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VOLUME 57
Goals For Ga.
Schedule Set
For Aug. 12
Reservations continue topour
into the office of the Heart of
Georgia Planning and Develop
ment Commission indicating
citizens’ desires to attend the
regional “Goals for Georgia”
meeting on August 12th,
Attempts have been made to
contact each organization in
the nine-county area of Bleck
ley, Dodge, Laurens, Mont
gomery, Pulaski, Telfair,
Treutlen, Wheeler and Wilcox.
Two delegates are to be ap
pointed by each organization to
attend the Regional “Goals for
Georgia’’ conference atthe air
conditioned Dublin High School
on August 12th from 5 to 9 p.m.
County and City elected officials
are also invited.
The agenda will consist of
orientation and workshop ses
sions to allow citizens to ex
press their views as to future
direction of State improvement.
Heart of Georgia Chairman,
J. D. Brown said, “The work
shop sessions to be led by local
leaders are Education and In
tellectual Enrichment, Physical
and Mental Health, Transpor -
tation and Communication, So
cial Development, Protection
of Persons and Property, Na
tural Environment, General
Government and Economic De=~
velopment., Inattendance at each
session will be representatives
from the State and the Heart of
Georgia staff qualified toassist
if called upon.”
Regional advisors Bill Lovett
and L. D, Bowen asked that the
citizens of the areabe informed
that Governor Carter expects
this to be a meeting whereby
they will have the opportunity
to express ideas and sug
gestions that will enable the
executive and legislative bran
ches to be more responsive
to the people.
If citizens desire more in
formation concerning the
“Goals for Georgia’’ Program,
they may call the Heart of
Georgia Planning and Develop
ment Commission in Dublin at
272-1064 or one of the following
people in their respective coun
ties.
Laurens: Don Lamb and J. D,
Brown.
Bleckley: Newell NeSmithand
Charles Killebrew.
Dodge: John G, Thomas and
Dr. E. M. Harrington,
Montgomery: Bobby O’Neal
and Jack Leroy.
Pulaski: Willie Sapp and
Johnson Hall,
Telfair: Ray Bowers.
Treutlen: Will Peterson and
Clayton Stephens.
Wheeler: W, S, Clark and
L, B. Chambers.
Wilcox: W. N. Hudson and
Dave Morgan.
Gov. Carter said, “My pres
ent plans are to be present at
the seminar. I hope I will have
the opportunity while there to
personally thank the partici
pants for their part in helping
to mold the future of the great
State of Georgia.”
Sen. David Gambrell has noti
fied the area planning office
that he will be in the area on a
planned ‘““Listening Tour’’ and
if his schedule allows, he will
attend the Regional Meeting.
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Homecoming At
New Bethel Baptist
Homecoming will be held at
New Bethel Baptist Church on
Sunday, August 8, with special
singers in the afternoon, con
sisting of the Harrell Family
of Eastman, Dub and Elizabeth
Cross of Brunswick, and others,
The pastor, the Rev, Dahl
MeDermitt will bring the home
coming message. Sunday School
will be at 10:00 o’clock and the
worship service will begin at
11:00 o’clock, Everyone is
invited to come and bring a
picnic lunch, Lunch will be
served following the morning
worship service,
Revival services will begin
on Monday, August 9, at 8:00
o’clock and continue through
Friday evening,
The Rev, Theril Boutwell of
El Bethel Baptist Church will
bring the message each evening,
The pastor and members invite
everyone to attend.
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Too bad that the top of
the morning finds so many
of us in the dumps.
Wheeler County Eagle
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WASHINGTON: CONGRESSMAN G. ELLIOTT HAGAN meets First District 4H members at a
Coffee held in the Cannon House Office Building. These young people are part of a group of 4-H
members participating in a National Citizenship Short Course at the National 4-H Center,
Washington. L-R Sylvia Smith, Glennville; Don Owens, Pembroke; Bonnie Stephens, Adrian;
Hagan; Jean Ellington, Soperton; Gary Coleman, Glenwood; Keith Hutcheson, Adrian and Polly
Donaldson, Bloomingdale. (PRN)
School Supt. Clark
Announces New
School Program
William S, Clark, Superin
tendent of Wheeler County
Schools, announces a new pro
gram, C,V,A.E. (Coordinated
Vocational - Academic Edu
cation) to be headed by Mrs,
Ruth C, Humphrey, to be held
at the Wheeler County High
School for the 1971-72 school
term.
Mrs, Humphrey has been em
ployed by the Wheeler County
Board of Education as Home
Economics teacher, fuifilling
a ‘“teenage dream,’’ for the
past 16 years after having re
ceived a Master Degree of Edu=
cation from the University of
Georgia in 1955.
The Home Economics Stu
dents and Future Homemakers
of America, under the leader
ship of Mrs, Humphrey, have
brought many honors and much
dignity to the Wheeler County
School and Community by having
one of the best and most color
ful programs in the State of
Georgia, The Wheeler High
Chapter has been an Honor
Roll Chapter most of the last
16 years. FHA’ers andadvisors
have attended each District
meeting, and State Convention,
one FHA National Convention,
have sponsored 13 lovely Annual
Fashion Shows, and have had
an outstanding FHA Degree pro
gram. Some of the girls have
placed first in the District,
and second in the state in Home
Economics in the Literary
Events. Many of these students
have gone on to school to be
come teachers, nurses, and
various other career persons,
and homemakers.,
Mrs. Humphrey has been en
rolled in summer school at the
University of Georgia in special
courses designed for C.V.A.E.
Coordinators under the gui
dance of Dr. H., R, Cheshire
and Daniel L, Saddler.
C.V.A.E, has been organized
to assist the student learner
in developing the correct at
titudes, skills and understand
ings, related to his chosen oc
cupation, It is designed to en
able the student to be better
personally and socially ad
justed, to be a more competent
individual, and to have a better
appreciation for the dignity of
the world of work.
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Paving Adds Beauty
It is with pride that citizens of Alamo and Wheeler County
view the completion of the paving of local streets and roads.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
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Mrs. McEachin
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Dies Saturday
In Telfair Hospifal
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““Miss Jessye”’
Mrs. Jessye McEachin, be
loved life long resident of
Telfair County, died Saturday,
July 31, in the Telfair County
Hospital, following a brief ill
ness.
‘“Miss Jessye’’ as she was
«ffectionately known by allages
and colors alike, was born near
Helena on September 22, 1893,
the daughter of the late Jett
and Etta Capeheart Whatley,
She attended the public schools
and South Georgia College, and
entered the teaching profession
in the county., She helped lay
the foundation for improved
education, by striving to instill
high ideals in the life of each
pupil.
She was married to William
Francis McEachin on December
25, 1927, in Waycross, and was
a member of Dodge’s Chapel
United Methodist Church where
her passing will be most keenly
felt.
Her activities were not con
fined to the church, She was one
of the directors of the first
Welfare Department organized
in Telfair County. In 1938 she
worked untiringly tohelp organ~
ize the Little Ocmulgee Rural
Electrical Association, and was
the only surviving charter
member of the Board of Direc~
tors, at the time of her death,
Rural life was her deep con~
cern, and perhaps her greatest
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Jeff Davis Boy
Elected Head Os
FFA In Georgia
Georgia’s Future Farmers of
America elected Roger Byrd of
the Jeff Davis Chapter as their
new president at their 43rd
annual convention in Atlanta,
attended by some 400 members
from more than 200 chapters
in the state.
Other officers elected and
installed atthe convention were:
Secretary Wesley Coston of
Calhoun County; andvice presi=-
denis G, C, Ganas of Ware
County, Franklin Spooner of
Clay County, Larry Johnson of
Lee County, Tim Leard of
Franklin County, Keith Hard
man of Oglethorpe County,
David Tidmore of Chattooga
County, Winston Neal of Troup
Senior High School Chapter, and
Jerry Landman of Douglas Co.
work was with the Home Demon-~
stration and 4-H Clubs. Their
spacious clubhouse, overlook
ing the lovely lake was a gather
ing place for these activities,
and if every guest who entered
the doors had registered, the
number would have been most
astounding. Many countries
have been represented there.
[t was a gathering place for
religious groups, circle meet
ings, and worship services by
Youth groups. Miss Jessye left
a lasting impression on many
lives.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Mcßae United
Methodist Church on Sunday
afternoon at 3:00, conducted
hy her pastor, the Rev, Wade
E, Scott, Jr., assisted by the
Rev. Robert Borom, pastor of
Mcßae Methodist Church.
Organ music was by Mrs. Fred
Hardin,
Pallbearers were, Jeff Smith
I, Alex Smith Jr., Charles
Cooper, Eschol Powell, Frank
Mann Jr., Duncan A, Mcßae,
Charles Jones and Rex Poore,
Honorary pallbearers were
Little Ocmulgee REA Directors
and employees: J, T. Mims,
Cordie Joiner, J, A, Dominey
Jr., L, B, Chambers, J., D,
Williams, Wade Hartley, F. M.
Whitehead, Raymond McGuiar,
Resby Browning, Quinn Brown
ing, Wesley Brown, Quinelle
Cox, James B, Campbell, Tony
Clements, Jacob Clark, J. T.
Elton, Fcrest Fields, A. F,
Gibbs, Woodrow Gillis, Adra
Harville, Jeanette Jenkins,
Hugh McGee, Louise Morrison,
Vance Oliver, Donald Purvis,
Jack Peavy, Walter Riddle,
Fred Ussery and Pauline Lake,
Interment was in Oak Grove
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by two sisters, Mrs,
John Foster and Mrs. Foster
Poore; one aunt, Mrs. Jett
Whatley, all of Mcßae; two
sisters-in-law, Mrs. Ben Jett
Whatley of Atlanta, and Miss
Edda McEachin of Mcßae; one
niece, Miss Judy Poore of Mc-
Rae; three nephews, Carey
Poore of Mcßae, Ben Jett What~
ley, Jr., and Jimmy Whatley
of Atlanta,
FRIDAY, AUG, 6, 1971
lew Jobs To Be fivailable Here Soon
sis Roper Buys Closed MMcßae Plant
“Going once, going twice,
- going three times...Sold!’’ The
familiar words ofthe auctioneer
finalized what may well be the
most important real estate
transaction in the history of
Telfair County, a public sale
held on the steps of the Telfair
County Courthouse Tuesday
Mrs. Youmans Makes
Statement On Draft
Ana Possible Calls
Selective Service System
(Supervisory) Executive Secre
tary Juanita L. Youmans, who
manages Wheeler County’s
local board, says the current
Congressional impasse over
extending the induction au
thority has created great un
certainty among area draft
age men.
Mrs. Youmans continued,
“Selective Service Director
. Curtis Tarr has recently stres
sed the importance of explain
ing to our draft-age men the
high probability that draft calls
will resume in the near future
and that the current impasse
in the Congress is not likely
to affectany registrant’s chance
of being drafted.’”
“Our local board has been
specifically instructed to con
tinue to register and classify
men, and to order for pre
induction physical examinations
those young men who may be
needed to fill draft calls in
the coming months,’’Mrs. You
mans said.
Men with lottery numbers
through 125 were eligible for
induction in June in order to
fill draft calls. Since then, the
Defense Department has asked
"Selective Service to draft 16,-
000 men in July-August. This
request is being held by Selec
tive Service headquarters pend
ing final Congressional action
on the draft bill, which is ex=
pected within several weeks,
““Those young men with rela
tively low lottery numbers who
are eligible for induction this
year, particularly those with
numbers below 175 -~ the cur~
rent processing ceiling -- have
a very good chance of being’
processed for induction after
draft calls are restored,’”’ Mrs.
Youmans said.
“Many young men,’”’ said
Mrs. Youmans, “seem to think
that the Selective Service Act
has permanently expired and
that they probably will never
be drafted. Some of them also
think that the entire system
has stopped. They are wrong
since it is only the induction
authority that has expired.
‘They, therefore, may be un
intentionally breaking the law
by failing to register at age
18, by not keeping their local
boards informed of their cur
rent address, or by failing to
report, if ordered, for their
preinduction physical exami
nations,”’
Mrs. Youmans also gtressed
that local boards are continuing
to consider CO, hardship, and
student deferments and to take
other classification actions.
“Young men who had planned
to submit requests for defer=-
ments or exemptions are en
couraged to do so,”” Mrs,
Youmans said. ““The expiration
of the induction authority does
not affect our responsibility
to classify young men,’’ Mrs.
Youmans added.
Mrs. Youmans may be con
tacted at the office of local
board #157 in Alamo,
Joseph D, Barber
Aboard USS Wasp
Navy Fireman Apprentice
Joseph D, Barber, son of Mr,
and Mrs, Tommie Barber of
Rt. 2, Glenwood, has completed
three weeks of training -ope
rations in the Atlantic aboard
the anti-submarine warfare
aircraft carrier USS Wasp.
During the cruise he visited
Halifax, Nova Scotia and Ber
muda.,
His ship is homeported at
Quonset Point, R, I,
morning.
Following the required legal
advertising in this newspaper
announcing the county’s in
tention to sell its reversionary
interest in the Mcßae Products
(Sunbeam) Co. plant near
Mcßae. County Commissioner
D. B, Mcßae accepted the bid
of the Roper Corp, Kankakee,
111, a large manufacturing frim
closely affiliated with Sears
Roebuck,
Although several other com
panies had expressed interest
in the plant, only one showed
up to bid on it and thereby
became owner of the 200,000
square foot building built in
1965. Considering Roper’s high
financial rating, as well as
prospects that the company
would eventually employ a large
number of local people, the
Telfair County Chamber of
Commerce recently wrote
Commissioner Mcßae strongly
In Saving Life
Os Friend, Youth
Credits Scouting
The Brunswick News
Brunswick, Ga,
A 14-year-old First Class
Boy Scout credits his scout
training for saving the life of
his friend.
Scot Rice, while swimming
with friends in a pool on St.
Simons Island, saw his friend
and fellow scout Andy Hostetter
hit his head on a diving board
and fall motionless into the
swimming pool.
Scot immediately dived ir
and brought Andy, blue and
still unconscious, to the edge
-of the pool.
Assisted by Nancy and Sissy
Parnell, Nancy Hostetter, Billy
Rice and Mark Strom, Scot
pulled Andy out of the water
and revived him by artificial
respiration.
Andy, also 14, was admitted
to the Brunswick Hospital for
overnight observation.
Scot is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W, C, Rice, Jr., of Bruns
wick, and the grandson of Mrs.
Rosalie Galbraith of Glenwood.
Bookmobile Schedule
Regional Library
Bookmobile Schedule of the
Oconee Regional Library of
Dublin, for Wednesday, August
11, 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.
No books will be checked out
on this date. All bookmobile
‘books are to be returned since
this is the last trip.
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4-H Communications
Wheeler County was well represented at this year’s 4-H
Communications Camp. Shown here at the camp’s ‘‘graduation
ceremony’’ with Ted O’Callahan, left, district manager of Southern
Bell and Telegraph Company, and Tommy L. Walton, state 4-H
leader with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
Service, is Marion Grimes, of Rte. 1, Helena, The communications
camp, held at Camp Fulton near Atlanta, was designed to help
4-H’ers become aware of the importance of communications
and to aid them in understanding themselves and other people.
More than 130 select Georgia 4-H’ers participated in the event
sponsored by Southern Bell and conducted by the Extension
Service, ;
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urging him to accept Roper’s
bid.
Telfair County actually had
no direct monetary interest in
the building, its construction
being financed through the sale
of bonds to out of state banks,
the bonds being the liability of
the Sunbeam Corp, which re
cently agreed to transfer its
liability to Roper. The trans
actions now mean that some 17
years from now Roper will have
paid approximately twomillion,
four hundred thousand dollars
for the building.
Wheeler County
Board Os Educ.
New Lunch Policy
The Wheeler County Board
of Education has announced a
Free and Reduced Price Lunch
Policy for Wheeler County
school children unable to pay
the full price of school lunches.
Families falling within these
scales or those suffering from
unusual circumstances or hard
ships are urged to apply for
free or reduced price lunches
for their children. They may
do so by filling in the Appli
cation Forms sent home in a
Letter to Parents. Additional
copies areavailable at the Prin
cipal’s office in each school.
Applications may be submitted
any time during the school year,
The form itself is simple to
complete and requests infor
mation needed to determine
economic need based on the
income and number of persons
in the family and any unusual
circumstances of hardships
which affect the family’s ability
to pay for school lunches. The
information provided onthe Ap
plication will be confidential
and will be used only for the
purpose of determining eligi
bility.
Under the provisions of the
Policy, the School Principals
will review applications and
determine eligibility. Isa parent
is dissatisfied with the ruling
of the Local Official he may
make a request either orally
or in writing for a hearing to
appeal the decision. County
School Superintendent whose
address is P, O, Box 427 Alamo,
Georgia, has been designated
as the Hearing Official, Hearing
Procedures are outlined in the
Policy.
The Policy also provides that
there will be no identification of
or discrimination against any
student unable to pay the full
cost of a lunch,
A copy of the complete Policy
is on file in each school and
in the office of the Co. School
Supt., where it may be reviewed
by any interested patron,
Many'’s the brilliant young
fellow who would find his
world lacking if it weren't
for Dad’s financial backing.
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The only direct investment
local people have is about $130,-
000 raised through individual
contributions at the time Sun=
beam was considering locating
in Mcßae., That money went to
purchase the land for the build=
ing and to finance the con
struction of city waterand sew=-
age lines from existing lines
to the plant, which since Feb,
of this year has been closed.
Roper’s bid for the county’s
reversionary interest was $25,=
000 and a check for thatamount
was presented Tuesday by
Roper’s Bob Nickels, who will
manage the Roper plant here.
This money will go into the
county treasury.
Nickels, here for the sale
with Roper’s Newark, Ohio divi
sion president, Jack Connor,
said the Mcßae plant’s main
product would be lawnmowers.
But since the manufacture of
lawnmowers is somewhat seas=-
onal, additional products are
being considered to keep local
employees working full time.
The new plant manager said
production would begin about
the first of November, with the
first applications for employ=
ment bheing accepted in late
August, He emphasized that
wage rates paid here by Roper
would be ‘‘definitely coms
petitive.”
Nickels, along with an in
dustrial engineer and a plant
engineer, are the only non
local people Roper plans to
employ. The young, 28, plant
manager and his attractive wife,
Carol, will move, with daugh
ters Tracy 7, and Robbie 3, to
Mcßae within the next few
weeks.
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State Highway
To Resurface
Part Os I-75
The State Highway Depart
ment of Georgia plans to re
surface a 13.5-mile stretch of
the southbound lanes of I-75.
in Monroe County between For=
syth and the Bibb County line
this fall,
During construction the High~.
way Department will advise
southbound motorists to leave
I-75 at Georgia 16, proceed
east to Jackson, and take U, S, '
23 south into Macon, to avoid
all the work area,
In addition, a series of other
detours, involving Georgia
Routes 42 and 18, U, S, 41
and I-75, will be set up by the
contractor during construction,
The contractor will be required
to submit his detour plans to
the Highway Department for
approval at least 10 days before
work begins,
Reconstruction work on I-75
will be conducted from the
Georgia Route 42 interchange
just north of Forsyth, to the
Bolingbroke area, near the
Monroe-Bibb County line. The
contractor will be allowed to
detour I-75 ({traffic through
downtown Forsyth for a maxi
mum of three weeks.
The resurfacing will not begin
until after the Labor Day traffic
period. All lane-closing work
is scheduled to be completed
by December 15.
The resurfacing is needed,
because the southbound lanes
were built before the rest of
I-75 and once served as a two=
lane, two-way road. The lanes
are now in need of repair and
resurfacing.
The project will be Georgia’s *
first continuously-reinforced '
concrete resurfacing. The new
concrete pavement will be rein
forced by continuous steel
bands, eliminating the joints
found every few yards in older .
concrete highways, 5
The work will be financed
by 90% Federal Highway Trust '
Funds and 19% state highway
funds. Except for the portion
between Ga. Routes 42 and % ;
which will be financed by 50
federal and 55 state funds.