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DEVOTED, TO THE HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY OF THE HOMES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES OF ALAMO AND WHEELER COUNTY..
Volume 31
Christmas Gifts
Men Overseas
Navy Christmas packages will
travel far flung distances to Attu and
Tulagi, to Oran and to Saipan, to
Naples and Cherbourg ... to every
ship, every outpost, and every beach
head held by Navy, Marine and
Coast Guard personnel.
They will travel through a variety
of climates; they may easily travel
10,333 miles by truck and by train,
by convoy and by amphibious craft,
by plane and by hand; and they may
be rehadled innumerable times be
fore they finally reach the men for
whom they are intended.
In the delivery of Christmas pack
ages to men overseas, these are the
elements involved.
1. Distance —means time and
handling.
2. Fleet Combat Operations—
means diversion from course and
delay.
3. Correct Address—means di
rect delivery. Last year 15 per cent
of all Christmas packages were de
layed due to an incorrect address.
The delay—6o days to 6 months.
To make sure that the package for
your man arrives intact and in time,
to make sure that you are facili
tating its delivery, here are three
things you can do:
1. Address it correctly.
2. Wrap it securely.
3. Mail it on time.
The mailing period is Sept. 15—
Oct. 15, one month to mail an esti
mated 25 million packages to blue
jackets, marines, and coastguards
men—almost four times the volume
of packages handled during Christ
mas 1043 for men overseas. The
earlier you mail, the better. This
mailing period does not apply to
Christmas cards. They may be
mailed during this period or after it,
but be sure they are mailed in a
sealed envelope in time for Christ
mas delivery.
When you wrap your gift, wrap
it securely. There are limitations
of weight and size which must be
remembered, otherwise, it will not
be accepted by the postal authorities
and will involve rewrapping and the
possible reselection of a gift.
These are the rules on th over
seas packages size and weight; five
pounds in weight, fifteen (15) inches
in length and thirty-six (36) inches
in length and girth combined. As
an added precaution against the out
side wrappers becoming demaged, in
side the package place a tag with the
address repeated and list of the
items included in the package.
The selection of a gift is an im
portant fact. Perishables will not
be accepted and foods and materials
of a fragile nature are discouraged.
It is important to realize that the
best gift is a gift that will be in a
functioning condition on receipt.
Sacks of parcels travel in hold of ship
with the temperature often reach
ing 120 degrees which melts choco
late, spoils food, and decays fruit.
Since more than 100,000 incorrect
ly addressed letters and packages
came to Fleet Post Offices, New York
and San Francisco, in the month of
June, a comparatively slow season, it
is easy to understand what an im
portant factor a correct and complete
address is in the prompt delivery of
your Christmas mail.
Here are examples of how mail to
Navy personnel should be addressed:
If he’s on a Navy SEhip:
Lt. John James Roe, USNR
U.S.S. IDAHO
Fleet Post Office
New* York, N. Y.
If he has * Navy Number:
John James Roe, Sic USN
UJS. Naval Air Station
Navy Number 128 (One Two Eight)
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
If he’s a member of the Armed
Guard: •
John James Roe, Sic USNR
Armed Guard
S.S. Thomas Smith
Fleet Post Office
New Orleans, La.
If he ix a Marine:
Corporal John Henry Roe, USMC
Co. “A” Seventh Marines
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco, California
If he's a Coast Guard Man:
John James Roe, Sic USCG
U.S.C.G. Potomac
Fleet Post Office
New York, N. Y.
Use full name. No initials. No
nicknames. No. abbreviations, use
ink and print
APPRECIATED LETTER
FROM A SOLDIER
5. Sgt. Walter C. Riddle, Jr.
A, S N. 34681536
416th N. F. Sqd.
A. P. O. 550
New Yerk, N. Y.
Somewhere in Italy
August 12; 1944
Wheeler County Eagle
Alamo, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I will take great pleasure in
writing you a few lines to let you
know I have been receiving the
Eagle right along, but it always
is two months getting here.
Please use my new address the
one at the top of this page.
I realy enjoy reading my homa
town newspaper. There is noth
ing a soldier appreciates more
than mail from his loved ones
and his Home Town Newspaper.
We like it O. K here and we are
doing our part to keep them
fleeing. Trusting this letter will
find every one in good health;
I remain always a True Friend.
Walter C. Riddle, Jr.
LITTLEROCKHOLINESS
MEETING TO START
The fortieth annual session of the
Little Rock Campmeeting, located
about four miles west of Alamo, will
convene on Friday, September 1, and
will run through until September
10th, according to an announcement
by Rev. J. A. Cowart, the pastor.
Clean-up day will be August 29th, all
that can come prepared for the clean
ing up and any repair, work that may
be needed. September 3rd will be
Homecofing Day; September 10th
will be Memorial Day.
Each Sunday, bring your basket
with dinner. We have a table for
spreading dinner.
Services will; be held daily at 7
a. m., 11:30 a. m., 7 p. m. and 8:15.
Everybody invited to come for a
spiritual feast. The singing will be
done by local talent and visitors.
The committee is composed of the
following: H. F. Williams, H. E.
Watson, 0. L. Rawlins and J. A.
Cowart.
Essay Contest To Be Held
By Georgia Power Co.
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 22.—An es
say contest in which a total of $5,200
in War Bonds will be awarded to 60
contest winners was announced today
by the Georgia, Power Company. The
subject of the contest is “Five Ways
to Make My Community Better.”
The purpose of the contest, accord
ing to C. A. Collier, power company
vice president, is to obtain ideas from
as many Georgia citizens as possible
on the subject of the improvement of
Georgia’s home towns. The contest is
a part of the company’s Better Home
Towns program, in which each com
munity will be encouraged to make
such civic improvements as- will pro
mote better living conditions and eco
nomic opportunities. An important
objective of the program is the crea
tion of additional jobs, so. that the
postwar period will not bring a mi
gration from Georgia of former'sol
diers and war workers seeking oppor
tunities in other states.
The essay contest will be in two
divisions—one for adults and one for
boys and girls under 18. In each case
the first .prize wil be a SI,OOO War
Bond and the second prize a SSOO
War Bond. Third and fourth prizes
will be S2OO and SIOO respectively in
War Bonds. There will be six SSO
War Bonds and 20 $25 War Bonds
for the remaining prizes in each con
test.
All Georgians living in the area of
the state served by the • Georgia
Power Company and Georgia men
and women in the armed forces lo
cated elsewhere are eligible to com
pete.
In addition to the statewide prizes
to be awarded by the Georgia Power
Company there will be county prizes
given by individual citizens and busi
ness firms.
According to the contest rules an
nounced by the company, essays
should not exceed 1,000 words in
length. They should be mailed net
later than October 31 to Better
Home Towns Contest, Georgia Power
Company, Atlanta 1, Georgia.
In each county in which there are
participants, a committee of citizens
will select the winners of county
prizes. From among these county
winners, distinguished judges will se
lect the essays to receive the state
wide prizes.
Navy oveseas Christmas packages
inust be mailed—with correct ad
dress—between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15
to insure delivery by Chritsmas.
Packages must not weigh more than
ALAMO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1944
Why Farmers Should Buy
and Keep War Bonds
by R. R. Renne *
President
Montana State College
BUILDING financial reserves,
paying off debts, helping to
fight dangerous inflation, and pa
triotism, are all good reasons why
farmers should buy and hold War
Bonds.
A good financial reserve is an
important part of sound farm
management. War Bonds are safe
investments and are almost as
liquid as cash. Thus, they com
prise an excellent financial re
serve for unexpected needs and
emergencies. After the last war
prices fell rapidly, as they have
after every major war, and thou
sands of American farmers lost
their farms because they could not
weather the economic storm. No
other factor is more essential for
continued satisfactory farm opera
tions, through good years and bad,
than adequate financial reserves.
In addition to unexpected needs
for emergencies, farmers need
adequate reserves to finance re
pairs, replacements and improve
ments around the farm. Difficul
ties in obtaining needed materials
and labor for these expenditures
cause farm buildings and equip
ment to wear out faster during
the war period than in peacetime.
If farmers can wait until some
time after the war ends to make
these repairs and improvements,
their dollars should go farther than
they will immediately following
the war, and better quality ma
terials will probably be available.
Moreover, too rapid or forced
cashing of War Bonds immediate
ly after the war could create a
serious situation and contribute to
post-war inflation. Also, holding
Bonds to maturity makes it possi
ble for the farmer to increase his
investment by one-fourth through
accumulated interest. Still anoth
er reason for having a good re
serve in the form of War Bonds is
that funds will be available for
the boys when they return, to as
sist them in getting established in
peacetime pursuits.
Many farmers still have
long-term mortgage debt out
standing against their proper-
James C. Cherry Played
Big Part in Liberators
HEADQUARTERS, 13TH AAF,
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.—In more
than two years of overseas service
with the army, most of which has
been with the 13th AAF, Master Ser
geant James C. Cherry, Milledgeville,
Ga., has played a big part in prepar
ing Liberators for hundreds of com
bat missions over Jap territory.
Sergeant Cherry, a flight chief in
a 13th AAF squadron of B-245, has
great responsibility in seeing that all
the planes in his charge are in per
fect flying order. He has performed
his job under handicaps caused by
tropical climate, extended supply
lines and air force front-line living
conditions.
Day or night, Sergeant Cherry is
on hand at the jungle air strip with
other members of his crew to meet
the returning bombers. Damage of
the day’s raid is repaired immedi
ately and thep lanes are made ready
for an emergency taffeoff.
Liberators under Cherry’s charge
are credited with destroying a large
number of Jap Zeros and have caused
much damage to Jap shipping.
The son of Mrs. J. C. Cherry, Mil
ledgeville, Ga., Cherry entered the
army June 23, 1938, and was or
dered overseas April 20, 1942. He
has been authorized to wear the
American Defense and Asiatic-Pacific
ribbon with three battle stars, indi
cating his participation in three of
the 13th AAF’s major campaigns in
the Solomons, Southwest and Central
Pacific, and also has been awarded
the Good Conduct Medal.
Master Sergeant Cherry was grad
uated from’Union High 'School and
prior to his entering the army was
engaged at farming at Milledgeville.
H, R. Clark Discharged
From The U. S. Army
H. R. Clark, who enlisted in
the United States Army in March
1942, has been discharged and
will return to Alamo with his
family to reside in a few weeks.
He will resume his profession as
a barber here. He has been
stationed at York, Virginia, most
of his enlistment. His family has
been residing with him there.
He also served in World War
No. 1.
5 pounds and must be no more than
15 inches in length and 36 inches in
length and girth combined.
Messrs Sam Lee and J. R.
Chambless spent Thursday ifi
Mown on bueiwee
ty. Investment in War Bonds
now makes it possible for the
farmer to help finance the war
and at the same time accumu
late the funds which will en
able him to liquidate his debt
in a lump sum after the war.
Systematic purchase of War
Bonds furnishes a very orderly
and sure way of accumulating
the necessary funds for liqui
dation of debt that requires
large lump sums for settle
ment.
The extremely heavy expendi
tures required to carry on modern
total war creates high purchasing
power, which combined with short
ages of materials and labor, cause
serious inflationary threats. Most
farmers can remember the very
high prices which occurred during
the last war and the very low
prices and depression which fol-
Ipwed. With the present scale of
operations much greater than dur
ing the first war, it is imperative
that widespread inflation in gener
al prices and in land be prevent
ed. Using surplus funds to pur
chase War Bonds helps reduce in
flationary pressure in commodity
markets and, at the same time,
helps finance the war.
Building financial reserves, pay
ing off debts and fighting inflation,
comprise adequate reasons for
buying War Bonds. However,
there is still another major reason
why farmers should invest in War
Bonds until it hurts and this is the
patriotic reason. We are engaged
in a very serious struggle to pre
serve democracy and our way of
life. The sooner we can win this
war the fewer lives of our sons
and daughters will be lost. Our
youth are making great sacrifices
on the battlefronts all over the
world, and it is up to each one of
us on the homefront to give all we
have. Large sums of money are
deeded for winning the war and if
we will all buy War Bonds to the
limit of our resources voluntarily,
we can help finish the war at an
early date.
U. S. Treasury Department
W. B. White Os
Alamo Dies Os
Heart Attack
William Bright White, 60, of
Alamo, died at the home of Pate
Floyd in Hazlehurst Tuesday after
noon of a heart attack.
Funeral services were held at
Cedar Grove Wednesday afternoon
and burial was in the family ceme
tery.
Surviving him are two sons, Ches
ley White, and Preston White, of
Alamo; a daughter, Mrs. Etta Smith,
of Savannah Beach; two brothers,
Tralve White, of Jacksonville, Ga.,
and Cleve White, of Cahal Point,
Fla.
Thomas Funeral Home of Hazle
hurst was in charge.
COUNI Y 4-H CLUB
NEWS
Maxine Webster and LilaCJark
will represent Wheeler County
4-H Club girls at the annual State
4 H Club Council to be held in
Milledgeville August 29th, to
September 2nd.
Mary Mitchell, was selected as
one of 24 club girls from the
State as a returning delegate to
the State 4-H Council.
Mary Will Rowland, of Telfair
county 4-H Club member and
District winner winner for 4*H
Club girls in the Rural Electrifi*
cation Project gave her demon-*
stration on lighting to the Shiloh
Home Demonstration Club, at
the home of Mrs. Newman O’*
Quinn Monday afternoon.
This demonstration was welj
given and was enjoyed by these
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Olen Montford
and Betty, of Brunswick, spent
several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Hinson.
LOST —Gasoline “R” Ration
book with the name of J D
Evant, If found return to Local
Ration Board
EARL MORRIS IS
KILLED BY TRAIN
Earl Morirs, 22, son of U. H. and
Lucy O’Quinn Morris, of Shenandoah,
Va, was killed in Baltimore, Md., Au
gust 11, when his foot slipped, throw
ing him under the train on w’hich he
was brakeman. Both arms were sev
ered and his legs and head badly
crushed.
Following his father’s footsteps,
his ambition was to work on the
railroad. His hopes were fulfilled
when he obtained tjjob on the Penn
sylvania Railroad in Baltimore only
a few weeks before this tragedy.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Una H. Morris, and two
brothers and three sisters, Eloise,
Roy, Raaiita, Loreta and Carlee Mor
ris, of Shenandoah, Va. He is the
grandson of Mrs. D. L. O'Quinn and
the nephew of Newman, J. B. and
Leroy O’Quinn and Mrs. Eugene El
ton, of this county, and Horace
O’Quinn, of Truetlin County.
Earl visited here in April for the
first time in nine years. He made
many new acquaintances and was
loved by all who knew him.
Even though Earl was plucked in
theb lossom of early manhood, we
must remember itw as for a beauti
ful purpose. God is just, and what
He does is done for a worthy cause.
Earl is gone, but his ready smile
and kind words will linger with his
loved ones throughout the years.
His family has the deepest sym
pathy of friends and relative's here in
their sorrow. May God’s richest bless
ing comfort them in their .bereave
ment.
Farm Wage Board I i
I
Held Meeting Here
. I
The Wheeler County Farm Wage
Board met recently and, after hear
ing proceedings, a wage rata was set
based on the information brought out -
at this meeting. Ther ates set up ;
are not the official ones. These rates
are sent in by the different counties
that are to be served by the Prison- ;
ers of War from Dublin camp and a
wage rate will be determined that
will be uniform for the peanut har
vest in this given area.
An announcement to this effect Will j
be n^le when this rate has been" se^,
Peanuts are listed as priority No.
1, pulpwood No. 2, and pasture work .
Peanuts are to be harvested on the (
listed as No. 3.
task basis. Prisoners of war are ex- (
pected to complete the following task j
in eight hours: ’ • ।
Stacking peanuts by hand from ।
row—7 stacks. ।
Stacking peanuts with pitch fork
from row—l 2 stacks.
Stacking peanuts- behind rake with '
pitch fork —15 stacks.
The members of the Wheeler Coun- 1
ty Farm Wage Board are: Tom Cui- 1
line, chairman; Guy Stone, W. P. *
Owens, Kelly Sears.
IN MEMORY OF MRS. :
NANNIE LOWE i
• c
> s
We first remember her as Miss
Nannie Hartley, youngest daughter t
of Mrs. Virginia Britt Hartley, a»id j
Mr. J. M. Hartley. She was bori^ in f
Washington County on May 30, .J. 908 i
bust most of her childhood and school 1
days were spent near Alamo. Soon t
after her graduation from Wheeler
County High School at Alamo she
married James Garfield Lowe, of
Glenwood, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. S. L. Lowe. They made their 1
home in Wheeler County, and durin;
the course of yearg two children 1
were born to them, Peggy Virginia *
and James William Lowe.
Her life was not a long one. but 1
it was a happy one. She had a cneer
ful, loveable disposition that endeared 1
her to both young and old, rich and
poor. The following lines best de
scribe her: . '
She lived in a world that was always
•warm and gay,
A world filled with laughtqr and sun
shine ... ■ . ,
She ne’er saw the* darkness, But al
ways the day,
A bright word, a smile . . . WeH re
member'her that way.
Mrs. Lowe was' drowned in the
Oconee river on July 27. Her famii '
relatives and numerous friends real
ize their loss, but although she is
gone, she will long be remembered.
She has departed from us in body
but her spirit will linger with us
always.
Mrs. Lowe is survived by her hus
band, James Garfietd Lowe; ons
daughter, Peggy Virginia Lpwe; one
son, James William Lowe: her moth
er, Mrs. Virginia Britt Hartley, Sa
vannah; father, J. M. Hartley Bruns
wick; two sisters, Mrs. L. B. Coo
page, Hahira; Mrs. Lee A. Rivers. Sa
vannah; one brother, JUr. Roy Hart
ley, Brunswick, and a host of other
relatives.
Funeral services were held at the'
Alamo Baptist Church.
Mra. Ralph Carlisle has re*
turned from Boston, Mass.,
where abe has been visiting her
husband, who was stationed the^e
for abort time. Little Billy Car*
lisle returned from Carlo where
be visited his grand parents,
while bis motbeV was in Boston
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live^toeS Xnr e ' S 2 nd inC ° nW f ‘"‘»
creased and Gcor ^ la ha ve greatly in
efn Ibe sus t«Hied or in
creased still more, if prone.- adv-.n
tagees taken of the long grazing sea'
son available and the endless i
ow-priced land sui?al^ for pXres
ft was announced by the Georr i Fv ’
pcrihient Station, Experiment Ga A
sustained and profitable livestock in
•of S dman P^^a^Poa a abundance
oi cheap feed, and there is hardlv
any feed cheaper than that produced
rew^foT^; f ee d>nK <>f dairy
cows, for example, is four times as
costly as pasture feeding.
I he income possibilities of Georgia
are not vet widely
nized. Over a seven-year period im.
oh'f Up ! aild Pastures at the Geor
?rw, Xperin T nt Station have produc
« » ^ .pounds of beef gains per acre
Inch is a 147 per cent increase ov£
Pounds beef gains per acre
blamed on unimproved pastures
The potentialities and importance
of pastures can perhaps be better il
lustrated in terms of feed equivalents.
An acre of improved pasture pro
duces as much feed nutrients as in 80
bushels of oats, 41 bushels of corn,
or over a ton of high-grade cottoan
seed meat. If dairy men could real
ize the largo amount of money sent
out of Georgia to buy dairy feed
while good pastures on the farm
could produce the equivalent of 80
! S i Or more oa ts Per acre at
little labor or machinery expense and
at one-fourth the cost of barn feed
ing, there, would be many more pas
tures developed and much monev
ln , G e° r Ki®- Good permanent
pastures have the additional value of
Preventing practically all soil erosion
and greatly increasing the organic
matter in the soij.
While the climate of Georgia is
generally favorable to pasture devel
opment, it is also true that the fairly
- al ^ the year-round
a ol ' B have impdver
■'bed our land so that nutritious pas
ture plants cannot be grown without
a “ and liming. Not
unt ll soil f ertihty properly adjust-
ed should Hie second step be taken
in pasture development, that is, seed
ing and or sodding of desirable pas
tor! ^ aßßes and ,e ^ umes - Some pas
ture plants have a wide and others
a limited adaption to different parts
of Georgia. Dallis and bermuda
grasses white dutch clover, anTles
pedeza do well in all sections of Geor-
S a P r’™ ld T renditions are suit
limit^^^Ji a ? d Balna Kresses are
hmitedmostly to south Georgia; blue
north’ Co and jr ehar<l Kress to
north Georgia conditions. Grasses
and iegpjpes'ltheuld be grown togeth
’n P^reianent pastures for greater
for d n»ot° n ' S R ecific recommendations
for pasture mixtures for various soil
conditions in different parts of the
state have been published previously.
Even the best permanent pasture
mixture can no t provide complete
year-found grazing - . There are cer
tain periods every year when lack of
rainfall, hot wether or cold weather
limits or stops permanent, pasture
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lespedeza for late summer and fall
lespedeza sericea for late spring, and
winter grain mixtures for late fall to
spring.
The longest period of permanent
pasture shortage is during the win
ter months. Recent experimental re
sults show that early seedbed prepa
ration and early seeding of winter
grains greatly increases the earliness
Ki-azirig that can be ob
tamed from firains. The use of nitro
gren fertilizer in fall also hastens
and increases fall growth of winter
grains for grazing. By proper use
of supplementary grazing crops, very
close .to a year-round grazing pro
gram can be obtained in most of
Georgia:
Glenwood High School
Opens August 30th
The Glenwood High School will
open on Wednesday, August 30, with
a full corps of teachers. Superintend
ent Sibley came to the Glenwood
High School at the first of the last
school term, and since coming to
Glenwood he has made many warm
friends. He has also received the co
operation for his efficient school work
by the patrons, trustees and the
County Board of Education.
The faculty will be. this year as
follows: Miss Doris Ussery, Miss
Mary Stone, Mrs. Vivian Stone, Miss
Grace Hurst, Mrs. Mark K. Clark,
Miss Annie Laurie Fowler, Mrs. Hil
da (Hurst) Browning, Mrs. Blanche
Reed, Mrs. Douglas McGregor, Mrs.
Bob Peterson. Miss Odessa McCord,
Clyde Fulford, A. M. Sibley. ’
On July 27th, Alamo and Wheeler
Cotnhy came to mourn the lon at
one of ote most beloved citizens,
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