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Volume 27
POULTRY CONTEST
WON BY CHATHAM,
CLARKE COUNTIES
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Clarke and Chatham county
4-H club teams have been named
winners of a state-wide poultry
demonstration contest, G. V.
Cunningham, state 4-H club
leader, announced from Athens
this week. Thirty teams from 25
Georgia counties took part in the
competition.
The Chatham county team of
boys was composed of Dan
Patterson and Bill McCreery,
while Martha Oldham and Cath
erine Vaughn comprised the
winning girls’ team from Clarke
county.
The four winners will be
awarded free trips to the Worlds
Poultry Congress and Exposition
in Cleveland, Ohio, July 28-Au
gust 7, where they will compete
in a national contest
“Culling and Selection of High
Egg Producers” was the subject
of the winning boys’ demonstra
tion. The two Clarke county girls
staged a demonstration on “Egg
Drinks”.
Other district winners in the
contest for boys include: Joe
Martin and Troy Bramlett, of
Cobb county; Clem Hoser and F.
D. Williamson, of Crisp county;
and Byron Wayne and Hugh
Westbrook, of Hall county.
District winners in the girls,
competition are: Syble Louder^
milk and Ethel Cowart, of Fannin
county; Ddna Hasty and Laura
Klarpp, of Quitman county; and
Estelle Pope and Carolyn Mor
rison, of Wheeler county.
The contest was sponsored by
the Georgia Agricultural Exten
sion Service, in cooperation with
the World’s Poultry Congress
State Youth Committee, of which
J. C. Hayes, of Atlanta, is
chairman.
Don’t Forget June 30
Atlanta. —Have you got your
1989-40 driver’s license yet?
Well don’t forget June 30 is the
last day for renewing your pres
ent one.
Some 100,000 drivers’ licenses
already have been mailed to
Georgia motorists. More than
700,000 application blanks have
been distributed in central lo
cations throughout the state,
They are available at one central
location in every community, at
service stations, enforcement
agency offices and at all state
patrol headquarters. Fee: $1 for
one year or $2 for two; twice the
previous cost.
Fishing Legal Again
Atlanta—The fishing season
has returned to Georgia. Closed
since April 15 for the spawning
season, Georgia’s streams and
lakes have been reopened.
Six bass, ten bream or the
aggregate of eight are the legal■
limit of catches. Licensee, which •
cost $1.25, are required by every ;
one participating.
Kicked By Horse
Many friends of Mr. H. R. Hill
Jr., are glad to see him out,
though getting about on crutch
es. Last Monday afternoon he
was kicked by a horse as the
hands gathered in the lot from
the field as rain drove them in
No bones were fractured, how
ever, but he bad a very narrow
eacape from serious injury.
WbMrr Jaunty Biyh
TEACHERS PRESENT
TENWOTION
Mr. M. D. Mobley, state direct
or of vocational education, re
turned this week from Wash
ington, D. C., after presenting
to the federal administration a
solution to the Southern tenant
problem proposed by Professor
H. B. Franklin, vocational agri
culture teacher in the Moultrie,
Georgia high school.
An amendment to the farm
tenant bill now in Congress was
proposed by Mr. Franklin and
Mr. Mobley in which vocational
agricultural students reaching
the age of 21, and having received
at least two years of training,
would be financed to the extent
of land, livestock and equipment.
Mr. Mobley stated that the
weakness of vocational agricul
teaching in the past has been
that in most instances well
trained students were forced to
return to tenant farms unde the
same old conditions.for want of
an opportunity to branch out
for themselves.
It has been learned on reliable
authority that the preposed
amendment has received the
support of the Georgia senators
and congressmen and has been
favorably received by the federal
administration.
Mr. Ralph L. Ramsey, director
of the Better Education for
Geo-gia movement and secretary
of the Georgia Education stated:
“In my opinion this contribution
of a Georgia teacher and the state
department of vocational educa
tion to the solution of a pressing
Georgia and Southern problem
is deserving of the highest praise
and is a source of pride to all the
state’s educalional forces.”
Wheeler Autoists
Thanked For Help
In Traffic Survey
Engineers of the Devision of
Highway Planning of the State
Highway Board this week are
completing Blanket Count opera
tions in Wheeler county, it was
announced today at the Atlanta
Headquarters by O, T. Ray,
state director.
“Cooperation of the Wheeler
county motorists was a great aid
to us in this work”, said Director
Ray. “They were uniformly con
siderate and helpful and seemed
to take real interest in the aims
and purposes of the Division.”
The Blanket Count survey,
which was launched in Wheeler
county on May 17 and is being
conducted a t intersections
throughout the state, will enable
the Division to arrive at an
annual daily traffic average for
everry road in this county, when
results are assembled and cor
related with other information
being gathered in the statewide
survey.
Miss Sara Martin
To Wed Mr. Segall
Mr. and and Mrs. W. R. Martin
of Bronwood, announce the en
gagement of their daughter,
Sarah, to Max Leon Segall, of
Glenwood, the marriage to be
solemnized in July.
The above announcement will
be read with interest. Mr. Segall
is one of the best known business
men of this section. The bride
elect is quite well known in
Glenwood, where She taught in
the public «chWl.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939
AMENDMENTS CARRIED
IN GEORGIA TUESDAY
Atlanta. —Slowly growing re
turns this afternoon indicated
possible ratification of the con
stitution amendments submitted
to Georgia voters in yesterday’s
general election.
At noon tabulations showed
more than 8,800 votes for the
proposed authorization of a costal
highway bond election in six
southeastern counties, to less
than 1,500 against. On the state
highway bonding certificates the
noon returns showed more than
5,500 approving and less than
1,000 against.
W. Glenn Thomas held an
approximately 5 to 1 lead over
three oppnents in the race for
solicitor general of Brunswick
superior court circuit.
There was an extremely light
vote yesterday all over the state
with two counties not even hold
ing an election, A majority of
the amendments voted on had
only local application.
Cedar Grove Students
On Tour to Capitol
The members of the graduat
ing class of Cedar Grove High
school left early Tuesday morn
ing on a trip to Washington, D.
C. They are making the trip in
one of the school busses and are
accompanied by Superintendent
of the School G. E. Currie, Alex
Woodard and his sister, both
teachers in the Cedar Grove
school.
The students who have just
received their high school diplo
mas and made this trip are: T.
H. Harden, Adrian Purvis,
Wallace Lamb, Grady White,
Alma White, Olin Clark, W. J.
White, Preston Owens, Grace
Taylor, Christine Parish, Curtis
Manning and Felton Ward.
Chicken Sale To Be
Held Tuesday Morning
County Agent LeeG. Whitaker
announces that a chicken sale
will be held in Alamo onTuesday
morning, June 15th, from Bto
12 o’clock. The Tennessee Egg
Company are the bidders.
The following prices will be
paid:
Colored hens 4 1-2 lbs. and up 13
Colored hens under 4 1-2 lbs. 11
Leghorn hens 09
Colored fryers 2 lbs and up 17
Colored fryers under 2 lbs and
Leghorn fryers.... 15
Stags 11
Roosters 08
Turkey hens 17
Turkey toms 14
Meeting at Union School
Next Thursday Night
The Wheeler County Social
and Political Forum will hold its
first meeting at Union School
Auditorium next Thursday night
at 8 o’clock. Everybody is invited
to attend this meeting and par
ticipate in any and all discussions
so load up on your own hobby
and be able to present it at this
meeting. Other meetings will be
held throughout the county each
two weeks. The Forum is a
permanent organization for the
county.
Miss Mattie Sue Hertz receives
guest ticket to the Princess
Theatre Mcßae With clipping of
Eagle.
SOFT. S. VI. SIMS
«lE™ TUES.
At the regular meeting ol th e
Wheeler County Board of Educa
tion on Tuesday of this week,
among other business attended
to, other than usual, was the
election of the Superintendent
for the Wheeler County High
school. Prof. R. W. Stephens,
■ present superintendent was
unanimously re-elected by the
board.
Other teachers of our school
have already been elected con
sisting of very few changes made
in the faculty of 1938-39.
We are sure that the people as
a whole are proud that the
board’s action in the above matter
was carried out in the manner
in which it was, as our school
has for the past year progressed
nicely, including the agricultural
department of the school. On
reports coming from people
served by Mr. Nicholson, our
agriculture teacher here are
that he is doing nice work and
all are cooperating with him,
which is necessary for the most
to be accomplished.
We feel that our next school
year will beeven greater than
the past insso far as efficiency is
concerned as our faculty will be
more acquainted with the people.
May we all co-operate and do
our part in making the coming
year a great success.
WORLDWARVETS
MEET IN ATLANTA
ON JUNE2OTH
World War Veterans from ev
ery county and hamlet in Georgia
will converge in Atlanta on June
20 for one of the greatest Amer
ican Legion Conventions ever held,
a session that will be crowded ev
ery minute with business and va
rious forms of entertainment for
the period of three days that the
Legionnaires, the Auxiliary, 40
and 8 and the Sons of the Legion
are to be in convention.
The Convention committee,
which is composed of members of
the twelve posts of the Legion in
the fifth district announce that
plans are rapidly being developed
to furnish the visiting veterans
and their families with entertain
ment both interesting, education
al and amusing.
Tuesday, June 20, will see the
opening of the convention with
registration occupying the morn
ing hours; at 2 o’clock in the af
afternoon a mammoth parade will
be staged with the various posts
of the Legion, units of the Aux
iliary, Squadrons of the Sons of the
Legion in the line of march. The
parade will be led by the 40 and 8
honor society of the Legion, and
will have in its line the famed
Drum and Bugle Corps of Atlan
ta Post No. 1, the Georgia State
Girls (Military Band led by Liet.
Col. H. A. Taylor, Aide de Camp
of the Governor’s staff and other
military bands and drum and
bugle corps.
The opening session of the con
vention will be held at the City
Auditorium beginning with the
singing of old-time war songs at
7:30 p. m.; Memorial Service at
8:00 p. m.; and opening of the bus
iness session at 8:30 o’clock. The
first day’s entertainment will be
climaxed with a dance, honoring
the 40 and 8, this dance to be held
on the roof of the Ansley Hotel
from 10:30 p. m., until 2.00 a. m.
On Wednesday morning, the sec
ond business session will be held
in the Civic Room of the Ansley
Hotel. At 1:00 p. m., the dele
gates and visitors will be enter
tained with a barbecue with all the
trimmings at Lakewood Park with
a band concert by the Girls Mili
tary Band; from 4 to 6 p. m., the
Drum and Bugle Corps competition
is to be held at Georgia Tech’s
famed Rose Bowl.
One of the highlights of the con
vention will be hold Wednesday
night at the City AutHlCTltim
Miss Long To Wed
J. P. Morrison Jr.
Interest is centered in the
by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Pierson
Long, of Bartow and Atlanta, of
the engagement of their only
daughter, Margaret, to James
E J atrick Morrison, Jr, of Glen
wood.
The bride-elect attended Mid
ville High School and Andrew
College, later graduating with
an A. B. degree at Wesleyan
College. She was a member of
Delta Psi Omega, nation >1 honor
ary dramatic fraternity. She has
one brother, Ernest P. Long, Jr.
who is a student at the University
of Georgia.
Miss Long’s mother is the
former Lily Bedingfield, daugh
ter of the George Madison Bed
ingfield and Frances Bell Bed
ingfield, of Bartow. Her paterna]
grandparents were the Join.’
Berry Long, and Martha Eliza
beth Minton Long, formerly of
Hancock County.
The bride elect’s father is now
chief food and feed director of
the state of Georgia.
The bridegroom-elect is the
only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Morrison, of Glenwood. His mot
her is the former Clara Fennelle,
daughter of Amos Fennelle and
the lath Sally Braswell Fennelle.
His paternal grandparents were
the late Alexander Morrison and
Annie Galbriath Morrison, both
members of pioneer families of
Wheeler County.
He has three sisters, Thelma,
Reba and Alma Lee Morrison all
of Glenwood.
Mr. Morrison was graduated
from Glenwood High School and
has for several years been con
nected with D. H. Durden in the
mercantile business in Glenwood
—Atlanta Journal.
Mr, A. P. Holton, former
manager for Sim's Store in
Cochran, has gone to Macon to
arrange connections with the
National Life Insurance Compan.
His family will follow later,
friends regret to Jose them to
another town. They have been
splendid additions to the town in
many ways, and their places will
be hard to fill. Mr. Felton
Holmes, of Alamo, arrived in the
city last Sunday to succeed Mr-
Holton here. A corrdial welcome
is extended him—-The Cochran
Journal.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Bill Crawford and his play
boys will again make a personal
appearance at the Metro Theatre
in Mt. Vernon this Saturday,
June 10. Come, good music, good
pictures. Give the boys a glad
hand.
—The Management.
ginning at 9 o’clock, when the
colors of the various posts of the
state, other patriotic and military
organizations will be massed in col
orful exercises, this to be followed
by a Grand State Military Ball.
Thursday will see the final bus
iness session which will feature the
election of officers and selection of
the 1940 convention city.
Many other forms of entertain
ment have been made including a
visit to the Cyclorama at’ Grant
Park, tours to Stone Mounain, a
conducted tour through the vast
Ford Motor Company plant; free
picture shows for the Sons of the
Legion; a tea at the Governor’s
mansion for the Legion Auxiliary;
swimming party at Piedmont Park
and lots of opportunities for the
veterans to get together and again
fight the battles of the World
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MISS SNOW If IIS
m puns
June 24, the last Saturday in
the brides’ month, has been se
lected by Miss Mary Virginia
Snow and Thomas Jennings
Seigler, Jr., fortheir marriage,
which will be solemnized at 5:50
p. m., at the Druid Hills Metho
dist Church, Atlanta.
Rev. Eugene C. Few will read
the vows. A recption will be held
at the home of the bride-elect.
The bride-elect has chosen
two matrons of honor, Mesdames
Nicholas Mitchell, of Winston-
Salem, N. C., and Hilton Boris
Dickerson, of Washington, who
was before her marriage Miss
Margaret Cheshire, of Atlanta.
The bridesmaids include Miss
Annie Laurie Seigler, of Savan
nah, sister of the bridegroom
elect; Misses Ruth Flurry, Haris
ette Sta Ue and Mary Faver.
Ihere will be two flower girls ;
Miss Mary Elizab Thrash and
Miss Jeanne Seigler, of Savan
nah, sister of the bridegroom
elect.
Mr. Seigler’s brother, Frank
Seigler, will be best man and
the groomsmen include Robert
Seigler, of Savannah, another
brother; Jack Rountree, of East
man; Brantley Sikes, of Alamo;
Edward Dußose, of Savannah,
and Jack Judge.
Additional parties for the
bride elect include a tea to be
given by Miss Margaret Mc-
Quorter at the Fisher Garden on
June 7, The couple will share
honors at an informal evening
party June 6, at which Mrs. J.
H. Lucas will entertain at her
home on Lanier Boulevard.
Ochers who will entertain in
clude Mesdames T. J. Cheshire,
R. P. Black and Miss Jean Hicks,
the dates to be announced later.
Miss Snow was delightfully
complimented during the week
end at two parties.
The first was dessert bridge
party given Friday evening by
Mrs. Clark Myers at home on
Highland Drive. Mr. Seigler
shared honors with his fiancee.
Guests included twelve close
friends of the betrothed couple.
The home was attractively deco
rated with arrangements ot
pastel garden flowers, including
larkspur and sweetpeas.
Mrs. G. P. Symmers was hos
tess at an informal bridal party
for Miss Snow on Saturday.
The affair was held at the home
of the hostess on Glenwood
Drive and assembled a small
group of friends of the honoree.
Pink and lavender flowers
were used throughout the home
—Atlanta Journal.
Talmadge Wants
Grass Roots Man
For U. S. Leader
ATLANTA, June 6.—New Deal
critic Eugene Talmadge today of
fered this formula for the next
president of the United States:
“One who has had to get up on
a. cold floor at four o’clock in the
morning, without steam heat, elec
tric lights, but must make a fire
out of wood and then go out and
milk cows and feed the stock and
work until 9 o’clock that night.”
Miss Elise Montfort receives
guest ticket to Metro Theater
Mt. Vernon with this clipping of
the Eagle.
Bob Braswell receives a
guest ticket to the Metro, Mt.
Vernon with this clipping of the
Eagle
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