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DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.*
Volume 29
■ W BE
WAS ASIC SUCCESS
Hon. Albert Cobb, of Savannah,
candidate for Congress from the
First District, addressed the
Wheeler county voters Saturday
a, 3:30 o'clock. There were two
Cobb rallies, one at Alamo at3:3o
and one at Glenwood at 5:00 P,
M.
Mr. Cobb had a large number
of voters and citizens to hear him
at both places. His messages
were well received, and greatly
impressed the voters of his claim
to their suppert.
At Alamo Col. W. O. Purser
introduced Mr. Cobb, Here he
discussed the record of his op
ponent, Mr. Hugh Peterson, and
told the voters how he expected
to vote and act if he is sent to
Congress. He promised real
loyalty to the President and his
force in winning the war.
Mr. Cobb made a line impres
sion, and won many friends and
voters while in Wheiler county,
who predict he will carry the
county.
District P.-T. A. Met
Last Friday in Dublin
The Sixth District Executive
committee of the Georgia Cong
ress of Parents and Teachers
met in Dublin.
The Sixth District Division of
P. T. A. Executive committee
m t in Dublin last Friday, at the
h >ine of Mrs. Vivian Register,
with Mrs. W. H. Kent district
director presiding.
The meeting was called to
order by Mrs. Kent and Mr. Joe
Eubank lead in prayer. A busi
ness session was held and Mrs.
Cleon Brown, of Alamo, was
elected as Sect.-Treas. for the
Sixth district due totheresiz.
nation of Mrs. Mary Clark.
The registration es children
was discussed and plan of work
for the oistrict was adopted.
Several chairmen for different
capacities were filled. After the
business session, delicious re
freshments were served by the
hostesses, small daughters and
little niece.
Those attending from Wheeler
county were: Mr. Joe Eubanks,
Mesdames W. J. Ryals, Cleon
Brown and Mrs. W. H. Kent.
CLEAN-UP NEEDED
IN ALAMO BADLY
The growth of weeds and grass
o i our streets, side v alks, allies,
Vacant lots, etc , are so rank
that it calls for a general clean
up.
The Eagle wishes to call the
city father’s attention to this
need. Every citizen should join
in and help for a general clean
up about town in the next week.
Last year the city had the side
walks, streets and allies and
many of the vacant lots kept
clean. The weeds were cut often.
This year a few of the allies and
side walks had one or two cut
tings. They have been left to
gro w until you can hardly walk
many of the side walks, and the
allies are a sight to behold.
Even for sanitary reasons there
ought to be a general clean up
to say nothing of the effects it
would have on the beauty of the
own. So we call on the citizens
to take a hand. Clean up these
vacant lot-*, and other places
needed so badly about town and
lets mage our town look like
*'white folks” lived here.
Whaler Gnuntu Eaglr
WHEELER SINGING
• CONVENTION HERE
' THE FIFTH SUNDAY
The Wheeler County Singing
Convention will hold an all-day
J session at Alamo on the Fifth
Sunday, (August 30th).
The Town of Alamo and the
surrounding county have been
very nice the in way of furnish*
ing lunch for the visitors and
we are sure they are ready to
help again.
We are expecting some 40 to CO
visitors and if you can or will
help to entertain one or metre,
see Mrs. Talmadge Morrison, at
the R. E. A. office; Mrs. W. E
Currie, or Emory Fivash stating
how many you will provide for
either at your home or otherwise
We are expecting the Augusta
quartet, Ross quartet and the
Fitzgerald quartet, and many
other singeis from this and ad
joining counties This will be
the time to elect officers.
W. E. Currie, President
P. J. Towns, Secy.-Treas.
LITTLE ROCK CAMP
MEETING TO BEGIN
The thirty-eighth . nnual ses
sion of the Littl R ch Hoiin is
camp meeting convenes Septem
ber 13.
The services will be conducted
by Rev. Eugene Freeland a
leading Evangelise, as-i t^d by
Rev. J. B. Lastinger, of Jesup.
Singing will be in charge of Rev.
J. A. Cowart, a fi t d by ocal
talent.
Services will he held al 6:80
and 11:30 A. M., 7 0 and 8:15
P. M.
Hon e Comijig Day will be
observed the First Sunday,
(September 6). Memoi ial S rvice, 1
September 13. 1
All are invited. Come prepared
for self-sustainment • 1
flfiST INSURANCE ON
COTION BEEN MME
B. E Conger, near Tifton, wib
be the first cotton grower east of
the Mississippi river to receive
an ii demnity payment for a loss
under the cotton crop insurarc’
program introduced this year,
A. M.Thornton, of Athens, State.
Cotton Crip Insurance super
visor revealed this week.
Conger will officially receive
his indemnity certificate in a
brief interview ceremony was
broadcast over Station WSB in
Atlanta at 6:30 o’clock Wednes
day morning, August 19. The in
terview was a feature of WSB’s
Dixie Farm Hour.
Indemnity payments toother
growers will be made as rapidly
as they can be certified, Thornton
' said.
Conger’s cotton, insured for
75 per cent of his normal yield,
was destroyed by hail in May,
just as it attained a stand.
“Hail”, said Thornton, “is of
course only one of the many
hazards against which cotton
crop insurance will protect a
' grower. Even warrelated damage
’ has been added to the longlist!
! of natural and unavoidable i
1 hazards, which includes flood,
1 frost, drouth, wind, fire, hail, i
1 winter kill, plant diseases, and
weevil or other insect damage.”
' In Georgia, 25,241 cotton farm -
are inrured this year.
ALAMO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1942
UNPRECEDENTED RECORD
f BY F. S. ADMINISTRATION
Pointing to any records showing
{ tkat hundreds of thousands of men
j are unfit for military service be
j cause of physical and educational
handicaps, Mr. Robert E. Miller,
Farm Security Administration
' supervisor in Wheeler county, said
1 the war has brough now proof of
■ the need of programs for improve
ment in staMdards of rural living
। and outlook.
“In this county as elsewhere in
the South,” said Mr. Miller, “the war
has given FSA opportunity to prove
the point of its efforts to overcome
the effects of low income, poor
diets and neglect of schoQling.
“In seven years service to low
income farm families, the Farm
Security Administration has empha- 4
sized better diets in every farm and
home plan. Farm and Home Man
agement Supervisors have taught
low income families to raise their
food on the farm—plenty of meat,
vegetables, fruits, milk, dairy pro
ducts, poultry, and, more recently,
wheat and flour. This emphasis
will be increased.”
Under impact of the program,
said Mr. Miller, value of home use
production among these families in
Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, 1
and Alabama has increased from !
$129 to $314 each, or 142 percent;
since they first came on the Farm
Security program. The average •
Farm Security family increased
canning of fruits, vegetables and
meats for home use from 72 quarts ।
in Alabama before coming on the
program to 279; in Florida, 66.
quarts to 185; Geongia 75 to 236;
South Carolina 49 to 211.
In Farm Security’s medical care
program, created to enable low-in
conre farm families obtain adequate
Mr. and Mrs. Tuten
Silver Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. R E. Tuten 1
celebrated their silver wedding
anniversary at their home a few
miles west of town on the Mcßae
and Alamo highway, from four in
the afternoon until nine at night.
Many of their .friends called to
extend congratulations and enjoy
the fellowship. The Eigle joins
the many friends of this popular
couple in extending the best ol
wishes for many more wedding
anniversaries and hope that each
will be happier than the one ,
proceeding it.
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CONGRESSMAN PETERSON VOTED |
|> AGAINST: i;
;i THE DEFESE OF AMERICA, ji
|i BRITAIN, CHINA AND RUSSIA I;
When he voted for the Motion of the Republican,
]! HAM FISH, of New York, t* KILL OUR
ARSENAL DEMOCRACY—LEND-LEASE (See
Official Congressional Record, February 8, 1941,
’! Page 849) j; '
And Remember, when Your Congressman voted ]>
for Fish’s Motion to HELP HITLER, instead of ! ( *
AMERICA, it was the same Fish who issued a ] f <
statement from Berlin that‘‘HITLER’S CLAIMS 1
j[ ARE JUST’’(See Life Magazine, August 10,1942, ]’ 1
! • Page 28) ; 1
i; --vote- i: ■
ji ALBERT COBB
I And Let’s Get on With and Win This ;!
WAR! j
Democratic Primary, Sept. 9, 1942 1
HEAR: ALBERT COBB and EUGENE
TORRENCE SPEAK Over WTOC Next Monday,
August 24, From 12:30 to 12:55 P. M.
■ jnedical care at an economical yearly
fate, 165,808 individuals are being
Served. In 180 of the counties of
the four states for as little as sl2
per farmer and his wife, and one
dollar for each child, 32,653 families
obtain complete medical care, limited
hospitalization and ordinary drugs.
In Wheeler County, 535 individu
als are being served by the Medical
Association, and the average family
fee is sls.
Home Management supervisors,
acting to off-set the wartime shortage
of doctors and nurses in rural areas,
tire organizing home nursing courses
among farm housewives, and stress
isg hygiene, health, ami prevention
of illness. Both farm and home su
-1 pervisors cooperate with all public
health programs, keeping borrowers
and their families informed about
clinics conducted by state health de
partments, immunization services
and other public health work.
In the effort to improve educa
, tional standards, supervisors first
seek oat the reasons for lack of
education. In promoting school at
tendance they have found indiffer
ence because of a family habit, poor
health, lack of clothing, lack of
। food for lunches, lack of school sup
; plies, lack of funds to pay school
fetes, and similar reasons.
Another large consideration in
maintaining school attendance is the
improved tenure arrangements ef
fected under the Farm Security ten
ure improvement program. In many
familis the sehool lunch has played
an important part in school attend
ance. Farm Security supervisors
urge mothers to can 30 quarts for
each child for participation in the
school lunch program.
HEAR
ELLIS ARNALL
GEORGIA’S NEXT
GOVERNOR
WSB
Saturday Night
9:30
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Rivers and
Mrs. Maggießiversof Glenwood,
visited Mrs. L. M. Pope one day
last week.
SCHOOLS
ON MBI LIST
The highschools it Alamo,
Glenwood and Shiloh have beet)
retained on the list of accredited
four-year hish schools by the
Georgia High School Accrediting'
Commission. Schools are iot
reported in Group 1 annGroip
11 as in the past. The high schcol
department of the Union Scbtol
is retained on the list of appmd
two-year high schools. 'llie ele
mentary departments of Alan o,
Glenwood, Shiloh and Union aie
in Group 1 of the stand irdized
elementary schools, according to
an announcement made this week
by w. E. Patlord, Secretary-
Inspector Georgia High Sch'.ol
acq-sditing commission.
Gasoline Kationig
The following questions and an
swers are based on queries on gaso
line rationing that have come to the
Office of Price Administration since
the coupon plan went, into effect
July 22:
1. Q. Is it illegal for a service
station attendant to serve gasoline
to a car not displaying a sticker?
A. Yes. Rationing regulations
specifically require that gasoline may
be delivered to a vehicle only when
a proper sticker is conspicuously dis
played on the car. This sticker must
designate the highest ranking ration
ing book issued for that car.
2. Q. I have been issued two
ration books—an A book and a B
book. Is it necessary to display
stickers for both books?
A. No. Only the sticker for the
highest class of book—in this case
the B—is necessary.
3. Q. What if I run out of gaso
line on the road?
A. Gasoline dealers are authoriz
ed to serve you gasoline in a con
tainer to meet such an emergency.
You must first present your ration
book, which the dealer will keep
while you take the container of gas
oline to your car. When you drive
back to his station he will remove
the proper coupons and return the
ration book to you.
4. Q. What if I lose my ration
book ?
A. You may obtain another book
by applying to your local War Price
and Rationing Board. The Board
will require a statement containing
a complete description of the lost
book including the number and type
of unused coupons, a description of
the car or equipment for which it
was issued and a description of how
you lost the book.
5. Q. Is it! too late to apply for
a supplemental ration?
A. No. Local Boards will re
ceive these applications at any time.
Application forms are available at
board offices.
6. Q. When my wife drives my
car, can she buy gasoline for it?
A. Yes. ’ Anyone carrying the
ration book issued for the car may
use the book for gasoline purchases
for that car.
7. Q. Is a borrower restricted in
any way in using the rations issued
to a borrowed car?
A. He may use the car for any
purpose to the extent of the car’s
basic ration, but any supplemental
ration must b» used for a purpose
for which such a ration was issued
the car.
8. Q. Is there a restriction up
on the use of gasoline brought into
the rationed area in the fuel tank of
motor vehicle,
A. No.
9. Q. Can a person buying an
automobile, boat or other equipment
requiring gasoline, use the gasoline
remaining in the fuel tank at the
time of sale?
A. Yes.
10. Q. If I lease an automobile
er boat from a rental agency, may I
use gasoline which has been acquired
for that vehicle or boat by the les
sor?
A. Yes, if you are leasing the
car or boat for a week or less. If
you are leasing it for a longer pe
riod you are expected to apply to a
local War Price and Ration Board
for a ration in your own behalf.
Sample Copy 5c Number 7
HUGH PIIMN
OEMONMY
, Hon. Hugh Peterson, of Ailey,
Congressman from this district
in Washington, was in Alamo tn
a visit Monday. Mr. Petei son
has many friends in Alamo and
Wheeler County who weie glad
glad to see and shake hands with
him. He has many loyal friem s
in the county who areworki g
hard for his re-election, and Gel
he will easily carry it.
Mr. Peterson is well known in
this county, being a member of
the famous Peterson family of
Ailey. They’ have a large coni tc
tion in the county, among tie
most respected people of this
section of the slate. Mis frit ids
arealways glad to see him and
he always has a warm welcome
in Wheeler county, even by those
who oppose his re-election.
McGowau-Hattaway
Considerable interest is felt
throughout the county over the
innouncemerit of the marriage
if Miss Eddie Ruth McGowan
u.d Sgt. J. V. Hattaway la?t
week. Sgt. Hattaway is in ti e
United States Army and is now
stationed at Richmond, Virginia.
Mrs. Hattaway left Alamo one
day last week and went to Rich
mond, where she was met by
Mr. Hattaway and they weie
married there.
Mrs. Hattaway, is the beaut -
ful and altractiveadopted daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. U. L. Gilder,
where she has made her home
for several years past. She was
4.. J — . 4. ..4 41. . Al TT!_
a student at the Alamo Hign
School, and was very popular
among the student body here.
Mr. Hattaway is the youngest
son of Mr, T. A. Hattaxay and
the late Mrs. Haltaway well
known citizens of Wheeler county
He graduated from the Wheeler
County High School in 1937 and
has been in the United States
Army three years now.
This popular young couple have
the best wishes of their many
friends throughout the county.
The Eagle to joins their many
friends in wishing them much
happiness.
PASTOR’S PARAGRAPHS
By J. F Snell.
The Third Quarterly Confer*
enceis in session today (Friday).
We will give a report next week
of the conference.
Sunday, August 23, Sunday
School at Alamo and Shiloh 11:00
A. M ; preaching at Alamo 12:00
Noon; and 9:00 P. M.; at Oak
Grove 4:30 P. M,
Sunday School at Oak Grove
4:00 P. M. and Bay Springs 4:30
P. M.
The public is invited to all of
our services. The fall revival
will begin at Shiloh the second
Sunday in September, the 13th,
with a night service when hours
and other plans will be worked
out for the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hartley
has returned home after a visit
to Miami, Florida. They visited
visited their son, Sergeant and
Mrs. Julian Hartley, Sergeant
Hartley has been stationed in
Miami with the United States
Marines for the past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley stoped
over in Jacksonville. Florida, for
a short visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Hartley and family, and
Mr. Buford Hartley.
