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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
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James Faircloth,
Bond Company
Executive Dies
James L. Faircloth, 53,
former veteran Albany law
enforcement officer and bond
ing company executive, died
Sunday in Palmyra Park Ho
spital.
A resident of Albany for 31
years, he was bom September
25, 1918, in Dublin, son of the
late Susie Wallace Faircloth
and Thomas W. Faircloth.
He was transferred to Al
bany in 1941, by the Cudahy
Packing Company. A year
later he joined the Albany
Police Department. During
World War II he spent two
years in the U. S. Navy and
resumed his law enforcement
career in 1946 after having
been discharged, joining the
Dougherty County Police De
partment.
In 1950, Mr. Faircloth be
came a Daugherty County
deputy sheriff, serving in that
post for 12 years. He then
became an executive of the
A-l Banding Company and
later became owner of that
firm until a few weeks ago.
At the time of his death,
he was owner of Faircloth
Bonding Service of Albany.
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। Herman Talmadge
■ REPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES SENATE
DRUG ABUSE and narcotic addiction constitute a growing
national problem that we can ill afford to minimize or ignore.
Most alarming is the fact that the situation is getting worse each
year. We must do something now before it is too late.
One way to destroy this growing menace to our society is to
stop the inflow of drugs into the United States from foreign
countries. Deadly drugs, grown, produced, and manufactured in
France, Turkey, and Southeast Asia eventually find their way
into the hands of dealers and pushers. And in turn, the drugs
get into the hands of young people in our schools, colleges,
ghettos, and well to do suburban areas as well. More interna
tional cooperation and control are imperative. I fully support
international agreement and whatever pressures we can bring in
order to keep foreign drugs out of the United States.
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BECAUSE OF the increasing number of addicts, there is an
increasing rise in the crime rate, which is going up 10 times as
fast as our population growth. When an addict must have SIOO
a day to support his habit, he must resort to crime, thus en
dangering the lives and property of all citizens
Another growing danger is that many of our young people
are getting involved w ith drugs at a very early age and we must
do everything we can to keep our schools and streets free of
these peddlers of pain. We need a "get tough" policy to provide
for more severe criminal penalties for the dealers and pushers,
and more effective rehabilitation for users.
I am co-sponsor of legislation to tighten up court procedures
and particularly to insure a speedy trial in order to present
criminals from going back on the streets to commit more
crimes. In my judgment, court delay is a tremendous obstacle
in the administration of justice, and legislation to bring felons
to trial more speedily could be a great weapon against the rising
crime rate.
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As an indication of growing national concern and the magni
tude of the drug problem, the Senate unanimously passed a bill
which created a special office in the White House to coordinate
various drug-abuse programs throughout the country.
There is no clear cut solution to ending this rising evil of
drug abuse. However, the most important step to finding an
answer lies in greater public awareness. Passing legislation and
enforcing stricter laws cannot do the whole job. Each one ot us,
whether student or parent, urban or rural, rich or poor, must do
his part by becoming fully educated on this evil detriment to
our society.
Mr. Faircloth was a mem
ber of the board of directors
of the Georgia Sheriffs Boys
Ranch; a member of the Al
bany Elks Club; member of
the Albany Civitan Club of
which he was a former vice
president; a member of the
Georgia Peace Officers As
sociation; a 25 year member
of Albany American Legion
Post 30; a past member of
the National Sheriffs Associ
ation; a resident vice presi
dent of United Bonding In
surance Company; a member
of the board of directors of
the Southern General Holding
Company, and a member of
the First United Methodist
Church of Albany.
Survivors include his wife,
the former Miss Verlie
Powell of Mcßae, now of Al
bany; three sons, Curtis L.
Faircloth and J. Kenneth
Faircloth, both of Albany, and
Adger Best of Mcßae; five
sisters, Mrs. Kate Copes and
Mrs. Opal Lipscomb, both of
Miami, Fla., Mrs. Grace
Gardner of Marietta, Mrs.
Florence Briefees of King
Mountain, N. C., and Mrs.
Frazier Hall of Greenville,
S. C.; two brothers, Larry
Faircloth of Eastman, and
Earl Faircloth of Miami, Fla.;
and six grandchildren.
The funeral service was
conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m.
at Kimbrell-Stern by the Rev.
Virgil Lee, pastor of the
College Place United Meth
odist Church of Brunswick,
and the Rev. larry E. Patter
son, pastor of the First
Christian Church. Interment
followed in Crown Hill Ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were Proctor
Johnston, Jr., Raymond Ezel,
S. P. Hansen, William F.
Ivey, Sheriff D. Lamar
Stewart, Chief Deputy Sheriff
Richard E. Brown, (honorary )
law enforcement agencies of
Dougherty County, and mem
bers of the Albany Civitan
Club.
Fishing solves a sur
prising number of problems.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 F’RIDAY, JUNE 23, 1972
Mrs. Annie
Lounette Breedlove
Funeral services for Mrs.
Annie Lounette Breedlove, 44,
who died Wednesday, June 14,
at her residence in East Point,
following a brief illness, were
held Friday afternoon, June
16, at 2:00 o’clock from the
Snow Hill Baptist Church in
Wheeler County with the Rev.
Gordon Combs, pastor of the
Gads way Baptist Church of
East Point, officiating.
Burial followed in Snow Hill
Church Cemetery with Harris
and Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Breedlove was born
in Laurens County on July
26, 1927, the daughter of
Charlton and Reba Manus Pur
vis, and was married to Prince
Breedlove.
Survivors include her hus
band of East Point; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Clyde Coley of
Eudora, Ark.; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charlton Purvis
of Warner Robins; three bro
thers, Stanley J. Purvis of
Grafton, Va., Kelly C. Purvis
of Warner Robins, and Wendell
H. Purvis of Norfolk, Va.;
and four sisters, Mrs. Johnß.
Finch of Savannah, Mrs. Harry
Ward of Warner Robins, Mrs.
Jim Kerr of Denver, Colo.,
and Mrs. Carolyn Johnson of
Savannah.
“A democracy without a
high degree of public confi
dence cannot long survive.”
Politics ol■ Parade
Now that the entries have
closed for the August Bth
Democratic and Republican pri
maries, Georgians can expect to
be greeted by candidates on
every street corner. It will be a
hot summer and a very in
teresting one, particularly inso
far as the U. S. Senate race is
concerned.
Os course, less than a half
dozen of the wou'd-be Senator
have any chance of being elect
ed, and it’s hard to figure out
why the others would run. The
only answer we can give is that
they are so egotistical that they
just love to see their names in
print, even if only occasional
ly
On the Demo side, the race is
between the incumbent. David
Gambrell. former governor
Ernest Vandiver, State Trea
surer Bill Burson, and Repr.
Sam Nunn. For the Republi
cans, you can already bet your
bottom dollar that Repr.
Fletcher Thompson will be
waiting for the Demo nominee
in the genera] election.
Negro militant Hosea Wil
liams is obviously in the race to
try to make some money out of
it, though we can't think who
could see any advantage in
paying him. He won’t even get
a majority of the Negro vote.
We'll write next week about
the candidates in other races
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BRAGGING DEPART
MENT — We wound up the
season batting 1,000$? on our
predictions in print as to who
would be in the Senate race.
Our readers will remember that
all during the last year we have
been predicting that this one
or that one would or would
not run Insofar as the biggest
puzzle of all, i.e. Carl Sanders,
was concerned, we predicted
flat out about six months ago
that he would stay out of the
race.
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It’s quite a compliment to
the Judges and Justices of the
State Court of Appeals and the
Supreme Court that out of
eight places open for grabs,
not a single one of the incum
bents came up with opposition.
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A good many white voters of
Fulton County will cast their
ballots for Bill Strong. Atlanta
Negro leader, who is seeking
the Demo nomination for Clerk
of the Superior Courts. The
incumbent. J. W. Simmons, is
85 years old and in ill health.
The other candidate is Calvin
Craig, former head of the Klu
Klux 'Klan in Georgia, who
renounced his connect’ons and
joined the Model Cities pro
gram in Atlanta. Later, he
withdrew from that with critic
ism of its goals, so it’s pretty
hard to figure whether he’ll
now get the segregationist vote
or not
W. H. Griffin
Funeral services for W.
Henry Griffin, 74, of Cochran,
who died unexpectedly Tuesday
night, June 13, of an apparent
heart attack, were held at 4
p.m. Thursday in the First
United Methodist Church in
Cochran. Burial was in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Griffin, a retired lum
berman, was a native of Twiggs
County. He moved to Cochran
35 years ago from Laurens
County. Mr. Griffin was co
owner of Edmondson-Griffin
Lumber Co. He was a member
of the First United Methodist
Church, where he was a mem
ber and past chairman of the
church’s official board, and
was a former member of the
board of the Bleckley County
Dept, of Family and Children’s
Services. He was also one of
the founders of WCEH Radio
in Hawkinsville.
Mr. Griffin was a member
of the Cochran Rotary Club,
a member of the Board of
Directors of the State Bank in
Cochran, and a member of
Cochran Masonic Lodge 217,
from which he recently re
ceived a 50-year pin. Mr.
Griffin was a 32nd degree
Mason, a member of the Scot
tish Rite and a member of the
Al Sihah Shrine Temple in
Macon.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Sarah Alexander Griffin;
one son, W. H. Griffin Jr. of
Cordele; four daughters, Mrs.
Beatrice Waters of Cochran,
Mr. Strong is a lawyer,
front line soldier in the Korean
War, and has been active in state
and county political affairs for
many years. He is a moderate
in race relations, and won’t
have the support of the radical
Negro crowd — the more to
; his credit.
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j Following up our disclosure
last week on George McGov
ern, we are now in possession
of a copy of an item on this
subject which appeared under
the by-line of Frank A. Ca
pel! in Washington’s “The
Review of the News". Mr. Ca
pell has further detai's on what
we wrote. He says that Mc-
Govern was brought before a
board of officers, who recom
mended that he be discharged
for cowardice.
However, according to Ca
pell. General fra Faker over
ruled the board and chose to
put a letter into McGovern s
military 201 file formally cit
ing him for cowardice. The
writer concludes: “Little won
der that the South Dakota Sen
ator hates the military”.
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Bo Ginn, candidate for Con
gress in the First District, pro
tested to Arkansas Congress
man Wilbur Mills that he
shouldn't come to Georgia and
interfere in a Democratic Pri
mary, after Mr Mills was an
nounced as the speaker at a
fund raising dinner for incum
bent Congressman Elliott Ha
gan.
Mr. Ginn has since announc
ed that Mr. Mills’ administra
tive aide, telephoned him (Ginn)
and said that Mil's’ appearance
had been cancelled.
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Charlie Swint, fiscal officer
in the Governor’s office— and
generally conceded by all as
one of the most conscientious
state employees ever to sit in
the Capitol — retired last week
after more than 25 years in the
job. Charlie served under 7
governors and about a score
of Executive Secretaries, none
of whom had any complaint
about his work.
But the best tribute that can
be paid him is that having
worked closely with several
hundred female employees, he
never had a 'Tun-in" with a
single one.
We wish Charlie the best of
luck in whatever job or hobby
he takes up now.
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With all the bad pub’icitv
about two members of the Par
don and Parole Board releasing
vicious criminals for no ap
parent good reason, it seems
that Governor Carter would
have left J. O. Partain as Chair
man. and with more authority.
At least he’s honest, even if he
is no particular friend of Car
ter’s.
Mrs. Joe Bradley of Macon,
Mrs. Robert Muldrow of
Columbia, S. C., and Mrs.
Everett Hikson of Chattanooga,
Tenn.; one brother, Luther
Jackson Griffin of Dublin; four
sisters, Mrs. J. J. Johnson of
Cochran, Mrs. J. H. Holmes of
Mcßae, Mrs. Johnnie Sanders
of Jeffersonville, and Mrs.
John J. Earls of Madison,
Ind.; and 14 grandchildren.
The body was at Fisher
Funeral Home in Cochran,
until 3 p.m. and at the church
until time for the funeral.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requested that contributions
be made to the First United
Methodist Church.
Mrs. Jehu Walker
Funeral services were held
Saturday in the Chapel of
Bowen-Dona Ids on Home for
Funerals in Tifton, for Mrs.
Jehu Walker, 81, the former
Miss Frances Fletcher of
Helena, who died on Wednes
day, June 14, of aheartattack.
Burial was in Lawrence Ceme
tery.
Mrs. Walker was the daugh
ter of the late T. D. Fletcher
and Mrs. Gertrude Fletcher
Sterling, and was a member
of Brookfield Methodist
Church.
Surviving are four sons,
Clifford Walker erf Brunswick,
Elvin Walker, Jehu Walker
and C. C. Walker of Tifton;
three daughters, Mrs. J. T.
Garren, Mrs. P. O. Carpen
ter of Tifton, and Mrs. H. L.
Wilson of Waycross; two bro-
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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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thers, Dave Fletcher of Tifton,
and Wiley Fletcher of New
Orleans, La.; three sisters,
Mrs. Lucy Cameron of Mcßae,
Mrs. Reid Ashley of Helena,
Mrs. Lizzie Jernigan of Tifton,
and a half-sister, Mrs. Ger
trude Jenkins of New Jersey.
About Your
Social Security
Are prescription drugs
covered under the Social Se
curity Medicare program?
This is a frequent question
at the Social Security Office.
Charles Hall, Branch Man
ager in Dublin, states drugs
and biologicals are covered
ONLY if they are of the type
that cannot be self-ad
ministered; they are reason
able and necessary for the
diagnosis or treatment of the
illness or injury; and they are
administered by the physician
or by his nurse under his
supervision and the charge is
included in the physician’s bill.
Prescription and nonprescrip
tion drugs purchased by or
dispersed to a patient are
not covered.
If you have questions con
cerning the coverage of drugs
and biologicals under Medi
care, call 272-5347. The Dub
lin Social Security Office is
located at 114 East Johnsen
Street. For those serviced by
the telephone exchange in Mc-
Rae, Soperton, Eastman, or
W rightsville, you can call us at
no charge to you by dialing
the Operator and asking for
WX-1500.
Q. I was hospitalized for
two weeks last month. Because
of my condition, my doctor
requested a private room for
me. Will my Medicare cover
age pay for my private room?
A. Yes. Medicare can help
pay for a private room when
it is medically necessary. Os
course, the hospital will bill
you for the first S6B of covered
hospital services — which is
the hospital insurance deduc
tible at the present time.
Q. I graduated from high
school this June and I won’t
be going back to school in the
fall. My 18th birthday is in
August. Will my monthly social
security checks stop because
I graduated in June?
A. No. You will get your
last social security check on
August 3, for the month of
July. You do not have to be a
full-time student to receive
checks if you are under 18.
However, for your checks to
continue after 18, you would
have to be enrolled as a full
time student.
Card Os Thanks
I would like to express my
appreciation and many thanks
to all the people who rendered
service during my time of
trouble when our home was on
fire.
Everyone will always be
remembered and I hope I might
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Card Os Thanks
The family of Mrs. Cornelia
Heaton wishes toexpress their
deepest thanks and appreci
ation to all who have shared
with us our sorrow and great
loss of one so dear to us, for
the food, flowers and under
standing that has been ex
pressed.
May God’s richest blessings
be upon each of you.
The Family
Minority membership in ap
prenticeship programs regis
tered with the Dept, of Labor
has increased by 73 percent
over the past 2 years. Black,
Spanish-speaking, Indian, and
Oriental youth comprised 18,-
977 or 9.8 percent of the
194 - 543 apprentices on July 1,
1971. This compares with 10,-
986 or 6.6 percent of the
166,087 minority apprentices
on January 1, 1969.
Productivity in the Federal
Government rose more than
8 percent between fiscal 1967
and 1971. This represents an
annual rate of gain of approxi
mately 2 percent, compared
with a rise of approximately
1.5 percent in the private non
farm sector over the same
period.