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VOLUME 57
Cities Have Big
Stake In Rural
Renewal, Herman
Just five days after he intro
duced far-reaching legislation
in Congress designed to revita
lize rural America and ease
urban problems, U. S. Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge addressed
the Georgia Municipal Associ
ation’s 38th annual convention
at Jekyll Island.
“I was asked to discuss with
you the relationship between
the social and economic prob
lems of cities today and a mat -
ter in which I have been in
timately involved for the past
several months — that of rural
decline,” the Georgia senior
senator said.
“Or, to put it another way,
I would like to discuss how we
can take some of the pressure
off overgrown municipalities
through rural development. And
by we, I mean urban and rural
interests acting in unison —by
city governments working just
as hard as their country coun
terparts. More and more we
are coming to the realization
that what benefits one benefits
the other.”
Having prefaced his remarks
on that note, Sen. Talmadge,
who is chairman of the Senate
Agriculture and Forestry Com
mittee, declared:
“People have talked and talk
ed about how rural problems
have been translated into urban
problems. But the trend has
been allowed to continue. How
ever, now that the urban crisis
has become so severe and vir
tually intolerable, we are get
ting more interest from local
government, the federal gov
ernment, from the news media,
and from concerned taxpayers
everywhere.
“We have reached the point
at long last where action is not
' only possible, but imminent.
Although the hour is late and we
are already about 25 years
behind the problem, I think we
can safely say now that rural
development is an idea whose
time has come. Not only has
this become a prime issue for
agricultural communities and
rural areas, it is also being
promoted by urban interests.”
After explaining in much de
tail the complex, far-reaching
measure he introduced in the
Senate, Sen. Talmadge con
cluded his remarks this way:
“We have been talking about
the need for a national growth
policy anda social and economic
balance between rural America
and urban America. In this
legislation, we propose to start
moving in earnest in that direc
tion. It is not going to be easy.
We are not going to attain our
goals overnight. But we must
keep moving.
“As city officials, interested
in the well-being of your com
munities and the entire State of
Georgia, as well as the nation,
1 askyour help, your encourage
ment, and your active partici
pation.”
1971 Crop Soybean
Loan Rates Based
On Co. Where Stored
Commodity Credit Cor
poration loans on 1971-crop
soybeans will be based on the
loan rate for the county where
the soybeans are stored, ac
cording to Gene Harris local
farm programs official. He said
this will also be true for oats
and com beginning with the
1971 crops.
The loan rate for Wheeler
County for 1971-crop soybeans
will be $2.26, the same as last
year. County loan rates re
flect the national average sup
port of $2.25 a bushel for soy
beans containing 12.8 to 13
percent moisture and grading
not lower than No. 2 on the
factors of test weight, splits,
and heat damage and No. 1 oi
all other factors. Premium and
discount schedule also is un
changed from that used in the
1970 soybean loan program.
Basing loans on the support
rate for soybeans in the county
where-stored is a change from
previous years when the loan
rate was that of the county-of
production, said Gene Harris,
Chairman of the Wheeler County-
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation (ASC) Committee.
Wheeler County Eagle
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SENATOR DAVID H. GAMBRELL, Georgia’s Junior Senator, presents WSB TV’s SALUTE TO
AMERICA AWARD to the Rev. Billy Graham in Atlanta prior to the 4th of July Parade down
Peachtree Street. The SALUTE TO AMERICA AWARD, presented in past years to John Wayne,
Bob Hope, and others is given annually to the one American who has furthered the cause of The
United States at home and abroad. Senator Gambrell made a brief television appearance discussing
Billy Graham and Americanism prior to the presentation. (PRN)
Georgia Farmers Warned Against
Packing Produce In Infested Straw
As harvest time approaches,
Georgia farmers and shippers
are reminded by plant pest
control officials of the United
States Department of Agri
culture to be careful about using
hay or straw in shipping melons
and other produce. They point
out that it is illegal to use hay
or straw packing for shipments
moving from areas infested by
the white-fringed beetle unless
the packing has been freed of
these pests.
Federal domestic plant
quarantines restrict the move
ment of hay and straw from
areas infested by any of these
pests. The restrictions are
necessary to help prevent
white-fringed beetles from
hitchhiking into new areas by
means of infested hay or straw,
plant pest control officials point
out. Although restrictions on
the movement of hay and straw
from areas infested by this
pest are in effect throughout
the year, the danger that pests
will be inadvertently spread in
infested shipments of crops is
greatest at harvest time.
The white-fringed beetle is a
serious pest in areas of the
Southern United States where
they are established. They are
potential threats to other sec
tions of the country.
White-fringed beetles attack
a wide variety of crops and
ornamentals, causing severe
damage. States with areas
regulated under the Federal
white-fringed beetle quarantine
include: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee and Vir-
“Let’s Tty it Again”
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JODY McLAUCHLAN. who was born with open spine and water
on the brain, is learning to walk at the age of six. The warm
encouragement of physical therapist Lynne Gillula helps keep
her determination strong. Jody, a patient at the March of
Dimes Birth Defects Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital,
has undergone numerous surgical procedures but her enthusi
asm remains high, as do her justified hopes for the future.
Birth defects strike some 250,000 children every year in
our country.
ginia.
Only portions of the States
designated as white-fringed
beetle infested areas are sub
ject to quarantine restriction.
Packing used in shipments
to be moved from infested areas
into noninfested areas must
either be hay or straw which
is free of any of those pests or
a substitute, nonregulated ma
terial.
Shipments of potentially in
fested crops, straw, hay and
other regulated items are sub
ject to inspection. Any ship
ments found to be moving il
legally are liable to return to
point of origin or to treatment
in transit — usually more costly
than treatment at point of origin
— at the owner’s expense.
Farmers and truckers can
find out if the particular areas
from which they are moving
regulated material are infested
by contacting the local plant
pest control office or county
agent.
Diane Wooten
Graduates From
Business College
Diane Wooten, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lee Wooten,
has been graduated from
Massey Business College of
Jacksonville, Fla., where she
was enrolled in their Auto
mation Secretarial Course.
This announcement was made ■
by the President of the school,
C. A. Barringer. Miss Wooten
is a 1970 graduate of Wheeler
County High School. She entered
Massey September 29, 1970.
Youth Emphasis
Weekend To
Begin July 29
The Baptist, Methodist and
Presbyterian Churches of Mc-
Rae have announced plans for a
Youth Revival to be held nightly
July 29 through August 1. The
meetings will be heldeacheve
ning beginning at 7:30 p.m. in
the Mcßae United Methodist
Church.
The speaker for the meetings
will be David Bryan. Mr. Bryan
is a graduate of the University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
While attending the university
he was a two time Little All-
American in basketball. He was
also active in the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes. Mr.
Bryan has just returned from a
year of study with Major lan
Thomas at the Capenwry Bible
School in England.
Providing special music for
the week end will be Bill Moore.
Mr. Moore is the son of Meth
odist missionaries to Korea
and is an accomplished
musician. He will be a senior
at Asbury Theological Seminary,
this fall. Mr. Moore has spent
the last several summers
touring the United States giving
musical concerts.
All of the youth of this area
are invited and urged to attend.
There will be further announce
ments concerning other activi
ties for the week end later.
Corn Crop In
6a. Shows Gain
Georgia farmers planted 1,-
751,000 acres of com this
spring and its coming along as
the best com crop in years,
the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service said Saturday.
This year’s acreage is 4 per
cent more than last year’s and
is some 66,000 acres more
than the farmers said they
planned to plant last March.
County agents from across
the state agreed this com crop
was the best in years as of
early July.
The reporting service said
all but a small percentage of
the crop was planted with blight
resistant seed. Some scattered
blight has been spotted, but has
caused no serious damage to
date.
A bargain is a deal in which
two people are sure they got the
better of each other.
If you think you’re sitting on
top of the world, remember it
turns over every 24 hours.
If you have heart trouble,
never watch the attendant park
your car at the parking lot.
A canoe is like a young boy,
it behaves best when paddled
from the rear.
A fanatic is simply a person
who knows he is right.
Parham Removes
long County
Board Members
State Welfare Director Jim
Parham announced additional
action to improve tlve perform
ance of the Long County De
partment of Family and Chil
dren Services.
W, M. Jones, Chairman of
the Long County Board of
Family and Children Services
whose term expired on June
30, was notified that he would
not be reappointed for another
term. In addition. Board Mem
ber J. D. Battle was notified
that a waiver of eligibility regu
lations, which was issued in
his behalf by a former State
Director, is being revoked and
that his board position is de
clared to be vacant, effective
immediately. Because Battle is
employed by another public
agency, he does not meet eligi
bility requirements for service
on the County Board, according
to Parham.
“I have requested that the
Long County Commissioners
submit three nominees for each
vacant position as required by
law. We will make an appoint
ment to each position as soon
as possible,” Mr. Parham
stated.
Parham further stated that
past performance of the County
Board left a great deal to be
desired and that he was hopeful
that new Board Members would
give the County Director and
her staff the kind of support
and guidance which are
essential to sound and efficient
operation of the Department.
Shooting Results
In One Death
Will Tukes, Negro man ofthe
Rockwell-Jacksonville area,
was shot and killed Saturday
morning about 1:00 a.m. His
son, Walvester Tukes, was also
shot, but is recuperating in the
Telfair County Hospital.
According to the Telfair
Sheriff’s Office, Marion Mather
Harrell, Negro male about 19
to 20 years old has been ar
rested and lodged in the Telfair
County jail pending a hearing.
He has been charged with mur
der and aggravated assault.
It was reported that he al
legedly shot the two men during
an argument at the home of
Will Tukes.
Eastman Tot Dies
In Refrigerator
An inquest was held at 9
a.m. Friday in the death
Wednesday, July 7, ofa2-year
old boy who was found in a
neighbor’s refrigerator in
Eastman.
According to Dodge County
Coroner Joe W. Giddens, Mi
chael Sean Boyer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John William Boyer
of 406 Griffin St., was found
at about 6:30 p.m. after the
Civil Defense resuce squad had
searched for him for several
hours.
The boy had visited a friend
and shortly after 3 p.m., ap
parently wandered into the yard
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Giddens
Jr.
The coroner said Giddens told
him the refrigerator belonged
to someone else who was sup
posed to have picked it up,
and the child had been told not
to play with it.
Coroner Giddens said there
is a law against “setting re
frigerators out without fixing
them so children can’t get into
them.”
The boy was pronounced dead
on arrival at Dodge County
Hospital.
In addition to his parents,
who are former Maconites, sur
vivors include a sister, Ste
phanie Lynn Boyer of Eastman;
grandparents, Mrs. Dainy
George and Harry R. George,
both of Mcaon, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph C. Boyer of Clear
water, Florida.
A funeral mass was said at
2 p.m. Friday in St. Joseph
Catholic Church in Macon, and
burial was in Macon Memorial
Park. A scripture service was
held Thursday night in the
chapel of Hart’s Mortuary in
Macon.
FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1971
Restriction Eased For Farm
Storage Facility Loan Program
Effective July’ 1, “wet
storage” and baled-hay storage
farm structures will be eligible
for approval under the term
storage and drying facilities
loan program, reports Gene
Harris, Chairman of the
Wheeler County Agricultural
Disabled May Be
Eligible For Free
Business Licenses
As of July 1, the Georgia
Department of Veterans Service
is the issuing agency for Cer
tificates of Exemption from
business license fees to certain
disabled veterans. Heretofore
this function has been per
formed by the State Revenue
Department. The change was
brought about by an act of the
regular session of the 1971
Georgia General Assembly.
Georgia Veterans Service
Director Pete Wheelersaidthat
eligibility is restricted to “any
disabled veteran ofthe Spanish-
American War; World War I,
World War II; the Korean War;
any veteran of peacetime ser
vice in the United States Armed
Forces who has a physical dis
ability incurred during his
period of service, or any blind
person.”
Wheeler summarized briefly
some of the requirements which
must be met in order to secure
an exemption of business
license fees:
“An applicant must be a resi
dent of Georgia and his income
must be such that he is not
liable for the payment of state
income taxes.
“Any blind person must furn
ish the issuing authority with
satisfactory proof of his blind
ness.
“A war veteran must furnish
satisfactory proof that he has at
least a 10 percent disabling
physical handicap.
“A veteran of peacetime ser
vice must famish proof that he
has a physical disability to the
extent of 25 per cent or more
incurred in line of duty.
“And a veteran’s service
must have been terminated
under conditions otter than
dishonorable.”
Wheeler pointed out that the
law prohibits the issuance of
free licenses for the operation
of certain businesses. These
include: the sale of fireworks
or intoxicating beverages; the
the operation of billiard or pool
tables; to carry on a business
of a pawnbroker or auctioneer,
or to deal in futures.
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, KIDS AND EACH OTHER
Lonnie Davis, left, and Larry Roberson are driving stakes for the
State Highway Department this summer. The boys are taking
part in the federal government’s Neighborhood Youth Corps
Summer Job program. Lonnie, Larry, and 28 other high
schoolers are performing various jobs for the highway
department’s fifth (southeast Georgia) division, headquartered
in Jesup. The boys work five 5-hour days or three 8-hour days a
week. The federal government provides their wages, the state
provides transportation and supervision. The program is
designed to provide deserving high school kids with meaningful
work experiences, and with enough money to return to school.
State highway officials are pleased with the program, now in its
4th year in Jesup. A similar program was undertaken in Atlanta
by the Highway Department this summer. (PRN)
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Stabilization and Conservation
(ASC) Committee.
Loans for oxygen-free and
silo-type structures — “wet
storage” — will be available.
Also added to the program are
loans for baled-hay storage
which can be used by producers
in conjunction with the new
term program provisions deal
ing with hay for emergency use.
Both changes in the farm
storage facility loan program
were made in recognition of
‘ clanging conditions affecting •
harvesting, storing and using
crops, the ASC Committee
Chairman said.
Inquiries should be made at
ASCS county offices by interes
ted producers.
The farm storage and drying
Bill Kinchen Accepts
Coaching Position
At Toombs Central
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Bill Klnchen has accepted
the Head Basketball Coaching
position at Toombs Central High
School in Lyons. He is a 1964
graduate of Wheeler County
High School in Alamo. While
playing for Wheeler County,
he set many records; and the
majority of these records still
stand. As a senior for the
Bulldogs, he averaged 35points
per game.
Mr. Kinchen is also a grad
uate of Augusta College in Au
gusta. While playing for the
Augusta College Jaguars, he
led them in Field Goal Per
centage, Most Rebounds in One
Game, Best Rebounding Aver
age. His junior year was an
outstanding year, as he aver
aged 19 PPG and 16 RPG. He
was also named to 3-All
- Teams.
He is entering his third year
in the Coaching Profession.
This past year, he coached at
Dillard High School in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., where his
team finished with a 21-5 won-'
lost record.
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facilities loan program has long
been in effect, Mr. Harris said,
and has been of great service
to farmers in enabling them to
acquire on-farm storage.
“A producer with on-farm
storage facilities of good quali
ty and sufficient capacity is in
a much better position for
marketing his crop over a long
er time spread, with the prob
ability of better prices, than
the farmer who must sell at
harvest time because of lack
of storage space.”
Georgia Power
Company Says
Must Have Rale
Increase
Georgia Power Company
President Edwin I. Hatch told
the Georgia Public Service
Commission Tuesday that un
less his company obtains emer
gency rate relief of some sl6
million, it will be unable to
sell first mortgage bonds to
finance construction in 1972.
Mr. Hatch said that while
the commission is considering
an application for a permanent
rate increase, the power com
pany needs the emergency re
lief to insure an orderly finan
cing program.
The testimony came as the
commission opened hearings on
a Georgia Power request for
some $45 million a year in
additional revenues.
Mr. Hatch said that the com
pany’s net income for the first
five months of 1971 is about
$4.2 million below that for the
same period last year, in spite
of an additional $295 million
invested in new facilities in the
past twelve months.
He said that in order for
Georgia Power to sell additional
bonds to finance its construction
program, the company’s pre
tax earnings during the 15
months proceeding a bond issue
must be at leasttwice the annual
interest on all bonds, including
interest on proposed new bonds.
“This coverage has declined
at an alarming rate,”Mr. Hatch
said. “Our projections show,
that we will have a coverage
of 2.05 times for oursloo-mil
lion November, 1971, bond
issue, which is barely enough
to meet the coverage test. How
ever, we will not be able to
meet the coverage test for a
SIOO-million bond issue that is
planned for early 1972 unless
we can obtain approximately
sl6 million of revenue over and
above the revenue produced by
our present rate structure be
tween now and the endofl97l.”
“In view of the time limita
tions that I have indicated and
the imperative need to keep our
construction program on sche
dule so as not to hamper the
industrial and commercial
growth of the state or deny the
demands of our residential cus
tomers for service, I feel that
Georgia Power must apply for
iterim relief at the level I have
just indicated to become effec
tive not later than August 1 of
this year.
“The company is now faced
with enormous increases in fi
nancing costs,” the utility
executive said, “resulting from
unprecedented growth as well
as increased operating costs.
We are also spending increased
amounts to protect Georgia’s
natural environment. All of
these costs have had a signifi
cant impact on our earnings.”
Documenting his reference to
unprecedented growth in the
use of electricity, Mr. Hatch
said energy sales for 1970 were
up by 12.4 percent over 1969,
and since 1960 the company’s
customers have increased their
use of electricity by almost
19.3 billion kilowatt-hours or
176.7 percent.
John Mitchell, Attorney
General:
“I hope that Washington’s
decisive opposition to mob
force will set an example
for other communities.”