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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs. Florence Wood
Mrs. Florence H. Wood, 67,
of Mt. Vernon, died Friday,
July 2, in Wheeler County Hos
pital. Funeral services were
held at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 3,
in Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
with burial in the city ceme
tery.
Survivors include four daugh
ters, Mrs. Aaron Lynn of Vi
dalia, Mrs. Ellie J. Young of
Rockledge, Mrs. Jack William
son of Lyons and Mrs. Dawn
Sharp of Savannah; a son, De-
Witt Wood of Mt. Vernon; two
sisters, Mrs. Chess Moxley
of Ailey, and Mrs. George L.
Adams of Uvalda; and two bro
thers, F. B. Hughes of Ailey,
and John A. Hughes of Mt.
Vernon.
Sammons Funeral Home of
Soperton had charge of arrange
ments.
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Sam Jones Attaway
Funeral services for Sam
Jones Attaway, 75, of Macon,
who died Saturday, were held
Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the First
Assembly of God Church in
Macon. Burial was in Ever
green Cemetery.
Mr. Attaway was bom in
Pulaski County and had lived
in Macon since 1945. He was
a retired produce farmer, a
member of the Masons and
the First Assembly of God.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Dorothy Gilmore Attaway
of Macon; five daughters, Mrs.
Tobe Hulett of Milan, Mrs. E.
Politics oln Parade
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MV w A v
Last week we heard about
some literature which had been
prepared by the Governor's Ad
visory Committee on Reorgani
zation, so we asked the Gover
nor's office for a copy. A young
lady tried very courteously to
help, but the advisory commit
tee crowd wouldn't turn it loose.
However, as they ought to have
realized, we secured a copy, and
here’s details of it.
It’s called a “Goals for Geor
gia Conference Workbook”, and
printed on the cover is “Not
For Public Distribution”. We
presume when they say "pub
lic”, they mean “press”, for it
IS distributed in the 16 confer
ences which the Committee is
holding over the state.
At these conferences, the per
son receiving the workbook is
supposed to answer several hun
dred questions relating to nine
fields of state government. (Os
course it would take so long
to answer these questions we
can't see how much conferring
cou’d be done in one day.)
At any rate, the questions
start off quite personal. They
ask all about you, how much
money you make, what your
politics is. how about your chil
dren, etc. In fact, there’s a lot
more to the personal questions
than even the census seeks.
The overall theme of the
questionnaire is “How do you
fee! about important coals for
Georgia", and it goes into edu
cation, transportation, social de
velopment, government, protec
tion of persons and property
and the courts, economic de
velopment, natural environment,
physical and mental health, and
taxation.
Os course, these questions are
what one would call “leading",
and the person answering them
is gently induced toward pro
viding the answers wanted —
whatever those answers are.
And, since you don’t have to
sign it, there's nothing to keep
an unscrupulous committee
member from forging hundreds
or thousands of them. Thusly,
whatever conclusions are an
nounced from the questionnaires
will be a bit suspect.
Besides being used at the con
ferences. we hear that manv in
terviewers wi'l soon take to the
hi-ways and bv-ways to ques
tion citizens. If that be true,
why all the effort to keep the
public from finding out about
the project?
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A big controversy is brewing
over the refusal of the State
Personnel Board to put into ef
fect the lon«evitv raises for
state employees ordered by the
L. Gibbs, Mrs. Ernest Tom
berlin, Miss Mattie Attaway
and Mrs. B. F. Mullis, all of
Macon; a son, A. M. Attaway
of Macon; two brothers, Henry
Attaway of Milan and Ernest
Attaway of Macon; and a sister,
Mrs. Gussie Trice of Ft. Wal
ton Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Ada
Spires Briley
Funeral services for Mrs.
Ada Spires Briley, 78, of Rt. 2,
Mcßae, who died Saturday, in
the Telfair County Hospital fol
lowing a long illness, were held
Monday afternoon from the Red
hill Holiness Baptist Church
with the Rev. Russell Lowery
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Roy Grimes.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Joe Selph,
Hoyt Selph, W. D. Knowles,
Mallette Knowles, Billy Lowery
and Russell Selph.
Mrs. Briley was bom inTel
feir County on July 25, 1892 the
daughter of the late Elias and
Rossie Ann Selph Spires. She
was married to Neal Briley in
September of 1916 and was a
member of Redhill Holiness
Baptist Church.
Survivors include her hus
band of Rt. 2, Mcßae; one son, •
Dave Briley of Mcßae; three
daughters, Mrs. Lula Sharpe
of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs.
Ix>rene Durden and Mrs. Eugene .
Harrelson of Helena, and Mrs.
Myrtice Lann of Mcßae; two
brothers, Freeman Spires of
last General Assembly. At a re
cent meeting, the Board passed
a resolution not to allow these
raises, on the grounds that de
partments didn't have the
money. However, Pete Hack
ney, legislative budget officer,
questioned several departments
and found that they do have the
money. But, the Board wouldn’t
budge. Mr. Hackney is threaten
ing to make the issue public.
Well, this hereby does so.
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During the recent Water
melon Festival at the State
Farmers Market in Atlanta both
Gov. Carter and Lt.-Gov. Mad
dox were introduced to the
crowd. Maddox received at least
twice the applause Carter did.
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A number of state legislators
particularly interested in agri
culture have been disturbed over
the policy of the University
System in filling important posi
tions in the College of Agricul
ture with out-of-state persons.
Their latest complaint is that
Charles O’Kelly, assistant direc
tor of the Extension Service,
will not get the job as director,
which is now vacant, even
though Mr. O'Kelly is rated one
of the top men in this field in
the nation. The powers-that-be
are trying to bring in a man
now living in Maryland, who
was born in Georgia.
So, to try to stave off any
possib’e attempt by members of
the legislature to cut University
System appropriations, several
top men at the University of
Georgia, headed by President
Fred Davidson, have been tour
ing the state visiting agriculture
oriented legislators. But, they
don't seem to have changed
manv minds, and if Mr. O'-
Kelly doesn't get the Extension
iob, there’s liable to be a big
flap from rural legislators come
next January.
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Fifth District Congressman
F'etcher Thompson continues to
introduce legislation in the Con
gress to curtail the power of
HEW, the Supreme Court and
other arms of the federal gov
ernment which are destroying
the rights of Americans. His
latest is to urge the creation
of a Select Committee of Con
gress to investigate the Supreme
Court.
In a letter to his fellow Repre
sentatives. Mr. Thompson call
ed attention to the Cassius Clay
decision of the Court and its
reversal of the death penalty
for Richard Speck, who killed
the seven student nurses in
Cleveland.
Eastman, and Eschol Spires of
Milan; one sister, Mrs. Lola
Hill of Groveland, Fla,; 20
grandchildren and 12 great
grandchildren.
Thompson Moves
To Curb Supreme
Court Jurisdiction
Congressman Fletcher
Thompson has urged along with
Congressman James Collins of
Dallas, in a letter to his fel
low Congressmen, the creation
of a .Select Committee of Con
gress to investigate the role of
the Supreme Court. The two
Republicans pointed out that
many people are concerned that
the Court is exceeding its au
thority as envisioned by the
drafters of the Constitution and
maintained that it is the duty of
Congress to review actions of
the Court and determine whe
ther its appellate jurisdiction
should be curtailed.
The Republican Congressman
said that in the last two decades
the Court has deviated from
deciding points of law and has
infact been making law through
judicial legislation. "The Su
preme Court goes unchal
lenged,” Thompson held, “yet
is free to challenge both the
legislative and executive
branches. If they continue to
rule in the same manner that
they have for a number of years,
obviously in conflict with the
clear meaning of the Con
stitution, then the Court must
be challenged. Otherwise we
will live in a judicial dictator
ship, with neither Congress nor
the President able to question
the Court’s interpretation. I
am not ready to concede the
Court absolute authority to
change the meaning of any
phrase of the Constitution.”
Thompson called the latest
action of the Court, reversing
the death sentence of Richard
Speck, “a good case in point.”
He continued, “I realize that
many allege that the death pen
alty should be unconstitutional,
but it is evident that if our
founding fathers who drafted
the Constitution Ivad wanted it
to be unconstitutional, they
would have said so. The
Supreme Court lias seized upon
what many believe to be clear
and unambiguous language and
read into it their own desires,
ignoring what was obviously
the intention of those who
framed the Constitution.”
The Atlanta area Congress
man said hit at the unanimous
ATLANTA (PRN) - As I
have mentioned before, it is
very encouraging for me to see
the enthusiastic support and
cooperation that the heads of
major departments are giving
to the Re-organization study.
An excellent example is Labor
Commissioner’s Sam Caldwell.
Although he had some strong
reservations about the idea
several months ago, I recently
received a letter from Sam
strongly endorsing
Re-organization and pledging
his support to it. He was
especially complimentary of
the young men who make up
the study team and I share
that high opinion.
Many of you may
remember that during the past
legislative session I reduced
the budget estimate by ten
million dollars. Since our
Constitution prevents the
Legislature from appropriating
more money than we expect
to have on hand, this meant
that there was less money to
be spent. At the time there
were some anguished howls
from a few.
In addition we substantially
reduced the allocation to the
various departments - below
what had been appropriated to
them in 1970. This reduction
amounted to about fifteen to
twenty million dollars.
Needless to say, there were a
few unhappy protests.
Well, we ended the fiscal
year last week and found that
even the estimate reduced by
ten million dollars was about
fourteen million dollars too
high. Had it not been for these
reductions we would have
found ourselves almost
twenty-five million dollars
over-spent
decision freeing Muhammad
Ali, stating, “Here is an ex
ample of a man who engages
in physical violence for a living
but refuses to serve his coun
try under the pretext of being
a Black Muslim minister. It is
interesting to note that he be
came a Black Muslim minister
only a short time before he was
to be drafted. It is also in
teresting that the Circuit Court
and Appellate Court decided
against Ali, while the Supreme
Court, which did not even hear
the case, reversed the lower
courts on fact rather than law.
It is evident that the Supreme
Court did net have an oppor
tunity to hear the tacts of the
case as the lower courts did,
so the Supreme Court’s de
cision must be considered an
attempt to impute their own
personal opinions into the
case."
He concluded that the Select
Committee, if brought to life,
would be required to report
back to Congress with recom
mendations within 18 months.
Some 61 loan
Users May Gel
More Benefits
Persons who used their GI
loans to purchase homes before
May 7, 1968, may be eligible
for additional home loan
benefits from the Veterans Ad
ministration, according to
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheeler.
He said, “Many veterans
of World War II and the Korean
War, including both active duty
personnel and retirees who are
eligible, have accrued sub
stantial amounts in unused home
loan benefits. These are vet
erans who obtained loans during
the years when loan guaranty
was considerably lower than it
is at the present time."
The current VA loan guaranty
maximum is $12,500 or 60 per
cent of the amount of the loan,
whichever is less. This maxi
mum has been in effect since
May 7, 1968.
When the VA began the home
loan program after World War
11, the guaranty maximum was
$4,000, or 50 per cent of the
loan amount. This maximum
was increased to 60 per cent
or $7,500 in September 1951
and remained in effect until
the current $12,500 figure was
set in 1968.
“Consequently,” said Wheel
er, “any veteran who financed
his home with a VA guaranteed
loan before May 7, 1968, now
has a home loan entitlement of
During the past campaign, I
promised to bring to taxpayers
an approach to government
spending. These cuts are an
example of that and I believe
this is what you want to see in
government.
On August Ist we will
release approximately 900 or
more carefully screened prison
inmates as a first step in a
program designed to save
money for the state and
provide a new life for those
who have previously violated
the law. A similar group will
be released in December, and
plans are being made for early
release of some inmates as
often as every month. This is
an important part of. our
attempt to reform our system
of criminal justice. All these
men will be chosen on the
basis of their prison records
and their chance to become
useful and productive
members of society. 1 think it
Ls much better to have a man
out supporting his family and
paying taxes than sitting in
prison.
If you missed our first
“Goals for Georgia” television
program last Tuesday look for
the next program on
“National Environment,”
Tuesday, July 13th at 9:00
p.m. I along with legislators
and other interested citizens,
will be there to discuss the
problems and opportunities in
this important area If you
have a question or comment,
you can call 1-800-282-8653
toll free and make your views
known on television.
These programs will cover
all of the eight areas of
government each Tuesday at
9:00 p.m. through August
24th.
River Park Planned
Canoeists enter the Chattahoochee River near the Georgia
Power Company’s Morgan Falls Dam in North Fulton County.
Land near the dam lias been provided to the county by the power
company for construction of a public park. When the park opens,
the Palisades section of the Chattahoochee, one of the most
beautiful on the river, will become easily accessible to the public
for the first time. The county will develop the park to include a
boat launch area, picnic shelters and benches for fishing. The
project will be completed next spring.
either $5,000 or $8,500 avail
able, depending on when he
actually received his loan.”
Veterans interested in know
ing just what entitlement they
may be eligible for should con
tact any office of the Georgia
Department of Veterans Ser
vice.
Baptists Spotlight
Age Group Studies
Conferences for age-group
workers in Sunday School will
highlight a four-day workshop
at the Georgia Baptist Assembly
at Toccoa, beginning Monday,
July 19.
W'orkers with pre-schoolers,
children, youth, and adults will
spend eight hours ingroup study
directed by church and denomi
national leaders.
Sponsored by the Sunday
* School Department of the Geor
gia Baptist Convention, the
meeting will also feature gen
eral inspirational and instruc
tional sessions.
Pre-school workers will be
led by Mrs. Doris Lee, First
Baptist Church in Athens; and
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"9k jin I 9£ AS
Your electric service starts here.
You touch a switch, perhaps without thinking. But
you expect a swift, invisible power to work for you
instantly. And it will, because we’re building to keep
ahead of electric demands.
Behind that switch there are thousands of people
working Years of research and planning. And many
millions of dollars.
Our construction plans call for SI million nearly
every day this year. Costs have soared, interest rates
are high. But. to assure ample generating capacity
for your needs, it’s vital that we build without delay.
And wherever we’re building, conservation of
natural resources is an important part of the plans.
Our budget designates millions of dollars for modern
equipment to help preserve air and water quality. Be
cause supplying reliable electricity is our business.
And protecting the environment is everybody's.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®
by Miss Frances Jones, from
the Convention’s Sunday School
Department.
Workers with grades one
through six will be taught by
Robert Parris, children’s
editor, Baptist Sunday School
Board, Nashville, Tenn.; andby
Mrs. J. J. Kyser, Green Forest
Baptist Church of Decatur.
Ray Bowman, minister of
education. First Baptist Church
of Jonesboro, will direct a con
ference for workers with youth.
Larry Montgomery, minister
of education, Scott Boulevard
Baptist Church of Decatur, will
instruct workers with adults.
Other sessions will be led by
Dr. Julian T. Pipkin, secretary'
of Sunday School work for Geor
gia Baptists; and department
workers: the Rev. W. A. Ander
son, the Rev. R. Eugene Dailey,
and the Rev. A. Jerrell
Pritchett.
Two retired Georgia Baptist
pastors will be featured in eve
ning inspirational sessions: Dr.
Dick Hall, pastor emeritus,
First Baptist Church, Decatur;
and Dr. Louie D. Newton, pastor
emeritus, Druid Hills Baptist
Church in Atlanta.
The Osmonds In
Concert Appearing
At The Coliseum
The Osmonds are as together
as they come....appearing in
“The Osmonds in Concert" at
the Macon Coliseum in Macon,
Monday, July 19th at 7:30 p.m.
In any relationship, however,
including the one between bro
thers and members of a con
temporary musicalgroup, there
must be an expression of a
special private side so meet
the Osmonds: Alan, Wayne
Merrill, Jay and Donny , indi
viduals in search of one very
special sound, joined by the
love of performing.
Their story .... beginning
nearly a decade ago on the Andy'
Williams and Jerry Lewis tele
vision shows ... is well known.
They are soft-spoken,
friendly, genuinely ingratiating,
with smiles as decorative as
floral arrangements. They
really like each other, and are
trying to make the best music
they can. Immediate, alive, en
tertaining, straight ahead
music. Music that speaks to
and from the young. Osmonds
music ...good feeling, brightly
colored, with intelligent me
lodic reasoning, solid har
monies, and a powerful charged
beat.
All these traits merge and
are showcased in their MGM
album simply entitled “The Os
monds.” From that album came
a single, “Oie Bad Apple,"
which sold in excess of 2,-
000,000 copies.
When natural enthusiasm and
drive are combined with natural
talent and fine harmony, the
result is entertaining and ex
citing music, naturally.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
SCHOOL’S OUT. Many stu
dents are working part-time
this summer. If you graduated
or are working part-time, about
the first question your new em
ployer will ask is “Where is
your social security’ card?" If
you don’t have one, you may not
get the job; so be safe, be sure
and apply for your Social Se
curity card NOW.
You can get the application
for your card at the Dublin
Social Security Office or at
any local post office. The Dublin
Office is located at 114 Johnson
Street. The telephone number
is 272 - 5347.
Q. I am a student and plan to
work during the summer
months. How do I get a social
security card?
WE ARE HALFW \Y through the year. This is a good time to
review what Congress has done and not done,so far. Very little
was accomplished in the first six months.
Much of the time has been spent filibustering matters of national
defense. I recently voted to shut off debate on legislation to extend
the draft. This was the first time I have ever voted for cloture, but
1 do not believe in filibustering national security.
The war in Vietnam has been the center of attention Maw.
amendments have been offered to expedite United States w h
drawal from Vietnam. The only measure I could support the
Mansfield amendment which called on the President to negotiate
the release of American prisoners and get our troops out ot
Vietnam in nine months
This amendment was almost identical to what I urged in a
Senate address. Its passage is a strong indication of how fed up
Americans are with this terrible war.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, the Senate passed milestone .mb
tion. proposing a constitutional amendment to give A-uv old-,
the right to vote in Presidential elections States arc moving r. ; div
toward ratification.
The Senate also put through a badly needed U< per .cat
increase in Social Security that was retroactive to Jamim A'
Chairman of the Agriculture Committee. I was gratified i, c i
action on enacting legislation to fund summer feeding programs
for disadvantaged children. This will mean a great deal to ■ eve
boys and girls at day camps and summer recreational centers
THE FINAL HALF of the year will be extremely - ■ Sc... al
significant issues will have to be resolved by Congress before the
end of the year.
The welfare-family assistance bill has been passed by the H use
Hearings will begin soon before the Senate Finance Committee ot
which 1 am a ranking member. I plan to carefully study this legis
lation and push for strong work incentives in order that people can
be educated and trained for gainful employment.
Other issues still on the agenda include foreign trade quotas,
which is vitally important to workers in Georgia's textile industry :
national health insurance; government reorganization; and drug
control.
Also. I am continuing to work toward rural development and
plan major legislation to make living and working in rural areas
and small towns more attractive. Mass migration to cities must
be stopped.
There is a lot of important work yet to be done I hope Con
gress will move forward in order to avoid another year-long
session.
A. File an application at your
local social security office. The
folks there will begladtoassist
you.
Q. I have recently married.
How do I keep my social se
curity’ “straight?”
A. Ask your social security'
office for form 7003. Complete
this application for a name
change and return it to the
social security office with your
old social security card. You
will be issued a new one with
your married name.
Q. I often work for my hus
band in his business. He is the
owner of a grocery store. Is it
possible for him to pay me
wages and report them so I can
become insured for social se
curity benefits?
A. No. This is considered
family employment and is not
covered" by social security. Call
your social security office for a
more detailed explanation if the
business is incorporated.
Q. I am now paying $5.30
per month Medicare premium.
I hear they are going up to
$5.60 in July. Why ?
A. As you know, costs have
accelerated in all areas in the
past few years. Doctors’ fees
are no exception. Too, more
people are benefited by the
program now, so this lias had a
tendency to increase costs. Re
member, the Government will
continue to pay half the cost of
the coverage. That is, effective
July, 1971, you will pay $5.60
per month and the Government
will pay $5.60.
Georgia Bluegrass
Festival Extended
To Eight Days
Georgia’s Third Annual Blue
grass Music Festival will be
held July 25, thru August 1, at
Shoal Creek Country Music
Park, Lavonia, The Osborne
Bros. & The Lewis Family and
other groups will appear July
25. A Teaching school for all
Bluegrass instruments will be
held for the novice and beginner
July 26, thru July 29.
The main portion of the
festival will begin on July 30,
and continue thru August 1,
starting at 10 a.m. daily', and
will feature Reno-Smiley-
Harrell, Ralph Stanley, Mac
Wiseman, The Country Gentle
men, James Monroe, Chubby-
Wise, Charile Moore, Clyde
Moody , Shenandoah Valley Cut-
Ups & Curley Sechler. Bill
Monroe and Jim & Jesse will
appear July 31 & Aug. 1. Lester
Flatt, Carl Story & J. D.Crowe
on Aug. 1.
Shoal Creek Country Music
Park has an outdoor stage and
large camping area as well as
a large auditorium.
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE