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MEMBERS OF GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY VISIT GSCW,
Milledgevllle, Ga. — Members of the Georgia General Assembl>
visited the state institution.? located in Baldwin County recently.
The visit was arranged so that legislators would be more familiar
with the varied facets of state government. On the campus of
Georgia State College for Women,’the group was greeted by Dr
Robert E. Lee, president, and students visited with the lawmakers
On the steps of historic Parks Hall are (left to right) Joan Gil¬
breath, Rock Springs; Woodrow Gross; and Jack Tarpley.
History of Slygo
Methodist Church
the year 1891, Mr. Johnny 1
Gross and Mr. William Waddell
gave one acre of land to the Slygo
community to build a school house
and church. The school was to
be operated by the county and
the church was to serve all de¬
nominations who believe that Jesus
Christ is the So nof God. Brother
Witcher, from the Etna Charge,
was very much in favor of the
erection of this building. He
walked about six miles over the
mountain roads, when he could
not ge^ a horse to ride, to render
his services in this great enter¬
prise. Brother Witcher wanted to
name the new' building, w'hich was
approximately 20 x 30 feet, Wit¬
cher’s Chapel but Mr. Waddell
w’ould not agree to give the land
under these circumstances and
after some time the name “New
Liberty” was agreed upon.
Brother Witcher came to preach
the first sermon and a Methodist
Sunday School was organized with
Mr. George Street as superintend¬
ent. After that, mffny revivals
were held at the church. We
have no records of these meetings.
Brother Witcher came to preach
the first sermon and a Methodist
Sunday School was organized with
Mr. George Street as superintend¬
ent. After that, many revivals
were held at the church. We have
no records of these meetings.
Many Methodist preachers, from
the Etna Circuit at Whiteside,
Tenn., preached at this church.
Some of these men, who were
willing to go all the way for God
to spread the Gospel, were: Bro.
Gilland, Bro. Threadgill, Bro. Mc¬
Allister, Bro. Lonnie True, Bro.
Harris, Bro. Kite, Bro. Hall, Bro.
Josiah Hatfield, Bro. Ed Lewis,
Bro. Evans and Bro. Cannon.
About this time the church
began to be served by the Wau-
hatchie Charge. Brother J. Wood¬
ford Stone was possibly the first
minister to come from this charge.
Then came Brother Tomlinson and
Brother Bethea. For a few’ years
the church w r as closed and the
members w’ent across the ridge to
Morganville to church and Sunday
School.
In 1931 the church and Sunday
School were organized and in
1933, Brother John E. Merrill held
a revival in which there were 33
converts and 33 new members of
the Methodist Church. These* new’
members gave added strength and
have helped it to continue through
the years.
Following Brother Merrill was
Brother Quirk. During Brother
Quirk’s pastorate a new commun¬
ity church and funeral building
was built. This was completed
about December 20, 1938 and the
Methodist. Church and Sunday
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XaH DADU TIMES, COUXTi ft£SIWI, OEOBQIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 , 19 K
Four Local Scouts
Receive Awards
Four boy scouts of Troop 143
received awards at the Court of
Honor held this past Tuesday
night at the Dade High auditor¬
ium. Charles Page received his
2nd class scout pin and Carl
Wheeler received a merit badge in
home repairs. The other two
awards were received by Douglas
Wheeler and Sherman Moore, Jr.
Douglas received his Star Scout
pin, which was pinned on by his
mother, Mrs. Earl Wheeler. Sher¬
man was awarded a Life Pin,
which is one step higher than
Star and this was pinned on him
by his mother, Mrs. Sherman
Moore. He needs only 6 more
merit badges to become Eagle
Scout » tbe highest award and rank
in scouting.
All boys 11 years old or older
can now register for ( the year
i 1957 by seein £ James Goodwin,
01 German Moore or by attend-
ing the scout meetings on Mon
day nights. They must have
their parents with them to join.
Hooker and Slygo) were made into
the Morganville Circuit with Rev
Charles Holmes, Jr., as pastor and
Joe Doyle is superintendent of
Sunday Schools.
(Editor’s Note — The above
article was given by Mr. Joe
Doyle, chairman of the histori¬
cal committee, at the ground
breaking services, on November
11, 1956, for their new T church
on land donated by Mr. Martin
Patterson.)
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were moved into the new
called the Bethlehem
The next pastor was
Lawrence Lancaster, who
followed by Brother Ray
Our church then began to be
by the Wildwood circuit
who served until last
These pastors were: Bros.
T. Newby, E^l Steffner,
E. Merrill, John B. Evans,
Smith, Maurice Phillips,
K. Ward and Gene Kirk.
At the Holston Conference, in
1950, the Wildwood Church
made a station church and the
three churches (Morganville,
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LARGE SELECTION OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES
COTTON VOTE SET FOR
DECEMBER 11
Cotton growers have an impor¬
tant decision to make on Tuesday,
December 11, Mr. Grady McKaig,
chairman of the Dade County
Agricultural Stabilization and
Jonservation Committee, reminds
farmers.
On that day, growers will vote
in a referendum to decide whether
marketing quotas will be in effect
for their 1957 upland cotton crop.
All farmers who engaged in the
production of upland cotton in
1956 will be eligible to vot$ in the
referendum.
“If at least two-thirds of the
voting approve the
Mr. McKaig explains,
“marketing quotas will be in ef¬
on all farms growing upland
otton in 1957, penalties will ap¬
on ‘excess’ cotton, and price
iupports to these giow r ers w’ho
with their cotton acreage
will be available at the
cull level of effective supports.
Under current legislation, this
r
support will be between 75 and 90
percent of parity, the minimum
level within this range depending
upon the supply situation at the
time the determination is made.
“If more than one-third of the
growers disapprove quotas, there
vill be no marketing quotas or
penalties, but price supports to
eligibfe growers (who comply with
their allotments) will be available
at 50 percent of parity.
“In either case, acreage allot¬
ments will continue in effect for
the 1957 cotton crop as a means
of determining eligibility for
price support.”
The chairman pointed out that
the secretary of agriculture is di¬
rected to proclaim ma keting
quotas for the next upland cotton
crop when the cotton supply ex¬
ceeds normal. Quotas are not
put into operation, however, un¬
less they are approved by at least
two-thirds of the growers voting
in a referendum on the quo to'.
