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Special Election
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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 inaccord
.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
“Fagle.”” The election date
must be at least 29 days there
after, I 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 of this 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
W
Congress Center For
Georgia Organized
ATLANTA (PRN) - An
organizing slate of officials
was announced today for the
Georgia International Congress
Center, the state-wide
organization that is dedicating
.itself to making Georgia a
world-wide center for
conventions and trade.
The officers and members
of the board of directors for
the unprecedented project are:
Chairman, Mr. Charles F.
Palmer, President, Palmer,
Inc.; President, Mr. John C.
Wilson, President,
Home-Wilson, Inc.; Vice
President, Mr. Charles J.
Tucker, Assistant Vice
President of Marketing,
Southern Bell.
Other directors are: Mr.
Glenn E. Bennett, Executive
Director of the Metropolitan
Planning Commission; Mr.
George Cotsakis, President,
Atlanta Grocery Company,
Mr. Pollard Turman,
Chairman, J. M. Tull
Industries.
Others on the board of
directors representing their
respective associations and
state departments are: Mr.
Emest Davis, State Auditor;
Mr. Charles Dolson, Chairman
of the Board, Georgia Business
and Industry Association; Mr.
Jonas Mitchell, President,
Georgia Restaurant
Association; Mr. Pat Patillo,
President, Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce; Lt.
Gen. Louis W. Truman,
Executive Director, Georgia
Department of Industry and
Trade; and Mr. Ray
Willingham of Waycross,
President, Georgia Hotel-Motel
Association, Inc.
‘Governor Jimmy Carter has
accepted the honorary
chairmanship of the Georgia
International Congress Center,
Inc. and Atlanta’s Mayor Sam
Massell has agreed to accept
the honorary vice
chairmanship,’” Mr. Palmer said
in making today's
announcement.
It was also announced at
the first board meeting that
the legislative advisory
committees from the Georgia
Senate and House of
Representatives had been
_ appointed for the Georgia
this office.
Dated: June 1, 1971
L. R, Clark,
Clerk Superior Court,
Ex-Officio Ordinary. 9-6 t
CITATION ;
GEORGIA, WHEELER COUNTY
WHEREAS, Mrs, Isla H,
Rogers, Administratrix of
Estate of Artmous J, Rogers,
represents to the Court in her
petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that she has fully
administered said estate, This
is, therefore, tociteall persons
concerned, kindred and credi
tors, to show cause, if any they
can, why said Administratrix
should not be discharged from
her administration, and receive
letters of dismission, on the
first Monday in July, 1971,
L. R. Clark,
Clerk Superior Court
Ex-Officio Ordinary 10-4 t
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GEORGIA, WHEELER COUNTY
Whereas, Mrs, Martha Mixon
Kent and Dana C, Kent, Ad~
ministrators of the estate of
William Harvey Kent, repre
sents to the Court in their
petition, duly filed and entered
on record, that they have fully
administered William Harvey
Kent’s estate: This is therefore,
to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why
said Administrators should not
be discharged from their ad
ministration, and receive
Letters of Dismission, on the
first Monday in July, 1971,
L. R, Clark, Acting Ordinary.
B, P, Jackson P
Vidalia 10-4 t
R o 7 AR S R NSO
Wheeler Co. 4-H’ers
Attend District
Project Achievement
School is out, but that doesn’t
mean a vacation for 43 Wheeler
County 4-H boys and girls,
The 43, county winners in
their club projects have been
as busy as they have ever been
in their lives. They put the
finishing touches to the illus
trated lectures and educational
demonstrations which they hope
helped them earn district
honors,
The Southcentral Georgia 4-H ”
Project Achievement meeti_g
International Congress Center.
The senators appointed by Lt.
Governor Lester G. Maddox
are: Senator R. Eugene Holley
of Augusta, Chairman; Senator
Terrill A. Starr of Forest Park;
Senator J. H. Henderson, Jr.
of Marietta.
The House Advisory
Committee as named by
Speaker of the House George
L. Smith, is: Representative
Arch Gary of Riverdale,
Chairman; Representative Roy
J. Chappell, Sr. of Dublin,
Representative Stanley N.
Collins, Jr. of Atlanta;
Representative Matthew W.
Mulherin of Augusta; and
Representative Lauren
McDonald, Jr. of Commerce.
The Atlanta Aldermen
appointed by Mayor Sam
Massell of the Advisory
Committee on location, design
and operation are: George
Cotsakis, Chairman; Hugh
Pierce, Ira L. Jackson, and
Jack Summers.
In other important
appointments, the Board of
Directors named the firm of
John Portman and Associates
to the planning work which
includes the site evaluation,
schematic preliminary designs,
renderings and cost estimates
for the congress center
facilities. Candler, Cox and
Andrews are the legal advisors.
In other actions, the board
said that Hardman and
Stuckey Travel Investments,
Inc., had been appointed to
develop a public information
program that will show the
value and need of the congress
center in providing new job
opportunities and creating to
the overall economic growth
of the state.
This program they will
develop will be shown to civie
clubs, industrial groups,
Georgia associations and
organizations throughout the
state.
Hardman and Stuckey will
also assist in the promotion
and development of the
Georgia Products Buildings
where Georgia made products
will be on exhibit to the
world-wide delegates who
would be coming to Georgia
for their international
conventions and trade shows.
was held June 11-13 at Rock
Fagle. In addition to the 43
local delegates, there was about
700 boys and girls there from
25 other counties inthe district.
Junior district winners, like
the cloverleaf winners named
earlier, does not compete be
yond the district level. But
senior winners named at Rock
Eagle this month will move on
to State 4-H Congress in At
lanta, where they will try for
state championships and the
right to ‘represent Georgia at
National 4-H Congress in
Chicago.
Wheeler County had nine
senior 4-H’ers who worked for
district honors. They, along
with their hometowns and pro
jects are as follows:
Marion Grimes of Helena,
Recreation; Connie Pickle of
Alamo, Human Development; Jo
Ann Clark of Mcßae, Dress
Revue; Wanda Ussery of Glen
wood, Safety; Thomas Mercer
of Glenwood, Soils and Ferti
lizer; Gary Coleman of Glen
wood, Recreation Talent; Butch
Smith of Lumber City, Pecan
Production; Joe Griffin, Public
Speaking; and Brent Coleman
of Glenwood, Swine.
Junior Members who repre
sented the county were:
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To The Vofers
Os Wheeler County
| hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of Ordinary of Wheeler County,
subject to the rules and laws governing
this special election.
| feel that | have the qualifications,
through training and experience to
render the duties of this office in a fair,
impartial and honest manner.
| feel that | could sit in judgement of
cases involving traffic and drunken |
driving in a fair and honest manner
because | have never drunk wine, beer
or liquor.
| promise in regard to probating
the Will of deceased member of a
family to see that the Will is carried
out in the manner the deceased person
intended.
The elections under the general
supervision of this office will be held
according to the law... open, fair and
honest. Every person eligible to vote
and desiring to cast his ballot will have
that right, being able to see that his
ballot is voted by himself and counted
for the intended person selected by the
voter.
| promise to help build and maintain
confidence in our courts where there are
no ““fat cats and poor kittens.”’
| earnestly seek your vote and
influence in this special election.
Respectfully,
. C. Fulford
WHEELER COUNTY FArT+ ATAMO CA 20411 FRINAY TUNE 18 1971
. WV LA A QAN S NN A & L
s A A AAt it A,
Denis Edge of Glenwood,
Dress Revue; Elaine Smith of
Alamo, Bread; Truley Hall of
‘Alamo, Dairy Foods; Patty
Adams of Glenwood, Vegetable
Production; Melinda McDaniel
of Glenwood, Recreation; Kim
Hall of Alamo, Veterinary Sci
ence; and Joy McNeal of Alamo,
' Wildlife. Darren Brown of Mc
'Rae, Electric; Ronnie Benton
of Glenwood, Forestry; Samuel
Moore of Glenwood, Fruit &
Vegetable Production; and
Fredrick Burnette of Alamo,
Beef,
Cloverleafs are:
Drucila Bryant of Alamo,
Conservation of Natural Re
sources; Juanita Tucker of
Alamo, Dress Revue-sthgrade;
Sarah Williams of Alamo, Dress
Revue - 6th grade; Dorothy
Horne of Alamo, Safety; Rose
Ferguson of Alamo, Entomo
logy; Linda Sharpton of Alamo,
Dairy Foods; Beatrice Williams
of Alamo, Canning; Johnny Mae
Conoway of Glenwood, Frozen
Foods; Johnny Mae Williams of
Alamo, Frozen Foods; Merri
Clark of Alamo, Recreation;
Roxanne Rivers of Glenwood,
Wildlife.
Jeff Smith of Alamo, Auto
motive; Eric Cox of Alamo,
ATLL, HALANU, Ik, OVZLL 1441533
Bicycle; Samuel Carswell of
- Alamo, Electric; Cim Jenkins
~ of Alamo, Danny Lumley of
Glenwood, Entomology; David
Pickle of Alamo, Forestry; Dee
Hall of Alamo, Housing and
. Equipment; Leonard Paul
Humphrey of Alamo, Swine; Lee
Pickle of Alamo, Poultry; Tom~
my McNeal of Alamo, Recre
ation; Keith Couey of Glenwood,
Dog Care & Training; Bobby
Cartwright of Glenwood, Horse;
and David Frost of Glenwood,
Wildlife.
Mr., Williams and Miss
Nelson said the 4-H’ers record
books had already been judged
by the committee of county
agents and county Extension
home economists, Demon
stration scores at Rock Eagle
were added to the record
scores, and district champion
ships went to the 4-H’ers with
the highest total ineachproject.
Winners in more than 100 junior
and senior projects were
named,
The meeting also included
some 4-H style politicking, and
at least two Wheeler County
boys were right in the middle
of it. Gary Coleman, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Grover W, Cole~
man of Glenwood, ran for
- Parliamentarian for the Dis
' trict 4-H Council and Thomas
~ Mercer, son of Mr, and Mrs.
' Lanier Mercer of Glenwood,
ran for Boys’ Vice President.
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- Many Widows Os
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. Georgia Vets Can
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. Gef V.A. Benefi
et V.A. Beneits
)
: Many widows of Georgia vet
' erans may not know they can
, receive Veterans Adminis
: tration benefits even after their
y remarriage if the remarriage
: has been terminated by death
; or divorce.
e A, W, Tate, Director of the
Atlanta VA Regional Office, said
) qualified widows were eligible
: for VA-guaranteed home loans,
) educational benefits, deathpen
) sion, and dependency and
E indemnity compensation (DIC),
" Previously, the widow of a
» veteran was declared per
> manently ineligible for these
;. benefits if she remarried, but
; a recently passed law has
» amended that provision toagair
) make the widow eligible if her
) _remarriage is terminated.
: Tate urged widows of vet
y erans with questions about their
eligibility status to contact the
: VA Office at 730 Peachtree
:' St., NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308
. or their local service organ
ization representative,
A wag says a recession
just might be a boom that
has been lowered.
BT R
Murchison Funeral Home
' Owned And Operated By
Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Quzts
Telephone 537-4121
537-7305
Agent For United Family Life
Insurance Company
VIDALIA GEORGIA
I S IS
Land Clearing - Earth Moving
Landscaping
Custom Farm Land Preparation
BROWNING BROTHERS
Carl Browning Tommy Browning
Glenwood, Ga. Mcßae, Ga.
523-5381 868-5571
l. Y UINIs 40, 4AVIia
Classified Ads
REDUCE safe & fast with
Goßese Tablets & E-Vap
‘“water pills’’ Curl’s Phar
macy, Alamo, 5-6tpd
AR ASt@e DR S
ALLIGATORS IN FARM PONDS
Do not kill the alligators in
your farm pond. If you want
them out, call 868-2717 day,
or 867-2541 night, or write
card. 1 have permit to trap
live. Thompson Alligator Re
search Farm. Mcßae, Ga, 31055
7-ts
FOR SALE OR RENT - House
in Alamo, with three bedrooms
and two baths. If interested
contact John Hatten at 868-5466
after 5:00 p.m. 8-ts
THE Alamo First Baptist
Church is considering the sale
of the former Holmes property.
The house on this property is
presently occupied by J.M.S,
Thomas.
All interested persons should
get in touch with one of the
following: J. F. Nicholson; W,
« H, Thomas, Jr.;orE, L, Pickle,
(Trustees). §-tf
FOR SALE - Nice Dwelling in
Alamo City Limits. Formerly
the home of Mrs, Naomi Couey,
The price is right. Call Jon.
S, Stamps Agency in Mcßae,
10-ts
et st et 5A o RS TR
Virginia Life
Insurance Co.
Seeks Policy Holders
Thousands of persons who
own matured endowment pol
icies with an aggregate value
approximating $425,000 are ob
jects of an intensive search
by The Life Insurance Company
of Virginia,
Warren M, Pace, Life of
Virginia’s president, said,
“These are policyowners who
have moved and failed toadvise
the company of their new ad
dresses. They may be entitled
to proceeds from matured en
dowment policies in amounts
from a few dollars tomore than
one thousand dollars in cash.”
Local area residents whobe
liave they, or members of their
family or friends, may be en
titled to a part of this money
should contact the nearest Life
of Virginia office.
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Area Tech School
Offers Many Subjects
In Business Training
Office occupations at Ben
Hill-Irwin Tech, are like
Caesar’s Gaul, divided into
three parts. But right there,
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
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: @ NGO
the similarity ends; for Caesar
dealt with ancient doings, but
the Business Education Depart
ment is an up-to-the-minute
enterprise,
The three branches of the
department train in the secre
tarial, accounting, and clerical
areas. Around forty-six stu
dents from Irwin, Ben Hill,
Telfair, Berrien, Tift, Wilcox,
Dodge and Coffee counties are
enrolled with the goal of be
coming file clerks, clerk
" typists, accounting assistants,
_general bookkeepers, general
office workers, receptionists,
or executive secretaries,
To reach the desired goals,
these students use a variety of
machines and other learning
aides, which will give them
instruction and experience with
equipment they may later have
.to operate,
Electric typewriters are per
haps the most familiar type of
machines used; but they are in
company with the spirit dupli
cator, mimeograph machine,
thermofax photocopy, illum
inated drawing boards, electric
stencil cutter, bookkeeping
machines, a wireless steno lab,
and calculators (some of these
last being the world’s fastest),
Quite often a visitor in the
halls may hear the staccato
rhythm of the typewriters vying
To The Voters
1 Os Wheeler County, Georgia
| hereby announce my candidacy for
the Office of Ordinary of Wheeler County
for the un-expired term of the late Judge
D. N. Achord, in the Special Election to
be held July 14, 1971.
| realize the almost impossible task
of filling the Shoes of Dan Achord, but |
will do my ut~ost to do a good job. |
feel | am~ qualified for the office since
as a Justice of Peace, | have had con
siderable experience along that line of
work. So, | am asking for the people’s
vote and support, which will be deeply
appreciated and honored. ;
| Sincerely
T. Alvin Hartley
iGLENWOOB ALAMO
‘HELENA VIDALIA
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with the mechanical digestive
systems of the calculators; but
none of this seeming chaos gets
across to those students who
are using headsets to take dic~
tation from the stenolab, where
as many as four messages at
four different speeds may be
emanating simultaneously.
Four of the students are al
ready engaged in full-time jobs,
and four have part-time jobs.
Herty Trustee
Gov, Jimmy Carter has ap
pointed William J, McCormick,
a Savannah banker, to fill a
vacancy on the board of trustees
of the Charles H, Herty Found
ation, which studies future com=
mercial uses of pulpwood.
McCormick replaces John E,
Cay Jr., also of Savannah, whose
term has expired. McCormick
is a state committeeman of the
Democratic Party.
ei e e
The demand for some wood
products will increase greatly
during the next few years, ac
cording to Extension Service
foresters. They say the demand
for Southern pine plywood is
expected to go up 60 percent
by 19718 By 1986, the
foresters add, production of
pulpwood in the South will
double the current rate.