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DEVOTED. TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.*
Volume 29*
MORE EX IM
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Mobilization of Georgia youth for
more extensive participation in the
war effort will be the aim of the new
High School Victory Corps, an organ
ization in which every high school
student in the state can perform a
meritorious service for his country.
Plans for organizing units for the
corps throughout the state already
are under way and Dr. O. C. Ader
hold, former professor of vocational
education at the University of Geo»-
gia, has been named state director
by Dr. M. D. Collins, state superin
tendent of schools.
The purpose of the Victory Corps
is two-fold: (1) to prepare young
people for a larger service in the war
effort after they leave school, and
(2) to mobilize them for more ef
fective participation in the commu
nity war program while they are
Sull in school.
Objective which will be pursued
both inside and outside the class
room are: (1) guidance of youth
into critical services and occupa
tions; (2) wartime citzenship train
ing to insure better understanding
of the war; (3) physical fitness; (4)
voluntary military drill for selected
boys; (6) competence in science and
mathematics; (6) pre-flight training
in aeronautics for those preparing
for air services; (7) pre-induction
training for critical occupations; and
(8) community service including
training for essential civilian activi
ties.
Every student enrolled in high
school will be eligible to join the
the general membership division of
me High School Victory Corps. Stu
dents within about two years of com
pleting high school are eligible for
admission to any one of the five spe
cial service divsons.
The pecial service divisions are
(1) land service, which calls for pre
induction training for all branches
of the Army except the air; (2) air
service; (3) sea service, which pro
vides training for all branches of
the Navy except the air; (4) pro
duction service, preparing for war
industries and agriculture; and (6)
community service, preparing for
medical nursing, teaching and nu
merous other professions, and for
business and civic services.
Membership in ths organization
will be a distinct honor. Every
school and every individual member
of the corps will have to meet defi
nite standards before being certified.
Dr. Aderhold said arrangements
had been made with the University
System of Georgia whereby any stu
dent completing a certified Victory
Corps project will be admitted to
any unit of the University System.
Every Georgia high school, from
the largest city system to the smallest
rural unit, is benig called upon to
enlist in this movement.
“The most important test of every
day’s decisions must be this: What
can we do to hit the enemy harder;
to contribute to his destruction? If
what we are doing is not clearly an
immediate or remote contribution to
winning this war, then we should
not be doing it.”
CEDAR GROVE 4-H ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR
The 4-H members of Cedar Grove
School assembled in .the High School
auditorium Friday afternoon, Janu
ary 15, for the purpose of electing
officers for the year 1943:
The following were elected:
Jeanette Mullis, President.
Catherine Claxton, Secy, and
Treaa. i.
Wynell Maddox, Reporter.
Mavis Shannon, Song Leader.
Program Compiittee: Roberta Pur
vis, Hazel Coleman, and Mary Beth
Parrish.
Sponsors, Mrs. L. C. Parrish and
Mrs. J. M. Mullis.
Miss Ophelia Smith is Home Dem
onstration Agent.
—
GA. EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
MEETS APRIL 8-9
w
The Georgia Education Association
that was scheduled to meet in At
lanta April 8-10, has been shortened
to meet April 8-9, according to
County School Superintendent W.
H. Kent of Glenwood. This date
has been shortened, according to Mr.
Kent, because of the acute transpor
w - tation situation.
WhreW Cnunty Eagb
DR. W. W. ODOM
DIK IN LYONS
Lyons, Ga., Jan. 18. —William
Walton Odom, physician and sur
geon, and pioneer citizen of this
section for many years, died at his
home here this morning at 10 o’clock
after suffering a second stroke of
paralysis last night. He had been
confined to his bed for several weeks
prior to his death. Dr. Odom would
have been 71 years of age if he had
lived until April. The deceased grad
uated from the University of Georgia
Medical College at Augusta in 1904,
and immediately thereafter began
the practice of medicine in Lyons.
With the exception of a few
months, when he practiced in Ailey,
he continued his professional career
until a few years ago when he was
in an automobile wreck which made
it necessary that he relinquish quit<
a bit of his work. He continued t<
make professional calls until he
suffered a stroke about seven week;
figo.
Dr. Odom married Miss Hattie
Powell of Bennettsville, S. C., Sep
tember 21, 1910, who survives him
From this union one child was born
He is William Ernest Odom, phar
macist’s mate second class, statione<
at New River, N. C. In addition tc
his son, the deceased is survived b;.
his wife; one brother, D. E. Odom
and two sisters, Mrs. Leila Meadow;
and Miss Ina Odom, all of Lyons
He was the son of the late Mr. am
Mrs. J. H. Odom, pioneer citizens o;
Georgia.
Gentle and sympathetic in natur
and loved by all who knew him, Di
Odom had served Toombs county it
various capacities during the' pas
half century. For a number of year
he was county physician for Toomb
county, which position he was hold
ing at the time of his death. H
was probably the best known citizer
of this county, having attended pa
tients in every nook and corner. H>
was active in clinical work and serv
ed as a member of the Toombs coun
ty board of welfare since the institu
tion of this program here.
LOCAL SCHOOL TRUSTEES
WILL HAVE CHARGE
SCRAP DRIVE JANUARY 27
The local school trustees will have
charge of scrap drive on the 27th,
and the scrap will be sold for th<
benefit of their school.
The trustees are asked to be there
early on the morning of the 27th,
and take charge.
(1) Have a list of farms ready
for each truck and assign a man to
go with each truck driver.
(2) Have one person at each
school to estimate the weight of each
load, so we can have a fair estimate
of scrap gathered in the county on
that day. As soon as the drive is
over forward total estimated weights
of scrap gathered at your school to
the County School Superintendent,
where figures can be consolidated.
(3) Send a committee of busi
ness men to any place where a good
amount of scrap is located to urge
owner to turn it in.
(4) Have a committee of busi
ness men canvass the town and com
munity in search of large piles of
scrap wherever they might be found.
(5) Give everybody a job—busi
ness men, school teachers, and all.
The final success of the campaign
rests on the shoulders of the Local
School Trustees.
OLD HOSIERY NEEDED
Wheeler county women are asked
to donate all their worn out and dis
carded silk and nylon hose to the
Government Silk is needed for
powder bags. Silk burns completely
and leaves no hot embers. This
makes possible recharging guns with
greater speed than if each gun had to
be cleaned before a new charge was
inserted.
~Nylon is needed for parchutes.
Types of hosiery requested—a.
All silk, b. All nylon, c. Silk and
nylon, d. Mixture silk and rayon, e.
Mixture nylon and rayon, f. Mixture
of silk and cotton, g. Mixture of ny
lon and cotton.
, These hose are to be washed be
fore carrying them to the Dry Goods
Store. All Dry Goods Stores in
Wheeler county are cooperating.
Esther Godbee,
County Home
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1943
CONTEST ENDS MONDAY
’ NIGHT AT 9:00 O’CLOCK
CLOSE WILL TAKE PLACE IN TELFAIR
FREE PRESS OFFICE IN MCRAE
Contestants will go to Free Press Offce Satur
day and Make Report on Business Up To
That Time and Get Their Bonus Or
Extra Votes
The Wheeler County Eagle and The Telfair Free Press Subscription
Contest will end next Monday night, January 25th, at 9:00 o’clock. The
close will take place in The Telfair Free Press office at Mcßae.
THE CLOSING RULES
Workers will report their subscription sales Saturday with everything
sold up to that time. They will receive their BONUS VOTES due during
the present vote period., and all reports will be balanced and closed in
full up to that time by the campaign manager.
Subscriptions sold Monday will be placed in sealed envelopes and de
posited in a sealed ballot box that will be in The Free Press office all day
Monday. This box will be opened by the official judges after the contest
ends and the findings in the box will be added to the totals already es
tablished up to the close of business Saturday by the campaign department,
and in this way the total number of votes secured by each worker will be
determined.
The BONUS VOTES due on Monday’s business will be made out when
the ballot box is opened and will be added by the official judges to the
egular votes earned by each report.
The names of the winning candidates will be announced as soon as the
count of votes is completed, which should be around 10 o’clock.
Contestants are warned to be careful in marking up their EXTEN
SIONS or SECOND PAYMENTS. Better check these with the campaign
manager and make sure your votes are rigth before depositing your report
in the ballot box.
MAKE YOUR REPORTS SATURDAY
The Free Press office will be open all day Saturday, and candidates
are asked to bring in all subscriptions sold up to then and get their votes
from the campaign dept.' In this way there is no chance in a worker get
ting her votes wrong. Everything will be balanced up to the last report,
Saturday, in full. Monday’s business will be kept entirely separate and
will be added to the totals established with Saturday’s close.
VOTES WILL WIN THE AWARDS
Votes alone will win the prizes, and the long term subscriptions and
long term extensions bring the big votes at this time. Take a pencil and
paper and figure for yourself just what twenty or thirty four year exten
sions will bring you in votes. Just figure what twenty or thirty five year
subscriptions will mean to your present vote total. You have a number of
friends who will be glad to give you at five year subscription if you only
isk them for it.
A WORD OF WARNING TO WORKERS
Remember, —the contest ends for good at 9:00 o’clock next Monday
night,—the close will take place at The Telfair Free Press office in Mcßae.
Candidates will come to The Free Press office Saturday afternoon and
make their final turn-ins to the campaign manager and get their extra or
bonus votes properly checked up to that time. A sealed ballot box will be
n The Free Press office all day Monday, Jan. 25th, where workers will
deposit their last days sales in sealed envelopes to be opened and the votes
ounted by the official judges.
NAMES OF JUDGES
The names of the committee of Judges who will make the final tabu
lation of votes in deciding the winners will be announced on a bulletin
next Monday morning in the windows of The Wheeler County Eagle and
The Telfair Free Press office. They will be well known local business men.
WHO WILL WIN?
WHEELER COUNTY DIVISION
’ BROWNING, Mrs. W. R., Glenwood?
PURVIS,' Mrs. Brantley, Alamo?
RIDDLE, Mrs. Arthur, Alamo, RFD?
TELFAIR COUNTY DIVISION
BAKER, Mrs. H. M., Helena?
EVANS, Mrs. J. H„ Mcßae?
HINSON, Mrs. J. J., Mcßae?
• McGREGOR, Mrs. Edith, Lumber City?
Amount of Victory Tax Deductible from Weekly Wages
of Selected Amounts and Amount of Net Victory
Tax After Deduction of Credits
1 Victory tai credit! —
* —« [ “ x"
' js, ; ’"a:" ; i ' -*27"-
' *1- «”rs S~u 9 .09 9os
30 .90 '• *7B
: -22 > 2:22 I*2
100 4.40 3.30 2.64
The credits may be taken currently ^or^single persons,
3 40 percent of the tax for married 25 and will
i and 2 percent for each dependent. .They may . nce policies in force
be based on (a) payments of debts - (c) net purchase of
on September 1, 1942; Xb) payments of old debts, W ryDtttrlmn ,
War Bonds. _ _ Z 4 - ’ -
VAST SUPPUES ARE
sario «sm
. Washington, Jun. 20.—Lend-
Lease Administrator Edward R. Stet
tinius, Jr., reported today that the
United States has sent approximate-
1 ly 2,600 airplanes to the Soviet Un
ion—more than has been sent by
lend-lease to the United Kingdom oi I
to any other military theater.
Reporting on United Nations aid
to the Soviet Union, Stattinius said
that shipments of all kinds of mili
tary equipment were greatly in
creased after a slow start. The Uni
ted States has sent 81,000 trucks
and jeeps and other motor vehicles
to the U. S. S. R., he said.
The Soviet Union also received
from this country up to January 1,
1943, more than 3,200 tanks, which
is more than have been sent under
lend-lease to any other country since
the beginning of the lend-lease pro
gram in March, 1941. Aid to Rus
sia did not begin until October,
1941.
“The United States made impor
tant progress in 1942 in sending
arms and other supplies to the So
viet Union under lend-lease,” Stetti
nius said. “We have not yet been
able to send as much as we should
like—or as much as the Soviet
needs—and part of what we have
sent has been lost on the way. But,
after a slow start, lend-lease ship
ments have greatly increased. They
are continuing to increase in spite
of the shortage of shipping and ene
my attacks on the difficult supply
routes to Russia.”
The United Kingdom, Stettinius
said, has shipped to Russia more
than 2,600 tanks and 2,000 planes
on a lend-lease basis.
PASTOR’S PARAGRAPHS
Sunday, Jan. 24th, fourth Sunday,
will find the pastor at Alamo at 12
o’clock, noon; at Oak Grove at 4:00
P. M.; and at Alamo at 8:00 P. M.
The public is invited.
Sunday School meets at Alamo and
Shiloh at eleven o’clock every Sun
day; and at Bay Springs at three
thirty. All are urged to go.
The First Quarterly Conference
meets in the Alamo church Tuesday,
Jan. 26th. All officers are urged to
come and. the public is invited. Come
and enjoy a good sermon and a good
” - — ~ -
dinner. All Alamo ladies are asked s
to help prepare the dinner. v
The monthly Preacher’s Group c
meeting that has been meeting in Vi
dalia, of which this pastor was chair
man, has been called in for the
present, on account of the gas situa
tion. t
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WISHES LUCK TO THE r
FOLKS BACK HOME <
1
The parents of Signalman Jerry (
E. Sellars were over-joyed Monday (
in receiving two letters from him,
one which was a V-mail letter. This
was the first time they had heard
from him in quite a length of time. 1
Jerry is assigned to the U. S. S.
Sangamon, an aircraft carrier, and
was in the Atlantic fleet but has
lately been transferred to the Pa
cific fleet. He writes that he is feel
ing fine and still likes Uncle Sam’s
Navy.
He asks that his love and the very
best of luck be given to the folks
back home.
Jerry says that singing enemy
ships, downing enemy planes, and
bombing cities is better than seeing
a movie. He first went into battle
Nov. 8, 1942, but was back in the
States last week.
CHAMBLISS ATTENDS REA
MEETING IN ST. LOUIS
Mr. J. R. Chambliss is in St. Louis,
Mo., this week attending the National
Rural Electric Co-operatives. Mr.
Steve Tate of Tate, Ga., is nation!
president and will preside. Many
leading national figures are to attend
and speak, among them are Secre
tary Ickes, Secretary C. R. Wickard,
’ Senator R. B. Russell of Georgia,
j Ex-Senator Norris and others.
; Many important matters are to
f come up, especially trying to secure
* material for the extension of lines
to new Pomes.
Sample Copy 5c Number 34
CHRISTMAS 111118
1 MM. L POPE
A very interesting letter from Sgt.
I Geo. L. Pope, who is in the U. S
Army stationed in the Pacific “some
where,” has been received this week.
He said he was having a good Christ
mas but not as good as some others
and not as good as he hopes he will
i have after “the Japs and Germans
are put beneath the sod.”
Sgt. Pope enclosed a copy of a
letter he received from his command
ing officer, Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Col
lins. rhe letter from the Major
was a Christmas greeting in which he
said some very good things, part of
which we quote below.
Strange as it may seem to be
celebrating Christmas on an island
in the tropics, in the midst of war,
it is nevertheless fitting that we give
some thought to what this birthday
of Christ, the Prince of Peace, means
to us.
“Whether or not we believe in
Him as God, Jesus Christ gave us
in Uis life a model of living that is
the true basis of modern Democracy.
Ho established for the first time the
priceless right of the individual to
live his own life in his own way, with
due tolerance for others. It is one
of the fundamental aims of the dic
tatorships of Japan and Germany to
destroy this mode of life.
“Wo are, therefore, privleged this
Christmas Day to be at the frpnt,
preparing to assist in driving the
Japs from this island. And as w - e
think of our loved ones at home and
ask God’s blessings on them, our
pangs of absence should be softened
by our knowledge that we are fight
ing that they may be able to live in
peace, not only today but in the years
ahead. We will win this fight by
working together as a team, sharing
our hardships, taking mutual pride in
the achievement of ou« - division.”
Four Observation Posts
In The County Operating
The Alamo Observation Post had
two alerts last week, and one Wed
nesday. There are three other
Posts in Wheeler county standing
by. Chief observers are: Mr. Max
L. Segall, Glenwood, Mrs. N. A.
Wynn, northern part of the county;
Mr. R. F. Jordan, Shiloh communi
ty; Mrs. W. O. Purser, Alamo.
If you have not joined the Air
Warning Service, see the Chief Ob
server of the post nearest you and
volunteer your services. Your
country need your help.
CARD OF THANKS
Through this medium we wish to
thank all of the people of our com
munity for the many deeds of kind
ness shown us during the illness and
death of our dear wife and mother,
Mrs. Eunice Clark Howland. May
God’s richest blessings rest upon each
of you is our prayer.
W. S. Rowland
and Children.
BUSINESS HOUSES AND
SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED
FOR SCRAP DRIVE, JAN. 27
Business men are requested to
meet at the school house at 8:00
o’clock a. m. on the 27th to go
with trucks and do any other job
that might be assigned them at that
time. Some will be asked to go with
trucks, others might be interested in
a farm they could gather the scrap
on, while some will be needed to
canvass the town and community to
find scrap and urge people to turn it
in. Also help will be needed to esti
mate scrap hauled in and help un
load trucks.
School children are urged to start
e arly and search every nook and
corner of the farm for scrap and pile
it ready for the trucks.
School teachers would be of great
help if-they would educate th^pupils
to the need for scrap and have them
I all in a mood to help. _
WHEELER COUNTY *
SALVAGE COMMITTEE
Mr. A. B. Graham, of Atlanta,
* spent the week eng with hia
. brother, Mr. and Mrs. H. T,
Graham.
