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VOLUME 57
New President
Elected For 6a.
Forestry Assoc.
A 4 5 year old Southwest Geor
gia pulpwood dealer and busi
nessman has been elected
president of the Georgia
Forestry Association.
Noll A. Van Cleave, with a
pulpwood dealership in Rich
land and business interests in
both Georgia and Alabama, was
elected to the position at the
annual meeting of the Associ
ation at Jekyll Island.
President and owner of Valley
Wood, Inc., since 1958, Mr.
Van Cleave is a graduate of
Auburn University with a degree
in forestry. He worked for Union
Camp Corporation immediately'
after his 1950 graduation from
Auburn and then went for a
seven year periodwithSt. Regis
Paper Company at Pensacola,
remaining there until he formed
his own company.
A native of Mobile and a
graduate of the public schools
there, Mr. Van Cleave served
in the Army Air Force in 1944
and 1945. He is married to the
former Betty Steber of Mobile
and they have three children.
Jane will attend Queens College
in Charlotte, N. C. this fall and
Devery and Skipper attend high
school in Columbus.
Mr. Van Cleave, long active
in forestry circles, is a cousin
of Albert Ernest of Jackson
ville, also a member of the
board of directors of the
Association and current presi
dent of Forest Farmers As
sociation.
Rev. William Smith
Transferred To
New Bloomfield, Pa.
Since I am about to leave
this community after having
spent three and one-half happy
years here, I would like to
express my sentiments at this
time.
As the first Catholic priest
to come into the area, I can
honestly say that I could not
have anticipated any warmer
welcome than that you gave me.
It was much more than the
renowned “southern hos
pitality’’ that I experienced.
Rather, it impressed me as an
attitude of ready acceptance
and a wonderfully personalized
friendliness. I found myself
quite at home from the very
start, thanks to this kindly
atmosphere.
I regret having to leave. But,
like my colleagues among the
ministers, I have to go where I
am sent. 1 have been trans
ferred by my superior to New
Bloomfield, Pa., a town near
Harrisburg. Brother David, who
has been with me here for the
past two years as a most helpful
assistant, is being transferred
to our Headquarters in Cin
cinnati, Ohio.
1 shall remember this
gracious community with warm
affection and a host of very
happy memories as well as with
deep gratitude. 1 ask that you
please hold me in your prayers
and promise you the same on
my part.
Father Joseph Dean will come
here in my place . He is a very
dear friend of mine who pos
sesses all the qualities that
could be desired in a good
pastor. I know that he will find
the same gracious welcome and
acceptance as did I.
May the Lord be with you
all always.
Father William Smith
Pastor: Catholic Church
Donna Kay Webster
On Dean’s List
Dr. G. Robert Hoke, Dean of
the College at Georgia College
at Milledgeville, has announced
that 257 GC students have been
named to the spring quarter
Dean’s List.
To be placed on the Dean’s
List, a Georgia College student
must earn an average of 3.2
out of a possible 4.0 for 15
quarter hours of academic
work, and must have an all
college average of at least 2.5.
The spring quarter list in
cluded Donna Kay Webster of
Alamo.
Add frank confessions:
“1 don’t know!”
Wheeler County Eagle
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MR. CHAIRMAN WASHINGTON. D.C., JUNE 24. 1971 .
Senator David H. Gambrell. Chairman of the Subcommittee on Science and Technology of the
Small Business Committee, looks over a computerized drawing of an industrial machine pattern.
The demonstration was part of a hearing which the Senator held into the “numerical control”
concept, a method of regulating machinery by computer. With Senator Gambrell are Mr. Kenneth
R. Stephanz, (right) Presid mt and M . B.G. Drewry Applications Engineer of Manufacturing Data
Systems. Inc. of .Ann Arbor Michigan, which conducted this phase of the demonstration. (PRN)
Abraham Baldwin
Junior College
Signs Skip Clark
Catcher Skip Clark Wednes
day became the third member
of State Class B Champion
Wheeler County Bulldogs to sign
a baseball grant-in-aide with
Abraham Baldwin Junior Col
lege in Tifton.
A three-year regular, Clark
had a .381 career batting aver
age at Wheeler County and
caught in all 31 games this
year as the Bulldogs rolled up a
26-5 record and State Title.
He led the team in RBIs this
season with 28.
“Skip is a good catcher and a
smart catcher” says his coach
Ted Morrison, who was named
“Coach of the Year” this seas
on.
Clark was signed by Tom
Moody', head baseball coach at
ABAC. Earlier, Moody signed
pitcher Freddie Nobles and
third baseman Randy Pope.
V.
George E. Towns
NO - that is just one tomato and not two that Postmaster
George E. Towns is holding in his hand. Mr. Towns not only
enjoys his work at the postoffice but enjoys growing his vegetables
in his garden just back of his home. They have food for their own
current needs and are storing some in the freezer from this
garden.
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Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Fields
Conserve beauty while you preserve food is the slogan of Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Fields in Alamo. They enjoy not only growing
and making their vegetable garden but freezing and preserving
food for the winter. Home grown vegetables are always better
says Mr. Fields and were amazed when Mrs. Fields told us they
had already put 78 packages of butter beans in their freezer from
this garden. They will fill their freezer - and it is a big one -
from this garden.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Dr. Morrison To
Do Residency At
Virginia Med. College
Dr. James P. Morrison 111
completed his internship at
Roosevelt Hospital in New York
City, the first of July. He and
Mrs. Morrison will reside in
Richmond, Va. Dr. Morrison
will enter the Medical College
of Virginia to do his Residency
in Pediatrics.
Dr. Morrison is the sot of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morrison,
Jr. of Glenwood.
Edwin Fowler
Completes Training
Navy Airman Apprentice H.
Edwin Fowler, husband of the
former Miss Dawn E. Hulett
of Rt. 1, Lumber City, was
graduated from the Naval Air
Maintenance Training Detach
ment at the Naval Air Station,
Patuxent River, Md.
Exercise is what your friend
should take to get rid of the
middle-age spread.
Brent Coleman
Named Delegate
To Forestry Camp
One of Georgia’s leading in
dustries, forestry, will come
under the close scrutiny of
nearly 150 4-H members next
week.
The South Georgia 4-H fores
try camp, sponsored for 27
years now by Union Camp Cor
poration of Savannah, will be
held July 12-16 at Laura Walker
State Park near Waycross.
David IL Williams, County
Agent, and Miss Cindy Nelson,
County Extension Home Econo
mist, announced this week that
one local 4-H’er will be on
hand for the event.
He is Brent Coleman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Coleman
of Rt. 2, Glenwood.
Brent will arrive at camp
Monday, July 12, register that
afternoon, attend the opening
assembly that night, and divide
into instruction groups for the
beginning of instruction Tues
day morning.
Conducted by the University
of Georgia Extension Service,
the camp is designed to give a
select group of 4-H members
special training in forestry
practices and leadership. The
event also helps participants
develop an appreciation of the
importance of forestry in Ga.
Brent will join the other par
ticipants in studying forest
management practices, tree
identification, insect and dis
ease control, how a tree grows,
stocking, thinning, naval stores
and other subjects.
Instructors for the week
represent the Cooperative Ex
tension Service, the Georgia
Forestry Commission, Union
Camp Corporation, and other
organizations.
Assembly programs, vesper
services, recreation and spe
cial tours are also on the camp
agenda.
According to Mr. Williams
and Miss Nelson, well over
2500 boys andgirlshave “grad
uated” from the forestry camp
during its 26-year history. This
is one of the oldest 4-H camps
in the state and nation with one
continuous sponsor from the
beginning.
The county agent and county
Extension home economist said
the local delegate will be ex
pected to share his experiences
with other Wheeler County 4-H
members when he returns
home.
4 H FOR SAFETY
More than one-half million
young Americans are enrolled
in the 4-H safety program. And
they are becoming better citi
zens because of their involve
ment, says Tommy L. Walton,
state 4-H leader with the
University of Georgia Exten
sion Service. Their educational
activities cover such things as
driving, accidents in the home,
electric wiring, fire prevention,
safe handling of guns, water
safety and first aid.
Coleman Selected For Citizenship
Short Course In Washington, D.C.
A six-day program that will
combine learning, hardwork and
fun into a memorable personal
experience is in store for one
Wheeler County 4-H member.
U.S. Defense Is
Not A Debatable
Issue, Herman
Georgia’s senior U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge, address
ing an Independence Day cele
bration in St. Marys, attacked
“a growing tendency in the
Senate filibuster against na
tional security.”
He called the tendency “an
ill-advised knee-jerk reaction”
to growing bitterness over the
war in Vietnam.
“Every time an issue invol
ving national security comes
up before the Senate, such as
the draft, military spending, or
defense systems, about half my
colleagues want to filibuster the
question,” Talmadge asserted.
The senator, normally a sup
porter of unlimited debate in
the Senate, pointed out that he
recently voted to shut off a
filibuster on extension of the
draft.
“I will not filibuster national
defense,” Talmadge declared,
“and 1 refuse to aid those who
do. There are those in the
Senate and in the government
who would do away with the
Army and unilaterally' disarm
the United States. I do not
count myself among this group.
I do not choose to gamble with
the security and freedom of the
American people.”
Sen. Talmadge said he
favored total U. S. disengage
ment from Vietnam at the earl
iest possible time. He voted
for the Mansfield amendment,
calling on the President to ne
gotiate the release ofAmerican
prisoners of war and to get
U. S. troops out of Vietnam in
nine months, which the senator
said was virtually identical to
what he urged on the Senate
floor a week before.
"Passage of the Mansfield
amendment is a strong indi
cation of how fed up Americans
are with this terrible war that
lias lasted 10 years, a war we
wouldn’t fight and won’t quit,”
he said.
“I can understand how United
States’ involvement in Vietnam
can be debated,’’Sen. Talmadge
declared. “But the question of
national defense has never been
debatable and it is not debatable
now.
“So long as the Soviet Union
continues to strengthen its
Army and Navy, expand its
missile threat, increase its
nuclear submarines and surface
warships, the United States
must remain strong militarily.
“We cannot remain strong
by unilaterally laying down our
own arms, while other nations
of the world keep theirs,” he
said.
J REA TED WOOD
Now they are treating lum
ber and other wood products
with fire retardant chemicals to
give added protection against
fire hazards. The chemicals are
pressure-impregnated deep into
the wood, and emit a non
combustible gas and vapor at
temperatures several degrees
below those at which wood
will bum. The gas and vapor
keep flames from spreading.
Oconee Regional
Library Schedule
Bookmobile Schedule of the
Oconee Regional Library for
Wheeler County on Wednesday,
July 14 is as follows:
Harden’s Store 8:40-9:00;
Geo. Rowe Home 9:15-9:30;
Lowery (Old School)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.
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1971
Gary Coleman, sot of Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Coleman of
Rt. 2, Glenwood, lias been named
delegate to the 1971 Four-H
Citizenship short course in
Washington, D. C. Hisselection
was announced this week by
David H. Williams, County
Agent.
Gary will meet with 45 other
Georgia 4-H’ers attheMarriott
Motor Hotel in Atlanta, on
Saturday, July 10, for an orien
tation session with Tommy L.
Walton, state 4-H leader with
New Car Safety
Standards Set
For 1973 Models
“All insurance companies
ought to give a rate reduction
in their automobile property
damage and collision insurance
coverage for owners of 1973
model cars when they appear.”
Comptroller General Johnnie
L. Caldwell issued that state
ment after receiving word of
new car safety standards estab
lished by the Department of
Transportation (DOT).
The DOT standards require
all 1973 model cars to have
bumpers able to withstand a
five mile per hour front col
lision and a two and a half
miles per hour rear collision.
“All along insurance com
panies have been saying, ‘build
strong bumpers and we will
lower our rates,’ ” Caldwell
observed. “Now is the time
, for them to do so.”
“These standards are just
the beginning towards building
safer cars. Georgia passed a
law last session of the Georgia
Assembly which requires any
automobile sold in Georgia after
August 1, 1973, to meet the
DOT’S standards.”
Caldwell went on to note that
“I have received reports that
several insurance companies
are planning a rate reduction.
I am calling on companies to
examine their rates in light of
the new safety regulation. One
method that will insure the
public’s continuing interest in
building safer cars is the con
tinued reduction of insurance
premiums with the continued
improvement of automobile and
driving safety.”
Comptroller General Johnnie
L. Caldwell is also Georgia’s
Insurance Commissioner.
PEACH WEEK IN GEORGIA - Lovely Christine Mullins of
Augusta, Georgia’s 1971 Peach Queen, presents samples of
Georgia’s famous crop to Commissioner of Agriculture, Tommy
Irvin in recognition of Georgia “Peach Week” which is being
observed throughout the state this week. Gov. Jimmy Carter
signed a proclamation earlier setting aside July 4-10 as “Peach
Week” in the nation’s Peach State. (PRN)
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the University of Georgia Ex
tension Service.
The group will depart At
lanta immediately after lunch,
travel to Greensboro, N. C.,
where they will spend Saturday
night, and arrive atthe National
4-H Center on Sunday, July 11.
In Washington the Georgia
youths will join approximately
225 other short course dele
gates from North Dakota, Okla
homa, Tennessee, Virginia and
Wisconsin.
Mr. Williams said some of
the goals of the short course
program are to develop a
greater understanding and ap
preciation of the American
heritage, learn basic functions
of national government, gain an
appreciation and understanding
of the international aspects of
citizenship, and develop prac
tical attitudes for practicing
and teaching citizenship in day
to-day living.
The program is conducted
by the National 4-H C lub Foun
dation in behalf of the Extension
Mansion To Have
Own Facilities
For Recreation
“Tennis, anyone?” “Come
on, let’s take a dip in the
pool.” Such remarks likelywill
be heard frequently in the future
around the Governor’s Mansion
in Atlanta. Here’s why:
A tennis court and a 40-foot
swimming pool are being added
to the sl-million-plus executive
mansion on West Pace’s Ferry
Road at a total cost estimated
anywhere between $24,000 and
$28,000.
When queried by newsmen
about the additional recre
ational facilities at the mansion,
the economy-minded governor
was quoted as saying:
“I need time just to get off
by myself to think and relax.”
More pointedly, a Carter aide
reportedly retorted: "Listen,
he (the governor) works 12 to
15 hours a day. He doesn’t take
any vacation. He needs to relax
and enjoy himself once in
awhile. He needs a tennis court
and a swimming pool. After
all, he could spend his week
ends at Sea Island instead.”
Construction of the tennis
court is almost completed.
Work on the SIB,OOO curved
swimming pool has not yet
begun.
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Service of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture and the Land-
Grant Universities in the par
ticipating states.
Gary will participate in as
semblies and discussions at
the National 4-H Center which
relate to a wide range of citi
zenship topics. Also, historic
shrines and the branches of
government located in the Na
tion’s Capital will provide op
portunities for varied field trips
to enhance citizenship learning.
According to Mr. Williams,
the local delegate will share
his experiences with other
County youths during the year
ahead.
Workshop Held At
Valdosta College
On Gifted Children
Educators representing the
fifty public school systems of
the 2nd and Bth Congressional
Districts of Georgia met at
Valdosta State College on July
1, for a one-day workshop on
the South Georgia Pregram for
Potentially Gifted Children.
Guest consultant at the plan
ning session was Dr. Lewis
Fleigles, Director of Special
Education at Kent State Uni
versity. Object of the workshop
was to set goals and make
plans to write a proposal for a
federal grant to underwrite a
three-year cooperative school
systems program on behalf of
the potentially gifted.
“There is the possibility of
local demonstration centers
during the school year and a
residence program at Valdosta
State College and other area
colleges during the summer,”
said Lester Solomon of the
State Department of Education,
who attended in a consultant
capacity with Ann Hamilton of
the Department.
“This is a pioneer effort in
work with the gifted, ” Fleigler
said. “There have been other
programs but nothing this vast
covering two Congressional
Districts.
“There have been alliances
in this work among the states,
but nothing I know which cuts
across cities and counties in a
particular state.”
Fleigler told the educators
identification would be their
first big job — identification of
leadership among the educators
who would head up the centers
and residence programs, then
identification of the gifted
youngsters who are to partici
pate.
“There are more potentially
gifted in the low socio-economic
group because there are more
of them, ” he pointed out.
In many of the performing
arts, the gifted may not score
high on intelligence tests, he
warned.
“So you will need experts in
these fields to help identify
them,” he said. “There are
many creative youngsters who
will not show well on an IQ
test.”
Fleigler pointed out the Nixon
administration is the first to
pass enabling legislation on be
half of the gifted.
Writing teams, appointed
during the workshop, are to
prepare the request for the
federal grant.
Beauty Area
Os The Month
The pretty pink caladiums
peaking through the green
shrubbery at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Hobson Walker in
Alamo lead to it being selected
for the Beauty Area sign for
the month.
Everyone enjoys beautiful
flowers and Mr. and Mrs.
Walker would say they enjoyed
those more than the folks in
Alamo - but “I don’t know.”
Ride by and see how pretty
Mr. and Mrs. Walker’s home
is.