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WHEELER ( OUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs. Mattie Pope
Mrs. Mattie Pearl Spear
Pope, 76, died Thursday, July
8, in Jackson, Ala., following a
long illness. Funeral services
were held at 5 p.m. Friday in
Glenwood Baptist Church.
Burial was in Glenwood City
Cemetery.
Mrs. Pope was a native of
Johnson County and had lived
■ in Glenwood for 50 years. She
was a retired nurse and a mem
ber of Glenwood Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daugh
ter, Mrs. Katherine Hurd of
Jackson, Ala.; and two sisters,
Mrs. Bessie Redding and Mrs.
Ed Seals, both of Hawkins
ville.
Murchison Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge.
Lonnie Francis
Copeland
Lonnie Francis CcpelandJr.,
27, was killed WeAiesday, July
7, in an automobile accident in
Coffee County. Funeral ser
vices were held Friday at 2
p.m. in Rock Springs Holiness
Church with burial in Sharpe
Cemetery.
Mr. Copeland was a native
of Toombs County and a mem
ber of Milliken Creek Lodge
and was an employee of Mitchell
and Collins Construction Co.
Copeland was a passenger
in a car driven by Donnie
Stephens of Vidalia. Tl>e driver
Politics oln Parade
By Sfd //i \\ M'Uia/nS
Every governmental body in
Georgia, including the State,
counties, municipalities and
school boards, would be forced
to bargain with a "public em
ployees labor union” if House
Bill 464, now in the Industrial
Relations Committee of the
House of Representatives,
should pass the General Assem
bly and become law.
Under present federal law, a
body of government cannot re
fuse its employees the right to
join a labor union, but it does
not have to bargain with the
union on wages, working con
ditions, etc., as does a private
employer. House Bill 464 would
change this, and a governmental
body would be in the same posi
tion with the unions as is a pri
vate emp’oyer.
The bill would set up a "Pub
lic Employees Relations
Agency” in the State Dept, of
Labor, with five members, and
the chairman giving the agency
full time. His salary shall be
fixed by the agency. The other
board members shall receive
SIOO per day plus expenses.
There is no limitation on how
many days the board could
meet in a month, presumably
every day. Also to be hired is
an executive director “and other
persons". The agency shall fix
their comnensat'on and reim
burse their expenses.
The members of this board
would be appointed by the gov
ernor, subject to confirmation
by the Senate, and apparently,
responsible to no one, not even
the State Commissioner of La
bor.
An executive from one of the
state departments was in Michi
gan recently, where this law is
in effect, and he was told that
the law there has caused about
a one-third increase in state,
countv and municipal salaries.
Apparently, very few city,
county and state officials are
aware of this bill and its far
reaching effects, if passed into
law.
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The State Committee on Re
organization plans the publica
tion of a brochure to promote
the program. It consists of
questions and answers about the
whole proiect, and the front
cover is supposed to have print
ed thereon a picture of the Gov
ernor, Lt.-Governor. and the
Speaker of the House. We would
doubt seriously that Maddox
will consent to such a picture,
since the effect wou'd be to im
ply his approval of the program,
which he most positively does
not.
Gov. Carter is stepping up his
public presentation of reorgani
zation plans with speeches, con
ferences and radio and television
was not injured, the State Patrol
said.
The mishap occurred on State
Road 32, about ten miles west
of Douglas. An investigation
was still under way Thursday,
July 8.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Carolyn Grimes Copeland;
two daughters, Cynthia Ann
Copeland and Sandra Carol
Copeland, both of Vidalia; par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie F.
Copeland; two brothers, Paul
Copeland and Thomas Copeland,
both of Vidalia, and a sister,
Mrs. Charles Grimes of Helena.
Murchison Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge of ar
rangements.
James Aubrey Welch
James Aubrey Welch, 54, of
Norlina, N. C., a retired Civil
Service employee died Satur
day, July 3, in a Chapel Hill,
N. C. hospital.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Helen B. Welch; two
daughters, Mrs. Yvonne Cutler
of Palmer Springs, and Mrs.
Sharron Tahelina of Indian
Head, Md.; four grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Ruth W. Scott
of Jackson, S. C„ and Mrs.
Edith W. David of Kingsland;
and three brothers, Thomas
S. Welch of Gainesville, Fla.,
John S. Welch of Brunswick,
and Charles W. Welch of Mcßae.
Funeral services were held
on Tuesday, July 6, at 2:00
p.m., in Crews Funeral Home
at South Hill with internment
appearances. He is, also, host
ing Georgia newspaper editors
with a buffet dinner at the
Mansion on the night of July 15.
One salient fact stands out in
the proposed brochure. A ques
tion is: “How much money will
reorganization save the state?”
The. answer: “It is impossible at
this point to determine in dol
lars and cents, but preliminary
estimates indicate the savings
will run into the tens of millions
of dollars”. Apparently, they are
shying away from Carter's oft
repeated declaration that 50
million dollars would be saved.
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On April 10, we wrote in
this column that Joe Sports was
predicting the 1972 Democratic
National Convention to meet in
Miami on July 9 of next year.
Last week, the Demo National
Committee, announced this date
and time.
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Legislative fiscal officer Cary
Bond — acting under what he
said is a legislative directive —
terminated the contract of
Gross Harper's American Clean
ing Co. to clean the 3rd and
4th floors of the Capitol Build
ing- Mr. Bond said that this ac
tion will save the state a lot of
money. However, it’s hard to
accept that, since he has hired
a supervisor and an assistant
supervisor at a cost of $22,000
a year to supervise three em
ployees.
If the move does save the
state money, well and good, but
we can't help but resent the
Atlanta Journal story which
brought “Miss Mitt" Talmadge,
the Senator's elderly mother, in
to the picture, as if she was re
sponsible for the Harper clean
ing contract. The political re
porter who wrote this story
shou'd have had more respect
for this most distinguished and
venerated lady.
Incidentally. State Treasurer
Bill Burson has cancelled an
other cleaner's contract and will
use Harper to clean the Trea
surer’s offices. So, it is report
ed. will Lt.-Governor Lester
Maddox.
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Fd Swain, Director of the
State Merit System, has sent us
a copv of the resolution adopt
ed by the State Personnel Board
pursuant to the longevity raises
for employees of at least 10
vears service. Mr. Swain points
out that the Board will allow the
raises when funds are appro
priated by the General Assemble
for this purpose. He told us
that some departments may have
the funds available, but that it
wouldn’t be fair to make the
raises effective in some depart
ments and not in al!
with Masonic Rites in Gyest
view Memorial Park.
Robert Majors, Jr;
Robert E. L. Majors Jr, of
Jesup, died Saturday at Wayne
Memorial Hospital in Jesup
after a short illness.
He was a former editor of the
Loudon County (Tenn.) Herald
and had been associated with
the Claxton Enterprise, the
Cuthbert Times and, at the
time of his death, the Jest|p
Sentinel.
He was a member of. Jst,
Paul’s Episcopal Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Virginia M. Majors of Jesup;
a son, Robert Majors HI of
Statesboro; a stepson, Air
Force T.Sgt. Claries B. Harper
of Omaha, Neb.; two stepdaugh
ters, Mary' Capitola Harper of
Athens and Mrs. Cynthia Ruth
Flanders of Macon; a sister,
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sorenson
of Mundelin, HL; four brothers,
Raymond A. Majors of Claxton,
and Frank A. Majors, Louis C.
Majors and Jack Majors, ail
of Atlanta; and four grand
children. Jack Majors was for
merly of Mcßae, and was as
sociated with The Telfair
Enterprise for ten years.
Funeral services were held
at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, with burial
in Jesup Cemetery.
NeSmith-Harrison Funeral
Home of Jesup was in charge.
Henry Allen Hulett
Funeral services for Henry
Allen Hulett, 67, who died
Thursday, July 8, of an ap
parent heart attack were held
Saturday afternoon, July 10,
from the Friendship Baptist
Church with the Rev. Ted
Hatten of Fitzgerald officiat
ing, assisted by the Rev. C. C.
Burdette of Jacksonville.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were nephews,
J. T. Yawn, Pope M. Hulett,
Lawrence Davis, Odis Cravey,
Bo Roberson and Oscar Hulett.
Mr. Hulett was born in Tel
fair County on October 15,1903
the son of the late Lucious
Queen and Lou Americus Hatten
Hulette. He was married to
the former Ethel Brantley and
was a member of Friendship
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife of
Americus; two sons, Fred
Hulett of Macon, and Wyndol
Hulett of Baton Rouge, Iju;
two daughters, Mrs. Lottie
Lewis of Boutte, La., and Mrs.
Gladys Lowe of Jacksonville,
Fla.; 14 grandchildren, and 4
great grandchildren; five sis
ters, Mrs. Lester Spires of
ONI OF IHI MOST TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES of Viet
nam is the crippling drug addiction ot many American troops.
Ihe drug problem among U.S. servicemen in South Vietnam was
minimized until lately. Recent findings brought the problem into
the open I hey reveal at last the depth and seriousness of this
situation.
Government figures show about halt ot ail servicemen in Viet
nam have used drugs at one time. Ihe death rate from drug use.
especially deadly heroin, is about one a day It is conceivable that
in the last years of the war the highest casualty figures will come
from heroiti addiction, not combat.
Most officials blame the jump in drug addiction on boredom and
a drop in morale Both are the results of this tragic no-win war.
N ARCO IKS kRE EASILY and cheaply obtainable in Viet
nam. They otter a fast and often welcome escape from realities
of life.
Ihe problem becomes tar more severe when the servicemen
return home. They find drugs more expensive and and not so read
ily accessible Addicts must beg. steal, and even kill to support
their habit Ihe Veterans Administration reports that about one
of every four heroin addicts in the United States is a veteran
of Vietnam.
Nothing can be more tragic than a serviceman crippled for life
bx drugs, a burden on soviets, because ot a senseless war waged
by that society.
These are sick people, victims of a phtguc that grips not only
the military but our entire society.
IHE FIRST STEP is to recoemac the drug problem. It has
been long in coming and now it has reached almost epidemic
proportions
Ihe public is much mote likely to be served by providing a
cure rather than punishment The vie urns must be the objects
of foremost concerif. •
President Nixon has proposed a new office of Drug Abuse
Prevention to aid in treatment and rehabilitation. The White
House h.'s promised that servicemen who volunteer for treat
ment will not be prosecuted or punished Ihe Atlanta VA Hos
pital is scheduled to have one of the proposed treatment centers.
The hour is , > -. and the drug problem is overwhelming. When
a problem of this , nd has reached such magnitude, solutions are
not easy to come by. I hope .he Congress will throw its full sup
port behind the administration in ridding our society of this
scourge.
Helena, Mrs. Leon Thigpen of
Soperton, Mrs. Fred Hodges
of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Idell
Davis of Fitzgerald, and Mrs.
Leo Bucha of Wilson, Fla.; and
one brother, Cameron Hulett
of Helena.
Mrs. Mattie Pearl
Spear Pope
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FtaeTal services for Mrs.
Mattie Pearl Spear Pope, 76,
of Glenwood, who died Thurs
day, July 8, in Jackson, Ala.,
f^dwing an extended illness,
here held Friday, July 9, at
5:00 p.m., from the Glenwood
Baptist Church with the Rev.
A. D, Stanfield officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. W, A. Ellen
wood.
Burial was in the Glenwood
City Cemetery with Murchison
Funeral Home of Vidalia in
charge.
Pallbearers were J. P. Mor
rison, Colon Clark, Joe Edd
Clark, Willard McDaniel,
Harold Clark and Lamar Con
ner.
Mrs. Pope was bom in John
son County on April 17, 1895
the daughter of the late Tom
and Frances Ford Spear. She
was married to the late Warren
Pope, was a retired nurse, had
lived in Glenwood for 50 years
and was a member of Glenwood
Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Katherine Hurd of
Jackson, Ala.; three grand
daughters, one grands on; 14
great grandchildren; two sis
ters, Mrs. Bessie Redding and
Mrs. Ed Seals, both of Hawkins
ville; and several nieces and
nephews.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
You say you’ll be 62 shortly.
Then you need to pick up your
telephone — dial 272-5347 —
and discuss with the personnel
of the Dublin Social Security
Office the information and
records you will need to file
your claim.
Charles Hall, Branch Man
ager of the Dublin Office urges
those nearing age 62 to call his
office. "This may save un
necessary work and delay in
the processing of your claim,”
according to Mr. Hall.
So don’t put off that phone
call, dial 272-5347 and find out
the records you’ll need in filing
for your social security . It will
make filing faster and easier —
you’ll see.
Q. 1 will be filing my claim
for social security’ next year.
Is there anything I can be doing
now to be prepared?
A. Yes, You can collect the
proofs you will need. You should
collect all documents which
could establish your age,
Herman Talmadge
REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
especially birthcirtificates, old
insurance policies, and old
family records. Then call the
Dublin Social Security Office
and they will discuss the proofs
you have and tell you any' other
records, if any, you will need
when filing.
Q. I have a farm and oc
casionally hire people to help
me. Are their wages covered
tsi de r social security?
A. They could be. If you pay
a worker $l5O or more cash
wages in a year, or if he works
for you on a part of 20 days or
more and you pay him on a
time basis, then his wages are
covered under social security.
Q. My doctor says I can no
longer do my regular job. But
he said I could work at another
type of job. Could I qualify for
disability benefits unde- social
security?
A. No. To quality for social
security disability benefits, you
must be unable to engage in any
kind of substantial gainful em
ployment for a year. There is
no occupational disability under
social security.
Q. I am drawing benefits for
my son who will soon be 18. I
understand his benefits can con
tinue after age 18 if he goes to
school full time. Does he have
to go to a college to qualify'
under this provision?
A. No. Any qualified edu
cational institution will enable
your son to draw student bene
fits. This would include junior
colleges, and trade and vo
cational schools. If you have a
question about any particular
school, contact your local social
security office.
Special Session For
Revamp Set To
Begin Sept. 27
An official call has gone out
for an extraordinary session of
the Georgia General Assembly
to consider reapportionment
and other matters. The special
session will begin Sept. 27,
according to Gov. Jimmy
Carter, who issued the call.
- The governor said he wanted
to leave his options open on
what issues will be considered,
but lie already' has committed
himself to including ratification
of the federal constitutional
amendment giving 18-year-olds
the right to vote, and changing
Plant Bowen, near CarterHvillv
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Compatible.
Indians used to live here. In harmony with nature
More recently, farmers plowed these fields. Cotton
and soybeans grew And cattle grazed the smooth,
green pastures.
Now we’ve come. W ith the largest power plant
on our lines. We'll be in harmony with nature, too
The plant's cooling towers will coo! for reuse the
water needed in the production of electricity . So no
warm water will be discharged to the Etowah Rix er.
which flows by the plant.
Electrostatic precipitators will remove 98 per
cent of all particulate matter from the flue gases. And
the stack is 1000 feet tall — almost twice the height
of the Washington Monument — to assure adequate
dispersal of these gases into the upper atmosphere.
Here, environmental protection will cost us more
than 525 million. But we want to continue in the
tradition of this pleasant countryside. Compatibly.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve'
the law to allow the spending of
some SB-million in antipollution
funds.
Other matters, in addition to
reapportionment, which pos
sibly will be considered are a
stricter billboard control law
and trimming of the revenue
prediction to cope with the de
clining economy.
Latest estimates are that the
state will fall SSO-millicn short
of the predicted revenue this
fiscal year. However, no new
taxes are expected to be con -
side red.
don’t anticipate any sort of
tax program at all under any
circumstances, barring a com
plete catastrophe,” the gover
nor said.
He said he hopes the session
would last only two weeks.
There is enough money in the
budget to cover the SIO,OOO-a
--day cost for that length of time,
but if the session runs longer
more money would have to be
appropriated, Carter pointed
out.
Senate Banking
Finance Panel Has
New Member
Appointment of Sen. John R.
Riley of Savannah, Senate Dis
trict 1, to the Senate Committee
of Banking and Finance has been
announced by Lt. Gov. Lester
G. Maddox. In a letter to Sen.
Riley, the lieutenant governor
said:
“This committee plays an
important role in the legislative
process of the State Senate and
I am, therefore, delighted that
a person of your keen insight
and fine ability has been added
to the committee’s member
ship.
“You and the other fine mem
bers of the committee will com
plement each other as you deal
with the delicate problems per
taining to banking and finance
and related matters.”
Judge Hall Heads
Top legal Group
Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge Robert H. Hail, chairman
of the Governor’s Commission
cn Judicial Processes, has been
elected president of the
American Judicature Society.
With 46,000 members, it is
the second largest legal society
in the world.
Who’s Constitutionol Rights?
It is quite amazing that pun
dits mi the an. and in public
office. are keeping open a live
ly dialogue on the mass ar
rests made during the first
Monday in May when a group
announced it was going to clink
down the operations of the gov
ernment by blin king access to
the city
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Obviously, demonstrators
were arrested without the for- .
mality of procedures designed
to safeguard Individual liberty.
There is also the thought that
much of the work that goes on
today In the national eapltol
should perhaps be suspended
for the welfare of the nation.
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But there ar. also .. lot of
people who work in Washing
ton in shops, in case- in gar
ages. other occupations who
would sutler with a loss of
pay
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Now nowhere In the < .insti
tution of these (Tilted State
of America does It provide that
minority groups have the right
to block the free use of public
thoroughfares. To thus block a
person from going to work, go
ing to shop, or any other lawful
activity. Is a violation of that
person's constitutional right-
There ar. of course. ..the!
ways in which such a situation
could be handled Traffic moves
into Washington uvet bi idges
It would hav. been quite sim
ple for the military to lead '
Convoy- across the bridges
with high speed tanks w hich of j
course would eithei push aside !
or crush undet the Heads all j
who tried to stop other, from
{£) National Federal ion nt Jndepeodwnl Busine
ATLANTA (PRN) - I was
happy to be able to join other
southern governors in
testifying before the senate
sub-committee on rural
development last week. Both
Senator Talmadge and Senator
Gambrell have demonstrated a
sincere interest in obtaining
recognition of the need for
comprehensive programs for
rural development
Some of our national
leaders are just beginning to
realize what most of us have
known for a long time. The
problems of our cities which
receive so much attention and
are certainly real are
outgrowths of long ignored
problems in our rural areas.
I would like to quote some
paragraphs from my testimony
that 1 think will be of
particular interest to you:
It is my firm belief that if
we are to ameliorate our urban
crisis and deal with related
rural problems, we must
address ourselves to problems
related specifically to people.
All rural areas, and
particularly those in the south,
have paid a terrible price for
past inabilities (or perhaps
unwillingness) to provide the
economic and social structure
which would allow our people
to choose freely where they
want to live and what they
want to do.
It is an inescapable fact that
there is no more pervasive nor
damaging form of
discrimination than that
practice against the residents
of rural America, both black
and white, in the rural south
in particular.
The basic problem of rural
Georgia is the lack of a viable
and expanding economic base
to support those people who
want to live there. With the
mechanization of agriculture
and the shift from “labor
intensive to capital intensive
farming” a tremendous
number of small farmers have
been forced to leave the land,
by factors which they were
powerless to influence.
Those who have been able
to remain on the farm have
seen increased productivity
and efficiency rewarded by
decreasing profits and a totally
inequitable share of our
national income. As a farmer
myself. I cannot be satisfied
with an economic system
which deals so unjustly with
such a large segment of the
population.
Our small towns have been
largely by-passed by the
tremendous gains in our
national economic products
during the pas', decade. We do
not need to see the federal
their constitutional right to
tra'el these thoroughfares
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This would not violate the
.•'institution, but would have
been quite bloody and mess,
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Thus, m the final analysis,
the officials in order to pro:.. t
the Constitutional right of i:
citizens the use of thorough
i fares had to make a hard i hou <
, between using the pos-ibl. m
constitution;-.! tactic of
ly harmless mass arr.-t- .<
employing constitutional • t
quite bloody methods
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This whole question ol con
-titutionallty seems to get
down to a question as to just
whose os Is being gored
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Less than two w < k '*
12.(100 railroad s’.gn.du • • . >, .
lively closed dow n m. i ..m
railloads endang. img
of people and act. i ■
Ing then com-timiom > t- j
she ration’s Imlepenilrnt |
businessmen voting through
the National federation ul I .
dependent Business hair long
supported proposed legislation
that would prohibit a minority
from closing down the nation s
economy
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Obviously, if 12.U0I 1 mtu ...
shut down all transit of tn.rii'
m tin. nation, the constitute.a.
al rights of some 'JOT million
an being infringed upon
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it is perhaps high time to
decide just who Is entitled to
i constitutional rights. Instead of
these exercises h. tw eedie-dee
dee and tu eedle-dee-dum
to the
People of
GEORGIA
government, your
well-meaning laws, drive
wedges between our people.
As governor of Georgia, I am
responsible for the
development and
implemention of coordinated
programs to meet the needs of
our people. Recent proposals
to establish unilateral alliances
between federal agencies and a
few selected communities,
excluding the state
government, are of great
concern to me. One revenue
sharing proposal (made by
Senator Muskee, 1 believe)
would provide grants only to
cities with populations
exceeding 50,000. We need
carefully planned programs to
bind us together, not to
separate us.
As a port of beginning this
legislation should include the
following components:
1. Include state government
as an active participant in
coordinating and directing
federally assisted programs
which affect tne rural (and
urban) areas.
2. Provide financial
incentives for planning and
development on an area-wide
basis. Most of the crucial
problems facing rural areas
(economic revitalization,
transportation, pollution
control, and development of
human resources) cannot be
dealt with on a county by
county basis. Rather, they
must be solved using an
area-wide approach with
strong support and guidance
from the state. This mean 1 , the
development of a strong
area-wide planning and
development process.
3. Provide the fiscal
resources to implement the
planned developmental
facilities and services.
Increased public investment in
basic community needs
coupled with a decentraliza
tion of industry and
manpower training program
would serve to revitalize our
rural areas.
4. Develop and implement a
national Urban Rural Balance
Growth Policy. We must begin
to plan our development if we
are to avoid the wasteful
sprawl and severe personal
dislocation which have
heretofore characterized our
growth. Along this line, we
should have a National
Regional Development
Program, patterned after the
lessons we have learned from
the Appalachian and coastal
plains regional experience.
5. Continue and intensify
efforts to provide agriculture
with a fair share of the
nation’s economic prosperity.