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THE WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, DEC. 3, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Mrs. Sallie
Cravey Walker
Mrs. Sallie Cravey Walker,
93, a well known resident of
Milan died Sunday in the Telfair
County Hospital following a
brief illness. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock from the Chapel
of Harris and Smith Funeral
Home with the Rev. Harvey
Strickland, pastor of the Milan
United Methodist Church of
ficiating.
Burial followed in the Milan
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Walker was bom in
Milan on November 16, 1878,
the daughter of the late Jolin
Morrison and Lenora McLean
Cravey. She was marriedtothe
late Jolin S. Walker on March
3, 1898, and was a member
of the Milan United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include five daugh
ters, Mrs. Reva Cook, Mrs.
Minnie Garrison and Mrs. Olga
lees of Milan, Mrs Lillie Ward
of Mcßae, and Mrs. Sarah Smith
of Staten Island, N. Y.; one
sister, Mrs. T. D. Lancaster
of Milan; two brothers, John
B, Cravey of Milan, and T L.
Cravey of Sanderson, Fla.; ten
grandchildren, sixteen great
grandchildren, and one great
great grandchild.
Mrs. Thelma
Ray McDuffie
Mrs. Thelma Ray McDuffie,
62, of Rt. 1, Lumber City,
died Tuesday morning in the
Telfair Count} Hospital follow
ing a long illness. Funeral ser
vices were held Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from
the Mcßae United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Eugene
Scott, pastor of the Lumber
Politics olm Parade
*“ • —. *' -
Governor Carter’s final re
organization plan has now been
made public, and the pros and
cons are beginning to express
themselves on its contents. So
far as we know, no legislator,
except perhaps one or two
dyed-in-the-wool Carter people
have expressed themse ves as
being completely satisfied with
all of it. Very obviously, there
will be a lot of amendments in
troduced in the General As
sembly, including a complete
substitute for the whole plan
to go before the Senate. The
Senators who wi 1 introduce
this told us that they don't feel
like fighting the legislation
without offering an alternative.
And you can bet your bottom
dol'ar that this alternative will
bear litt'e resemblance to the
Governor’s proposal.
•• • •
We see by a news release
from the Governor's office that
they are now claiming that re
organization will save sixty
mi'lion dollars a year, instead
of the fifty mentioned earlier.
But, as we have said before,
the Governor could have saved
this amount easily with the
powers that he present y has.
In fact, he probably already
has saved over $50,000,000
with his directives to various
departments not to hire new
peop'e and to fill only vacanc
es that are absolute'y necessarv
for the work of the depart
ment. But. this has nothing to
do with reorganization.
• ♦ • •
State Labor Commissioner
Sam Ca dwell is checking into
reports that the Georgia Power
Co. is spending mil'tons in out
of-state contracts and in hiring
outside workers. Caldwell is
incensed about this since so
many Georgians are out of
work, and he sees no reason
why they can’t spend their
money in this state. He parti
cularly is upset over this be
cause of the recent rate in
crease that the Power Com
pany has received
Caldwe’l has talked to of
ficials of the company, but they
gave him the run around, he
says He plans to make an of
ficial call on the company to
furnish him exact figures.
•• • •
Atlanta Negro leader, the
Rev Fred Bennett, is already
City-Shelton Chapel United
Methodist Churches officiating.
Burial followed in Telfair
Memorial Gardens with Harris
and Smith f uneral Home in
ctorge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were nephews,
Johnny Kelly, Jesse McDuffie,
Jr., Johnny Harrell, Fred Ray,
Pete McDuffie and Clyde
Dopson.
Mrs. McDuffie was born in
Telfair County on January 13,
1909, the daughter of the late
Jolin Henry and Maggie Sue
Bloodworth Ray. Slie was mar
ried to Raleigh McDuffie on
January 10, 1935 in Telfair
County and was a member of
Shelton Chapel United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include her hus
band of Rt. 1, Lumber City;
one brother, John Morgan Ray
of Richmond, Va.; and one sis
ter, Mrs J. Y. Harrell of
Rhine.
Mrs. Maude Pope
Livingston
Funeral services for Mrs.
Maude Pope Livingston, 74, of
Macon, who died at her resi
dence there Sunday, were held
Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 o’-
clock from the Chapel of Harris
and Smith Funeral Home with
the Rev. James E. McCain,
pastor of the Mcßae First Bap
tist Church officiating.
Burial followed in the Living
ston Cemetery with Harris and
Smith in charge of local
arrangements.
Mrs. Livingston was born in
Jolinson County on February
25, 1897, the daughter of the
late Columbus C. and Naomi
McNeal Pope, and was married
to the late HubertH. Livingston,
Mrs. Livingston had lived in
Mcßae most of her life, but
moved to Macon five months
ago.
bragging up and down Auburn
Ave. in Atlanta that he is
spending Senator David Gam
bred's money. If this be true,
it confirms the fact already
known by politicos that the
Senator will make a great play
for the b ack vote. However,
he'd better find himself some
stronger Negro support than
Rev. Bennett and Benny Smith,
the aide with the criminal rec
ord he hired a few months ago.
And, if a strong Negro can
didate gets in the race, neither
Gambrell or any other white
candidate need spend much
time on the black vote. None
of them will get enough to wad
a shotgun.
•• • •
Those who belitted our re
port of Cong. Bi I Stuckey like
ly to get a post on the Board
of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System can now re
tract their words. Officially
from Washington, it is report
ed that Stuckey is under con
sideration and is getting the
usual FBI investigation.
Concernng this appointment,
we hear that a top Georgia
Democrat is partly responsible
for Stuckey being considered,
mainly in securing the support
of Secretary of the Treasury
John Conna ! ly.
•• • *
Fifth District Congressman
Fletcher Thompson has taken
the Atlanta Journal and Con
stitution to task about the in
accuracy of their Washington
reporting. In a letter to all news
media in Georgia. he says that
the J-C is particularly gui ty
of incorrect tabulations of the
votes of the Georgia delega
tion on various bills.
»» • •
Federal HF.W is doing ev
erything in its power to force
the busing of schoo’ children
throughout the nation. But,
not one single child of the 17
top HEW officials is bussed
anywhere All of them, in fact,
incudins the boss. Secretary
El'iott Richardson, have their
children in private schools.
This information comes from
an organization in Washmaton
called "Freedom From Forced
Busins Amendment", which is
fightins for passage of the con
stitutional amendment prohib
iting busing for nurroses of
achieving racial balance.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Gloria L.
Hayes, Mrs. Alphreda L. Mad
dox and Mrs. Lolita L.Gambino,
all of Macon; five grand
children; and one great grand
child.
Jim Gillis
Jim Gillis, 55, died Tuesday,
Nov. 23, in the Veterans Admin
istration Hospital in Dublin,
after a long illness.
The native of Treutlen County
was a member of the St. Mathew
Baptist Church in Mt., Vernon.
Surviving are a daughter,
Fosteen Gillis of Vidalia; three
sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Morman
and Mrs. Lizzie Mae Rawls
of Vidalia, and Mrs. Mary
Thomas of Cleveland, Ohio;
three brothers, George Gillis
of Glenwood, Alton Gillis of
Mt. Vernon, and Charley Gillis
of Alamo; and two grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, at
St. Mathew’s Baptist Church
with burial in the Baker Ceme
tery near Soperton.
Smally’s Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge.
John D. Moore
John D. Moore, 56, of Milan,
died Sunday , November 21, at
his residence. Funeralservices
were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday,
November 24, in Sweet Home
Baptist Church with burial in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Moore, a native of Dodge
County and a farmer, is sur
vived by three sisters, Mrs.
Velma Burch of Chauncey, Mrs.
Maggie Sanders of Eastman,
and Mrs. Jewel Harrell of
Macon; and three brothers,
Cecil Moore of Fitzgerald,
Henry Moore of Macon and
David Wilson of Statesboro.
G. J. Hendrix
General J. Hendrix, 62, of
Eastman, died Monday, Nov.
22, in Dodge County Hospital
from injuries received in an
automobile accident Nov. 16.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24,
in Parkerson Baptist Church
with burial in the church ceme
tery.
Mr. Hendrix, a native of
Dodge County, was a retired
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carpenter.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ethel Smith Hendrix; five
daughters, Mrs. Marvin Roland
and Mrs. Richard Forbes, both
of Eastman, Mrs. Carwell Mor
ris of Macon, Mrs. Vernon
Widener of Atlanta, and Miss
Barbara Jean Hendrix of
Eastman; six sons, Jackson
Hendrix of Lumber City, J. D,
Hendrix of Vidalia, Julius F.
Hendrix, Jimmy' M. Hendrix
and Jerry Wayne Hendrix, all
of Macon, and Joel H. Hendrix
of Eastman; two sisters, Mrs.
Preston Wright of Seffner, Fla.,
and Mrs. Addie McCranie of
Warner Robins; and two bro
thers, Ollie B, Hendrix of Calif.,
and Roy A. Hendrix of Tampa,
Florida.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral
Home was in charge.
Clifford A. Hulett
Clifford Allen Hulett, 55, died
Saturday, November 20, at For
est Hills Veterans Hospital in
Augusta, following a long ill
ness. Funeral services were
held Monday, November 22, at
Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church at
2:00 p.m. His pastor conducted
the services, with interment in
Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Hulett was a native of
Telfair County. After serving
in the United States Army for
seven years, he lived in Telfair
for a short period, but returned
to Hephzibah and had been a
resident there for the past 25
years.
He was bom in Milan, on
January 10, 1916, the son of
William Arter and Martha Lee
Hulett.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Katherlin Etterle
of Hephzibah; a daughter, Mrs.
Vermelle Issabel of Augusta;
three sons, Tommy, Gary, and
Clifford L, Hulett, all of Hephzi
bah; two foster children, Rudy
and Kathy of Hephzibah; and two
sisters, Mrs.JacksonCravey of
Milan, and Mrs. W. L. Smith
of Wray.
Elliott Funeral Home of
Augusta was in charge of ar
rangements ,
Since December 1969, about
20,000 U. S. workers have been
certified as eligible for assis
tance under the Trade Expan
sion Act of 1962. These are
people who have lost their jobs
due to increased imports.
Maddox Praises
Exchange Clubs
For Their Deeds
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox,
addressing the Exchange Club
of Homerville, had high praise
for Exchangites in Georgia and
throughout the nation. Here are
some of the things he said
about them:
“The Exchange Clubs have
long commanded the admira
tion, respect and appreciation
of millions throughout our na
tion, and Lester Maddox has
been one of your number of
fans for quite a few years now,
because Exchangites are lead
ers — patriotic men who be
lieve in America and are proud
to say so.”
He went on to say that the
faith in America demonstrated
fay Exchangites “is strong, and
the example you set should be
followed throughout the nation
by leaders in religion, edu
cation and government at every
level.” Maddox continued:
“From its beginning prior
to the turn of the century as
an informal gathering of busi
nessmen, the Exchangite move
ment has grown to become a
powerful voice for our young
people, for citizenship, and for
the ideals upon which America
has risen to greatness.
“And each day, those of you
who have accepted the Exchange
Club Covenant of Service are
proving your commitment to
these high principles through
your crime prevention, service
to youth, service to aviation,
‘One Nation Under God,’ Free
dom Shrine, and other national
ly acclaimed programs.
“To me, one of your most
important efforts is the Free
dom Shrine program, which
places reproductions of some
of America’s most revered his
torical documents in our
schools, where young people
can study them, and come to
know and appreciate them ”
Maddox said he was
“especially proud” of the
- Shrine located on the second
floor of the State Capitol, a
gift to the state from the Hape
ville Exchange Club which he
had the honor of accepting while
he was governor.
"One reason I feel such a
close kinship with you of the
Exchange Clubs,” he said, “is
that your goals closely' parallel
my own. Like you, 1 seek to
promote the private enterprise
system, respect for our nation’s
flag, faith in God, and an ap
preciation of our heritage as
Americans.” He added:
“And the great majority' of
Georgia’s people support these
principles. Most Georgians are
Exchangites at heart, if not by
membership.”
Veterans Corner
EDITOR’S NOTE: Veterans
and their families are asking
thousands of questions concern
ing the benefits their Govern
ment provides for them through
the Veterans Administration.
Below are some representative
queries. Additional information
may be obtained at any VA
office or your local veterans
service organization repre
sentative.
Q — I am attending school
under VA’s Dependents’ Edu
cational Assistance program.
May I work at the same time?
A— Yes, since there is no
limit to the amount of income
you may earn.
Q — I draw 60 per cent
disability compensation from
VA. Does this make my depen
dents eligible for special edu
cational benefits available to
disabled veterans?
A— No. Only children of
veterans rated by VA as totally
and permanently disabled from
service connected causes are
entitled to this benefit.
Q -- I just heard I might be
eligible for a VA burial allow
ance for my husband who died
14 months ago. Is this true?
A-- Yes, provided your hus
band received an other than
dishonorable discharge. Claim
for a maximum $250 burial
allowance may be filed within
two years of permanent burial
or cremation.
Confused About
Life Insurance?
Help On The Way
About six out of every ten
American adults feel uneasy
wlien they’re buying life in
surance because they feel
they’re not sure they are buying
the right kind of protection.
This is just one of the con
clusions from a study by a
private research firm on behalf
of the life insurance industry
with 3,000 randomly selected
consumers. But, it points up that
life insurance, in the minds of
consumers, at least, is one of
the least understood purchases
a person will make in a life -
time.
However, help seems to be on
the way. A new booklet called,
“How to Select the Right Life
Insurance Company” is now
being offered free of charge to
the public. The 32-page bro
chure covers the following
topics: What are the charac
teristics of a quality life in
surance company? Sources of
impartial information;Whereto
The executive vice-president
of General Motors
Corporation, Oscar A. Lundin,
spoke recently to an
impressive group of
corporation executives at a
luncheon sponsored by the
Council for Financial Aid to
Education. He stated his
purpose as attempt ing to rebut
a popular misconception
“current among a limited
group of people regarding
progressive deterioration of
the financial support of
America’s institutions on
higher learning.’’ He went on
to accuse “these small-minded
detractors of attempting to
c n the door to chaos and
d spair” in higher education
today.
This top GM executive
pointed out that “over the
three-year period from 1966
to 1969—when major unrest
first erupted on our
campuses—corporate support
of education in the country
increased from approximately
S3OO million annually to
about $375 million—an
impressive rise of 25 percent.”
Greater Concern
Mr. Lundin was speaking
the convictions of many
American business leaders and
educators when he said: “The
best way to respond to
campus unrest is to become
more involved than ever
before; however possible, to
increase financial support; to
volunteer our personal
services, in short work
within the system in order to
improve it. If we withdraw, we
deprive ourselves of influence
and invite further division
within our society.”
He went on to draw
attention to the size of this
nation’s educational needs:
“The estimated cost of both
public and private higher
education in the United States
during the 1969-70 academic
year was $24 billion. Only half
of this can be accounted for
through federal, state and
local government funds. The
remainder was met as follows:
30 per cent from tuition and
fees; nine per cent from
income-produ-’ing services and
enterprises, such as
dormitories; two per cent
from endowment income; nine
per cent from gifts and grants
from all sources, including less
than two per cent from
corporations . . .The major
sources of voluntary support
for higher education are still
private foundations, alumni,
and other individuals.”
This top automotive
executive called the attention
of the group he was addressing
to the far-reaching benefits in
this nation today. He said:
“How do we put a dollar value
on such benefits? On the
useful knowledge generated
through both basic and
applied research by our
colleges and universities, for
example? Or on the
well-trained men and women
who come into our
organizations? Or on the
stabilizing influence which
higher education has on the
stait in selecting a quality com
pany; and other Questions to
help you make your choice.
The booklet also contains a
glossary of commonly used life
insurance terms.
Copies of the booklet may be
obtained by writing Consumer
Services, The Bankers Life,
Des Moines, lowa 50307.
SPICE GOES BAD
When gathering your
cooking supplies for holidays
ahead, you should check your
spice shelf, say Extension
home economists at the
University of Georgia. Spices
deteriorate and quickly lose
their pungency in heat and
humidity. Alw'ays be sure to
store spices in air tight con
tainers.
society in which we conduct
our business?”
Another View
While Oscar Lundin was
speaking to these top business
leaders from all parts of the
nation, and urging more
corporate support of higher
education. Dr. Rufus C.
Harris, president of Mercer
University in Macon, was
speaking to friends of that
institution on the significant
topic “What Makes A College
Good.” His remarks on that
occasion impressed so many
people that they have been
reproduced by many editors
and publications throughout
the state.
Dr. Harris presented an
optimistic picture of college
students today, but
emphasized the responsibility
which the faculty and staff
have in developing the leaders
of tomorrow. He said:
“Today’s college students are
much more informed, but
they are not filled with more
wisdom or poise. The tense
and rapid social change which
modern students see in the
great wide world beyond the
campus causes them to feel
unanchored and adrift. This is
a much more stirring fact with
them than it was with us when
we were in college . . .This
constitutes one reason why
they are determined now to
see all the evidence, to hear all
the voices, and to study all the
sides of every social
controversy. T he good college
must deal extensively and
gen ' v with these
detern. nations. Patience and
the nuance serve better than
the edict!”
More Realistic
Dr. Harris has a deep
conviction that colleges today
should help prepare students
for the realities of life,
assisting them in testing tne
ideas and the environment
around them, in making a
critical examination of
themselves and of the society
in which they live.
He said: “The good college
today breeds dissatisfaction
with the unexamined, the
pretentious, the senseless, the
abusive, and the dishonest.
The college is good when it
tends to fill a person with an
understanding heart of
compassion and the love of
God, while filling him at the
same time with the impatience
with himself when he does not
put forth his best effort .
“It is good when it breeds
in students hope and alertness;
when it makes them sensitive
to the needs of others; when it
helps them lessen the
constraints of imperious self;
when it puts purpose and
unselfish citizenship in life. It
is ‘good’ when it stimulates
concern for things deeply felt
and thought; when it excites
in the individual the prospect
of shaping a full adult
experience, serving the needs
of those who need his help.”
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