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VOLUME 57
Mrs. Pope Named
To Teacher
Hall Os Fame
W. S. Clark, Superintendent
of Wheeler County Schools,
announces Mrs. Effie Thomas
Pope (Mrs. L. M.) as this
year’s Teacher Hall of Fame
recipient. Mrs. Pope was se
lected by Mr. Clark and a
group of Wheeler County
teachers because of her un
tiring efforts, and her success
in inspiring and motivating
young people to become better
citizens in their school and
community. Mr. Clark said,
"Wheeler County is a much
better place to live and rear
families as a result of Mrs.
Pope’s many contributions to
our school and community.”
Mrs. Pope was a former tea
cher of Mr. Clark.
The WSB Television, in co
operation with the Georgia
Association of Educators and
the C&S Banks of Georgia
is again sponsoring the Annu
al Teacher Hall of Fame.
The person chosen as this
year’s Teacher Hall of Fame
recipient will receive an en
graved plaque which will be
presented at the annual awards
banquet. Another plaque rec
ognizing his achievements will
be permanently displayed in
the House Education Com
mittee Room at the Georgia
State Capitol. Following the
award presentation, WSB Tel
evision will present a special
half-hour program on the Tea
cher Hall of Fame recipient.
Mrs. Pope taught school
thirty-eight years before her
recent retirement. She loved
her students, and inspired
them to learn and do good
work. She guided her students
to put on many lovely assem
bly programs for the school
and community during her
teaching career. Her enthus
iasm motivated others to use
their time and talents more
wisely.
Mrs. Pope held a B. S.
Degree in Elementary Educa
tion. She held Professional
Affiliations as a member of
National Education Associa
tion Georgia Association,
DAR, and UDC.
Some of her leadership po
sitions were Parents Teach
ers’ Association: President,
Secretary, and Parliamentar
ian; Woman’s Missionary So
ciety: President, and Secre
tary; Alamo Garden Club:
President.
Honors or awards received
by Mrs. Pope were Life Mem
bers hip in PTA, prominent
in 4-H Club Sponsorship,
Teacher of Year in Wheeler
County, and a silver tray pre
sented from the Wheeler
County G.E.A unit when she
retired along with a lovely
reception planned, prepared,
and served by Mrs. Ruth C.
Humphrey, Home Economics
teacher andthe Wheeler Coun
ty High Future Homemakers
of America. Mrs. Pope was
a leader in civic, religious,
and other activities including
being a Sunday School Teach
er, and she was awarded life
membership in WSCSof Alamo
United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Pope is one of the
teachers in Wheeler County
whom children always re
member forhergoodteaching,
inspiration, and forceful work.
When others are long forgot
ten she is long remembered
by teachers, students, and the
community. She was always
devoted and loyal in her work.
She was an inspiration to
others.
The Wheeler County School
Administration, teachers, and
community congratulate Mrs.
Pope on being awarded this
honor.
Bake Sale To
Be Held Feb. 5
By Beta Club
On February 5, the Wheeler
County High Beta Club will
have a bake sale withgoodies,
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?
Wheeler County Eagle
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Sen. Gene Holley of Augusta introduces legislation in the Senate creating the Georgia World
Congress Center and the Local Tourism and Trade Promotion Program. Hamilton McWhorter, Jr.,
Secretary of the Senate accepts the bills as Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox looks on. (PRN)
Ralph Hinson
Dies Jan. 27 In
Teikir Hospital
Thomas Ralph Hinson, 70,
life long resident of Wheeler
County, died in the Telfair
County Hospital Thursday,
January' 27, after several
months of declining health.
Funeral services were held
in the chapel of the Harris
and Smith Funeral Home Sat
urday at 3:00 p.m., conducted
by the Rev. W.W. Fluomoy,
of Richland, assisted by the
Rev. Richard Aultman of
Alamo. Burial was in Telfair
Memorial Gardens with Har
ris and Smith in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Hinson was born in Whe
eler County on July 18, 1901
the son of Jesse James and
Charlie Catherine Hughes
Hinson and was married to
Miss Mattie Brooks on Aug
ust 7, 1919, who survives him.
Pallbearers were Thomas R.
Morris, Joseph R. Morris,
Marion Major, Travis Thig
pen, Jr., Thomas Thigpen and
Wayne Thigpen.
Other survivors include four
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Clements and Miss Rachael
Hinson of Alamo, Mrs. Ora
Hinson Morris of Miami, Fla.
and Mrs. Margaret H. Thig
pen of Savannah; eight grand
children; four great grand
children; four brothers, Otha
Hinson and Hughes Hinson of
Alamo, John L. Hinson of
Miami, Fla., and Ewart Hin
son of Mcßae; and one sister
Mrs. Barbara H. Williams
of Cordele.
Lamplighter
Little Theatre
Concert Set
Reserve tickets for the 1972
Concert Series for the Lamp
lighter Little Theatre of Al
amo will go on sale Monday,
February 7. Reservations may
be made Monday through Fri
day between 3 and 5 p.m.
at the theatre box office, phone
568-5111 or by calling 568-
2531.
Selection of seats may be
reserved for all three con
certs if you purchase season
membership. However, seat
ing by choice for future con
certs will be on the basis
of availability of remaining
seats.
Admission prices are: Stu
dents’ membership for the
three concerts is $6.00; A
dults’ membership for the
three concerts is $9.00; Res
ervations for individual con
certs will be $2.50 for stu
dents and $3.50 for adults.
The Concert series will in
clude: February 24, Ben Tru
luck and Ensemble Music from
Carnegie Hall to Broadway;
March 16, Despy Karlas,
Pianist; Eugene Eicher, Cel
list; and April 20, Charles
Ellington, Tenor.
A wise man will hear, and
will increase in learning.
-Proverbs 1:5.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Ohoopee PCA
Reaches Record
Loan Volume
Ohoopee Prod Cred Assoc.
The Ohoopee Production
Credit Association reached a
record high loan volume of
$11,393,524. during 1971, to
meet the needs of 629 far
mers, growers, and ranchers
in the association’s territory
for operating and capital in
vestment credit on an inter
mediate term basis according
to the association’s general
manager.
Ohoopee PCA is one of 60
Production Credit Associa
tions providing agricultural
credit sei-vices to 629 farm
ers, growers, and ranchers
in North Carolina, South Car
olina, Georgia and Florida.
In June, 1971, the 60 associ
ations had a peak loan volume
of $736 million outstanding for
the year which was an in
crease of $lO5 million over
the peak loan volume in June,
1970.
Ohoopee PCA is a farmer
owned and operated credit co
operative serving the credit
needs of farmers and their
families in Wheeler, Mont
gomery, Toombs, Tattnall,
Candler and Emanuel counti
es.
The association’s home of
fice is located in Vidalia,
Georgia and branch offices are
located in Alamo, Georgia,
Reidsville, Georgia, Metter,
Georgia and Swainsboro, Geo
rgia.
At year end assets of the
association had increased to
$11,607,643. from $10,610,064
at the end of 1970. The asso
ciation’s net worth totaled $2,
004,878., an increase of 12
percent over 1970.
Officers and directors in
clude Henry D. McArthur of
Vidalia, president; Hardwick
Lanier of Metter, vice pre
sident; Emett Joyce of Lumber
City, director; D.H. Callaway
of Collins, director; Segal
Durrence of Reidsville, direc
tor; Durward Mos ley of Lyons,
director; R. E. Mallard of
Cobbtown, director; Lay D.
Cowart, Jr. of Twin City,
director; Robert Youmans of
Lexsy, director; N. Kenneth
Alford, general manager; H.
Norwood Massey, assistant
general manager; and Mal
colm C. Coleman, represen
tative. The branch office man
agers are: Ronald A. Collins,
Joseph D. DeLoach and L.
Marlin Rhodes.
Fly Control
Seminar Feb. 8
To all persons having
chicken houses, and interested
in the control of flies are
asked to be present at the
Telfair High School Auditori
um February 8, 1972, at 7:30
p.m.
This pregram is co-spon
sored by the Agriculture De
partment and the State Health
Department.
Poor Guy
Nothing is as forlorn
looking as a man trailing
behind his shopping wife.
Wheeler High
One Act Play
Wins Ist. Place
“Mannequins Demise,” a
one act play presented in the
style of “Theatre of the Ab
surd, ” brought State Honors
to Wheeler County High School
in the recent State One Act
Play Competition held at the
University of Georgia in A
thens.
The cast included Debbie
Mitchell, Frank Pickle, Laura
Johnson, Joe Griffin, Patt
Dyal, Marion Grimes, Suzanne
Dixon, Joey Thomas, Mike
Harville, Bennie Sharptai,
Keith Meguiar and Steve Me
guiar as Stage Manager. The
group was directed by Edward
Robbins.
This is the second year
that this group has brought
state honors to their school
and community.
Wheeler County
F.B.L.A. Meets
The Wheeler County Future
Business Leaders of America
Met on January 20. The Pre
sident, Murray Couey, called
the meeting to order. Old and
new business was discussed.
The club discussed school and
community projects.
Sherry Clark was elected
“Secretary of the Month.”
The V.O.T. class presented
a program entitled “Dress
Right To Get That Job” to
demonstrate why it is impor
tant to present a good appear
ance at a job interview.
Some members of the class
discussed the wrong way to
dress for a job interview as
opposed to the right way. Other
class members modeled ex
amples ofbothsides, including
the micro-mini, maxi, too
much make-up, and the suit,
coat-dress, etc.
Those students participa
ting in the program were:
Murray Couey, Beverly Wil
kinson, Minnie Cannon, Ellen
Adams, Judy Riddle, Deborah
Selph, Lynn Purvis, Marie
Cartwright, Geneva Dennis,
Earlene James, Celestine
King, Eddie Fulford, and Mrs.
Arrington.
The meeting was adjourned
and refreshments were serv
ed.
Beverly Wilkinson, Reporter
David Johnson
On Dean’s List
David R. Johnson, son of
Raymond G. Johns on of Alamo,
has been named to the Dean’s
List at Carson-Newman Col
lege for he Fall Semester of
1971, according to Acade ni:
Dean Walter R. Guyton.
To be named to the honor
list a student must compile a
3.5 grade point average or
better. Carson-Newman uses
a standard of 4,0 as its top
grade average.
The minutes you spend at
the dinner table won’t make
you fat-but the seconds
will.
FRIDAY, FEB. 4, 1972
Assault On Wheeler County Sheriff
Johnson Sends Three To Prison
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
Two men and one young wo
man have been sentenced in
connection with the May 20,
1971 beating ofWheelerCoun
ty Sheriff Maurice Johnson.
George Taylor, 19, entered
a plea of guilty to a charge
Food For
Thought
Last week this column delt
with the question “Is God ne
cessary??” The argument was
that God is necessary. Ex
panding this theme even fur
ther the proposition is set
forth that The Survival Os
America Is Dependent Upon
Christianity! By survival the
reference is to a democratic
America of free institutions.
America is a republic with
a democratic system of
government. This means that
ours is a political community
in which the people govern
themselves, but the supreme
power is vested in the hands
of representatives elected by
the people.
The freedom which we have
enjoyed under our form of
government has been the
direct result of America’s
love for virtue. Virtue is de
fined as any good quality,
moral goodness, moralexcel
lence. Freedom, therefore, is
the offspring of virtue. There
is no higher virtue than love
and recognition and worship of
God. A love for Christian
virtue on the part of our
founding fathers, and subse
quent political and religious
heritage, is quite evident when
we consider the earliest docu
ments upon which the founda
tions of this nation was laid.
They involked the name of God,
They sought His blessingsand
protection upai our great na--
tion.
The strength of our free
doms is therefore directly
proportional to our love for
virtue. FBI Director, J. Edgar
Hoover wrote recently, "Whe
ther we like it or not, the
morals to which we subscribe
as a people are vital to our
survival as a free nation.”
No nation can become
neutral toward God. This is a
dangerous position to which
our own government moves
closer and closer. The Bible
says, “Blessed is the nation
whose God is the Lord” and
“the nations that forget God
shall be turned into hell.”
One of our cherished freedoms
is freedom of religion, not
freedom from religion. The
early Americans were by no
means neutral toward God.
Since the American people
govern themselves, their love
for, or rejection of, the High
est Virtue (God) determines
whether we continue as a na
tion of free institutions. If we
lose our cherished freedoms,
it is because we first lost our
love for virtue.
The Survival of America Is
Dependent Upon Christianity!
Wheeler County
Ministerial Association
Notice From
Health Dept.
The Wheeler County Health
Department has received the
following Resolution from the
State Board of Health.
The fee for searches of vi
tal records has been estab
lished by the State Board of
Health as three (3.oo)effective
as of January 1972, in accor
dance with Section 88-1725.
of the Georgia Health Code.
The three dollar fee in
cludes a certified copy if the
record is found. Each addi
tional copy issued at the time
is one dollar (1.00). This will
involve all birth and death
records on file in our Health
Department.
of aggravated assualt and re
ceived a three year sentence.
Donald Renew, 23, entered a
plea of guilty to aggravated
battery and was sentenced to
four years in the state pen
itentiary, Ann Crompter, 23,
pleaded not guilty to a charge
of aggravated assult and a
jury found her guilty of simple
battery. After reading and
considering a pre-sentence
report Oconee Circuit Judge
sentenced her to nine months
in the state penitentiary.
TWO OTHER YOUNG men
had previously been sentenced
in connection with the case.
Bobby Ray Hopkins, 18, was
sentenced to five years and
Michael I. Sheppard, 20, re
ceived a sentence of six years.
In Wednesday’s testimony,
Heart Sunday
Chairmen
Appointed
G.M. Joiner of Glenwood,
and Jimmy James of Alamo
have been named to direct
the activities of Heart Sunday
volunteers in Wheeler County
as the statewide Heart Fund
Drive reaches its highpointon
February 27th. Millions of
families will receive informa
tion on “How to Beat the Big
One - Heart Attack,” which
will claim an estimated
670,000 lives this year, 13,000
of them in Georgia.
In making the announce
ment, Thomas R. Hartley,
Wheeler County Heart Fund
Chairman, said many volun
teers from Wheeler County
are needed to distribute this
heartsaving information and
collect Heart Sunday contri
butions to help in the fight
to reduce the toll that makes
heart attack the leading single
cause of death in Georgia and
the United States.
According to Hartley, vol
unteer recruitment has al
ready started in preparation
for the 1972 Heart Fund Cam
paign.
“The local Heart Fund Goal
for 1972 is $600,” Hartley
announced. “This means that,
although progress is being
made against heart and blood
vessel diseases which claim
more lives than all other
causes combined, much more
must be done to safeguard
every child and adult from the
dangers of our country and
state’s leading killer and dis
abler. More research, educa
tion and local heart programs
are needed to help bring the
heart and blood vessel dis
eases under control.”
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Dixon Receives Award
Major J.D. Atchison, who
is in charge of all Law En
forcement for the Southern
Region of the State Game and
Fish Commission, is shown
presenting a fifteen years
faithful service award to
Ranger C.R. Dixon, Jr. of
Glenwood, Georgia.
This award is given in gra
titude for the faithful service
that this employee has con
tributed to the State of Geor
gia. Ranger Dixon has been
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Sheriff Johnson said that he
answered a call from Elmer
Gibson of Rte. 1, Helena, who
said that several persons had
banged on his door and refused
to leave even after he had
fired a shot over their heads.
Johnson testified that when
he arrived he found two cars
blocking the road to Gibson’s
house, and a group standing
Continental
Telephone To
Make Changes
The Continental Telephone
Service Corporation today an
nounced its plans to make
certain changes in the oper
ating structure of its Nation
wide Telephone System.
Under the plan, serving a
reas in the United States will
be divided into three geogra
phic regions, with an initial
size of from 500,000 to 600,
000 telephones each. The first
of the new regional headquar
ters will be at Dulles Inter
national Airport near Wash
ington, D, C. It is being or
ganized from the present
Northeast Division headquar
tered in Syracuse, New York,
and the Southeast Division in
Amherst, Virginia. It will be
responsible for serving areas
in states east of the Mississ
ippi River, plus parts of Que
bec and Ontario Provinces in
Canada. The Eastern region
Will be under the general
supervision of Donald W.
Weber, former vice president
-staff coordinator for the Con
tinental Telephone Corpora
tion.
Each region will consist of
several divisions and each
division will be further divided
into areas and districts, which
will be responsible for the
day-to-day provision of ser
vice.
Finance, accounting, data
processing and other functions
involving long-range planning
will be centralized at the re
gional office at Dulles Inter
national Airport. Because of
the move, the present South
east Division accounting oper
ation in the First Colony' Life
Insurance Building in Lynch
burg will be relocated. The
change also involved the re
location of a limited number of
personnel from other depart
ments including financial.
G.H. Parks, Division Mana
ger, emphasized that the div
ision will continue to be head
quartered in Amherst and tint
most operations personnel
will remain in the area.
wllklife Ranger in Wheeler
County for some fifteen or
more years, and has an out
standing record with the Game
and Fish Department.
Major Atchison states that
through Ranger Dixon’s know
ledge and ability he has been
an asset to the enforcement
program in this area. It has
been ourpleasure to have Ran
ger Dixon with us and we are
looking forward to many more
years of this service to the
State of Georgia.
NUMBER 44
in front of the cars drinking
beer. He placed five persons
under arrest.
After all were in the sheriff’s
car, Johnson said he radioed
nearby Mcßae police, who
were on the lookout for the
subjects, tot he had them
under arrest. He asked tot
they send a wrecker to the
cars blocking the road and
gave directions to the scene.
Jolins on said that as soon
as he hung up his micro
phone, Hopkins grabbed the
shotgun from the front seat
of the car and attempted to
fire it at the sheriff but the
gun snapped. Evidence show
ed that Hopkins then tried to
place another shell in the
chamber and the gun jammed.
Johnson said Renew then
grabbed him around the neck
and pulled him from the car
where the group proceeded
to beat and stomp him. The
gun was pointed at him at all
times and his assailants took
turns holding the gun and beat
ing him.
The youths then backed the
sheriff’s car down the road
into a ditch and threw the
keys away, Johnson said. After
they left he managed to crawl
to his car and radio for help.
Mcßae police went to him
and took him to Telfair County
Hospital. Mrs. Crompter ad
mitted being at the scene but
denied taking part in the beat
ing. Attorney Milton Harrison
of Eastman represented Mrs.
Crompter. The prosecuting
attorney was Albert Mullis,
District Attorney for the
Oconee Circuit.
Forest Fire
Season Not
Far Away
The worst part of the forest
fire season will soon be ap
proaching with the dry, windy
days of March and April. Dur
ing this time of year open
fires are hard to control.
Anyone who lias any burning
to do should make arrange
ments to do it before this
time of year. Just a spark
blowing into a sage field or
the woods is all that it takes
to start a fire that kills years
and years of timber growth,
and may even burn our neigh
bors house down. Most forest
fires are caused by nothing
less than human carelessness.
Many times we hear a per
son, standing bewildered in a
cloud of smoke, saying, “Well
there wasn’t a bit of wind
blowing when I started the
fire. ” Little did they know that
a fire creates winds and drafts
of its own just as a fire in
a fireplace of a stove.
Many times we hear a
housewife say, “There was
still frost on the grass when I
burning my trash this morn
ing.” She didn’t realize that
the sparks were still there
hours after the frost had
melted and the grass dry
again. Just a puff of wind
was all that it took to a
waken an otherwise harmless
bed of coals.
All residents of Wheeler
County are urged to dump
trash into designated areas in
stead of burning in the past.
Anyone needing information -
on how and when to bum,
should contact the Georgia
Forestry Commission. All
fires bigger than a washpot
fire are supposed to be re
ported before starting the fire.
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.