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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Bessie Lee Odom
Funeral services were held
from the Glenwood Baptist
i Church Thursday, September
2, for Miss Bessie Lee Odom
of Glenwood, who died Wednes
day in the W heeler County Hos
pital after a brief illness.
The Rev. W. A. Ellenwood
officiated and burial was in
the Glenwood City Cemetery
with Murchison Funeral Home
in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were W. R.
Browning Jr., G. M. Joiner,
W. R. Carter, John Tipton,
Marcus Coleman and Robert
Hendrix.
Miss Odom was bom in
Treutlen County on October 4,
1905, the daughter of Perry
and Daisy Belle Riner Odom.
She tod been a resident of
Glenwood for 30 years.
Survivors include three
cousins, Herbert Guy Harrell
of Homerville, Mitchell Riner
and Miss Alice Riner, both of
Glenwood.
Wallace T. Montford
Funeral services were held
at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
at 3:30 p.m. on September 1,
for Wallace Thomas Montford,
50, of Kibbee, who died on
August 30, of injuries suffered
in an automobile accident. The
Rev. J. P. Quatllebaum of
ficiated, assisted by the Rev.
Herman Mathews.
Pallbearers were Gary
Blocker, Robert Fortner, Estes
Adams, James Moxley, Cleve
land Adams and Ralph Calhoun.
Honorary pallbearers were
Emerson Warnock, Julius War
nock, R. R, Calhoun, Cecil Con
away, M. T. Blaxton and Cecil
Blocker.
Politics oln Paradi
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!n last week’s column, we i \
wrote that there is a large sign f
on an oil field in Texas which t
declares: “This property is own- t
cd by the Georgia School of (
Technology, Atlanta, Ga." We s
wondered if this is true, or was
the sign the work of pranksters.
Well, it’s true, partially. Hen
ry Neal, Executive Secretary of
the Board of Regents, told us $
that 4,400 acres of Texas land
was donated to Georgia Tech *
in 1916-17 by Julius L. Brown, J
b-other of former Governor Joe {
Brown. Eight hundred acres has f
been sold, and the balance is tin
der lease to various enterprises, (
including some oil dri’lers. If (
oil is stuck, Georgia Tech re
ceives royalties.
Last year, a Vice-President at
Tech told Mr. Neal, the institu
tion received about SSOO in 1
royalties.
♦ • ♦ ♦
U. S. Senator David Gam- I
brell has finished his "listening '
tour’ of the state, but doesn't I
seem to have reached any def- |
inite conclusions on what is most
disturbing Georgians. Maybe
the reason is that he, himself,
has talked out of all sides of his
mouth in different localities. In
Macon, for instance. Gambrell
said that he didn't favor Nixon's
wage-price freeze, but in Colum- i
bus he stated that he was for it. i
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The many friends of T. V.
"Red" Wil'iams, State Revenue
Commissioner under Gov. Mar- ■
vin Griffin, will be interested to ’
know that he has moved from
Pine l ake back to his home
town of Douglas, and he and his
wife are living with het mother,
who is in poor health.
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Lt.-Governor Lester Maddox ;
says that the Atlanta MARTA
crowd had better raise mot’
than $250,000 for their pro
paganda efforts, for "they'll need
more than that to b-ainwash the |
fo'ks into voting the additional
one cent sales tax."
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About ten days ano, one of
the state’s constitutional of
ficers made the remark that
Gov. Carter had never called
department heads together to ’
discuss the reorganization pro
posals. Apparently. Carter
heard of the statement, for he
has now called such a meeting
— at breakfast — on Tuesday,
Sept. 7.
Mrs Jean Moore, who handled
details of Gov. Carte's inaugu
ration ceremonies, and went to
Burial was in Pine Crest
Cemetery with Murchison
1 Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. MMitford was bom in
Montgomery County on Novem
ber 12, 1921, the son of Henry
A. and Sallie Warnock Mont
ford. He was a carpenter and
Insurance salesman anda mem
ber of the Pisgah Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Dottie Williamson;
one daughter, Mrs. Janet A dams
of Macon; his mother, Mrs.
Sallie Montford of Kibbee; four
sisters, Mrs. Clemit Moxley
of Kibbee, Mrs. Sarah Bright
of Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Billy
Williamson of Vidalia, and Mrs.
Glenn Harben of Dunwoody, and
several nieces and nephews.
James Oscar Hester
Funeral services were held
at the Assembly of God Church
in Vidalia Sunday for James
Oscar Hester, 79, of Vidalia,
who died in Meadows Memorial
Hospital Friday, September 3,
after a brief illness.
Services were conducted by
the Rev. R. M. Drake, assisted
by Rev. Bessie Lewis, with
burial in Pine Crest Cemetery.
Mr. Hester was bora in Lau
rens County on March 2, 1892,
the son of Robert and Dora
Turner Hester. He was a re
tired farmer, and a member
of the Christian Fellowship
Mission.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Janie Waters Hester of
-two sons, J. H. Hester
of Richmond Hill, and A. W.
Hester of Marion, Va.; three
daughters, Mrs. Margaret
Clements of Alma, Mrs. P. C.
Carter and Mrs. J. D. Mitchell
work for the State Dept, of De
fense, is no longer on this job.
We're wondering if the friction
between Carter and Adjutant-
General Ernest Vandiver is re
sponsible.
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Last week, and other weeks,
we wrote that the whole reor
ganization program was con
ceived by Carter and others
prior to his taking office. Ap
parently this is true, since we
hear that Bill Roper, Chief of
the Management Analyst Sec
tion in the Budget Bureau, stat
ed that he started working with
Carter on reorganization plans
two years before Jimmie was
elected governor.
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Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox re
ceived an elephant in the mail
recently. The elephant, about
the size of a dime, was sent to
Maddox by the national Re
publican headquarters in Wash
ington, with the admonition that
i the recipient "send in a con
: tribution now."
Lester said that he does not
plan to wear the pin, and as
for him becoming a “sustaining
contributor" to the GOP, "the
elephant that remembers can just
forget it".
*« * «
When E'lis MacDougall took
the job of State Director of Pri-
I sons, Gov. Carter promised him
$30,000 a year salary. Rut. the
> General Assembly refused to
1 vote him the increase f om $22,-
: 500, and Carter then said that
: McDougall would receive the
I additional money "if I have to
pay it myself".
However, the Governor won't
have to dig in his pockets. He
j announced recent’y that con
tributions from prisoners and
others had raised the required
amount, and that the prison
chief would get it.
What disturbs us is this: How
= can the head of the prison sys
i tern morally accept money f om
the very prisoners he supervises?
Won’t they expect special con
siderations? And how can the
Governor countenance such a
practice?
The futher question comes
to mind: Will one of the 'ow
paid prison guards be fired if he
takes a little contribution from
some prisoner? What s the dif
ference in MacDougall getting
it, and such a guard doing the
same?
Seems to us as if the Gover
nor is okaying a mighty bad
precedent.
of Vidalia; a step-daughter,
Mrs. Ruby Jackson of Dins
more, Fla.; 26 grandchildren;
one brother, Rufus Hester of
Columbus, and several nieces
and nephews.
Pallbearers were Troy
Hester, Kemp Hester, Billy
Hester, Raymond Hester, Aaron
McGowan and Gay lon Waters.
Murchison Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Pearl Hamilton
Funeral services were held
from Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
Monday for Mr. Pearl Hamilton,
79, of Rt. 1, Vidalia, who died
Saturday in Meadows Memorial
Hospital after a long illness.
The Rev. John Quattlebaum of
ficiated, assisted by the Rev.
Herman Mathews.
Burial was in Mt. Pisgah
Cemetery with Masonic rites
at the graveside. Murchison
Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Edwin
Hamilton, Edgar Barfield, Earl
McDonald, T. J. Calhoun, Maxon
Hamilton, Bobby Hamilton,
Harvey Adams and Julian
Warnock.
Mr. Hamilton was bora in
Montgomery County on Septem
ber 9, 1892, the son of William
Jackson and Sara McDonald
Hamilton. He was a farmer
and a lifetime resident of Mont
gomery County.
Survivors include four daugh
ters, Mrs. Otha Allmond and
Mrs. Daisy Herndon of Vadialia,
Mrs. Charlie Mae Warnock of
Soperton, and Mrs. Velma Mc-
Donald of Jacksonville, Fla.;
a son, William Hamilton of
Pompano Beach, Fla.; four sis
ters, Mrs. G. J. Barfield, Mrs.
G. W. Hamilton and Mrs. T. J.
Calhoun, all of Vidalia, and
Mrs. Owen McDonald of Savan
nah; nephew, Bernard Hamilton,
and several other nieces and
nephews.
Ed Coogler
Funeral services for Ed
Coogler, 41, of Chauncey, who
died Sunday ofan apparent heart
attack, were held at 2 p.m.
Tuesday in Zion Hope Baptist
Church, with burial in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Coogler, a native of
Dodge County, was a mechanic.
He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Charlotte E. Chastain of
Thomaston; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Coogler; three
brothers, Gene Coogler and
Wallace Coogler, both of Thom
aston, and Jack Coogler of
Macon, and an aunt, Mrs. May
belle Wilkes, with whom he
lived.
Woman Held After
Killing Os Husband
Mrs. Glenda Tanner, 28, of
Rt. 1, Denton, has been charged
with murder in the fatal shooting
of her husband, Ottis Tanner,
31, on August 29, Sheriff Mark
• Hall of Jeff Davis County said
Monday.
Mr. Tanner died Sunday in
the Medical Center of Central
Georgia in Macon.
Funeral services for Mr.
Tanner were held at 1 p.m.
Tuesday in Denton Baptist
Church with burial in Hall
Cemetery near Nichols.
He was a native of Coffee
County and had lived near
Denton for 19 years, coming
there from NashviHe. He was
a heavy equipment operator for
McCoy-Helgerson Co., of
Jesup. He was a member of
Denton Baptist Church and a
U. S. Army veteran.
Survivors include his father
and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Tanner of Denton; a son,
Michael Tanner of Ft. Myers,
Fla.; a daughter, Miss Melinda
Tanner of Ft. Myers, Fla.;
four brothers, Daniel Tanner of
Long Island, N. Y„ Milford
Tanner of Denton, Virgil Tan
ner of Hazlehurst, and Brantley
Tanner of Byron; four sisters,
Mrs. Lillian Singleton of Byron,
Miss Opal Tanner of Warner
Robins, Mrs. Lillie Mae Mc-
Cook of Broxton, and Mrs. Hazel
Revels of Cleveland, Tenn.
Thomas-Wainwright Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Mrs. Hattie Clements
Funeral services for Mrs.
Hattie Martin Clements, 83,
who died Tuesday, August 30,
in Jacksonville, Fla., were held
at 3 p.m. Friday in Shiloh
United Methodist Church in
Wheeler County with burial in
the church cemetery.
Survivors include four sons,
Earl Clements of Jacksonville,
Edwin Clements of Albany,
Clyde Clements of Charlotte,
N. C., and the Rev. Huey Clem-
ents of Groveton, Texas; two
daughters, Mrs. Mellie Maddox
of Jacksonville, Mrs. Wyatt
Elder of Vidalia; a sister, Mrs.
J. G. Baker of Hazlehurst; and
a brother, S. A. Martin of
Broxton. .
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS & VIEWS
“SOCIAL SECURITY—AN ;
INVESTMENT IN THE FU
TURE.” Yes, social security
is your investment in the future.
Your FICA taxes protect you
and your family against loss
of income due to death, dis
ability, retirement, and high
medical cost after age 65.
Cliarles Hall, Branch Manager
of the Dublin Social Security
Office, invites you to call, write,
or come in and discuss any
questions that you may have
regarding your social security.
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FOR FAST EFFICIENT SERVICE CALL 568-3881 OR 568-4621 ALAMO, GEORGIA
The address is 114 East John
son Street or you may call
the Dublin Social Security Office
at 272 - 5347. (If you live in
Mcßae or Eastman, dial
Operator and ask for WXISOO
for toll free telephone service
to the Dublin Office.)
Q. How long are benefits paid
to a student?
A. Benefits can be paid to a
child over 18 until the child
completes his education, leaves
school, reaches 22, or marries,
whichever occurs first.
Q. Do social security pay
ments begin the month a person
becomes disabled?
A. No. There is a waiting
period of six full calendar
months before payments may
start. However, you should call
your social security office at
Dublin to apply for benefits
as soon as possible after the
doctor can tell you that your
impairment is so severe you
cannot work for 12 months or
more.
Q. Will social security con
tinue to a student during
summer vacation?
A. Yes. Benefits continue for
any period of non-attendance of
four months or less, if the stu
dent intends to return to school
after the non-attendance period.
Q. I had jaw surgery and
teeth removed at the Macon
Hospital when I was in a car
accident in July. Will Medicare
pay anything on this?
A. Yes. Medicare covers
major dental surgery such as
you describe. Although Medi
care does not pay for routine
dental care, it will cover sur
gery of the jaw.
Pretty soon a new gener
ation of college graduates
will take over the country.
GAE Governing
Board Thanks
The News Media
। At a called meeting of the
GAE Governing Board in Macon
on August 22, a resolution was
passed to send written com
mendation to all Georgia news
papers, radio stations andtele
vision stations for the excellent
news coverage and support of
the position of educators as
they are affected by President
Nixon’s price wage freeze. GAE
has been at work with the Coun
cil on the Cost of Living to
protect the interests of all
Georgia educators.
Many' of our teachers have
contracted for a stipulated
salary, many have paid for
university courses and com
pleted study in order to quality
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sample, and store your peanuts 'SP
in this area. S?
. We invite you to come in and
watch your peanuts weighed and JSP
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COTTON & PEANUT TRUCKS A TRAILERS
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CHECKS WILL BE WRITTEN AS SOON AS
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for increments, many have
earned increments on the state
salary index scale for which
they now quality.
The interest shown by the
news media has been of in
valuable service to educators
and to the general public.
GAE officers and staff are
very appreciative of your con
cern and your wide coverage
which made it possible for the
rapidly changing news picture
to be brought to the attention
of all Georgians as events
developed.
| Construction is one of the
largest employers of skilled
workers of any major industry
group, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reports. In 1970,
about 1 out of every 4 skilled
workers was employed in con
struction — approximately the
same proportion as for all dur
able goods manufacturing.
