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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Annie
Ashley Bass
Graveside funeral services
for Mrs. Annie Ashley Bass,
89, who died Thursday, May
25, in the Colonial Acres
Nursing Home in Tifton, fol
lowing a long illness, were
held Friday afternoon, May
26, at 2:00 o’clock from the
Scotland Cemetery with the
Rev. R. L. Harris officiating.
Burial followed with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were, Willie
Ashley, Harvey Ashley, Ollis
Ashley, B. A. Bennett, Wade
Nunn and Alvie Bass.
Mrs. Bass was bom in
Greene County on June 2,
1882, the daughter of the late
Jack Ashley, and was married
to the late Thomas Bass.
Survivors include several
nieces and nephews.
Elisha Edward Cox
Funeral services for Elisha
Edward Cox, 51, of Alamo,
who died Wednesday, May 25,
were held Friday afternoon
at 3:00 o'clock from the
Chapel of Harris and Smith
Funeral Home with the Kev.
Raymond Johnson, pastor of
the Alamo Baptist Church of
ficiating.
Burial followed in Snowhill
Baptist Church Cemetery with
Harris and Smith in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Bobby
Cox, Herman Folford, Cecil
Bass, Sam Bass, Clyde Ro
land, Dewey Roland, Douglas
Price and Buck Fulford.
Honorary pallbearers were
Willis Davidson, Hilton Mc-
Alum, Vernon Hartley, Billy
Clark, Willie Hartley, James
Day, Baughan Smith, Ervin
Politics oln Parade
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About two weeks ago we
printed an item about the State
Revenue Department harrass
ing taxpayers whose returns
were being investigated. The
gist of the complaint was that
the Department notified the
taxpayer about the audit, but
didn’t ask him for any fur
ther information. We contend
ed that this worried the tax
payer unnecessarily.
Well, last week we had a
very nice letter from Revenue
Commissioner John Blackmon,
in which he pointed out that
the notice to the taxpayer in
99% of the cases was to ad
vise him that his refund check
was being held up because of
some minor error
However, continued Mr.
Blackmon: "I agree with you
tht the notice sent out raises
Unnecessary questions in the
mind of the average taxpayer. I
not on'y agree with you now,
but have known of this circum
stance for several months and
we are working to correct this
as quickly as possible”.
♦* • *
We applaud Governor Car
ter's efforts to stop George
McGovern from winnmg the
Democratic nomination for
President. Carter recognizes
that such a nomination would
hand Nixon every state in the
South on a silver p'atter, wh'ch
means more than 160 electoral
votes as a head start for the
GOP. Thusly, the President
would sweep to an overwhe'm
ing victory and the Democratic
Party would sink farther into
the political morass.
** • •
T jm Taggart, candidate for
Congress in the First District,
told a friend of ours that he
is “certain" to carry Glvnn
County, and probably Chat
ham. his home.
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A lot of fo'ks at the Capi
tol last week were talking
about how Senator David
Gambrell has just about
thrown away the meager
chance he had of holding his
seat. One of the smartest poli
ticians in the state to’d us that
he had never seen a man throw
aw>ay an election in just 7
days.
Os course, this fellow — like
us — didn’t figure Gambrel’
had much of a chance, anyway,
but he thinks now that the
Senator has destroyed even this
small hope.
Couey and Leroy Clark.
Mr. Cox was bom in Alamo
on March 4, 1921, the son of
the late Eddie David and Lillie
Mae Roland Cox. He was mar
ried to the late Rosa Belle
Grimes and was a member of
the Snowhill Baptist Church.
Survivors include one bro
ther, Charles Cox of Alamo;
and four step-sons, James
Spires, Gerald Spires and
Ernest Spires of Macon, and
Deron Spires of Milledgeville.
Johnnie Williams
Funeral services for John
nie S. Williams, 45, of Macon,
who died in a Macon hospital
Saturday after a brief illness,
were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in
the chapel of Hart’s Mor
tuary. Burial was in Macon
Memorial Park.
Mr. Williams was bom in
Telfair County and had lived
in Macon 16 years. An em
ployee of Atlantic Cotton Mills
and a veteran.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Catherine Ganell Wil
liams of Macon; three sons,
Spec. 5 Glenn Williams of Ft.
McPherson, Gary Williams
and Garnett Williams, both of
Macon; a daughter, Mrs.
Carol Gay Ashmore ofMacon;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Blizzard of Milan.
Also six half-brothers,
Daniel Blizzard and W. A.
Blizzard of Macon, Paul Bliz
zard of Albany, Robert Bliz
zard of Mcßae, and Dewey
Blizzard and Marvin Wil
liams, both of Milan; and two
half-sisters, Mrs. Clara
Batchelor and Mrs. Mattie
Kate Floyd, both of Mcßae.
More than 107,000 land
owners and users have signed
agreements to carry out con
servation programs on their
land.
He — and many others —
explain it like this:
I—Gambrell alienated the
Negro vote —a good part of
which he was sure to get pro
vided there isn’t a strong Ne
gro candidate in the race —by
agreeing to speak for George
Wallace.
2—By refusing to endorse
Wallace, Gambrell didn’t gain
any strength from the Wal
lace people, but made them
sore with him.
3 —The Senator’s statement
that he would like to see Gov.
Carter get the Demo nomina
tion didn’t help him with anti-
Carter people, as well as driv
ing the final nail into his cof
fin with the Wallace folks.
4—Gambrell’s hypocrisy of
trying now to show that he is
a conservative, when every
body in Georgia knows that he
is fundamentally a liberal.
s—The Senator’s vote against
the Senate bill to slow down
busing. Os course. Gambrell
exp'ains that he voted thusly
just to show that he wanted a
stronger bill, but this won’t
wash at all with Georgians. All
the average voter will remem
ber of this is that he voted
pro-busing.
All of this means, according
to the politicians, is that the
Senator is extremely incon
sistent, and is even more a
novice at politics than Carter
was when he f'rst went into
office. Fortunately for Car
ter, he fina'lv began listening
to good politicians like Bert
Lance, and scored some suc
cesses with the General As
sembly. But Gambrell, ap
parent'y, is only listening to
his father and a few more of
the intellectuals around the
state.
Just contrast the Senator’s
campaign with that of Ernest
Vandiver and B'll Burson. Both
of them are out meeting the
peop’e — Vandiver traveling
Georgia in his Vanwagon, and
Burson walking all over the
state. Both of them know how
to get votes.
It’s too early, yet, to make
a firm prediction, but we
wouldn't be surprised one bit
to see Vandiver and Burson
meet in the primary run-off.
*• • •
CHIT-CHAT — Mrs. Row
ena Moye, secretary to Lt.-
Gov. Lester Maddox, is proud
ly telling one and all about her
two new granddaughters.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1972
Shannon Hope Cook
Shannon Hope Cook, the in
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wylie Leroy Cook of Warner
Robins, died Saturday. Grave
side services were held at
2 p.m. Sunday in Magnolia
Park Cemetery.
Survivors, besides the par
ents, include the grand
parents, Mrs. Jermenie
Cooper of Alamo, and J.
Cooper of Dublin.
McCullough Funeral Home
of Warner Robins was In
charge.
Charlie Little
Charlie Little, 61, of
Alamo, died Tuesday at Tel
fair County Hospital after a
short illness.
The native of Montgomery
County was a member of
Alamo Chapel Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lucy Little of Alamo; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Juanita Cumberboth
of Stanton Island, N.Y.; and a
sister, Maeßelle Little of
Alamo.
Funeral services were held
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Alamo
Baptist Church. Burial was
in Eric Cemetery.
Smalley’s Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge.
J. B. Yancey
Funeral services for James
Barrf’eld Yancey, 58, of
Savannah, who died Friday
when his car collided with a
tractor trailer truck near
Hazlehurst, were held at 2:30
p.m. Monday at Fox and Weeks
Funeral Home.
He was the manager of the
Little S Food Store on Ogee
chee Road.
Mr. Yancey was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Yancey, who lived in Mcßae
for many years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth B. Yancey; a daughter,
Mrs. Lynelle Tutenanda step
daughter, Miss Diane Ka mala
kis of Savannah; three sons,
James Yancey, Jr. of Nash
ville, and Don Yancey and
James Timothy Yancey, both
of Savannah; three sisters,
Mrs. Marjorie Brown of San
Diego, Calif., Mrs. Mary Will
Hinson of Dublin, and Mrs.
Loyola Ferguson of Sandusky,
Ohio; a brother, J. A. Yancey
of Sarasota, Fla., and six
grandchildren.
Burial was in Bonaventure
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Last year, Ricky Jacobson, age 3, ate a box of sleeping pills. A
telephone saved his life. The poisoning took place 75 miles
away from rhe nearest poison control center.
If there was no such thing as a telephone, Ricky might
not be alive today. Sometimes we take things for granted, our health,
our family, our wives and even our telephone.
The Continental Telephone System is working hard to make your system
better, we hope the finest in the world. We re working like we re
part of you . . . we think we are.
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Georgia State Telephone Company
A Member of Continental Telephone System
Cemetery.
George Franklin
Carter
Funeral services for George
Franklin Carter, 63, of Glen
wood, who died Monday in
the Telfair County Hospital
of an apparent heart attack,
were held Wednesday after
noon at 4:00 o’clock from the
Mt. Carmell Holiness Baptist
Church with the Rev. A. J.
Giddens and the Rev. James
Beauchamp officiating.
Burial followed in the Alamo
Cemetery with Harris and
Smith Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Carter was bom in
Monroe County Mississippi on
February 7, 1909. He was
married to the former Azenma
Jane Dunn and was a member
of the Rocky Springs Baptist
Church in Armory, Miss.
Survivors include his wife
of Glenwood; three sons,
Harold Lloyd Carter of St.
Joseph, Mich., Billy Franklin
Carter of Alamo, and Johnny
Carter of Clearwater, Fla.;
four daughters, Mrs. Edith
Mural Aired of Armory, Miss.,
Mrs. Allene Aired, Mrs.
Elizabeth Kitchens of Clear
water, Fla., and Mrs. Mary
White of Dublin; 30 grand
children and 4 great grand
children.
William Robert
Wilson
On May 20, William Robert
Wilson, son of James Brown
and Mary Wiley Wilson, for
mer residents of TelfairCoun
ty, died at Kennestone Hospital
in Marietta, after a brief ill
ness.
He was 64 years old and a
recent retiree of The Lockheed
Georgia Aircraft Company,
after 20 years of employment.
Funeral services were held
at the Chapel of Mayes Ward
Funeral Home in Marietta,
with the Rev. Howard Gordon
officiating. Burial was in Ken
nesaw Memorial Gardens.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. NaomiS. Farmer Wilson;
one brother, James B. Wilson
of Marietta; and several
cousins.
VA guaranteed 91,200 home
loans to veterans in the first
quarter of 1972, a 123 per
cent jump in the number re
corded during the same period
last year.
Keeping Up
With The Joneses
Whether you live in an ex
pensive city such as Honolulu,
Hawaii, or in a cheaper urban
area like Austin, Texas, you’ll
probably agree that keeping
up with the Joneses is becom
ing more difficult each day.
FINANCE FACTS, a month
ly newsletter on consumer
financial behavior published
by the National Consumer
Finance Association and a
study made by the United
States Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, show the living costs
for a family of 4 on three
different standards of living.
These new budgets are about
3 per cent higher than pre
vious budgets for Spring 1970.
The budget-type family is
carefully defined. It consists
erf a 38 year old husband,
employed full time, a wife not
employed outside the house
hold, a boy of 13, and a girl
of 8. The family group has
average inventories of cloth
ing, home furnishings, major
durables and other equipment.
In the lower budget, the
United States urban average
cost was $7,214 in Autumn
1971. The cost for the mod
erate budget was $10,971. The
higher budget amounted to
$15,905.
Sgt. James Partin
Awarded Medal
In Vietnam Action
U. S. Air Force Technical
Sergeant James O. Partin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Partin of Lumber City, has
been honored by the Republic
of Vietnam and awarded the
Vietnamese First Class Civic
Actions Honor Medal with
Palm.
Sgt. Partin was cited for
his outstanding service to the
NOTICE
If You Want Better Prices
For Your Livestock.
Call HARRY BRETT At His New
Number 568-5122 Alamo, 6a.
Vietnamese Armed Forces
during his combat tour.
The sergeant now serves
at Lindsey Air Station, Ger
many, as a communications
equipment repairman with a
unit of the Air Force Com
munications Service.
He graduated in 1956 from
Lumber City High School. His
wife, Nina, is the daughter at
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Muir
of Adrian, N.D.
Veterans Corner
EDITOR'S NOTE: Veterans
and their families are asking
thousands of questions con
cerning the benefits their
Government provides for
them through the Veterans
Adniinistration. Below are
some representative queries.
Additional information may be
obtained at any VA office or
your local veterans service
organization representative.
Q — I’d like to apply for a
certificate of eligibility for a
GI loan, but I lost my DD-214
Armed Forces Report of
Transfer or Discharge. What
should I do?
A— VA will accept a legi
ble copy of an original dis
charge or release from active
duty. If a copy is not available,
any VA office will supply an
application form for request
ing a replacement from your
military department.
Q -- Will the Army furnish
a memorial marker to be put
in a private cemetery for my
son who was lost at sea during
World War II military ser
vice?
A— Yes. Application forms
for memorial markers are
available at all VA offices,
and should be mailed to the
office of the Chief Support
Services, Department of the
Army, Washington, D. C.
Q — My husband, a vet
eran, is in a nursing home for
a condition not related to
military' service. Will VApay
for his nursing home care?
A— No. VA is permitted
to provide nursing home care
only for a limited time for
such veterans who have re
ceived maximum benefits
from VA hospitalization.
There is no time limit for
veterans who were hos
pitalized primarily for ser
vice-connected conditions.
Georgia Named
Right To
Read State
According to State School
Superintendent Jack P. Nix,
Georgia has been selected as
one ors 11 states by Health,
Education and Welfare for
funding as a Right to Read
State. The $24,000 grant from
the General Education Pro
visions Act, Section 402, will
be used to upgrade the reading
skills of both adults and chil
dren in Georgia.
Juanita Abernathy, co
ordinator of the reading and
English programs for the
Georgia Department of Edu
cation, says the National Right
To Read Program is a co
ordinated endeavor involving
all segments of society, public
and private, professional and
non-professional to ensure
that in the next decade no
American shall be denied a
full and productive life be
cause of an inability to read
effectively.
The focus at the Right To
Read Program for this year
is (a) to identity and coordi
nate the activities of those
federally and non-federally
supported reading programs
that demonstrate effective al
ternatives for meeting the
national commitment; (b) to
initiate pilot program efforts
that will enable schools and
communities to meet the spe
cial needs of a diverse so
ciety; (c) to provide technical
assistance for the develop
ment of a sustained Right To
Read Program and support
service capability.
Piggly Wiggly
Presents Check
To Brewton Parker
In a continuing program of
charitable giving to edu
cational institutions, Brewton
Parker College received an
It isn’t easy to light up
1.25 million Georgians.
Georgia is the largest state, m area, east of
the Mississippi. And Georgia’s consumer-owned
electric utilities light up 80% of that area,
bringing dependable electricity to some 1.25
million Georgians who couldn’t get power any
other way. That’s a big, complicated job. It takes
able, highly qualified people to do it. That’s
exactly the kind of people who formed and operate
our Electric Membership Corporation. They
make a tough job as easy as flipping a switch. If
they don’t light you up, they probably do light
up someone you know or love. And that makes
life a lot better for all of us.
Little Ocmulgee EMC
Alamo, Ga.
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annual check this week from
Piggly Wiggly Southern of
Vidalia. The gift was present
ed by check to Dr. J. T.
Phillips by Hugh McCord,
Manager of the Vidalia store.
The supermarket chain
consists of 44 units in addi
tion to its new subsidiary,
Whiteway Family Centers.
Presently, there are five
Whiteway stores.
McCord said in presenting
the gift, “It gives me great
pleasure to present this check
to such a fine institution as
Brewton Parker College.’’
President J. T. Phillips re
ceived the gift for the college
and pointed out the contri
butions of Piggly Wiggly as a
provider of students and as
an employer of students and
graduates of Brewton Parker.
He said, “We are very ap
preciative of your kindness
and the generosity of your
firm. Your gift will be
matched and our students and
this area will enjoy a double
blessing.”
Ocmulgee Academy
Barbecue Supper
Set For June 3
Ocmulgee Academy is
sponsoring a Bar-B-Cue,
Pork and Chicken supper
Saturday, June 3rd. Serving
will begin at 5:30 p.m. All
members are asked to please
bring salad and cake.
Following the supper there
will be a dance and bingo.
Members and friends are in
vited to attend.
Patients at more than 100
VA Hospitals may now study
college level courses at the
hospitals or nearby universi
ties and junior colleges.
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