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VOLUME 57
Make Request
Now For Fair
Exhibit Space
The County Fair will be com- i
ing to Mcßae during the week !
of October 4-9, and will again
be sponsored by the Mcßae-
Telfoir Jaycees.
Youth and adult organizations
are urged this year to partici
pate in the county-wide exhibits
which will be displayed in the
new building on the fairgrounds.
The county-wide exhibits will
be divided into two divisions
— adult and youth. A Ist, 2nd
and 3rd place prize award will
be presented in each division,
f irst prize booth in each divi
sion will be awarded SIOO and
a blue ribbon, second place
booth in each division will be
awarded $75 and a red ribbon,
and third place exhibit in each
division will be awarded SSO
and a white ribbon.
Any youth or adult organ
ization in Telfair and Wheeler
Counties is eligible to partici
pate in these exhibits provided
they contact the superintendent
of the division no later than
September 27. Exhibit space
will be alloted on the first
come first serve basis until
all available space has been
reserved.
No community booth theme
can be used twice. These exhi
bits should represent the
activity of the community’ or
organization, embracing exhi
bits for the home, the farm,
the garden, the school, the shop,
as well as other projects such
as parent teacher and other
clubs.
These exhibits booths should
be educational in nature and
should be completed by 10:00
p.m. on Monday night, October
4. The judging of the exhibits
will be on Tuesday morning,
October 5, and the exhibits
remain in place through Satur
day night, October 9. The
following score card is to be
used in judging the exhibits:
Appropriateness Os Theme,
15 points; Preparation and
Presentation, 10 points; Ac
curacy, 10 points; Attractive
ness, 15 points; Simplicity and
Brevity, 10 points; Clarity, 15
points; and Effectiveness, 25
points.
For more information or to
reserve an exhibit booth for
your club or organization, call
Bill McKinnon, Telfair Count!
Agent, 868-4489. Wheeler
County residents should contact
Dave Williams, Wheeler County
Agent, 568-3081.
Too bad that the top of
the morning finds so many,
of us in the dumps
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Mrs. D. N. Achord
Receives Memorial Plaque
Mrs. D. N. Achord received
a Memorial Plaque for the
Wheeler County Chapter from
the American Cancer Society
which will be placed in the
office of the Wheeler County
Health Department in Alamo.
On this plaque is the name of
D. N. Achord which denotes
that more than SIOO was given
to this Memorial Fund to be
used in cancer research and
other work that the Cancer
Society' is doing to control and
cure this awful disease.
D. N. Achord lived a life of
service. He served as Ordinary'
of Wheeler County more than
32 years and these were years
which he enjoyed as he was
working for the good of Wheeler
County- and his fellow man.
Mr. Achord was treasurer
of the Alamo Methodist Charge
for more than 25 years and
was treasurer and steward of
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Water Disposal System
The above photo shows a water disposal system on the farm of Sheriff Maurice Johnson. Note
parallel terraces intersecting the all-weather road on the crest of the hill.
Water Disposal
Systems Should
Be Checked
By Jimmy' James,
Soil Conservationist
Wheeler County
Water disposal systems
should be checked now to de
termine damage by recent heavy
rains in this area. Landowners
should also plan to repair these
systems that were damaged and
to install additional parallel
terraces and grassed water
ways before land preparation
time. Cost sharing through the
REAP may be obtained by mak
ing application at the ASCS
Office in Alamo.
A properly installed water
disposal system includes pa
rallel terraces, grassed water
ways and an all-weather road
to permit easy access to any'
part of a field.
Wheeler County landowners
have installed these systems
on more than 250 acres during
each of the last three years.
A thickly sodded waterway
actually filters the run-off
water and allows only pure
water to leave the field creating
a cleaner environment. This
not only helps keep the streams
and rivers clear, but keeps
the topsoil in the field where
it belongs.
Contact me if I can be of
assistance at the County Ad-
the church at the time the
beautiful annex was built.
He was a member of the
selective service board for
more than 30 years and this
service was rendered with
honesty and dignity .
This plaque is another act
of service as it was his family’s
request that donations be made
to the American Cancer Society'
as Dan wanted something done
to help suffering humanity and
destroy the disease that is dead
ly to many' Americans.
Other names can be added
to this plaque and we will be
glad to do so. If you have a
loved one that you want to
make a lasting gift to, give to
the Memorial Fund of the
American Cancer Society and
if as much as SIOO is paid
to this fund the name will be
placed on this plaque with Dan
Achord’s.
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AI AMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
ministration building in Alamo,
or call 568-2431.
Jimmy Morrison
Receives Medal
Sergeant First Class Jimmy
E. Morrison, Operations Ser
geant, Armed Forces Examin
ing and Entrance Station Divi
sion, HQ, US Army Third Re
cruiting District (USA3RD) in
College Park, was awarded the
First Oak Leaf Cluster to the
Army Commendation Medal on
August 20.
The presentation was made
by Col. George P. McLendon,
Commander, USA3RD, in a
formal ceremony before the
gathered personnel of the Head
quarters.
Sergeant Morrison earned the
award through personal initia
tive. He establishedprocedures
to improve the efficiency of
mental testing operations and
improved procedures in moral
waiver processing. He is the son
of Mrs. Lois Morrison of Glen
wood.
3 Men Kidnap
Two Policemen
In Lumber City
Three men armed with
sawed-off shotguns forced two
Lumber City policemen to ac
company them to a rural area
last Thursday then left the offi
cers handcuffed totrees, Police
Chief Jack Thompson said.
The two policemen, identified
as J. E. Shaw and Joe Hulett,
were not seriously injured al
though Thompson said their ab
ductors “did rough them up
a bit.”
Four men later were arrested
for questioning at Claxton.
Details, however, were slim.
“We still don’t have any idea
d a motive,” Thompson said.
“Also, we’ve checked the town
and, as far as we can de
termine, there were no burgla
ries overnight. It’s just a
strange case.”
Shaw and Hulett said they
had just driven up in front of
city hall when the three armed
men stepped from the shadows
and ordered them to hand over
the keys to their police car.
After abandoning the police
car about one-half mile from
city hall, the armed trio drove
the officers to a wooded area
about 15 miles away.
The officers said they finally
worked loose and made their
way to Hazlehurst, where the
handcuffs were removed.
FOUR H SUPPORT
The Federal Land Bank As
sociations in Georgia and the
Production Credit Associations
will jointly sponsor the 4-H
land judging program and
speaking program during 1972.
According to Tommy Walton,
State 4-H Leader, this support
provides a much more effective
and comprehensive educational
program for the nearly
159,000 Georgia boys and girls
who are 4-H members.
Unemployed To
Be Registered
All unemployed persons re
siding in Wheeler County will ‘
be asked to register on October
28, 29 and 30. The Heart of
Georgia Community Action
Council will sponsor this regis
tration in cooperation with the
Office of Economic Opportunity,
the Industrial Development
Division of Georgia Tech, and
the Georgia Department of
Labor.
The objective of this regis
tration is to accumulate and
analyze specific information
concerning the number and the
characteristics of the area’s
unemployed. This information
will be used:
1. To assist these persons
in finding suitable jobs;
2. To plan adult education
programs for the unemployed;
3. To plan other remedial
programs aimed at reducing
the level of unemployment;
4. To provide area industry
with an identified pool of avail
able workers, and
5. To assist industrial and
economic development efforts.
The unemployed will be urged ।
to register at neighborhood <
registration booths throughout
the County. These booths or
registration points will be lo
cated in schools, churches, .
stores and other strategic lo
cations convenient to the un- I
employed. The registration
booths will be manned by volun- ]
. teer workers in the County
and the locations will be an
nounced at a later date.
Dr. Pope Duncan
Hew Pres. At
Georgia Southern
Dr. Pope A. Duncan was ap
pointed the twelfth President
of Georgia Southern College,
by the University System Board
of Regents in Atlanta. Duncan,
the former Vice President of
Georgia Southern, assumes the
permanent position im
mediately.
A native of Glasgow, Ky.,
Duncan’s professional career
in education has included his
studying for his B.S. and M.S.
degrees in physics at the Uni
versity of Georgia, and his
Masters and Doctorate at the
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He has performed
additional studies at the Uni
versity of Zurich and research
at Oxford University.
Duncan has served as in
structor in Physics, University
of Georgia; as professor of
Church History at Mercer Uni
versity, Stetson University, the
Southeastern Baptist Seminary,
and as a visiting professor
at the Baptist Theological Semi
nary, Ruschlikon, Switzerland.
His administrative positions in
clude Dean of Brunswick Junior
College; President of South
Georgia College; and in 1968
he became the Vice President
of Georgia .Southern College.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 17, 1971
Ulcßae-Telfair Jaycee County fair
To Begin Monday, October 4
The aroma of cotton candy,
popcorn, and candied apples
reminds many adults and chil
dren of the county fair. When
the first truck loaded with ferris
wheel seats and merry-go
round horses passes by, the
excitement begins. Children
stand by in awe at the burly
men as they raise the dusty
tents and scatter the hay for a
floor.
The carnival music arouses
the spirit of fun and excitement
as children pick ducks from
the duck pond and ride the
merry-go-round for the first
time. Young folks enjoy the
Health Board To
Continue Talks
Medicaid Costs
Continuing their extended
diagnosis of Georgia’s Medicaid
Program, the members of the
State Board of Health have sche
duled a second “exploratory”
meeting with legislative leaders
who are also voicing concern
over the program’s rising
costs.
The Board members held a
“no conclusion” Medicaid
meeting in August, with mem
bers of the Senate and House
legislative Committee. The
health policy-makers and legis
lators will reconvene — as
agreed on at their last get
together — at 2:00 p.m. Thurs
day, September 16, in room
341 of the State Capitol.
The regular session of the
Health Board monthly meeting,
preceding the legislative rap
session, will begin at 9:00 a.m.
in room 520, State Health Build
ing, 47 Trinity Avenue, Atlanta.
Among the topics expected
to come under discussion are a
proposed change in mission for
the state’s regional mental hos
pitals, and a possible dramatic
realignment of the role of Cen
tral State Hospital in Georgia’s
mental health program.
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Alamo’s First Little
Theatre To Open December 3
Alamo will open its first Little Theatre the first two week
ends in December, presenting the musical version of “Rumple
stilskin. ” There will be four performances. Friday, December 3,
Saturday, December 4, Friday, December 10, and Saturday,
December 11, with curtain time at 8:00 p.m.
Location of the Little Theatre is in the heart of Alamo,
next to the city drug store.
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Building and curbing work has recently been completed on
the used car lot in Glenwood. This work along with that done by
other businesses to improve their appearance has aided the
City of Glenwood in its beautification program.
ferris wheel while some guys
prove their masculinity by
knocking down metal bottles
with a baseball.
In addition to the fun of games
and the excitement of rides,
there is the spirit of competition
and showmanship displayed
through exhibits of handmade
articles and home-grown
products.
Slate Missions
Live Through
Persons Who Give
“State Missions live through
persons who give” is the theme
for the 1971 Georgia Baptist
Convention season of prayer
and offering for state missions.
Many churches in the state
are observing the special em-
J phasis during September, spon
sored by the Sunday Schools
and Woman’s Missionary
, Jnions.
A goal of $200,000 lias been
set for the offering which will
benefit a variety of ministries,
r
State missions is “ministry
to persons,” according to
‘ Searcy S. Garrison, executive
secretary-treasurer of the
Convention’s executive com
mittee.
Dr. Garrison said persons
who give tomake state missions
live include church members
who give their prayers and
their money and state mission
workers who give their time
and energy in ministering to
others.
Persons who receive the state
missions ministry include pas
tors and laymen who are trained
and motivated in Christian wit
nessing through conferences
and clinics planned by the De
partment of Evangelism.
Somehow, taking your lazy
refuge under the shade of the
Old Family Tree isn’t exact
ly the best way to find a place
in the sun.
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For grandmother, the fondest
memories of the county foir
come from remembering how
nervous she was when she car
ried a sample of her first,
crocheting to the fair and won
a bright red ribbon for second
place.
It seems as though during
the last few years, there has
been a “revival of the arts” —
arts such as needlepoint, em-
Corn Blight Story
By David H. Williams
Many of us have been follow
ing the corn blight story with
interest this year. Certainly
it has been of special interest
to farmers who grow corn. Well, '
it looks now like the story is
about to come to its happy
conclusion.
Listen to the latest report
I have from Norman MeGlohon,
head of our Extension plant
pathology department:
“I believe the blight fungus
has found all the T’ corn in
Georgia. Corn which is not
already infected will probably
be safe. Even though we have ‘
seen some blight on normal
cytoplasm corn, it has not been
severe. I have not seen any
normal com which was affected
enough to reduce the yield.
“If all the com in a field
Tired up’ and died, the seed
probably had *T’ cytoplasm. If
part of the field died, the seed
were most likely blended. If
the com produced in spite of
the blight, even though some
spots might have been on the
foliage, the com was normal
cytoplasm.
“Georgia farmers saved a
com crop by planting resistant
seed.”
Then Norman paid us county
agents a compliment, and wt
appreciate it. He said, “Many'
formers planted resistant seed.
because of the Extension pro
gram you carried out in your
county. When the chips are
down, Georgia county agents
always come through.”
Well, we don’t know about
that. But while the compliments
are being passed out, we’d like
to pass a bunch of them along
to Norman and W. H. Gurley,
Extension agronomist. They did
a great job of keeping us right
up-to-date on latest research
information and Extension
recommendations.
But the real payoff is out
there in the com field. All
the information on com blight
wouldn’t have been worth one
thin dime but for the foct oui
formers read and listened tc
it — and then followed it. They
are the real heroes in the
happy-ending com blight story.
Food Stores And
Processing Plants
To Be Licensed
The Georgia Department of
Agriculture this week began
licensing all food stores and
food processing plants under
legislation approved by this past
session of the General
Assembly.
The licenses, which are
issued free of charge, are de
signed to strengthen the De
partment’s enforcement of con
sumer protection laws. Until
now food stores or processing
plants violating state food laws
could not be dealt with quickly
because of legalities involved
in bringing them into court.
By licensing such establish
ments the Department can re
voke the license of any such
business not complying with
state law and thus move more
quickly in protecting the public
welfare, according to Com
missioner of Agriculture,
Tommy Irvin.
Simile: As puzzling as a
Chinese Autograph
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•oidery, crocheting, tatting
and knittiirg.
Preserving and preparing
foods at home is now known
as an outlet for expressing
one’s personality.
The county' fair holds a spe
cial place for exhibiting ac
complishments in tire areas of
food preservation, food prepa
ration, needlework, clothing,
crocheting, handicraft and
painting.
Young girls and women alike
liave the opportunity for display
and competition at the annual
Mcßae-Telfair Jaycee’s County
Fair. For winners come prizes
in money and ribbons.
Not only does the aroma of
cotton candy and popcorn or
. the sight of foir trucks and
tents remind Telfair Countians
of the fair, but also the pos
sibility of winning an array of
prize ribbons and a pocketful
of money for land work and
food preservation and prepa
ration.
Start preparing today so you
may enter one or more exhibits,
in competition. The fair opens
on October 4. For questions
or more details, call 868-4489.
Conference Sei
On River Study
Dr. Eugene Odum, director
of the University ot Georgia’s
Institute of Ecology, and Col.
Howard L. Strohecker, Savan
nah district engineer for the
U. S. Army Corps ofEngineers,
lave joined the slate of ecolo
gists, engineers and other
specialists who will participate
in Brunswick Junior College’s
conference on the future of the
Altamaha, Ocmulgee and
Oconee Rivers.
Odum was invited to partici
pate by Reid W. Harris, chair
man of the Governor’s Environ
mental Council, who is respon
sible for seeing that riverine
ecology is adequately treated
during the conference.
Delighted by Odum’s accep- ,
tance, Harris said that no one
is better qualified to evaluate
the ecological impact of
development of the river
system. “Tlis research, writing
and teaching have earned an
international reputation,” Har- ,
ris declared. “He stands in the
front rank of the ecologists of
the world.”
Harris noted that Odum’s
“Fundamentals of Ecology,”
which has been translated into
several foreign languages, is
the most widely used ecology
textbook in the world.
Col. Strohecker, a 1949 West
Point graduate, has a master’s
degree in civil engineering from
California Institute of Tech
nology. As district engineer'
he is directing the current
Altamaha - Ocmulgee - Oconee
river system study authorized
by Congress.
The conference will be held
on the college campus Sept.
23 - 24.
Waycross Ware
Tech To Begin
Fall 01. Sept. 29
Waycross-Ware Tech will
begin the Fall Quarter Evening
Classes September 29. Final
registration for the classes will
be held Tuesday night, Sept. 28,
from 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Registering from now until Sept.
28, is encouraged to insure a
place in the class ofyour choice.,
The classes are limited in the .
number of students that can be
enrolled and acceptance will
be on the basis of being regis- 1
tered early. J
For more information on the
classes call 283-1866 or con
tact Waycross-Ware Tech, 1701 ■
Carswell Avenue, Waycross. J
