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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Grady L. Jenkins
Grady Lanier jenltlfe, 76,
of 823 Orange Ten, a re
tired Central of Georgia Rail
way machinist, died in the
Dublin Veterans Adminis
tration Center May 3.
A native of Wrightsville,
Mr. Jenkins had lived in
Macon for a number of years.
He was a member of the
Christian Church, Weir Ma
sonic Lodge 448, Machinists
Local No. 8 and American
Legion Post 3. He was a
veteran of World War I.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Clyde Parker Jenkins
of Macon; one brother, R. D.
Jenkins of Glenwood; twosis
ters, Mrs. W. J. Ryals of
Glenwood, and Mrs. Walter
Alsobrooks of Dublin; and
several nieces and nephews,
including Weyman Ryals of
Macon, Russell Ryals of
Pueblo, Colo., Miss Elizabeth
Ryals erf Hyattisville, Md.,
and Gary Jenkins of Glenwood.
Crest Lawn Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Lucy
Knox McGee
Mrs. Lucy Knox McGee,
87, of Lumber City, died Fri
day, May 5, in Mcßae Manor
Nursing Home following an
extended illness.
Funeral services were held
at 2:00 o’clock Sunday after
noon from the Lumber City
United Methodist Church with
the pastor, the Rev. Eugene
Politics oln Parade
Sid MWa/nf
The pending federal court de
cision on fees for primary
elections — which will likely
be handed down before this
column is in print — is almost
certain to be that a candidate
can be charged a fee OR be al
lowed to secure a petition with
a certain percentage of signa
tures of voters. What percent
age this is to be is unknown,
but informed observers believe
it will be around one to two
percent.
The big question is: Who
will certify that the signatures
are valid, and who will pay
this huge cost? Neither the
state Democratic or Republi
can Parties are able to finance
such an expense. And if no
body is to certify the petition
signers, what’s to prevent a
mammoth fraud taking place?
There are other questions to
be answered, which the federal
court is not likely to do. So
the state is left up the well
known creek. This is just a
sample of what a mess the
election system has been in
all over the nation since the
federal courts foolishly and il
legally (we think) jumped into
what the late Supreme Court
Justice Felix Frankfurter cal’-
ed a "political thicket”.
»* ♦ »
Talking about elections, we
hear that some Georgia legis
lators are thinking about run
ning in both the Democratic
and Republican primaries. How
they can do this legally no
body seems to know. But no
body knows how it could be
prevented, either.
•* • •
Here’s an item that hasn’t
been published before: The
Public Safety Board will meet
in a couple of weeks to choose
the head of the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation, which, under
reorganization, is now an au
tonomous body. We have it on
excellent authority that the
man being considered most
seriously is Colonel William
Beardsley, an ex-professiona'
Army man, who has had a
great deal of experience in in
vestigative work. He is now
teaching a course in criminal
Justice at Ga. Southern Col
lege in Statesboro. Whoever is
seleted will be independent of
the Dept, of Public Safety, or
the Governor, and will report
directly to the Public Safety
Board.
Major Hugh Smith, who now
heads the GBI, is not being
arbitrarily kicked out of his
job, but is said to want to re
turn to Tifton and run for
Sheriff of the county.
** • •
Pat Blanchard, former As
sistant State Treasurer, has re-
Scott, the Rev. Raymond Wal
den and the Rev. Claude Cook
officiating.
Burial followed in River
side Cemetery in Lumber
City, with Miles Funeral
Home ofHazlehurst, in charge
of arrangements.
Pallbearers were T. N.
Haley, Hugh Harris, W. H.
Richardson, J. D. Jones, W.
C. Williams, Eugene Sam
mons, Dan McLean, Larry
Brewer, Everette Gordon, W.
B. Hulett and Howard Mc-
Bride.
Mrs. McGee was a native
of Telfair County, McEachin’s
Settlement. She was the widow
of the late J. J. McGee, and
was a registered nurse, grad
uating from the Georgia Col
lege of Nursing. She was also
a graduate of Piedmont Col
lege with high honors. She
served as Director of Nurse-
Health Department for the
City of Jacksonville, Florida
for 23 years and was a mem
ber of the United Methodist
Church of Lumber City.
Survivors Include two sis
ters, Mrs. Alice K. Thompson
of Lumber City, and Miss
Emily Knox of Mcßae; one
brother, Charles Knox of At
lanta; four nieces, Mrs. Ben
ahan Stewart of Macon, Mrs.
Frank Thompson of Mcßae,
Mrs. Joe Prescott of Atlanta,
and Mrs. Lucy Washington
of Jamestown; and three
nephews, Charles Knox ID
of Atlanta, Bob Thompson of
Lumber City, and Jack Grant
of Macon.
■ turned to his old desk as Fin
r ancial Management Officer of
' the new Dept, of Fiscal Af
> fairs.
t•• * •
: Bill Burson, State Treasurer,
' who is walking over Georgia in
1 his campaign for the U. S.
‘ Senate, was at the Capitol last
■ Friday, and highly elated over
> the reception he is meeting
: from Georgians. He says,
’ though, the people are just
about AGAINST everything
* and every incumbent. He finds
! the average man bitter in pro
' test over high property taxes,
; high food prices, school busing,
and welfare. In his opinion, the
: Senate race will be decided by
a “protest” vote.
I ** * *
‘ We had an opportunity last
week to hear Bert Lance, Di-
’ rector of the State Dept, of
Transportation, make a civic
1 club speech, and found him
most impressive. About four
months ago, we reported the
rumor that Mr. Lance wanted
to run for governor in 1974.
Now, we believe it more than
before, though he didn’t men
tion a word about any personal
political ambitions in his speech.
If Lance does make the race,
we would predict that he would
be a strong candidate, IF he
could shed the close-to-Jimmy
Carter image.
•* * •
Fifth District Congressman
Fletcher Thompson, who has
announced as a Republican can
didate for the U. S. Senate,
wrote The Atlanta Journal re
cently, asking that they retract
a news story that left the im
pression a Congressional com
mi 11 e e was investigating
Thompson's mailing of a news
letter over the state, which, the
Congressman declared, is not
true.
So far as we know, the
Journal hasn’t retracted this
accusation.
** * *
DeKalb County legislator
Larry Thomason, who says he
will be a candidate for the Pub
lic Service Commission, sent
out a news story last week in
which he claimed to have com
pleted an “8,000 mile bush
beating tour” of Georgia dur
ing the past three weeks and
had spoken with thousands of
Georgians.
If Mr. Thomason expects to
get very far in his campaign,
he had better do -something
about his credibility image.
Eieht thousand miles in three 1
© ,
w’eeks means about 400 miles
a day, including Sundays, not :
to mention the time it takes to
speak with “thousands of Geor- ;
gians”. Obviously impossible, j
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1972
Mrs. Estelle T.
Purvis
Funeral services for Mrs.
Estelle T. Purvis, of Tifton,
who died Monday, May 1, in
the Colonal Nursing Home,
were held Wednesday, May 3,
in the First Assembly of God
Church in Tifton, with burial
in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Mrs. Purvis was a native
of Wilkinson County, a mem
ber of the First Assembly
of God Church and had lived
for 29 years in Tifton.
Survivors include three
sons, Centell Purvis and
Huley Purvis of Mcßae, and
Swannie Purvis of Tifton; six
daughters, Mrs. Mattie Webb
of Mcßae, Mrs. Essie Mae
Thomas, Mrs. Betty Renew
and Mrs. A. C. Tift, Jr.,
all of Tifton, Mrs. Lucy Al
fred of Macon, and Mrs. Nita
Ivey of San Antonio, Texas;
and one sister, Mrs. Lula Mae
Harrelson of Mcßae.
Roberson Rogers
Roberson Rogers, 77, died
Saturday night in the Dodge
County Hospital. Funeral ser
vices were held at 3 p.m.
Monday at the Chapel of Home
Funeral Home in Eastman.
Burial was in Woodlawn
Cemetery.
Mr. Rogers was a native
and lifelong resident of Dodge
County, a member of the First
Baptist Church of Eastman, a
veteran of World War I, anda
member of American Legion
Post 126.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Roberson Rogers of
Eastman; two daughters, Mrs.
Helen Abbott of Lakeland,
Fla., and Mrs. Bertha Moon
of Atlanta; one son, Bobby
Rogers of Marietta; six sis
ters, Mrs. Julia Sheffield,
Mrs. H. M. Parkerson, Mrs.
W. C. Harrell, all of Eastman,
Mrs. Pauline Daniels of Cad
well, Mrs. Bessie Mathews
of Tampa, Fla., and Mrs.
Mary Pope of Mcßae; one
brother, Handley Rogers of
Eastman; and five grandchil
dren.
Manuel C. Taylor
Manuel Clifford Taylor, 48,
, of Alma, died Wednesday, May
3, at the Bacon County Hos
pital after a long illness.
The Bacon County native
was a member of the Church
of God of Prophecy.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Rachel Marie Taylor of Alma;
two daughters, Mrs. George
Heidler of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Mrs. Darrell Edenfield
of Pensacola, Fla.; seven
sons, Lamar Taylor of Way
cross, M. Clifford Taylor, Jr.
of Jacksonville, Fla., Alfred
B. Taylor of Lumber City,
7S WHAT’S A A
M HOUSEWIFE
iSL TODO?
J ] BY JULIE FONTAINE gj
Learn Which Is Which
Washday is tomorrow and
you’re out of detergent. You
go to your favorite supermar
ket and head for the laundry
products section. Nothing to
it, right? Wrong! Your eyes do
a doubletake. The only laundry
products on the shelves are
relatively unknown or bear the
store name where you're shop
ping. All of them scream phos
phate-free on their label.
Unthinkable? Not really.
This was the situation faced
by many a housewife on the
first shopping day of 1972, in
Dade County, Florida, where
legislation prohibiting the sale
of phosphate detergents was
enacted to prevent the ruina
tion of the waterways! The
first thought might have been
panic and a refusal to buy.
But, as the laundry pile grew,
they were literally forced to
use the phosphate-free pro
ducts. Reluctantly, at first, be
cause they were afraid the
product wouldn't do the family
wash properly. They also fear
ed it would ruin the clothes
and strain the family budget
even more.
To their surprise and delight,
the first wash gave no indica
tion that the washing powder
had been changed or their
routine shopping habits and
costs had been altered. Subse
quent launderings bore out the
"no difference” confirmation
from the various laboratory
tests that had been conducted.
"Consumer Reports” rated
some of these phosphate-free
products as "good to very
good.”
Even in areas where they
have not, as yet, enacted laws
prohibiting the sale of phos
phates, many a housewife is
now using these modem for
mulations regularly. Instead of
phosphates, these incorporate
washing soda, the long time
friend and aid to the house
wife, and the results are two
fold —a good clean bright
wash and a good clean outlook
for our lakes and rivers.
and Wayne, Jerry Waye, Terry
Joe and Buddy C. Taylor, all
of Alma; four sisters, Mrs.
Otto Altman and Mrs. C. M.
Aldridge, both of Baxley, Mrs.
Floyd Quinn of Bradenton,
Fla., and Mrs. Archie Sweat
of Jacksonville, Fla.; four half
sisters; two brothers, Clayton
Taylor of Green Cove Springs,
Fla., and Clinton Taylor of
Baxley; a half brother, Wood
row Stone Jr. of Baxley and
seven grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at 5 p.m. Friday at the Church
of God of Prophecy. Burial
was at Camp Ground Ceme
tery.
Bis hop-Deen Funeral Home
of Alma was in charge.
Luther J. Kittrell
Luther J. Kittrell, 73, of
Soperton, died Friday in an
Augusta hospital. Funeral
services were held at 2;30
p.m. Sunday in the Chapel of
Sammons Funeral Home.
Burial was in Bam Hill Ceme
tery.
Mr. Kittrell, a native of
Lamar County, Ala., had lived
in Truetlen County ten years.
Survivors include three
daughters, Mrs. Charlene
Peterson of Soperton, Mrs.
Martha Lou Hall of Eastman,
and Mrs. Dorothy Nell Row
land of Dalton; three sms,
William Kittrell and L. J.
Kittrell, Jr., both ofEastman,
and Claxton Kittrell of Mt.
Vernon; three brothers, Joe
Kittrell of Glenwood, H. C.
Kittrell of Summerton, Ala.,
and Cecil Kittrell of Birming
ham, Ala.; and 20 grandchil
dren; and 12 great-grandchil
dren.
Sammons Funeral Home of
Soperton was in charge.
T. A. Schell
T. A. Schell, 80, died
Sunday morning in a Dublin
Nursing Home after a long
illness. Funeral services
were held at 3 p.m. Monday
at the Dexter Baptist Church.
Burial was in Mt. Carmel
Cemetery in Dexter.
Mr. Schell was a lifelong
resident of Dexter and Laur
ens County. He was a member
of the Dexter Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Jennie Register Schell
of Dexter; four daughters,
Mrs. Virginias.Stanley,Mrs.
Claudia Gamer, Mrs. Shirley
Raffield, and Mrs. Patricia
Jones, all of Dublin; one son,
Jimmy Schell of Dudley; one
brother, Frank Schell of
Rentz; two sisters, Mrs. Mi
nnie Sawyer of Dublin, and
Mrs. Della Housend of Mc-
Rae.
Townsend Funeral Home of
Dublin had charge of arrange
ments.
Benjamin F. Miller
Benjamin Franklin Miller,
25, of Rte. 1, Vidalia, died
unexpectedly at his home
early Monday morning. Fu
neral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
in Bethel Baptist Church near
Glenwood. Burial was in the
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How High Are Food Prices, Anyway?
ATHENS—The American
farmer, the food he produces,
and the cost of that food have
been much in the news lately.
Some facts and figures in
“Food and Home Notes” from
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture shed some light on the
subject—and indicate that the
farmer may not deserve all the
blame he’s getting for high
food prices.
In the last 20 years, for
example, wholesale food prices
have gone up 20 percent and
retail food prices have gone up
43 percent. Farm prices for
food products, on the other
hand, have gone up only 6
percent.
And 20 years ago the farmer
received 49 cents of the dollar
spent by consumers for farm
raised food. Farmers are now
receiving only about 38 cents
of that dollar.
While output per man hour
in manufacturing industries has
multiplied by 1.6 in the last 20
years, output per man hour on
farms is up 3.3 times. In the
early 1950 s one farm worker
supplied 16 people with food.
Now he produces enough for
51 people.
Although retail food prices
have gone up 43 percent, they
have not advanced as much as
other main categories in the
cost-of-living index. Twenty
years ago people paid 23
percent of their take-home pay
for food. Last year they spent
16 percent of their take-home
pay for food, and this year are
expected to spend even less.
church cemetery.
A native of Toombs County,
Mr. Miller was a carpenter.
He is survived by his mo
ther, Mrs. Annie L. Cannady
of Vidalia; step father,
Andrew Cannady of Vidalia;
two brothers, Charlie H. Mill
er and Lamar Miller, both
of Vidalia; four sisters, Mrs.
Aubry Jackson, Mrs. Junior
Blocker and Mrs. J. W.
Carter, Jr., all of Vidalia,
and Mrs. Charlie Rainey of
Alamo; several aunts, uncles,
nieces and nephews.
Stewart and Tippett Funeral
Home was in charge of ar
rangements.
J. Monroe
“Buck” Dunn
J. Monroe (Buck) Dunn, 55,
a former mayor of Baxley,
was killed Monday when his
car crashed into a tree on
U. S. Highway 1, a few miles
north of Baxley.
Authorities said the victim
was traveling alone when the
one-vehicle accident hap
pened.
Mr. Dunn was serving as a
city councilman at the time of
his death.
He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Baxley and
the Kiwanis Club. He had
served on the governor’s staff
during the administration of
Marvin Griffin.
Surviving are his wife, Wy
nell R. Dunn of Baxley; two
daughters, Mrs. Mollie Ann
Floyd of St. Simons Island,
and Mrs. Nell Ray Hunter of
Baxley; a son, Jimmy Dunn of
Baxley; his mother and step
father, Mr. and Mrs. Will Ray
of Baxley; a sister, Mrs.
Fannie Bryan of Baxley; and
seven grandchildren.
Funeral services werelield
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at First
Baptist Church of Baxley. In
terment was in Omega Ceme
tery'.
Swain’s Funeral Home of
Baxley was in charge.
Luther Vivian
Knowles
Contributed
Relatives and friends of
Milan, Mcßae and surround
ing communities were very
much grieved last Wednesday
morning, when news of the
death of Luther Vivian Knowles
was announced.
“Luke,” as he was remem
bered, passed away at St.
Francis Hospital in Columbus,
at 2:00 a.m., Wednesday, May
3rd, after an extended illness.
Mr. Knowles was born near
Milan, December 3, 1934. He
was the son of the late Sam
and Ella Lee McDuffie
Knowles, and the grandson of
the late Reuben and Winnie
Williams Knowles, andthelate
John and Mattie McDuffie.
He finished high school at
Milan in the Class of 1952,
the first class to graduate
from the 12th grade at Milan.
After graduating from high
school he did not wait to be
drafted into service, he joined
the armed forces and after
&OQ $
And while the American
consumer was spending a
decreasing amount of his
take-home pay for food, the
food he was buying increased
in quality and quantity.
two years of service, he re
turned home and went with
the Southern Railroad for four
teen years.
He was stationed at Helena
Depot for sometime. After
leaving the railroad, he was
employed by Pennsylvania Life
Insurance Co., where he was
employed as District Manager
in Columbus, at the time of
his death.
He was married to Merle
Evans of Lumberton, N.C.,
December 23, 1956, and was
a member of the First Baptist
Church of Mcßae.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the Siloam Baptist
Church near Milan in the com
munity where he was reared
at 4:00 o’clock Saturday after
noon, by the Rev. John Rigsby,
pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church of Columbus, assisted
by the Rev. D. L. Knowles of
Mcßae. Rev. Rigsby paid a
great tribute to “Luke, ” hav
ing known him in his later
months, the fine Christian
character he was, and the
faith he held to the last during
his long suffering. Requested
songs, “You’ll Never Walk
Alone,’’ and “Lord I’m Com
ing Home,” were sung by
Mrs. June Williams, accom
panied by Mrs. W. J. Mar
chant at the piano.
Pallbearers were, Bill
Pollard, Homer Powell, W. D.
Knowles, Clois McLeod, D. M.
Henderson, Grady Williams,
Floyd Knowles and George
Dykes.
Honorary pallbearers were
Raymond May, R. C. Hyatt,
Jr., Alton Best, Raymond
Knowles, Joe Sumner, Ray
Evans, Bill Evans, Russell
Spires, Dr. Joe Tom Jeffries.
Also some members of the
“Class of 52 ” formed an hono
rary escort, they were, Mary-
Jones Heaton, Frances Stan
ley, Addie Garrison Briggs,
Frances Whittington Spires,
Earnest Taylor and Christine
Spires Seay.
Interment was in Siloam
Cemetery with Harris and
Smith Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Besides his wife, "Merle,”
he is survived by two sons,
Carl and Todd Knowles of
Columbus; two sisters, Mrs.
Cyrus Cravey of Milan, and
Mrs. Russell Spires of Mcßae;
and three brothers, Curtis
Knowles and C larence Knowles
of Milan, and Howard Knowles
of Mcßae.
Stuart Evans
Stuart Evans, 92, a well
known resident of Mcßae, died
Friday, May 5, in the V.A.
Hospital in Dublin, following
a long illness. Funeral ser
vices were held Saturday
afternoon at 3:00 o’clock from
the Chapel of Harr is and Smith
Funeral Home with the Rev.
W. Robert Borom, pastor erf
the Mcßae United Methodist
Church officiating.
Burial followed in Oak
Grove Cemetery with Harris
and Smith in charge of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers were Jon.
S. Stamps, Jr., Chester Ryals,
Jr., Bill Hunt, George Calli
han, R. L. Nix, R. E. Mann
Consider:
1. Farmers produced and
marketed 21.9 billion pounds
of beef in 1971. Twenty years
ago they produced and
marketed only 8.8 billion
pounds.
2. Last year beef con
sumption per person averaged
114.3 pounds. Twenty years
ago the average consumption
per person was 56.1 pounds.
3. Twenty years ago only a
third of the beef produced was
Choice grade. Now 60 percent
of beef production is Choice.
USDA says the increase in
food prices is primarily because
of higher wages. Average wage
rates per hour of production
workers in manufacturing are
2.3 times higher than 20 years
ago. They were 51.56 per hour
in 1951.'53.57 in 1971. The
average hourly earnings of food
marketing employees is 2.5
times higher than two decades
ago. They were $1.31 in 1951
and $3.24 in 1971.
The largest increases in the
cost of food are for food eaten
away from home, according to
the Department of Agriculture.
This is where labor and services
are the main ingredients of
food cost.
Total food expenditures
away from home have risen 79
percent in the last 10 years,
and the price index for food
eaten away from home has
increased more than 50 percent
since 1961.
and Hugh Taylor.
Mr. Evans was bom in
Monroe County on June 8,
1879, the son of the late
John W. and Dora Virginia
Turk Evans. He was married
to the late Florence Folsom
and was a member of the
Mcßae United Methodist
Church. Mr. Evans was a
veteran of the Spanish-
American War and was the
Mcßae City Clerk for many
years.
Survivors include six sis
ters, Mrs. J. H. Blackshear
and Miss Loise Evans of Sara
sota, Fla., Mrs. I. R. Mengel
of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. J. M.
Wynn of Macon, Mrs, Talu
Wynn of Atlanta, and Mrs.
L. A. Wynn of Acworth; and
one brother, J. W. Evans of
Osotillo, California.
Comm. Caldwell
Launches Job
Campaign For Youth
Commissioner of Labor
Sam Caldwell, launching the
Bth annual "Youth Employ
ment Campaign,” said he is
hopeftil that the Labor Depart
ment and cooperating organ
izations can place 35,000
youngsters on jobs this sum
mer.
Caldwell, who has written
employers throughout the
state urging their partici
pation in the campaign, said
the response appears better
than that of last year.
“The economy shows clear
signs of improving and the
job market is opening up,”
Georgia
Scene
in higher
education
Dr. DuPree Jordan Jr.
*
On Tuesday evening, May 9,
Governor Jimmy Carter was
the featured speaker at the
annual Awards Banquet for
Higher Education in Atlanta.
He told college presidents and
educational leaders from all
over the state that Georgia
needs more careful and
consistent plans for higher
education, and that the state
needs greater cooperation and
coordination of efforts
between the private and public
colleges.
On several occasions, this
column has suggested similar
ideas, and has frequently
referred to the importance of
planning, and of
accountability. At a meeting
of the Educational Testing
Service last year, Terell Bell
said: “Our sophisticated,
scientific, production-oriented
society is demanding a more
sophisticated, scientific and
production-oriented
educational system.
Accountability is the key
word in all of this, for it
implies goal-directed and
performance-oriented
educational leadership. It
implies analysis of feedback
and correction of aim to more
accurately focus on our
targets.’’
In the same vein, a recent
issue of the Journal of Higher
Education had an article by
Philip C. Winstead and Edward
N. Hobson under the title
Institutional Goals: Where to
from Here? Their basic thesis
is that educational institutions
need clear and explicit goals
statements to provide
necessary focus and direction.
They begin their article
with this statement: “At the
present time, few activities are
more important to American
higher education than
systematic, perceptive
planning and decisionmiaking.
However, many administrators
are so fully occupied with
their own day-to-day pressures
and unique responsibilities
that they often lose sight of
the common goals and (ptal
thrust of their institutions.
The result is often a lack of
congruence between the
actions of individual
administrators and the goals of
their institutions.”
They discuss a number of
different approaches in setting
Caldwell said. The current
rate of unemployment in the
state is 3.4 percent as com
pared with 3.7 twelve months
ago.
Caldwell said that while the
Georgia Dept, of Labor and
other agencies and organiza
tions can coordinate the cam
paign, only employers have
the job openings that can make
it a success.
Many of the youthful job
applicants will come from
hardcore poverty areas where
the income is essential to
economically depressed fami
lies, Caldwell said. Other
youngsters will be seeking
money needed to return to
school in the fall, he added.
The Atlanta Braves have
made 12,000 tickets available
for employers participating
in the campaign and for each
youngster they hire for their
game against Philadelphia
Wednesday night, June 21.
Caldwell said that young
people can be a very real
asset to any employer who
hires them. “Young people
are used to meeting school
schedules and are quick to
learn new things.”
Last year the Georgia Dept,
of Labor, along with the Na
tional Alliance of Business
men and other cooperating
organizations placed some
31,500 young people on sum
mer jobs.
In 1970, approximately 5J
million families, or 10 per
cent of the 51.9 million fami
lies in the U. S., were living
in poverty.
goals and planning more
efficiently, and refer to several
studies in this field. At one
point, they look at future
projections, and such
forecasting processes as the
Delphi methods: “One
noticeable trend among
researchers looking at
institutional goals and
objectives over the past two
years is the use of the Delphi
method as a research
technique. Delphi was first
used about twenty years ago
by senior scientists at the
Rand Corporation. Although
it was developed mainly as a
forecasting technique, many
today see it as away to
encourage concensus or
convergence of opinions. The
purpose of the procedure is to
elicit opinions from different
persons without bringing them
together in a face-to-face
confrontation. A common
procedure using Delphi,
applied to education, is to
have each participant make
anonymous ratings concerning
a series of items on a
questionnaire. Each
participant then gets
composite feedback of the
way others responded to the
items. They are then asked to
respond another time to the
same items, having this
summary information before
them. The purpose of
additional iterations is to
discover the intensity of
agreetr ent or disagreement
with each of the items. The
process may be repeated two,
three, or more times. The final
step is to determine the.
concensus arrived at by
repeated questioning with
feedback.”
This process has been
widely used in business and
management circles, and
involved not only the elements
of refining and focusing
specific factors, but
reexamining the most likely
problems and probabilities in
the months and years ahead.
Certainly the increasingly
complex and demanding
society in which we live will
continue to demand more and
more effective and
sophisticated educational
procedures. The suggestions
made by Governor Carter at
the May 9 Awards Banquet are
most appropriate and helpful.