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VOLUME 57
Georgia Bapfist
Conference Set
In Augusta
Three Southern Baptist
leaders are speakers for the
1972 Georgia Baptist Evange
lism Conference in Augusta’s
Bell Auditorium, Jan, 17-19,
A pre-conference prayer
meeting is scheduled Monday
at 10:30 a.m. at Kiokee Bap
tist Church near Appling,
about 20 miles from Augusta,
The church is beginning its
200th year, founded in 1772.
The evangelism conference
begins at 2 p.m. Monday and
concludes Wednesday at noon.
Speakers include Dr. Carl
E. Bates, Southern Baptist
Convention president and pas -
tor, First Baptist Church,
Charlotte, N, C.; Dr, Wayne
E. Ward, theology professor,
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Ky.; and
Dr. Kenneth Chafin, secretary
of evangelism division, Sou
thern Baptist Home Mission
Board, Atlanta.
Out of state pastors include
Dr. James E, Coggin, Travis
Avenue Baptist Church, Fort
Worth, Texas; and Dr. Harper
Shannon, First Baptist
Church, Dothan, Ala.
Conference directors are
The Rev. O, M, Cates, evange-~
lism secretary, Georgia Bap
tist Convention; and Dr.
Searcy S, Garrison, executive
secretary-treasurer, GBC.
A panel of laymen will
discuss their evangelistic ex
periences: John Miles, Thom~
aston; Fred Worrill, Atlanta;
James B, Williamson, Macon;
George Ingram, Decatur; and
0. G, (Sunny)Hall, Brunswick.
Four young people will
speak during a youthemphasis
Tuesday night: Joe Dunagan,
Camilla; Lu Ann Weeks, Cop
perhill, Tenn,; Carole Steen,
East Point; and Karen Wil
liams, Evans.
Testimonies will be given
by Mrs. Gene Burch, Carters
ville; and Jack Hutchinson,
Brunswick.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Owens,
evangelistic singers from
Newnan will sing throughout
the conference. Other
musicians include Mrs. R, A,
Robinson, soloist; Mrs. Pres
ton Graham, organist; Mrs.
G. Frank Jones, pianist; all
from Augusta.
Dr. Paul C, McCommon,
secretary of church music
for the Convention, is con
ference music director. He
will be assisted by Miss La~
Verne Melton, department
worker.
Local coordinators include
the Rev. James L, Adkins,
pastor, Woodlawn Baptist
Church; and Dr. R, J. Robin
son, pastor, First Baptist
Church and state convention
president.
There will be an election
held on Tuesday, February 1,
1972, for the purpose of elec
ting a member of Wheeler
County Board of Education
from McArthur District.
To qualify, a person must
be a free holder, at least 30
years of age, good moral
character, qualified and
registered to vote for mem
ber of General Assembly, have
lived in Wheeler County five
years immediately preceeding
this election, and also be a
resident of McArthur District.
Qualifying time closes 12:00
a.m., January 18, 1972,
The vote will be county
wide. Polls opening at 7:00
a.m. and closing at 7:00 p.m.
T. Clyde Fulford, Ordinary
Wheeler County
Desmond Wilson
Completes Training
Navy Seaman Apprentice
Desmond D. Wilson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson
of Route 2, Alamo, graduated
from recruit training at the
Naval Training Center in Or
lando, Fla.
He is a 1970 graduate of
Wheeler County High School
in Alamo
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~ Ailey Manufacturing Company Elects Officers
The directors of the Ailey
Manufacturing Company,
thirty year-old locally owned
and operated industry which
manufactures shirts and
outerwear, recently elected
new officers as follows:
Malcolm Peterson, Presi
dent and Treasurer; Will
Peterson, Jr. and Ralph Clax
ton, Vice~Presidents; and
More Cofton
Urged For 1972
Wheeler County farmers
may have lost more than
$112,748 income in 1971 by
not planting the allotted cotton
acreage, according to Gene
Harris, Chairman of the
Wheeler County ASC Com
mittee.
The county’s 1972 allotment
is 2,290.9 acres. Only 515
acres were planted in 1971,
1544,5 acres were leased out
of this county. The county
has an average projected yield
of 400 and anaverage payment
rate of $60.00 per acre,
If the cotton allotment
leased out of the county were
planted or 90 percent of the
cotton planted on each farm,
additional set-aside payments
for the county would be 1544.5
acres times $60.00 or $92,670,
Using 28 cents a pound as
the average price received
for the 1971 crop, if the pro
ducer made an average yield,
he would receive sll2 anacre
for the lint cotton andapproxi
mately SIB.OO per acre for the
cotton-seed or a total of $l3O
per acre for the cotton and
seed. The acreage not planted
1544.5 times sl3oequals $20,~
078 added to the set-aside
payments $92,670 equals
$112,748.
Mr. Harris pointed out that
cotton now has a good market,
U. S, mill consumption con
tinues to increase and export
demand is strong.
Farmers are now making
plans for 1972, In view of the
favorable outlook for cotton,
producers should contact the
county extension agent, the
local ASCS county office, gin=-
ners, buyers and warehouse
men to see what the possi
bilities are for increased cot
ton acreage in Wheeler
County.
The 1972 set-aside program
for upland cotton has been
announced and producers can
get the details at the local
county ASCS office before
making final plans, Mr, Harris
said.
David Johnson
On Dean’s List
David R. Johnson, Senior
at Carson-Newman College,
Jefferson City, Tennessee was
named to the Dean’s List for
the fall semester. His grade
report released by the regis
trar’s office shows a grade
point average of 4.00. He is
the son of the Rev, and Mrs,
Raymond G. Johnson of Alamo,
Carson-Newman College is
a liberal arts college founded
in 1851 and owned and ope
rated by the Tennessee Baptist
Convention, It has a current
enrollment of approximately
1800 students.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 — BOX 385
Miss Ray Nita Stewart, Secre
tary.
Malcolm Peterson, one of
the founders of the Georgia
Corporation which began ope~
ration in 1941, was elevated
to the office of president.
He replaces the late John C,
Peterson who enjoyed the
longest tenure of office as
president in the company his
tory. The only other person
to serve as president during
the thirty years of operation
was the late Hugh Peterson
whose service lasted from
the company founding in 1941
through 1948,
The new president is a grad
uate of the University of Ga.
He is a former president of
the Montgomery County Lions
Television
Viewing Guide
For Teachers
Area junior and senior high
school teachers are being pro
vided with a special teaching
aid, atelevision viewing guide,
to assist their students in
understanding and appreci
ation of the ecological TV
documentary, “The Mys=-
terious Spring: Africa’s
Mzima,’" to be seen locally
Sunday, January 16, 7:30 -
8:30 p.m., on WCWB TV, Ch,
41, Macon,
Filmed at and in the natural
springs of Mzima in Kenya’s
Tsavo National Park by the
husband and wife nature
photography team, Alan and
Joan Root, the program is
sponsored locally by The At
lanta Gas Light Company,
The gas company has also
arranged for distribution of
the teachers’ “teleguides’’ for
the special program, The tele-~
guide provides background in
formation on Mzima springs
and its wild-life population
and suggests subjects for
class discussion and investi
gation both before and after
viewing the documentary.
““The Mysterious Spring’’
illustrates the dependent in
terrelationships of all life
forms found at this undis
turbed oasis in an Africian
desert. Counterparts for the
balance of nature at Mzima
are found in every environ
ment, and students are en=-
couraged to study their own
surroundings with an eye to
the interdependence of all its
life forms.
Teacher’s teleguide for
““The Mysterious Spring’’ was
prepared hy Kenneth Bob
rowsky for the American Gas
Association in cooperation
with the editors of ““Scholastic
Teacher’’ magazine.
Mrs. Johnson Named
To Dean’s List
Mrs., Beth Ross Johnson,
who is in graduate school at
Georgia Southern College in
Statesboro, was named to the
Dean’s List for the Fall Quar=
ter. She maintaineda 4.0 grade
point average. .
Mrs, Johnson is the wife
of Gene Johnson of Rt. 2,
Glenwood.
Club and has served in the
city government inAiley since
1938. He is active in the
Ailey United Methodist Church
where he serves onthe Official
Board and also as Treasurer.
He is married to the former
Rebecca Godwinand the couple
have one daughter.
Will Peterson, Jr., the first
Vice-President and Manager
of the Soperton Manufacturing
Company, a division of the
parent company which has
been in operation since 1946,
is a resident of Soperton where
he is active in educational,
civic and church affairs. He
received his education at
Brewton Parker and Emory
University from which he was
graduated with the A.B,
degree.
Ralph F, Claxton graduated
from Toombs Central High
School 2nd Brewton Parker
College. The Second Vice=
President and Manager of the
Ailey Manufacturing Company
is active in Church and Civic
affairs, He is a Sunday School
teacher and Deacon (past
chairman) in the First Baptist
Church in Vidalia, Ralph is
also Treasurer of the Daniell
Baptist Association.
Miss Ray Nita Stewart the
new secretary of the company
was born and reared in Glen
wood where she attended
school. She has been anactive
Baptist, having held positions
as Secretary of the Sunday
School, Training Union Direc-
Federal Tax
Booklet For
Sale In Alamo
A booklet that gives infoz=-
mation on how to fill out
Federal Tax returns will be
sold at Postal Service facili
ties in the Alamo area,
Postmaster Towns announced
this week.
“Your Federal Income
Tax’’ was written by the In
ternal Revenue Service and
contains many examples to
illustrate how the tax law
applies to actual situations.
A special feature of the book
let is the sample, filled-in
return, Form 1040, keyed to
pages where explanation can
be found for each entry on
the return,
The 160-page booklet went
on sale January 4, and costs
75 cents a copy.
“By selling this booklet at
postal facilities in the Alamo
area we are offering a con=-
venient service to our cus
tomers,’’ Postmaster Towns
said, ‘“We are participating
in a nationwide program (o
make the tax booklet avail
able to the public in 15,000
postal facilities.”
Another popular IRS publi
cation, ““Tax Guide for Small
Business’’ will also be sold
for 75 cents a copy at Post
Office in Swainsboro.
This publication answers
many questions businessmen
have about Federal income,
excise and employment taxes
and also contains a 1972 tax
calendar with due dates for
various tax and information
returns and payments,
tor, Sunday School Teacher
and Educational Director, She
now lives in Ailey, belongs
to the Baptist Church and
teaches an Adult Sunday School
Class,
When asked about the direc
tion of the firm under his
leadership, Malcolm Peterson
said, “We will continue to
design and create high quality
clothing for our trade; con
tinue to act as a local em=~
ployer for our 400 fine em
ployees; and continue to add
our all to the economic de
velopment of this area, Our
employees have some extra
ingredients, perhaps it’s pride
in their work, which creates
a wholesome atmosphere and
we pledge our support tothem
and their wonderful attitude.”’
Dimes Drive
Launched By
Wheeler 4-H
The 4-H Clubs of the high
school and junior highlaunch
ed the annual MARCH OF
DIMES drive in Wheeler Co,
last Saturday witha road block
that collected a record $156,~
49, David H, Williams and
Miss Cindy Nelson, 4-H Club
sponsors, enlisted the follow=
ing club members to conduct
the highly successful road
block: Merrie Clark, Eric
Cox, Sarah Williams, Timmy
McNeal, Sandra Montford, Lee
Pickle, Joy McNeal, Valorie
Cox, Patty Adams and Tommy
McNeal, Mr. Williams reports
that this is the largestamount
which his group ever received
thrcugh a March Os Dimes
road block in Wheeler County.
The March Os Dimes cam
paign to raise money to fight
birth defects will continue in
Wheeler County throughout the
month of March, Mothers’
marches will be made inevery
area of the county and all the
public school students in all
schools will be given the op
portunity to give. Also, the
business sections of Alamo
and Glenwood will be solicited
for funds.
Raymond G. Johnson, cam=-
paign director, is appreciative
of the cooperation already re~
ceived and is hopeful that the
county will reach a total goal
of $1400.00
“Information Line”’
ATLANTA (PRN) -- The
Georgia House of
Representatives Public
Information Office will again
man a toll-free Information
Line for citizens who have
questions about House
activities.
The toll-free number for
persons outside the Atlanta
calling area is 1-800-282-5800.
For persons in the Atlanta
calling area the number is
656-5083.
House Speaker George L.
Smith II of Swainsboro said
the unique Information Line,
which proved successful
during the 1971 legislative
session, should be even more
helpful this year as more
FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 1972
Brewton Parker College Hit By
Tornado, Buildings Damaged
Tornadic winds swept
through Brewton Parker Col
lege in Mt. Vernon Wednesday
morning, January 5, about 4:30
a.m, wrecking three buildings
and damaging five others less
severely. Torrents of water
were dumped upon the campus
adding further to the damage
to the unroofed structures.
Most extensively damaged
building was Gates Hall, the
Report Os The
County Agent
By David H, Williams
Thin Or Prune?
There are many acres of
pecan trees in Georgia that
are overcrowded. Perhaps
some of them are here in
Wheeler County. You know,
where limbs are interlocked
with other trees on all four
sides. Chances are these trees
need to be thinned or pruned.
Ray Livingston, head of our
Extension Service horti
culture department in Athens,
says some growers are ir
rigating pecan trees to im
prove size and quality. Under
this condition, pruning may
be the best route. B{it Ray
says not to “dehorn’’ the
trees, Just remove the long
limbs that are interlocked with
other trees.
Growers who are not going
to irrigate probably will be
better off by thinning. If the
trees are planted on the
square, thin diagonally. That
is, remove all trees in every
other row. This will increase
spacing by about 40 percent
for the trees that are left.
Fertilize Pecans
This month and next are
good times to give pecan trees
their yearly feeding of ferti
lizer,
Growers who hadleafanaly
-Bis made this past season
have specific recommenda
tions to follow. Also, soil
tests can indicate fertility
needs of pecan trees. In the
absence of these, only general
“rule-of-thumb”’ recom
mendations can be followed.
And these general recom=
mendations call for two to
three pounds of a complete
fertilizer per inch of tree
diameter at breast height.
This is a common guide. Then
additional nitrogen should be
applied to bring the actual
nitrogen level up toten pounds
per tree -- if it is an older
tree, say 20 years or over,
Zinc For Pecans
And under normal con
ditions, pecan trees require
additional zinc. Deficiency of
this element causes a con
dition known as ‘‘rosette.”
A lot of dead twigs in the
tree tops, and discolored and
curved leaves, are common
symptoms of the disease.,
If rosette is severe on older
trees, apply ten to fifteen
pounds of zinc sulfate per tree
to correct the condition. Then
begin applying a maintenance
rate next year of three to
five pounds per tree.
people learn how it can be
used.
During 1971 an average of
125 calls per day were
received during the final weeks
of the legislative session.
Citizens used the line to
leave messages for House
members, to check the status
of certain bills, to find out
how their legislator had voted
on a certain issue and even to
get the name or mailing
address of their legislators.
“The Information Office
stands ready to answer just
about any question pertaining
to House activities,”” Smith
said. “We encourage citizens
to call the free number when
they have a question about
what’s going on in Atlanta.”
SINGLE COPY 5¢
administration building which
was the oldest on campus and
dated back to 1904 and the
institution’s founding. Win=
dows were blown out, the roof
was demolished, and possible
structural damage resulted,
Robinson Hall, men’s resi
dence, had portions of the
roof blown away, the front
porch was completely de
molished and windows were
smashed, Fortunately, the
damage was to buildings only,
no physical injuries have yet
been reported,
Parker Gymnasium and
Eradication Os
Fire Ant Still
Underway Here
Aerial operations to eradi~
cate fire ant infestations in
the Wheeler County area are
now heing followed by search
and destroy teams conducting
surveys to locate infestations
that might have survivedearl
ier treatments,
The public is being asked
to cooperate by watching for
fire ant infestations or mounds
of ants and reporting such
discoveries to the local county
agent’s office.
State and federal officials
are working through the county
agent’s office to get reports
of infestations they may miss
in surveying farm lands and
other property in this general
area.
In carrying out the search
and destroy missions, the
teams will treat any fire ant
infestations they find in an
all-out attempt to dmock out
active mounds, but being limi-~
ted in their ability to cover
every square foot of the coun
ty, they need the help and co
operation of local landowners,
hunters, fishermen, house
wives and others.
Any person finding a mound
of ants, whether on his own
property, the property of an
other or even along the edge
of a county road, is asked to
contact the local county
agent’s office and describe
the ' location of the mound,
State and federal officials
will follow up onthese reports
and see that the suspected
infestation is checked out and
treated with Mirex fire ant
bait,
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Dr. R. T. Oliver
L]
Moves Practice
To Eastman
Dr. Richard T. Oliver of
Atlanta is now doing a full
time practice in Eastman, His
offices are located in the
building with Dr. David H.
Conner.,
Dr, Oliver is a native of
Fort Fairfield, Maryland. He
served in the U, S. Air Force
from 1950 to 1954, after which
he graduated from Valdosta
State College in 1955, He at~
tended medical school from
1956 to 1960 at Kansas City,
Mo., and interned in Michigan,
He did general practice work
for six years.
He was commissioned in
the Navy Medical Corps and
was on active duty until 1967,
He spent two years in New
Jersey system of institution
in neuro phychiatry and is an
associate member of the
American College of Neuro
psychiatrists.
Dr. Oliver started his resi
dence in obstetrics and gyne
cology in 1969 at the Catholic
Medical Center of the Jeffer
son Medical School in Phila=
delphia, Pa,
The doctor returned to
Georgia last year and com
pleted his residency in obstet=-
rics and gynecology at Craw=-
ford W, Long, Emory Uni
versity in Atlanta,
His practice will be limited
by appointment to female dis
eases, female surgery, and
obstetrics.,
NUMBER 41
Physical Education Building
had the South end crumbled
by the suction type winds which
blew down the brick veneer
wall leaving the concrete inner
wall standing.,
On the campus trees were
breken and uprooted and mas
sive piles of debris were left
in the storm’s aftermath.
Other buildings damaged in
cluded McAllister Hall, Aca
demic One, Academic Two,
West Hall and Chickasha, A
prefabricated unit, in which
Dean of Students John Bos
well was sleeping, was blown
from its foundation, but he
was not injured.
Although the . complete
assessment of damages has
not been finished, Dr. J, T.
Phillips, President of Brewton
Parker, said, ‘“Extensive
damages resulted to three
buildings while five others
suffered moderate harm,”’
Classes are continuing in
other buildings on campus not
damaged by the tornado.
Sessoms Named
Chairman Ga
s
Forestry Comm.
Alexander Sessoms of Cog
- dell; has been named chair
man of the Georgia Forestry
Commission Board of Com
missioners,
He succeeds Mayor Hugh
M. Dixon, Vidalia, who served
three consecutive terms as
chairman, Other Board mems=
bers are W, George Beasley .
of Lavonia, M. E. Garrison
of Homer and Luke H, Morgan
of Eastman, '
Sessoms stated that fores
try has been and is an im=-
portant - part of Georgia’s
economy. And, as such, he
will work for the best possible
forestry program for the tim
berland owners and people of
Georgia,
Flected at the regular
monthly meeting of the Board,
at the Georgia Forestry Com~
mission office, Macon, Ses
soms has served on the Board
for 13 years, Througha fores=
try oriented background, he
has been an invaluable mem=-
ber.
Sessoms manages his
family holdings and is presi
dent of the Union Timber Corp.
and the Sessoms Co. The
family’s forestry influence is
felt throughout Clinch County.
Their interest in fire pro
tection led to the establish=-
ment of the first Timber Pro
tection Organization in the
state in 1926. For more than
20 years he was a member
of the T.P.O, Board.
A member of the Homer=-
ville First Baptist Church,
Sessoms holds membership
in the Georgia Forestry and
Forest Farmer Associations.
He is a director of the Em
pire Banking Co., in Homer=
ville, past member of the
Clinch County Industrial
Board and past chairman of
the Clinch County Board of
Education,
Sessoms is married to the
former Annie Adams of
Geneva, Ala, They have two
sons and a daughter, Alex
Kelly, 11, Robert Frank and
Jo Anne. The sons are active
in the management of the saw
mill, Jo Anne is a freshman
at South Georgia College in
Douglas.
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Income Listed
.
By Bill Burson
State Treasurer Bill Bur
son, an advocate of public
disclosure by state officials
of their financial status, ap
parently is practicing what he
preaches. Here’s an example:
He listed his total 1971
income at $21,955.37, includ
ing his $21,804,48 state
salary; $100.89 in interest
from several bank accounts,
and SSO for speeches he made
to various groups.