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VOLUME 57
State YMCA Seeks
Funds Os 300
In Wheeler Co.
The annual mail canvas for
the raising of funds for the
supervision of the Y Clubs in
Wheeler County by the South
east District of the State YMCA
of Georgia is now uniterway
according to J. B. Flowers,
Jr., Ex. Director. Wade Hartley
is heading the Fund Drive for
1971, according to Flowers.
This past May the Wheeler
County' Y Clubs co-sponsored
the annual Christian Life Con
ference at Epworth-By-T he -
Sea along with the Hazlehurst
Y Clubs and provided a mean
ingful weekend for some 500
young people and adults. Adult
leadership at Wheeler County'
High is provided by Mrs.
Emmett Joyce and Flowers
states that she is the inspiration
of the young people and stim
ulator for their various
programs and projects.
The finances in this area
that are raised are used to
provide programs and ma
terials and to insure the con
tinuation of clubs in the activi
ties of the youth of Wheeler
County'. The youth are respon
sible for keeping their clubs
organized and operating but the
State YMCA provides leader
ship from the district office
in Statesboro, to insure a con
tinuing and meaningful program
for the participants.
Miss Maria Pope has been
selected to serve as President
for the Tri-Hi-Y for 1971-72
and already' has shown promise
by her activities in the past
says Flowers. The Hi-Y has
yet to select its officers.
The budget for the Wheeler
County area of $300.00 has not
been reached to date, and those
who would like to do so and
have not contributed are asked
to send their contribution to
Wade Hartley in Alamo.
Wheeler Ordinary
D.N. Achord Dies
In Telfair Hospital
Funeral services for Daniel
M. Achord, 66, of Alamo, who
died Sunday in the Telfair Coun
ty Hospital following a long
illness, were held Monday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock from
the Alamo United Methodist
Church with the pastor, the
Rev. Richard Altman of
ficiating.
Burial was in Alamo City
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Ronald
Rhodes, Raymond Clements,
Jimmy White, Larry White, B.
H. Achord, Jr. and James
Perdue.
Honorary pallbearers were
J. A. Pope, Maurice Johnson,
L. R. Clark, W. S. Clark, W.
B. Jackson, T. A. Morrison,
Wallace Adams, Mackie Simp
son, Marcus A. Bomar, J. P.
Morrison, Jr., L. B. Chambers,
G. W. Phillips, J. H. Mitchell,
Emmett Joyce, Alvah Irvin,
Tom Hughes, Thad Gibbs, J. B.
Clements, W. T. Straughan,
Herman Warnock, Nicky Rawl
ins and J. B. Fletcher.
Mr. Achord was born in
Wheeler County on February
20, 1905 the son of the late
James and Emma Cox Achord.
He was married to the former
Louella Perdue ax October 28,
1928 in Alamo,
Survivors include his wife
of Alamo; one daughter, Mrs.
Edith Bogle of Tacoma, Wash
ington; five grandchildren; and
one brother, B. H. Achord of
Alamo.
SOYBEW BOOM
Georgia growers produced
11.9 million bushels of soy
beans in 1970. with a value of
$34.5 million. Just six short
years ago, they grew only 2.5
million bushels and the value
was only $6.1 million. But
Extension Service agronomists
point out that the state still has
a long way to go in soybean
production. Processing plants
in Georgia alone can handle
nearly 40 million bushels a
year. So despite last year s pro
duction, there was a deficit of
nearly 28 million bushels.
Wheeler County Eagle
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Plant Harllee Branch, recently dedicated in
special ceremonies attended by leading civic
olliciaL and businc*- executive*. is the largest
on the company s nearly statewide system of
26 steam-electric and hydroelectric plants. It
was named in bonoi id Harllee Branch. Jr.,
former president of Georgia Power and now
Gas Tax Is Now 7.5^
Per Gallon In State
ATLANTA (PRN) - For
Georgians, long drives over the
Memorial Day Weekend were a
profitable closeout to 16 years
of motoring under one of the
lowest gas tax rates in the
Southeast.
Georgia’s state tax on
motor fuel went up from 6.5 c
to 7.5 c per gallon June 1, and
gas dealers who fail to report
or pay the increase will be
penalized 10% of the tax due,
cautions the State Revenue
Department.
Filling station owners and
any other motor fuel dealers
must also pay the extra penny
per gallon on any fuel held in
stock midnight May 31, on
which only the 6.5 c tax had
already been accrued or paid
The gasoline owner must
report this stock or “floor”
tax by June 20.
The KM penalty will be
imposed on late “floor tax”
reports or payments and
interest at 1% per month.
Most of Georgia’s
neighboring states have had
gas tax rates of 7c or higher
since the 1960’5. And the
lowest gas rate in the country
today is in Texas at 5c per
gallon.
According to the state
budget estimates, the one cent
increase in Georgia’s gasoline
tax should bring in $25
million additional dollars
during the next fiscal year.
The Revenue Department
has mailed instructions and
special tax forms to all
gasoline dealers for payment
of the special “floor tax.” Any
fuel that the filling station
owner purchases from his
wholesaler after May 31 will
Weather Service Will
Be Improved-Hagan
WASHINGTON (PRN) -
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan
announced today that the
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
will improve availability of
weather reports to the coastal
area news media and the
people of the First District of
Georgia. They will install an
automatic telephone
answering device for the news
media in the Savannah
Weather Service Office. In
addition, the National Weather
Service is ordering a VHF~FM
radio transmitter to be based
in Savannah. This transmitter
will provide the area with
continuous weather broadcasts
on a frequency of 162.40 or
162.55 mHz, which can be
rebroadcast by commercial
radio stations. The VHF—FM
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
already have been assessed the
entire 7.5 c rate by the State
Revenue Department.
The Revenue Department
viewed a 1c “floor tax” on
fuel purchased at the 6.5 c tax
rate as the only way to enact
the new tax equitably because
the storage capacities of the
various gas stations and
wholesalers vary so widely
throughout the state.
“It wouldn’t be fair to the
gasoline dealer with small gas
tanks if stocked fuel on May
31 were not assessed for the
extra penny increase,” says
Motor Fuel Tax Director John
Bearden.
Maddox Appoints
10 Senators To
2 Study Panels
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox
has announced his appointments
of 10 senators to two Senate
study committees.
Appointed to the Motor Ve
hicle Quality Control Study
Committee were: Steve Reyn
olds of Lawrenceville, 48th
District; M. Parks Brown of
Hartwell, 47th District; W. D.
(Don) Ballard ofCovington, 45th
District; Culver Kidd of
Milledgeville, 25th District; and
Martin Young of Rebecca, 13th.
Named to the Outdoor Ad
vertising Study Committee
were: Frank Ethridge Jr. of
Waycross, 7th District; Stanley
E. Smith Jr. of Perry, 18th
District; Joseph E. Kennedy of
Claxton, 4th District; Robert
A. Rowan of Enigma, Bth Dis
trict; and Martin Young of
Rebecca, 13th District.
system will also activate
specially-built receivers to
warn of impending hazardous
weather. Hagan said, “I know
how vitally important readily
available weather reports are
to our farmers, fishermen,
boaters, and all of the active
people in the First District.”
Installation is expected during
the first half of 1972.
Congressman Hagan stated,
“I am proud to make this
announcement of better
service for our people which
will particularly alert us to
possible dangers during the
hurricane season.” Hagan had
high praise for Chris Watkins
of Radio Station WNMT,
Garden City, who brought the
need for this improvement to
his attention some months
ago.
chairman of the board of the ulilitv s parent
firm, The Southern Company. Plant Harllee
Branch lie* alongside Lake Sinclair in middle
Georgia, between Milledgev die and Eatonton.
I he dedicatory ceremonies were presided over
bv I dwin I. Hatch, president of the Georgia
Power Companv. and thev included a talk by
I . S. Senator Herman lahnadge ol Georgia.
Young Farmers
Benefit From New
Farm Credit Bill
Many y oung farmers who are
struggling to acquire an
economic farm unit would bene
fit from provisions in a Farm
Credit bill now being considered
by Congress.
According to Robert A. Darr,
president of the Federal Land
Bank of Columbia, and the Fed
eral Intermediate Credit Bank
of Columbia, the most signifi
cant section in the bill for young
termers would be the elimi
nation of the present Federal
I^nd Bank lending limit of 65
percent of a term’s normal
value. Often the effect of the
limitation is to prohibit Federal
land Banks from lending little
more than 50 percent of a
term’s market value, according
to Darr.
The bill — the Farm Credit
Act of 1971 — was introduced
in Congress in April by Sen.
Herman Talmadge of Georgia,
chairman of the Senate Agri
culture Committee and in the
House by Rep. John L. Mc-
Millan of S. C., vice cixairman
of the House Agriculture Com
mittee. They have been joined
by 32 Senators and 24 Congress
men as co-sponsors of the bill.
Another of the bill’s pro
visions which Darr said could
be of help to many young term
ers is the authority for Pro
duction Credit Associations to
finance term-related busi
nesses such as custom
operators. Encouraging these
businesses may save many
young farmers from having to
purchase expensive machinery
according to Darr.
Other key provisions of the
bill which would become ef
fective upon Congressional ap
proval are:
1. Authority for Federal
Land Banks to make realestate
mortgage loans for non-term
rural homes — those located
outside of towns or built-up
areas. Also, PCAs would be
permitted to make short and
intermediate term creditavail
able for repairs, maintenance
and improvement of these non
term rural homes.
2. Permit the Banks for Co
operatives to serve a wider
segment of the credit needs of
termer cooperatives as well
as a broader group of farmer
cooperatives.
Darr noted that credit needs
in agriculture are expanding
at a rapid rate from the S6O
billion of farm debt at present
to an estimated doubling of that
figure by the end of the decade.
I AM not here to be told I'm
burning the candle at both ends,
I informed the doctor, "I just
came for mdre wax."
Georgia Forestry flssoc. To (fleet fit
Jekyll Island, Queen To Be Chosen
There will be 22 forestry
queens who will vie for the
title of Miss Georgia Forestry
on June 13-14, at the annual
meeting of the Georgia Forestry
Association. Miss I ana Fun
derburk of Metter is the
reigning queen.
The three day session, June
13-15, will be held in theAqua
rama on Jekyll Island. Associ
ation President Geraldß. Saun
ders of Columbus will preside.
The Monday session Will be
keynoted by Thomas T. Irvin,
Special Election
For Ordinary To
Be Held July 14
May 31, 1971
Hon. L. R. Clark
Clerk of Court and
Ex-Officio Ordinary
Wheeler County Courthouse
Alamo, Georgia 30411
Dear Leßoy:
Special Election for Ordinary
Ga. Code Ann. No. 24-1707
provides:
“When a vacancy occurs in
the office of ordinary in any
county, it shall be the duty of
the person who assumes the
duties of the ordinary, as here
inafter provided, within 10 days
after the vacancy occurs, to
order a special election by
publication in the newspaper
in which the citations of the
ordinary are published. Such
election shall be held in accord
ance with the provisions of
the Georgia Election Code.”
Applicable also is Ga. Code
Ann. No. 34-806, which pro
vides, in part, “At least 29
days shall intervene between
the call of a special election
and the holding of same.”
Notice should be given in
this week’s publication of the
“Eagle.” The election date
must be at least 29 days there
after. 1 will prepare all that is
necessary at your request.
Yours very truly,
E. Herman Warnock,
Wheeler County Attorney
Georgia, Wheeler County.
Due to the death of Honorable
D. N. Achord, Ordinary, of
said County, there will be a
, Special Election to fill the un
expired term of his office as
Ordinary. The date ofthis elec
tion is declared to be July 14,
1971.
Those wishing toqualify must
do so with this office not later
than the 28th day of June, 1971,
at 5:00 o’clock p.m., Daylight
Saving Time. Any further in
quiries should be addressed to
this office.
Dated: June 1, 1971
L. R. Clark,
Clerk Superior Court,
Ex-Officio Ordinary. 9-6 t
Local Students
To Graduate
At Univ. 01 Ga.
About 4,600 students will re
ceive degrees during com
mencement exercises June 5, at
the University of Georgia.
The Hon. Herman E. Tal
madge, Georgia’s senior Sen
ator and a university alumnus,
will address the graduates at
i a.m. in Sanford Stadium.
Among degrees to be con
ferred from this area are:
Charles Kurt Anderson, BS de
gree; Alma Pearl Currie, ED.S
degree; and John Lee Self, Jr.,
BS degree; all of Glenwoo, and
Larry' Ray Tanner, BSFR de
gree of Alamo.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1971
commissioner, Georgia De
partment of Agriculture. Geor
gia Gov. Jimmy Carter will
address the delegates at the
banquet on Monday evening.
The general session speakers
and topics are RobertH. Collom
Jr., of Atlanta, director, Air
Quality Control Branch, Geor
gia Department of Public
Health, “Air Safety”; and Eddie
Millsaps of Marietta, State 4H
Forestry Champion, Youth and
Forestry.
A panel on “Taxes and
Trees” will be featured. The
panel members are Adrian Har
den of Macon, Legislative and
Commodity' Director, Georgia
Farm Bureau; W. N. Haynes
of Savannah, manager. Wood
lands Division, Union Camp
Corp.; and Dr. L. A. Hargreaves
Jr. of Athens, professor, School
of Forest Resources, Uni
versity of Georgia.
The 1971 Miss Georgia For
estry will receive a SSOO
scholarship to the college of
her choice in Georgia, accord
ing to Harold Joiner, executive
director, GFA, Atlanta. During
the year, the queen will attend
various forestry functions
throughout the State.
The pageant participants will
be presented at a Luau on
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Gold Euonymus Shrub
Jonnette Rivers and Kenneth Hartley planted a Gold Euonymus
shrub in front of the ASCS building in Alamo. This was a special
project of the Wheeler County Tri-Hi-Y for Earth Week. The
plant was given to the Tri-Hi-Y by Miss Ruth Joyce.
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Wheeler County’s New Bus-Garage
Wheeler County’s New Bus-Garage is an addition tothe School
Plant in Wheeler County. All busses are serviced and repairs
made at this Bus Station.
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Beautification Through Conservation
Beautification Through Conservation In Wheeler County Is
Spreading Like Wildfire. Everyone Is Interested And Working.
Grady Evans is painting the store front of Mayor and Mrs.
Herbert Webster in the City of Alamo.
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June 13. The Association will
host the contestants at a lunch
eon and banquet on June 14.
The queens and counties
represented in the pageant are
Kathleen Odum, Bryan; Jean
Warren, Candler; Sandra
Broome, Chattooga; Pamela
Hinson, Clinch; Barbara Hair
rington, Columbia; and Bonnie
Mclntyre, Cook.
The list includes Denise Kil
lebrew, Early; Paulette Gay,
Emanuel; Robin Hemphill, Fan
nin; Candy Copes, Glynn;
Marian Chappell, Henry; and
Carol Cofer, Liberty.
Also competing for the title
0k For UN Post
Georgian Given
W. Tapley Bennett, who
served as former ambassador
to the Dominican Republic, las
been confirmed by the Senate
as deputy U. S. representative
to the United Nations Security
Council.
The 54-year-old Griffin
native was ambassador when
former President Lyndon B.
Johnson sent in U. S. troops
in 1965.
NUMBER 9
are Jo Anne Pickney, Macon;
Rhonda Williams, Montgomery;
Patricia Brown, Muscogee;
Janie Thomas, Oconee; and
Susan Little, Richmond.
Maria Walker, Telfair; Har
riett Cooper, Thomas; Jo Mc-
Clurg, Troup; and Ellen Burke,
Ware, complete the list. Lee
County will also be represented
in the pageant.
Georgia Power
Advertising Dept.
Wins Award
The public information and
advertising department of the
Georgia Power Company re
cently won an award in national
competition and another in
regional competition.
The company' took second
place award in the interior
display category in the annual
competition of the Public Utili
ties Advertising Association.
The American Advertising
Federation, Deep South Dis
trict, also gave the company a
Silver Award in its outdoor
poster category.
The PUAA winner was an
environmental display, consis
ting of panels on air, water,
soil, forestry and wildlife. The
display was titled "Ecology,
Environment and the Georgia
Power Company.”
The Silver Award winner was
a poster featuring children lined
up outside a shower. It was
titled "Have a lot? Have enough
with an electric water heater.”
The PUAA contest, oldest
continuous advertising compe
tition in the world, lad more
than 4,000 entries from
investor-owned electric, gas,
water and telephone companies
from throughout the nation and
several foreign countries.
The Silver Award was won
in competition with other ad
vertising practioners in the five
southern states comprising the
Deep South of the AAF.
Alamo Garden Club
Steering Com. Meets
The Steering Committee of
the Alamo Garden Club met
Tuesday night, May 25, to dis
cuss projects for the summer
months of the Beautification
Through Conservation Contest
here in Wheeler County.
Projects for the spring
months and especially Earth
Week were a big success and
improvements for the summer
months are now taking shape.
Earth Week was such a success
in the schools that the com
mittee hopes the students will
continue to work throughout the
summer on beautification pro
jects around their homes and
in the county.
Two projects that will be
carried out in the coming
months are: 1. a fence to dis
guise the vacant lot behind the
bank in Alamo, and 2. the plant
ing of mini-parks in the middle
of Alamo. Taking charge of the
. fence project is Woodrow Gillis
who plans to construct it of
redwood. The 4-H Clubs are to
replant the existing plants into
groupings to make a more at
tractive area.
Various other ideas for the
improvement of the county were
discussed but no definite plans
have been made at this time.
Some of them were: 1. the en
couragement of summer gar
dens in the vacant lots of the
city, 2. repainting the litter
barrels in Alamo, 3. working
through the city to have the
unsightly and dangerous old
houses that have been vacant
so long removed, 4. killing the
high grass along side the rail
road tracks that cannot be
reached by the mowers,
5. placing a sign outside the
city welcoming travelers to
Alamo and Wheeler County.
The Garden Club also hopes
to have one or several speakers
in September to bring the con
test to a close in the county.