their annual Women’s
Day program, at 3:30 p.m.
Mrs. Annie Coats Jackson of
Savannah, daughter of Mrs.
Minnie W. Coats and the late
Rev. Eddie Coats, will be the
guest speaker.
The program committee has
planned an interesting program.
The public is invited to attend.
NUMBER 8
ing such area improvements.
Outdoor recreation in the Alta
maha River Basin would pro
duce economic benefit and
personal enjoyment for the area
residents and many countless
numbers of Georgians. The
usual tax revenues which derive
from any economic activity,
increased land and resource
productivity would be produced.
Land enhancement benefits that
would result from reservoir'
construction and certain other
proposed projects would be con
siderable. Perhaps most im
lortant of all, however, the
iroposal would have a definite
jffect upon population mi
gration. A substantial return
to rural areas would alleviate
the overcrowded conditions of
urban areas and afford the im
proved qualities of life to many
more Georgians.
Spot Bid Sale
At Marine Center
Set For June 2
A local Spot Bid Sale of
surplus property will be held
Wednesday, June 2, at 9 a.m.
at the Marine Corps Supply
Center in Albany.
Eligible to bidare all person
nel, military and civilian, ex
cept those of the Property
Disposal activity. The bidder
must be present to buy. The
property may be paid for and
removed on the day of the sale
but not later than 4 p.m. on
June 9.
The property is located at
Building 1331, Door 18, where
the sale will be held. Inspection
begins May 18, and may con
tinue throughout the sale. All
interested personnel are invited
to inspect the property between
8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily
except Saturday, Sundays and
legal holidays.
Property offered includes
vehicular parts, office equip
ment, pallet jack, surgical
sterilizer, maintenance and re
pair shop components, house
hold ferniture, hardware, air
conditioner, electrical and
electronic parts, clothing and
individual equipment, office
supplies, refrigerator com
ponents, desks, dragline bucket,
boom section, feirleads, pulley,
semi-trailer tank, cleaning
compound, lubricating oil and
pickup trucks.
A complete list of items may
be obtained from the Property
Disposal Office.
Jekyll Sets
License Fee
The Jekyll Island Authority
Friday set a maximum $5,000
fee on applications for licenses
to serve mixed drinks or sell
liquor in package stores.
Acting on the recommend
ation of Atty. Gen. Arthur Bol
ton, the authority unanimously
adopted a resolution which also
specified that in order to sell
mixed drinks, a motel or hotel
applicant had to have at least
50 rooms and one or more
eating facilities seating at least
75 persons.
The resolution said the motel
license would be $5,000 to serve
mixed drinks plus $1,500 more
if beer or wine by the drink
was going to be sold on the
premises.
For package stores, the li
cense would be $5,000 for sell
ing liquor and an additional
$5,000 for beer and wine sales.
IDEAL SYSTEM
J. R. Johnson, head of the
Cooperative Extension Service
agronomy department, says a
soybean-small grain system is
ideal for Georgia farmers. It
enables them to use their fend
efficiently throughout the
year, he explains. “The small
grain may be used for grain
production or grazing, or both.
Soybeans planted after the
small grain harvest offer high
yield potentials.”