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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.
Volume 29
Him Mtn ADD
TO ANEUmSY
A farm woman who makes
over an old dress, or turns out
the living room lamps when it
insn’t needed, learns thrifty buy
ing, practices, better use of
akimmed milk, better care of her
clothes line, her pleasure cooker
or her broom, is making a con
tribution to America’s Victory
Progrm.
And if hundreds of thousands
of farm women do such things,
they will not only release a vast
amount of material and power
needed in war production, but
will keep up their standard of
living in the future.
That's the theory behind the
Farm Security Administration's
enlarged Food for Freedom pro
gram for helping farm families
contribute to civilian defense,
according to Miss Olliff, FSA
home management supervisor
for Wheeler County.
“More than 100 Wheeler Coun
ty families who are FSA borrow
ers are alrendy economizing and
planning,” Miss Olliff said. “But
now, like all other families, they
must manage their homes under
war time conditions. Drastic
shortages in metal, kitchen »ten-
Sila, fats, oils and many other
every dAy commodities will hit
uisoon. Every housewife must
economize to the utmost during
the war, and FSA borrowers are
already^aetting an example which
cm be followed successfully and
profitably by other farm families
"All kinds of economical prac
tices vital to our war efforts can
be made by saving both food and
miterial. Clothing materal may
be saved by keeping clothes clean
and in good repair, and remodel
ing old garments. Using scraps
of material, homemade trim
mingsand buttons, savingthread
used in basting, and saving snaps
buckles from wornout garments
ate important.”
Group meetings are being held
over the county. Each group is
planning the subject for discus
sion and demonstrations they
wish to be given during the year
to help them with the Victory
Program. Several groups have
asked for demonstrations on
vegetable coockery, bread mak
ing, meat canning, sewing and
upholstery, more information on
nutrition. Yearly garden calen
ders are being worked o»r with
e ch family showing seed to be
planted or plants to be setduring
each month.
Many thrifty practices will be
discussed and demonstrations
given during this year. Our
families seem more interested
than ever in producing food,
saving it, and keeping fit to meet
Tire Ration Board
Reports on Issues
Statement of Certificates issued by local Rationing
Board for the purchase of tires and tubes during the
week ending April 1,1942.
Tires Tubes
Farm tractor type
E!zi F. Webster 2 2
Zenus Oliver Thomas 1
Turek Type—New
Lowell Lamar Clark 1
Oconee Naval Stores Co 2 2
James I. Palmer 2 2
Mark N. Rogers 2 2
Charlie M. Jordan 3 3
Mark H. Rogers 2
State Highway Department 1
Jesse W. Hearn 11
Local Rationing Board, Wheeler County.
Wh^br Cauttiy Eagb
TO GIVE CAREFUL
THOUGHT TO SKILL
Announcing the distribution
of occupational questionnaries
(Form 311) to men who registered
on February 16, Big. Gen. Sion B.
Hawkins, State Director of Sel
ective Service, urged that they
give careful thought to their
skill, experience and aptitude*
when filling out these forms so
that the best possible use of
their service may be made in the
Nation’s war effort.
The questionnarie, which is
being distributed to February 16
registrants by their local boards*
later will be sent to registrants
of the First and second Registra
tions and those future registra
tions, the director said. Its
purpose is an inventory of the
present employment activities of
registrants and of their skills or
abilities. It has no connect on
with, and is not to be confused
with the regular Selective Servic
Questionnaire (Form 40) which is
sent to all registrants to obtain
data on which Selective Service
classification is based, Director
Hawkins emphasized.
The data obtained through the
occupational questionnaire, the
Director said, will be forwarded
through state headqarters to the
National roster of scientific and
specialized Personnell and to the
United States Employment Ser
vice. It will be used by these
federal agencies, respectively, to
locate persons with certain pro
fessional and scientific qualifica
tions and those who have skills
or aptitudes in critical or essen
tial ocupations for the ultimate
purpose of achieving a more
complete and efficient utilization
of the Nation’s manpower in the
war production program.
SPECIAL NOTICE
A chicken truck will be at the
New City Market, in Alamo
every Thursday, from 10 a. m. to
2 p. m., beginning April the9tb,
The following prices will be paid:
Hens, 16 cents per pound
Fryers, 19 cents per pound
Roosters. 8 cents per pound
Ducks and geese, 10c per lb.
Eggs, 20c per doz , yard run.
energencies that may arise.
Also because of increased need
for work on the farm and in
civilian defense, efficient use of
time is today highly important,
Miss Olliff declared. She sug
gests that families should not
only plan for convenient arrange*
ment and labor saving devices in
the home, but should learn ad
ditional skill, where time per
mit).
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1942
Your Children's Teeth
•
By: Ann Dudley
Talk given at Alamo P.-T. A. meeting:
I decided to talk to you this afternoon for a
little bit about your children’s teeth. As most of
you perhaps have heard, beginning this last Janu
ary we started a Dental Clinic here in Wheeler
County. This clinic is for children from six to
fourteen years of age who are unable to go to see
a dentist and have their teeth properly cared for.
The teachers recommend to the nurse their pupils
who they think are absolutely unable to get this
work done, then the list must be approved by the
County Welfair Director, and the dentist in charge
of the clinic before the children aie given cards to
take home to their parents to sign. This must be
done or else the dentists in the State would not
agree to have these clinics at all —for if all the
children were allowed to come as we do in our im
munization clinics the dentists say that they would
not then be able to make a living.
It is primarily to mothers of the children who
have not been in to our clinic that I am especially
anxious to talk to this afternoon. You who financi
ally are able to have this done, but have just neg-,
lected to do so—should not postpone this import
ant matter any longer—and when you do take your
children to the dentist be sure to ask him to give
you a Dental Certificate which your child can
show his teacher —and then the teacher and I
know that everything has been done for your child
which your dentist thinks is necessary at this
time.
When we started checking the children's
teeth it was found that nearly every case the six
year molars were decayed—and although these
are permanent teeth and should be filled and saved
if possible—where the decay is so extensive that
nothing but a shell of a tooth remains—it becomes
necessary to pull them. This is most unfortunate
—as the loss of the six year molar—allows the
twelve year molar to tip forward and poor align
ment of other teeth might result. Baby teeth
which are allowed to remain in too long—push
the on-coming permanent teeth to one side and
poor maloclusion results. Decay as we all know
spreads—and where a small cavity is not serious
—a large one might mean the loss of a tooth. A
tooth that is abccssed likewise might infect the
teeth next to it—and not only that but might
poison the entire system.
These are only a few reasons why you should
take your children to the dentist regularly. The
old saying: "A Clean Tooth Never Decays” is only
partly true. Os course cleaniness is important—
and after I have seen so many dirty teeth—l wish
yea as parents would see to it that your children
are provided with tooth brushes—and that they
use them. Children know that they should have
tooth brushes and quite often if I ask in a class
room —for showing of hands of the children who
do have brushes —you will get all to say that they
do. But if I get Johnnie or Susie aside —give him
a mirrow and let him see for himself how dirty
his teeth are—then he will tell me the truth, he
doesn’t have a brush —or else he dosen’t use it. I
think it would be an interesting experiment if all
the children were asked to bring their brushes to
school for just one day to see the number of those
who would show up lacking.
Likewise our children do not get enough milk
—without enough calcium a child’s teeth will be
soft making it more easy for decay to gain head
way, and it takes a quart of milk a day to meet
the calcium need for a growing child. A quart of
milk costs only 10 or 12 cents, yet to hear some of
you mothers talk one would think milk a most
expensive luxary.
Os course milk is’ntall a child needs. He needs
a good, wholesome, well-balanced diet. We all
know that protein foods are the only one that
build and repair tissues. A growing child must
have lean meat, cheese, eggs and milk in his menu
and plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits, includ
ing citrus fruits and tomatoes, whole grain cereals,
and butter and cream.
If a child gets these basic things, yon need
not worry especially about vitamins. Just remem
ber that butter and cream are rich in vitamin A,
lean meats, whole grain cereals and milk in
vitamin B, citrus fruits and tomatoes in vitamin
C, and Cod Liver oil and sunshine in vitamin D.
Likewise some raw vegetable in every diet is im
portant, sueh as raw carrots, celery and bread
crusts to give our teeth exercise.
Salesmen Wanted
WHY WASTE TIME looking
for a job? Be independent. Sell
Rawltigh Products. Good nearby
route open. Write today*
Rawleigh’s, Dept. GAC 5-. D,
Memphis, Tenn. -
Go to Church Sunday
NO AGE-LIMIT
ON PATRIOTISM
There is an age limit for en
listees in the United States Navy,
but there is no such limitation on
patriotism. James G. Hillyer, of
Fort Valley, Georgia, recently
sent the following letter to the
Navy Recruiting Station, Post
Office Building, Macon, Georgia:
Gentlemen: I have noticed
your advertising for Cooks,
Bakers, Workers, etc. for shore
duty outside the Continental
United States. I offer myself as
a Cook. I was Cooks Mate and
Wardroom Steward in the Royal
Navy. I have also worked in
hotels, and have a diploma from
a Hotel Training School, and have
had 20 years of active experience
in buying and handling foods
and produce. I am in good health
except I have false teeth and am
slightly deaf. lam 67 years old.
I want to do my part.
Yours truly,
James G. Hillyer,
Fort Valley, Georgia.
Mr. Hillyer was commended
by the Navy Recruiter for his
patriotism and advised that he
would be notified if, at any ti me
the age limit might be raised.
PASTOR’S PARAGRAPHS
- 1 <
By J. F. Snell.
Sunday is Easter. The pastor
will preach Sunday as follows:
12:00 Noon Alamo
4:00 P. M. Browning Schoo]
House.
8:30 P. M. at Shiloh.
Every body is urged to turn
out for Easter.
The Young People’s Revival
will begin at Shiloh Sunday night,
April 12th, at 8:30 P. M. when
the pastor will preach. Rev. L. C
Fullerton will arrive in time for
the 3:30 P. M. service Monday
afternoon, April 13th. The servis
ces will will continue twice daily
closing Sunday, April 19th.
The Alamo Revival will begin
Sunday, April 19th at night when
the pastor will deliver the open
ing message. Rev. L. E. Pierce,
of Alma, will be present Monday,
April 20th and will preach twice
daily through Wednesday, April
29th. '
The Methodist people of
Wheeler County are invited to an
Easter Sun-Rise service at the
Alamo Baptist Church Sunday
morning, at 7:80 War Time. The
service will be brief but full and
it is hoped very helpful.
NOTICE
Effective April Ist, 1942, The
Mount Vernon Bank, at Mount
Vernon, Georgia, will be open for
business during the following
hours: *
Open 9:00 A. M. to 12:30 Noon;
1:30 P. M. to 3:00 P. M., War
Saving Time.
The Mount Vernon Bank
G.F.A. Peanuts
MAY BE SECURED
By Presenting AAA Certifi
cate at Office of
CARROLL & HATTA WAY
Alamo, Georgia
Sample Copy 5c Number 40
MRS. U DIHS
MEDTOKDAY
Mrs. Minnie Lou (Bracewell)
Davis, wife of the late G. W.
Davis, of this county, died at her
home on Tuesday, after an illness
that extended over three years.
She was a member of the Bethel
Baptist church. She had lived in
this county 28 years.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. J. D. Evans, of Glen*
wood; six step sons, M. E. Davis,
of Doran; J. W, Davis, Dublin;
A. B. Davis, Savannah; Oscar
Davis, Alamo; H. C. Davis, of
Sylvania; H. E. Davis, of San
Fransco, California; one step
daughter, Mrs. W. D. Smith, of
Brunswick; three brothers, H.
B. Bracewell, Glenwood; R. D.
Bracewell, Dublin, W. J. Brace*
well, Dublin, and Mrs. R. L.
Harden, and Mrs. Ashley Wynn,
of Dublin,
Funeral services were con
ducted from the Rock Springs
Church and interment was in the
church cemetery.
Murchiaon Funeral Home, of
Vidalia, in charge.
11 Men Left For The Army
The following young men have
been called to the colors, and left
Monday morning for Atlanta:
Robert Earnest Rivers, Jr.
Glenwood; William Astor Rogers
Alamo, Route 2; William Sammie'
Ennis, Glenwood; Marcus Addi*
son Bomar, Glenwood; Charlie
O’Neal, Mcßae, Route 1; James
Alton Day, Alamo; Thomas Eus
«ene Kelly, Stuckey;Edgar Riley
Elliott, Glenwood, Route 2; John
Henry Sammons, Alamo, Route 2;
Cecil William McDaniel, Glen-,
wood, and Henry Cecil Burris,
Alamo, Route 1.
Wilburn Neal Killed
At Grade Crossing
Glenwood Marsh 29—Wilburn
Neal, 53, father of D. C. Neal, of
near Glenwood, was fatally in*
jured Wednesday in Florida
when the automobile he was
driving collided with a train, the
son was advised. Services were
held in Bethel church near here.
Mr. Neal is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Sue E. Neal of
Glenwood; three brothers, J. H.
Neal of Lumber City, J. E. Neal
Macon; H. L. Neal of Glenwood;
four sisters, Mrs. Ocala Curl of
near Dublin; Mrs. Vera Mims of
Mcßae; Mrs. Troy Nelms and
Miss Lena Neal of near Glenwood.
There are live children of Mr.
Neal; D. C. Neal of near Glen*
wood; Mrs. Willie Windham of
near Dublin, Mrs. Shellie Nash
of Lumber City; and two sons of
Davenport, Florida, Harry and
Brooks.
FOR SALE—Three young
mares, work any where, for sale,
Also two 2 1-2 year old colts
cheap. Clyde Hinson, Alamo.
