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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
William Henry
Coleman
Funeral services for William
Henry Coleman, 59, who died
Thursday, May 27, at his home
of a heart attack, were held
Friday afternoon at four o’clock
at Zion Hope Baptist Church.
The Rev. Adolph Cranford of
Empire, the Rev. L. 11. Britt
of Macon, and the Rev. Charlie
Smith of Eastman officiated.
Mr. Coleman was a life long
resident of Dodge County and
was operaiof W a grocery store
sot the past sixteen years. He
was a member of the Zion Hope
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife;
two daughters, Janice and
Denise, ail of Helena, Route
one; twosons, WaymonColeman
of Richmond Hill and Doyle
Coleman of Cullman, Alabama;
his father, H. C. Coleman of
Mcßae; one brother, Melvin
Coleman of Helena; three sis
ters, Mrs. V. A. Coogler of
Thomaston, Mrs. Raymond
Kirkley of Wichita Falls, Texas,
and Mrs. Wilbur Yawn of
Helena, Rt. one. He is also
survived by three grandsons
and two granddaughters.
Pallbearers were Russel
Ijincaster, Charlie Grimsley,
Fred Bracewell, Hez Polk,
Jessie Anderson and Ralph Mat
thews. •
Burial was in Zion Hope
Cemetery.
Harris and Smith Funeral
Home was in clarge.
Albert Walker Paul
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Albert Walker Paul, 59, Rt. 1,
Glenwood, died in a Soperton
hospital early Monday morning,
May 31.
Mr. Paul was a lifetime resi
dent of Wheeler County and was
Politics oln Parade
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This column is always happy
to report the results of reputable
political polls, and here’s one
such. The Athens Banner-Herald
and Daily News conducted a
telephone poll last week on the
1972 U. S. Senate race. They
phoned numbers at random in
every Congressional district in
the state, asking the householder
who answered whom they pre
ferred ampqg potential candi
qates Ernest Vandiver, Sam
Caldwell, i Bill Stuckey and
David Gathbrell. A total of 50
persons were contacted, and the
results were: Vandiver 23, Stuc
key 11. Gambrell 9 and Cald
well 7.
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Atlanta Constitution political
editor Bill Shipp has smoked
Gov. Carter out on the Gov
ernor’s promise in the 1970
campaign to invite George Wal
lace to Georgia, which he never
djd. Bill mentioned this in a
story two weeks ago and the
paper had hardly hit the street
before Carter was announcing
that he was making a trio to
Alabama and would invite Wal
lace to Georgia.
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We’re happy to note that our
scoop store several weeks ago
that Joe Sports would become
chief administrative aide to Sen
ator David Gambrell has cul
minated in the appointment be
ing announced. Joe will 1 go to
Washington on June 14.
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We would predict this week
that Governor Carter will name
Negro Dr. Thomas Jenkins as
Chairman of the State Board of
Pardons and Parole when Col. J.
O. Partain's term as chairman
expires next Jan. 1.
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Hall County Repr. Bill Wil
liams, w»ho is Chairman of the
House Reapportionment Com
mittee, has announced that
members of this commttee will
apnear on educational TV to
field Questions from a live aud
ience on remnortionment of the
state's legislative and congres
sional districts. This program
will be he’d on June 21 and 28,
and a to!’ free phone line will be
available.
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County Democratic Execu
tive Committees continue to use
their or<”nizations to promote
the candidacy for re-election of
a son of the late Benjamin Paul
and the late Mrs. Teressa Ben
ton Paul.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Colleen Coleman Paul;
one son, James Garland Paul
of Glenwood; two sisters, Miss
Cora Paul of Glenwood, and
Mrs. J. M. Peacock of Altoona,
Fla.; and one nephew, Broadus
Paul of Glenwood.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the Chapel ofSam
mons Funeral Homeat 4 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon, June 1, with
the Rev. Mike Morgan officiat
ing. Burial was in the Glenwood
Cemetery.
Willie G. Rawls
Willie G. Rawls, 52, died
Tuesday, May 25, at the Wheeler
County Hospital at Glenwood
after a long illness.
He was a native of Mont
gomery County and a member
of the St. Mathews Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lizzie Mae Rawls of Mount
Vernon; seven sons, Arthur J.
Rawls, Larry Rawls, Bobby
Rawls and Henry Rawls, all of
Mt. Vernon, Billy Rawls of
New York City, Willie C. Rawls
and Willie J. Rawls, both of
Cleveland, Ohio; his mother,
Mrs. Bertha Anderson; his
stepfather, Henry Anderson of
Jacksonville, Fla.; four sisters,
Mrs. Essie Mae Snell of Vi
dalia, Mrs. Helen Gibbs of Mt.
Vernon, Mrs. Louise Stripling
of Hawkinsville, and Mrs. Pearl
Ware of Savannah; five bro
thers, Ned Home, Eddie Home,
and Curtis Home, all of Ailey,
Alfred Home of Lake City, Fla.,
and Charles Home of Cleveland,
Ohio.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 30, at
Senator David Gambrell — in
clear violation of Party rules
and ethics. The Bibb County
(Macon) Committee is holding
a fund raising barbecue, honor
ing Gambrell and Gov. Carter,
on June 12. State officials have
been invited.
It's not fair to other potential
Democratic candidates for the
Senate post, but who expects
fairness from the clannish Car
ter crowd.
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During his last year in office
as governor, Lester Maddox in
stalled extra lighting around the
Capitol. At that time he esti
mated that the cost wou'd be
slightly more than SSOO a
month. Several weeks ago, the
daily press reported that the
cost of this lighting was running
about SIB,OOO a year. This is
not true; the Georgia Power
Co. has told Lester that the cost
is slightly LESS than SSOO a
month.
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A scarcely-noticed bill went
through the last session of the
General Assembly and was
signed by the Governor, which
will cost the state an estimated
$lO million in interest money.
This was HB 379, affecting
Highway Department funds.
The Department has always
held back 10% of a road con
tractor’s money for a certain
specified period, and the funds
have drawn interest which went
into the state treasury. Now,
under the new law, the De
partment will continue to hold
back the 10%, but it will be
deposited in the contractor’s
bank account with the interest
PAID TO HIM
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Lt-Govemor Lester Maddox
and Macon Mayor Ronnie
Thompson were observed at
lunch together one day last week
in very deep conversation. Our
informant had no idea what they
were discussing.
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Governor Carter's reorganiza
tion program remains in deep
trouble. The young group handl
ing it seem more at sea every
day, and department heads are
still complaining bitterly abon’
the Zero Budget decision pack
ages. Since these will number
in the thousands, nobody can
figure how anybody can find
the time to read and act on them
all.
the St. Mathews Baptist Church
at Mt. Vernon. Burial was at
the Mcßae Cemetery.
Smalley’s Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge.
Sam 3rown
Funeral services for Sam
Brown, 46, of Milan, who died
Friday, May 28, in Telfair
County Hospital of a heart
attack, were held at 3 p.m.
Sunday in El Bethel Baptist
Church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
A native of Dodge County,
Mr. Brown was a deacon of
El Bethel Church, a member
of the Masonic Lodge in Milan
and a retired civil service em
ployee at Robins Air Force
Base.
Survivors include his wife,
Kathleen Pruett Brown; twosis
ters, Mrs. Mary Lizzie
Williams of Milan, and Mrs.
Katie McDuffie of Warner Rob
ins ; four brothers, Henry Brown
of Milan, Bill Brown and George
Brown, both of Mcßae, and
Hezzie Brown of Warner
Robins.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
More and More - Yes, more
and more people are realizing
that use of the telephone is
the best and easiest way to
handle Social Security matters.
According to Charles F. Hall,
Branch Manager of the IM bl in
Social Security Office, the tele
phone has helped many people
in reporting events affecting
their benefits, asking questions,
and even filing claims. The
telephone is easy and convenient
to use. So if you have a question
regarding YOUR Social .Security
call 272-5347 in Dublin.
Q. I will be 65 in about 3
months. My company will retire
me then. I need to see about
social security and Medicare
but can’t take off from work.
The Social Security Office is
closed when I am off. How can
I go about making my appli
cation?
A. Use your telephone. Call
the Social Security Office while
it is open. They will complete
your application and send it to
you to be signed and returned.
They will discuss with you the
proofs youneedtohelpestablish
your claim, suggest ways to
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Who owns the power company?
Teachers, lawyers and farmers do. Office workers,
grandmothers, kids. People like your next-door neighbor.
And Mrs. Roy F. Burnette. Macon homemaker and
mother of three.
Virginia Burnette is a shareholder of the Georgia
Power Company. That makes her one of our bosses. In
fact, more than 121.000 men and women are direct
investors in this company and in its parent firm. The
Southern Company.
Manx more people are indirect owners. For example,
insurance companies, mutual savings banks and pension
funds have investments in electric utility companies all
over the nation. This gives millions of Americans an
indirect financial interest in the industry. The money
invested helps to build plants, lines and other facilities
required to assure your supply of electricity.
So. you see. companies such as ours, serving just
about everybody, are owned by just about everybody.
Chances are. that includes you. too.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve-
get them if you do not already
have them. If you do have some
and the chances are you will,
you can send them back with
your application. In most cases
it will not be necessary for
you to go to the office. Remem
ber, use your telephone!
Q. I don’t like paying social
security taxes, I’m young and
single so what good is social
security to me?
A. By paying into the social
security program you are not
only building a retirement sup
plement but you are also pres
ently covered for benefits
should you become disabled to
work NOW or later.
Q. My husband is disabled
and I take care of him. We
don’t have any children and
I’m 47 years old. Can I draw
benefits? I’m also disabled.
A. Under the present pro
visions of the social security
law a wife can draw benefits
if she has a child under age 18
in her care or if she is 62
years old. There are no bene
fits payable for caring for a
disabled worker and there would
be no benefits payable to you
if you are disabled and not
insured on your own work.
Talmadge Gives 7
Addresses In 4
Days In State
The dictionary defines the
word recess as “temporary
withdrawal or cessation from
the usual work or activity.”
But this definition hardly ap
plied to Congress’ Memorial
Day recess as far as U. S. -
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge was
concerned.
Here’s why; During the “re
cess” the Georgia senator
delivered seven speeches in a
four-day span in widely scat
tered sections of Georgia, as
well as filling numerous ap
pointments in his downtown
Atlanta office.
In his speeches, Sen. Tal
madge covered a wide variety
of issues. For example, as
principal speaker at the dedi
cation of Plant Harllee Branch,
the Georgia Power Company’s
new electric generating plant
on Lake Sinclair, he said “fast
and loose federal spending at
home and abroad brought on tlie
dollar crisis” in Western
Europe.
“The loss of confidence in
the American dollar is the
direct result of long standing
policy of trying to be police
man, banker and Santa Claus
for the whole world, ” the sen
ator declared.
In an attack on fiscal policies
of past and present adminis
trations, Talmadge said the fed
eral government had been guilty
of “excessive spending” at
home and of “trying to keep
up most of the free world mili
tarily and economically.”
He said West Germany had
replaced the U. S. as the world’s
leading monetary power be
cause “no government can ope
rate on such a basis without
coming to a day of reckoning,
not even the richest and strong
est in the world. ”
The senator called for a re
duction of U. S. troop strength
in Western Europe where, he
said, “they have more man
power, more gold reserves,
and less unemployment than we
do.”
Then in Dallas, where he
j addressed the Paulding County
Chamber of Commerce’s Bth
• annual banquet, Sen. Talmadge
warned against over-reacting
to the possible thaw in relations
between the United States and
Red China.
“A relaxed diplomatic, po
litical, and economic policy
toward Red China is potentially
dangerous, and should not be
rushed into without careful and
thorough study,” he said. “It
should be a step-by-step propo
sition.”
Pointing out that Red China
has about erne-third of the
world’s population (about 800
million people), Talmadge de
clared:
“We cannot ignore her sheer
size, and neither can we ignore
the fact that Red China is now a
.nuclear power. No nation in
the world can pretend that Red
China simply does not exist.
“But in moving toward open
ing a line of diplomatic com
munication between the United
States, the Free World, and
Red China, it is also in our
best interests to do so with
the utmost caution...,We must
be careful not to put the cart
before the horse.
- “If Red China is to be ad
mitted to the United Nations,
she must first show the world
(hat she is now ready to help
keep the peace and accept finan
cial responsibility of the UN.”
In other appearances, Sen.
Talmadge addressed Memorial
' Day ceremonies, high school
students and other gatherings
in his home state. The chair
man of the Senate Agriculture
Committee also participated in
the launching of June Dairy'
Month in Georgia.
And so it went. The Congres
sional Memorial Day recess
ms anything but a short vaca
tion for Georgia’s senior
senator.
THE UNITED STATES position on Red China has generated
great controversy. The recent Sino-United States ping-pong match
was seen as a major thaw in Red China’s militant relations with
the United States.
Many so-called China experts jumped on the bandwagon, urging
a reversal of our foreign policy.
First, they want the United States to officially recognize Red
China. We all acknowledge that Red China, because of sheer size
and population, is a major nation. Neither can we ignore that she
is a nuclear power.
No nations of the world can pretend Red China does not exist.
But diplomatic recognition of a country that arms enemies of the
United States and encourages revolutions world-wide is un
thinkable.
The second proposal is admission of Red China to the United
Nations. Chinese Communists have been most militant toward the
U.N. Red China has denounced the U.N. as a tool of Western
imperialism and vowed to undermine the organization.
In Korea. U.N. peace-keeping units had to fight forces trained
and armed by Red China. In the Congo, revolutionaries were
supported by Red China, again resulting in the need for U.N.
troops.
Now we are being told Red China has changed and we should
immediately admit this country and give her a chance to prove her
peaceful intentions. This is putting the cart before the horse. Red
China should first show she has changed her past positions and is
ready to accept the financial and peace-keeping responsibilities of
the U.N.
The final step in the advocated new position on Red China deals
w-ith the establishment of U.S.-Sino trade relations. The Com
munists have shown little desire to cooperate with the United
States on commercial matters.
The Red Chinese market, while of great potential value, would
yield little profit to American companies. The United States does
not want to be flooded with more cheap-labor imports. The net
result for this country would be a loss of domestic jobs and the
creation of more jobs for the Red Chinese. Trade relations with
mainland China would bolster their economy at the expense of
our own. I find this position untenable.
A new relaxed diplomatic, political, and economic policy regard
ing Red China is dangerous and should not be rushed into without
careful and thorough study.
Annual Summer
Institute Os Ga.
PIA Set
The Forty-Ninth Annual Sum
mer Institute of the Georgia
PTA will be held June 9, 10
and 11, at the University of
Georgia Center for Continuing
Education in Athens. “Growing
With The Seventies” is the
inspiring theme of this year's
workshop for training PTA
leaders.
Registration will begin at 9:00
a.m. on Wednesday, June 9, with
the first general meeting begin
ning at 2:00 p.m. in the audi
torium. Conferees from some
500 parent-teacher associ
ations throughout the state will
be attending this PTA Institute.
Mrs. Frank L. Zeigler of Vi
dalia, President of the Georgia
PTA, will preside overtheses
sions. Mrs. Frank Swint of
Augusta, is chairman of the
1971 Institute Committee.
The National PTA repre
sentative along with officers
and chairman of the Georgia
PTA wUI conduct leadership
training sessions during the
Institute.
Mrs. Runa Erwin Ware,
Author of the Book, “All Those
In Favor, Say Something” will
speak on Parliamentary Pro
cedure.
Other speakers included on
the program are: Dr. Bevel
Jones, Senior Minister, First
Methodist Church of Decatur;
Dean William Tate, University
of Georgia; and Dr. Robert
Lewis, Associate Professor of
Child and Family Development
and Sociology, University of
Georgia.
PTA Officers, committee
chairmen, and members are
urged to attend the Institute.
Georgia Chapter
Soil Conservation
Society To Meet
The fifteenth annual meeting
of the Georgia Chapter, Soil
Conservation Society of Amer
ica will meet at Callaway Gar
dens, June 11-12, announced
J. B. Olliff of Douglas, who is
President of the Chapter. The
meeting theme will be The Use
of I .and and Georgia’s Future.
Speakers include women, youth
and well known conser
vationists.
Keynoting the meeting will be
Dr. E. L. Cheatum, director,
Institute of Natural Resources,
University of Georgia, Athens,
who will discuss the Natural
Resource Base in Land Use
Planning. A panel, Youth’s Role
in Georgia’s Land Use Future,
will be moderated by Louie
Deaton, Metro Forester, Geor-
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
gia Forestry Commission, At
lanta. Panelists will be 4H -
Clifford Nash, Newnan; Girl
Scouts - Sermerlyn Parris,
Decatur; FFA - James Regers,
Blakely; Kiwanis Key Club -
Tommy Gore, LaGrange; and
Youth Conservation Workshop -
Jim Cline, Waleska.
Comer Morrison
Gives Report On
Air Conditioning
More than half the homes in
Georgia now have some type
of air conditioning to rank the
state in a 13th place tie in
percent and 12th in number of
homes with comfort cooling,
according to Comer Morrison,
President of Morrison Air Con
ditioning and Heating Company,
in Mcßae.
Morrison said latest Carrier
market reports show 719,000
families in the state, or 53
percent, now' live in houses
or apartments cooled by room
air conditioners or central sys
tems. He added that 468,000
homes in Georgia have one or
more room units while 251,000
others have whole-house sys
tems. And the number ofhomes
with comfort cooling rose 108,-
000 last year alone.
Morrison pointed out that
while the number of homes in
Georgia has only increased 13
percent in the past five years,
the number with air condition
ing has jumped 119 percent
in the same period.
Air conditioning of homes is
now a $2.2 billion a year busi
ness nationally and the
industry’s largest market by
lhr, Morrison said. Nearly 26.9
million U. S. homes, or 42.6
percent, now have some type
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In Higher Education
By Dr. DuPree Jordan, Jr.
26th in a Special Series
Two very significant
developments in the field of
education, rarely taken
seriously until recently, may
well grow' into trends with
far-reaching consequences.
Both have been considered
contrary to traditional
educational practices, and
have even been bitterly
opposed by many
professionals. But growing
support from business and
government has provided a
mantle of respectability, and
the pressing needs of modern
society have given new
impetus to these ideas. Still
fought by some, they are no
longer dismissed lightly, and
may even lead an educational
revolution during the 70s.
The controversial concepts
are performance contracting
and a w ay-from-school
training. While the former is
logically more applicable to
the lower grades, and may well
change the patterns of
education for the entire
population of the United
States, the latter is being
directed at higher education
and may’ drastically revise the
operation of our colleges and
universities of the future.
Common Traits
Both concepts share a focus
upon what is learned by an
individual student, and how
well he can demonstrate his
application of that knowledge,
as contrasted to simply what is
presented in a classroom.
Performance contracting is
already being tested
extensively in representative
communities all over the
nation. The Federal
Government is pqtting up the
money for businesses which
compete for the most
promising contracts, made
with public school systems.
The successful contractors are
then paid according to the
results they achieve.
Paid on Results
Basic standards are
established as minimum levels
of air conditioning. Last year
alone, about 4.1 million room
units and 1.1 million central
systems were installed in
houses and apartments.
State Patrol
Enforcement
Strength Improved
The effective manpower and
enforcement strength of the
Georgia State Patrol is being
increased under a plan now
being implemented transferring
25 Troopers from the Motor
Vehicle Inspection and Revo
cation Divisions.
Col. Ray Pope, Public Safety
Director, said the men are
being assigned traffic enforce
ment duties but will not be
physically transferred to other
parts of the State. “We are
simply trying to make the best
possible use of our available
resources in strengthening the
the State Patrol. Our plans
will not decrease the effective
ness of the Motor Vehicle or
Revocation Divisions,” he said.
Around July 1, another 70
men will be added to the
enforcement arm of tlie Patrol
with graduation of 25 new
Troopers from the Georgia
Police Academy and reassign
ment of 45 Troopers who are
now doing primarily office work
in the State’s 45 Patrol Posts.
At that time 45 clerk
dispatchers will be employed
for Posts to handle clerical
and office duties. Col. Pope
estimated that by the end of
this year the traffic enforce
ment capabilities of the Patrol
would be increased by nearly
100 men through the just men
tioned programs.
for student progress. The
contractors receive no
compensation for any students
whose achievements fall below
that level. Above that point,
there is an incentive scale,
with payments made to the
contractor proportional to the
proven accomplishments of
the students in mastering the
subjects they have covered.
This judging by- results
seems to be gaining wide
acceptance by pragmatie
businessmen, and might well
lead to more imaginative and
innovative methods of
teaching, to higher levels of
performance by students who
find more challenge in the
classroom, and to lower costs
for public education.
The other idea, of
off-campus instruction has
some elements in common
with performance contracting.
Emphasis is upon results.
Credits are given, and even
degrees granted, based upon
what is learned (and how
well), rather than upon how it
is learned (or where).
Exams Are Proof
This basic approach is tied
to examinations and testing,
rather than to residency
and or the number of hours
spent in classes. This had been
done by the University of
London, and by other major
universities for many- years. It
still causes conservative
educators to look askance, but
it is now being practiced on a
much wider scale. For the past
year, this approach has been
pursued on a massive scale all
over the British Isles by the
new open university- in
England, the univer
sity-without-walls offering its
courses through
correspondence and at
scattered instructional centers
rather than on any central
campus in a traditional way.
Many American colleges,
and business groups in this
country, are studying the
problems and potential of this
new approach. Next week’s
column will have more about
it.