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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, OCT. 29, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs, Lester Spires
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from the
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
in Helena for Mrs. Lester
Spires, 67, of Helena, the
former Miss Essie Belle
Hulett, who died Thursday, Oct.
21, in the Telfair County Hos
pital after a long illness.
Services were conducted by
the Rev. P. M. Hulett, with
burial in the Helena Cemetery.
Pallbearers were grandsons.
Mrs. Spires was born inTel
feir County on April 12, 1904,
the daughter of Lucious Q. and
Lula Americus Hatton Hulett.
She was a member of the Chur ch
of the Lord Jesus Christ, and
had lived in Telfair County all
of her life.
Survivors include her hus
band; one son, L. J. Spires of
Helena; four daughters, Mrs.
Hazel Varnadoe of Allendale,
Fla., Mrs. John Ashley of Holly
hill, Fla., Mrs. E. E. Peacock
of Cochran, and Mrs. John
Howell of Helena; 19 grand
children; eight great grand
children; one brother, Cameron
Hulett of Helena; and four sis
ters, Mrs. Fred Hodges of Jack
sonville, Fla., Mrs. Idelle Davis
of Fitzgerald, Mrs. Leon Thig
pen of Soperton, and Mrs. Mary
Ann Bouch of Hudson, Fla.
Harris and Smith Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Darrell Meek
Funeral services were held
at St. Paul Holiness Baptist
Church Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.
for Mrs. Darrell Meek of Rt. 2,
Mcßae, the former Neva Edge,
Politics oln Paradi
/7l\\ Williams
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A prominent state official,
who is a life.ong Democrat, has
written Gov. George Wallace a
letter urging Wallace to enter
the various state primaries for
President of the United States.
His identity will make a good
story for the daily news media
if they want to check into It
(lt's not Lester Maddox, who
has been on the record for
months in wanting the Alabama
Governor to seek the Demo
nomination.)
•• • •
Last week we criticized Sena
tor David Gambrell for sign
ing a letter to us with a rubber
stamp. Joe Sports, the Senator’s
chief aide, called from Wash
ineton to say that we were mis
taken, that Gambrell did actual- ।
ly sign the letter himself. We 1
apologize to the Senator.
** * *
Not having received much ;
publicity is a proposal in Gov.
Carter's reorganization to set
up a special department to do <
all the State’s printing. An ex- 1
pert in this field would be ap
pointed to coordinate the work.
The question still remains
though: Who gets priority on
printing requirements?
«* • •
State Treasurer Bill Burson
nas foiowed a law over 100
vears o'd which requires the
> reasurer's office to be ope i
every Saturday. But. he doesn't
make his staff come down, and
ho'ds the fort a'one. However,
he hasn’t worked up any sweat;
since he took office he has
had only three visitors and
eleven phone cal's all Saturdays
combined. Obviously, the next
General Assembly will repeal
this law.
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Another facet of the Gov
ernor’s reorganization program
is the construction of a barber
shop for state emp'oyees. It is
located in one of the Capitol
parking lots and is being built
by the State Bui'dine Authority,
but we can't find out if it wi'l
be operated by the State, or will
be leased to a barber. What we
are wondering is how they are
going to cut many heads of
hair during the lunch hour of
state emp'ovees, or will de
partment heads let their per
sonnel go to the shop during
work hours?
Look for a beauty shop for
women next.
•• • •
And, speaking of State Capi
to' emp'ovees. we hear that the
closing of the state cafeteria
who died Saturday in Talmadge
Memorial Hospital in Augusta,
after a brief illness.
Services were conducted by
the Rev. Douglas English,
pastor of the Rhine Methodist
Church, with burial in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Meek was born in Mont
gomery County on May 1, 1919,
the daughter of Jodie and Minnie
Crabb Edge. She was married
to Marvin Horton on December
17, 1938, and following his death
she married Mr. Meek on
November 26, 1969, who sur
vives her. She was a member
of Friendship Baptist Church.
Other survivors include her
mother; three daughters, Mrs.
Betty Durden of Jacksonville,
Mrs. Patricia Spires ofMcßae,
and Mrs. Shirley Pope of Cor
dele; two sons, Geiger Horton
of Jacksonville, and Glenn Hor
ton of Rhine; two step-daugh
ters, Mrs. Ruby Edge ofMcßae,
and Mrs. Mary Ray of Toccoa;
two step-sons, George Horton
of Jacksonville, and Luther B.
Meek of Mcßae; four sisters,
Mrs. Nellie Joyce of Mt. Ver
non, Mrs. Madie Morris of
Ailey, Mrs. Nina Connell of
Macon, and Mrs. Billie Thigpen
of Atlanta; and four brothers,
Evlee Edge of Eastman, Elvin
Edge of Mcßae, Elijah Edge of
Omega, andEarlEdge of Macon.
Harris and Smith Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Irven L. Cooper
Funeral services for Irven
L. Cooper, 66, of Lumber City,
who died Saturday following a
brief illness in the Clyde Dun
can Memorial Hospital, were
from 8:30 am. until the lunch
period starts hasn't stopped
many folks from eating break
fast on State time. They just
run down to the cafeteria in
the City Hall, which, of course,
takes more time.
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We hear that Lt.-Gov. Les
ter Maddox received a standing
ovation from University of
Michigan students when he
made a speech there recently.
•* • *
Rumor says that the Carter
people are thinking seriously of
building up one of their men
for governor in the 1974 elec
tion, IF David Gambrell wins
re-election to the Senate next
year. They figure this will
demonstrate that Carter still
has a lot of strength among the
voters. Burt Lance, Highway
Dept. Director, is mentioned as
a possible candidate.
•• * *
State Senator Roscoe Dean,
of Jesup, was sued last week
for one million dollars by an
Atlanta man for “alienation of
affections" of the man's wife.
The Senator's answer was that
he had just helped the wife get
a job. but AFTER she separat
ed from her husband. Now,
with a little detective work,
Dean has brought forth a
criminal record against the hus
band involving illegal whiskey,
operating a dive, and disorderly
conduct. Obviously, the suit
will get nowhere.
♦♦ * •
Harry Powell, editor and
publisher of the Laurens Coun
ty News at Dublin, is the latest
potential candidate for Con
gress next year in the re-appor
tioned Eighth District. A
staunch conservative, Powell
plans an active campaign
throughout the district, and
says that he expects to start
meetings, speaking engage
ments, etc. within a few weeks.
This, of course, is preliminary
work, and he reserves a definite
decision on running until he
can assess his chances better.
The Eighth is a conservative
district, and a candidate of that
po’itical hue, with the proper
financing, would run a good
race. Whether Mr. Powell is
that man remains to be seen, as
he admits himself.
•* * •
PREDICTION: The 1972
nominees of the Democratic
Party for President and Vice-
President will be Senators Hu
bert Humphrey and Herman
Talmadge.
held Monday at 2 p.m. in the
Lumber City Baptist Church
with burial in the Rock Spring
Cemetery near Dublin.
Mr. Cooper was a Laurens
County native, but had lived
most of his life in Lumber
City. He was a member of
the Stuckey Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Stella Cooper; two daugh
ters, Mrs. William Pridgen of
Macon, and Mrs. Larry Edge
of Hazlehurst; a son, Irven L.
Cooper Jr. of Dublin; two sis
ters, Mrs. Fannie Clark of
Glenwood, Mrs. W. A. Wood
of Cordele; and a brother, L.
M. Cooper of Jacksonville, Fla.
Miles Funeral Home in
Hazlehurst was in charge of
arrangements.
Tilla Thigpen
Tilla Clifton Thigpen, 59, died
Tuesday at his residence in
Mt. Vernon, following a long
illness.
Funeral services were held
at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church, with
burial in Sharpe Cemetery.
Mr. Thigpen, a native of
Montgomery was a retired
farmer and grocery store ope
rator.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Hazel Morris Thigpen;
two daughters, Mrs. Barbara
Wood of Santa Claus, and Mrs.
Marilyn Wooten of Glenwood;
two sons, Keith Thigpen of
Montgomery, Ala., and Van
Thigpen of Mt. Vernon; his
mother, Mrs. Missouri Thig
pen of Mt. Vernon; a sister,
Mrs. Dorothy Odom of Lyons;
seven brothers, W. T. Thigpen
of Lyons, Green B. Thigpen of
Uvalda, Robert E. Thigpen of
Brunswick, Hillary Thigpen of
Soperton, James Carlie Thigpen
of Macon, Wilmer Thigpen of
Cochran, and Maxwell Thigpen
of Mt. Vernon.
Murchinson Funeral Home
was in charge.
Miss Maggie
Pearl Cravey
Contributed
Miss Maggie Pearl Cravey,
a former resident of Telfair
County, died Friday, October
15, at the Lutheran Deaconess
Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn.
“Aunt Mag,” as she was
known by everyone, was bom
at the old home near Milan on
January 10, 1890, the daughter
of the late Robert C. and Mar
garet Studstill Cravey. She was
one of twelve children, seven
of which preceded her in death.
She was a member of Mt.
Zion Methodist Church, having
united with the church early in
life and was very active in all
of it’s organizations as long as
her health permitted.
After the death of her parents,
desiring to minister to those
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who needed help, she accepted
a job at “Central State Hos
pital,” in Milledgeville. During
her time there she finished in
physiatric nursing, and after
12 years she retired and re
turned to her home in Telfair
County where she resided until
her health failed. At that time
her nephew, Robert D. Cravey,
whom she had depended on and
loved as if he were her own
child, carried her to Minnesota
with him and his wife and family,
where she resided until she
happened to the misfortune of
fracturing one of her hips, and
she spent the rest of the time
in the Deaconess Hospital, but
not without Robert and Carmen
as they spent a large portion
of their time there ministering
to her needs.
Funeral services were con
ducted at Mt. Zion United Meth
odist Church Tuesday, October
19, at 4 p.m. by her pastor,
the Rev. Harvey Strickland.
Mrs. Fred Hardin presented
organ music and Mrs. Gene
Williams sang "God’s To
morrow.”
Pallbearers were Lewis
Seay, Gene Williams, David
Williams, Ben Cravey, Karl
Cravey, Joe Selph, LamarCra
vey and Jim Cobb Cravey.
She is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Cora Wade of Mc-
Rae, and Mrs. Rossie Cook of
Thomasville; two brothers,
John S. Cravey and Charlie
Cravey of Milan; and beside
ter nephew, Robert D. Cravey
of Minneapolis, she is survived
by a host of nieces and nephews.
Burial was in Mt. Zion
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Christian Seeds
Rev.
Joseph
Dean
"Who Cores?”
More and more people are
ignoring or turning away from
the victims of attacks, hit-and
run drivers, and even uninten
tional accidents and fells.
Absenpe of love is a major
sector in attempted suicides,
especially among teenagers.
Commented a report: "The
threat of suicide is a serious
attempt by an individual to call
attention to his need for social
involvement and acceptance. He
may be calling out for someone
to love him and prove him
worthwhile. ”
A survey made among 1,226
teenagers by Gilbert Youth Re
search, Inc. revealed that 76
per cent of them spoke of an
inner urge to be of assistance
to people in need. Some 900
boys and girls expressed regret
that they did not have more
time and money to help others.
Whether you are young or old,
nurture this noble, divine trait
and you will be well on the way
to a worthwhile, balanced life
that is a credit to God, yourself
and every one else. Ignore this
potential for good and your
development will be stunted.
You may end up leading an aim
less, even ha rmful, existence.
Consideration like these may
be helpful: God sends some of
His love and truth to others
through you. If you do not “de
liver” it, you shortchange them
and penalize y ourself. The term
“to care” is defined in the
dictionary as meaning “toshow
regard, interest, or concern
as respecting some person,
thing or event.”
A person who really cares
about the physical or spiritual
welfere of other people does
something about it. Then he is
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Leaves In North Georgia Expected To
Peak October 25-31
v The fell leaf season in the North Georgia mountains is ex
pected to reach the peak of its color during the week of October
25-31, according to forest officials and knowing local citizens.
^tve view from Brasstown Bald, Georgia’s highest point at
4,784 feet, is already a colorful delight to the eye, and in the
lower elevations the dogwood, sourwood, persimmon and yellow
poplar are fest turning the colors of butter and syrup.
The State’s northernmost trees are usually in their blazing
glory by mid-month — the traditional cue for weekend excursions
to the mountains. Each tree bears its own vivid range of hues,
offering a spectacular fell display at highway overlooks.
The first trans formation takes place where the lofty Appa
lachians slice across the upper portion of the State. The Chatta
hoochee National Forest in this section provides a wealth of
magnificent scenery. State Parks, too, boast panoramic views.
Especially enticing are Amicalola Falls at Juno, where Georgia’s
highest fells tumble 729 feet in lacy cascades; Black Rock
Mountain at Mountain City; Blackburn at Dawsonville; Cloudland
Canyon at Rising Fawn, overlooking some of Georgia’s most
majestic scenery; Fort Mountain at Chatsworth, site of a
mysterious prehistoric stone fort; Moccasin Creek at Clarkes
ville; Red Top Mountain at Cartersville; and Vogel at Blairsville.
A number of Georgia’s 23 covered bricfees add extra scenic
charm to the mountain region during the fall leaf tour season.
Picturesque Stoval Mill Bridge, 12 miles north of Cleveland, iu
the State’s smallest covered bridge. Featured in the 195 C’s
film “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain,” the bridge presents an
idyllic rural picture as it spans a sparkling mountain stream
against a backdrop of north Georgia hills.
Travelers on Georgia highways will find a wealth of scenic
truly a communicator of divine
love, flowing through him into
the lives of others. The more
care you show in small ways to
help your fellow men, the more
you are likely to become in
volved in the larger issues
that shape the destiny of every
one.
If you care enough, you will
show the same courage in stand
ing up for the rights of others
that you would expect them to
show if you were the victim.
Three men who risked their
lives to assist people in trouble
were honored by the New York
Police Department for “heroic
and unselfish acts.” An un
spoken motive of love ran
through the reasons they gave
for becoming involved:
!. “One thing that goes
against my grain,” said a store
owner, “is seeing someone be
ing molested.”
2. '3 saw so many people
turn their backs,” said the
second, a delivery man, “I
can’t do that, I can’t see people
beat other people.”
3. “To me,” added a third,
a truck driver, “I think it is
everybody’s business what goes
on in the city. I got a wife and
two kids and I want them to be
protected too.”
God expects you to "become
involved” when others look for
the aid you can provide. "How
can he who does not love his
brother, whom he sees, love
God, Whom he does not see?
1 John 4:21.
God bless you now
Rev. Joseph Dean
Mcßae Catholic Chapel
11 SEEDS FROM
VTHE SOWER
1 I By Michael A. Guido. Metter, Georgia
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“Only God can make a
tree,” said Joyce Kilmer; and
only God can make a Palm
tree Christian. Reported a
keen observer in Psalm 92:12.
“The righteous shall flourish
like the palm tree.”
The palm is an erect tree.
It leans neither to the right
nor to the left. And this is the
way Palm-tree Christians
grow. They are not bent or
crooked.
The palm is an endogenous
tree. Other trees take on new
life on the outside. The palm
puts on new life on the in
side. It feeds through the
heart. Christianity is a thing
of the heart. When one be
lieves with his heart. God
6150 Students
Register For Fall
Quarter At GSC
The Fall Quarter enrollment
of 6150 students at Georgia
Southern College, Statesboro,
reflects a growing number of
out-of-state students beginning
to wind their way to this south
Georgia campus.
Os the 6150 enrolled at Geor
gia Southern, 779 come from
30 other states, including such
far away places as Oregon and
Washington State.
Additionally, there are 24
foreign students from 14 coun
tries .
The growing number of stu
dents traveling into Statesboro
from Florida and South Caro
lina has been impressive, ac
cording to officials in the GSC
Registar’s Office.
Georgia Southern’s enroll
ment, as fer as Georgia students
are concerned, remained ex
tremely impressive with over
600 students coming from the
Atlanta area, over 500 from
Chatham County , 500 from Bul
loch County, and over 200 from
Bibb County (Macon).
Pork is a good buy this fall,
according to Nelle Thrash, Ex
tension home economist at the
University of Georgia. Choose
meat, either fresh or cured,
that has a high proportion of
lean to fat and bone. The flesh
should be firm and fine
textured. The color of the lean
in fresh pork may range from
grayish pink to red. Lean cured
pork has a typical deep pink
color.
works salvation into his life.
Then the Palm-tree Christian
works it out by his life.
The palm is an evergreen
tree. It knows no autumn
brownness or winter barren
ness. Those who are Palm
tree Christians never change.
They are not saintly one day
and devilish the next. Their's
is a continual Christlikeness.
The palm is an exultant
tree. It is independent of its
surroundings. So the Palm
tree Christian is godly in un
godly places. Joseph was tri
umphantly true to the Lord
surrounded by evil and the
evil ones of Egypt.
Are you a Palm-tree
Christian’’
splendor as summer’s warmth yields to the cool, srisp days of
autumn. Just ch lose an inviting road and follow October’s rainbow
trail through Georgia. Chambers of Commerce and local officials
report that visitors expecting to stay overnight should make
reservations before leaving home to avoid disappointment.
Dr. Judson Jerome is an
innovative educator who has
been concerned with new
approaches to make the
educational process more
effective. He published last
year a book entitled Culture
Out of Anarchy: The
Reconstruction of American
Higher Learning. He reported
some of his same observations
in the September issue of
Change magazine in an article
entitled The Living-Learning
Community.
He opened that provocative
study with the statement:
“Civilization has gotten out of
hand and is becoming
dangerous to the people and
the planet. No one is in
command: the Corporate
State, or the Megamachine, or
the Old Culture—whatever one
chooses to call it—has an
internal dynamics causing it to
accelerate relentlessly and
spread like cancer. These
conclusions are remarkably
central to writers like Roszak,
Mead, Reich, Theobald and
above all Mumford.
“Phillip Slater, in the
Pursuit of Loneliness:
American Culture at the
Breaking Point, describes the
nature of the culture so many
feel is failing us: ‘The old
culture, when forced to
choose, tends to give
preference to property rights
over personal rights,
technological requirements
over human needs,
competition over cooperation,
violence over sexuality,
concentration over
distribution, the producer over
the consumer, means over
ends, secrecy over openness,
social reforms over personal
expression, striving over
gratification, Oedipal love over
communal love, and so
on’ .. .”
Jerome traces the recent
history of American
education, pointing to some of
the major developments of
recent years. He says: “The
outreach movement stresses
breaking out of the old forms,
particularly out of classrooms
and university walls and
course structures. This
movement encourages travel
and cross-cultural experience.
It also promotes working at
jobs, on projects, in service
programs, in apprenticeships,
or simply in ‘independent
study’-- which includes
everything from reading books
to writing a novel or delving
into meditation and other
forms of expanding awareness.
The free universities are one
part of the outreach
movement, as are field centers,
storefront schools and
museums, ‘external degree’
programs for home study-,
‘work-study’ components and
‘field work,’ which are
becoming more common even
in structured curricula . .
Big Difference
The Change article is
particularly concerned with
the major, drastic change now
taking place in the field of
education. Dr. Jerome says:
“The Revolution began in the
mid-sixties with dropping out;
but it has become a very
deliberate way of dropping in,
of responding positively and
creatively to the most relevant
and critical issues of our time.
“The criteria for evaluating
such programs must be
understood in that light. Faith
is waning in the liberal ideal of
achieving human betterment
through grand social design,
unlimited material progress,
and more and more elaborate,
comprehensive, and universal
institutions. Both political and
educational interest is
returning to patterns of
decentralization, and the
search is now for contexts for
education that strengthen
feelings of personal worth,
restore some of the sense of
community stripped away by
the Megamachine, and
rediscover dignity and pleasure
in many kinds of labor. Such
education would respect many
kinds of learning, or growth of
consciousness, not associated
primarily with the intellect
and not generally recognized
by the academy . .
After examining carefully
many of the factors which
affect education and society,
Dr. Jerome projects some of
the most significant changes in
the years ahead. These basic
changes will represent exciting
opportunities to many people,
but will probably be seen as a
threat by others. At any rate,
there is no question but that
they deserve careful
consideration, regardless of
how soon they may take
place, or whether they develop
exactly as Dr. Jerome predicts.
He says: “Those such as I have
described may never be the
college experience or the
alternative to college
experience for a large
proportion of the population,
but I think certain predictions
are fairly safe:
Some Predictions
“1. There will be increasing
pressure, particularly on the
public universities, to give
greater attention to
under-graduate education for
its own sake, i.e., as something
other than preparation for
graduate study in one of the
defined disciplines. In an
increasingly non-vocational
society, i.e., one in which
people do not define
themselves by jobs, where the
satisfactions of personal
relationships and personal
fullfillment replace those of
material success, status, and
achievement, there will have
to be wider recognition and
respect for kinds of learning
not usually regarded as
academic; learning that is
emotional, spiritual,
experiential, interpersonal,
sensual; and learning that is
practical, like gardening,
carpentry, and other crafts.
Thus many of the reforms in
educational institutions will
not be curricular, but
environmental-creating
contexts that make possible
learning the value and skills of
cooperative living.
“2. Because credentials
issued by recognized
institutions will become less
important in the
post-industrial society, many
institutions will lose their
major attractive power, and
more and more people will
educate themselves outside of
institutions.
“3. There is a widespread
yearning to retrieve from
society and its institutions
many human functions—from
the basic elements of survival
to the fine arts and all aspects
of human caring and nurture,
which will lead to increased
experimentation with
extended family and
communal forms of social
organization.
“4. The new business and
professional class presently
emerging is sufficiently
steeped in the counterculture
that it will, without hesitation
and with considerable
expertise, adapt the
technology of the old culture
to new ends, and take over the
responsibility for passing on
the education to their peers
and younger brothers and
sisters—producing an array of
new organizational forms,
both more cooperative and
more anarchic than those we
now know.” (46)
