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VOLUME 58
Report Os The
County Agent
Mulch Pecans
By David H. Williams
Those pecan trees you set
out in the flail and winter —
have you mulched them yet?
This should be deme before
hot weather sets in.
Mulching does several good
things. For one, it conserves
moisture. Keeps the soil cool
er, too.
In addition, a mulch helps
control weeds and grasses
that compete with pecan trees
for moisture and plant food.
It also prevents the soil from
becoming hard and caked.
Mulching makes it un
necessary' to cultivate close
to the trees, and this cuts
down cm damage from equip
ment such as disk tarrows.
Some good mulching ma
terials are small grain straw,
old sawdust, pine straw, black
plastic, old hay and used fer
tilizer bags.
Most mulching material
should be about six inches
thick to protect the soil from
sun and prevent drying out
after natural rainfall.
Pesticide
Containers
The National Agricultural
Chemicals Association says
reducing potential hazards
with emptied pesticide con
tainers is easy if you follow
a simple rinse-drain proce
dure. By following these
guide lines when filling the
spray tank, containers will
then be ready for proper dis
posal. Such containers should
not be reused.
Empty the container into
the spray tank and allow to
drain in a vertical position
for 30 seconds. Rinse three
times with water or solvent
being used, allowing 30 sec
onds each time for draining
into the tank mix.
Make rinse amounts that
are easy to measure. For
example, for each rinse use a
quart of water or solvent for
a one-gallon container, a gal
lon for a five-gallon can, and
five gallons for 30- to 55-
gallon drums.
Always add the rinse to the
tank to avoid contamination
of soil or water and to get
maximum benefit from the
materials purchased.
Containers treated in this
way may then be safely dis
posed of by the most appro
priate means — either sold
for scrap for recycling or by
crushing and burying. But
don’t reuse them.
Miss Webster
Outstanding
Home Ec. Student
Donna Kay Webster of
Alamo, has been selected as
the Outstanding Student in
Home Economics at Georgia
College in Milledgeville for
1972.
Donna Kay completed her
course work in December,
1971, and she will graduate
in June, receiving a B.S. de
gree in Home Economics Edu
cation and a B.S. degree in
Dietetics.
In September, she will begin
a dietetic internship at the
Medical College of Virginia
in Richmond. Donna Kay is
presently employed in the
dietary' department of the Uni
versity Hospital in Augusta.
Revival Services
At Stuckey Baptist
Set For May 7-12
Revival services at Stuckey
Baptist Church will begin May
7 through Friday, May 12.
Evening services begin at 8
o’clock p.m. Rev. Don Roberts
will be preaching.
You are cordially invited to
attend these services.
Should a finish be applied to
cedar closet linings? No, says
Doris Oglesby, University
Extension specialist in housing
and equipment. No finish of
any kind should be used. To
apply anything to the surface
other than pure distilled oil of
cedarwood would seal off the
pleasant cedar aroma, render
ing the closet ineffective as a
moth deterrent.
Wheeler County Eagle
Governor Proclaims Soil Stewardship Week
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Governor Jimmy Carter signs a proclamation designating May 7 14 as 1972 Soil
Stewardship Week in Georgia. “Creative Conservation” is the theme of this year’s
special observance. Representatives of the sponsoring organizations, the State Soil
and Water Conservation Committee and the Georgia Association of Conservation
District Supervisors, were in the governor’s office when he signed the proclamation.
They include, left to right: Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton, chairman of the State
Committee; B. Fred Statham, Americus, vice chairman; Frank O. Crawford,
Rockmark, president of GACD; Clarence M. Higginbotham, Royston, State
Committee member, and Lamar Franklin, Marietta, Committee member.
Senator Hugh Gillis Honored At
Higher Educ. Awards Banquet
Community leaders and
representatives of colleges
and universities all over
Georgia will gather in Atlanta
on Tuesday evening, May 9,
to hear Gov. Jimmy Carter
speak to an Awards Banquet
for Higher Education at the
Marriott Motor Hotel. Five
top leaders in the state will
be honored for their major
contribution to higher edu
cation in Georgia, and
thirteen public officials will
be recognized for the part
they have tad in supporting
and promoting better quality
education.
This major occasion for
educators all over Georgia
will pay special honor to for
mer Congressman Carl Vin
son of Milledgeville, in
dustrialist Fuller E. Callaway
Jr. of LaGrange, banker Wil
liam R. Bowdoin, attorney
Henry L. Bowden, and in
surance executive E. L.
Simon. All of them have been
involved in activities over
many years in behalf of Geor
gia’s colleges and educational
institutions.
Seven of the thirteen spe
cial citations will be presented
to State Senators, the largest
single group of men to be
honored for demonstrating
unusual concern and support
for higher education through
out the State of Georgia.
Four of the Senators to
be honored sponsored legis
lation in 1971 which provides
annual tuition grants of 400
dollars to Georgia students
attending private Georgia col
leges and universities, a
measure designed to ease
overcrowding at State sup
ported schools. They are:
Senate President Pro-tem
Hugh Gillis of Soperton; Sen.
Lamar Plunkett of Bowden,
and Sen. Oliver Bateman of
Macon, both members of the
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CLAXTON, Ga. - The Herbert A. Daniel family of Evans County’s Bay Branch Community was
honored as Georgia’s 1971 Farmers Home Administration “Farm Family of the Year” in
ceremonies at Claxton, Ga. Ist District Congressman G. Elliott Hagan paid tribute to the Daniel
family and introduced James V. Smith - National Administrator of the Farmers Home
Administration - who told the audience that FHA programs are not a “hand-out” but a “hand-up
to farm families unable to obtain credit from conventional sources. (PRN)
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA 30411 - BOX 385
Senate’s University System of
Georgia Committee; and Sen.
Bert Hamilton of Macon,
member of the Elementary;
and Secondary Education
Committee.
The other three Senators
cited are: Sen. Ed Zipperer
of Pooler, Chairman of the
University System of Georgia
Committee, and a member
Wheeler High
Music Festival
And Concert
The following students
journeyed to Statesboro, April
15 for ratings. We are proud
to announce there were eight
superiors and one excellent.
Sixteen voice ensemble -
Superior
Windell Lee, Betty James,
Gina White, Mary Linda Hall,
Marion Grimes, Linda Col
lins, Connie Pickle, Maria
Pope, Sandra Thomas, .Sandra
Montford, Patty Adams,
Denise. Edge, Elaine Lumley,
Frank Pickle, Gary Coleman,
Tony Owens, and Angela
Owens, accompanist.
Girls Ensemble - Superior
Gina White, Maria Pope,
Connie Pickle, Sandra Thom
as, Marion Grimes, Patty
Adams, and Angela Owens.
Girls Trio - Superior
Maria Pope, Gina White and
Marion Grimes.
Boys Quartet - Superior
Frank Pickle, Tony Owens,
Gary Coleman and Cary
Nobles.
Soloists
Frank Pickle, Superior;
Gary Coleman, Superior; Tony
Stuckey, Superior; Gina White,
Superior; and Marion Grimes,
Excellent.
of tlie University System Co
mmittee; Sen. Terrell Starr of
, Eqrest Park, Chairman of the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Committee and
menib^t of the University Sys
tem Committee; and, Sen. Paul
Broun of Athens, member of
the University System of
Georgia Committee.
Other special awards will
go to Gov. Carter; Budget
Director of the State Scholar
ship Commission Donald E.
Payton; and three State Repre
sentatives, E. Roy Lambert
of Madison; Robert Farrar
of Avondale Estates; and
Chappelle Matthews of Athens.
The selection of the five
major awards came about
through several steps. The
I two United States Senators
। from Georgia, all ten Georgia
Congressmen, and several
other top leaders throughout
the state were asked to pro
vide nominations of those they
felt tad done the most for
higher education in Georgia.
More than three dozen dif
ferent names were submitted,
and the final selections were
made by a three man awards
committee consisting ofHarl
lee Branch, Jr., formerpresi
dent of the Southern Company
in Atlanta; T. Baldwin Martin,
an attorney and business lead
er in Macon; and I. M. Aiken,
President of the Liberty Na
tional Bank in Savannah. Mr.
Branch served as chairman
of that selection committee,
and said that his group had
its greatest difficulty in nar
rowing the choices down to
only five men. He commented:
“We could easily have chosen
twenty-five or thirty-five out
standing Georgians for this
award, and could have sup
ported each of those selec
tions. We feel that the five
men we have named are truly
outstanding in every respect.”
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1972
Two from Wheeler Co. High To
Attend Hat. Resources Workshop
Chris Avery and Lynn Mc-
Neal have been awarded
scholarships to the 11th An
nual Natural Resources Con
servation Workshop to be held
at Abraham Baldwin Agri
cultural College in Tifton, the
week of June 4-9.
“The scholarships are be
ing sponsored by the Wheeler
County State Bank and the
Ohoopee River Soil and Water
Conservation District,” says
Jimmy' James, Soil Conser
vation Service Soil conser
vationist in Wheeler County.
L. B. Chambers of Rte. 2,
Glenwood is the local super-
Wheeler FHA
Attends Stale
Convention
On Friday, April 21, Sandra
Griggs, Denise Thorton, along
with our advisor, attended the
Future Homemaker of Ameri
ca’s 27th Annual State meeting
at the Marriott Hotel in At
lanta. Our opening session
began on Friday at 7:30, with
Group Singing with Hurbert
Wheeler, Minister of Music
at Mabel White Baptist Church
in Macon, in charge. Some of
the highlights of our first
session were, presentation of
Nominees for State President
and National Secretary, and
entertainment by the Berry
Singers from Berry College,
Ross Magoulous, Director.
On Saturday morning I at
tended the Chapters Presi
dent’s breakfast and Ddhise
and Mrs. Harris attended the
District breakfast. Our speak
er was Mary Beth Music,
1970-71 State President. At
9:45 our second session be
gan. Some of the highlights
for this session were Presi
dent’s Message, Rebecca
Welsh, Hardaway High School;
Presentation of New Awards;
introduction of FHA State
President; and Presentation
of Speaker.
Our speaker was Dr. Wil
liam Holmes Borders, Pastor
of Wheat Street Baptist Church
in Atlanta. Dr. Borders chal
lenged us to make our future
home the kind of home where
truth, love, security and faith
will be realities not dreams.
He stated that many of the
problems we are faced with
today would not be if we had
better homes.
At 3:00 we attended a Coke
Party at Rich’s Auditorium.
There we were entertained by
the Teen Board with a Fashion
Show. At 7:00 we attended the
banquet, our speaker being
“Miss Georgia,” Miss Cyn
thia Cook. She told us about
her many exciting experiences
as “Miss Georgia.” Our con
vention closed with the instal
lation of new officers. I wish
to thank all who made it
possible for us to attend this
meeting.
Sandra Griggs,
Reporter
Army Making If
Easier To Join
Under a new Department
of the Army program now in
effect, high school seniors
can enlist in the Army and
continue in school until grad
uation.
Under this program, a
senior can enlist in the re
serves within 120 days of his
scheduled graduation date and
not be ordered to active duty
until after he graduates.
Previously, high school
seniors could enlist in the
U. S. Army Reserve but they
were required to be im
mediately available for active
duty training upon enlistment.
Now they are guaranteed
not to be called upon until
they complete their senior
year requirements in high
school.
visor for the District.
The week-long workshop is
sponsored jointly' by the Geor
gia Chapter Soil Conservation
Society of America and the
Georgia Association of Con
servation District Super
visors. Students will betaught
the basics of conserving na
tural resources. Four major
areas of study' are: soil and
water conservation, wildlife
and recreation, forestry, and
agricultural research.
In addition to stimulating
interest among young people
in the conservation of natural
resources, it is hoped some
students will be encouraged
to become professional con
servationists.
The week’s activities in
clude classroom lectures,
outdoor land judging, and tours
to observe conservation work.
An all-day trip will be made
to the Okefenokee National
Wildlife Refuge near Way
cross.
Sam G. Dunaway, Soil Con
servation Service District
conservationist from Winder,
What Soil
Stewardship
Means To The
City Dweller
Traditionally, Soil Steward
ship Week has been thought
of as a rural observance in
Georgia. But not anymore.
“The stakes of conservation
are high for the city dweller,
too,” said Frank Stancil, Co
operative Extension Service
agronomist - conservation,
University of Georgia.
“In fact,’’Stancilcontinued,
“the establishment of sound
and realistic priorities for
land use . . . are major
considerations for the well
being of urban dwellers.”
The Extension conser
vationist pointed out that s illa
tion of streams, lakes and
reservoirs is, by volume, do
day’s greatest single water
pollutant, and added that ap
proximately one-ha If of the
siltation of all surface waters
is from non-agricultural
areas. “So the farmer also
has a stake in the conserva
tion efforts of towns and cities.
“The truth is,” Stancil de
clared, “agriculture and busi
ness, farmers and non-farm
ers, have a common interest
in Soil Stewardship.
But speaking to the city
dweller, the conservationist
stated, “The crowded city
transforms man even as he
transforms his environment.
It is easy for today’s citizen
of the metropolis, as well as
in small towns, to live with
a blunted awareness of our
natural resources. We des
perately need a sharpened
awareness ofthe interrelated
ness of all nature. . .
“From primitive times,
man has invested himself in
the place where he lives —
in his cave, his home, his
town, his country. He has
given his community his per
sonal stampand identifies with
it. This sense of belonging
has provided a pattern of sta
bility and growth over the
centuries. But it seems to
me that many among us have
lost this sense of ‘belonging.’
“There is a need on all
sides to elevate the im
portance of identity and re
store the pattern of continuity.
We must understand the inter
relatedness of our resources
and man’s total dependency
on their wise utilization.
“One course is available,
if we will use it, and that is
a vastly expanded personal
effort in “Creative Conser
vation.’
"Your personal investment
— in time, interest and under
standing — is necessary.”
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is the workshop director. He
has been the director of the
program for most of the 11
years the workshop has been
in operation. During that time
it has received several na
tional honors for its educa
tional value.
Instructors and counselors
for the Workshop are furn
ished by the Soil Conservation
Service, Georgia Game and
Fish Commission, Agri
cultural Research Service,
Georgia Forestry Com
mission, U. S. Forest Ser
vice, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Georgia Extension
Service.
Chris and Lynn are out
standing students at Wheeler
County High School. Chris is
the sexi of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
“Bud” Avery of Rte. 2, Glen
wood, and Lynn is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McNeal
of Rte. 1, Alamo.
Other boys from Wheeler
County who have attended the
workshop in the past are:
Thomas Mercer, Tim Grimes,
Gary Coleman, Johnny Pea
cock, David Edge, Wayne
Johnson and Larry Tanner.
More than 1,800 selected
high school boys have
graduated from this workshop
since it was first held in
Johnny N. Smith
Headmaster At
Ocmulgee Acad.
Johnny Neil Smith has re
cently accepted the position of
Headmaster of the Ocmulgee
Academy, Inc., located in
Lumber City.
Mr. Smith, age 32, holds a
B.S. and a Master’s degree
from Mississippi College and
the University of Southern
Mississippi. At present, he
is working toward his DAS-5
Certificate in Administration
through Georgia Southern
College.
Prior to his acceptance to
the Academy, Mr. Smith taught
six years in Mississippi in the
capacity of band director,
football coach and teacher.
He has proven successful in
all areas. He has been em
ployed by the Jeff Davis Coun
ty Board of Education for the
past four years and has served
as teacher, head football
coach, athletic director, and
counselor.
He is a member of the
First Methodist Church in
Hazlehurst and lias been active
in civic and community activi
ties. He and his wife are the
adult advisors for the
Explorer Post 880. They will
be the aquatic directors this
summer in Hazlehurst. Mr.
Smith received his aquatic
training through the Boy
Scouts of America and plans
to attend a Red Cross Aquatic
school this summer for Red
Cross Instructor Certi
fication.
Mr. Smith, his wife, and
two sons, ages three and six,
live in Hazlehurst.
Mr. Smith believes that the
Academy has much untapped
potential and talent. He is
looking forward to developing
the Academy into one of the
finest private educational in
stitutions in the state.
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1962. Director Dunaway says,
“About 250 boys will attend
the Workshop this year. I
anticipate that this will be
our best Workshop.”
What Is Source
Os Your Food?
Jimmy James
Soil Conservationist
The sun, the soil, water
and growing plants are crea
tions of God at which man
has always marvelled. It’s a
manufacturing team unequaled
by man’s inventions. The
energy you have and the heat
in your body that keeps you
warm can come from the sun.
You don’t get the energy direc -
tly from the sun, however.
It comes through the food you
eat. The sun shines on plants
and makes them grow. They
store up the sun’s energy in
their leaves, stems, rootsand
seeds. Man and animal eat
the plants. The food you eat
then is largely the sun’s en
ergy. It’s bundled up for you
in the plants, along with nitro
gen and minerals that the
plants take from the soil.
The better the soil, the better
plants grow. The sun shines
just as brightly on the barren
fields as it does on the fertile
ones. The good soil can use
much more of the energy it
gets from the sun to produce
the food mankind needs to
exist.
Many of our young people
in the cities would tell you
that milk and eggs come from
the dairy case at the super
market. Sometimes even
adults forget that almost
everything we eat, wear or
build our home from come
from the soil. It’s time every
one became aware of his obli
gation to God — to be a
steward of all our natural
resources.
This week — Soil Steward
ship Week — every guardian
of the soil is urged to think
of ways in which he can help
conserve the soil and water
for our future food supply.
Castle Rock
Farm Field Day
Set For May 11
Cotton, soybeans and sor
ghum planting plus chemicals
evaluation will be featured
at a field day at Castle Rock
Farm, Sylvester, May 11.
The farm, a division of
Specialized Agricultural Pub
lications, is located four miles
west of Sylvester on Highway
82.
Cotton demonstrations will
include conventional, narrow
row and broadcast planting.
Various fertility and weed
control programs for each
system will be discussed. In
addition to soybean planting,
application of herbicides and
contact nematicides will be
demonstrated. Herbicide ap
plication will include preplant
incorporated, preplant in
jected and postplant pre
emerge.
Planters from John Deere,
Ford, International Harvest
er, Allis Chalmers, Cole and
Burcl. will be operated.
Chemicals evaluation will
include discussion of all
herbicides plus on both sod
and conventional com; pre
plant incorporated, preplant
injected and postplant pre
emerge herbicides on peanuts;
tobacco herbicides and insec
ticides; and various fertility
programs.
Representatives of major
seed, chemical and equipment
companies will be on hand to
discuss their products and
answer questions.
All interested persons are
invited to attend. Lunch will
be avalNkto tn the farm.