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VOLUME 57
Community Service
Is The Desire Os
American Legion
One of the most lasting Legi
contributions to American lift
is that making American com
munities better places in which
to live.
Community services is a ma
jor American activity. Several
good projects are included on
the program of American
Legion Post 193 of Alamo.
One of the most noticable is
the flying of the American Flag
on ail holidays. There is some
thing special to seeing the
American Flag flying over
town. To see the American
Flag flying in front of a home
or place of business lets every
one know you are patriotic.
It incarnates for all mankind
the spirit of Liberty and the
glorious Ideal of Human Free
dom not the freedom of un
restraint or the liberty of
License, but a unique idea of
equal opportunity for Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness, safeguarded by the stem
and lofty principles of duty,
or righteousness and of justice
and attainable by obedience to
self imposed laws.
To all the members of Ameri
can Legion Post 193 of Alamo,
let me say “Thank You” for
taking the time out of your busy
schedule to put these flags up
and take down and the many'
other things you do to improve
oui" Community.
To the citizens that cooperate
so willingly, let us salute you
for your support. Without it
we would not be able toaccomp
lish so much. Our ultimate
goal is to liave a flag in front
of each home and place of
business in the City of Alamo.
If you would like one at your
home or place of business on
all holidays please contact any
member ofthe American Legion
Post 193 in Alamo. They can
explain the program to you.
Let us continue to work to
gether to improve our Com
munity so that we may have a
better place to live.
Two Arrested In
Dodge County
For Having Drugs
The Mac or Telegraph
A Dodge County mother and
her 21-year-old son have been
charged with possession of
dangerous drugs after police
discovered marijuana growing!
in the family garden, according
to police.
Mrs. Ethel McCranie of 419
Stuckey Apartments was ar
rested about 6:30 p.m. Sunday
when police raided her resi
dence, according to Eastman
Chief of Police Bobby Sly.
Thad Staples, Mrs. Mc-
Cranie ’s son, turned himself in
to the Dodge County sheriff
yesterday morning, Sly said.
Eight marijuana stalks were
found growing in the garden,
Sly said, and one syringe, some
seeds believed to be marijuana
and several smoking devices
used to smoke hash were found
in the home.
New Chairman
To Be Elected
Members of the First Con
gressional Republican Party
Committee will meet Saturday,
June 26, for the purpose of
. electing a new chairman to fill
the position vacated by Bruce
Beatty of Pooler, it was an
nounced by R. E. Tuten, Jr.
Mr. Tuten said there was
much speculation about the
election since Beatty has made
the statement that the position
would probably come from the
rural counties.
The meeting is to be hosted
fay R. L. O’Neal in Uvalda and
will begin at 7:00 p.m.,
Saturday.
I AM not here to be told Pm
burning the candle at both ends,
I informed the doctor, "I just
came for mere wax."
Wheeler County Eagle
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Eric Cox, 4-H District Winner
Eric Cox, Wheeler County' 4-H member, being congratulated by County Agent, David Williams,
for winning the District 4-H Bicycle project.
Vandiver Attacks
U.S. Senate Group
Adjutant General Ernest
Vandiver has delivered a
stinging attack on a group in
the U.S. Senate which he said
seems “determined to wreck
the defenses of the country.”
He also condemned a
tendency in some quarters to
attack the nation’s military
establishment and to belittle
and berate those who wear the
uniform of our country.”
Vandiver, a former governor
who directs the state’s
National Guard forces, singled
out Wisconsin’s Senator
William Proxmire as a “ring
leader of a willful band of
little men in the U.S. Senate
who have displayed a shocking
disregard for the national
security and national welfare.”
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Mr. and Mrs. Zelmo Hartley
Mr. and Mrs. Zelmo Hartley are working faithfully to keep their
beautiful home clean and attractive. This past year they have re
grassed, planted shrubs, and groomed present plantings. While
Mr. Hartley cleans, Mrs. Hartley waters and this helps to keep
the place a showplace.
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Julian Tanner, Home Gardner
Local home gardner, Julian Tanner, inspects plants in his
mini-garden. During the winter and summer months he has had
a variety of plants ranging from winter greens to summer
tomatoes.
In addition to the vegetables he has cut flowers growing on
the corner. The marigolds scattered among his okra plants he
said are to help control nemitodes.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
“Today their target is the
Lockheed Corp. - which not
incidentally, is responsible for
the employment of almost
20,000 Georgians,” Vandiver
said. “Yesterday it was the
SST. The 20th century with
hunters killed that program -
with all of its economic and
technological advantages for
the United States - without
blinking an eye. Who is to say
what their target will be
tomorrow.”
“I believe the American
people are getting fed up with
the antics of these modern-day
witch hunters,” he continued.
“1 believe our people want a
return to old-fashioned
common s e n se and
old-fashioned patriotism.”
Eric Cox Named
District Winner
In 4 H Project
Eric Cox was the only one of
Wheeler County’s 38 member
delegation to district 4-H Pro
ject Achievement meeting last
week to return home as dUtriet
champion.
Eric participated in the bi
cycle project and won handily
over five other boys from South
central Georgia.
This was Eric’s first attempt
at 4-H Project Achievement.
He has just completed the fifth
grade and was competing with
fifth and sixth graders.
Eric is already planning for
an additional project next year,
since he will be unable to com
pete in the bicycle project again
until he is a seventh grader.
Our congratulations to Eric
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Cox of Alamo.
Wheeler County second place
winners were Dee Hall inHous
ing and Equipment, and Sherry
Rocker in Between-Meal-
Snacks.
Third place winners from
Wheeler County and their pro
jects were: Ronnie Benton,
Junior Forestry; Darren
Brown, Junior Electricity;
Brent Coleman, Senior Swine;
Joe Griffin, Senior Public
Speaking; Kim Hall, Junior Vet
erinary Science; Danny Lumley,
Cloverleaf Entomology; Tommy
McNeal, Cloverleaf Talent;
Thomas Mercer, Senior Soils
and Fertilizer; and Johnny Mae
Williams, Cloverleaf Forestry.
Wheeler County
Grand Jury
Presentments
Georgia, Wheeler County.
Grand Jury Presentments
June Term, 1971
The Grand Jury drawn to
serve at the June Term, 1971,
Wheeler Superior Court, organ
ized by electing R. H. Manley,
Foreman, Ronald Rhodes, Clerk
and Arthur Tarpley, Bailiff.
The Grand Jury after due
deliberations returned 22 Bills
of Indictment and 4 No Bills.
We recommend that the
Bailiff be paid SB.OO per day
for his services and that the
clerk be paid SIO.OO per day
for his services.
We wish to thank all of the
Officers of the Court for their
cooperation.
Respectfully submitted, June
21, 1971.
/s/ R. IL Manley, Foreman
/s/ Ronald Rhodes, Clerk
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1971
Gov. Carter Establishes fl new
Program Called Goals for Georgia
How is government made
more responsive to the needs
of the people? That’s a question
Gov. Carter plans to ask the
citizens of Georgia this sum
mer. To find the answer, the
Gov. has established a program
called, Goals for Georgia.
During his campaign, Gov.
Carter found tliat many Geor
gians felt they liad no way of
influencing State government,
that they were completely sep -
arated from a government which
expressed no interest in their
Jesse Braswell
Named To ABAC
Dean s List
Jesse C. Braswell, sonofMr.
and Mrs. R. U. Braswell of
Alamo, has been named to the
Dean’s List at Abraham Bald
win Agricultural College in
Tifton, for the spring quarter.
A total of 157 of ABAC’s record
enrollment of 1,530 students
were named to the spring list
which represents 10% of the
student body.
To be eligible for the Dean’s
Honor List, a student must
carry 15 hours of course work
and make a 3.3 (B) academic
average.
According to Academic Dean
Dr. Loyal V. Norman, “ABAC
specializes in quality instruc
tion and for a student to make a
3.3 (B) adademic average on
the college courses today is
certainly an honor tliat reflects
on the student’s determination,
ability, and also on the schools
in their home communities.”
He is majoring in Agriculture
Technology at the junior
college.
Eastman Man
Receives Life
Imprisonment
Truck driver Doris “Don”
Swinson, 38, of Eastman, was
sentenced to life imprisonment
Wednesday, June 16, in the
kidnaping of a Chattanooga,
Tenn., housewife.
Swinson was charged with
abducting the woman at knife
point, assaulting herand leaving
her bound to a tree in Gordon
County, Ga.
A U. S. District Court jury of
nine men and three women de
liberated three hours before
returning the guilty verdict to
Judge William O. Kelley in
Rome, Ga.
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Southcentral 4-H Officers
Newly elected officers of the Southcentral Georgia District 4-H Council, left to right, are:
Leonard Fussell, Coffee County, reporter; Bonnie Peyton, Bleckley, girls’ vice president; Dale
Wigging, Turner, boys’ vice president; Peggy Miller, Worth, secretary-treasurer; Gary Coleman,
Wheeier, parliamentarian; Debbie Matthews, Colquitt, president, and Mrs. Joyce Brown, Dodge,
volunteer adult leader. They were elected at the recent district 4-H project achievement meeting
at Rock Eagle. Roger Carr, district 4-H leader with the University of Georgia Extension Service,
said more than 1,000 cloverleaf, junior and senior county project champions attended the event to
compete for district honors — and to elect new officers for 1971-72. _
needs. The Governor has stated
many times that he wants to
correct this apparent de
ficiency. As a result, Goals
for Georgia was established.
Other states have made at
tempts at similar programs
but none has gone directly to
the people for direction instate
planning. In that sense, the
Georgia Goals program is
unique.
Goals for Georgia has been
set forth as a massive state
wide effort to gather the think
ing of all Georgians. To ac
complish this task, Gov. Carter
asked the Georgia Planning As
sociation (of which he is a
former president) to provide
the leadership in the Goals
program. Under the direction
of president, Sam Nunn, Goals
for Georgia will be taken to
the people this summer.
The Area Planning and De
velopment Commissions in
Georgia are assisting by sche
duling conferences on the local
and regional levels. There will
Robert Stanfield
In 437th Military
Airlift Wing
Master Sergeant Robert E,
Stanfield, son of James R. Stan
field of Glennville, is a member
of the 437th Military Airlift:
Wing at Charleston AFB, S. C.,
which has earned the U. S. Air
Force Outstanding Unit Award
for the fourth consecutive year.
Sergeant Stanfield, a flight
engineer, will wear a distinctive
service ribbon marking his af
filiation withthe Military Airlift
Command Unit.
The 437th was cited for
meritorious service in the per
formance of global airlift from
June 1969 to June 1970. During
this time, wing personnel com
pleted 2,927 accident-free com
bat, relief and resupply airlift
missions in C-141 Starlifter
and C-5 Galaxy aircraft. They
transported 64,086 tons of cargo
and 197,214 passengers to such
diverse locations as Vietnam
and Lagos, Nigeria— the latter
during the Biafran conflict.
Sergeant Stanfield is a 1954
graduate of Glennville High
School.
His wife, Dean, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. N. A.
Bright of Glenwood.
NOTICE
The Wheeler County High
School Canning Plant will be
open each Tuesday and Thurs
day. The plant will openat 9:00
o’clock and close around 4:30.
The price for canning will be
same as last year.
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be at least 19 regional con
ferences. It is anticipated that
a broad cross-section of
citizens will actively par
ticipate.
From these regional con
ferences, the Governor expects
to gather specific ideas and
Gary Coleman
Elected Officer
At District Meet
At the recent Southcentral
4-H District Project Achieve
ment Meeting there was more
going on than just demonstrating
4-H achievement. Gary Cole
man, of Rt. 2, Glenwood, threw
his hat into the political arena.
This was Gary’s first venture
into the field of politics as he
ran for parliamentarian for the
Southcentral 4-H District.
Three other boys were also
running for this office. In the
first round of voting two of
them were eliminated and the
campaigning was underway
again since a majority of the
votes cast were required for
election.
In the run-off election Gary.
beat out his opponent for
parliamentarian. He will serve
in this capacity duringthe com
ing year.
Gary and the other district
officers have the responsibility
of guiding the Southcentral 4-H
Clubs. They will be busy plan
ning and conducting rallies, as
sisting county clubs, planning
and conducting next year’s
achievement meeting and other
activities.
Gary is the son of Mr, and
Mrs. Grover Coleman of Rt. 2,
Glenwood.
Wheeler Steering
Committee Meeting
The Wheeler County Beauti
fication Steering Committee
combined it’s June meeting with
the Alamo Garden Club.
Those present took copies of
the Alamo Garden Club cook
books to sell for financing the
beautification projects in the
County.
During the summer months
the “Litter Patrol” will be at
work reminding litter bugs of
the need for every citizen to
help in keeping Wheeler Clean.
During the months of July
and August Min- Vegetable gar
dens will be featured in the
Eagle.
Only three months remain in
the 1970-71 GACD-GEMC
Beautification through conser-’ 1
vat ion contest time.
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recommendations for im
proving State government, for
making government more re
sponsive to the people.
There are also scheduled,
eight statewide conferences in
Atlanta in October. The results
of the regional conferences will
be compiled and discussed un
der one or more of the eight
major program areas of state
responsibility. The eight major
program areas have been cate
gorized as: Education and Intel
lectual Enrichment, Physical
and Mental Health, Transpor
tation and Communications, So
cial Development, Economic
Development, Protection of
Persons and Property, Natural
Environment, and General
Government.
To assist in coordinating the
program, the Governor has
named two statewide co-chair
men in each of the major pro
gram areas. He has involved
the legislature by naming two
legislative advisors in each ma
jor area of government respon
sibility. His representatives at
the regional conferences will
be two outstanding leaders from
each APDC region.
The eight major program
areas of government will be
the subjects of eight citizen
participation telecasts on the
State’s ETV network during July
and August. The telecasts, each
Tuesday night at 9 p.m., will
be one hour in length. Viewers
will be encouraged to call in
their comments or questions
to a panel consisting of the
State co-chairmen and the
legislative advisors. Gov. Car
ter is scheduled to appear on
four of the programs.
A toll-free number has been
selected for callers to use:
1-800-282-8653.
The one essential ingredient
to make this program a success
is the active involvement of
the people of Georgia. The
Governor is looking to the peo
ple to respond with ideas and
suggestions that will enable the
Executive and Legislative
branches to become more re
sponsive to their needs.
The date and time for each
of the regional conferences will
be announced later by the
Executive Directors ofthe Area
Planning and Development
Commissions.
Cochran Bleckley
County Landfill
Gets First Permit
The City of Cochran and
Bleckley County have received
the first interlocal permit to
operate a sanitary landfill in
the state, according to an an
nouncement made by James T.
O’Kelley, district chief of en
vironmental health for the South
Central Health District.
Earlier, the city of Blakely
was issued a disposal site per
mit, but the Cochran-Bleckley
County operation is the first
cooperative agreement to be
officially permitted, O’Kelley
explained. The landfill, which
has been in operation for about
a year, replaces an open-burn
ing city dump.
Moses McCall, who directs
the state’s solid waste manage
ment program, said that both
city and county officials have
worked long and hard to make
the sanitary landfill a reality.
“They are to be commended
for their efforts,” he stated. ’
“This is a forward step toward
improving the environmental
health of people throughout the
county and demonstrates what .
can be done in the area of solid
waste management when a spirit
of cooperation can be developed
and nurtured in a community.”
The disposal site is on a 73-
acre tract of county-owned land
three miles from Cochran on
Highway 26. The landfill will
be maintained by the city of
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