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VOLUME 57
Report Os The
County Agent
By David H. Williams
Pine Bark
Not too many years ago the
lumber and pulpwood industry
burned pine bark as waste.
Now Georgia gardeners are dis
covering that bark has great
potential as a soil amendment
and mulch. Pine bark is being
used successfully by nursery
men and horticulturists
throughout the South.
These are a few of the facts
brought out in “Gardening With
Pine Bark,” a new publication
by Extension Horticulturist
Gerald Smith.
Research Shows
Smith says research in the
horticulture department at the
University of Georgia shows
that pine bark is an excellent
soil amendment. In container
nursery' production, plants
grown in a medium containing
pine bark were as good or
better than plants grown in a
medium containing peat moss.
Research also indicates that
ground pine bark is effective
as an ingredient in potting soils
for house plants and other orna
mentals grown in containers.
And the addition of pine bark
to poor, compacted soil prior
to the establishment of lawn
areas will do much toward
achieving successful results.
Effect On Soil
Most gardeners are femiliar
with the nitrogen “tie-up” that
results when sawdust is added
to the soil. Research indicates
that pine bark does not create
this problem. “If a normal
fertilization program is fol
lowed,” Smith says in his new
publication, “there shouldbeno
noticeable nitrogen deficiency
in the plants.”
He also points out that pine
bark makes the soil less acid
than does peat moss.
How Much?
“Just a handful” of pine bark
won’t do the job, however. When
used before planting roses,
shrubs and ornamental trees,
one-third bark mixed with two
thirds soil from the planting
hole is a good ratio. In flower
bed preparation, two to three
inches applied to the surface
and then worked into the soil
to a depth of eight to ten inches
will result ina desirable change
in the soil structure.
Smith says more bark may
be necessary to achieve the
desired results in extremely
compacted soil.
As A Mulch
Pine bark is also proving to
be an excellent mulch when
applied to the surface around
flowers and shrubs. According
to the Extension horticultrist,
it has several desirable charac
teristics — including attractive
appearance and easy appli
cation. Bark is also quite ef
fective in holding soil moisture
and reducing weed seed germi
nation.
A decided advantage of pine
bark over many other mulching
materials is its relative re
sistance to fire. Many mulching
materials — pine straw, for
example -- are more flammable
than bark.
One disadvantage of pine bark
is its light weight. It washes
during heavy rains. So it is
not recommended as a mulch
for even gently sloping banks.
What More?
The horticulturist has many
more interesting and helpful
facts about pine bark in his
publication. For example, he
has quite a bit to say about
the different particle sizes of
bark, and which size is best
suited for various gardening
purposes. He also includes a
section cm other organic ma
terials used as soil amend
ments.
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CRACKER CRUMBLE DAY in Georgia has been proclaimed for Nov. 6th by Governor Jimmy
Carter. Here, the governor samples a crumbled cracker with Mrs. Julia Dyar and Glenn
McCullough, of Georgia Press Association, sponsor of the annual political spoof, Cracker Crumble.
The dinner-show event this year is set for Nov. 6 at the Regency Hyatt House in Atlanta.
Reservations may be made through GPA. (PRN)
74 New Industries
Locate In Georgia
A total of 74 new industries,
representing a capital invest
ment of $111,420,000, located
on Georgia Power Company
lines during the first three
quarters of 1971, J. Curtis
Smith, vice president, indus
trial development, announced.
This compares with 102 new
. industries, with capital invest
ments of $146,509,000, that be
gan operation in the company’s
service area during the Jan.-
Sept. period last year.
All facilities reported by Ga.
Power are manufacturing or
processing plants, each with a
minimum capital investment of
$50,000 and employing at least
10 workers.
Wheeler County
Beautification
Winner Group V
Wheeler County is again the
winner of the Beautification
Through Conservation contest
for the 35 county Southeast
Georgia Group V area.
Pete Phillips of Soperton
made the announcement after
the judges rendered their de
cision on Thursday, Oct. 28.
The contest is sponsored by
the Georgia Association of Con
servation Districts and by the
Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation.
Wheeler County won the
Southeast Georgia Group V con
test last year but lost in the
state finals to Lanier County.
Our county will be competing
. with four other counties repre
senting the four remaining,
GACD groups for the state
award of $500.00. The winning
county will be announced at the
Annual GACD meeting in
Columbus on December 13.
Mrs. Sally James and Mrs.
Louise Morrison have led the
Alamo Garden Club and other
conservation workers through
this year’s contest.
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Wheeler County High School’s Future Business leaders of
America promotes "American Education Week” by observing
Career Possibilities. Beverly W’ilkinson, Reporter
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
In addition to the new plants,
73 existing industries expanded
their operations during the first
nine months of 1971. Capital
investment in such expansions
was $80,986,000. Nine-month
figures for 1970 show that 100
existing manufacturing or pro
cessing plants increased their
productive capacity at a cost
of $68,093,200.
The report for the first three
quarters of 1971 shows that
new plants and expans ions will
provide employment for 6,499
Georgians at annual wages of
$35,416,900.
John Morrison
To Meet With
Friends In Tokyo
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Morrison
Jr. journeyed to the Atlanta
Airport to visit Dr. and Mrs.
W. J. McKenzie Jr. of Atlanta,
and to send them off on their
flight to Tokyo byway of Hono
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands.
Dr. and Mrs. McKenzie will
be met in Tokyo by Spec. 4
John L. Morrison, of HHD
Foreign, USA Signal Group in
Seoul, Korea. John lias been
serving his tour of duty in
Korea since December, 1970.
He will join the McKenzie’s on
his R & R for a wonderful
tour of Japan, Bangkok, Thia
land and other points of interest
in these faraway lands and to
culminate the trip with a visit
to Hong Kong and a complete
tour of that beautiful city.
In Hong Kong they will bid
“FAREWELL JOHN,” flying
back to his station in Seoul,
Korea, and Dr. and Mrs. Mc-
Kenzie back to the “Good Ole
USA,” byway of a visit in San
Francisco and on to Atlanta.
They will have been gone about
16 days including one day gained
while crossing the International
Dateline,
Dr. and Mrs. W. J.McKenzie
Jr. have been close friends of
John’s for a long time, starting
during his stay at Georgia Tech
and working part time in
Atlanta.
City Election
To Be Held In
Alamo Dec. 7
There will be a City Election
at the City Hall in Alamo,
Georgia, on December 7, 1971,
for the purpose of electing a
Mayor and three City Council
men to fill the expired terms
of Herbert E. Webster, Mayor;
Lewis P. Mercer, Forest Fields
and Dr. William E. Curl, '
Councilmen.
The Polls will be open rl.
7:00 A.M. and close at 7:00
P.M. Anyone wishing toqualify
for any of these offices may
do so by registering with the
City Clerk on or before No
vember 18, 1971.
Deadline for Registration to
vote will be November 15,1971.
Herbert E. Webster,
Mayor, City of Alamo
Wheeler County
Community Action
Committee Election
Annual Elections by the
Wheeler County Community Ac
tion Committee have been sche
duled in the City and County
to elect representatives of the
poor to serve on the Committee.
The Wheeler Community Ac
tion Committee has a total
membership of 15, with one
third representatives from
Government, one-third from
Civic Organizations, and one
third from low-income Citi
zens. Representatives of the
low-income citizens must be
elected democratically by the
low-income themselves. The
Wheeler Community Action
Committee is part of the Heart
of Georgia Community Action
Council, Inc., headquartered in
Eastman. The Council serves
twelve counties inMiddle Geor
gia. The local Committee furn
ishes three members to the
Council Governing Board.
Election will be held at the
following location:
November 9, 12:00 - 6:00
p.m. - “Glenwood Area” Glen
wood City Hall.
Community Action Commit
tees work with government of
ficials and local agencies to
carry out projects and pro
grams of the Community Action
Council. The objectives of Com
munity Action are to develop
self-help and participation of
residents in overcoming prob
lems and meeting needs. It is
designed to develop projects
to upgrade and help overcome
problems of the community.
A wife says there are
laws limiting working hours
in every state except the
state of matrimony.
It takes a smart woman to
be able to decide if a man
is too old to be considered
eligible — or too eligible
to be considered old.
If you eat slowly, you will eat
less. This is particularly true
if you have a large family.
flegistration Os Unemployed finds
3630 Io 12-Co. Area, Wheeler 120
C. J. Broome, Executive
Director of the Heart of Georgia
Community Action Council, said
that the Registration of the
: Unemployed held last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, October
28, 29, and 30, in the 12-
county Heart of Georgia CAC
Ocmulgee Acad
Homecoming At
Set Sat., Nov. 6
Toilet tissue, Kleenex, glue,
magic markers, staples, rain
drops, stiff breezes and runny
noses - these fill the world of
Homecoming ’7l - ’72. This
grandest of all annual school
events puts to shame the ac
cepted reality of the “genera
tion gap.” The generations.
always manage to communicate
and co-operate during this pro
duction.
“May we borrow your trail
er, Mr. Jones?” “Sure, kids.
Anything else I can do to help?”
“How about your convertible,
Mrs. Brown?”
Drug stores, five and dimes,
and beauty shops appear to
be the hardest hit. Students lay
waste to the numerous and sun
dry items stockedby the former
two establishments and gen
erally beg for more. Beauty
shops? Every young lady strives
for pulchritude, but none so
much as she who represents
her class at Homecoming or
she who holds her breath to
hear if she will be crowned
“Miss Ocmulgee Academy.”
Saturday, November 6, marks
Homecoming Day 1971-72 at
Ocmulgee. The Homecoming
Parade on Friday sets off a
chain of events to last through
Saturday evening. The parade
begins at 4:00 p.m. Floats,
decorated cars, and many ex
cited participants will make
up the caravan which will wind
its way through downtown Lum
ber City.
At 8:00 Saturday evening, the
Ocmulgee Academy "Raiders”
host the Tatnall Square Trojans
in the Homecoming football
game to be played at the Jeff
Davis Athletic Field. Halftime
activity will be the crowning
of one of three senior girls
Miss Ocmulgee Academy 1971-
72. The girls eligible for selec
tion are Beverly Harris, Cathy
Harrell and Donna Hinson. All
the members of the Home
coming Court are:
12th Grade - Beverly Harris,
escorted by Bruce Colston;
Cathy Harrell, escorted by
Jimmy Rawlins; Donna Hinson,
escorted by Charles Smith.
11th Grade - Nancy Frost,
escorted by Anthony Stapleton;
Selese Kahrmann, escorted by
Ed White; Debbie Higginbotham,
escorted by John Higginbotham.
10th Grade - Gina Harris,
escorted by Michael Frost;
Phyllis Thompson, escorted by
Greg Varnadoe.
9th Grade - Ginger Mercer,
escorted by Greg Fordham;
and Rhonda Varnadoe, escorted
by Randy Cameron.
Midnight terminates the day
of Homecoming, but the joys
shared, the scratches and
bruises acquired along the way
of preparation and production,
will linger a while longer - to
make us know for certain that it
was all worthwhile. We may
find sleep a little harder to
come, knowing that this grand
and gala affair will not be
repeated, except in our memo
ries, for another whole year.
4 H OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS
Nine college scholarships
totaling nearly SIO,OOO are
available to current or former
4-H boys and girls who plan to
major or minor in forestry,
crop protection-crop pro
duction, animal science or ag
riculture. Applications for the
scholarships are available
through the state 4-H office at
the University of Georgia or
locally through your county
Extension office.
FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 1971
Area was successful.
According to Broome, over
3630 unemployed persons
registered in the 12-county
area. 395 of these reside in
Telfair County. Other counties
withLn the Council’s area are
Bleckley with 92 registrants;
Dodge, with 472; Houston, 580;
Laurens, 613; Montgomery, 57;
Peach, 244; Pulaski, 229;
Treutlen, 121; Twiggs, 184;
Wheeler, 120; and Wilcox, 523.
Mr. Broome also stated
that the success of the regis
tration can be attributed f 5 the
splendid cooperation oi he
many Telfair County individuals
and organizations that con
tributed their valuable time and
effort. #
Mrs. Lucile Walden, Telfair
County Chairman for the regis
tration said that she wishes to
thank ,’ie endless list of volun
teers and organizations for
their fine work and cooperation.
Mrs. Walden also stated that
as a follow-up, any unemployed
person who did not have an
opportunity to register last
week •> anytime this
wet JHWB ty ’’eighbor
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will be ua^^^Bssist the un
employed hounding suitable
jobs, to provide area industry
with an identified pool of avail-
Proclamation
WHEREAS, there are more than 33,000 Georgians alive today
who have been cured of cancer; and
WHEREAS, one out of three patients are now being cured of
cancer; and
WHEREAS, one out of two cancer patients can be cured writh
present knowledge and methods of treatment, if diagnosed in
time and properly treated; and
WHEREAS, an annual physical checkup and knowledge of the
Seven Warning Signals of cancer popularized by the American
Cancer Society can help save thousands of lives from cancer; and
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society has produced life
saving leaflets about the checkup and the Seven Warning Signals,
that are being distributed to the people of our city and our
county; and
WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society is stepping up its
research efforts in the search for causes and cures of cancer;
NOW, THEREFORE, I do hereby proclaim the week of
November 29 through December 4, 1971 as
SAVE A Lire FROM CANCER WEEK
and urge all citizens to support the efforts toward education
about cancer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the city to be affixed.
G. M. Joiner, Mayor
City of Glenwood
New Army Recruiter
For Douglas Area
SFC Bobby Wright, a native
of Alamo, Wheeler County,
Georgia has been recently
assigned as the new station
commander for the Douglas U.
S. Army Recruiting station.
SFC Wright attended the
Wheeler County High School at
Alamo, Ga. and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dalton Wright of
Alamo. He is married to the
former Miss Monika Krauter of
Berlin, Germany. They have
two daughters, Janet and Lisa.
SFC Wright comes to Douglas
from Ft. Campbell, Ky. where
he was a member of USATC
Committee group. He is a
veteran of 15 years in the army
including tours in Alaska,
Berlin, Germany during the
Berlin crisis, two tours in Viet
Nam, and a tour in Germany
during the Checz crisis. He has
been awarded the combat in
fantryman’s badge, bronze
star, two awards of the army
commendation ribbon Viet
namese cross of Gallentry,
Vietnamese Medal of Honor 2nd
class. National Defense Ribbon,
and three awards of the army
good conduct ribbon.
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able workers, to plan adult
education programs for the un
employed, and to plan other
remedial programs aimed at
reducing the level of unemploy
ment. The registration infor
mation will also aid to assist
industrial and economic de-
Man Charged
In Shooting
Os Girlfriend
Benjamin Franklin Hall, 25,
was charged Monday with mur
der in the shooting death of the
young woman he had planned to
wed.
Hall, of Hazlehurst, was
charged with shooting Patricia
Kirks, 21, with a .22 caliber
gun when she apparently tried
to step between Hall and another
man, Bernie Lee Stigell, 27, of
Lumber City.
A Lumber City police
spokesman said the shooting
followed a reported argument
over money Miss Kirks had
been keeping for Stigell, her
former boyfriend.
Stigell was also being held
at the Telfeir County jail at
Mcßae, charged with making
terroristic threats and acts.
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SFC BOBBY WRIGHT
SFC Wright will be in the
Douglas Office four days each
week For information and*'or
assistance to anyone who has a
member of the family in the
army please call 384-7506 or
come by the office located at 106
E. Ashley St., Douglas,
Georgia.
NUMBER 31
velopment efforts.
Health Dept.
Gives Report
On State Hospital
According to figures just
released by the Health Depart
ment, the South Central District
has a very high rate of patients
in Central State Hospital per
100,000 population. The State
average was 164 per 100,00 ff
but for the counties in the
South Central District, it was
a much higher number. In fhct,
the South Central District was
the second highest district in
the State, with a rate of 238
per 100,000. Only the North
Central District was higher.
Within the South Central Dis
trict the counties had the follow
ing numbers of patients per
100,000 population: Ben Hill
284, Bleckley 220, Dodge 286,
Jeff Davis 188, Johnson 271,
Laurens 246, Montgomery 183,
Telfair 281, Toombs 247,
Treutlen 200, Wheeler 225 and
Wilcox 216.
Those counties in and around
the metropolitan areas of the
state had the lowest percentage
of patients admitted to Central
State Hospital. The most likely
explanation for this unusual
finding is that where other ser
vices are available, patients
are rarely hospitalized in State
Institutions. In the more rural
districts where few community
services have been available
in the past, a larger number
of the people who become dis
turbed must be hospitalized in
State Institutions. The value of
community mental health pro
grams has thus been demon
strated by actual cases in the
state of Georgia.
Little Ocmulgee
E.M.C. Annual
Meeting Nov. 10
The annual meeting of mem
bers of The Little Ocmulgee
Electric Membership Cor
poration will be held at the
Wheeler County High School
gymnasium in Alamo, Wednes
day, November 10, at 2:00 p.m.
Members will elect directors
for three year terms from
Wheeler, Telfair and Laurens
County. Entertainment will be
furnished by the Wheeler County
Music Department under the
direction of Mrs. Inez Owens.
One major prize, a G. E.
Dishwasher will be given away,
and over forty other prizes,
cash and trade certificates.
Also every member who regis
ters will receive a floor prize.
Gordon Knox, Jr.
Now Judge Os
Brunswick Circuit
Gordon Knox Jr., Ha.
hurst attorney na. cd to a
Superior Court bench vacancy
in the Brunswick Circuit was
sworn in by Gov. Jimmy Carter
in Atlanta, Friday at 3 p.m.
Knox was appointed by Carter
earlier this month to fill a
vacancy created by the death
of Judge Jack W. Ballenger of
Baxley.
The 49-year-old attorney,
soi of a former superior court
judge, was chosen from a field
of six contenders for the post.
Knox is a former state sen
ator, and was Gov. Ernest Van- ■
diver’s floor leader in the
Senate.
The appointment is for the
remainder of Ballenger’s unex
pired term, which ends Dec.
31, 1972.
Knox will serve along with
Judge Winebert D. Flexer on
the Brunswick Judicial Circuit
bench.