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VOLUME 58
Oil Well
Permit
Approved
DUBLIN - F W. McCain
and George C. Nicholson have
been granted a permit to drill a
well for oil and gas exploration
in Laurens County, it was an
nounced by Jesse H. Auvil Jr.,
state geologist and director of
the Georgia Department of
Mines, Mining and Geology.
The proposed drilling site is
on property leased from T. R.
Glider and located in Georgia
Militia District 1367, 16 miles
from Dublin, Auvil said.
The drilling operations re
portedly are planned to begin
about April 15. McCain and
Nicholson have posted bond to
cover their liability for proper
plugging of the well if it does
not produce oil or gas, Auvil
said.
In oil or gas exploration in
the state, companies or individ
uals are required to isolate all
fresh water bearing aquifers to
protect the vital zone from pos
sible contaminationor prevent
the useless waste of water if an
artesian flow occurs. All oil and
gas exploration holes must be
properly capped and plugged
when completed or abandoned.
McCain's experience in oil
and gas drilling spans a half
century and Nicholson has 12,
years of drilling experience,
Auvil said. Both have previous
ly drilled oil and gas test wells
in Georgia, he said
A total of 139 oil and gas test
wells have been drilled in Geor
gia since the first was drilled in
1903 The average well depth
has been 2939 feet and the deep
est penetration has been 7620
feet
Wheeler First
Place In State
Literary Meet
Wheeler County and Bremen
tied for Class B first place
honor in the second and final
*y of the Georgia High School
Association Literary Meet at
Mercer University on April 8.
It was a climatic finish to an
exciting day with Bremen
ahead 42 to 39. Wheeler Coun
ty’s quartet placed third in
the last event of the day adding
three points to the Wheeler
County total and tieing the
•core.
Drama, debate, and essay
competitions had already been
held. Saturday’s competition
included oral interpretation,
axtemporaneous speaking,
•010, trio, and quartet sing
ing, piano, spelling, typing,
shorthand, and home eco
nomics.
Representing Wheeler Co.
Saturday were Maria Pope
(girl’s essay-4th place);
Debbie Mitchell (oral inter
pretation-4th place); Gina
White (girl’s solo); Frank
Pickle (boy’s solo-2nd place);
Maria Pope, Gina White and
Angela Owens (girl’s trio
-Ist place); Frank Pickle, Tony
Owens, Cary Nobles and Gary
Coleman (boy’s quartet-3rd
pldce); Lloyd Peavy (boy’s
spelling); Marie Cartwright
(girl’s typing-2nd place);
Murray Couey (boy’s typing
-Ist place); Minnie Cannon
(Shorthand-4th place).
Montgomery County placed
• third with a total of 20 points
and Stockbridge fourth with a
total of 17 points.
Fish Fry And
Politics Set
For Valdosta
All of the candidates for ’
the United States Senate, ex
cept encumbent Gambrell,
.have accepted invitations to
speak and eat fish in Valdosta
next Friday afternoon.
The affair will take place
at the State Farmer’s Market
and is being promoted by the
South Georgia Voters Associ
ation. Beginning at 1:30 p.m.
there will be entertainment,
souvenirs, etc. with the speak
ing scheduled to begin prompt
ly at 3:30.
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UNIDOME PROTOTYPE - The Unidome, a low cost housing unit developed by fie
Georgia-American Corporation of Decatur, is now on display in the courtyard of the Architecture
School at Georgia Tech. (PRN)
“Unidome” Is A Unique
Low Cost Housing Unit
ATLANTA (PRN) - A
unique new low cost housing
unit developed for Georgia,
the nation and the world has
captured the imagination and
hearts of students, faculty and
visitors at Georgia Tech’s
school of architecture.
Now on display in the
courtyard of the Architecture
Building, the Unidome was
conceived and built by the
Georgia-American Corporation
of Decatur.
The first Unidome
prototype drew the attention
of the press, public and some
government officials from
throughout the world when it
was put on display several
weeks ago at an Atlanta motel.
It later was moved to the Tech
campus where it has created a
sensation among students and
faculty.
“Students here have
adopted the Unidome,” said
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Dedication Os Conner
Intermediate Care Home
A Dedication Ceremony and Open House will be held Sunday, April 16, at the Conner
Intermediate Care Home in Glenwood from three till five o’clock p.m. The public is invited to
attend and view the beautiful facility.
Two From Wheeler
On Dean’s List
At Ga. Southern
Two Georgia Southern Col
lege students from the
Wheeler County area have
been named to the Georgia
Southern College Dean’s List
for the Winter Quarter.
To be eligible for the Dean’s
List a student must have at
least a 3.33 grade point ave
rage for the quarter.
Dr. Pope A. Duncan, Presi
dent erf Georgia Southern Col
lege, saluted the GSC Dean’s
List students for their out
standing achievement. Addi
tionally the Businessmen of
Statesboro are recognizing
these students for their winter
ALAMO, WHEEIJ2R COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Michael Jones, Tech professor.
“Although it has been open
day and night, there has been
no vandalism or pilferage in
the unit,” Mr. Jones added.
“This shows the respect the
students have for the
Unidome.”
“Students hear much about
low cost housing concepts, but
now they can see one in their
own backyard,” he said.
Both young and old who
visit the Unidome are
impressed with its shape, size
and modernity.
Built of a special laminated
plastic, the igloo-shaped
Unidome, which sells for less
than S3OOO per unit, was
conceived by Georgia-Ameri
can as an ideal second or
vacation home for middle-class
Americans and as an answer to
housing the poor in America
and underdeveloped countries.
Rodney Young, a south
Georgia native and president
quarter’s work through a Mer
chant’s Discount Program.
Those students making
Dean’s List from the Wheeler
County area are, Campbell
L. Patterson, senior 3.33; and
Michael C. White, senior 3.33.
Dr. Vera Campbell
Speaker For White
Springs Baptist
Dr. Vera Campbell, a mis
sionary from Japan, who is
home on furlough will be
speaker of the day April 23,
at White Springs Baptist
Church.
Dr. Campbell will be a visi
tor in the home of Rev. and
Mrs. Henry Morris. The
public is invited to attend.
of Georgia-American, said
acceptance of the Unidome
has far exceeded expectations
both here and abroad.
G eorgia-American has
moved slowly with the
development of the unit in an.
effort to perfect the product
before it goes on the market,
he said.
Several more prototypes
will be manufactured within
the next month; shortly
thereafter the company will
establish ten distributorships
in Georgia.
The Unidome is presently
be Lag manufactured in
Minnesota, but there are plans
for manufacturing plants in
south Georgia and several
foreign countries.
“The Unidome has a
two-fold purpose,” Mr. Young
said, “it is a humanitarian
venture and a successful
business enterprise.”
Horse Show Set
For April 16
In Cochran
The Bleckley County Saddle
Club will hold the first Heart
of Georgia Saddle Clubs As
sociation Horse Show on April
16th, in Cochran.
The show will start at 1:00
p.m. and will have Halter,
Pleasure, English, and timed
events. For information call
912-962-3693 or 934-2792.
Young sprout to girl he
was dating: “My Dad’s old
and in very poor health.
When he dies I will inherit
all his money. Why don’t
you marry me?’’ Two days
later the girl became his
stepmother.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1972
Four masked men Rob Telfair
People Os Over $5,000 Saturday
Saturday night about 8:00
o’clock two houses were
robbed by four masked men
in the Sharon Church Com
munity.
The four men with stock
ings over their heads entered,
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Roberson and took
about $60.00 from them. Also
in the house was Roberson’s
son, Leroy and granddaughter,
Report Os The
County Agent
David H. Williams
For the second year in a
row a cooperative “safe use”
program is being conducted
to insure that users of para
thion, apply the insecticide
safely. An agreement between
the State Department of Agri
culture and the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture makes
Georgia one of 41 states co
operating in the program this
year.
The pesticide industry and
other federal agencies, in
cluding the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA),
have endorsed the program
and recommended that it be
continued another year.
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Service (APHS) is co
ordinating the program. Co
operating with APHS are
USDA’s Extension Service,
EPA, 41 states, and manu
tbcturers and retailers of
ethyl parathion.
The Purposes
The main aim of the pro
gram is to make sure that
all users of ethyl parathion
understand the potential
dangers of the product so that
they can take proper measures
to protect themselves, other
people and the environment.
The program is part of USDA’s
continuing campaign to pro
mote form safety.
Compliance with the para
thion program will do several
things. For one, it will enable
health officials to determine
areas of heavy use of the
insecticide. Then area hos
pitals, physicians and vet
erinarians can be alerted so
that adequate quantities of
antidote can be on hand if
needed.
How It Works
The program relies on a
brief form to be completed
by the seller and purchaser
of ethyl parathion. A copy
of this form will go to state
officials for use in determin
ing where the pesticide is
being used. These forms are
being printed and dis
. seminated to all parathior
dealers by the basic manu
facturers of the product
These are Monsanto Co.
Stauffer Chemical Co. am
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp
According to USDA, the pro
gram is directed to ethyl para
thion because this highlytoxl
pesticide is widely used an
can be hazardous if prescribe'
safety practices are not fol
lowed.
An increasing amount c
this pesticide is being use
because of restrictions on th
use of other pesticides an
the growing insect resistanc
to the chlorinated hydrocar
bons.
Parathion Safety
Program
Parathion can control many
pests that attack cotton, fruit
and vegetable crops. One of
its big advantages is that it
breaks down rapidly and does
not leave harmful residues
on plants or in the environ
ment.
But it is dangerous to the
man applying it, if he doesn’t
know what he’s doing. The
cooperative “safe use” pro
gram should help.
Betty.
The thieves forced the
family to accompany them to
the near-by home of Miss
Maggie Clark where they made
Miss Clark and the Robersons
stay in the living room while
they searched the house.
Aftei - a period of about two
hours of searching the thieves
came up with $5,000 in SIOO
bills, about S2OO in smaller
bills and about SIOO in gold
coins.
After finding the money the
four men locked Miss Clark
and the Robersons in the bath
Brewton Parker
Players To
Present Luke Song
The Brewton Parker Col
lege Players will present Kao-
Tong-Kia’s "Lute Song”
Thursday April 13, and Friday
April 14, in Gates Hall Audi
torium. Both performances
are scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Performing in the spring
production are: Nick Cham
bers, Austin; Dean Byrd,
Fernandina Beach, Fla.; Linda
Wendelkin, Springfield; Vicki
Fordham, Hinesville; Brent
Zachary, Baxley; Carol
Hodges, Ailey; Susan Brown,
Waycross; Madelyn Shuman,
Lyons; Don Legett, Alamo;
Roger McDonald, Vidalia;
Sherida Smith, Waycross;
James Bell, Ailey; Lloyd
Moses, Uvalda; Bobby Aikens,
Lyons; and Tim Brown, Dub
lin.
John P. Quattlebuam, head
of the Brewton Parker College
Drama Department, will
direct the play..
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First Place In VOCA Club
Wheeler County High School was first place in VOCA Club
of Region 5. The winners were, shown above left to right,
Frank Pickle, first place winner in contest #6 and contest #4,
Talent Performing Arts, Job Interview; Randall Tarpley,
first place winner in contest #2, VOCA Boy of the Year, and
contest # 7, Arts and Crafts; Mrs. Ruth C. Humphrey, VOCA
Advisor; Roberta Nelms, second place winner in contest #3,
VOCA Girl of the Year; and Audra Harrelson, first place
winner in contest #lO, Public Speaking.
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Tri County Livestock Judging
On March 29, the Tri-County Livestock Judging Contest
was held at Preston White's Farm in Alamo. The counties
that were involved in this event were Montgomery County,
Wheeler County, and Truetlen County, in which Wheeler
County won first place.
The students that participated in this event were, front
row left to right, James Lee, John McCrae, Charles Burnette
and David Mitchell. Back row, left to right, Alfred Dilworth,
Ronald Mackey, Al Adams, Freddie Conaway, Ethridge Cona
way and Anthony Carter. John McCrae, who also went in
individual hog judging, won 3rd place. These fellows along
with their advisor, Mr. Graham, have worked hard to make
this event a success.
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room and told them not to
come out for at least thirty
minutes. Upon getting out Miss
Clark walked about three
quarters of a mile to the home
of Telfair County Deputy
Sheriff Thomas Vaughn who
was out on a call. His wife
notified the State Patrol who
then contacted Vaughn and .
other County Law Officers.
Mr. Vaughn immediately re
turned home and carried Miss
Clark back to her home and
the search for the four men
began.
According to TelfairSheriff
Jack Walker, the case is being
thoroughly investigated by his
IRS Tells Why
Refunds Are
Delayed
“Where’s my refund?” is a
question asked by thousands
of Georgia taxpayers every
year, B. Javan Garner, the
local Internal Revenue repre
sentative in Dublin, said.
For many, the answer is
that the refund is held up
because the Post Office can
not deliver the check. People
move without leaving a for
warding address, Mr. Gamer
said.
Another reason is that the
taxpayer’s name or address
is not readable on the return.
This can be avoided by using
the pre-addressed label on the
return filed. Taxpayers should
peel the label off the outside
of the tax forms package and
place it on the return filed.
Mr. Gamer said any neces
sary corrections should be
made on the label itself.
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office and GBI Agent’s Henry.
Spurlin and Harry Holland.
Sheriff Walker also said
he F. 8.1. had been notified
wu. the possibility that one
or all of the men had crossed
the state line.
Possible suspects are being
hunted, but no names have
been released.
Wheeler Co.
Hosts VOCA
Reg. Run Offs
April 4th, saw a proud time
for Wheeler County High
School. The coordinator of
W.C.H.S. VOCA Club, Mrs.
Ruth C. Humphrey, was a
.gracious hostess as she.
brought to life the true mean
ing of Southern Hospitality.
When Mrs. Humphrey was
asked for comment she said,
“On my opinion this is Co
orlnated Vocational Academic
Education in the truest sense.
It took everyone of us to win.
We have had excellent co
operation from Norman Jar
rard, Wayne Crafton, our team
teachers, other faculty mem
bers, students, and community
.leaders.”
Eight of the ten VOCA Con
tests were held and Wheeler
took first in six of them.
They were as follows: Con
test #2-VOCA Boy of the Year-
Randall Tarpley; Contest #4-
Job Interview-Frank Pickle;
Contest #5-Scrapbook-Wheel
er County High VOCA Club;
Contest #6-Talent-Perform
ing Arts-Frank Pickle; Con
test #7-Arts & Crafts-Randall
Tarpley; and Contest #lO
- Speaking- Audra Har
relson.
Wheeler County High also
took a second place in Con
test #3-VOCA Girl erf the
Year-Roberta Nelms. Roberta
did an excellent job.
Wheeler was proud to see
an influx of visitors from
different areas of the state.
Telfair, Thomasville, Clax
ton, Jesup, Cochran, Eastman
and Dublin, were among the
ones that were represented..
Entering in these Contests
Entering in these Contests
were students from nine dif
ferent schools of Region 5.
Among special guests were
I Dr. Daniel L. Saddler, Direc
tor of CVAE from the Uni
versity of Georgia, and Ken
neth R. Reynolds, State Super
visor of CVAE and the VOCA
Club of Georgia.
One of the focal points cC
the afternoon was the lovely
tea for the judges of the con
tests. Special guests, ad
ministrators, and Coordina
tors were also invited. The
tea was planned, preparedand
served by Mrs. W.R. Mitchell,
Mrs. Edward Robbins and
Mrs. Jack Thomas. Their
table was beautiful. They
served a variety of open-faced
sandwiches, cookies, and a
yellow fruit punch.
David Williams, County ’
Agent held the Job Interview
’ with Mrs. Fran Jarrard being
the Receptionist. This Contest
was judged by William T.
Straughan, a lawyer and com
munity leader of Mcßae, and
Mrs. Jeanette Arrington,
‘ Business Education teacher."
A total of 24 judges judged
the contests. Among the other
out-of-town judges were Allan
Smith, Counselor from Heart
of Georgia of Eastman; Wayne
Crafton erf Mcßae; Mrs. Freda
Padget, Curriculum Director
of Claxton; George Warner
of Dublin; Charles Hill of
Jesup; John Dykes of Cochran;
Jim Beasley, Art teacher of
Mcßae; Mrs. Marie Causey
of Vidalia; Mrs. Evelyn Mor
ris of Vidalia; Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Taylor of Glenwood; War
ren McKinney of Mcßae; and
Kenneth Rhodes of Mcßae.
Parathion Safety
Program