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Volume 35
TRUMAN WINS:UPSETS EXPERTS
FDR'S 'Other Home'|
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Now Opened To All |
As National Shrine
ATLANTA, (GPS).—Georgia, |
which slowly but surely is ap-|.
proaching her rightful place in the |
nation’s tourist picture, has added |
another to her long list of attrac- |,
tions. The Little White House at |
Warm Springs, where President |-
Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, |
is now open to the public as a na
tional shrine. |
During the many years he came |,
to Georgia, Mr. Roosevelt’'s Warm
Springs retreat was frequently |
referred to as his “other home".
But it was more than that, as Ivan |
Allen, Sr., of Atlanta, chairman |,
of the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Spring Memorial Commis- |
sion, pointed out at the recent for- |
mal opening.
“This was the only personal
home Mr. Roosevelt ever had”
Chairman Allen said. “You recall |
that he lived with his mother at|
Hyde Park, in the Executive Man
sion at Albany, in the White
House at Washington, in the
Roosevelt home in Canada. But
the Little White House in Geor- |
gia was his very own. He picked
the spot. He loved these simple
rural, rustic surroundings. We
have tried to keep it the same.”
And the Commission has done a
good job of it, too. Everything is
just as the President left it—all
tied, wired or nailed down. Visi- |
tors are amazed at the wealth of
historic material contained in the
Little White House. In the Mu
seum carefully spaced behind |
glass are 130 walking canes sent
to Mr. Roosevelt from all over
the world; also ship models, his
steel braces,commemorative
stamps issued under his admini- |
stration, his pens and cigarette |
holder.
In upstairs rooms are the chair |
in which he was stricken, the bed ‘
in which he died, his books, hats,
a hand-turned ice cream freezer, |
his dishes, initialed towels, clocks,
(all set at 3:45, time of his death),
wheel chairs, riding whip, and his
plug-in telephone. The old stage
coach (he bought it as a museum
piece) and his automobile with
hand controls (a 1938 Ford bear
ing the Georgia license tag: “FDR
—1—1945") also are on display. |,
To one side stands the admini
stration building and the souvenir |
shop with the sandwich bar. Out |
in front is cemented parking space |
for 150 cars. Plans are being|
made to handle from 2,000 to|
5,000 visitors a week at Georgia’s |
newest and foremost sight-seeing |
place, which is under the super
vision of Lee S. Trimble, secre- |
tary-treasurer of the commission. |’
Admission price: 50 cents for a-|
dults; 25 cents for children. ‘
GLENNWOOD FFA |
ATTEND FAIR :
The Glenwood Chapter Future |
Farmers of America attended the
annual Fair at Macon October 23. |
Everyone enjoyed the exhibits |
and carnival part of the Fair and
State FFA rally. Future Farmers |°
that attended the Fair were:|
Charles Anderson, Ennis Ander
son, Dewitt Wright, James Bar
low, Walter Guy Rivers, Willard |
Anderson, Vivian Joyce B. Z.|
Swain, Alex Barnhill, William ||
Couey, Edward Watson, Earl Pow- |
ell,Donnie Crawford, Russell Ry- |
als, W. O. Whitehead, Ollin Horne,
James Avery, Hurley Goss, Dar- '
win Evans, Howard Bailey, Carl
Roland, Richard Barnhill, John |
Laavors, Louie Gillis,- Edsil But- |
ler, Sid Couey, Franklin Baker,
Jack Montford, Pep Cullen, Hil- 1
ton Butler, Jack Tootle, Olen
Howell, Billy Morrison, Dan
Wright, Paul Edge, and James :
Purvis. ‘
We remained in Macon at the |
Fair until after the fireworks that |
night and arrived home about |
1:30 AM.
Subscribe for The Wheeler|
County Eagle, your newspaper.
Wheeler County Eagle
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ast Rites For Former
Senator Reese Jordan
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Funeral services for Hon. Reese !
Fredrick Jordan, prominent far
‘mer and naval stores operator of
Wheeler County, who died in a
'Macon hospital at 10:15 A.M., Sat
‘urday, were held in the Shiloh |
Methodist Church in Wheeler
County at 3:00 P.M. Monday. The
Rev. D. G. Mann officiated and
burial was in the Shiloh Ceme
‘t(‘ry.
Active pallbearers were; R. J.
‘Smith, E. E. Elton, Troy Mimbs,
‘Truett White, A. G. Mitchell and
J. H. Mitchell. Honorary pall
bearers were; Col. W. S. Mann,
J. H. Wilcox, J. A. Pope, Dr. Du
rell Wooten, J. R. Chambless, Dr.
‘Claud Grindle, D. R. Wilcox, D.
A. Sapp, Dr. R. F. Mann, Alex
iSmith. Eaf Ponder, W. D. Fuller,
K. N. Sears and R. L. Storey.
| Mr. Jordan was prominent in
the business, civic and religous
affairs of Wheeler County and the
Shiloh Community. He was a
member of the Lumber City
Men’s Business Club. president of
the Bank of Lumber City, presi
dent of the Ocmulgee Electric
Membership Corporation, Alamo,
Chairman of the board of Stew
ards and Lay Leader of the Shiloh
Methodist Church. He has served
three terms as Representative
from Wheeler County in the Leg
islature, and was elected Septem
ber 14, 1938, as Senator from the
15th Senatorial District, composed
of Toombs, Montgomery and
Wheeler Counties. He served in
this capacity with credit to the
Senatorial District, making some
of the important laws which the
county is now operating under.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. J. Benham Stewart, Macon,
Mrs. Frank Thompson, Miss Jane
Jordan and Miss Lucy Knox Jor
dan of Wheeler County; one
grandson J. Benham Stewart, 11,
Macon; one brother, Charles M.
Jordan, Lumber City.
Hart’s Mortuary was in charge
of the funeral arrangements.
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Willam J. Clark
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Buried At Mt. Olivet
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~ Funeral services were held
Tuesday so rWilliam Jasper Clark,
age 79, who died on his birthday,
November 1, after a three weeks
‘illness. Services were held at Mt.
Olivet Church and were con
ducted by Rev. Edgar A. Martin,
pastor of the Helena and Mt. Oli
vet Methodist churches.
~ Surviving the deceased are one
{son, Luis G. Clark of Monroe, N.
C., and Mrs. Melvin T. Hill of
Dallas, Texas; two sisters, Mrs.
W. O. Harrelson and Mrs. Mollie
Bass, both of Wheeler County.
~ Mr. Clark was a member of the
'Mt. Olivet Methodist Church and
a former Commisioner of Roads,
Revenues of Wheeler county. He
was chairman of the board at the
time the county operated under;
a three man commission. He has
since served several years with
‘the State Highway Department as
an excellent civil engineer and
was known in the department as
“Uncle Billy”.
Mr. Clark was married to Miss
Josephine Llado at Mosspoint,
Mississippi, who preceded him in
death. Harris and Smith Funeral
Home of Mcßae had charge of the
funeral arrangements.
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DEMONSTRATION
The Glenwood Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America will
attend the soil conservation dem
onstration at Baxley November 3.
We expectito see many demon
strations of new machinery being‘
put to work. We will attend this‘
demonstration ift one of the school
buses and willi#leave as soon as‘
we check in Wednesday morning.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday November 5, 1948
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Piedmont Hospital ‘
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|Nurse Scholarships
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'Are Offered Here
An unlimited number of scho
larships in Piedmont Hospital
»’School of Nursing in Atlanta will
be awarded to applicants from l
Alamo and vicinity, who can qual- |
ify, according tp an announcement |
this week by the hospital’s Board {
of Trustees through the President i
Dr. Floyd W. Mcßae. These schol
}arships have been donated by unl
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| “Atlanta has become a medical |
‘center for the entire state of Geor- '
| gia”, said Dr. Mcßae. “Both pub- |
lic and private institutions will!
execute building programs within |
the next few years. Naturally |
these new buildings will be usc-’
less unless there is an adequate
staff of nurses available. Pied-}
mont’s nursing scholarships have |
been offered as an answer to this '
pressing need”. '
Piedmont Hospital, a ]SO-bed,!
non-profit, non-sectarian institu- |
tion, is one of the general hospi-|
[tals in the Atlanta area now lay- |
ing plans to expand its facilities’
through a building program. Its
new hospital will be located on
Peachtree Road. ‘
Applicants for the scholarshipsl
must be between the ages of 17|
and 35, and graduates of accredi-i
ted high schools. Classes will be
gin with the new term on Jan. 2, ~
1949. Applicationblanks and fur- ||
i ther information may be obtained |
'from the Director of Nurses, Pied- i
mont Hospital, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. |
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PTA HOLDS MEETING
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WEDNESDAY, OCT- 27 |
The Wheeler County P. T. A.
Council held its regular meeting ]
Wednesday, October 27, in Glen- ||
wood.
The meeting was called to order I
and presided over by the presi- |
dent, Mrs. Lonnie Achord of |
Alamo. :
The program was furnished by |,
the Glenwood P. T. A. |
Marilyn Kent sang “Where My |
Caravan Has Rested”. Mrs. W. J. |
Futral gave the reading, “The Fif- |.
tieth Boy”, Mr. E. C. Haines
talked to the group on the Mini- |
mum Foundation Program of Edu- |-
cation.
At the close of the meeting, the |
Glenwood 9th Grademothers|;
served refreshments in the lunch |
room. 1
‘&IMER BROWNING
REBURIED OCT. 20
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The remains of Elmer Browning
killed in action in Europe on Oc
tober 9, 1945, were brought back
!to Wheeler county and reinterred
|at Mt. Olivet Methodist Church
'cemetery on October 20.
} Mr. Browning is survived by his
imothor, Mrs. Austin Browning,
four brothers, John, Morris and
’Guy of Dodge county and Wilbur
of Brunswick, Ga.; three sisters,
Mrs. Mellie Clark and Mrs. Bryan
'Evans of Wheeler county, and
‘Mrs. W. J. White of Atlanta.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church by the pastor, Rev. Edgar
A. Martin. Pallbearers were mem
bers of the American Legion,
Wheeler County Post.
The deceased was 23 years of
age at the time he was killed in
the service of his country. He was
born in Dodge county.
“Operations Green Bar”, a
weekend camp for Junior Leaders
of Boy Scout Troops, will be held
Saturday and Sunday, November
20 and 21, at Camp Kewanee, 3
miles from Dudley on the Dudley-
Dexter Highway.
This special week-end camp is
open only to the Senior Patrol
Leader, Patrol Leaders and Assis
tants, Scribe and Quartermaster
of the Boy Scout Troops in this
section.
Letters have been sent to all
Scoutmasters asking that they
register their Junior Leaders im
mediately for this unusual camp.
Scouts attending will receive in
structions in Making Camp, Fire
building ad Cooking, Pathfinding
and Mapping, Axmanship, P.opc-‘
work, as well ‘as the job which
do back in their Troop because of
their position. Emphasis will be
placed on how the Scouts attend
ing can teach the knowledge of
Scoutcraft to their brother Scouts
in their trecops back home.
Camp Kewanee was selected for
the camp due to it being centrally
located for the scouts invited.
The camp will be under the di
rection of Robert L. Pound, Field
Scout Executive for this area, and
assisting him will be Jack Acker
of Milledgeville.
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Decision Upholds
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County Unit System
b Georgia’'s county unit system
- lwould seem to be secure in the
| light of a recent decision by the
| | United States Supreme Court in
| | volving efforts of Wallace's Pro
gressive Party to get on the bal
| lot in Illinois.
,| The Supreme Court held by a
|l6 to. 3 decision that a state has
' | the right to set up certain require
| ments in elections, specifically
| holding that Illinois could legally
|| require a new political party to
secure petitions with 200 names
| from each of the 50 counties in
{the state before the party could
| get on the ballot. This, also, was
|a vindication of Georgia’s 5 per
[ cent law, which has just been up
held by a Federal Court sitting
|in Atlanta.
Analysts of the Supreme Court
| decision point out that the langu
lngo used by the court, ie. “It is
{allowable state policy to require
|that candidates for state-wide of
fice should have support not limi
ted to a concentrated locality”—
{and—“To assume that political
Ipowm' is a function exclusively
{of numbers is to disregard the
| practicalities of government”— is
lulmost identical with that em-
Iployed by G overnor-Nominate
| Herman Talmadge during the re
cent Democratic Primary in which
‘|he maintained that the county
|unit system was the most demo- |
cratic means of choosing Georgia
officials. The preservation of the
|county unit system is a major
lplank in Talmadge's platform.
Quarterly Conference
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At Spring Hill M.E.
Church On Nov. 9
The second quarterly confe
rence of the Alamo Methodist
Charge will be held at Spring
Hill Methodist Church on Tuesday
November 9, beginning at 11:00
A.M. The Rev. Frank Nalls, Dis
trict Superintendent will preach
at that hour. This will be followed
by dinner served at the church
which will be followed by the
session of the conference. All of
ficials of the conference are urged
to attend and visitors are wel
come. —Rev. R. O. Edenfield
| Help The Eagle make Wheeler
county a better place to live.
Every big newspaper, magazine, radio commentator and
professional public opinion pollster had said that Dewey
would win by landslide proportions. Mr. Truman predicted
that there wouuld be a lot of “red faces” on November 3, and
a good many in the Democratic camp are also wearing red
faces, including Ralph McGill of the Atlanta Constitution to
say nothing o four old republican friend, the Savannah Morn
ing News.
f’METHODIST YOUTH
~ELECT OFFICERS
| The Young People’s Class of the
Glenwood Methodist Church elec
| ted new officers on Sunday, Oct
| ober 24.
President . Mrs. Mackie Simpson
Vice Pres. Mrs. Joe Edd Clark
Secretary . Mrs. Addis Pope
Treas. . Miss Mary C. Browning
Reporter. . Mrs. D. L. Stephens
Social Director for Nov. and Dec.
D. L. Stephens
Mr. G. C. Barnhill is the very
popular teacher of this class, and
the class refused to honor his of
fered resignation. Messrs Marcus
Bomar and Mackiz Simpson were
chosen as assistant teachers.
FOREST RANGER'S
COMMENTS
by Fred Amslre
Last week we had a fire on Mr.
George Hartley's land about three
miles from town. This fire burned
over about 35 to 40 acres of land,
but probably would have burned |
75 or 80 acres if it had not been
put out. Mr. Orris Hartley and
Mr. Herman Strickland helped in
extinguishing the fire. The fire
probably caught from a match
which had been thrown from a
car.
The weather has been dry and
hot for about three weeks, and I
would like to caution everyone
about burning brush during this
time. If you intend to burn brush
I suggest you follow these few
simple precautions:
1. Notify the County Ranger's
office so that we will know there
is a possibility of a fire starting
there.
2. Pile the brush into small
piles. '
3. Burn one pile at a time and
be sure each pile burns com
pletely out.
4. Pick the right time of day
when there is no wind. Late in
the afternoon is usually calm and
is a good time for burning brush.
5. Have some tools and water
available for fighting fire in case
it does get away from you.
These few precautions will
sometimes save everyone a great
deal of work.
Let me remind you again that
{our phone number is 17 during
the day and 61 at night.
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" Proves Polls Fake; Sends
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| Il Wood
. Experts to Tall Woods
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Fighting almost alone, Harry §S.
| Truman was elected President of the
United States on Tuesday by winning
! 304 electoral votes. He carried 28
| states, to 16 for Dewey .
Mr. Truman’s popular vote was
| about two million greater than that
for Mr. Dewey.
j To Harry S. Truman and Alben
l Barkley goes the credit for waging a
; winning campaign, for they had al
| most no help from anyone; except the
| little fellows who believed that Tru
‘ man and Barkley were the answers
| that the little fellow was seeking.
i In addition to winning the presi
{ dency, Mr. Truman and Mr. Barkley
! contributed greatly to the cause of
l democracy by helping to bring about
a Congress that will be organized by
the Democratic Party next January.
The people now have a man for
president who owes nothing to anyone
for help in getting elected. The man
himself did the job and he should be
given every assistance by all of the
people, for they are governed by one
¢ ,of their own creatino. :
| The new officers to serve the
new term of 1948-49 school year
' lare as follows:
| President .. _Charles Anderson
| Vice-President. Ennis_ Anderson
| Secretary ... Dewitt Wright
| Assist. Sec. Willard Anderson
Treas. James Barlow
Assist. Treas. Vivian Joyce
| Reporter Walter Guy Rivers
| Assistant Reporter ....Alex
Barnhill
| Advisor D. L. Stephens
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; Soil Conservation
| News
' by G. R. Peeples
R. U. Bell, Alamo, signed an
agreement last week with the
Ohoopee River Soil Conservation
District for a conservation plan
on his farm. Mr. Bell plans to in
clude as many acres of soil-build
ing crops in his rotation as
possible.
A fish truck was in the county
last week delivering fish to the
ponds of Wallace Adams, Walter
Ryals and K. N. Adams.
J. C. Rogers of Snowhill Com
munity, is having a dam con
structed for a farm pond. Mr.
Rogers plans to utilize the pond
for fish production and water for
livestock.
W. B. Jackson, of near Alamo,
has a good stand of blue lupine
on twenty-five acres he seeded
’rccently. Mr. Jackson seeded the
lupine at the rate of 65 pounds
per acre.
AMERICAN LEGION
TO MEET NOV. 19
American Legion Jenkins-Pat
terson Post No. 193, will hold its
regular meeting on Nov. 19th.
All veterans are urged to come.
Cancer will claim the lives of
18,000,000 of the present popula
tion of the United States if pres
ent death rates continue, accord
ing to the American Cancer So
ciety.
Number 26