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Volumn ‘37.
Ex-G. I. Making
Success On Wheeler
County Farm
BY GRETCHEN MINGLEDORFF
Last fall, Wally Githens, a young
commercial artist from St. Peters
burg, Florida. who had formerly
spent 12 years in Boys Town, Ne-
Ibraska, came to Georgia to raise
flowers, baby calves, and baby pigs.
He knew the work of a mortician
and a commercial designer, but farm
ing was something entirely new and
different.
Githens—-a veteran farm trainee —
operates 152 acre Wheeler County
farm belonging to his father-in-law.
a flower producer in Florida, and he
shares half the profits on the farm
with the owner. A look around the
place reveals quite a diversified set
up. On his 65 acres of cultivated
land, be has two acres in watermel
ons and cantaloupes, two in peanuts,
2% in flowers, and he is developing
25 acres of improved pasture seeded
in millet and lespedeza. The rest of
the land is in corn.
His 2% acres of (flowers include
700 iris bulbs, 200 of which were
King Alfred's. 18,000 Easter lily seed
bulbs, 18 forty-yard rows of tube
roses, P/2 rows gladiolis, 200 amarylis
bulbs and two acres of Easter lilies.
He plans to increase this acreage to
ten this year. These flowers were not
grown for commercial purposes but
merely as an experiment to deter
mine how well they will do on this
soil. The amatuer floriculturist has
found that bulbs grown in Georgia
are better and more free of disease
than those grown in Florida, even
though they are smaller in size.
He plans to sell only bulbs from
the Easter lilies, and all transactions
will be with whoesale seed compa
nies and all cut flower transactions
with wholesale florists. Wally says
he depends mostly on his wife and
his VFTP instructor, N. A. Wynn,
Jr., to advise him about the flowers.
His wife who makes corsages hopes
to open a floral shop.
To grow into the livestock busi
ness, Wally is buying purebred baby
claves at three to ten days old, feed
ing them a milk substitute—Ka ff-a—
with a bucket and nipple. He aver
ages purchasing one each month and
now has six dairy heifers. The Army
vet plans to secure a Black Angus
bull, and using his present stock,
raise 25 calves each year to sell for
beef.
He has a registered Hampshire
brood sow with five pigs and two
additional hogs which he purchased
for $1 each at three days old. He
and his wife raised them on a nipple
and bottle, and they now weigh 75
pounds each.
The amateur farmer is rather proud
of the record he has made with his
chickens. Wally has 22 pullets and
42 New Hampshire Red chicks. He
says he bought 51 chicks and raised
51: that at eight weeks they weighed
2% pounds and at five months, he
got his first two eggs.
Prior to entering the Alamo VFTP
class in October, 1949, Githen’s ca
reer had been rather unusual. At
the age of six, he entered Boys
Town, Nebraska, where for 12 years
he worked and studied under the
guidance of Father Flanagan. Dur
ing this time he spent 2% years star
ring in and working with the movie,
“Ebys Town,” After serving five
years in the Army, he worked as a
mortician and later as a commercial
artist doing window display work. He
married seven years ago. He and
his wife, Frances who comes from
Lakeland, Florida, have a six-year
old son, “Scooter”.
Since he came onto the farm, the
trainee has. rebuilt all the terraces
and is constructing fencing around
it. He recently purchased a tractor
and equipment which he is financ
ing with his montly subsistence
checks. Wally said he had never
operated a tractor before in his life,
and everytime he does a thing with
it, he has to run get his instructor
to show him how it is done.
The Githens are now living in an
old log hoose put together with wood
en pegs built by Mrs. Githens grand
father 78 years ago. . They plan to
start building a modern, ranch-type
house this year. To help economize,
Frances finds time to help drive the
tractor, cultivate the flowers, and
feed the calves and hogs in addition
to keeping house and sewing for
herself and young “Scooter”.
The young farmer attributes his
entire success on the farm thus far
to his instruction in the training pro
gram which is administered through
the State Department of Education,
division of vocational education.
Wheeler County Eagle
Farmer’s Home
Destroyed By Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
McNeal of Alamo R-2, was destroy
ed by fire one day last week. They
only carried a small amount Os in
surance or. the home, making it al
most a total loss to them.
At the time cif the fire Mr. and
Mrs. McNeal and their four children
were visiting in Jeffersonville.
Dr. E. M. Rackley
Os Mt. Vernon
Dies Last Week
MT. VERNON, May 18.—Dr. Eu
gene Marlin Rackley, 76 years old
died suddenly last night at a fishing
camp at Ochlochnee Lodge, Fla. He
was a native of Sardis, in Burke
County, but had practiced denistry
here for 40 years.
Funeral services were held at 4
■ p. m. Friday at the Mount Vernon
Baptist Church with the pastor, the
Rev. C. L. Shelby, officiating, assist
ed by the Rev. W. A. Ray. Burial
was in the Mount Vernon City Cem
■ etery.
Son of the late W. L. D. Rackley,
' and Amelia Mobley Rackley of Burke
’ county, he is survived by his wife
■ who before her marriage was Miss
’ Alice Burke of Washington county;
five sons, Waldo Rackley of Warner
: Robins, Dr. O. D. Rackley of Albany.
■ Eugene Rackley of Summerville and
’ Hubert and Cecil Rackley of Mount
! Vernon; one daughter, Mrs. H. C.
1 Hardin of Trion; one sister. Mrs. Les
! sie Fox of Vidalia, and two broth
-1 ers, C. A. Rackley of Uvalda and
Dr. Flody Rackley of Millen; and
1 eight grandchildren.
Active pallbearers were D. A. Mc-
Rae Ji., E. H. McCrimmon, Gregory
Hughes, Bob Peterson, Joe Under
’ wood and Luther Henry.
Honorary pallbearers were J. S.
’ Stephenson, L. C. Underwood, D. A.
' Mcßae, Sr., H. B. Folsom, W. B. Mor
-5 risen, T. J. Mcßae, S. J. Elliott, H.
!D. Tapley, Paul Calhoun, Henry
Fountain, George Hughes, M. E.
Fountain, John Mcßae, E. E. Burch,
J. H. Peterson, W. J. Peterson, John
C. Peterson, W. O. Purser, Dr. Lloyd
’ Darby, Dr. J. O. Whipple, Dr. George
E. Callihan, James Peterson and B.
r
H. Peterson.
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SPRING HILL H. D.
CLUB HOLDS MEETING
>, The Spring Hill Home Deinonstra
> tion Club held its meeting at the
I home of Mrs. Monroe Clements. The
> meeting was called to order by the
> president and Mrs. Helen Varnadoe
j gave the devotional.
Miss Godbee discussed the making
I of hooked rugs and she also brought
; a beautiful lamp made from a
I brown jug with a picture painted on
> it. Some of the ladies plan to make
[ one later on in the year. Miss God
l bee made a bird pin to wear on
> dresses and suits, then a name was
drawn for the pin and Mrs. Jimmie
> Pitts was the lucky winner.
18 regular members and two visi
. tors were present.
; Our hostess served delicious re
; freshments and the meeting was ad
> journed to meet with Mi’s. Alton
. Clark in June.
SOUTHEASTERN DUROC
CONGRESS
The first annual Southeastern Du
‘ roc Congress is secheduled to be
held, January 23 and 24, 1951, but
k !
' the place for holding the event has
not been selected as yet. Seven South-
' j eastern States have already agreed
।to participate in this first congress.
! i When it comes to any part of the farm
• work—whether it is fedeing cows, in.
i noculating them against black leg,
' plowing, or hoeing lilies—he follows
strictly his institutional on-farm
■ j trainnig instructions. "Everything
' about farming is new and unfamiliar
. to us,” he said. “I didn’t even know
anything about planting home gar-
' i dens and canning until I heard about
it in class, and the substantial, clean
. brooder which I learned to build in
the school shop was responsible for
• the good luck I had with my chick
-1 ens.”
Githens points out that they don’t
expect to make any money for the
next four years, “but”, he added,
. “we will be buying cattle, hogs and
flowers, and by the time 1 finish
school, I hcipe to be in flower pro
duction on a paying scale, have my
tractor paid for, and have a paying
herd of cattle started.” His greatest]
wish is that Father Flanagan were t
alive today to visit his farm and see
~ what he is doing with his flowers;
and cattle.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, May 26. 1950
Burnam T. Pope Is
Initiated In Emory
Phi Beta Kappa
ATLANTA, B; rnam T. Pope, of
Alamo, winter quarter initiate iulo
Phi Beta Kappa, and student ait
Emory University, was one of ap
proximtely 175 students given special
recognition in Honors Day cere
monies May 18. PBK is the highest
scholatie honorary fraternity.
Ralph McGill, editor of The Con
stitution, was speaker for the Hon
or’s Day convocation. Dr. Goodrich
C. White, president of Emory, pre
sided.
Honor's Day was combined this
year with the celebration of Parent's
Day, at which time the university
holds open house for parents of Em
ery students. Mom and pop were
given an opportunity to meet facul
ty members, eat at fraternity houses
and in the campus cafeteria, attend
a conceit by the Emory band, and
see "The Male Animal,” presented
oy the Emory Players. A President's
Hour discussion was arranged for
j the visitors, and the new alumni
memorial building was the setting
' for an informal reception.
An academic procession, composed
of faculty and staff and members of
honor societies, opened the Honor's
Day convocation in the morning. New
members were named to several of
the nine societies, and a number of
awards were presented.
Students were recognized for scho
lastic achievement, leadership, serv
ice. and outstanding records in ath
letics, nursing, journalism, dentistry,
debate, languages, bioligy, geology,
finance, and accounting.
Societies participating were Phi
I Beta Kappa, highest national scho
lastic honorary; D. V. S., made up of
the seven most outstanding seniors:
and Alpha Epsilon Upsilon, Omicron
Delta Kappa, Eta Sigma Psi. Omicorn
Kappa Upsilon. Alpha Omega Alpha,
sigma Xi, and Beta Gamma Signin',
newly installed honorary in business
administration.
Two Glenwood
Students Get
Babe Ruth Awards
The Glenwood High School award
ed two students the Babe Ruth
Sportsmanship Awards for 1949-50
school term.
Out of 1,000 schools in the United
States participating in the program
only 34 schools in Georgia have been
privileged to offer the award.
The students who competed for
this years award ware nominated by
faculty members and students in a
written statement of the event tha
showed sportsmanship. The winners
were chosen from the nominees.
This is the firs', year the award
has been made. The awards went to
Ennis Anderson and Jan Haines.
Home Repair Outlays
In County To Reach
Huge Total In 1950
Wheeler County home owners will
spend approximately $63,000 on re
pair and modernization of non-farm
dwellings during 1950, according to
estimates just released by the Tile
Council of America.
“Lower wholesale prices for build
ing products and growing stress on
the use of quality materials should
greatly benefit Georgia home owners
planning repairs this year,” declared
A. T. Wintersgill, chairman of the
Council’s residential construction
committee.
Approximately two of every five
homes in this region will be redeco
rated, either inside or out, during the
year, the report showed. Roofs will
be repaired or replaced on one of
every six, and six of every 100 are
due for carpentry work.
Seven of every 100 homes will have
plumbing repaired, bathroom^ tiled
or showers installed, the report said.
Miscellaneous inferior repairs will be
made in six of every 100 dwelings.
Home repairs will be easier on the
1950 family budget because of a de
cline of more than five per cent in
wholesale costs of building materials,
in comparison with prices at the be
ginning of 1949, the report said. Home
owners also will.be able to insist on
such quality materials as clay 'tile
for repair work, as a result of the
’ present buyers' market it pointed out.
Expenditures throughout the United
t States for home repair and moderni. |
zation this year will total $2,350,000,- I
000 to $2„900,000,000, the report est
timated.
Annual Workshop
To Be Held At
University Os Georgia
A w. ’kshop in health, physical i
education . and recreation will be
held at the University of Georgia
from June 15 through August 2. It
being conducted by the Division
c Herbh and Physical Education
of the University in cooperation with
the Georgia Departments of Public
Health and Education.
The six-week courses are designed
t meet the needs of teachers, ad
ministrators. supervisors, specialists I
in health, physical education, recre
ation or lay’ leaders.
Mrs. Mary’ Ella Lunday Soule, Di
rector of the Workshop at the Uni
versity, said she hoped a large num
bet of PTA members from all over
the State will attend the workshop.
"I believe the Parent-Treacher As
sociation can do more than any other
single organization to insure our
Georgia schools of an advanced
health program.’
In reference to chilt? health, Mrs.
Ralph Hobbs, President of the Geor
gia Congress of Parents and Teadhers,
emphasized that her organization
considers this isue of paramount im
portance. “The National Congress of
1 Parents and Teachers . . . seeks to
further all measures of health edu
cation that will improve the health
of the children of the nation and in
struct parents in the care of the
health of their children,” she stated.
Mrs. Hobbs said the PTA had a
cordial interest” in the Workshop.
We commend the work of this shop
and wish for the greatest success in
। its results. It will be of marked
I benefit in the health program of the
entire State.”
This year 10 quarter hours may be
•I earned on either the graduate or un
( dergraduate level for the courses.
, Teachers, nurses, or county lay lead
! ers may register as special students.
Facilities for housing on the campus
; will be made available for this special
group.
Those interested should immediate
ly contact Mrs. Mary Ella Lunday
। Soule, Physical Education Building.
University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
(ilenwood Baptist
Revival Service
Start Monday Night
A -revival meeting will begin at the
Glenwood Baptist Church on Mon
day night, May 29. Services will be
gin at 9 a. m. and 8:15 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services, which will be
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
j William Kitchen.
Negro Woman Drowns
Baby In Well In
Lumber City May 3
Mary Frances Walker, Negro wom
an of Lumber City, was lodged in the
I county jail Wednesday after con
fessing to Policeman Jackson, in
Lumber City, that she threw her
month-old son in an abandoned well
on May’ 3, where he was drowned,
Deputy Sheriff Alto Cooper, re
ported.
The baby was born to the unmar
ried woman on April 2, When he
disappeared other Negroes in the
, town became suspicious and began
questioning her. She told several
conflicting stories, first saying that
she had given the baby to a cousin
in Douglas, and saying later at dif
ferent times, that he was with rel
atives near Mcßae, Vidalia, and Jack
sonville, Fla.
Becoming more suspicious a neigh
bor reported the incident to the Lum
ber City policeman, who questioned
her. The woman told the officer that
; she could not take care of the baby,
anl had gone to the well near an
old house and dropped him into the
water about 9;30 o'clock the night of
May 3. She told the policeman that
she would leacf him to the spot where
the baby met his death.
Policeman Jackson called Sheriff
John B. Walker, who sent Deputy
Sheriff Cooper, accompanied by
Troopers Shay and Hambrick, to the
scene. A rope was tied to an old
tub which was let down info the well,
and the skeleton of the infant was
recovered.
The woman will be held in jail
i here for trial, probably in June.
I When storing meat in ‘ a freezer
, locker, the packaging must protect
' the food from absorbing odors and
from giving off odors.
Single Copy 10c
Governon Talmadge
Visits Wheeler County
Governor 11 -rm;»n E. Talmadge
stopped over f; r a short time in Ala
'mo Thursday morning . n his way
down to Hinesville, where he was
to deliver a political address at 10:30
o’clock.
He was joined here by Hon. Wallace
Adams, a candidate for State Senate
md they k .1 heie for a short stop
over in Glenwood before continuing
his trip to Hinesville.
Shiloh Scoo! Closes
With Picnic At Jay
Bird Springs Friday
School closed at Shiloh last Friday
and most of the children were happy.
The seventh grade finished off
their school term by’ going to Jay
Bird and spending the day. They left
about 9 o'clock and enjoyed skat
ing, bowling and swimming as well
as a picnic lunch at noon time.
Those going were Zan Joyce, Maxie
Jo Mimbs, Winifred Elton, Jane
Evans. Ruthona Ussery, Don Brewer,
Wallace Monford, Billie Dixon, Gene
Walden, Russell Thigpen. Miss Grace
Windham, Mrs. Rawleigh Joyce, Mrs.
E. E. Elton, Chery] and Rickie, Mrs.
W. D. Ussery, Peggy Daris and Fred.
All enjoyed the day very much and
lock forward to another trip soon.
Over 100,000 Get
Monthly Checks
From Welfare Dept.
According to a recent statement
given out by Alan Kemper, State Di
rector of Public Welfare, the State
Welfare Department is now issuing
monthly checks to more than one
hundred thousand old people of the
state. At present, said Director
Kemper, 518 of every 1000 Geor
; gians passed the age of 65 years, are
1 cn the pension rolls and receiving
assistance. Old age assistance checks
mailed out on the 15th of the current
■ month amounted to a total of $2,-
, 339,684, at the same time payments
for aid to dependent children and
• to the blind increased the total for
the month to $3,098,872, said Mr.
Kemper.
In order to appreciate the rapid
rowth in assistance made possible
by the present administration, said
Director Kemper, it is only necessary
to make a few comparisons from the
records since the present adminis
tration went into office.
In November 1948 there were on
the welfare pension rolls of the state
87,826 old people receiving monthly
assistance, whereas on May 15, 1950,
17 months later, and under the Tal
madge administration, the number oh
1 'he rolls totaled 100.368, of this num
ber more than 12,000 have been add
ed within the last seventeen months.
During the same period the average
monthly grant was increased from
$20.28 in November 1948 to $23.31 as
o. May 1950, said Director Kemper.
At present 2,669 blind people are
listed on the welfare rolls with an
average grant of $27.69 per month,
and 14,833 dependent children re
ceiving assistance with a monthly!
average grant of $46.20.
Director Kemper said it had been
the policy of the present adminis
tration to be on the alert for ways
and means of making it possible for
every needy person in the state to
make appication and if eligible to be '
placed on the assistance rolls and be
given aid, and today approximately j
118,000 Georgians are on the Stat?
Welffen e assistance rolls receiving}
aid regularly each month, at a cost
of approximately $4,000,000 a month. '
The greater portion of which is being
paid to the old people of the state
in old age pensions.
Crude Gum
Market Report
Prices received by producers for
crude pine gum delivered to process
ing plants during the week of May
8 to May 13 averaged $18.41 per
standard barrel of 435 pounds. This
compares with the previous week’s
average of SIB.BO.
The 22 >-eportjng plants received
31,171 barrels or an average of 1,417
barrels per plant, as compared with
1;239 barrels per plant at these same
plants a week ago.
The - average estimated cofitent per
barrel was 11.42 gallons of tur
pentine and 298.6 pounds of rosin.
The gum graded 43^ WW, ISG"
WG; 13% N, 14% M, and 12% K
and below.
Soybeans I or Oil
Being Tried Here,
County Agent Says
M. K. Jackson, county agent, sug
gested rule.-' this v eek for lo
cal farmers who aie growing soy
beans :■ :■ oil.
Mr. Jackson pointed out that trial
plantings of tl.e cro,: are being made
in this section this season and that it
is going to be races, ary to produce
high yields per acre at low cost per
bushel to make this crop a profitable
one.
1. Plant on fertile loam or sandy
soil that has been prepared as for
corn. If planting after lupine harv
ested for seed or small grain for
grain, the crop residue should be
chopped into the soil a few days be
fore planting.
2. Roanoke, Acadian, Odgein, C. N.
5.., J. W. 45 and Yelnando are the
highest yielding varieties. Acadian,
J. W. 45, and Yelnando are best for
late planting and after lupine or
small grain harvested for seed.
3. Fertilize with 400 pounds 0-12-
12, 3-9-9 er 4-8-8 per acre where the
beans are not planted alter a crop
fertilized with 600 pounds or more
of high-grade fertilizer. The 0-12-12
would be for rich land or after a
good winter legume crop.
4. Use 45 to 60 pounds of large
seed varieties or 20 to 30 pounds of
small-seed varieties per acre. Plant
in 30 to 36 inch r'.vs and drop 10 to
12 seed per foot if possible. Inocu
late the seed.
5. Cultivate thoroughly to kill
young weeds and grasse. First cul
tivation can be with weeder, rotary
he a or drag harrow. Cultivation in
the warmest part of the day wil re
duce damage to plants as they are
less brittle at this time. Lay by
when plants are 18 to 24 inches high.
6. In advance “.ages of growth soy
beans may be attacked by caterpil
lars. One or two dustings with 10
to 15 pounds of cryolite or two and
one-half percent DDT dust is sug
gested fm- control. If to be us'-d f«r
hay, do net use the DDT.
7. Soybeans should be combined
when the beans and vines are dry
and before beans begin to shatter.
If green beans or green plant material
are present in the harvested bens,
they should be removed by cleaning.
If hasting occurs spread beans on
tight floor and turn until dry. Mark
et soon after harvest.
Service Department
Brings Vets’ Benefits
To Highest Peak
The total number of Georgia Vete
rans taking advantage of the GI
Bill’s educational privileges has
reached an ail-time high of 70,502.
Total subsistence to trainees for
March, 1950, which is the last month
for which figures are available,
reached the staggering sum of $5,-
631,694.63. an increase of approxi
mately $1,000,000.00 over October of
1948.
The above figures were released
this week by William K. Barrett, Di
rector of the State Department of
Veterans Service, in a comparison of
benefits veterans are receiving un
der the present administration with
that of the last month of the pre
ceding administration.
Barrett's figures show that 43,189
ex-service men and women are re
receiving pensions and compensation,
i an increase of 194 over Oct., 1948.
Veterans in institutions of higher
। learning now number 12,648 as com
pared with 14,732 eighteen months
ago. Barrett said that this decrease
is accounted for by the fact that most
, veterans have now finished their
college training.
In other schools, Georgia veterans
are now enrolled in the grand total
of 28,360, which is nearly three times
the 11,075 who were, enrolled in Oc
tober, 1948. This huge increase has
been due to the diligence cl the De
partmnt in pushing to the limit this
phase of the educational program.
The number of veterans in farm
training has increased from 12,924
to 19,159, and on-the-job training has
shown an increase of 1,436.
Director Barrett said that the in
creasing success of the veterans pro
gram in Georgia is due to the zeal
and efficiency with which the De
partment of Veterans Service has
been pushing the program, plus the
state administration’s cooperation in
helping all veterans receive their
rightful privileges under the law.
Spring blossoming shrubs should
be pruned in May according to horti
culturists.
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