The Anniston Star from Anniston, Alabama • Page 2

Saturday, September 11, 1971 Terrapin Creek Watershed Project should stop floods Distinguished visitors helping officially open project Cherokee County drainage area Grant, Reps. Bevill, Nichols, former Rep. Rains Terrapin Creek Watershed dedicated I Star daily record Obituaries Pallbearers will be Donald White, Edwin White. James Poland. Harry Turner Frank Turner and Richard Draper.

Mr. Poland was a life-long resident of Calhoun County and a member of the Sulpher Springs Methodist Church. The body will remain at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary until one hour prior to services. CHESLEY THOMPSON JR. dedication ceremony, held at a floodwater retaining structure near Spring Garden in Cherokee County.

Albert Rains, former seventh district congressman, delivered the dedicatory speech. He spoke of environment, saying there are people "who seem to think that the word ecology or environment means going back to the days like our country was when the Indians had "There is even opposition to soil conservation out of some of these long-haired fanatical sources who seek to turn the clock back to ages long ago." he said. "Soil conservation." said Rains, "is the orderly development of rivers and is the Chesley Leonard Thompson 52, of Anniston, died Thursday at the Veterans' Hospital in Biloxi, Miss. Graveside services will be Monday at 11 a.m. in Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, with Hillcrest Funeral Home of Newnan, in charge.

daughters. Lyle of Survivors three include, Newman, Joyce Farmer of Houston, and Mrs. Joanne Pressley of San Francisco. a Jesse E. Thompson of Houston; several grandchildren.

Mr. Thompson was a life-long resident of Anniston and a former employe of the Anniston, Ordnance Depot and Ft. McClellan Post Engineers. The body will remain at the funeral home until time of services. ROBERT P.

"BOB" FERGUSON JACKSONVILLE -Robert P. Ferguson. 85. of Jacksonville. died Friday at Piedmont Hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Oak Level with the Rev. Gilbert Howard officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include his wife.

Mrs. Laura Ferguson of Jacksonville; three sisters, Mrs. Ben Parker of Crossville. Mrs. Pearl Holt of Anniston and Mrs.

Nellie Hunt of Fruithurst: a brother, James A. Ferguson of Albertville: four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Mr. Ferguson was a native of Cleburne County and a resident of Jacksonille for the past 50 years. He was a former town marshal of Oxford and Piedmont.

In 1919, he took over the position of town marshal for Jacksonville and also served as revenue officer for the state of Alabama. In 1945. he entered the lumber contracting business and remained active until illness forced his recent retirement. The body will remain at Roebuck Funeral Home until Shotgun slayer gets life Twenty-two-year-old Curtis Magouirk. charged in the June 10 shotgun slaying of Harold Borden was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday afternoon after some two hours of jury deliberation.

The verdict climaxed a fourday trial which defense attorney James Hubbard accused District Attorney of "making a deal" with Tony accused in the slaying, in order to obtain a conviction. George is scheduled to go on trial at the next criminal session of circuit court. The two men are charged with the fatal shooting of Borden near Ohatchee, and then stuffing his body into an abandoned. well of Magouirk's father's farm. In other circuit action this week: Hubert E.

Simpson, 25, of 221 East was sentenced to 10 years and one day in prison on each of four robbery charges. Simpson was charged with robbery of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Guys IGA Foodliner, Tri-Me Beverage and a second robbery of Guys IGA Foodliner. David Parker, 25, of Piedmont, pleaded guilty to grand larceny of Seaboard Coastline Railroad Co. and was, sentenced to five years in prison. Jerry Ramey, 23, address unknown, charged with buying, receiving and concealing stolen property from Super-X Drugs, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of petty larceny and was sentenced to four months in jail.

Harold Holcombe, 19, 202' Front pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. By BEVERLY BRADFORD Star Staff Writer The story of the $3.35 million, 16-year Terrapin Creek LAST DAY! 4 GAMES WOMEN PLAY FOR THOSE IN ADVANCED STAGES OF ADULTHOOD SWEDEN. Where The Facts Of Life Are Stranger Than FictiontHEAVEN AND HELL IN COLOR E3 NOT ADMITTED UNDER SHOWN FIRST AT 8:00 Baby Love SHOWN 2ND moniquel both ways 3RD HIT in COLOR SHOWN LAST WOMEN OF THE WORLD MIDWAY OPEN DRIVE IN THEATRE 7:00 Watershed project "needs to be told, and told, and told," the administrator of the S. Soil Conservation Service said Friday at the project's formal dedication ceremony. Ken Grant, SCS administrator, said the project is "an example of rural development carried out by local people with help from their He said more such projects are needed "to make the rural environment of high enough quality that it will beckon some of the city people to return to the open spaces and bring their families, their jobs, and their industries with Grant, delivering the keynote address, spoke before some 200 persons attending the four-hour DOUGLAS D.

POLAND Douglas Daniel Poland, 69, of Lincoln, died Friday in a Talladega hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Union Grove Methodist Church with the Rev. Frank Ward officiating. Burial will be in Vinson Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Clara Poland of Lincoln; four sons, Jack Poland of Lincoln, Dee Poland of Rome, Dalton Poland of Rome, and Harold Poland of Adel, three sisters, Mrs. Grace Coggins of Anniston, Mrs. Never Birmingham of Wellington and Mrs. Myrtle 'McConnell of Fernandina Beach, two brothers, W. R.

Poland of Oxford and Robert Poland of Anniston; 10 grandchildren. IN Tonight THEATRE 2 FIRST RUNS SKYWAY OPEN 6:45 SHOW AT DUSK A FRANKOVICH PRODUCTION And forgive them byDANIEL TARADASH tram the novel by FRANK SLAUGHTER Mose by ELMER BERNSTEIN Produced by M.J FRANKOVICH their Directed by GEORGE SCHAEFER COLOR from Columbia Pictures Ready to kill for a killing in gold! COLUMBIA PICTURES Presents A DINO DE LAURENTIS PRODUCTION JAMES GARNER a Mancalled Sledge preservation of the very things that will bring about good water, and good ecology. and good "We must not go overboard in this country on environment and listen to the weirdos: at the same time we must see that we do a top and outstanding job in reclaiming all of our natural resources," he said. U. S.

Tom Bevill, seventh district, and Bill Nichols, fourth district. also spoke. Bevill said we are fortunate in this area to have clean water, clean air. little overcrowding. is why we're going to see this part the country grow," he said.

Nichols said "all is not well" one hour prior to services. ROY G. AMOS SR. GADSDEN Roy Guy Amos 67 of East Gadsden, died Friday at his residence after an illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m.

at Collier-Butler Chapel with Dr. 0. A. Davis officiating. Burial will be in Forestlawn Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Florence L. Amos of Gadsden: a son, Roy G. Amos Jr. of Gadsden: two sisters.

Miss Lula Amos of Anniston and Mrs. Howard Murray of Cloverdale, N. three brothers, Tom John Amos H. of Arl- of ington, Amos Freemont.us Tuscaloosa. and Frank Pallbearers will be J.

D. Lee. Aubrey Fatherloss. Clarence Rogers, Eugene Norton. James Ezekiel and Robert Holmes.

Mr. Amos was a native of Calhoun County and a resident of Etowah County for the past 25 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gadsden and a retired brick mason. JAMES F. LAMBERT James Frank Lambert.

83. of Heflin, was killed in an automobile accident Friday near Heflin. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pine Tucky Baptist Church with the Rev. on the national level in soil conservation efforts.

The predominately urban Congress, he said. has been reluctant to provide the money for watershprojects. "We anticipate more problems down the road." he said. Also giving brief addresses were W. A.

Ellis chairman of the Terrapin Creek Watershed Conservancy District: Wilbur B. Nolen executive secretary of the state soil conservation committee, and Meade. chairman of the Cherokee County Commission. Following the speeches. lunch was served, and were conducted on tours of a part of the watershed project.

They saw cotton fields. railroad Monroe Wiggins and the Rev. Sherman Thompson officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. Dryden Funeral Home is in charge.

Survivors include his wife. Mrs. Betty Lou Lambert of Heflin: three daughters, Mrs. Alma Rollins. Mrs.

Vera Cavender and Mrs. Ruby Loveless. all of Heflin: 11 grandchildren and 33 greatgrandchildren: a sister, Mrs. Minnie Cavender of Heflin; two brothers. John and Lem Lambert, both of Heflin.

Grandsons will be pallbearers. Mr. Lambert was life-long. resident of Cleburne County and a member of the Pine Tucky Baptist Church. The will remain at the funeral home until time of services.

Briefs THE BRICK STORE Chapel Congregational Holiness Church of Eastaboga will have a youth rally tonight at 7 p.m. Mrs. Jewell Schuler is the pastor. THE MRS. MORRIS of Gadsden will speak at the Pine Grove CME Methodist Church of Eastaboga Sunday at 2.p.m.

in honor of the Usher Board. THE REV. TOMMY REEVES will preach at Mt. View Baptist Church Sunday at 11 a.m. and at 7 p.m.

WATCH! VIP PANEL Over Channel 40 and Channel 6 Between 12:00 Noon 1:00 P.M. Sunday, September 12th 4:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. COL. WILLIAM McKEAN HAROLD MUCK LT. WILLIAM BROOKS MAYOR CLYDE PIPPIN COACH CHARLEY PELL tracks, and structures which the project now protects from frequent flooding.

The overall project. which affects nearly 184.000 acres. includes such measures as waterway development, pasture planting, terracing, construction of farm ponds. tree planting, timber improvement. and wildlife planting.

To control excess floodwater. 10 floodwater retarding structures were planned: nine have been completed. It is estimated that control of the flooding will save farmers in five-county area of the watershed some $128.000 annually. Other benefits from the watershed project include retention of sediment which County men face charges in rape case Three young Calhoun County men remained in Anniston City Jail this morning in lieu of $20,000 bond each. They are charged with six counts of rape steming.

from an incident early Friday. The three were identified as Barry Scott, 19, Rt. 3, Anniston; Randy Scott, 19, 2504 Griffith and Robert Richards, 21, 1205 Preston. Detectives said they offered a ride to two young married women late Thursday night after they had car trouble at the IGA Store on 9th Street. They then allegedly took the women to a clay pit on Morrisville Road where each man allegedly raped each woman.

While at the clay pit, officers said, one woman escaped and called police who came to 1 the scene and made the arrests. Preliminary hearings are scheduled for next Wednesday in city recorders court. ASTEROIDS Asteroids. sometimes known as planetoids. are minor planets of the sun.

These bodies revolve about the sun in a belt which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. otherwise would destroy crops, pastures, roads, and bridges. Forest fire control will result from reduction of rainfall runoff. Wildlife benefits from land treatment measures, and the acres of impounded water above the floodwater retaining structures provide recreation; fishing, boating, and swimming. watershed covers 183,675 acres, of which 176,733 acres are in Calhoun, Cherokee, and Cleburne Counties.

The other 6,942 acres are in Polk and Haralson Counties, Georgia. Of the total cost of the project, $3.35 million, federal funds provided $2.4 million. Local citizens paid for $950.000 of the cost through their individual land treatment measures and. by providing easements or land rights to install the -structural works of improvement. Henceforth, they will absorb maintainence and operational costs of the structural works of improvement.

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