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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS ANDCHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY. ,
Volume 29T
To The Patriotic People
of Wheeler County.
I have been asked to head a
drive in Wheeler county for the
collection of Scrap Aluminum to
be used in National Defense
work. To help in this patriotic
work I have asked Mesdemes W.
E. Currie and M. G. Hartley, of
Alamo, and Mrs. Harvey Kent of
Glenwood, with others to be
named later, to assist in the
drive.
July 24 to 29 has been desig
nated as “Aluminum Campaign
Week’’ and we ask you to help
in gathering up all scrap alumi
num in whatever material it may
have been.
You mry take same to Peebles
Drug Store, Alamo and Glens
wood Drug Company, Glenwood
for storage until called for by
proper officials.
This is a time when all should
do their bit to aid in National
Defense and in a full and coms
plete preparedness program for
our nation.
Asaing of yau your full coope*
ration in this work, I am,
J. D, PEEBLES,
Chm. Wheeler Co. Com,
MISS ELEANOR JOlNOit
WEDS CLADY COX.
\lis-» Eleanor Jainor became
t le bride of Clady Cox, at a cere
mony solemnized at the home of
the bride’s sister, Mrs. T. A.
Morrison, Saturday morning,
July the 19th, The Reverand
Thomas E. Moye, pastor of the
'Baptist church officiated in the
presence of a few close friends
and relatives.
The bride and bridegroom
entered together. She was dress
ed in pink marquisette with light
blue accessories. Her flowers
were sweetheart roses and snap
dragons.
Mrs.‘ Cox is the youngest
daughter of Mrs. Wilson 8, Join
er and the late Mr. Joiner. She
completed her high school educa
tion at the Glenwood High school
Since her graduation she has
been employed in the County
School Superintendent’s office in
Alamo.
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The bridegroom is the son of
M । s. George L Cox and the late
Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox is connected
wi h the Woco-Pep Oil Company
lip> e.
Immediately after the wedding
the young couple left for a short
wedding trip to Savannah Beach.
Uoon their return they will re
side with the bridegroom’s moth
re in Alamo.
US PEOPLE
By G. C. Barnhill
Salvation has come at last, for
the farmers. One of these real
smart follows over in Alabama,
has invented one of those war
gons called the flame thrower to
burn the grass out of cotton. All
the hoeing is over, if you have
o ie of these fire machines you
cm have time to go fishing, cut
up stove wood, love the baby and
th * like. You charge it up with
some kind of fire, hook it behind
a tractor, pull the trigger, and as
it goes along, will burn the grass
and not hurt the cotton. We will
build a monument for this guy
someday.. Will not he half so
h>rd for one of these farmer
I oya to get his girl to say, yes<
siuce the flame thrower has been
invented.
ALBERT ATCHINSON,
VETERANJS BURIED
Albert B. Atchinson,4B, World
War veteran, died at his home in
Glenwood on Wednesday night
of last week. For the past fifteen
years he had made his home in
Glenwood, moving there with his
family from Tennille. Funeral
services were held from, the
Glenwood Methodist church on
Friday, conducted by Rev. G. F.
Irwin, pastor of the Methodist
church.
Mr. Atchtnson was single and
had been making Glenwood his
home for the past 15 years. He
was the son of the late H. D,
Atchinson, of Sparta, and Mrs.
Nettie Smith Atchinson, of Har
rison, who survives him.
He was a member of the
American Legion. He was dis
abled during the war by an injury
which left him an invalid. He
was formerly active in church
and civic work.
Besides his mother he is sur
vived by three sisters, Mrs.
Minnie Morrison, of Rochelle;
Mrs. Clara Thigpen, of Glenwood;
Mrs. Lucile Pope, of Jackson
ville, Florida; two brothers, R.
L. Atchinson, of Glenwood, and
W. A. Atchinson, of Darien.
Pallbearers: J. J. McDaniel,
W. R. Browning, Hardwick
Sherling, Joe B, Mercer, Ray
mond McLaughlin and J. J.
Selph.
Murchison Funeral Home, of
Vidalia, in charge of funeral.
Farmer Killed When
Saw Jumps Frame
Mcßae, July 22—Autry Dover,
26year-old farmer, was killed
Monday when a motor driven
saw with which he was cutting
stovewood jumped out of its
frame and struck his throat.
Elmer Crosby Visits Old
Home, After 21 Years
Sargent Elmer L. Crosby, a
former residentof Alamo, joining
the army here 21 years ago,
passed through Alamo Tuesday.
He was called to Jacksonville,
Florida, on account of the death
of his father, H. V. Crosby, who
with his family resided here
about fifteen years ago. He was
visitingin Georgia and came Iy
Alamo to meet some of his former
acquaintances He is stationed
at Pine Camp, New York, where
he is master sargent. This is a
new armored division.
The Idle Town
There are fine folks in all com
munities, people who do their
best to be honest and kind and
render a service to the world. A
place where there is life enough
that a thrifty person can make a
living there, has many things to
admire. It has been ouiitup by
the industry and thought of
those who went before, and one
should honor their labors.
Schools, churches and
other organizations create d
background of intelligence, which
most persons share, and one
should be proud of the common
sense and judgment which is to
be found in any good American
town.
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25,1941
WES TO FILL
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Atlanta —President Albert M.
Gates of Brewton-Parker Insti
tute at Mt. Vernon was appointed
Thursday president of Georgia
Teachers College, Statesboro, to
succeed ousted Dr. Maryin S.
Pittman.
Dr. Pittman was removed by a
10 to 5 vote of the state board of
regents in a July 14 hearing in
which spokesmen for Governor
Eugene Talmadge charged he
advocated racial co-education.
Gates, who has been president
of the Baptist Junior College at
Mt. Vernon for 20 years, was
selected Pittman’s successor by
Governor Talmadge, Chairman
Sandy Beaver of the regents
board and Chancellor S. V. San
ford of the University System
of Georgia.
The newly appointed president
said he would assume his post at
GTC as soon as he wound up hi 8
affairs at BPI. He formerly was
superintendent of Twiggs county
schools.
PASTOR’S_PARAGRAPHS
By J. F. SNELL
The annual revival at Oak
Grove Methodist church will be
gin Sunday afternoon, at three
o’clock. The pastor,. Rev, J. F.
Snell, will do the preaching
during the week. Services being
held s at eleven o’clock in the
morning and 8:30 P. M. The
public is invited to all the
services.
Non-Resident Fishing
Licenses Are Reduced
Atlanta, July 21 —Georgia is
offiering “cut rate’’ fishing
licenses now to out of state ang
lers.
By executive order, non resi
dent licenses have been cut from
a straight $5.25 to $1.50 for 10
days, or $2.50 for 30 days. One
for the full season costs the
original price.
Wildlife Director Zack E*
Cravey said he believes the re
vision will mean more revenue to
the Division in the long run.
Anglers who are planning to
spend only a few days in Georgia
will be more willing to comply
with the new law atsl.soor $2.50
than at $5, he pointed out.
Georgians pay $1.25 for a
season license and because the
State considers soldiers stationed
in Georgia as “residents" they
too can purchase licenses at that
price regardless of their place of
residence.
“People who come to Georgia
to fish and hunt spend more
money and generally take less
fish and game than anyone else,
so we want to do everything we
can to encourage them to come
to Georgia,’’ Director Cravey
said.
A Jackson, Michigan, farmer
set fire to his 17-acres of wheat
just at harvesting time, trying
to be smart, or as a child would
say, “to show off' 1 , because he
didn’t want to cooperate with a
government that made it possible
for him to have wheat he has.
Butin place of being just smart,
he acted as a “smart elick’’ piti><
ful and silly, however, it was bis
wheat, and we suppose he could
do as he liked with it, but then it
d'dn’t help he, or the situation
to burn it.— Ex
The Glenwood live stock mark
et will reopen Friday, Aug. Ist.
MM LAGUARDIA
HEADS DEFENSE WB
The office for civilian Defense,
headed by Mayor LaGuardia,
has asked the WPA in Georgia
and in every other state
to make a complete list of all
local voluntary service organiza
tions in all county seats and in
all towns of more than 2500
population. As part of the Na
tional campaign to mobilizes the
entire country for civilian de
fense, each organization will be
asked to state the phases of des
sense activity in which it is en
gaged, is training for, or is
interested in.
In Georgia this inventory is
being undertaken by the Histori
cal Records Survey, assisted by
the entire Community Service
Division of WPA. Contactswill
be made with each local group
which is willing and able to
undertake some specific task in
civilian defense work, and work
ers will compile lists of such
service organizations from Boy
Scouts through Rotary Clubs to
Womens’ Clubs. A card file wil]
then be set up in Washington,
containing information on al)
these societies and stating what
each group is interested in doing
or has already begun to train
for. This file will be so arranged
that the Washington office can
determine who is able to u nder
take any specific task in any
community in tbe United States
simply by pressing a button to
make the appropriate file card
appear.
In Southeast Georgia Mrs.
Lucy B. Mclntire, District Di
rector of the Community Service
Division, will be in charge of
collecting the necessary infor
mation. It is planned to com plete
the survey in this districtas
rapidly as possible in order that
all cards may be filed in Wash
ington by the September first
deadline. It is therefore re
quested that all club and society
members supply the fullest in
formation possible to the inter
viewers sent out by W. P. A. If
other agencies desire to be in
cluded in this inventory, or if
we fad to reach your organiza
tion, please get in touch with
Mrs. Lucy B. Mclntire, District
Director, Community Service
Program, W. P. A„ at 110 East
President Street, Savannah,
Georgia, either by letter, tele
phone or telegraph. An inter
viewer will contact you upon
receipt of your request.
Mr. Hattaway’s 68th
Birthday
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hattaway
had as their dinner guests Sun*
day, the following: Rev. J. C,
Boatwright, of Wildwood, Fla.;
Mrs. Hoyt Winham, of St. PeU
ersburg, Florida; Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Franklin and children, of
Harrison; Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Jackson and children, Bartow;
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jackson and
children, Bartow; Mr. and Mrs,
J. F. Hattaway and children,
Alamo; Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Hat
taway and children, Alamo; Mr,
R. O. Hattaway and friend, of
Sandersville; Miss Sibyl Sterling,
Alamo. Also for the afternoon
were Mrs. T. A. Morrison,
Alamo, and Mrs. W. S. Joiner,
Stuckey.
The dinner was also enjoyed as
a birthday treat for Mr. T. A.
Hatta way, who was 68, and J.
W. Franklin and Betty Jean
Hattaway, whose birthdays are
22 and 23rd of July.
An American Tells Why He’s
Glad to Be An American
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR W. A. BRANNEN
Funeral services were held at
Snow Hill Baptist church Mon
day morning for Willie A. Bran
nen, 48, who died at his home in
tbe northern part of the county.
Rev. J. F. Snell assisting Rev.
Barrow pastor, of the Snow Hill
church officiated in the exercises
Interment was in the Snow Hil)
church cemetery.
Mr. Brannen came to Georgia
from Eastover, South Carolina,
some thirty years ago and has
residedin Toombs county most
of the time since coming to
Georgia, and just recently re
moved to Wheeler county and
moved on the rehabilitation farm
in the northern section of the
county.
He is survived by his wife and
four children: Robert Brannen,
Clara May, Annie May Brannen
and L. B. Brannen. One brother,
Albert Brannen, of Columbia,
South Carolina, and several
grand children.
The acting pallbearers were:
Robert Brannen, Auto Newsom.
Johnie and Nunon Barfield, Alton
Wright and Albert Brannen.
Currie Funeral Home, Alamo
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in charge.
Lightning’s Queer Trick.
Last Monday morning, during
a thunder storm, lightning
struck a tenant house on the
far mos J. T. Heath, in which a
nu mber of workmen gathered
out of the rain. A bolt of light
ning struck the building, ran
over part of building, splintered
several posts. Strange to say,
no one was hurt. After thesmoke
had cleared away, they all felt
dizzy, no doubt.
Food Canner Suffers
Burns in Explosion.
Glenwood—Mrs. Rosa Foskey
is recovering from painful burns
sustatined when a jar of of coin
she was preserving with pres
sure cooker exploding at the
home of a sister, Mrs. Thomas
Gibbs
Frying glass and particles of
hot food were thrown over Mrs.
Foskev. Mrs. Gibbs has canned
300 qearts of food since defense
program started.
In The Army
Thomas L. Dixon has been as
signed to the Medical Replace*
ment Training Center. His post
office address is Camp Lee, Va.
James M. Purvis has been as>
signed to the Medical Replace
ment Training Center. His post
office address is Camp Lee, Va,
The Negroes in the draft have
gone cheerfully when called, all
over the South, as they didin the
world war, and are developing
into good soldiers in the training
program. They are as patriotic
and. as loyal as any race, group
or sect. AU of us in the United
States are in the same boat, and
we will survive or parish to
getkier.
LOST—One hound gyp, white
with red spot on both ears and
red spot on hip. Finder please
return and receive reward.
J. 0. PERDUE, Alamo.
Sample Copy 5c Number 15
President Roosevelt read to
his press conference a letter
with an appealing human inter
est viewpoint, received recently
from an unnamed resident of
Missouri. The letter told the
writer’s pride in being an Amer
ican.
It read as follows:
“Dear President Roosevelt:
“I am a married man 28 years
old; a boy 3, a girl 1. Here’s how
I feel about being an American.
“My ancestors were Czecho
slovakians, my wife English; but
we’re Americans.
I look at my refrigerator, my
oil heater and my radio. I’m
an American.
“My children get cod liver oil,
nourishing food and a doctor's
watchful care. They’ll be glad
they’re Americans.
‘This morning I we n t to
church. Amongst my neighbors,
unaf raid and unmolested, I
thanked God for giving us Amer
ica.
I went home to my wife and
kiddies. My little boy, Douglas,
came running and said, ‘Hi, Pop,
you goinng take me to see the
ribber?’
And I said, sure Doug, I’ll
take you to see the river,’
And we’ll stand on the bridge
and see the cars, Pop.’
“Sure, Doug.’
Pop, see the sun, look, see"
Pop. It shine in the car window,
Nes, Doug, the sun’s shining
on all America.’
After our our walk we came
home and sat down to veal chops,
baked potatoes, fresh green
beans and corn on cob, I said
grace with tears in my eyes. I’m
so happy I’m American.
This afternoon we listened to
a radio broadcast of British
children, here in America, talk
ing io their parents in England,
and I was proud to be an Ameri
can,
"Tomorrow I’ll go to work. I
work in an electrotype foundry
and I Jove my job. I made it in
fact, from errand boy to produc
tion manager in two years. I bad
ideas and I told the boss about
them. He’s an American.
Tonight, before going to bed,
I told my wife, ‘Honey, I’m
gaing to buy a large flig and
hang it out the window Friday,
The President wants every cne
to pledge allegiance to a new and
united America. And, Honey,l’m
going to do my part, because I'd
rather be an American than
anything else on earth.”
Gadau-Smith
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Gadau, of
Alturas, Florida, announce the
engegement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Ah
vena Katherine, to Douglas L.
Smith. The wedding will take
place at the Alturas Methodist
church at 3 o’clock, August 3rd.
Miss Gadau is a native of Illi,
nois but in early childhood
moved to Alturas with her par,
ents, She graduated from Sum*
merlin Institute in Bartow in the
class of 1935. She attended the
Florida Southern College for two
years. The past four years she
has been employed as bookkeeper
for the Central Fruit Co., Inc.
Mr. Smith, son of Mr, and Mrs
A. P. Smith of near Alamo. He
is a graduate of the Alamo High
school. For the past two years
he has resided in Alturas, where
he is employed by Roy Perdue.
No invitations issued, but all
f riends invited to attend wedding
