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VOLUME 57
Campmeeting At
Little Rock In
Wheeler County
Campmeeting at Little Rock
Wesleyan Methodist Camp
ground in Wheeler County, will
begin on Friday night, Septem
ber 3, and continue through
Wednesday, September 15.
Youth services will begin at
7:00 o'clock each night with
Rev. Ruth Rogers of Tampa,
Fla., as teacher. Preaching
services will be held at 8:00
o’clock each night following the
Youth service with the Rev.
A. C. Clemens of Covington,
as speaker.
Services each Sunday will be
held at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m.,
and 8:00 p.m., with dinner
served both Sundays.
Everyone is invited toattend.
Special Session
Agenda limited
To 5 Categories
The on-again-off-again spe
cial session of the Georgia
General Assembly is now on
again, scheduled to begin Sept.
24. It will consider only five
categories of bills, including
reapportionment and regulation
of billboards.
At least, that’s what Gov.
Jimmy Carter, who has had a
hard time making up his mind
about this whole complex situ
ation, announced the other day.
He said he expects the session
to last from five days to two
weeks.
The governor said some rou
tine election law changes would
have to be considered in the
extraordinary session because
of reapportionment and federal
legislation.
Local bills of “emergency
nature” that cannot wait until
the regular January legislative
session also will be taken up,
including the Forest Park City
Council election in December,
he pointed out.
Gov. Carter said, however,
that he would veto any local
bill which was not of an emer
gency nature and he will depend
on legislative committees to
screen them.
Although Georgia already
gives 18-year-olds the right
to vote, this special session
will consider ratification of a
federal constitutional amend
ment guaranteeing this right
nationwide.
Legislation designed to bring
the state’s billboard legislation
in compliance with federal
regulations and thus avoid the
loss of $lO-million in federal
funds annually' also is on the
agenda.
Said the governor: “We can
not afford to forego this loss.”
Gov. Carter said he had re
jected inclusion in the special
session of other legislative pro
posals such as additional teach
er pay raises, freeing pollution
control funds and early allo
cations of state grants to cities
because of federal price and
wage freezes and other
problems.
Group Spends The
Day At Six
Flags Aug. 18
Wednesday morning, August
18, a bus loaded with sleepy
but anxious people left Alamo; .
headed for Six Flags over
Georgia.
By the time they reached
Atlanta, everyone was fully
awake and eager to get started.
As the day progressed every
attraction in the park was
covered by the group.
When the bus loaded that
afternoon, the tired but happy
group all agreed that they had
had a good time. Some com
mented that the food was the
best part of the whole trip.
Forty three people made the
trip.
The Greeks Have a Plant for II
The people and industries of
Hermoupolis, the capital of
Syros in the Aegean Islands,
now obtain their domestic water
requirements from the Aegean
Sea, thanks to a 220,000-gallon
per day desalination plant. To
handle the highly corrosive salt
water, about 115,000 feet of cop
per-nickel tubing are used in the
desalination plant.
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ABIT MASSEY, GEORGIA POULTRY FEDERATION, Gainesville, talks with President Richard
Nixon about the poultry industry at a White House Briefing Session and Reception for leaders of
the American Society of Association Executives. Massey serves on the ASAE Board of Directors
and is a past president of the Georgia Society of Association Executives. The special White House
meeting was the first of its kind, according to James P. Low, Executive Vice-President of ASAE.
Never before had so many association executives met privately with a President for an open
discussion of legislative and economic issues. The meeting provided a very useful dialogue between
associations and the administration, said Alfred B. LaGasse, President of ASAE. President Nixon
called the meeting and invited five top aides to speak to the group and exchange views through
questions and answers in the East Room of the White House. The President hosted the reception in
the State Dining Room. Government participants included Hon. George Romney, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Paul McCracken, Chairman of the Council of Economic
Advisers; Hon. Clark MacGregor, Counsel to the President for Congressional Relations; Johnnie
Walters. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and Hon. Donald Rumsfeld, Counsellor to the
President. (PRN)
Armed Group Attempts To
Abduct Pierce From Jail
Atlanta Constitution
William (Junior) Pierce, ac
cused of nine murders, became
“real nervous’’when the sheriff
told him Sunday morning what
had happened the night before.
He was so shaken he forgot
to thank Appling County Sheriff
J. B. (Red) Carter for saving
him from a group of armed
men who attempted to abduct
him from the county jail Satur
day night.
Pierce heard the commotion
but did not leam until the next
morning what had happened.
“It made him nervous when I
told him,” Sheriff Carter said
Sunday.
Carter, a husky man, was
sitting in his Baxley office un
armed when a man carrying a
12-gauge shotgun burst through
the door and demanded that
the sheriff turn Pierce over
to him and his co-horts.
“I told ’em to go to hell,”
Carter said. “I started walking
toward him and took his gun.
I told him, ‘I don’t think you’ve
got guts enough to shoot.’ I had
to - I knew I wasn’t going to
turn over my prisoner to any
body.”
In a brawl that followed, six
men were arrested and from
four to six others escaped as
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Mcßride Community. Georgia: Screven County’s Mcßride
Methodist Church has celebrated its 100th anniversary as a
congregation. Helping to mark the historic occasion were
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan (L), Pastor C.B. Studstill (R) and
the oldest member, 93-year-old Cuthbert L. (Toogah) Bazemore
and the youngest, 15-year-old Jerry Reddick. A native of
Mcßride Community, Mr. Bazemore presently resides with his
son Floyd Bazemore in Savannah. Actually, the centennial
celebration was delayed a year, so it has been one hundred and
one years since the first congregation met in a brush-arbor at the
site where the present church stands. (PRN)
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Baxley Police Chief Johnny
Hutto, and his brother-in-law, ,
Bill Turner, helped the sheriff.
Carter said the six are in
jail in another county and that
charges were to befiledagainst
them later Sunday. “I’m con
ferring with the District
Attorney to make sure we get
the right charges against
them,” the sheriff said.
In retrospect, Sheriff Carter
said he felt “peculiar, looking
death in the fbce. All I know
is a 12-gauge shotgun barrel
is mighty big. You don’t feel
Stapleton Bros.
Operating New
Business In Mcßae
The newest business now
operating in Mcßae is Staple
ton Brothers Manufacturing
Company located in the building
formerly occupied by Achord
Farm Supply.
This firm produces poultry
and farm equipment and is
owned by David and Harold
Stapleton of Lumber City.
Glynn Johnson of Mcßae is
Sales Manager.
good, doing something like that.
You get apeculiar feeling, look
ing death in the face, and they
say that man is pretty tough.
“But 1 was hot with him
because he was doing me wrong.
You can’t do this kind of thing.
That’s not the way. You got to
have respect for law and order,
and that’s the way this society
is going to survive/’
Beautification
Project
Harry Haynsworth, plant
materials specialist with the
Soil Conservation Service,
made a field inspection of
various plants and shrubs in
Wheeler County last week ac
cording to Mrs. Sally James,
Chairman of the Wheeler Coun
ty beautification committee.
Fifty flowering crabapple
trees, one hundred autumn
olives and twenty Chinese
pistachios were provided by the
Soil Conservation Service to
be planted throughout the county
to determine the growth rate
of these plants under various
soil types, fertilizer rates and
overall management and care
by individual home owners.
Mr. Haynsworth noted that £
good liveability was achievet
throughout the county but the
best growth rate was observec
where plants received ample
water, fertilizer and mulching
material.
Mr. Haynsworth added
Wheeler County to his list to
receive additional species of
beautification and wildlife food
plants for 1971. The Alamo
and Glenwood Garden Clubs will
make distribution to selected
recipients.
Jim Hussey Speaks
To CVAE Class
On Wednesday, August 25,
Jim Hussey, Language Special
ist with the Heart of Georgia
Foundation, spoke to the fifth
period CVAE Class. He was
the first resource person at the
Wheeler County High School
in CVAE.
Mr. Hussey’s talk was
basically centered on neat
dressing, good grooming and
personality improvements.
Everyone enjoyed the enrich
ing talk on the subject of career
development. We hope he can
speak to us again in the near
ftiture.
Mr. Hussey was introduced
to the class by Mrs. Ruth C.
Humphrey, CVAE Coordinator.
Frank Pickle
Steve Brewer
Larry Purvis
Larry Brack
Registration Os The Unemployed In
12 County Area To Begin Oct. 28
Sam Caldwell, Commissioner
of the Georgia Department of
Labor, will join with the Heart
of Georgia Community Action
Council in launching plans for
a Registration of the Unem
ployed in the 12-county area
served by the Community Action
program. The effort is being
guided by staff members of the
Industrial Development Divi- 1
sion of Georgia Tech.
An orientation seminar in
Eastman, Thursday, September
9, will be keynoted by Com
missioner Caldwell as agency
staff members, Governing
Board and Community Action
Committee members join with
volunteers throughout the 12-
county area to implement the
Registration.
The session in Eastman, will
be held at the meeting room
. of Stuckey’s Carriage Inn.
Those in attendance will be
welcomed by C. J. Broome,
. Executive Director of the Heart
of Georgia CAA, beginning at
9:15 a.m. This will be followed
by a discussion of the problems
of employment of low-income
citizens. Neighborhood Service
Center Directors from three
centers will lead this dis
cussion. These are Rev. 11. B.
Johnson, Laurens County; Mrs.
Marguerite C. Smith, Telfair
County; and Don Mullis, Dodge
County.
Wheeler Co. Churches
Make Improvements
Stuckey Baptist Church lias
added new curtains for the
baptistry, new furniture for the
pulpit and a new picnic table.
Grounds are well kept and the
building is neat and clean.
Alamo United Methodist
Church social hall has new
drapes, and the entire church,
plant has been done over and
this is one of the prettiest
churches in the County.
The congregation of the AME
Church in Alamo have a new
sanctuary, the Harvey Church
has bricked the outside of their
church, and the Baptist AME
Church lias a nice sanctuary.
These people take pride in their
churches and they are well
kept.
The Baptist AME Church in
Glenwood has bricked the out
side of their church. They have
a new AME Methodist and a
new AME Holiness Church also
in Glenwood.
Glenwood United Methodist
Church has plans for a complete
building program which in
cludes rewiring, refinishing the
entire church and re-carpeting
the church.
Progress is being made in
the beautification of our
churches in the County and to
have a pretty well kept place
to worship means much to the
community as well as the mem
bers of the church.
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DEEP THOUGHTS, SWEET DREAMS
With visions of the Atlanta Braves baseball team dancing in his head, Keith Price, 11, Georgia’s
Muscular Dystrophy poster child, gets tucked into bed by Gov. Jimmy Carter. Keith was a special
guest of the Atlanta Braves at a game saluting the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon to be
seen in Georgia on Labor Day; and was the houseguest of Gov. and Mrs. Jimmy Carter at the
governor’s mansion. (PRN)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3, 1971
Professional guidance for the
project is being provided the
agency by William C. Howard,
Manpower Specialist of the In
dustrial Development Division
' of Georgia Tech. Mr. Howard
will discuss the plans and pur
pose of the project immediately'
after the morning break period
of the program.
Commissioner Caldwell’s
keynote speech is slated for
11:15 a.m. until noon. The after
noon session will be devoted
to working sessions of staff
members and volunteers in
planning details of the cam
paign to register all validly
unemployed in the Heart of
Georgia area.
The actual Registration of
The Unemployed is scheduled
Five Year Old
Girl Killed By
Auto Hear Alamo
Barbara Sue Hulett, five
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Andrew Hulett of
Rt. 2, Alamo, was accidentally
killed at 7:30 a.m. Thursday,
August 26, when she darted in
the path of an automobile
operated by Margie Powell
Martin of Rt. 1, Alamo, accord
ing to information from the
, Helena State Patrol.
Patrolman John E. Adams
said two children ran out into
the road but that one of them
turned back and was not struck
by the vehicle.
The accident which was said
to have been unavoidable, hap
pened on Georgia 30 and U.S.
280.
Grants To Colleges
Announced By Hagan
WASHINGTON (PRN) -
Congressman G. Elliott Hagan
has announced the approval of
supplemental grants for the
Educational Opportunity
Grants Program, authorized
under Title IV, Part A, of the
Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, for the
academic year 1971-72.
Hagan also announced that
Armstrong State College,
Savannah, Georgia has been
granted $777 for one student
award; Brewton Parker
College, Mount Vernon,
Georgia has been granted
$3,586 for six student awards;
Georgia Southern College,
Statesboro, Georgia, has been
granted $4,582 for eight
student awards; and Savannah
State College, Savannah,
Georgia, has been granted
$2,673 for five student
awards.
“Educational Opportunity
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for the area on October 28,
29 and 30. It is being sponsored
by the Heart of Georgia Com
munity Action Council, Inc.,
in cooperation with the Office
of Economic Opportunity, the
Industrial Development Divi
sion of Georgia Tech, and the
Georgia Department of Labor.
Besides Mr. Caldwell’s par
ticipation in kicking-off orien-
Wheeler County
Bi-Racial
Committee Meets
The Wheeler County Bi-
Racial Advisory Committee met
Tuesday, August 31, with all
members present.
This committee discussed
various proposals and projects
now underway in the Wheeler
County Schools and commended
William S. Clark, Superinten-'
dent and the Wheeler County
Board of Education for pro
viding the many services for
the boys and girls of Wheeler
County.
The committee consists of the
following officers:
Mrs. Frances Griffin, Chair
man; Ike Culver, Vice Chair
man; Mrs. Hanna Rocker,
Secretary; Mrs. Julia Wright,
Reporter.
Other members of the com
mittee are:
L. B. Chambers, Jimmy
James, L. H. Hall, William
S. Clark, Mrs. Christine Lewis,
C. L. Spencer, Willie B. Clark,
Mrs. Maxine Nobles, Jessie
Dixon and Jack Watson.
The date for the regular
monthly meetings was set for
the third Thursday morning of
each month at 9:00 a.m., in
the Education Improvement
Project Office.
Grants ranging from S2OO to
SIOOO for each academic year
of study, up to a maximum
duration of four years, are
awarded by participating
institutions of higher
education to students of
exceptional financial need
who are eligible for the
program,” Hagan said.
Each grant requires
provision of an equal amount
of financial assistance to a
student from one or more of
the following sources:
(1) institutional, State or
privately financed grant aid;
(2) compensation from
employment provided by the
institution, including
employment under the
Federal College Work-Study
Program; and
(3) institutionally provided
loans, including the National
Defense Student Loan
Program.
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tation, he has pledged to furnish
Manpower Specialists to co
ordinate with the project as
well as to help plan and imple
ment follow-up use of the data.
The Executive Director of
the Agency will serve as Chair
man of the Registration; Sam
Meltz, Planning Director of the
CAA will serve as Headquarters
Coordinator; and Bob Couey,
Neighborhood Service Systems
Director will serve as Field
Coordinator.
Area Coordinators, local
Chairmen and Coordinators will
be selected and named as the
project gets underway in Sept.
The project was developed
by the Agency to gather data
from which to plan cure pro
grams as well as to provide
individual opportunity for job
placement. It is a part of the
Agency’s Career Development
priority.
The Heart of Georgia Com
munity Action Council operates
anti-poverty programs in
Bleckley, Dodge, Houston, Lau
rens, Montgomery, Peach,
Pulaski, Telfair, Treutlen,
Twiggs, Wheeler and Wilcox
Counties,
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Testing Underway
For Roper Corp.
Some 140 applicants have
been tested by the Georgia Dept,
of I^bor, as local job seekers
looked ahead to employment
with The Roper Corp., recent
purchaser of the Mcßae
■ Products Co. plant (Sunbeam)
at Mcßae.
The Labor Dept, will continue
the tests next week, and appli
cants wanting to take the test
should go to the Telfair County
Courthouse next Thursday at
nine a.m.
According to Bob Nichols,
manager of the Mcßae Roper
plant, work is proceeding satis
factorily on readying the build
ing for production of lawn
mowers to start about Nov. 1.
In the meantime applicants
who passed the tests will be
contacted by Roper early in
the week of Sept. 13, for inter
views and will be given three
hour training sessions about
twice a week for month-long
period.
This week Nichols, who has
retained Helena building con- 1
tractor, Alvie Bass, anda small
crew, have been busy digging
pits through the concrete floor
for large presses used in the
manufacture of lawn mowers.
Some machinery has already
arrived and will be installed
within the next few days.
"Everything looks real good
so far,” Nichols commented.
Goals For Ga.
Seeks Opinions
A special telephone line has
been installed at Goals for
Georgia headquarters in Atlanta
to provide Georgians with com
plete information on the state
wide conferences scheduled for
October.
The toll free telephone has
the number: 1-800-282-5820.
Anyone calling this number
after August 31, will receive
complete instructions on how
to participate in the October
meetings. Such information as
registration, location of meet
ings, agendas and topics to be
discussed will be available at
his telephone number.
An operator will be on duty
co answer Goals questions dur- ’
ing normal business hours each
day through October 15.
The statewide conferences
are another means set up by .
the governor for citizens to
give him their ideas on how
the functions of state govern- ■
ment can be improved. There
will be eight statewide meet
ings, October 5 - 15, organ
ized by the 17 co-chairmer
and the 16 legislative advisors
appointed by the governor
earlier this year.