Wheeler county eagle. (Alamo, Ga.) 1913-current, January 29, 1943, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text‘ ‘ • . - ' ’ . ~ • J- 1 '- t •, F WhMn? County F DEVOTED TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY.. Volume 29* JOMIO SERVE FEBRUARY COURT GRAND JURORS FEBRUARY TERM, 1943 W. O. Harrelson B. Z. Swain J. A. Barlow Janies L. Sears J. H. Mitchell J. T. Pope R. E. Rivers Ralph L. Thomas Emnrett Currie W. E. Currie, Sr. R. L. Avery A. L. Clement. G. F. Clak W. T. Burgess W. H. Clark R. C. Livingston H. R. Hill, Sr. P. J. Towns W. J. Futral, Jr. F. C. Clark F. B. Elam C. R. Dixon J. Mcßae Clements N. H. Sears K. N. Sears Traverse Jurors, February Term. 1943. Drawn to appear Monday Morning, Feb. 8, 1943. J. C. Fowler J. T. Heath W. C. Coleman Guy Cox J. L. Clegg B. H. Purvis C. M. Jordan J. Tom River: M. A. Clements R. J. Smith C. W. Sellars H. A. Montfort Guy 0. Stone O. B. Adam. A. J. Lowery Barkwell Couoy W. C. Riddle J. H. Walker J._ 1. Mitchell I. F. Elton A. B. Grimes C. M. Ledbettei E. G. Hinson U. F. Sears H. J. Cox M. B. Sikes S. P. Reynolds J. W. Mcßride W. D. Ussery M. N. Clark J. H. Gross John C. Gillis Tom Hughes C. M. Anderson Alvin Hartley Walter M. Pope 0. H. Joiner B. C. Clark J. C. Scarboro J. J. Selpl C. P. Ennis Johnnie Moran D. H. Durden J. I. Palmer J. F. Morrison, Jr Emmett Joyce John L. Morrison W. P. Owens, Sr Traverse Jurors, February Term 1943. Drawn to appear on Wednes day A. M., Feb. 10, 1943. A. P. Goss D. T. Coleman L. N. Harbin J. 0. Perdue G. C. Barnhill F. A. Irwin J. W. Haars R. D. Jenkins N. A. White J. L. Watson B. A. Irwin Martin Johnsor J. P. Sumner W. L. Simmons J. O. Hinson D. E. Roland R. H. Barswell Arthur Browi H. T. Graham T. M. Heath Arthur Hartley J. L. Sammons R. B. Nelson H. E. Colemai QUARTERLY CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY The First Quarterly Conference of the Alamo Methodist charge was held in the Methodist church in Ala mo Tuesday, Jan. 26th. Rev. Leland Moore of Dublin, the District Su pcrintendent, preached a stirring sermon at the noon hour. A sump tous dinner was served at the noon hour. The Conference was held ii the afternoon. The best reports on financial affairs, perhaps, in the his tory of the charge was made. The church raised its budget for World Service ten per cent. Mr. R. F. Jor dan was secretary of the Confer ence. Teh next Quarterly Confei ence. The next Quarterly Confer sonle three months hence. A large crowd attended the services. Finishes aining COURSE IN ARMY I 111 Gulfport Field, Miss.—Pvt. Rob ert A. Hartley, Jr., formerly of Ala mo, has been graduated from this big Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School for air plane mechanics and is ready to take his place on the farflung service lines of this global war whereve. the biggest American planes are based, at home or abroad. He has received a course of in tensive training to fit him for his important task in this war. His training has also fitted him for an important job in peacetime aviation. In private life, Private Hartley was AAA Supervisor at Wheeler county. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hartley, Sr., Alamo. Gulfport Field is producing an endless stream of airplane mechanics to service the biggest bombers and cargo and transport planes of the Army. Students attend classes ii -Lifts around the clock, every hour and every square foot of space be j-p given the most thorough utiliza tion. DRAFTEESLEFT I TODAY FOR ARMY NEW RECRUITS FOR UNCLE SAM i January 29, 1943 The following Wheeler County ; white boys left -Alamo Thursday morning for enlistment in the ser . vice: ( . 'jl Vernon Wesley Hartley, Alamo. Henry Grady Kelley, Stuckey. i James Alexander Sanford, Glen ; wood. ; William Ellis Whitfield, Alamo. i Clayton Powell, Alamo. - Fred Alex Harrelson, Alamo. James Lonnie Brown, Glenwood. Walter Joe Rivers, Glenwood. Rosby Colson White, Alamo. Hymur Judson Brooks, Glenwood. Peacock Hearn,- Jr., Lumber City. Rowan Purvis, Alamo. Lee Reeves, Glenwood. James Edward Browning, Glen vood. Stanley Talmadge Purvis, Alamo. Edsel Artrell Joiner, Alamo. John Donald Atchison, Glenwood. James Daniel Spires, Alamo. John D. Clark, Jr., Glenwood. John Henry Purser, Glenwood. I Clayton Clark Gillis, Glenw’ood. John Glover Hearn, Lumber City. Willie Lee Gillis, Glenwood. Below is a list of the colored boys who were scheduled to leave Alamo Saturday morning, January 30th. LIST OF COLORED SELECTEES January 30, 1943 Benney Conaway, Lumber City. Theodore Roosevelt Robinson, 'Glenwood. Semmion Nethaniel Horne, Glen wood. I William Martin Taylor, Glenwood. Hany Wilcox, Lumber City. Clayton Woodard, Lumber City. Athur Trenton Conaway, Lumber City. King Edward Byrd, Glenwood. Solomon Travis, Alamo. Lewis Chales Mcßae, Alamo. Curtis Wright, Glenwood. Arthur Steward, Jr., Glenwood. James Davies Mcßae, Alamo. MISS MOENA JOHNSON GETS PROMOTION Friends of Miss Moena Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, will be glad to learn of the promotion with a substantial in crease in salary, which came to her recently. Miss Johnson began with The Standard Oil Plant in Macon. 11 months ago as stenographer. She .vas promoted to assistant office nanager, and she has recently been made office manager. We all rejoice with her in this promotion. GEORGIANS REBUILD BA dLMIP ATLANTA All Georgians will be asked to take >art in the campaign to replace the cruiser U. S. S. Atlanta, which was ink in a recent Solomon’s Island engagement, it is announced by Marion 11. Allen, administrator of \ e jia's War Savings Staff. Mr. Allen revealed receipt of tele rams from a large number of conn y war bond executive chairmen in , I sections of the state, pledging their wholehearted support and giv mg assurance that their respective ommunities would get actively be hind the $37;500,000 new U. S. S Atlanta campaign. “We expect to enlist the active sup port of every Georgian in this vital y important campaign,” Mr. Allen said. “The sale of $37,500,000 worth of war bonds within a short period of time might appear to some to be a Herculean task, but it is not an impossible one, and I am confident all patriotic Georgians will agree .Ith me in this.” “Replacing the U. S S. Atlanta, which went down with her flag fly ing after inflicting heavy damage to the enemy, not only will provide our navy with another first class fight ing ship, but at the same time we will ■ have demonstrated to the rest of the nation that Georgia is fighting with i her dollars as well as her manpower.” 5 Mr. Allen disclosed that more than 1 $2,000,000 in war bonds were sold J during the first few days of the new U. S. S. Atlanta campaign and that r Georgians purchased $5,908,143.75 - worth of bonds during the first two - weeks in January, against the month’s quota of $9,200,000. ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1943 MRS. BRANTLEY PURVIS WINS FIRST IN EAGLE- FREE PRESS CONTEST Campaign Came to Successful Close Monday Night When Committee of Judges Tabulated Votes and Announced Winners; Every Worker Receives Prizes Or Commission Check. MRS. FANNIE RUTH PURVIS With the final count of the votes ; completed on the part of the official 1 judges, D. N. Achord of Alamo and ' D. M. Mcßae and W. B. Fuller of Mcßae, The Telfair Free Press and Wheeler County Eagle Subscription Contest came to a successful close । when the names of the winners were i announced from the doors of The i of The Telfair Free Press office shortly after 10:00 o’clock last Mon day night. GRAND PRIZE GOES TO WHEELER COUNTY The Grand Capital Award, a $500.00 U. S. War Bond was won by i Mrs. Brantley Purvis of Alamo, who polled over twenty seven million ■ votes. Mrs. Purvis was one of the first to enter the contest after it was announced and worked hard all the way through the drive. She sold a great number of subscriptions for ; both papers in Wheeler and Telfair Counties. Mrs. H. M. Baker of Helena finish ed in first place in the Telfair Di vision with Mrs. J. J. Hinson second. Mrs. J. H. Evans of Mcßae and Mrs. Edith McGregor of Lumber City finished next in order. Mrs. W. R. Browning of Glenwood and Mrs. Arthur Riddle were the other two to enter from Wheeler County. Those contestants who finished in the race and obeyed the contest rul es of making a subscription sales re port at least once each week after entering the contest are eligible for awards. Those who failed to make a report each and every week were paid a cash commission on the sub scriptions sold by them. A FAIR CAMPAIGN TO ALL The subscription drive just closed SINGING CONVENTION AT UNION SCHOOL A joint session singing convention will be held at Union School audi torium next Sunday, Jan. 31, locat ed 7 miles west of Alamo. The OPA says it’s O. K. to attend meetings of this nature. Lunch will be served to singers at noon hour. The public invited. W. E. Currie. proved many things, among them that lofty ambition and unrelenting labor are the true essentials to suc cess in anything undertaken. Mrs. Purvis the winner of the Grand Award won because she set a daily goal for a certain amount of sub scription sales and did her best to make this goal. In any kind of a competition there must always bo losers. If everyone received the same reward regardless of the effort put forth, n campaign of this kind could never be undertaken. That those who serve best reap the largest harvest is an unquestionable fact. Every worker in the campaign just closed received an award or a cash com mission; The Telfair Free Press and The Wheeler County Eagle wishes to con gratulate everyone who directly or indirectly took a part in the cam paign. To each and every candidate regardless of the number of votes she ,secured, these newspapers ex tend their felicitations and thanks, — and they only wish that ill were pos sible to reward everyone of them with a U. S. War Bond. _ THANKS TO THE JUDGES “ To the three gentlemen who so kindly acted as the official judges In making the final count of votes, The Free Press and Eagle extends their heartfelt thanks. Through the ef fort and experience of these gentle men the count was completed in necord time. Once again we extend our heart felt thanks to the workers in the contest, to the readers who paid their subscriptions and to the com mittee of judges who counted the 1 votes. INSPECTORS HOLD MEET Vidalia, Ga., Jan. 26.—Twenty naval stores inspectors, assigned to the Savannah district of the United States Forestry Service held their first of the year meeting in Vidalia on Tuesday at the Dixie Hotel. Marion Ruffin, inspector with head quarters at Vidalia, made the local arrangements. ’ ELDER SIKES, EHE । HAMAN, DIES ' Vidalia, Jan. 26.—Elder Thos. Eu ■ gene Sikes died at his home here ' Monday morning after a short illness ( and funeral services are scheduled for 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at the Primitive Baptist ohurch, Vidalia, with Elder V. F. Agon of Dawson conducting, assisted by Elders F. H. Sills and R. H. Barwick of Barnes ville. Burial will be in Pine Crest cemetery; Elder Sikes was born Sept. 30, 1860, in Montgomery county, his parents being the late Mathew Sikes । of Houston county, and the late Mrs. I Jeanette Bone. For the past 50 years he has been a leader in the ac tivities of his denomination, serving as minister of various Primitive Bap tist congregations in all parts of Georgia. He was a co-founder or the Bethany Home for the Aged at Vidalia which was established 20 years ago. He was manager of the home activities which grew from one small building housing seven old ladies to a plant of seven buildings including a modern brick hospita and now caring for more than 100 aged men and women of all denom inations. A farm was operated by the home management of which El der Sikes was the head. Eld< ; SR s was also editor of The Good Samaritan, a denomination! publication of the Primitive Baptists. Elder Sikes had been totally blind for the past three years but has carried on the details of his work and has dictated his memoirs sine* he became blind. Elder Sikes was born and reared in what is now Wheeler County and is survived by many relatives in this county. He was a brother of the late Joe F. Sikes, who died here in Alamo last year. He is an uncle of Mr. Ben Sikes and Mr. Brantley Sikes, Mrs. IL G. Mooney of Alamo, Mrs. Bruce Pierce of Frankfort Ind., and Joe C. Sikes of Booth, Ala. He was related to the Clem ents, Ryals, and several other prom inent families of this county. Besides a large concourse of rel atives he had many friends in the county who loved and admired him, all of whom jon the Eagle in extend ing sympathy to the bereaved. bo/sTgiriFasked to PREVENT PUREST fires To: All School boys and girls of Wheeler County: Our government is asking us t< keep fires out of all woodlands this . Spring. I am sure that every good boy and girl in Wheeler County will be very careful with matches and fire in the woods; and will also be care ful with fire around barns, homes, and school buildings. Fire is the most dangerous of enemies, as yov know, as well as our best friend when kept under control. Uncle Sam is also asking every good boy and girl to help reforest our good old country. Later on I in tend to ask your editor to carry my picture with a walnut treel planted in 1897 on Crib branch in Winston County, Alabama. It is now two feet thru, and worth a lot of money. During the month of February we wish to get millions of pecan and walnut trees planted in order that you may have the fruit of the valu able wood when you are grown up. Every walnut or pecan seed you plant now may bring up SSO each within forty years. Every child can find plenty of loose walnuts and pe cans around. Plant these on your own land, and also plant a few on your school and church grounds. La ter we will tell in this paper how you can obtain free slash pine and other ; forestry seedlings. CARD OF THANKS I take this opportunity to thank my many friends who so kindly help j ed me in The Telfair Free Press — } Wheeler County Eagle Subscription Contest in which I won the Grand 3 Capital Award, a $500.00 U. S. War r Bond, by giving me their subscrip i tions. Only through their help I could I have made the successful race I did. I want to especially " thank those in Mcßae and Glenwood who helped me. MR«. BRANTLEY PURVIS. Sample Copy 5c Number 35 RATIONING AI A. I GLANCE IN STATE GASOLINE AND TIRES Gasoline coupon 1 in “A” book good for three gallons each until March 22. All “B” and “C” coupons good for three gallons. Motorists must write license number and state on back of each coupon. Under nationwide mileage ration ’ ing, intended primarily for rubber ' conservation, local war price and rationing boards will not renew gas oline rations, issue emergency ra tions or authorize tire purchase or recap for any passenger car unless the operator carries a tire inspection ’ certificate. Certificates are issued by local boards upon receipt of tire registration form. These forms are available at all service stations or ration boards. Each tire on the ve hicle including the spare must be listed. The deadline for the first tire in spection of those with an A ration card is March 31, and of those with B and C cards is February 28. Thereafter B and C book holders must have their tires inspected every two months: A book holders every four months; T book holders every 60 days or after each 5,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Application for new or recapped tires must be made to the local war price and rationing board. FUEL OIL Coupon values: For period 2, Class 1, coupons (residential) are worth 10 gallons each in all parts of the fuel oil ration area; Class 2 coupons (apartment houses, com mercial buildings other large users) are worth 100 gallons, for Period 3, Class 1, coupons in the 17 Eastern states are worth 9 gallons, Class 2 coupons 90 gallons. COFFEE Stamp 28 in War Ration Book 1, jgood for one pound until February SUGAR Stamp 10 in War Ration Book 1, good for three pounds until January 31. Stamp 11 becomes valid Febru ary 1 and will be good for three pounds until March 15. LOCAL RATIONING BOARD The Wheeler County War Price and Rationing Board is located up stairs over Hattaway’s Dept. Store. Questions concerning rationing should be referred to the local board in each county. Questions concern ing price control should be referred to the State OPA office, 44 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Ga. Questions con cerning rent control should be re ferrred to the Atlanta Defense Ren tal Area Office, Charles D. Hurt, Di rector, 22 Marietta Building, Atlan ta. pastor’s paragraphs By J. F. Snell Next Sunday, the fifth Sunday, is “an off day” on the church program, but this pastor will preach in Alamo Sunday morning and night—at 13 o’clock noon and eight o’clock at night. The public is invited to all of these services. The union prayer meeting mee s at the Methodist church every Wed nesday night. Good crowds for the most part have been going. Come along and let’s make it go. Our charge raised $15.00 for the Candler Memorial Library jo Lo built at Paine College, a college for the training of negro leaders, joint ly operated by the Methodist Episco pal Church, South, and the colored Methodist Episcopal Church, until the recent union of Methodism. It is now operated by the Methodist Church and the colored Methodist church. This school is situated in Augusta, Ga., and has a remarkable history of sixty years or more. OWEN BABY ARRIVED Grandpsl W. P. Owen was in town Thursday and the Eagle force learn ed that a fine little girl was born ■ Thursday,. January 14th, to Mr. and 1 Mrs. W. P. Owen, Jr., now of Hel -1 ena-Mcßae. Mother and babe are r doing fine. They are at the home • of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Owen, Sr., in ’ the Bay Springs community, having 1 come Wednesday for a few days Y stay. Congratulations and beat 1 wishes to all parties concerned. His friends can refer to Mr. Owen as I- Grandpa Owen now.