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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Edna
Davis Wooten
Funeral services for Mrs.
E<ha Davis Wooten, 73, of
Waycross, who died Tuesday
in the Waycross Memorial
Hospital following a long ill
ness, were held Wednesday
afternoon at 4:00 o’clock from
the Chapel of Harris and Smith
Funeral Home with the Rev.
Harold Withers, pastor of the
Waycross First Baptist
Church officiating, assisted
by the Rev. James McCain,
pastor of the Mcßae First
Baptist Church.
Burial followed In Oak
Grove Cemetery with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were, Tracey
Everett, Howard Dill, Charles
Gray, Grady Durden, Jon. S.
Stamps, Jr., Jack Walker,
Wimbric Walker and John G.
Davis.
Mrs. Wooten was bom in
Mcßae on September 5, 1897
the daughter of the late I. J.
and Carrie Browning Davis,
and was a member of the
Waycross First Baptist
Church.
Survivors include two
(Mughters, Mrs. Vernon E.
George of Waycross, and Mrs.
W. J. Williamson, Jr., ofVal
dosta; three sisters, Mrs. Dan
H. Foxworth of Brunswick,
Mrs. Willie McLendon of St.
Augustine, Fla., and Mrs. J.
Howard Perdue of Mcßae; one
brother, T. Brumby Davis of
Port Charlotte, Fla.; and two
grandchildren.
Politics o|n Parade
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When Gov. Jimmy Carter
and the General Assembly
moved practically all the
duties of State Treasurer Bill
Burson to the new Dept, of
Fiscal Affairs, Mr. Burson
requested an immediate audit.
This was not done very fest,
but it lias finally been com
pleted, and results show Mr.
Burson’s accounts tally to the
penny except for S7OO over
spent in his administrative
account.
However, this was caused
by the Governor cutting $5,000
from the general fund appro
priation of the Treasury, in
spite of Burson’s letter to
him that the most that could
be cut under any circum
stances, was $3,656, and that
if the whole $5,000 was cut
out there could not help but
be over-expenditures. This Is
set forth to the Governor in a
letter dated July 21, 1971,
and a follow up letter to then-
Budget Director Battle Hall
under date of July 23.
Obviously, then, the Gover
nor must take the responsibil
ity for the S7OO overspent,
rather than it being Burson’s
feult.
**l * *
Speaking of Burson, on last
Friday, he was one and one
half days ahead of schedule
in his Walk from Rabun Gap
to Tybee Light in the sena
torial race. He is now between
Augusta and Macon.
In spite of an Atlanta Con
stitution story that Burson is
“embittered” at the lack of
publicity on his walk, he is,
instead, delighted with the
news coverage he has received
from radio, television and
newspapers along his route.
For instance, in Augusta, he
was interviewed on all TV
and radio stations, and made
the front page of both daily
papers.
*****
Senatorial candidate Ernest
Vandiver opened his State
Headquarters last Monday at
the Quality Hotel Central, 100
Tenth St., Atlanta. He invites
all Georgians to drop by and
say “Hello.” However, don’t
expect to catch the candidate
himself there very much; he’s
still out riding his' camper
all over the state.
*****
BRAGGING AGAIN: About
two months ago, we predicted
that George Bagby would be
No. 2 man in the new Dept,
of Natural Resources. Well,
this was announced last
Thursday.
*****
The J. C. Penny Co. will
hold a national stockholders
meeting in Forest Park, on
Charlie C. Mcßae
Funeral services for
Charlie C. Mcßae, 82, of
Lyons, who died Wednesday
morning in a Vidalia Nursing
Home of an apparent heart
attack, were held Thursday
afternoon (today) at 4:00 o’-
clock from the Lyons First
United Methodist Church with
the pastor, the Rev. John Mc-
Gowan officiating.
Burial followed in the Lyons
City Cemetery with Trapnell-
Jones Funeral Home of Lyons,
in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Mcßae was bom in
Telfeir County on March 8,
1890, the son of the late John
F. and Lavania Henley Mc-
Rae. He was married to the
former Miss Vera McGinty
and was a member of the
Lyons First United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include his wife,
of Lyons; two sons, E. C.
Mcßae and Jimmy Mcßae of
Lyons; one daughter, Mrs.
Lavania Shader of Statesboro;
two sisters, Mrs. Leon Flan
ders of Folly Beach, S.C.,
and Mrs. J. D. Moffett of Lake
Wales, Fla.; nine grandchil
dren; and three great-grand
children.
Jasper L. Kennedy
Jasper L. Kennedy, 60, died
Saturday in a Baldwin County
hospital following an extended
illness. Funeral services
were held at 4 p.m. Monday
in the Chester Baptist Church
with burial in the Pleasant
May 16. This may be the first
time in history that such a
giant organization has ever
held its stockholders meeting
in so small a town.
*****
We congratulate Governor
Carter on his appointment of
Repr. Don Knowles, of Stock
bridge, to the State Board of
Workmen’s Compensation.
This was just decided last
week and announced on Friday.
Mr. Knowles is an attorney,
and has labor connections,
which is what the Governor
has been seeking. From all
we hear about Knowles, he
will be highly competent in
the position.
*****
State Senator Julian Webb,
of Donalsonville, will seek
re-election in Senate District
11. This is the largest dis
trict in the state, comprising
ten counties, and extending
from the Florida line to the
city limits of Columbus, a
total of 120 miles long. Sen.
Webb’s present term will give
him 10 years experience in
the Senate, during which time
he has served in nearly every
capacity offered. So fer, we
la vent heard of any opposi
tion to him.
*****
We join just about every
Georgian in congratulating
Attorney-General Arthur Bol
ton on his sagacity and re
sourcefulness in persuading
the United States Supreme
Court to grant a stay on any
more reapportionment of the
Georgia General Assembly at
this time. He saved the state
at least SIOO,OOO in costs of
a special session, plus untold
travail among legislators.
*****
Maiths ago, we predicted
that Hubert Humphrey would
win the Democratic nomina
tion for President. Well, he
hasn’t gotten it, yet, but he’s
a long way along the road. It
is hard to see how he could
lose the prize, considering
the other candidates left in
the race.
Os course, we would much
prefer George Wallace being
the nominee, but this will be
mighty hard to accomplish,
what with the radicals and
other kooks who will be dele
gates at Miami.
And, we’d take Sen. Jackson
next, but he hasn’t seemed to
catch on over the country, so
very' likely he’ll withdraw
shortly. Which leaves only
George McGovern, and heaven
help the Party if he’s nomi
nated. So, that seems to mean
Humphrey. Maybe he’ll tag
Wallace for Vice-President.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1972
Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Kennedy was a native
of Telfair County, a member
of the Chester Baptist Church,
and an employe of the J. P.
Stephens Co.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Lida Pearl Gay of
Dexter; one son, William E.
Kennedy of Dublin; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Cherry Owens of
Alamo, Mrs. Frances Garnto,
Miss Joyce Kennedy and Miss
Beverly Kennedy, all of Dex
ter; five brothers, Luther E.
Kennedy and Walter S. Ken
nedy, both of Macon, R. L.
Kennedy of Big Springs, Tex.,
V. L. Kennedy of Tocoma,
Wash., and Charles Kennedy
of Sacramento, Calif.; and five
grandchildren.
Townsend Brothers Funeral
Home of Dublin was in charge.
Peanut Progress
Day July 20
In Tifton
Georgia peanut producers
interested in present and
future program plans for the
state’s No. 1 cash row crop
will have an opportunity July
20 to question peanut industry
representatives attending
Peanut Progress Day activi
ties in Tifton.
Dr. George P. Donaldson,
executive secretary of the
Georgia Agricultural Com
modity Commission for Pea
nuts, said “unusual efforts”
are being made to obtain a
panel of knowledgeable men
in 10 segments of the peanut
industry, including govern
ment, research, promotion
and education.
An elaborate communi
cations system will be pro
vided in Gressette Auditorium
on the Abraham Baldwin Col
lege campus to allow growers
to question the panel concern
ing the history of the peanut
program, present plans and
ftiture predictions.
"Peanut growers are vitally
concerned about the possi
bilities of peanut program
changes and how these changes
will affect them,” explained
Dr. Donaldson, who lias work
ed closely with peanut pro
ducers for more thanlOyears.
"We are making unusual ef
forts to provide growers an
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How does 73 differ from 78 ?
It takes 25 percent
more electricity.
Imagine what that does to your electric bill. Air
conditioning can use more power than all your other
electric appliances put together. When you set the
thermostat lower than necessary for comfort, the
extra power is needless expense.
Rates went up last year and will be reflected in
cooling costs this summer. But there are ways to use
electricity more efficiently and cut down on your bill.
Set the thermostat on 78.° And adjust it 5° higher
while you're away from home. Keep filters clean.
Clogged filters will overwork the system.
Keep windows and doors shut, and close draperies
in the sunniest rooms. Shade trees help. too. Good
insulation and weather stripping can lower operating
costs. Air conditioning is even affected by the heat
from a light bulb. So turn off unnecessary lights.
Starting to save electricity takes a conscious
effort. But it can become a money-saving habit.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we serve®
opportunity to ask any ques
tions they might have about
the program, and we hope the
panel of representatives will
be able to supply them with
answers.”
Summer Session
For High School
Students Offered
The Marvin Pittman Lab
oratory School on the Georgia
Southern Campus will operate
a summer school session for
high school students this sum
mer.
The eight week session will
begin June 12, and continue
through August 4, with daily
hours set from 8 to 11:15a.m.
Course offerings will be in
the areas of mathematics,
science, English and history.
The specific courses will de
pend on student requests but
present surveys indicate that
courses may be offered in
Algebra I and 11, Plane
Geometry, Biology, Chemis
try, Physics, Earth Science,
English I, 11, HI and IV, World
History, American History,
and Senior Social Studies.
Teachers for the summer
session will come from the
regular staff of the Marvin
Pittman School and the Geor
gia Southern School of Edu
cation. Full unit credit will
be awarded for those students
who successfully complete the
requirements of the course.
Students may obtain appli
cations from their highschool
principal or counselor. The
M' rvin Pittman School is fully'
a .redited by the Georgia Ac
c. editing Commission and the
Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools.
Orange Grove
Yields Treasure
At Tampa, Fla.
For decades adventurers
have plied the shores of Flori
da’s peninsula in search of
sunken riches, mostly in vain.
But James Summers, of Tam
pa, had only to sink a shovel
in an orange grove.
A few feet beneath the rich
black soil he clanged against
an old metal box containing
four bills in denominations
from $10(f to SI,OOO dating
back to 1839.
Two of the bends were
issued by United States banks
prior to the Civil War. The
oldest, from the Clinton Bank
of Philadelphia, was issued
to a Samuel Benedict for SIOO
on Dec. 2, 1839. The others
were Confederate currency.
“I’d just set out to plant a
couple of orange trees,” said
the auto leasing company
worker. He had recently
bought a small parcel of land
in nearby rural Pasco County.
“I knew it had to be some
thing solid,” he said. “So I
just kept digging” and un
covered the steel container.
“It must have been three
sixteenth steel, but when I
handled it it just flaked away
it was so rusty,” Summers
said.
He tried piecing it back
together without success.
But age didn’t spoil the
currency. The large bills,
wrapped in butcher paper,
were only slightly discolored,
he stated.
The city dweller, turned
former and prospector, said
he intends to hold onto his
find until he determines its
value.
About Your
Social Security
Have you lost your Social
Security Card? Or is your
card badly worn? If so, you
can obtain another social se
curity card by calling the
Dublin Social Security Office.
Charles Hall, Branch Man
ager, states that replacement
of lost, stolen, or badly worn
social security cards can be
handled easily and quickly by
phoning the Dublin office.
If you need your Social Se
curity Card replaced, you can
call, write, or visit the Dublin
office located at 114 East
Johnson Street. The phone
number is 272-5347.
Q. We expect to move out
of this area in 6 weeks. When
should I notify social security
so my checks will not be
delayed?
A. If you know your new
address, telephone the social
security office now and be
prepared to give them your
claim number.
Q. I hire a maid one day a
week. However, I hire whoever
is free to work for me and
as a result over a 3-month
period, four or five different
people work 1 day a week for
$6 per day. Am I required to
report them for social se
curity'?
A. You are responsible to
report each maid who lias
been paid cash wages of at
least SSO in a quarter. The
necessary tax payment should
accompany your report.
Q. I will be 65 in June of
this year. I am scheduled for
an operation on June 2 of
this year. Will Medicare take
care of the hospital and doctor
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GEORGIA EGG COMMISSION
MISS MILDRED HUFF, HOME ECONOMIST
ATLANTA (PRN) — Some newspapers have been carrying
stories about “henicide” and the objectives of killing off hens to
make egg prices higher. This, of course, enrages those consumers
who are paying over 58c per dozen for eggs.
However, for nearly 20 months the egg producers have been
receiving as little as 28c per dozen for their eggs! It actually
costs 30c per dozen to feed and water the layers, keep them
well and warm, buy the cartons, and pay the workers, etc.
Since an egg is only as good as it’s freshness, once laid, the
eggs must be collected and of course sold immediately. Now
there’s the problem. When there are lots of eggs, the selling price
goes down -- the old law of supply and demand.
Farmers expect some price fluctuations and periods of profit
loss, but io, scientific wonders have been wrought in 1971. They
discovered how to get the chickens to lay more eggs AND found
cures for sickness and disease. Thus there are just too many
chickens.
Some producers automatically cut back on their flocks, but a
few were greedy. They figured if everybody else cut back, prices
would rise and they could really make the money.
But alas, everybody had the same idea and prices are still
low. Thus, the compulsory hen killing idea came about.
Ironically both producers AND consumers have suffered this
year. While producers received low prices, the consumers’ price
was not always lowered equally. Sometimes this was done to
offset the high prices grocers paid for items such as red meats
and pre-prepared products.
Hopefully egg supply and demand will equalize in the
marketplace so that consumers and producers will be happy.
In the meanwhile remember that pound for pound eggs are
ALWAYS a nutritional bargain. At 51c per dozen EGG
PROTEIN COSTS ONLY 34c PER POUND! This is even higher
quality protein than a pound of steak!
Snack on deviled eggs. They’re cheaper than candy bars and
think how much better for you!
If you have any questions or recipes you would like to share
please write to me: Georgia Egg Commission, Georgia State
Farmers Market, 16 Forest Park-way, Forest Park, Georgia
30050.
A, Yes -for the most part.
Your coverage under Medi
care will start June 1. Your
Medicare Handbook will give
you further details.
Do You Have A
Question About
Your Insurance?
Do you have a question about
your insurance? Are you hav
ing trouble with an insurance
claim? If you are one of the
many Georgians who have
problems with their in
surance, now there is a con
venient way for you to solve
these problems.
The Georgia Insurance De
partment, under the direction
of Comptroller General John
nie L. Caldwell, has a service
to help Georgians in all parts
of the state with their in
surance problems.
A special field investigation
team travels throughout Geor
gia on a regular basis. The
fieldmen visit about 50 towns
and cities during each month
to answer insurance-related
questions and help with in
surance claim problems.
‘Since we started this ser
vice late last year, we have
had to expand it twice,’’Cald
well said. “Even with the
addition of two men and about
25 towns to our schedule,
we are still not able to reach
every Georgian who has in
surance problems.”
Caldwell went on to say
that the response lias been
very encouraging. “We have
handled about 2000 cases so
for, and we have only scratch
ed the surface,” he added.
The field investigation team
is the result of Caldwell’s
efforts to improve the claims
investigation system. In the
past, investigators were sent
from the Atlanta office when
a citizen requested assis
tance. Now, the fieldmen live
in the areas they serve. ‘*This
new system is more efficient,
more effective, and less cum
bersome than the system in
effect when I took office,”
Caldwell stated.
The insurance field investi
gator from Comptroller Gen.
Johnnie L. Caldwell’s office
will be in Eastman on May 11,
to help with your insurance
problems. Field Investigator
Wally Krygier will be in the
Courthouse from 9:00 a.m.
until 2:30 p.m. through the
cooperation of the county com
missioners and other public
officials.
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EFFICIENT FARMS
The most efficient among
American farmers? Dairymen
score near the top in the
efficiency ratings. Milk output
per man-hour has doubled
since 1960, and in 1970 dairy
Georgia
Scene
in higher
Dy education
Dr. DuPree Jordan Jr.
The latest issue of the
Chronicle of Higher Education
has a most stimulating article
by Dr. Eugene E’ram, professor
of marketing and dir
ector for Management
Study at the Rochester
Institute of Technology'. He
explains with some very
compelling logic that higher
education should be sold like
any other product, and
frequently our colleges have
overlooked the basic principles
of marketing.
Professor Fram lists ten
basic concepts of marketing,
and shows how many of these
can be applied to selling the
value of a college education.
The ten points he gives are:
(1) In the final analysis,
consumers are the ones who
will accept or reject any price.
(42) A warranty is important
in marketing high-priced
products.
(3) Properly employed,
advertising requires the right
product, at the right time, at
the right price.
(4) Customers must be
taught to use a product.
(5) To be a bargain, a
product must be recognized as
such by customers.
(6) There may be a
difference between customer
statements and customer
actions.
(7) Everybody must sell.
(8) Product planning is
critical to product success.
(9) Every business has a
need to define its market
precisely.
(10) Markets are
heterogeneous, not
homogeneous in character.
Basic Considerations
As a specialist in sales and
marketing, Professor Fram
draws many helpful
applications of these
marketing principles to the
effective promotion of higher
education. On the first point
of pricing, he calls attention to
several paradoxes and
descrepancies in how we
charge for services in the field
of higher education. He
distinguishes between both
subject matter and levels of
instruction, and raises very
basic questions about pricing
policy.
For example, he asks: “Is it
fair and ‘market wise’ to
charge the same price to
English major ‘X’ as to
chemistry major ‘Y’, when it
costs much more (through
fixed overhead) to educate the
latter than the former? In
reality, the English program,
in this example, is carrying the
burden of the chemistry
program . . .Most colleges
charge the same tuition for the
freshman student as they do
to the senior student. Yet the
cost of educating the senior is
higher, because of smaller and
more specialized classes.
■‘With the financial
pressures facing colleges and
universities, it^ appears that
variable pricing of tuition
would present a reasonable
alternative to higher education
pricing. Variable pricing would
provide a better balance and
relate cost more realistically to
demand. No doubt it would
have a deterimental effect on
high-priced special programs,
but perhaps this is a desirable
outcome. As a result, colleges
may be forced to examine
realistically the cost of
programs in relation to their
worth to society.”
Plan Updates
On the second point of
providing some sort of
guarantee or warranty with an
education, Dr. Fram points to
the growing need for real
farmers spent an average of
only 11 minutes a day to care
for each milk cow. Ten years
ago, according to Economic
Research Service of USDA,
these farmers used over 20
minutes per cow in direct
labor.
continuing education, and the
necessity for renewed efforts
to avoid obsolescence. He
says: “It would seem that
educators might provide
instruction at some point after
a student leaves college, as a
guarantee that his educational
package will remain viable for
a reasonable length of time,
considering his vocational
interests.. .A few colleges
have given lip service to real
continuing education (over an
extended lifetime period), but
few, if any, have become a
reality.”
The writer also raises basic
questions as to what efforts,
activities and marketing can be
identified as responsible for
the students enrolled by a
given institution, or the
success of their recruitment
efforts. He asks: “How many
colleges have surveyed their
students in depth to determine
why and how they arrived at
the decision to register at the
college; and, more
appropriately, why did some
students withdraw their
applications?”
He also emphasizes very
strongly the importance of
teaching consumers (students)
to use the prod ucts
(education) they are buying.
He says that in all commercial
transactions, instructions are
given in as complete a manner
as possible, and with big-ticket
items, a good sales approach
requires post-purchase contact
of some manner. He urges
definite application of this
marketing principle and says:
“ . . .most educators pay little
attention to the use students
make of their education. True,
there are alumni follow-ups of
a general nature and some
cooperative education
programs, but to what extent
are these translated into a
program that relates the
job-seeking student to his
curriculum? . . In essence,
good marketing practice
mandates that institutions of
higher learning need to orient
their potential graduates on
the use of their education in a
similar (or even more
stringent) manner to that
which they orient their new
students to college life. If the
customer doesn’t know the
ultilitarian value of the
product he purchased, he isn’t
going to be happy with the
‘product organizations’ that
manufactured it - the colleges
and universities.”
These several specific
references show plainly how
the good professor could go in
to much greater detail making
practical applications of all
these fundamental marketing
principles in the field of higher
education. It is certainly
worth careful consideration,
not only be educational
administrators who have the
direct responsibility for
developing the most effective
institutions possible in our
society, but also for the
students, families and
taxpayers who have any share
of the financial costs of
various programs in education.
Professor Fram concludes
his analysis with these
statements: “In this whole
system, the emphasis of
marketing and marketing
philosophy has been to place
the customer in the center of
all operations, and this is
perhaps where higher
education has done the most
marketing mismanagement. . .
“In the higher education
environment, a marketing
approach can help the college
to focus on the customers and
to make realistic assessments
of what they are and where
they are going - because, if the
customers don’t buy, the
institution will die.” (71)