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VOLUME 57
State Schools
Get 7 Million
For Integration
Thirty Georgia school sys
tems have received a total of
$2,188,366 in federal govern
ment grants to aid school de
segregation.
The grants, from the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare (HEW) are part of an
sll million grant to helpschool
desegregation nation-wide.
Os the sll million, almost
$7 million is being used in the
South, A total of $100,475 went
to school systems in the metro
Atlanta area.
Here is a list of tiie school
systems in Georgia that are
receiving the grants and the
amount each gets:
Stewart County, $117,300;
Valdosta City, $49,800; Peach
County, $60,046; Baldwin Coun
ty, $122,527; Telfair County,
$96,743; Washington County,
$113,010; Glynn County, $92,-
219; Sumter County, $104,247;
Mitchell County, $63,030; Bibb
County, $286,454; Screven
County, $125,000.
Also, Macon County,s73,6 05;
Jefferson City, $12,000; Effing
tem County , $24,681; Lowndes
County, $57,345; Clark County,
$100,500; Marietta City, $35,-
475; Bleckley County, $23,437;
Laurens C ounty, $123,550; Cook
County, $35,000; Montgomery
County, $11,522; Wayne County,
$62,432; and Pelham County,
$34,000.
Fitzgerald City, $94,089;
Early County, $54,500; Talbot
County, $43,042; Dooley County ,
$24,999; Henry County, $65,-
000; Quitman County, $12,800
and Putnam County, $80,313.
Ga. State Horse
Show Set For
Macon, Sept. 25
The Georgia State Horse Show
is set Saturday, Sept. 25, at
Central City Park in Macon.
The afternoon classes will begin
at noon and evening classes
at 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the Middle
Georgia Saddle Club and the
Bibb County Jaycees, the show
will include 43 classes for Ten
nessee Walking horses, gaited.
Quarter, Morgan, roadster,
Palomino, Arabian and pleasure
horses and ponies.
According to Dr. J. F.
Andreus, state veterinarian,
“Unless we should have con
firmed VEE (Venezuelan equine
encephalomy elitis) in this state,
there should be no inteference
with the scheduled show. ”
By quarantine orders of
Thomas T. Irvine, Com
missioner of Agriculture,
horses entering Georgia must
have a health certificate and
proof of vaccination against
VEE. Horses already' within
the state are not restricted.
The show is sanctioned by
the Georgia Walking Horse Ex
hibitors Association, American
Saddle bred Horse Association
of Georgia, South Georgia Horse
Show Exhibitors Association,
Georgia Morgan Horse Club
and Georgia Palomino Exhibi
tors Association.
Sam Brannon of Rossville,
will judge gaited and equitation
classes; Jack Warren of Spring
Hill, Tenn., will judge walking
horses, and Clyde Faut of New
Palestine, Ind., will judge wes
tern, Palomino, Arabian and
Morgan horses.
Over $4,000 in prizes will
be offered in addition to tro
phies and ribbons. According
to Kelly Gunnells, show chair
man, more than 300 horses
are expected.
Further information may be
obtained from the Middle Geor
gia Saddle Club, P. O. Box 5511,
Macon, Ga., 31208.
Hamburger Supper
At Ocmulgee Acad.
September 25
There will be a hamburger
steak supper at the Ocmulgee
Academy Saturday night, Sep
tember 25.
Serving will begin at 5:00
o’clock.
The public is invited.
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It’s not yet the season for Georgia motor vehicles to be taxed, but Connie May, employee of the
State Revenue Department, wants the attention of all would be owners of special tags. New orders
for special prestige, amateur radio and citizens band radio tags for next year started at the State
Revenue Department Motor Vehicle Unit, September IS and will continue through November 15.
Car owners who already have special tagswill not have to renew them until the regular tag season,
January - March, 1972. (PRN)
Probe Session Set
For Dodge Co.
High Sept. 28
On September 28, Dodge
County High School will host
forty-one representatives from
colleges, vocational schools and
health career schools at a
PROBE Session.
The PROBE Session, which
begins at 7:30 p.m., will give
students and parents the oppor
tunity to talk with admissions
personnel from Georgia insti
tutions and institutions outside
the state. The sessions, seventy
of which are scheduledthrough
out the state, are designed to
allow high school juniors and
seniors to meet face-to-tece
with representatives from a
wide variety of non-profit edu
cational institutions.
New Veterans Administration
authority to sell mortgages it
holds from direct loans to vet
erans at prevailing market dis
count rates is expected to make
more direct loans available to
veterans who live in eligible
areas.
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Special Six-cent Postal Card
To Honor America’s Hospitals
The Wheeler County Hospital will mark the release of a
special six-cent postal card honoring America’s Hospitals which
went on sale in post offices nation-wide on September 17.
Postmaster Marcus Bomar took part in the ceremony by
presenting the post card to L. B. Chambers, chairman of The
Wheeler County Hospital Authority.
In announcing the card, U. S. Postal Service Governor E. T.
Klassen said that it is “the nation’s way of saying thank you for
a job well done and that the thank you is for all the people who
make a hospital work.”
Mr. Bomar reiterated these remarks and said, “The thank
you is not only for the hospital administrator or board, but for
the physicians, surgeons, nurses and aides. It also goes out to
the housekeeping, business office and the many volunteers, with
out whose co-operation the hospital system could not exist.”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Judge O'Connor To
Hear Pierce Case
Superior Court Judge James
B. O’Connor of Mcßae was
named Monday to preside at
the trial of accused mass mur -
derer William J. “Junior”
Pierce Jr., replacing the late
Judge Jack W. Ballenger.
O’Connor, of the Oconee Cir
cuit, was chosen by Judge Wine
bert D. Flexer, senior judge
of the Atlantic Circuit, after
Ballenger’s death Saturday
necessitated a postponement in
the case.
Pierce was to have gone on
trial in Jesup Monday for one
of the nine murders he was
alleged to have committed but
the case was set back to
Wednesday when Ballenger died
of an apparent heart attack.
The 42-year-old O’Connor is
a native of Dodge County and
practiced law in Mcßae before
becoming a judge seven years
ago. He is a graduate of the
Mercer University law school
and also attended Duke Uni
versity
Pierce, an ex-convict who
was paroled against the advice
of prison psychologists, went
on trial at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
for the murder of Mrs. Vivian
Miles, a 60-year-old grand
mother.
The woman was shot in the
head at the small grocery store
she operated near Baxley last
January, and a bread delivery
man identified Pierce as the
alleged killer, an identification
which led to the accused man’s
arrest.
Pierce, who is charged with
other murders in North and
South Carolina as well as Geor
gia, first was scheduled to tece
trial at Baxley but his attorney
obtained a change of venue cm
grounds it would be impossible
for him to receive a fair trial
in that city.
An attempt was made by rela
tives of one of Pierce’s alleged
victims last month to take him
from the Baxley jail but they
were stopped by Appling County
Sheriff A. B. ‘Tied” Carter.
The six men said to be involved
in the incident were charged
with conspiracy to commit
murder.
F red R. F reeman
Ordained To The
Baptist Ministry
Fred R. Freeman, son ofMr.
and Mrs. Fred Freeman of
Savannah, was recently or
dained to the ministry by the
Calvary Baptist Temple in Sa
vannah. John T. Tippett Jr.,
pastor, preached the ordination
sermon.
The father presented the
Bible to his son. H. E. Gaddy
served as Chairman of the or
daining Council.
Mr. Freeman is now pastor
of Wilma Baptist Church in
Florida. He attended Brewton
Parker College and is currently
attending Baptist Bible Institute
in Graceville, Fla. He is mar
ried to the former Shirley Ans
ley of Savannah.
He is the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Montford, and
the late Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Freeman of Glenwood.
Old Bud Crawson says
when he was a growin' up.
about the only fall -out known
to the trade was a baby fal
ling out of bed
Sen. Talmadge Warns Department Os
floriculture On Dem Lunch Program
U. S. Sen. Herman E„ Tal
madge, chairman of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, las
served notice on officials of
the Department of Agriculture
that they ted better get busy
and change their regulations
on the country’s school lunch
program or Congress will take
over and do it for them.
Sen. Talmadge’s warning
came after a full day of hear
ings before his committee in
Washington. He told Assistant
Agriculture Secretary Richard
Diabetic Screening,
T. B. Skin Testing
Clinic In Alamo Mon.
The Wheeler County Health
Department in Alamo, will hold
a Diabetic Screening and T. B.
Skin Testing Clinic Monday,
September 27, from 1:30 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
Anyone wishing to be tested
I should eat a hardy' meal and go
i to the clinic in two hours after
I eating.
Mercer Univ. To
Observe lb
Centennial Year
Mercer University will in
augurate its observance of its
centennial year in Macon Nov.
12, with a colorful costume
banquet and ball at the Macon
Hilton Hotel.
The university was founded
in 1833 at Penfield, Green Coun
ty, and was moved to Macon in
1871. The City of Macon made
the move possible by offering
a building site valuedats2s,ooo
and $125,000 in municipal
bonds.
In recognition of this move,
guests to the banquet and ball
will be invited to dress appro
priately to the year 1871, or to
wear contemporary formal
attire.
Dixie Walker, district man
ager of Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co., is chairman
of the Special Events Committee
which is forming plans for the
event.
“This is going to be one of
the most gala celebrations ever
held in Macon,” Walker said,
“It will be Macon’s way of
honoring the university and what
she means to the Middle Georgia
area.”
Assoc. Garden Clubs
Holds Fall Meeting
Twenty-seven members of
The Associated Garden Clubs
of Southeast Georgia met with
their new president, Mrs. W.
W. Aiken of Lyons, for the
Fall Board meeting held in
Savannah, at Johnnie Harris
Restaurant on September 16.
The meeting was opened by
an inspiring devotional given
fay Mrs. IL Y. Thompson of
Ailey. Plans were made for the
General Fall meeting to be held
in Swainsboro, November 4,
with Lyons, Metter and Swains
boro Garden Clubs as hostess
clubs.
An interesting program of
“Creating Christmas” to be
presented by “Virginia’s Vil
lage Shop” of Metter is planned
for this meeting. All members
of every garden club of the
Associated Garden Clubs of
Southeast Georgia are urged
to attend.
Request was made to mail
your name and registration fee
of $3,00 to Mrs. Howard Hen
son, P. O. Box 292, Swains
boro, Ga. 30401, on or before
Monday, November 1. This fee
will include program and
luncheon.
Mrs. Ned Thompson, Ailey
Garden Club, asked members
to write to congressmen re
questing their help in putting
regulations and restrictions on
highway billboards. Club mem
bers voted to give their support
to this beautification effort in
our state.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1971
Lyng that he ted failed to
pursuade anyone that the new
regulations would improve the
lunch program.
Lyng contended that the re
visions in the program for re-
Federal Land Bank
Assoc. Annual
Meeting Oct. 7
Robert A. Darr, President,
Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
and Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank, will be the fea
tured speaker for the annual
meeting of the Federal tend
Bank Association ofSwainsboro
according to an announcement
by Raymond L. Evors, manager
of the Association.
The annual stockholders
meeting will be held on October
7, at the National Guard Armory
in Swainsboro, beginning at 7:30
p.m. Other activities will in
clude a report on Association
progress during the past year,
election of one director, and
the report of the board of di
rectors on important actions
taken during the year.
A barbecue supper will be
served, and entertainment will
be furnished by Dale M. Stone,
Organist - There will be door
prizes and a drawing for S3OO
cash jackpot. You must be
present to win.
Directors of the Federal tend
Bank Association ofSwainsboro
are, Dolan E. Brown of Twin
City, President; H.Homer Dur
rence of Manassas, Vice Pres
ident; Fate DeLoach of Metter;
Willis McLain of Lyons; and
Elmo D. Rich of Swainsboro.
The Federal tend Bank As
sociation of Swainsboro makes
long-term tend Bank Loans to
termers, growers and ranchers
in Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins,
Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall,
Toombs and Wheeler counties.
The Association is entirely
owned by its borrower
members .
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Improving City Properties
The City of Alamo continues its work on improving city
properties. The police station receives a new coat of paint in
the picture above. Other projects include painting City Hall,
weeding of the Jolin Mcßae Clements Park, painting of C ity
curbing and parking lines, cleaning vacant lots, ditching needed
areas and filling washes in alleys and streets.
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Wheeler County Courthouse Renovated
The Wheeler County Courthouse las undergone complete
renovation of all of its offices during this past year. Every
office has been pannelled, ceilings lowered, new lighting in
stalled and all offices air conditioned. It really looks like a new
building moved in and work is more enjoyable and every one
should be proud of their courthouse. Also, new outside doors
have been installed which adds to the comfort as well as the
beauty of the building. Thanks to Wallace Adams, Commissioner
of Wheeler County and to others who assisted with this work.
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duced price or free lunches
for needy children will make
the system more equitable
among the various states and
permit it to reach the greatest
number of children.
Witnesses, including Miss
Josephine Martin of the Georgia
Department of Education’s food
service program, testified that
it would mean a drop from
42 cents to 35 cents in the
federal funds allowed for the
free meals.
A total of 38 states are on
record in opposition to the chan
ges and many have said that
they will be forced to curtail
or stop altogether the free lunch
program.
When Lyng kept insisting
that school officials were inter
preting the regulations incor
rectly, Chairman Talmadge sat
Miss Martin down next to Lyng
Curtis L. Jordan
Participates In
Active Duty Training
Army Reserve Sergeant First
Class Curtis L. Jordan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F.
Jordan, Rt. 2, Alamo, returned
to Charleston, S. C„ after com
pleting two weeks of annual
active duty training at the Oak
land Army Base, Oakland, Calif.
During the training period,
SFC. Jordan and other members
of the 1182 D U. S. Army Term
inal Unit in Charleston, took
over as active duty personnel
at Headquarters, Western Area
Military Traffic Management
and Terminal Service at the
ba??.
The ,ÜB2D’s Mission is to
provide administrative and
logistical support to a Military
Ocean Terminal Activity.
The Sgt. is employed by the
U. S. Postal Service in Charles
ton, S. C.
He and his wife, Mary, live
in Charleston.
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at the witness table and went
through differences point by
point, according to reports of
the hearings.
After the debate was over,
the Agriculture Committee de
cided Miss Martin had won
and Sen. Talmadge told Lyng
this:
“Now we are going to give
you a chance to take action
to change these regulations....
if you don’t, then this com
mittee is going to take action
and the Congress is going to
take action.”
The Georgia senior senator
was the original sponsor of the
new school lunch program in
the Senate. In scheduling hear
ings on the Agriculture Depart
ment’s controversial regula
tions, Talmadge said:
“Public tew 91-248, which
was passed by Congress in
April, 1970, made it quite clear
that states are required to ex
tend their school lunch program
to every school in the state
and provide free or reduced
price lunches to every needy
child in these schools.
“I feel that it would be a
breach of faith for the federal
government to place this re
sponsibility on states and local
school districts and then refuse
to provide the funding that such
a program will require.”
Revival To Begin
Sunday, Sept. 26
At Beulah Church
Revival services will begin
Sunday, September 26, at Beulah
Baptist Church and continue
through October 1.
There will be special song
services during the week.
The Rev. C. W. Hawkins will
conduct the service. Everyone
is invited to attend.
Reorganization
And Management
Improvement Study
A state reorganization study
team has recommended that
the State of Georgia eliminate
its “hand to mouth” buying
practices and overhaul its en
tire purchasing structure with
estimated savings of $18,666,-
184 over the next three years
and about $lO million annually
afterwards.
In a formal presentation to
Gov. Jimmy Carter, the study
said “hand to mouth” buying
by individual requisition rather
than in large volumes “is the
most expensive method of pro
curement,” but that 98 per
cent of all state purchases are
done in this manner. The study
said this practice “builds and
perpetuates an expensive and
burdensome paper mill.”
It was estimated that first
year savings under the plan
would total $2,827,584, second
year savings $6,238,000 and
third year savings $9,600,000.
The third year savings esti
mate is almost 10 percent of
the SIOO million in state pur
chases expected in fiscal year
1974. The study made these
specific recommendations:
— On all purchases below
SI,OOO, solicit bids by telephone
primarily. Eighty-eight percent
of all purchases now total less
than SI,OOO, with 38 percent
less than SIOO, The study said
this would save time and sim
plify procedures since all bids
are now written and mailed.
— Allow agencies to make
purchases up to $35 exempt
from State Purchasing. This
is not being done now.
— Negotiation should be uti
lized when possible. Such in
stances would be when bids
are similar, when making large
purchases, on annual contracts
and agreements, when buying
complicated machinery, for
service contracts and others.
The study said that buying
in large volume is the key to
reorganizing state purchasing.