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VOLUME 58
Report Os The
County Agent
By David H. Williams
The Farm Scene
A lot is happening in Georgia
agriculture, and the 1969 Cen
sus points up some of the
changes. For one thing, there
are fewer farms — 67,431 in
’69 compared with 83,366 in
1964.
But farms today are larger
than they were five years ago.
The average was 234.4 acres,
according to the Census of
Agriculture in ’69, and 214.6
acres, according to the ’64
figures.
The age of Georgia farmers
remains virtually unchanged.
In 1964 the average age was
52.3 years; now it’s down to
52.2.
While farms have been be
coming larger, they’ve also
increased sales. The latest
Census shows 55.8 percent of
the farms with sales over
$2,500. Five years earlier,
only 49.5 percent of them were
in this category.
Weed Control
Lack of rainfall during the
planting season has greatly
reduced the effectiveness of
preemerge herbicides on
cotton in many instances.
That’s the word 1 received
recently from Gene Seigler,
Extension Service engineer -
cotton. “A good job of directed
spraying is going to be more
important than usual in con
trolling weeds in cotton,” he
says.
Gene also points out that
observations made several
years ago of injury and yield
reductions from over-the-top
herbicide applications have
now been confirmed by re
search in several states. Re
search results show yield re
ductions ranging from 12 to
25 percent.
“We definitely need to dis
courage over-the-top appli
cations,’’ according to Seigler.
“They can easily cost S3O per
acre in yield reductions.”
Thin Pines
Yes, planted pine stands
should be thinned during the
hot summer months. Ted Wal
ker, one of our Extension
foresters, points out that the
summer is the safest thinning
time as far as annosus root
rot is concerned. It seems
that this disease, which is
caused by an air-borne fungus,
is less prevalent during the
hot summer months. High tem
peratures reduce spore de
velopment.
According to Walker, South
Georgia planted pines should
be thinned now through August.
In middle and North Georgia,
anytime from June through
August is the recommended
thinning time for planted pines.
Judge O’Connor
Elected Pres. Os
Sup. Court Judges
James B. O’Connor, Judge
of Superior Court, Oconee
Judicial Circuit, was elected
President of the Council of
Superior Court Judges of
Georgia, at a meeting held
in connection with the annual
meeting of the State Bar of
Georgia, in Savannah.
Other officers elected were
Judge Robert Culpepper of
Camilla, Vice-President, and
Judge Elmo Holt of Atlanta,
Secretary-Treasurer. The
Council, an organization of all
Superior Court Judges of the
State, holds a number of semi
nars annually, and a current
project of the Council is to (
perfect pattern jury' instruc
tions for use in criminal cases.
Judge O’Connor will preside
at all sessions of the Council
and of its Executive Commit
tee, and will actively serve
on all committees for the com
ing year.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Wheeler County Canning
Center will be open on Tuesday
and Thursday of each week
from 9:00 a.m., until 5:00 p.m.
The opening date was Thurs
day, June 8.
Wheeler County Eagle
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Where Georgia Baptist Convention Began
Baptists will travel to the village of Powelton, June 29, to celebrate the 160th anniversary of
the founding of the Georgia Baptist Convention. The Baptist Church at Powelton (between Craw
fordville and Sparta) was the site of the organization of the Convention, June 29, 1822. The
state’s largest religious group now numbers 1,018,032 members in 2,952 churches.
Mrs. Churchwell
Killed In Auto
Wreck Wed.
Mrs. Allen Churchwell, 67,
a former Macon resident, was
killed shortly before noon
Wednesday in a head-on col
lision on Ga. 91, about four
miles north of Albany.
Also killed was a passenger
with Mrs. Churchwell, Mrs.
Howard D. Barnard, Jr., 58, of
Albany'.
Mrs. Churchwell, the for
mer Elizabeth Mcßae, was a
native of Mt. Vernon, and was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan A. Mcßae. She had
lived in Albany for the past
34-years. She was married
to Allen Churchwell who
owns Churchwell’s Depart
ment Store in Albany, Way
cross and Americus.
She graduated from Wes
leyan College in Macon and did
graduate work at the Uni
versity of California at Berk
ley. Mrs. Churchwell was a
member of the First Presby
terian Church.
Surviving are her husband;
a daughter, Mrs. James O.
Hall of Rock Hill, S.C.; a son,
Allen F. Churchwell, Jr. of
Albany; mother, Mrs. Duncan
A. Mcßae of Mt. Vernon; one
sister, Mrs. Braswell E. Col
lins of Macon; two brothers,
Duncan A. Mcßae, Jr. and
H. W. Mcßae, both of Mt.
Vernon; and four grand
children.
Nickel and Ecology
Nickel stainless steel is one of
the most important materials in
waste and water-pollution con
trol equipment. It resists corro
sion from waste materials and
because of its low-maintenance
requirements, it permits more
economical operation of purifi
cation equipment.
Wheeler High VOCA Club
Shown above, left to right, Wayne Crafton, Assistant
Principal of Wheeler County High School and Norman Jarrard,
Principal are presented the VOCA Club of the Year, second
place trophy by Randell Tarpley, Wheeler County High School’s
first VOCA Club President. He also presented Mrs. Ruth
C. Humphrey, VOCA Club’s first Advisor, the VOCA Club of
the Year, second place certificate. This presentation was held
in the high school gym May 17, with the student body and
faculty present.
Clayton W. Clark
Receives Degree At
LaGrange College
A Wheeler County student
is among 128 candidates at
LaGrange College’s 141st
commencement on Saturday
morning, June 3.
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter
will deliver the graduationad
dress at 10:30 a.m., during
exercises at the First Meth
odist Church of LaGrange
which is near the LC campus.
Following the keynote ad
dress, Dr. Waights G. Henry,
President of the four-year,
co-educational, Methodist-re
lated college, will confer
Bachelor of Arts degrees upon
the graduating seniors.
Clayton Warren Clark, a
health and physical education
major, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob A. Clark of Alamo,
and a 1968 graduate of Wheeler
County High School. He has
been a member of the varsity
basketbail team, the Panthers,
and has been named to the
Dean’s List for his outstand
ing academic record. He plans
to teach and coach. At the
annual All-Sports Banquet he
received the “Coach’s Award”
for “unusual and outstanding
contribution to the team by a
senior.”
Honor’s Day At
Brewton Parker
Held May 30
Honor’s Day was observed
at Brewton Parker College
on Tuesday, May 30, as mem
bers of the student body and
faculty were honored for out
standing achievements andac
complishments during the past
school year.
Carol Martin Clark of Glen
wood, received the Academic
Achievement Award, which is
given to the student with the
highest grade-point average
over the past two years. Carol
had a 4.2 grade-point average
on a 4.0 scale.
Mrs. Eugenia M. Willis of
Ailey, and an instructor in
the Department of History at
Brewton Parker, was named
Outstanding Teacher Os The
Year. Mrs. Willis did her
graduate work at Florida State
University and has been at
Brewton Parker since 1962.
Marian McLoon of Alamo,
received Outstanding Future
Teacher Award, and Carol
Martin Clark received the
Math Award.
Olin Craig Adams
Receives Assoc.
Degree At MGC
One student from Alamo was
among those who were grad
uated^ Middle Georgia Col
lege 'an Friday, June 2.
The Forty-third Annual
Commencement Exercises
were held in Morris Memorial
Gymnasium Friday morning.
Dr. William B. King, Presi
dent erf Georgia Southwestern
College, delivered the com
mencement address.
Dr. Louis C. Alderman, Jr.,
President of Middle Georgia
College, presented the di
plomas and certificates to the
graduates. There were 446
candidates for graduation.
Among those who received
the Associate Degree was, Olin
Craig Adams.
Robert Gilder 111
Completes Course
Navy Airman Robert T.
Gilder in, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert T. Gilder, Jr. of Glen
wood, completed a specialized
aviation maintenance course
at Naval Air Station Oceana,
Virginia Beach, Va.
He will now be assigned to
Fighter Squadron 101.
A 1968 graduate of Dublin
High School, and a 1970 grad
uate of Brewton Parker Col
lege, Mt. Vernon, he joined the
Navy in February 1971.
The rare gas, krypton, used
in incandescent light bulbs, is
recovered from air as a by
product of the separation pro
cess that provides pure oxygen
for basic oxygen steelmaking
furnaces.
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1972
Lt. Gov. Hladdox find Wallace fldams
Dedicate Hew Ga. forestry Center
Lt. Gov. Lestei- Maddox and
Wallace Adams, Chairman of
the Board of Commissioners
of the Georgia Forest Re
search Council, “Sawed the
Ribbon,” a ten inch Georgia
pine log, in the dedication
ceremonies for the new Geor
gia Forest Research Council
Raymond Evors
Named Pres. Os
Farm Service
Raymond L. Evors has been
named President of' Farm
Credit Service of Vidalia, ac
cording to an announcement
by Dolan E. Brown and Henry
. D. McArthur, Chairmen of the
Boards of Directors of the
Federal Land Bank As
sociation of Vidalia and Ohoo
pee Production Credit Assoc,
In addition Evors was named
President of Ohoopee Produc
tion Credit Association and
continues as Executive Vice
President and Manager of the
Federal Land Bank Assoc.
Prior to assuming his new
duties on June 1, Mr. Evors
was employed with the Federal
Land Bank Assoc, in Swains
boro. He lias also served as
Assistant Manager of the Fed
eral Land Bank Assoc., in
Carrollton.
Mr. Evors was reared on a
farm in nearby Wayne County
near Screven, attended Scre
ven High School graduating
in June 1950, and afterwards
spent four years in the U. S.
Navy. He attended the Uni
"ersity of Georgia, and in
June of 1959, graduated with
a B.S. in Agriculture and major
in Vocational Agriculture.
Mr. Evors and his family
reside on their small part
time farm near Nunez in
Emanuel County, and are
members of the First Baptist
Church of Swainsboro.
According to Mr. Brownand
Mr. McArthur, Neill K. Alford
has been named Executive Vice
President of Farm Credit Ser
vice of Vidalia, Executive Vice
President of Ohoopee Produc
tion Credit Association and
Assistant Manager of the Fed
eral land Bank Association
of Vidalia.
Mr. Alford was employedas
General Manager of Ohoopee
Production Credit Association
in Vidalia, prior to assuming
his new duties on June 1. He
also served as Branch Office
Manager of the Lumbee Pro
duction Credit Association at
Lumberton, N.C., and as Gen
eral Manager of the Monticello
Production Credit Association
in Monticello, Fla.
Mr. Alford and his family
live in Vidalia, and are mem
bers of the First Presbyterian
Church of Vidalia.
The Farm Credit Service
of Vidalia, is a service organ
ization which makes and ser
vices loans for the Production
Credit Association and the
Federal Land Bank.
The Boards of Directors
of the two farmer-owned credit
coops determined that each
organization could better
serve the needs of its mem
bers through a combined ope
ration. Although each organ
ization retained its individual
identity, farmers can now ob
tain complete, one-stop credit
service.
In addition to the main office
in Vidalia, branch offices are
located in Swainsboro, Metter,
Reidsville and Alamo. Also,
long term Land Bank loans
are made and serviced to
fanners in Jenkins and
Screven Counties.
The Farm Credit Service
of Vidalia, represents one of
the first organizations of this
type in the Third Farm Credit
District which serves farm
ers, ranchers, and rural home
owners in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida. Mr. Evors stated,
“I believe this is the pattern
which all credit cooperatives
will eventually follow. ”
Headquarters Building at the
Georgia Forestry Center,
Tuesday at 2:30p.m. in Macon.
Maddox, speaking before a
large audience of dignitaries,
likened the American Freedom
and the republican form of
government, to the forests in
Georgia. “Just as important
as watching our forests, is
keeping watch on our republi
can form of government. We
are letting the forest of free
dom be cut away,” he said.
He also applauded the Council
for the progress it has made
in research, stating, “Without
your planning, without your
research, the insects, the fun
gus, man himself would have
destroyed our forests.”
The new $150,000 one-story
Georgia Forest Research
Council building includes the
administration offices and a
Oconee Library
Bookmobile Schedule
The Oconee Regional Li
brary Bookmobile Schedule
for Wednesday, June 14 is as
follows:
Harden’s Store - 8:40 -
9:00; George Rowe’s Home -
9:15 - 9:30; Lowery School -
9:40 - 10:00; Bethel Church -
10:15 - 10:30; Glenwood (Up
town) - 10:45 - 11:45; Shiloh
(at church) - 1:25 - 1:45;
Springhill Community House -
2:00 - 2:15; and Butler’s
Store - 2:40 - 3:10.
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Conservation Workshop
Lynn McNeal and Chris Avery are attending the Eleventh
Annual Natural Resource Conservation Workshop at Abraham
Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton this week, according to
an announcement made by Jimmy James, District Conservation
ist, Soil Conservation Service in Alamo.
Their scholarship is being sponsored fay The Ohoopee River
Soil and Water Conservation District in cooperation with the
Bank of Wheeler County.
The workshop is conducted annually by the Georgia Chapter
of the Soil Conservation Society' of America and the Georgia
Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Lynn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. McNeal of Wheeler
County, and Chris is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Avery.
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Wheeler Wins Again
Mrs. D. N. Achord, Mrs. Jimmy James and Jimmy James
admire the first place ribbon given to Wheeler County in the
under 5,000 population bracket at the County Government Fair
held recently at Jekyll Island.
Wheeler County’s entry was sponsored by County Com
missioner Wallace Adams and was prepared by the Alamo
Garden Club. Entering counties were to select one event show
ing community and government cooperation.
The State Award given Wheeler for placing first in this
years GEMC-GACD Beautification through Conservation Contest
was the idea presented by Wheeler.
Those attending the fair from Wheeler County were, Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Adams, Mrs. T. A. Morrison, Miss Cindy
Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. David Williams, Miss Sarah Williams,
Miss Sherry Rocker, Mrs. D. N. Achord and Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy James.
SINGLE COPY 5C
large convention hall audi
torium.
H. E. Ruark, the Director
of the Georgia Forest Re
search Council, who intro
duced the guests at the dedi
cation, stated that forest
based industries are the
largest employers of workers
in Bibb County, and the num
ber two industry in the state
of Georgia. He also pointed
out significant improvements
in our tree seedlings, better
techniques for establishing
Tommy Spivey
Signed To Play
At Brewton Parker
Brewton Parker College
Athletic Director Tony Couey
has announced the signing of
Wheeler County High School
star, Tommy Spivey, to a two
year baseball grant-in-aid.
The 5-8 freshman-to-be
played on the 1971 State Class
B Baseball Championship team
at Wheeler County and carried
the Bulldogs to second place
in region competition this
year. Tommy batted .315 dur
ing the 1972 campaign and
played shortstop.
Coach Couey added, “The
Barons are happy that Tommy
has signed with us. He is an
outstanding player and will
certainly be an asset to our
team.”
Tommy is the son of Mrs.
Lois Laris cy of Glenwood.
NUMBER 10
new forests, more adequate
protection of resources, a
more comprehensive under
standing of the diverse forest
ecosystem and improved con
sumer products were only a
few of the results of research
Ln Georgia in the last 15years.
Maddox began his dedi
catory address by asking fora
pledge of allegiance to the
flag, because, he said, the
assault on Gov. Wallace was
an assault on the American
Flag. In another reference to
Wallace, Maddox said, “The
tree will live on regardless
if we lose some in the battle.”
Wheeler Co. High
School Chapter
FFA Holds Meet
On May 9, the Wheeler Co.
High School Chapter FFA held
their last meeting of the year.
The agenda for this month
was, 1. the initiation of green
land degrees; 2. election of
officers for 1972- 73.
We spent about fifteen
minutes with the initiation
ceremony. Immediately fol
lowing the ceremony we went
into the election of officers
by means of nomination from
the floor.
The results of the election
were as follows: Calvin Ryals,
Chaplin; Charles Burnette,
President; Ronald Mackey,
Vice-president; James Lee,
Secretary; Johnny Dixon,
Treasurer; James Norman,
Reporter; Anthony Carter,
Sential; and Vemard Williams,
Parliamentarian.
There was a brief talk after
the election by Mr. Graham.
The meeting was adjourned
and delicious refreshments
were served.
Mr. Graham, Advisor
James Norman, Reporter
Dublin To Host
Hemerocallis
Society Os Ga.
Members of the Dublin Hem
erocallis Society will be host
to Region #5 of the American
Hemerocallis Society which
includes the state of Georgia,
in conjunction with their fourth
annual Hemerocallis Tour on
June 10th. Gardens to be in
cluded on the tour are: Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil Bradshaw,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Hansley Home,
Rev. and Mrs. Shannon Hollo
way, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Mc-
Donald, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Mercer, Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Mercer. Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Thompson, and Mrs. W. S.
Reese. Gardens open without
charge.
Advance registrations are
requested with the complete
tour ticket including the bus
tour of gardens and luncheon
at the Dublin Country Club
at $5.00 each. Individually the
tickets are $2.50 for the bus
tour and $3.00 for the lunch
eon. Mrs. E. N. Brown, 203
Vernon Street, Dublin, Ga.,
31021; telephone number 272-
1526, will accept reservations.
The tour will begin with regis
tration at 9:00 a.m. in the
Dublin Mall, North Entrance.
Luncheon, at the Country
Club, will begin at 12:30 with
Riley S. Barron of Forrest
Park, Region 5 Vice President,
presiding. Door prizes will
also highlight the program.
During the week end several
activities are planned for
visiting members of the
American Hemerocallis So
ciety, members of the Dublin
Hemerocallis Society and
guest. These include an Exhi
bition Judges clinic at 1:30
p.m. in the garden of Mr. and
Mrs. Hansley Home. Mrs. Ed
ward McDowell of Macon will
conduct the clinic assisted by
Mrs. Fannie Prescott and Miss
Selma Timmons of Warner
Robins. On Friday evening a
picnic will be at the country
lodge of Dr. and Mrs. M. Z.
Claxton, followed by a slide
show narrated by Mrs. Elmer
Brown.