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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Mildred
Jones Hodges
Mrs. Mildred Jones Hodges,
73, died at her residence here
Sunday of an apparent heart
attack. Funeral services were
held Tuesday morning at 11:00
o’clock from the Chapel of
Harris and Smith Funeral
Home with the Rev. Dickie
Johnson, pastor of Helena
Baptist Church officiating, as
sisted by the Rev. James E.
McCain, pastor of the Mcßae
Firs| Baptist Church.
Burial followed in Oak
Grove £(ynetery with Harris
and Spii^iy, in ,charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were, Howard
Wooten, Grady Williams, >
Claude Hawkins, Billy Wooten,
Lamar MurdaughandWimbric
Walker. aM
Honorary pallbearers wer«r..
Marcie te Favor, Dr. C. J.^
Maloy, V. C. Singleton, DbAjJ
Johnson, C. J. Maloy, Jr.,
.if
Calvin Bryan, Clyde Beaur
champ, Grady Saunders.,.
Frank Rieger, J. T. Crafton,
jack Shepherd, A. W. Hinson,
Pete Peebles and Charlie
Tillman.
Mrs. Hodges was bom in
Miller County on April 21,
1898, the daughter of the late
Thomas and Rosa Cook Jones.
She was married to the late
S. T. Hodges on August 23,
1920 in Mcßae, was a mem
ber erf the Helena Baptist
Church and had lived in Mcßae
since 1920.
Survivors include one son,
S. T. Hodges, Jr. of Decatur;
Politics oln Parade
Ibb^SßiA
The General Assembly
meets next Monday in what
is likely to be the most con
troversial session in many'
years. The Governor’s re
organization bills will gene
rate heat for 15 days, and
following will be measure
after measure that are sure
to produce much shouting. We
doubt seriously that the As
sembly can finish in the allot
ted 45 days, especially if they
run straight through all days
of the week. If they do this,
they will adjourn on Feb. 18,
but if they don’t count Satur
days and Sundays, the session
will extend to March 3. How
ever, we wouldn’t be surprised
to see an extra session called
immediately after completion
of the regular.
* * * *
House Speaker George L.
Smith has invited all constitu
tional officers to appear
before the House and have 15
minutes to explain why they
object to certain parts of re
organization. There will then
be a question and answer
period, followed by 15minutes
for a representative of the
Governor to explain the pro
side of tire legislation.
Some constitutional officers
are saying that this isn’t right
— that since the proposals
are the Governor’s he should
speak first and then let the
officers have the rebuttal.
• * * *
Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell
isn’t fooling anybody with ids
grandiose ideas of annexations
to the city'. His main purpose^
is to get enough whites into ’
Atlanta to outvote Maynard
Jackson’s Negro votes in the
next race for May or.
* * * * fs
There may be a large scan
dal in the making at the At
lanta Hemphill Water Treat
ment plant construction job,
which is costing $11,000,000
in city and federal money.
What we are told is that all
the contracts for paint are
going to a company (?) with
no manufacturing facilities
and no office. Apparently,
somebody is handling the bid
ding as a person and buy ing
the paint from a regular manu
facturer.
Also, the contract specifies
that the representative be paid
$l5O a day to fly to the manu
fecturer’s mill and inspect
all paint there which goes to
the Atlanta job.
And, it is said that many ,
many pipes, valves, etc. which
don’t need painting are being
given two or three coats.
four grand children; and one
sister, Kirs. Golden Fordyce
of Miami, Fla.
Arthur Melvin
Spires
Funeral services for Arthur
Melvin Spires, 52, of Helena,
who died Thursday, December
30, in the V.A. Hospital in
Dublin, following a brief ill
ness, were held Friday after
noon at 3:00 o’clock from the
Chapel of Harris and Smith
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Eugene Cook of Baxley of
ficiating.
i Burial followed in the Milan
Cemetery with Harris and
Smith in charge of arrange
, ments.
■ h Pallbearers were Fran Jilin
,j Spires, W. J. Spires, Sam
^Spires, Melton Music, Ray
Mancp and f L ti C. Lindsey.
«. Honorary pallbeanys were,
f Leon Stanley, V.yrnpp Young,
Edison Evans, Loft or), HftY
mons, Dick Gardner, Paul
fl Pope, James Pope, Dr. S. T.
,f Parkerson and Eugene
Howard.
Mr. Spires was bom in Tel
fair County on December 9,
1919, the son of the late J. W.
and Cora Minnex Spires. He
was married to the former
Odessa Sears on February
20, 1971 and was a member
of the Mcßae First Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife
of Helena; one son, A.M.
CSkeet) Spires, Jr. of States
boro; two daughters, Mrs.
Vivian Webster of Alamo, and
Persons familiar with state
politics will remember that
this sort of thing has been
done more than once in state
purchases, and there was quite
a stink about it some years
ago.
We don’t have the facilities
to make a complete investi
gation, but if the Atlanta News
papers are truly interested
in checking out possible waste
and graft in city projects,
we’ll be glad to furnish them
further information.
* * * *
The Columbus Jaycees plan
a statewide television broad
cast on May 8 with all U. S.
Senate candidates invited.
Jaycees from throughout the
state will participate. Che in
teresting feature of this show
is that Macon Mayor Ronnie
Thompson was invited, and
answered that “if things con
tinue as they are now, I def
initely' will be a candidate
for the Senate, and will appear
on your program.’’
* • * *
Add the name of Dr. Law
rence MacDonald, Atlanta
urologist who lives in Cobb
County, to the list of potential
candidates for Congress from
the Seventh District. Dr. Mac-
Dona Id is one of 4he top men
in the nation in the Jolin Birch
Society.
He makes the second phy
sician who may run. Dr. Rich
ard Hammonds, of Austell, is
also considering the race.
* * * *
Some Atlanta Negroes seem
to favor supplanting Jesus the
Christ, with the late Martin
Luther Jr. hi a long;
article appearing in ‘'The At
lanta Voice,’’ weekly Negro
paper, the African Soul Bro
ilers, in Writing about a
’•J^ack Christmas^ called Dr.
King “our Prince of Peace.”
* * * *
SCOOP — Conley Ingram,
of Marietta, former Superior
Court Judge and one of the
shrewdest attorneys in the
state, has resigned as Secre
tary of the State Democratic
Executive Committee, giving
as the reason that he will be
active in the re-election cam
paign of Sen. David Gambrell.
He didn’t say so, but Conley
probably will be campaign
manager. And, whether Gam
brell wins or loses, Judge
Ingram is a certainty to be
offered an Appellate Judge
ship before Carter goes out
of office.
Now, the posts of Secretary
and National Committeeman
ai-e open in the Georgia F^rty,
and their successors will be
elected by the full Committee.
Miss Scarlet Spires trfMcßae;
three brothers, Woodroe
Spires of Alexandria, Va.,
Clifton Spires erf Mcßae, and
Walter Spires of Alamo; two
sisters, Mrs. Christine Bras
well of Macon, and Mrs. Ru
dean Harris of Alexandria,
Va.; and three grandchildren.
Edwin Harris
Haynes
Edwin Harris Haynes, 14,
died Friday near Rhine when
he feel from the back of a
truck. Funeral services were
held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the
Hopewell Baptist Church near
Rhine with burial in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Haynes was a native of
Perry but had lived in Warner
Robins since 1960. He was a
ninth grade student at Tabor
Junior High School.
Surviving are his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Luther H.
Haynes of Warner Robins; two
brothers, L. Wayne Haynes
and Darwin Haynes, both of
Warner Robins; a sister, Mrs.
Cecil Wallace of Warner Rob
ins; paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Willie Haynes ofWamer
Robins; and maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Daisy Dowdy of
Rhine.
Christopher-Smith Funeral
Home of Warner Robins was
in charge.
Mrs. O. V. Dollar
Funeral services for Mrs.
0. V. Dollar, 85, of Sanders
ville, who died Friday, were
held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the
Chapel erf Mayo Funeral Home
in Sandersville. Burial was
in Brownwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Dollar was a native of
Telfair County and a member
of the First Church of the
Nazarene in Sandersville.
Survivors include three
sons, Emory Dollar, Van Dol
lar and Billy Dollar, all of
Sandersville; three daughters,
Mrs. Myrtice Newsome, Mrs.
Rembert Curry, both of Jack
sonville, Fla., and Mrs. Phil
Moye of Sandersville.
Mrs. Mattie
Tompkins
Mrs. Mattie Lee Tompkins,
62, of Baxley, died at her
residence Friday following a
ymiaKdymDAt
by the Georgia Consumer Services Program
PICKING A GOOD DOCTOR
1 always like for my family
to have their yearly physical
check-ups in January. We have
just moved to a new town, and
don’t know what doctor to go
to. Can you tell me how to
pick a good doctor in a strange
town?
The very best way to get a
new doctor is to ask your
former doctor to recommend
one in the town to which you
are moving. If he can’t
recommend one, or for some
reason you are not satisfied
with the doctor he
recommends, finding the
doctor who is right for you
,can be a hit and miss
proposition. First of all, call
the county health department
or the local medical
association, and ask them to
give you the names of several
doctors that would suit your
needs (general practitioner,
pediatrician, etc.) You may
have to go to more than one
before you are satisfied. Some
reliable guidelines for
feeognizing a reputable
medical doctor are:
• Does he attempt to talk
you out of going to another
doctor for another opinion?
Will he recommend other
specialists if necessary? Most
reputable doctors welcome the
opinion of another doctor.
• Does he advertise, or
otherwise solicit patients?
Reputable doctors do not. In
fact, they are forbidden by
law to do so in Georgia.
• Does he try to talk you
into unusual and expensive
medications, devices or
treatments? Does his diagnosis
sound like a sales pitch? As a
rule doctors are in the business
of prescribing medicine, not
selling it.
• Does he claim to have
discovered some revolutionary'
cure that the rest of the
medical profession has not
accepted yet? Does he seem to
operate with an unusual air of
secrecy? If he does, the odds
are he’s a quack.
• Does he promise
extraordinarily quick cures?
Does he absolutely guarantee a
brief Illness. Funeral ser
vices were held Sunday at
4 p.m. at the Union Springs
Baptist Church near Hazle
hurst, with burial in the Oak
Grove Cemetery .
Mrs. Tompkins was a Jeff
Davis County native but had
lived in Baxley three years.
She was employed by the Bax
ley Manor Nursing Home.
Surviving are two daugh
ters, Mrs. Preston Craeford
of Hazlehurst, and Mrs. Alton
Griffin of Baxley; a son,
Howard Johnson of Jackson
ville, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs.
Mamie Hardy of Lumber City,
Mrs. Belle Dillingham of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs.
Jeanette Phelps of Waycross;
two brothers, Benton Johns
of Blackshear, and George
Burkett of Jacksonville, Fla.
Thomas-Wainright Funeral
Home of Hazlehurst was in
charge.
William G. Rooks
William Garnett Rooks, 41,
of Eastman died Monday from
injuries received when his
pickup truck was struck by a
train in Chauncey. He was
brought to the Telfair County
Hospital, but was dead on
arrival.
Funeral services were held
at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Central
Baptist Church in Eastman.
Burial was in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Mr. Rooks was a member
of Central Baptist Church, a
veteran of the Korean War
and manager of the Motor
Parts of Eastman.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Betty Moore Rooks of
Eastman; a daughter, Miss
Vicki Rooks of Eastman; six
sisters, Mrs. Otha Batts, Mrs.
J. F. McDonald, Mrs. John
Arthur Sheffield, Mrs. Ethel
Hendricks and Mrs. Joe H.
Brown, all erf Eastman, and
Mrs. Cari Petrey of Macon;
and two brothers, Robert
Rooks of Eastman, and Willie
Smith of Chester.
Home Funeral Home of
Eastman was in charge.
Mrs. Frank
B. Steger
Graveside services for
Mrs. Frank B. Steger, 79, of
Macon, who died Monday, were
cure that other doctors have
hesitated over? The human
body and the practice of
medicine are extremely
complex, and only in certain
cases would a reputable doctor
guarantee a cure. He would
merely make a good prognosis
(theory as to how the case will
work out).
If the answer to any of
these questions is “yes,” you
should very likely seek
medical help elsewhere. Many
people think medical quackery
is a thing of the past, but it is
estimated that the quacks take
the American public for two
billion dollars a year. Even
worse, they keep them from
getting the treatment they
really need.
On the other hand, if the
answer to the following
questions is “yes,” it is an
indication that the doctor has
efficiently completed his
medical training, has met the
requirements of the State
Examining Board and has a
professional association with a
major medical facility. All of
these positives indicate that he
is competent to diagnose and
treat illness.
• Does he display diplomas
from reputable, accredited
medical schools, and the
proper state licenses on the
walls of his office?
• Is he recommended by
your county health
department and local medical
association? Is he on the staff
of a recognized hospital?
• Does he have a good
reputation in your
community? Have people you
know had satisfactory dealings
with him?
THE GEORGIA CONSUMER
SER VICES PROGRAM is a
division of the State Department
of Family and Children Services,
and is funded by the United
States Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. Ts you
have questions concerning
product quality, credit and
contract terms or how to spend
your money wisely, call
1-800-282-8900 free from
anywhere in Georgia. If you have
trouble reaching the number ask
your local operator for help.
held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in
Macon Memorial Park.
Mrs. Steger was bom in
Lumber City and was educated
in the Laurens County Public
Schools. She had resided in
Macon for 60 years. Mrs.
Steger was a member of the
Tatnall Square Presbyterian
Church and Circle 3 of that
church. She was the daughter
of the late Henry Harris and
the late Mrs. Lee Anna Cheney
Harris.
Survivors include one
daughter, Miss Edna Steger
of Macon; one son, Frank M.
Steger of Port Orange, Fla.;
and one grandson, Frank M.
Steger, Jr. of Macon.
Memorial Chapel of Macon
was in charge.
Georgia Power
Gets Ad Os The
Week Award
A Georgia Power Company
newspaper advertisement on
environmental protection has
been named “Ad erf the Week’’
by a national publication.
Headlined “There Are at
Least 297 New Ways to Pro
tect the Environment with
Electricity,” the ad was
chosen for top honors by Utili
ty Spotlight, an executive ser
vice publication of Corporate
Intelligence, New York City.
It was selected from among
approximately 200 electric,
gas, telephone and water
utility advertisements pub
lished in the nation. The ad
appeared in 230 weekly and
daily Georgia newspapers.
The copy cited such items
as waste paper picker, organic
carbon colorimeter, and smog
retarder apparatus as being
among the 297 new pollution
abatement inventions patented
in the past year, all using
electricity to do their job.
The Georgia Power ad was
the second within three months
to be designated "Ad of the
Week” by Corporate Intelli
gence. In October, an adver
tisement entitled “Little
Shavers Get a Big Deal” was
accorded similar honor.
It’s The l iming
The trouble with good
advice is that it usually
interferes with our plans.
ATLANTA (PRN) With a
few moments on my hands
before making a speech in
McDonough the other day, I
stopped by to say hello to an
old friend of mine, Don Huie,
who owns and operates the
Winchester Triple H Gun Club
just outside of town.
As I came through the door
Don hollered, “Hey, come
here and see this. How would
you like to have been the one
to have shot this gun?”
Laying there, on the
counter, was a shotgun in
something like 20 pieces. It’s
condition was apparently due
to a reloaded shell.
Let me quickly insert that
reloads are NOT
dangerous . . .if proper care is
used. No one knew exactly
what was the cause of this
malfunction. Don assured me
that the press used was of the
type that could not possibly
throw a second charge of
powder, at least not without
going to a great deal of
trouble.
A lot of things could have
gone wrong. There could have
been too much wad pressure,
too much shot, an obstruction
in the gun barrel . . .many
things. The fellow who fired
the shot had been shooting
reloads of the same batch in
the same gun without
difficulty.
The shooter had a badly
injured hand, but was
probably fortunate not to be
hurt worse.
Let me point out again that
reloads, properly loaded, are
perfectly safe. The gun was a
safe one, too. It might be
unfair to blame the reload.
Probably, though, the shell
was the cause of the problem.
It may have been a previous
shell. . .perhaps it was a
Social Security
News & Views
What works when you can’t?
Your social security, states
Charles Hall of the Dublin
Social Security Office. If you
are unable to work because
erf a physical or mental im
pairment and expect to be out
of work 12 months or more,
your social security may work
for you to help replace lost
income.
For more information on the
necessary requirements to
receive disability insurance,
contact your Social Security
Office at 114 East Johnson
Street. The telephone number
is 272-5347.
Q. I am attending high
school and receiving monthly
social security benefits as
the son of a disabled worker.
Is it true that social security
will pay part of my college
tuition?
A. No. But social security
will continue to send you the
same monthly cash benefit
you are now receiving as long
as you are a full-time student,
under 22, and not married.
You can use this money to
help pay your college
expenses.
Q. My fatter and mother
were collecting monthly social
security retirement benefits
in a single check when my
fether died last month. We
reported his death to social
security, but when the check
came yesterday, it still had
both my mother’s and father’s
name on it. What should we do?
A. You or some member
of your family should bring
the checktotte social security
office. We will stamp is so
that it can be cashed with
just your mother’s endorse
ment on it. Any adjustment’s
necessary will be made in
your mother’s next check,
Q. I recently moved just
it really necessary to change
my address?
A. Yes. Your present mail
man may know where you live,
but a new one may look for
you at the address shown on
the check. If he doesn’t find
you there, he may send the
check back to the U.S. Treas
ury Department, and delivery
of your check will be delayed.
Q. My 12-year-old son and
I both received monthly social
SY DEAN WOHLGEMUTH
Georgia Game and
Fish Commission
Use Generous
Doses Os Care
“blooper” load, one that for
some reason did not produce
full power, thus leaving a wad
lodged in the barrel. This
would increase the pressure to
a level capable of blowing up
the best possible gun.
Who knows? 1 don’t. 1 do
know, however, that anytime
you’re shooting, no matter
what loads or with what gun,
you must always be careful to
make certain everything is in
good order and that you’re
handling the gun as safely as
possible. Never, never forget
that a gun can be deadly, and
demands proper respect.
And if you’re reloading,
take care to be certain that
you’re using the right power
for the load and that you’re
doing everything properly and
carefully.
I wince everytime I hear of
any form of firearms accident.
I know that nearly all
accidents can be blamed on
carelessness. Perhaps this one
was not. but it has some of the
earmarks.
What makes me wince is
that with each accident, some
opponent to hunting and gun
owning, wants to use this as
ammunition against gun
ownership and sport shooting.
If you love guns and
shooting, and cherish the right
to own and use them, you
have a responsibility to
yourself and to all other gun
lovers, to be as careful as
possible with them.
If that isn’t incentive
enough, think of the loved
ones of the victim, left behind.
Remember, too, the victim
may be you.
No matter w'ho it is, you
are bound to find it hard, after
a serious accident, to get to
sleep at night. Unless, of
course, you have put yourself
to sleep - permanently.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411
FRIDAY, JAN. 7, 1972
security survivors payments
after my husband’s death.
When I remarried a year ago,
my benefits stopped. Since I
was divorced last month, can
I again receive monthly bene
fits on my first husband’s
earnings record?
A. Yes. Call or visit any
social security office to file
a new application for bene fits.
You will need a certified copy
erf your divorce decree.
The Male
In recent years the death
rate for American men and
women has fallen steadily.
That is. death came at a
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Georgia
Scene
in higher
education
Dr. DuPree Jordan Jr. ILL'-/
f
> v
The Carnegie Commission
on Higher Education has
published numerous studies in
this field, and is constantly
studying the needs and
problems of colleges and
universities. The group has
recently published a report on
federal aid in which it says the
federal government should
provide substantially greater
funds for higher education,
including funds to institutions
for the general support of
educational programs.
The rationale for the claim
for more federal money by the
Carnegie group is twofold:
first, that many contributions
of higher education are made
specifically to the welfare of
the nation as a whole, and
secondly, that the federal
government controls
two-thirds of all federal, state
and local revenues in this
country.
Not Federal Control
While boldly claiming that
more federal funds should be
put into institutions of higher
education, both public and
private, the Carnegie
Commission denies vigorously
any interpretation that might
abdicate control to the federal
government. Indeed, the first
point of emphasis in the latest
report by the Commission is
that basic support of and
responsibility for higher
education remain with the
states and with private
initiative. The report says:
“We are opposed to the
development of a single
national system of higher
education.”
At another point, the group
goes on to say: “This report is
concerned with federal aid to
institutions of higher
education. Adequate state
support is equally needed. In
particular, it is only the states
that can create a viable
balance between public and
private institutions.
“To the extent that there is
an imbalance, and that this
imbalance is a source of
current difficulties, the states
should take affirmative
action . . .
“The states have a
particular responsibility at the
present time - in addition to
their adequate support of
public institutions . to aid
students going to private as
well as public institutions. The
graduates of each type make
equal contributions to society.
We particularly support state
programs that aid attendance
of low-income students at
private colleges and
universities."
Three Concerns
The Carnegie Commission
expressed the continuing
concerns which that group has
in three areas: first, that
adequate institutional support
be made to colleges and
universities throughout this
country; second, that the
principles on which this
support is based serve the
nation well and serve higher
education well, and third, that
the program of institutional
later age. The sad news now,
for men, is that statistics in
the late sixties shows males
dying earlier.
Death rates for women con
tinue to improve. The Nation
al (’enter for Health Statis
tics reports the toll among
men has become so heavy
that today there ate only 95
men to every 100 women—the
low point in a trend which
began in 1910.
The interest in educational
institutions for men will
dwindle rapidly after the last
of the football games.
aid is based on principles
which aid the national welfare
and the welfare of higher
education in the long-run, and
not only provide money in the
short-run, essential as that is..
A second basic emphasis or
theme of the Carnegie
Commission’s report on
federal aid is that the highest
single priority for higher
education throughout the
1970’s could be to help fulfill
the American dream of social
justice, now two hundred
years old. The report says:
“Equality of opportunity
in higher education is costly.
Much of the ‘new depression’
in higher education is caused
by the efforts of institutions
of higher education to bear
these costs. The costs will rise
greatly in the 1970’s as we add
three million students to our
enrollments, many from
low-income and
modest-income families.”
“Consequently, we have
proposed, and do so again, a
new Educational Bill of
Rights, modeled on the
successful program for G.l.’s
after World War 11, which
would provide students from
I o w - i n c o m e and
modest-income families with
the financial resources
required for college
attendance, and would also
provide a cost-of-education
supplement going along with
these students to the
institutions of their choice, to
be expended by these
institutions for educational
purposes.”
Free Choice
The third emphasis of the
report is that students be given
the maximum freedom of
choice in choosing the
institutions they wish to
attend. The report says: “Such
freedom of choice will both
serve the students better in the
short-run and create an
incentive for institutions to
change in the longer run, in
the process of attracting
students through the quality
of their programs.”
A fourth theme is that
federal aid be given in a
manner which does not
encourage states and private
sources to reduce their
support. This was emphasized
in the first point earlier, and
the Carnegie group expressed
forcefully its fear that
lumpsum, across-the-board
grants might lead to
diminishing other than federal
support.
A fifth emphasis of the
Commission is that the
autonomy of institutions be
preserved. The report said:
"Payment for contributions to
selected national goals invites
less control than subsidization
of the institution qua
institution. W’e favor pluralism
among systems and diversity
among institutions.”
In its entirety, the latest
report of the Carnegie
Commission really has nothing
new or earth-shaking, but does
strongly underline many of
the basic concerns which have
been expressed by the same
group, and many others, on
previous occasions.