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VOLUME 57
Report Os The
County Agent
By David H. Williams
Freeze Protection
You still see a lot of shrubs
over the count}'that are cover
ed up as protection against
cold weather.
Gerald Smith, one of our
Extension horticulturists,
says most plant specialists
toda> agree that covering
shrubs with blankets, tar
paulins, plastic bags and card
board boxes usually isn’t
worth the time and trouble it
takes. In fact, the use of some
covers — such as clear plas
tic — can increase chances
of future cold injury. This is
especially true if the cover
is left over the plant during
daylight hours. This is due
to the sharp increase in temp
erature that can occur under
the cover in bright sunlight.
The suggestion to “ice
over’’ shrubs just prior to a
severe freeze is not a very
practical approach, either.
For icing to be effective, the
water must be applied
throughout the freezing peri
od. This just isn’t practical
for the homeowner. Even if
it was, the heavy coat of ice
could result in severe limb
breakage.
Why Mulch?
Gardeners have long real
ized the values of mulching.
They stabilize soil tempera
ture, prevent soil compaction,
lessen evaporation of soil
moisture, help keep down
weeds, etc.
A mulch can be most any
thing. Actually it’s a thin lay
er of organic, inorganic or
synthetic material placed over
the soil surface.
Used to, about the only
things we used for mulching
were leaves and pine straw.
But now you see cereal chaff,
compost, peat moss, lawn
clippings, sawdust, hay, pecan
and peanut hulls, cotton motes
and other materials.
Leave In Place
Generally speaking, mul
ches should be left in place
throughout the year. This
helps prevent radical soil
changes. However, you should
not keep adding layer after
layer of mulch material --
unless it rots or breaks down
rapidly.
In some cases, mulches
deeper than four to six inches
can cause problems. Forex
ample, if the mulch material
packs around the stems of
plants, it may hold consider
able moisture and cause in
jury to the stems during
severe winter weather. To
avoid this, pull the mulch
away from the stems.
Broadleaf mulches, such as
oak leaves, should be loosened
occasionally. Just use a pitch
fork to lift the mulch and
shake it loose. This will im
prove water and air move
ment into the soil.
Wheeler County
High School
FFA Meets
On January 18, the Wheeler
County High School FFA, held
their third meeting of the
school year. The meeting was
called to order by the Presi
dent, Thomas Mercer.
We had a brief discussion
about the shop projects in
which we participate in each
year. We also discussed the
trips in which we have planned
to make this year. These in
cluded the trips to Bruns
wick, Andersonville and Camp
John Hope, located near Ft.
Valley.
Mr. Graham, our advisor,
gave us the details and a
good background cm what to
expect at these places. We
ended the remaining of the
adjenda by discussing our FFA
field day activity, our Father’s
and Son Banquet and our FFA
Scrapbook.
The meeting was dajoumed
by the president and delicious
refreshments were served.
James Norman,
Reporter
Wheeler County Eagle
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ATLANTA - On January 1, 1972, the Georgia Department of Revenue began a thorough,
systematic program to ensure compliance with the state’s motor fuel tax laws. Bill Eidson, left,
Chief of Field Operations for the Department’s Motor Fuel Tax Unit, Roy Stancil, center, a
Regional Supervisor, Revenue Enforcement Staff, and Clay Peacock, a Motor Fuel Tax Auditor,
discuss a point while conducting one of the first inspections under the stepped up enforcement
program. (PRN)
Wheeler County School System
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Building Project
One of the main objectives
of the Wheeler County School
system is to best meet the
needs of all the students. This
is being done this year by the
many new programs which
have been placed into our
curriculum. In one of these
programs, called the Con
struction Cluster, students
are actually learning to build
houses. This program is under
the direction of Palmer Craw
ford. The four broad areas
of the program are carpentry,
house wiring, plumbing and
masonry.
It is hoped that by being
involved in this program stu
dents will become better citi
zens by having found their
place in the world of work;
that they will be better work
ers by having had many early
years of experience, thereby,
earning higher wages; and that
they will see the need of
staying in school, thus lower
ing the dropout rate.
This program is introduced
in the Bth grade and is open
to boys and girls. The stu
dents this year will have a
chance to explore in the four
areas. As they continue in
school and see that this is
the type work they want to do,
by the time they become
seniors they may decide upon
one specific area of this work
and concentrate on that during
their last year of study. This
course is taken by choice
and all the work is done at
the shop at the Wheeler County
Jr. High.
At this time the high school
students who are taking this
course are Lester Lowe, Don
ny Edge, Kenneth Carter,
MacArthur Robinson, Larry
Conaway, Wendell Burk
halter, Columbus George,
Larry Harvey, Willie Jernes,
Nathaniel Kates, Charles
Adams, Lloyd Powell, James
Simmons, Ben Robinson, Gary
Troup, Bradley Watson,
Albert Wright, Thomas Tra
vis and Melvin Burnett.
The main project this year
is to bufld utility houses as
regular houses shouldbe built.
At present they have com
pleted two and are presently
working on another. They are
making these houses in dis-
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ferent ways and using dif
ferent types of materials in
order to learn how to work
with different tools and ma
terials. They are learning to
be economical and use care
ful planning in order that they
may purchase quality ma
terials as reasonable as pos
sible, thereby constructing a
quality product. They are also
using hand and power tools
in the construction.
The house that is finished
now is for sale and has two
floors (sub and finished) stud
and sidewall on 16 inch cen
ters, storm sheeting with
fiberglass brick siding,
shingle roof, celetex over
head, panel walls, lights, re
ceptacles and house type
doors. The building is 6 feet
by 8 feet and costs $352.74.
This is just the cost of the
materials and does not include
labor. The boys are not mak
ing anything on the projects,
but are acquiring experience.
The houses may be
constructed more economic
ally, depending on the type
materials used. If anyone
would like to see the houses,
they are at the shop at Wheeler
County Jr. High.
NOTICE OF
ELECTION
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 proceeding
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
Thomas Hartley
1972 Heart
Fund Chairman
Thomas R. Hartley will head
the 1972 Heart Fund Campaign
in Wheeler County, it was an
nounced this week by Harold
W. Whiteman, M.D., president
of the Georgia Heart Assoc.
The campaign will be con
ducted in Wheeler County,and
throughout the country, during
February which has been de
clared American Heart Month
by an Act of Congress.
Hartley will be assisted by
Jimmy James and G. M.
Joiner as vice-chairmen in
the local drive against heart
and blood vessel diseases
which are the country ’s lead
ing causes of death. Other
committee chairmen, who will
serve during the month-long
campaign which reaches a cli
max Heart Sunday, Feb. 27,
are: Frances Griffen, treas
urer; and Sonny Bartlett, pub
licity director.
The Georgia Heart Assoc,
proposes that all citizens of
Wheeler County reduce their
risk of heart attack by taking
the following steps:
* Eat foods low in saturated
fats and cholesterol,
* Control high blood pres
sure,
* Don’t smoke cigarettes,
* Maintain normal weight,
and
* Exercise moderately and
regularly.
The more risks a person
has, warns the Heart Assoc.,
the greater the chance of suf
fering a heart attack.
Should heart attack occur,
the symptons may vary, but
these are the usual warning
signs:
* Prolonged, heavy pres
sure or squeezing pain in the
center of the chest, behind
the breastbone.
* Pain may spread to the
shoulder, arm, neck or jaw.
* Pain or discomfort is often
accompanied by sweating.
Nausea, vomiting and short
ness of breath may also oc
cur.
The decision to obtain help
should not be left to the patient
alone, but is also the res
ponsibility of his family or
friends.
The need to act promptly
when symptoms occur is
urgent, according tothe Geor
gia Heart Association, since
most of the 13,000 annual
heart attack deaths in Georgia
occur outside the hospital be
fore the victim receives
medical treatment.
Liriope, or bordergrass,
usually looks a bit worn this
time of year. But there is away
to renew its beauty. Just prune
away the top portion com
pletely. Some people use a
rotary mower to do this job.
The secret, according to
Extension Service Horticul
turist Henry Clay, is to
complete the process early in
February. This way there will
be no injury to new shoots.
FRIDAY, JAN. 28, 1972
LI. Gov. Uladdox Says He Is Wary
Os Hewest Supreme Court Justices
Lt. Gov. Lester G. Maddox
says he has reservations about
the anticipated effect Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon’s re
cent Supreme Court ap
pointees will have on the
direction of the court in the
future.
Food For
Thought
by
Richard G. Aultman
Is God necessary? Can we
really get along without Him?
Is religion, after all, just a
crutch for us to lean upon
until we become self-support
ing, as the Marxist philosophy
teaches? Has man now become
self-sufficient?
What happens when God no
longer becomes necessary?
For one thing, an identity
crisis arises. And, an identity
crisis is the result of a spirit
ual crisis. Dr. Carl Jung,
noted psychologist, says that
man is so constituted as to
need God; therefore, when he
rebels against God he rebels
against himself. We can see
that one result of such re
bellion is an increase in men
tal illness. Statistics are said
to reveal that over half the
hospital beds in this county
are occupied by the mentally
ill. Suicide is the second lead
ing cause of death among col
lege students. The German
philosopher, Friedrich Wil
helm Nietzsche, who first ad
vanced the theory that God
was dead, ended up a hopeless
mental case.
Man is mind, body, and
spirit. And so, when God be
comes unnecessary man lives
in a two-dimensional world
of mind and body. Here is
where the identity crisis
arises. Man must search for
meaning. Thus, drug experi
mentation is really a spiritual
phenomena. It is not sur
prising that there is such a
marked degree of visits tothe
doctors and psychiatrists to
day. A psychiatrist said to a
certain preacher of my ac
quaintance, “If you preachers
quit preaching and teaching
repentance and forgiveness,
then we (psychiatrists) will
have to do it.’’ Tolstoy said,
“If man didn’t believe in God
he would go crazy creating
one.”
Another result of man at
tempting to “go it alone”
without God is that man sees
himself as the hero. The final
result is the deterioration of
his society, his home, his
character. During the Second
World War a note was found
on a soldier in the South
Pacific which read, “We need
a voice from on high, and I
don’t mean maybe. This thing
has got out of human ability
to run. I am no religious
fanatic, but we are in a situ
ation where something better
than human brains has got
to give us some advice.”
The Bible says “The fear
of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom” and “The fool
has said in his heart there
is no God.” A child never
appears a greater fool than
when questioning a philoso
pher, and a philosopher never
appears a greater fool than
when criticizing God. So, if
this world was made to run
on righteousness then right
eousness and evil cannot be
harmonized. If a car is made
to run on gasoline then it’s
not going to go very far by
putting water in its tank.
In the final analysis, when
man reaches the place and
time when he consideres God
unnecessary it’s like the
spider snipping the silken
strand which keeps his web
from falling.
Is God necessary? Can you
get along without Him? For
how long?
Wheeler County
Ministerial Association
Based on what he called
past experience with Supreme
Court justices and other high
public officials, the outspoken
former Georgia governor de
clared: “I’m not going to hold
my breath until they prove
themselves.”
Maddox’s remarks came in
a speech at the Atlanta Club
of Printing House Craftsmen’s
1972 Printing Week banquet.
“When adhered to, ” he said,
“our Constitution has proved
itself to be the greatest de
fender of liberty ever devised
by man. But instead of in
terpreting the Constitution as
it was written, social reform
ers, welfare-staters, and
other radical leftists have cast
aside this basic document of
our government and made ours
a government of men rather
than of law.
County Nurse
Speaks At
F. H. A. Meeting
The Home Economics De
partment was the scene of
the monthly meeting of the
Wheeler County High Chapter
Future Homemakers of
America which was held Jan.
18.
The inspirational was given
by Dale Harvey. Mrs. Janice
Kahrmann, our county health
nurse, spoke to us on “Teen -
age Nutrition,” one of our
state projects. She challenged
us to eat right in order to
feel right. A relaxer was given
by Virginia Bell.
Plans for the Fashion Show
which will be held on Feb. 14,
was discussed and agreed on.
Maxine Conoway, our F.H.A.
Chairman March of Dimes,
made a report of money con
tributed by members and con
cerned groups and individuals.
Refreshments were served
by the hostess committee.
Joyce Powell, President
Celestine King, Public
Relations Chairman
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Clay Clark At LaGrange College
Senior Clay Clark of Alamo, is a member of the LaGrange
College Panthers basketball team which is having perhaps one
of its best seasons in the history of the four-year Methodist
college in LaGrange. The former Wheeler County High School
player is back in a Panther uniform this season after being
sidelined as a sophomore and junior. Clark was credited with
“Outstanding Play” in last week end’s 103-100 overtime
victory against Valdosta State College. He has been in action
in 11 games. The Panthers have won 14 games, including 7 in
a row, of 17 played this season. Clark is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Clark of Route One, Alamo.
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“Again and again, laws have
been passed in Congress which
were known to be unconstitu
tional, and their passage has
been rationalized away with
the assumption that the Su
preme Court would overrule
any law which ran contrary to
the Constitution.
“But the Supreme Court
has proved in recent decades
that it serves as no adequate
barrier to tyranny in govern
ment. If it had been, there
would be no federal police
state destroying much of
American public education to
day, and every American
would be freer and safer.”
Asserting that “much has
been written and said recently
about the effect the ‘Nixon
Court’ will have on America
in the years ahead, ” Maddox
said:
“Left-leaning politicians
and news media have weeped
and moaned at length that
the President’s appointees
will spell the end of the Court’s
activism in the field of ‘civil
rights’ and others, and if this
turns out to be the case, I
would be first in line to shake
the hands of the new justices.
“But as hopeful as I am
that President Nixon’s ap
pointees to the highest court
will turn out to be the strict
constructionists the people
have been waiting for, I’m
not going to hold my breath
until they prove themselves.
Few men who have reached
their high positions or others
of similar responsibility have
managed to live up to the
promises and reputations
which preceded them.”
“Earl Warren, for one,”
Maddox continued, “turned out
to be a happy surprize to even
his most liberal critics. We
should be ever mindful, too,
of the fact that the very presi
dent who made the latest Su
preme Court appointments
once pledged to take the lead
ership in turning back federal
control over public education,
then left his mark as the
president responsible for
bringing more chaos and ruin
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to public education than any
in history.
“And it was Lyndon John
son before him who labeled
the so-called ‘civil rights’
drive ‘a farce and a sham,’
then proceeded to nurture and
breathe life into the program
when he won election.
Wheeler To Be
Represented
In Atlanta
The Wheeler County High
School will be represented by
the Science Club at a meeting
in Atlanta of Science Clubs
all over Georgia.
The meeting will take place
on April 15. This meeting is a
program arranged so that
competing schools and clubs
will be judged on their efforts
on exhibitions and dis
cussions.
The members who will par
ticipate and who will repre
sent Wheeler are: Sandra
Griggs, Science Club Presi
dent; Frankie Grant, Secre
tary; and Charles (Tony)Stuc
key, Reporter; and Gary
Wright, also a club member.
The Science Club is looking
to an exciting year and is in
the process of arranging a
picnic toward the termination
of school and also to repre
sent Wheeler at meetings of
competition in the field of
Science.
The Science Club advisor
is Ralph Hardy.
Tony Stuckey,
Reporter
Induction Os
New Members
To Beta Club
The Wheeler County High
Beta Club met Friday, Jan.
21, in Mrs. Annie Mary Hop
kins’ room. The president,
Gina White, called the meeting
to order. Geneva Dennis gave
the devotion. Maria Pepe read
the minutes.
We are very proud to an
nounce that we have 13 new
members in Beta Club. Ten
of these were inducted at our
meeting. That gives us a total
of 27 members in Beta Club.
The new members are Angela
Owens, Tony Stuckey, Huey
Spearman, Cheryl Moss, Eva
Horne, Judy Riddle, Laura
Johnson, David Cherry, Debra
Cherry, Brenda Cherry, Joe
Griffin, Frank Pickle and Beth
Fields. The last three were
not inducted.
After the induction cere
mony, Ellen Adams gave the
program.
On February 5, the Beta
Club will have a bake sale.
It will be held in front of the
Alamo Supermarket from9:oo
until all items are sold.
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were served
by Wanda Ussery, Jennifer
Fulford and Angela Owens.
Annette Nobles,
Reporter
Bake Sale To
Be Held Feb. 5
By Beta Club
On February 5, the Wheeler
County High Beta Club will
have a bake sale with goodies,
goodies, and more goodies.
It will be held in front of
the Alamo Supermarket from
9:00 until all items are sold.
All items will sell f0r52.50
to $5.00.
So why bake at home when
you can get your goodies from
the Beta Club?
Poor Guy
Nothing is as forlorn
looking as a man trailing
behind his shopping wife.