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VOLUME 57
Wheeler County
Forest Ranger
Makes Report
Wheeler Countians have done
an excellent job this year in
holding forest fire occurrence
to a minimum. However, this
is not the time for complacency
or carelessness, according t<
Edward Richardson, ranger,
Wheeler County Forestry Unit,
“The fire season is upon us.
This, coupled with the unusual
growth of brush and grass, due
to heavy rainfall during the
year, has built up a potential
forest fire situation that could
become serious during a pro
longed dry period,“Richardson
emphasized. ,
“Fire prevention is every
one’s job,” the ranger added,
“therefore please continue to
conduct fires carefully.”
Richardson pointed out that
there have been 49 fires in
1971. Fire losses have amount
ed to 323.54 forest acres. At
this point in 1970, there had
been 39 fires in Wheeler County
which had destroyed 300.02
forest acres.
Richardson noted that
Wheeler County'landowners will
shortly begin setting out tree
seedlings which are especially
vulnerable to fire. Even a field
fire will kill the young trees.
Remember, our best forest
fire suppression tool is forest
fire prevention.
Report Os The
County Agent
By David H. Williams
Pines Shedding?
Pine needles turning brown
md falling? Don’t be too con
cerned about it. Pines normally
shed their older needles this
time of year.
Os course, some disease or
insect problem could be the
cause. It’s easy to check. Just
take a look at the location of
the browning and tailing
needles. Are they nearest the
trunk? Then it’s natural shed
ding.
But if the browning is at the
branch tips, something other
than natural shedding could be
present.
Trees differ as to time and
amount of needle shed. Weather
conditions have a lot to do
with shedding, too.
We have more information in
our office about pine trees and
their behavior. Come by or
call if you are interested.
Poultry Is Big!
Georgia’s poultry industry is
big in more ways than one.
For example, it’s very big in
income. In fact, broilers, eggs
and turkeys generated about
S4OO million in cash farm re
ceipts last year.
Broilers are the No. 1 farm
enterprise in the state, and
eggs are runnings close second.
These two “crops” accounted
for 30.7 percent of Georgia’s
record high $1,256,923,000
farm income last year.
Os course, the poultry
industry is big in the feed
business, too. Would you believe
that Georgia poultry last year
consumed more than 68 million
bushels of com and more than
31 million bushels of soybeans?
And this makes poultry big
in transportation — just to haul
all that feed. Milton Dendy,
Extension poultry scientist, did
some figuring and came up
with this interesting bit of in
formation: One train long
enough to haul all the corn and
soybean meal needed for Geor
gia’s chickens and turkeys for
one year would stretch from
Chattanooga, Tennessee to Tif
ton, —a total of 308 miles.
Dendy figured it would take
19,210 “Big John” hopper cars,
each with a 100-ton capacity,
to haul the com. That’s 225
miles right there. Then it would
take 7,074 additional cars (83
miles) to haul the soy bean meal.
Foreman to bricklayer:
Hey. what are you doing?”
Answer: “Sharpening a pen
cil. Sir.” Foreman: “Well,
don't let anyone see you.
That's a Carpenter’s job ”
Wheeler County Eagle
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THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT plans to save as much as $378,000 by using
“do-it-yourself’ signs like the one shown here. (PRN)
self-styled Signs
Save State SSSS
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ATLANTA (PRN) - The
State Highway Department of
Georgia has joined the “do it
yourself” movement, and, in
the process, is saving the
taxpayers some change.
Safety regulations now
require flashing arrow traffic
guide signs at most road work
sites. Such signs, complete
with trailer and gasoline
-powered generator, cost a
cool $4,000 when bought
“over the counter.”
Loy Carver, who directs the
Highway Department’s
Centerline and Bridge painting
activities, suggested going easy
on the budget by making, not
buying the needed signs.
Georgia Teacher Os The Year
Contest Judges Announced
Judging of the entries for
Georgia’s 1972 Teacher of the
Year will be conducted this
week at the Georgia Depart
ment of Education, reports Jack
P. Nix, state superintendent
of schools.
Nix said that 35 nominees,
a record, were submitted by
city and county public school
superintendents in this year’s
competition to select a Georgia
teacher who has “a superior
ability to inspire love of learn
ing in students of all back
grounds and abilities.”
Glenwood To Host
First ’7l-72 PTA
Glenwood School will host
the first meeting of the Wheeler
County Schools PTA Monday,
November 15th at 7:00 o’clock
p.m. in the school auditorium.
The agenda for the night will
consist of the regular business
session and a musical presen
tation under the direction of
Mrs. Inez Owens. Participating
in the pregram will be the
students from the Glenwood
School.
At the conslusion of the busi
ness session and the program,
all in attendance will be cor
dially invitedtoattend the social
hour in the lunchroom where
refreshments will be served.
Let’s give our school children
the support they need by the
attendance of all interested
parents.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Then, H.T. (Tommy) Bacon
of the Department’s sign shop,
at Forest Park, and Howard
Emory, a former Highway
employee, got together and
came up with a suitable
“heart” for the homemade
sign. They call it a solid state
sequential triggering circuit.
After about six months of
work and research, the two
electronic wizards came up
with a device which, though
not as fancy or exotic as its
commercial counterpart,
senes just as well as a driver
warning beacon.
The homemade sign, whose
arrows can flash to the right,
left, or both, can be plugged
This year’s judges are Dan
Casey Jr. of Rockmart, state
president, Future Teachers of
America; William F. Cummings
also of Rockmart, president,
Classroom Teachers Associ
ation; Edward V. Deaton of
Columbus, president, Elemen
tary School Principals; Lamar
Maret of Atlanta, first vice
president, Georgia Congress of
Parents and Teachers, and R.
L. Sheets of Roberta, superin
tendent, Crawford County
school systems.
Sponsored by the Georgia De
partment of Education and the
Southern Educators Insurance
Company , the name of the 1972
state winner and runner-up will
be announced at the Georgia
Board of Education meeting
November 24.
The winner, the runner-up,
their system superintendents
and wives or husbands will be
the sponsors’ guests for dinner
and an overnight stay in Atlanta.
Georgia’s winning teacher
will represent the state in the
National Teacher of the Year
contest, co-sponsored by the
CONTACT
Do you have a problem or
need in your life or home?
Is life full of meaning and
purpose for you? Does happi
ness and joy characterize your
life? Regardless of who you are,
let me help if I can. Contact the
Methodist Parsonage at 568-
2651 in Alamo.
into just about any 12-volt
D.C. electrical system.
The “do it-yourself” signs,
with trailer and generator, cost
$583.00 each. The Highway
Depart ment plans to use 110
units., and will save some
$378,000 by making its own.
The Department has made
10 signs so far, and some have
been used with excellent
results in the Metro Atlanta
area, although one recently
fell victim to a reportedly
intoxicated motorist. The sign
units are available for use by
the Department’s seven field
divisions on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Council of Chief State School
Officers, Encyclopaedia Bri
tannica and Ladies Home
Journal.
The Georgia 1971 winner was
Muri Rountree, a teacher of
exceptional children in Tifton.
Inspection Team
Looks Over Little
Ocmulgee Park
A Legislative Inspection
Committee, composed of five
members visited Little Ocmul
gee State Park Tuesday
morning for the annual inspec
tion of the park.
Members of the committee
were, Chairman Hugh Lee Mc-
Daniel of Marietta, represent
ing Cobb and Paulding Coun
ties; Senator Joe S. Higgin
botham of Decatur, represent
ing DeKalb County; Director
George T. Bagby of Dallas,
representing Paulding County;
Administrative Assistant Terry
Coleman of Eastman, repre
senting DeKalb County; District
Supervisor Russell Slaton of
Tignall, representing Wilkes
County.
A husband has an outside
chance of being the boss in
his family only as long as he
continues to do what he is
told.
Georgia Farm Bureau Convention Set
For>WH Island November 14-17
Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration’s 33rd Annual Conven
tion, expected to draw hundreds
of farmers from throughout the
state, will open on November
14 at Jekyll Island and result
in the election of several fed
eration officials and determi
nation of policy for the state’s
largest independent term
organization. The convention
will continue through noon, Nov.
17.
Emmett Reynolds, President
of the Georgia Farm Bureau
Federation, reports that con
vention registration will get
underway’ on Sunday afternoon
at 2 p.m., Nov. 14, in the
Aquarama lobby on Jekyll
Island. The first general ses
sion is slated Monday morning
Ga. Jaycettes
Donate Funds To
State Hospital
A sizable check - $1,217.31-
was turned over by Georgia
Jaycettes to Southwestern State
Hospital for furthering the men
tal health program at the hos
pital.
Mrs. Paulette Couch, State
mental health chairman of
Georgia Jaycettes, on a tour
of state chapters made the
presentation to Mrs. Gladys
Clark, director of Volunteer
Services at Southwestern.
Each state chapter con
tributes to the mental health
tend witn Gracewood, Central
State and Southwestern getting
equal amounts of the $3,651.93
contributed by Jaycettes.
Georgia Jaycettes are well
known around the state fortheir
outstanding work in the mental
health field.. Local chapters also
contribute to their own com
munities in their work with
schools for retarded and men
tally ill. Many forgotten patients
at State hospitals are adopted
by individual Jaycette clubs.
Mrs. Couch has encouraged
all Jaycettes to do all they can
for mentai health this year.
Mount Olivet
United Methodist
Homecoming Set
The Mount Olivet United
Methodist Church will hold its
Homecoming on Sunday, Nov.
14, at 11:00 a.m. Lunch will
be served at the noon hour.
Fall revival services will
also begin and continue through
Wednesday night, November 17,
with services at 7:30 each eve
ning. The pastor, Eric Size
more will bring the message
Sunday and conduct the revival.
All members and friends are
cordially invited to attend.
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Special Party On Halloween
Halloween for the first graders of the Wheeler County
Elementary School, was unique this year because of a special
party held Friday, October 29. This activity was held in the
music room where music, rhythm, and special lighting set the
mood for the occasion.
Each of the 112 children wore masks which they had made
earlier in their own classrooms. The highlight of the party
occured when each child was given the opportunity to show his
mask to all of the other children while standing before a black
light. The light gave a special effect to the costumes.
This type activity develops a good attitude towards school and
greatly enriches the curriculum.
FRIDAY, NOV. 12. 1971
on Nov. 15. A Vespers Service
is scheduled for Sunday evening
at 6:30, Nov. 14, in the Carriage
Inn.
Principle speakers for the
convention include Georgia
Second District Congressman
Dawson Mathis; Georgia’s Lt.
Gov. Lester Maddox; Bill
Sprague, AFBF Young Farmer
and Rancher Advisory Com-
Local Educator, William S. Clark,
Receives Distinguished Honor
William S. Clark, County
School Superintendent, Wheeler
County, Alamo, has been selec
ted to appear in the 1970 edition
of Personalities of the South in
recognition of past achieve
ment, outstanding ability, and
service to the community and
state. A certificate and a plaque
honoring America’s leaders has
been presented to him by the
Editorial Board of Person
alities of the South, a division
of News Publishing Company,
Inc. This unique volume con
tains biographies of over five
thousand notable citizens. The
American Biographical Insti
tute’s Editorial Board believed
it is essential to record the
development of the South by
recognizing those who are con
tributing to its growth. For
this reason this biographical
work is compiled, published,
and placed in local, regional,
and public libraries, and uni
versity and school libraries.
Mr. Clark holds a BS degree
in education and a MA degree
in school administration. He
is past president of Wheeler
County Chamber of Commerce,
chairman of Heart of Georgia
Planning and Development
Commission, President of
Wheeler County Planning and
Development Commission,
chairman of the Official Board
Alamo Methodist Church, and
member of Phi Delta Kappa
Fraternity.
Mr. Clark is presently ser
ving his second term as County
School Superintendent of
Wheeler County. During this
time the schools have made
notable progress in developing
and implementing a program
of education designed to meet
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mittee Chairman; Georgia
Comptroller Gen. Johnnie Cald
well; Southern Regional Chair
man of American Farm Bureau
Women’s Committee, Mrs.
Gordon White; Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation President
Emmett Reynolds and Mrs.
James C. Ray, Georgia Farm
Bureau Federation Secretary-
Treasurer.
the needs of all children from
the Educational Early Childhood
Day Care Center for three and
four year olds and kindergarten
children to the graduation of
seniors. In 1970, the State Board
of Education and the State
Chamber ofCommerce selected
the Wheeler County High School
as the Outstanding High School
in First District. The Wheeler
County School system was one
of three rural schools in the
south to participate in a five
year Education Improvement
Project sponsored by Southern
Association of Colleges and
Schools. The Wheeler County
System was one of the first
sixteen systems in the state to
meet state standards and has
maintained this rating. The sys
tem is now one of thirty schools
participating in the “Model.
Reading Program for the
’7o’s.” This innovative, pro
gressive school program has
been recognized at state and
national levels and Mr. Clark
has been in demand to present
the school program to civic,
educational, and professional
organizations including the
Governors Conference, School
Board Association and National
Rural Education Conference,
Denver, Colorado, sponsored
by Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools.
The Wheeler County School
story was included in the pro
gram at the International Read
ing Conference, Kansas City,
Missouri and was presented
to the people of Georgia in a
state-wide telecast over ETV.
Mr. Clark is to be congratu
lated in his untiring efforts
in the cause of education and
in receiving this honor given
in recognition of his outstanding
service to his community and
state.
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 at
7:00 A.M. and close at 7:00
P M. Anyone wishing to qualify'
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
Six From Wheeler
Attending South Ga.
Technical School
Six students from Wheeler
County are among the 610 Geor
gians enrolled at South Georgia
Technical and Vocational School
in Americus.
The students are: John Tony
Elton, Electrical Technology;
Elizabeth M. Johnson, Practical
Nursing; James M. Smith, Busi
ness Machines Maintenance; Ira
J. Spencer, Cabinet Making;
Johnny A. Stevenson, Auto
motive Mechanics; and Mickey
Whitehead, Electrical Tech
nology.
NUMBER 32
Strong Foreign
Trade Policy Is
Vital, Talmadge
U. S. Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge, long an outspoken critic
of this country’s ineffective for
eign trade policies, again has
called for the United States to.
take “a hardnosed attitude”
toward international trade as a
means of solving foreign prob
lems with Europe’s Common
Market and Japan.
Sen. Talmadge, addressing
the American Meat Institute’s
66th annual meeting inChicago^
said he feels that “the import
surcharge of only 10 per cent
in and of itself, will have little
real effect on import levels.”
Neither has revaluation of cer
tain currencies attained the de •
sirable levels, he added.
“Unrestrained imports liave
seriously injured our econ
omy,” the Georgia senior sen
ator declared. “Industrial job
opportunities have been eroded
and unemployment has resulted,
not only from cutbacks in pro
duction but also from actual
plant closings.
“For a long time I have
railed against the disasterous
effects on our textile industry
of unrestrained imports of tex
tiles. These imports have led
to widespread plant closings
and unemployment in the
domestic industry.
“We have attempted to ne
gotiate with Japan with respect
to voluntary quotas. This has
not resulted in a satisfactory
solution. Imports continue to
come in at unprecedented rates.
Unless restraint is achieved
I can see tiiat in the near future
this country will no longer liave
a textile industry.”
Asserting that the U. S. also
has teiled in attempting to ne
gotiate with the European Com
munity with respect to their
import restrictions, military
and security commitments and
monetary policies, Sen. Tal
madge said:
“In a speech I gave last June
in Raleigh, N. C„ I ended by
saying that in the future our
country must take a hardnosed
attitude reflecting our dis
satisfaction withthe deteriorat
ing trade picture between us
and the European Community.
“I was firmly convinced that
the United States must recon
sider and revaluate its entire
policy relating to trade, aid
and alliances in its totality
rather than treating individual
cases as they occur.
“I am still firmly convinced
that if our country maintains
a hardnosed attitude reflecting
our self interests we will be
successful in solving our inter
national problems.”
Veterans News
The Assistant Director of
the Atlanta Veterans Adminis
tration Regional Office com
mented that Georgia veterans
can play a crucial role in speed
ing up benefits, checks, and
claim service.
“Most of the time it’s just a
matter of promptly providing
all of the information required
for a particular benefit, Harry
W, Piper, Assistant Director,
explained.
He cited VA’s “package”
plan, which the agency recently
advised veterans applying for
education or training to use, as
one example of how veterans
can contribute to tester service
to themselves from VA.
Under this plan, the veteran
submits all information and
documents at one time, thus
cutting down on processing time
and enabling VA to send him
his first allowance check
sooner.
One jailbird to another:
“You know, Bill, if I were
out of here, Id have to steal
5 times as much just to get
by on.”