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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Lonnie Powell
Funeral services for Lonnie
Powell, 50, of Milan, who died
at his residence there Friday,
June 18, of an apparent heart
attack, were held Sunday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock from the
Rockwell Baptist Church with
the Rev. Slchey Wheeler of
ficiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Joe Selph,
Horace Burch, Wade Butler,
Roy Powell, Horace Walker,
Jr., Billy Walker, D. W. Selph
and Oakley Selph.
Mr. Powell was bom in Tel
fair County on July 10, 1920
the son of Bart and Annie Mae
Scarborough Powell, and was
married to the former Mary
Lou Reaves in April of 1940.
Survivors include his wife
of Milan; three daughters, Miss
Carline Powell and Mrs. Jackie
Ciunmins of Milan, and Mrs.
Jesse Rogers of Darien; father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bart
Powell of Athens; and five sis
ters, Mrs. Susie Berrong, Mrs.
W. L. Burt, Mrs. H. C. Hins
ley, Mrs. J. H. Towns, Jr.,
and Mrs. J. B. Carter, all of
Athens.
George Franklin
Melvin
Funeral services for George
Franklin Melvin, 65, of Macon,
who died in the Macon Hospital
Wednesday, June 16, following
a brief illness, were heldSatur-
Politics oln Parade
It was a pleasant surprise
last Friday to see at the Capitol
the estimable Ed Bridges, one
of Georgia's premier and long
time public relations figures,
who has just returned from
California where he was as
sociated with Governor Ronald
Reagan.
We were even more surprised
to learn from Ed that Gov.
Reagan is the real owner of 18
tab'oid newspapers scattered
over the state, with a total cir
culation running into the hun
dreds of thousands. This paper
chain is not in the governor’s
name, but is run by a man and
wife team named Smith.
It seems that Ed was hired to
set up three more tabloids for
Reagan in the I os Angeles area.
He says that these papers are,
naturally, Renublican oriented
anil make their money by selling
advertisin'.; and subscrintions to
Party members over the state,
with boiler room-type telephone
solicitation.
According to Mr. Bridges,
Gov. Reagan’s p’ans are to run
for the United States Senate,
and the newspaper chain was set
up to hc'p him in this endeavor.
Another interesting thing that
Fd to'd us is that U. S. Senators
Prosmire and Cranston are anti-
Lockheed beemse that company
sunnorted their opponents in
thrir Inst Senate races. We have
Ion" " ondered what was sticking
in Prosmirc's cr.aw, so if Mr
Bribes is correct, this is the
answer.
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There's an o'd saving of
“give the devil his due". Well,
we don't c’nssifv Gov. Jimmy
Carter as the devil, but he is
ccrtunlv due a lot of credit for
his mmoun’ed plans to begin a
statewide c'>mnni"n to treat
heroin addicts. Nothing can be
more danoerons to this country
— cxcent the Communists —
th in the drug problem, and if
the Governor can provide the
me ns whereby Georgians can
lick the habit, he will have ren
dered a distinct service to the
state and nation.
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We are sotv to report that
Miss Nancy Braselton, longtime
secretary to the Comptroller-
General, is leaving state em
ployment to take a ioh as S'"re
tarv to Farl Leonard. Jr., Coca-
Cola executive. She will be miss
ed tremendously around the
Cap'tol.
And. while we're on the sub
ject of State employees, we
might mention that one of our
favorite persons, Mrs. Phyllis
Coffee, is leaving the Highway
Dept, to go back to her first
day afternoon at 3:00 o’clock
from the Sandgrove Baptist
Church with the Rev. Sidney
Wheeler and the Rev. Henry
Roberts of Macon, officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Melvin was bom in Dodge
County on December 23, 1905
the son of the late William
Henry and Mary Conley Melvin.
He was married to the former
Inez Yawn on July 13, 1924 in
Dodge County and was a member
of the Bloomfield Garden
Baptist Church in Macon. Mr.
Melvin was retired from Will
ingham Cotton Mills and had
lived in Macon since 1942.
Survivors include his wife;
one son, Clarence Melvin; three
daughters, Mrs. Willie Mae
Hogue, Mrs. Ruth Hamlin and
Mrs. Judy Bolden, all of Macon;
five brothers, W. J. Melvin,
Archie Melvin andCharlieMel
vin, all of Milan, E. B. Melvin
of Hickory, N. C., and John D.
Melvin of Mcßae; and two sis
ters, Mrs. J. J. Brown of Milan,
and Mrs. Lola Smith of Mcßae.
Eugene Thomas
Capt. Eugene Thomas, 65,
of Decatur, of the Georgia State
Patrol, died Saturday, June 19,
in a Decatur hospital after a
short illness.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. Monday in Ward’s Glen
wood Chapel in Decatur.
An additional service was ’
held at 3 p.m. Monday in the
Helena Baptist Church, with
love, the Dept, of Family and
Children’s service.
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There has lately been a large
increase in crime on Capitol
Hill. The pocketbooks of several
ladies have been stolen during
working hours by sneak thieves.
So various departments have in
stituted safety measures.
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Last Friday was Zell Miller’s
last day as Chief Aide to Lt-
Gov. Lester Maddox, and he is
now the full fledged Executive
Director of the Democratic
Party of Georgia. Former Repr.
Mac Barber is his capable re
placement. Accompanying Zell
to the Party office was Mrs.
Louise Summers, wife of At
lanta City Aiderman Jack Sum
mers, and Zell’s secretary for
several years.
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We hear by the grapevine —
and totally unsubstantiated so
far — that there is a move un
derway by some legislators to
abolish the office of State Trea
surer and put all his duties un
der the Comptroller-General. If
this were done, it could not
take effect, of course, until the
term of Treasurer Bi'l Burson
expired at the end of 1974.
Mr. Burson .incidentally, may
not care, since he plans to be
a candidate for the U. S. Senate
next year and may resign to
make that race.
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Well, we had that promised
cup of coffee last Friday with
Hamilton Jordan. Executive
Secretary to Governor Carter,
and we couldn't have been treat
ed with more graciousness.
Folks had to'd us all along that
Mr. Jordan is a nice fellow, and
we'll agree with them Perhaps
he’s gained enough humility to
realize that a state employee,
from the governor on down, is
truly a servant of the people and
must so act. At any rate, he was
straightforward enough to ad
mit that most of the people
around Carter are novices and
still learning their jobs.
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Research on the law relating
to filling state constitutional
office vacancies shows some
ambiguity, but consensus of
opinion seems to be that the
governor can fill all such vacant
offices for the full term, NOT
just until the next general elec
tion. If this be correct, then
the constitutional officers who
might run for the f. S Senate
next year are less likely to re
sign before making the race.
However, there may be a bill in
the legislature to change this
law.
burial in Helena City Cemetery.
Capt. Thomas was bom in
Dublin. He was supervisor of
the Firearms Division of the
Georgia State Patrol. He retired
last August after a 25-year
career. Capt. Thomas was a
member and deacon of Sylvester
Baptist Church in Atlanta, and
a member of Helena Lodge,
536 of Free and Accepted
Masonry.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Geraldine Hinson Thomas
of Decatur; two daughters, Miss
Carol Thomas of Conyers, and
Miss Gwen Thomas of Atlanta;
a son, Larry Thomas of Con
yers; three sisters, Mrs. Elsie
Baker of Milan, Miss Lila Mae
Thomas and Miss Edna Thomas
of Helena; five brothers, James
H. Thomas of Decatur, J. E.
Thomas and Guy Thomas, both
of Milan, Hardy Thomas of
Mcßae, and Charlie Thomas
of Helena.
Mrs. Mary E. Hawkins
Mrs. Mary E. Hawkins, 91,
of Charleston Heights, S. C., .
widow of the late Robert Hawk
ins, died Thursday, June 17, in
Folk Nursing Home in Florence,
S. C„ following a long illness.
She was a native of Telfair
County.
She is survived by one son,
Ira Hulett of Charleston, S.C.;
two daughters, Mrs. Estell
Mazzell of Hannahan, S. C.,
and Mrs. Sarah Meyer of
Charleston Heights, S. C.; two
sisters, Mrs. Silas Hart of
Mcßae, and Mrs. Henry Clem
ents of Jacksonville; 14 grand-
IN RECENT YEARS, J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI have
been the targets of severe criticism.
No other law enforcement investigating agency ever established
can equal the FBI. It is known and respected throughout the
world. Much of its success can be attributed to the bureau’s di
rector.
J. Edgar Hoover has headed the FBI for 47 years. During these
years he has seen America through the gangland threats of the
1920’s and the 1930’5. He had a strong hand in controlling internal
subversion during the 40’s and early 50’s. All these years, Mr.
Hoover has led the fight against organized crime and extremism,
from the right and the left.
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THERE IS A CONCERTED drive, on the part of many groups,
to discredit Mr. Hoover and the FBI. From year to year, the tech
niques and the arguments may vary. But the goal is the same, to
get rid of J. Edgar Hoover.
Critics seem to think this will be a panacea for all the problems
of America and cure all their frustrations.
These critics are fond of pointing out that Mr. Hoover is 76,'
and in their judgment, too old to effectively hold office.
Age alone is no criteria on which to judge a man. Some in
' dividuals reach the age of reason and maturity at a very young'
age while others never seem to get there. Others are over the hill
at a very early age while some of the nation’s most prominent
leaders in all fields of endeavor have functioned with outstanding
'abilities into their seventies and eighties. Mr. Hoover, I think, is
such a man.
Hoover, like others, is bound to have made some mistakes over
* the years. In his zeal to preserve democratic principles he so
strongly holds, he has certainly stepped on some important toes
and made some lifetime enemies. A man who has never made a
mistake has never done anything of consequence.
The President has power to appoint as Director of FBI anyone
he chooses. The critics notwithstanding, eleven administrations
have seen fit to entrust to Mr. Hoover one of the most difficult
and important jobs in this Country. The FBI, under Mr. Hoover’s
direction, sets the standard to which all law enforcement aspires.
NOTICE
We have some attractive prices in
the Implement and Parts line, which we
are continuing to handle.
Greatly reduced overhead expenses
make it possible to offer you special
prices, such as:
New Implements
Used 2 Row Cultivator
Baler Twine
Cultivator Sweeps
Fence Gates
Grain Augers
Tractor Tires, Assorted Sizes.
Come in before you buy.
OCONEE TRACTOR CO., INC.
Mcßae, Ga.
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children, 18 great grand
children, 14 great-great grand
children; and several nieces
and nephews.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the J. Henry Stuhr
and Corp. Funeral Home with
the Rev. Samson Smith officiat
ing. Burial was in Live Oak
Memorial Gardens in Charles
ton, S. C.
Wade Woodard
Wade Woodard, 63, died Sun
day in a Dublin hospital. Serv
ices were held in Mt. Zion
Baptist Church near Rentz at
3 p.m. Tuesday with burial in
Alligood family cemetery.
Mr. Woodard, a native of
Laurens County and a retired
farmer, is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Altamae Alligood Wood
ard; a son, Johnny Woodard of
Dexter; a daughter, Mrs. H. L.
Green of Mcßae; six brothers,
Warren Woodard of Pittsburgh,
Pa., Marland Woodard and Hil
ton Woodard, both of lakeland,
Fla., Israel Woodard ot Adele,
Eugene Woodard of Macon, and
Terrell Woodard of Dexter; and
three sisters, Mrs. Mary Lou
Holt of Macon, Mrs. Evelyn
Pritchett of Atlanta, and Mrs.
Lucille Alligood of Dublin.
Townsens Brothers Funeral
Home of Dublin was in charge.
Mrs. Annie W. Brown
Mrs. Annie W. Brown, 55, of
Eastman, died Sunday night in
Dodge County Hospital. Serv
ices were held at 2 p.m. Tues
day in Sandgrave Baptist Church
near Milan with burial in the
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
church cemetery.
Mrs. Brown was a native of
Telfair County, and had lived
in Dodge County for several
years. She was a member of
Eastside Baptist Church.
Survivors include four daugh
ters, Mrs. Robert Bowen of
Atlanta, Mrs. Horace Pitts of
Eastman, Mrs. John Roberson
of Cochran, and Mrs. Wayne
Hickman of Eastman; three
sons, J. I. Brown of Eastman,
John K. Brown at Rhine, and
Larry Brown of Eastman; and
three sisters, Mrs. Essie Horne
of Baxley, Mrs. Dessie Mc-
Cranie of Helena, and Mrs.
H. S. Rycroft of Cochran.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home of Eastman was in charge.
Milton Little Key (
Funeral services for Milton
Little Key, 50, of Milan, who
died Tuesday morning from in
juries received from an acci
dental gunshot wound at his
residence, were held Wednes
day afternoon from the Mt. Zion
United Methodist Church with
. the pastor the Rev. Harvey
Strickland officiating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Key was born in Putnum
County on March 3, 1921 the
son of Mrs. Susan Lydie Key
and the late James P. Key.
He was married to the former
Rossie Cravey on March 31,
1950 in Baldwin County and
was a member of the Mt. Zion
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife of
Milan; three daughters, Mrs.
Ronald Hulett, Miss Jane
Lynette Key and Miss Bobbie
Deweece Key of Milan; mother
of Macon; three brothers,
Sidiey Key and Lewis Key of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Calvin
Key of Eatonton; and three sis
ters, Mrs. Jack Blair ofEaton
ton, Mrs. Joe Holloway of
Milledgeville, and Mrs. Ellis
Williamson of Jacksonville,
Florida.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
' How much is the cost of Medi
care going up? The question is
heard dally by the personnel
of the Dublin Social Security
Office, according to Charles
Hall, Branch Manager. "If you
signed up for Medicare when
you became age 65 your
ulzamci rid
or oonrsi
JI
....
Remember when a dollar watch
cost a dollar?
And a penny postcard was only one cent? They've
both gone up in price. The dollar watch will set you
back $4.95 and the postcard, six cents.
Just about everything you buy costs more these
days. For a kilowatt-hour of electricity, however,
you pay less than customers did in depression days
of the ’3o’s.
Through the years your greater use of electricity,
together with technological advances, helped to bring
the price down. But neither technology nor operating
efficiency can offset today’s skyrocketing costs.
In time, inflation gets to all dollars, including the
powerful dollar spent for electricity. But whenever
you measure the value you get against the price you
pay, we think you'll agree: electricity is the biggest
bargain in your family budget. By far.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®
premium will be increased by
thirty cents to ss.6o’’ states
Mr. Hall. The new rate will be
deducted from the July 3rd
check.
Any questions you have re
garding Medicare or any other
phase of Social Security can be
easily answered. Call Dublin
at 272-5347 or write or visit
the Dublin Social Security Office
located at 114 East Johnson St.
Q. I now pay the first SSO
of medical expenses before the
doctor insurance starts paying.
I have been told this will be
increased in July. Is this
correct?
A. The SSO deductible will
remain the same. There is to
be a small increase in Medi
care premiums effective July 1.
The regular premium rate has
been increased from $5.30 per
month to $5.60.
Q. I understand the premium
rate will be increased soon.
When will the increase take
place and what will the new
rate be?
A. The premium increase
will be effective July 1. There
are different premium rates
in effect. The rate depends
upon when you applied for this
part of Medicare. The basic
premium rate will increase
from $5.30 to $5.60.
Q. I had a stroke and had to
have a nurse all day in my home
but Medicare turned down my
claim. Why?
A. Medicare does not pay for
private duty nursing.
Q. I’m having a lot of dental
work done. Will Medicare pay
80% of the charges?
A. Medicare does not pay for
dental services such as the
care, filling, removal, or re
placement of teeth or treatment
of the gum.
Q. I just do a little part-time
work for farmers in the
summer. Are the farmers sup
posed to withhold social
security tax from my pay?
A. Yes, if you work on at
least 20 different days in a
year for any one farmer. Even
if you work less than 20 days,
he should still withhold the tax
if you were paid at least $l5O
within the year.
Pvt. James Lilliott
Completes Training
Private James R. Lilliott,
17, son of Mrs. Martha V.
Lilliott of Lumber City,
recently completed eight weeks
of basic training at FT. Jackson,
.South Carolina.
He received instruction in
Drill and Ceremonies, Weap
ons, Map Reading, Combat Tac
tics, Military Courtesy, Mili
tary Justice, First Aid, and
Army History and Traditions.
Maddox Speaks Out
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox,
a frequent critic of the news
media in the handling of news,
now has his say on the New
York Times vs. the federal
government battle over publi
cation of a controversial
evaluation of American involve
ment in Vietnam. In a prepared
statement he said:
"If the New York Times has
information about our involve
ment in the Vietnamese war
which proves our political lead
ers have not been honest with
the people of this country, then
it is treason by America’s po
litical leaders and the people
should be told the truth."
But, the former governor
said, if there is no evidence
of dishonesty and release of the
information could jeopardize
national security “then not an
other word should be printed.”
Regional Advisors
Appointed To Goals
For Georgia
Gov. Jimmy Carter has ap
pointed two regional advisors
for each of the 19Area Planning
and Development Commissions
in the State to assist in the
administration of his Goals for
Georgia program.
The advisors from this region
are: Heart of Georgia Planning
and Development Commission,
ATLANTA (PRN) - This
week I would like to devote
my column to the growing
problem of heroin addiction.
Heroin addiction in
Georgia’s metropolitan areas is
skyrocketing at a rate which
calls for urgent and concerted
action by state government.
Heroin addiction is forcing
thousands of Georgians to
become hopelessly mired in
lives of crime and despair. As
heroin addicts attempt to
satisfy their habits, our crime
rates have soared and our
criminal justice systems have
become overloaded.
I consider the problem of
heroin addiction to be a
statewide problem which
poses a clear and present
danger to the health of our
cities. I intend to place all the
resources of my office behind
the effort to find effective
solutions.
The best available estimates
indicate that Atlanta now has
about five thousand heroin
addicts. Based on the
experience of other cities, that
figure can be expected to
double in the next twelve
months. A year ago, Atlanta
had less than 2,500 addicts.
Hundreds of addicts have also
been reported in Savannah,
Columbus, -Macon, Augusta
and other metropolitan areas.
The cost to maintain a
heroin habit is thirty to forty
dollars per day. An addict
must turn to crime - or to
recruiting and selling heroin to
other addicts - in order to
satisfy his habit. The Atlanta
police department estimates
that almost 75% of the
robberies in Atlanta are
committed by persons under
the influence of drugs.
We can expect our problem
to be further compounded by
the return of American
soldiers from V ietnam. One of
the most tragic results of that
war is that our troops are
being introduced to heroin in
staggering numbers - an
estimated 30,000 to 40,000
soldiers in Vietnam are heroin
users. Many of these men are
Georgians, and many more
will return to Georgia military
bases.
In many cities most of the
income from the sale of heroin
goes directly to finance the
other illegal activities of
organized crime. There is at
this time no evidence that
organized crime has moved
into the drug traffic in Georgia
in a major way. However, we
certainly at this time have
little reason to expect that
Atlanta will continue to be
immune to this corrupting
element which has been so
closely associated with heroin
traffic in other areas.
William E. Lovett, Dublin busi
nessman; and L. D. Bowen,
Secretary of Dodge Co. Indus
trial Development Authority.
Gov. Carter met with these
regional advisors in his office
at the State Capitol and briefed
them on what he expected from
the Goals for Georgia program.
The regional advisors then met
with the Goals for Georgia pro
ject director, Kirby Winters,
for a more detailed discussion
of the Goals program.
“Goals for Georgia is the
first program of its kind in
any state in the nation," the
Gov. said, ‘fit is designed to
give every citizen an op
portunity to have a voice in
determining what our state will
be like in the years to come. A
large measure of the respon
sibility for making sure that
every Georgia citizen has this
opportunity will fall upon these
regional advisors. They are
serving without compensation
out of a desire to help govern
ment be more responsive to
the people. I am confident that
they will do a great job."
Wheeler County
Bookmobile Schedule.
The Bookmobile Schedule for
Wheeler County on Wednesday,
June 30 is as follows:
Harden’s Store 8:40-9:00;
Geo. Rowe Home 9:15-9:30;
Lowery (OldSchool) 9:40-10:10;
Bethel Church 10:20-10:40;
Glenwood (uptown) 11:00-11:45;
Shiloh (at church) 1:20-1:45;
Springhill Community House
2:00-2:30; and Butler’s Store
(Hwy 441) 3:00-3:30.
Law enforcement officials
have assured me that the
solution to Georgia’s heroin
addiction problem will not lie
with “more policemen on the
beat”. Our already
overworked and underpaid
police officers should not be
asked to carry this burden
alone. The solution will lie
with the radical improvement
in the variety and effectiveness
of the services available to
heroin addicts, and with close
cooperation between agencies,
local governments and
neighboring states.
As governor, I accept full
responsibility for developing
and coordinating these efforts.
1 will continue to seek out
the best advice in Georgia and
the nation to assist me in
designing our program. We
expect to set a date in the near
future for a meeting of
southern governors in Atlanta
to which representatives of the
White House, the Pentagon,
and successful drug treatment
programs will be invited.
I shall seek the full
cooperation of federal
agencies and the Pentagon.
In the near future I will
send Georgia drug treatment
experts to visit existing
programs in New York,
Chicago and Washington, D.C.
I expect that the program
we develop will be statewide,
that we will make maximum
use of existing facilities, and
that we will work closely with
Georgia’s criminal justice
system. At this time, plans call
for the opening of thirty to
forty store front drug
treatment centers across the
state.
It is my hope tha.t we can
formulate programs in which
the heroin addict is treated as
an individual human being,
with unique problems. Our
program should offer that
individual a variety of services,
including confident
psychiatric care, vocational
rehabilitation, extensive
education, and family services.
Further, I am convinced
that we should be prepared,
under carefully controlled
conditions, to make
methadone maintenance
programs available on a
voluntary basis to all addicts
for whom the only realistic
alternative is continued use of
heroin.
I have reason to expect that
large amounts of federal and
private foundation funds will
be made available to us in the
near future. However, the
seriousness of the problem and
the threat which rampant
heroin addiction poses to all
our citizens demands that we
proceed to aggressively seek a
solution - with whatever
resources are at hand.