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VOLUME 57
Patrolman Dies
Os Gun Shot
Wounds
Police say a 47-year-old
Georgia State Patrol officer
was found dead of gunshot
wounds in his home Wednes
day night in Decatur.
Officers, who said Lt.
James Byron Ragsdale suf
fered two gunshot wounds in
the head, said there was no
foul play involved, but added
no official ruling had been
entered in the death.
Ragsdale was the brother
of former Georgia Bureau of
Investigation Director Barney-
Ragsdale. He had served as
assistant treasurer for the
patrol.
He is survived by his wife
and three children.
Denton Woman
Killed When Hit
By Auto Feb. 5
A 70-year-old Denton
woman was fatally injured
Saturday night near her home
when she reportedly walked
into the path of a deputy
sheriff’s car.
State Patrol officials in
Helena said Miss Trudie D.
Foster stepped in front of the
car about 9 p.m. some 15
miles south of Hazlehurst on
“Bell Telephone Road.”
The driver of the car was
reportedly a Jeff Davis County
deputy sheriff driving apolice
vehicle, but officials declined
to give his name. They said
no charges have been filed
pending further investigation.
The accident victim was a
native of Treutlen County.
Surviving are four sisters,
Mrs. Mary Hockenberry of
Waycross, Mrs. Ludella
Hutchinson of Floral City,
Fla., Mrs. Annie Webb of
Claxton, and Mrs. Martha
Claxton of Swainsboro; and a
brother, Tee Foster of Denton.
Funeral services were held
at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Denton
Baptist Church. Burial was
at the Denton Cemetery.
Thomas - Wainwright
Funeral Home of Hazlehurst
was in charge.
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.
Winter Carnival
The annual W inter Carnival
is being planned for Friday
night, February 18th, at
Ocmulgee Academy. Doors
will open at 6 p.m.
There will be a Concession
Stand, Bingo, a Cake Walk, a
Country Store, a Crazy Hat
Sale, a Hay Ride and several
other games.
At 7:30 the three Kings and
Queens will be crowned - one
for grades K-3; one for grades
4-7; and one for grades 8-12.
For plenty of good food, fun
and fellowship; make your
plans to attend - Friday
night, February 18th.
Researchers are trying to
come up with new citrus fruits
all the time. Consider these
now- in the experimental stage:
“tangor,” a cross between
tangerine and orange;
“orman,” an orange-lemon
mixture; “tangermon,” which
crosses the tangerine with the
lemon, and “limequat,” which
is a descendant of the lime and
kumquat.
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GOVERNOR JIMMY CARTER signs a proclamation designating February 1972 as Independent
Higher Education Month in Georgia. As he signed the document last week, he paid tribute to the
private colleges and universities throughout the state, reviewing some of the many contributions
those 28 institutions have made to all the citizens and taxpayers of Georgia. Shown here with the
Governor as he signed the proclamation are, left to right, Dr. Thomas J. Holmes, Vice President of
Mercer University, Harllee Branch, Jr., a trustee of Emory University, Dr. Waights G. Henry,
President of LaGrange College, and Dr. Paul K. Vonk, President of Oglethorpe University, who is
also President of the Association of Private Colleges and Universities in Georgia. (PRN)
Buy Your Auto Tags Now
TAG DEADLINE APRIL 1,
1972. Tags are going slow,
only 15% of the people who
purchase tags have done so.
We want to urge you to come
on and not have to wait or
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.
King And Queen
Candidates
Announced
One of the highlights of the
Winter Carnival to be held at
Ocmulgee Academy on Feb.
18th, will be the crowning of
three kings and queens. One
king and queen from grades
K-3; one from grades 4-7;
one from grades 8-12.
Candidates representing
their respective classes are:
Kindergarten - Sherry Hen
ley and Mike Varnadoe.
Ist. - Candy Adams and
Carl Pierce.
2nd. - Tina Seay and Roy
Bridges.
3rd. - Debra Harris and
Jeff Miles.
4th. - Sherry Frost and
George Gainer.
sth. - Cathys Powell and
Bert Thompson.
6th. - Fern Frost and Dave
Johnson.
7th. - Sherry Scott and
Alan Pierce.
Bth. - Tyran Kimmons and
Spud Bowen.
9th. - Rhonda Varnadoe and
Trent Kimmons.
10th. - Marijo Yawn and
Greg Varnadoe.
U-12th. - Selese Kahrmann
and Anthony' Stapleton.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
stand in line to get your tags
for your trucks or auto
mobiles. PLEASE PUR
CHASE YOUR TRUCK OR CAR
TAG BEFORE April 1.
TAX RETURN MUST BE
MADE BY MARCH 31. Please
come by and make your re
turn. ADDITIONAL HOME
STEAD EXEMPTIONS. If you
have an income of less than
$4,000. per year and are 65
years of age or older you
can qualify for extra home
stead exemption by coming
by the Tax Commissioners
Smallpox Shot
No Longer
Required
The State Health Depart
ment has some good news for
Georgia children today —
smallpox immunizations are
no longer required for school
entrance.
Elimination of smallpox
vaccination from those re
quired for admission to the
public schools of Georgia was
approved officially by the State
Board of Health at their Dec.
1971 meeting, and after the
required 20-day public notice
of intention to delete the im
munization from the compul
sory' list, this action now has
the effect of law.
According to state epidem
iologist Dr. John E. McCroan,
the global smallpox eradi
cation program has been so
successful that the threat to
children in the United States
is almost nonexistent. “Only
those people traveling to coun
tries where smallpox cases
are still being reported need
concern themselves about this
immunization,” he explained.
“Presently, there is more
danger from the vaccine, it
self, than from the disease.”
Still required for public
school entrance in Georgia
are immunizations to protect
children against diphteria,
pertussis (whooping cough),
tetanus, polio, measles and
rubella.
Double-Check Your
Tax Return To
Avoid Mistakes
Before sending in your 1971
Federal income tax return,
check it over to see if you
have left anything out, B. Javan
Garner, the local representa
tive of Internal Revenue Ser
vice in Dublin, said.
Georgia taxpayers who do
this often catch income or
deductions they have omitted
or errors in arithmetic, he
said.
Other things to check are
whether the pre-addressed
label is attached to the return,
all W-2 forms are enclosed,
all schedules are attached,
and the return is signed.
This review is time well
spent as it may prevent de
lays in processing the return
and speed up any refund due,
Mr. Garner said.
Office and signing proper
forms.
MOBILE HOME DECALS
must be purchased on or be
fore March 31. These decals
sell for $3.75 and taxes must
be paid at the time the decal
is purchased. If the trailer
is located on your own land
you must buy the decal but
will receive homestead ex
emption and no taxes will have
to be paid. Please come by
the Tax Commissioners office
now and purchase your 1972
mobile home decal to avoid
the rush and the penalty.
IF YOU WORK AND UN
ABLE TO COME WHILE THE
TAX COMMISSIONERS OF
FICE IS OPEN, PLEASE
COME ON AND CALL 568-
3191 AND WE WILL BE GLAD
TO COME TO THE OFFICE
AND HELP YOU.
T. A. Morrison,
Tax Commissioner
Wheeler County Georgia
Wanda Ussery
Honors Program
Semifinalist
Wanda Ussery, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ussery,
and a junior at Wheeler Co.
High School, has been named
as a semifinalist in the 1971-
72 Governor’s Honors Pro
gram. Wanda will now be eli
gible ior consideration and
interview by the final selec
tion committee.
Semifinalists are academic
nominees wl took the re
quired Cognitive Abilities
Test and whose verbal score
placed them at the 94th per
centile or above.
All semifinalists will be
interviewed by a final selec
tion committee. Interviews for
the Macon area and south of
Macon will be held February
12, at Wesleyan College.
Wanda was nominated by
Mrs. Hazel Joyce in the area
of English.
The Veterans Administra
tion says five to 10 percent
pension and compensation in
creases authorized by two new
laws were reflected in Feb.
checks of 2.5 million veterans
and survivors.
Ohoopee River Conservation
District Honors Ulen Os The Dear
The Ohoopee River Conser
vation District and the local
banks honored one landowner
from each of the five counties
in the district at an annual
banquet on Thursday night in
Swainsboro.
Receiving the award for
Wheeler County was W. H.
Thomas, Jr. of Rte. 2, Alamo.
Mr. Thomas is a lifelong
resident of Wheeler County
and is one of the remaining
few farmers who derives his
entire livelihood from his
farm. He has a well diversi
fied fanning operation in
cluding row crops, cattle and
hogs. Mr. Thomas has main
tained conventional terraces
Tobacco
Production
Meeting Feb. 14
By David H. Williams
A meeting on Tobacco Pro
duction practices will be held
at the County Agent’s Office
in Alamo, Monday, February
14, at 7:30 p.m.
Charles Rowland and James
Fountain, Tobacco Specialists
with the Extension Service,
will be present to discuss
varieties, weed control, suck
er control, marketing, and
other topics. This will bean
informal meeting in which
specific farmer questions will
be answered.
Also, 11. S. McNeal, Presi
dent Wheeler County Farm
Bureau, will discuss a pro
posed tobacco program. This
proposed program will be of
vital interest to all who have
a tobacco allotment.
This will be an important
meeting for those interested
in growing tobacco.
Miss Brewton
Parker College
Pageant Feb. 24
Every young girl dreams
of becoming MISS AMERICA
according to Miss Hildegard
Stanley, Chairman of the 1972
MISS BREWTON PARKER
COLLEGE Pageant. The MISS
BREWTON PARKER Pageant
is a preliminary to the MBS
GEORGIA and MISS AMERICA
contests.
The Pageant will be held on
Thursday, February 24, at
7:30 p.m., according to a
spokesman. It is being co
sponsored by the Baptist Stu
dent Union and Brewton
Parker College.
There are ten entrants in
this year’s Pageant and Miss
Nancy Carr, 1970 MISS GEOR
GIA, will be the Mistress of
Ceremonies for the delightful
program.
The Contest will feature
girls in the evening gown,
swimsuit and talent divisions
as in past years. All of the
young ladies are between 18
and 28 years of age. Almost
every type of talent is ex
pected to be used according
to Miss Stanley. Instrumen
talists and vocalists are
usually in the majority, but
dramatic readings and comedy
routines are expected in this
year’s extravaganza.
Lamplighter
Sweet Shop
Sale Saturday
The Lamplighter Little
Theatre will have a Sweet
Shop Benefit Sale this Satur
day, February 12, from 10:00
to 12:00 in front of the Little
Theatre in Alamo.
Buy your Sweetheart a cake
for Valentine’s Day.
FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1972
on his term that were in
stalled at least 20 years ago
but is now changing over to
the parallel type to accommo
date his larger equipment.
Mr. Thomas is truly a man
of the soil and well deserves
Ben T ruluck
Truluck And Wheeler To Present
First Os Concert Series
Ben Truluck, Tenor and
Jacquelyn Wheeler, Soprano
begins the first of the Concert
Series to be presented at the
lamplighter Little Theatre in
Alamo.
Ben Truluck received his
B.A. degree in Voice from
Furman University, M.M. in
Choral Conducting from West
minster Choir College in
Princeton, New Jersey and
earned his PHd in Music Edu
cation at Florida State Uni
versity.
He has appeared pro
fessionally in over fifty musi
cals and plays with such per
formers as Van Johnson, Bert
Parks, Andy Williams, Robert
Horton, Edy Adams, Joe E.
Brown, Fat O’Brien, Walter
Pigeon and others. He has
appeared with the temous
gie Hall under Bernstein, von
’ Karajan, Barboroili; recorded
for Columbia Beathoven’s
Ninth Symphony with Bruno
Walter; appeared on the first
Bernstein CBS television lec
ture; sang in the American
premiere concert of Leontyne
Price.
Jacquelyn Wheeler received
a B.A. degree in English and
Speech and Drama from the
College of St. Teresa in
Winona, Minnesota, and an
M.A. degree in Theatre from
Southern Illinois University
in Carbondale, Illinois.
She has performed with the
Winona Summer Theatre, the
Minnesota Ballet Company,
the Touring Theatre at Sou-
Ocmulgee Acad.
Valentine Dance
Sweethearts, friends and in
vited guests will gather in the
all-purpose room at the Aca
demy on February 11, to dance
from 8:00 - 11:30 p.m.
A Valentine Motif will be
carried out in hearts and
flowers with the caption,
“Love Makes the World Go
Round. ” Mothers of the Aca
demy’s students will provide
refreshments to keep every
one going until the end.
The dance is being spon
sored by the Juniors and
Seniors of Ocmulgee Academy
with the gracious assistance
of ladies of the Ocmulgee
Academy Educational Associ
ation.
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the award of Man-of-the-
Year in Conservation in
Wheeler County.
Mr. Thomas is married to
the former Betty Montford of
Glenwood and they have two
girls, Elaine and Sandra.
them Illinois University, and
the Summer Music Theatre
in Carbondale. She has had
leading roles in such plays
as Crown of Shadows, Lion
in Winter, The Threepenny'
Opera, Gypsy, and Mame.
She taught for two years
at Piedmont College in Demo
rest. She has directed such
shows as Guys and Dolls,
Danny, Little Mary Sunshine,
Winnie the Pooh, The Trojan
Women, and The Miracle
Worker. Her husband, Randy',
is an instructor of Speech
and Drama at South Georgia
College.
The concert will be on
Thursday, February 24, at
8:00 p.m. Admission is $3.00
for adults, $2.00 for students.
Season’s tickets are $9.00 for
adults and $6.00 for children.
The other two concerts in
clude Despy Karlas, Pianist,'
and Eugene Erich, Cellist,
on March 16, and Charles
Ellington, Tenor on April 20.
Ga. Hairdressers To Celebrate Nat.
Beauty Salon Week Feb. 13-19
The Georgia Hairdressers
Association, according to Ben
Mosley, Executive Director
for the Georgia Mental Health
Association, has made a major
contribution to the Mental
Health Program in Georgia.
This year, to commemorate
their 22nd Annual National
Beauty Salon Week, Rita Sue
Mcßae, NBSW Chairman, of
Glenwood, announces that
plans have been finalized for
members to give their ser
vices monthly to patients at
Central State Hospital. Dr.
James Craig, Director of Cen
tral State, advises that these
services in some instances
have more therapeutic value
than regular treatments.
More than 60,000 members
of the National Association
throughout the nation are pre
paring to give free beauty
treatments to women in homes
for the aged, in hospit' ls,
mental institutions, orphan
ages, and other residences
where this service is not
available.
The theme for National
Beauty Salon Week this year
is “Turn a Head With a New
Hair Style.” The Georgia As-
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The speaker for the annual
man of the year banquet was
Tommy Irvin, Georgia Com
missioner of Agriculture .Mr.
Irvin acknowledged the past
work of Soil and Water Con
servation Districts and pre
dicted their role would be
even greater in the future
since everyone had become so
acutely aware of the environ
mental crisis we tece today.
President Jim L. Gillis, Jr.
Chairman of the Ohoopee
River District presided at the
banquet and recognized the
banks and personnel that spon
sored the banquet. Among
those recognized was the
Wheeler County State Bank
of Alamo.
Thompson Bill
Would Provide
Death Benefits
Georgia Congressman.
Fletcher Thompson intro
duced legislation to provide
death benefits for families
of policemen, firemen and
corrections officers killed in
the line of duty.
“The atmosphere of our
society makes defending the
public health and safety more
dangerous than ever before,”
said Thompson. “It is im
perative to find ways tobetter
protect the people charged
with keeping public order. But
it is unfortunately true that
tragedies occur, and the fami
lies of men killed trying to
protect lives and property
should not be left wanting.”
The Republican’s bill would
provide a $50,000 death bene
fit to the family of a police
man, fireman or corrections
officer killed on the job.
< oncluded Thompson, “We
will always need men of cour
age and character to do these
jobs for us. If we are going
to have good men, then we
must ensure the welfare of
their families, in the event
that the perilous nature of
their jobs claims their lives.”
You don’t really need one of
those deluxe, multi-speed
blenders, Mrs. Housewife. A
simple, and less expensive,
three-speed blender will do the
same jobs. Home economists
say the secret of a blender’s
effectiveness is skill in using it
rather than how many speeds it
has.
sociation has been turning
heads in Georgia for years.
Many heads turned when the
Association presented Mr.
Mosley a $3,500 checktofurn
ish the offices of the new
Mental Health Center; heads
turned when every women’s
building at Central State Hos
pital was equipped with a
Beauty Salon.
Mrs. Virginia Allen, State
NBSW Chairman, advises the
GHCA membership looks for
ward each year to I 3SW and
the opportunity to render ser
vice to those less fortunate.-
Mrs. Allen alsoadvisedthat
in addition to Institutional
Welfare, the Georgia Hair
dressers' Association plans to
work with civic leaders in the
respective areas where Affili— .
ates are located to effecuate
means to achieve specific
community services.
Rita Sue Mcßae reports that
the United Affiliate lias chosen
as its special community ser
vice to have free hair cut day
at Precious Nursing Home in
Vidalia. All are urged to join
with the United Affiliate to
accomplish this worthwhile
goal.