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Volumn 37.
Local 4-H Group
Reports On Trip
To Council Meet
Wheeler County’s 4-H delegation to
the 17th annual State 4-H Club Coun
cil meeting returned to Alamo last
Friday after participating in the five
day program on the campus of Geor
gia State College for Women in Mil
ledgeville.
Accompanied by Esther- Godbee,
home demonstration agent, and
M. K. Jackson, county agent, the
six Wheeler County 4-H’ers joined
nearly 800 other youngsters from
virtually every county in the state
for the annual Council meeting.
Four-’H members attending from
this county were: Joyce Monfort,
Myra Hughes, Louise Hartley, Etta
Lee McDaniel, Harry Mitchell and
Billy Riddle.
Some of the highlights of the meet
ing included the state 4-H club trac
tor driving contest, won by J. D.
Pbnn Jr., from Jasper County; the
public speaking event, won by Ma
rion Martin, Terrell County, and Ellis
Storey Jr., Harris County, and the!
State talent trials, won by Randall
Seay, Colquitt County.
The Wheeler 4 H’ers heard a num-
Iber of distinguished speakers while
in Milledgeville Some of them were
Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta
Constitution; Lt. - Governor Marvin
Griffin, Garland Byrd, of the Vete
rans Administration, and Dr. Guy
Wells, president of G. S. C. W.
The boys and girls toured historic
Milledgeville and visted the old gov
ernor’s mansion where Dr. Wells now
lives.
As official delegates from Wheeler.
County, the 4-Hers voted in an elec
tion last Wednesday to choose the
state 4-H club officers for the forth
coming year.
Wheeler Churches To
Observe World-
Wide Communion
World-Wide Communion Sunday,
October Ist, has become one of the
most widely recognized Symbols of
Christian fellowship and communion
and unity.
In many cases neighboring congre
gations unite in the observance in
token, of their oneness in Christ.
There will be a “World-Wide Com
munion Service” within reach of
everyone. Watch your local church
announcements for time and place.
Do not plan anything for Sunday,
October Ist, that will prevent you
from joining in this world-wide fel
lopship of all Protestants.
Church Workers To
Attend School In
Eastman Sept. 18-20
A Training School for Church
Workers will be held at the Eastman
Methodist Church, September 18, 19,
20. in the evenings.
Four courses covering the work of
the Sunday School, and a special
course on the Near East by Dr.
Arva C. Floyd of Emory University.
Plan a car to go from your com
munity
F. D. Crawford
Rites Held In Alamo
Friday Afternoon
Frank Durham Crawford, 58, of
Lumber City, died in Goldman’s Hos
pital last Wednesday after having
suffered from cancer since last No
vember.
Mr. Crawford was born in Sparta
September 16, 1892, the son of Wil
liam E. and Mary Genia Larry Craw
ford. He was a member of the
Lutheran Church, and was a barber
toy trade.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
home of John S. Crawford in Alamc
conducted by the Rev. M. M. Pierce,
pastor of the Lumber City Methodist
Church assisted by the Rev. Ray.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Mrs. Helen Wagstaff; and a '
step-son Harold Wagstaff; and the
following brothers and sisters: J. E. '
Crawford, J. S. Crawford and G. C.!
Crawford, of Alamo; J. T. Crawford
of New York; W. W. Crawford, of
Stucky; Mrs. Laton Beck of Soper- ,
ton; Mrs. Robert Joiner, of Colum
bus, and Mrs. Norris Sheffers, of
Moultrie.
Burial was in the Glenwood Ceme
' tery with Harris & Smith Funeral 1
Home in charge of arrangements.
Wheeler County Eagle
Dr. 0. C. Aderhoid
Takes Over As
Georgia President
EgyV M
DR. O. C. ADERHOLD
। Dr. O. C. Aderhoid .will take the
. reins as president of the University
■! of Georgia this week, succeeding'
I Dr. Jonathan C. Rogers who will re
! tire. Dr. Aderhoid moves up from
the position of dean of the Universi
ty’s College of Education.
The new president assumes his du
ties at the beginning of the 150th
year of operation of the oldest state
chartered University in America. The
Athens institution, was chartered in
. 1785 and opened its doors to students
in 1801.
Dr. Aderhoid has pledged his ef
forts to make the University “a great
cultural and service institution.” He
proposes to continue to expand the I
, University’s teaching’s and research :
:so that they may be of maximum I
j service to the people of Georgia.
Last yeaer 10 studehts from Wheel
er county attended the University.
Emory Announces
Four New Buildings
Ground has been broken for four
new buildings for Emory University,
J Dr. Goodrich C. White, Emory presi
” i dent, announced today.
; : Three of the new structures will
be on the Atlanta campus and one at
Emory's junior college plant in Val-
j 1 dosta, Pres. White revealed.
Major additions to the classroom
.' and laborartory facilities of the uni
f versity’s main campus are in the form ■
i; of classroom and office building for
. the College and Graduate School, and
,; a “basic science’ building for use of
i the Schools of Nursing and Dentistry.
The academic' building, Dr. White
I said, will be located on the south side
• of the university quadrangle, opposite
the Physics Building. The science
building has been laid out on the
north side of Kilgo Circle, between
the Chemistry and Geology Build-/
ings.
Two dormitories have also been
i begun, one on Arkwright Drive in the
i heart of the Atlanta campus for stu
, dents in Emory’s School of Theology,
and the other for freshmen and
: sophomores at Emory-at-Valdosta.
The four bixildings announced to
. day bring to nine the total number
. now under construction at Emory.
Already in various stages of building
are a large medical research center
for the School of Medicine, two
science buildings for the department
of geology and biology, and two dor
mitories for married students.
The quadrangle classroom building
| will conform in general size and ar-
I chitecture to the other buildings in
that^ part of the campus, Dr. White;
said. Slightly larger than the Physics
Building, it will have three floors and
be faced with Georgia marble.
I The science laboratory building
will conform to the architecture of
the Geology and Biology buildings i
which are concrete, brick and steel
structures, faced with limestone and
■ stucco.
The two buildings, Emory officials
i said, will add approximately 40,000
square feet to the university’s labora
tory, instructional and office facili- j
ties.
Georgia Postmaster
Nominees Okayed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. — The
Senate has approved the following
nominations for postmasterships in
Georgia: Horace Wright, Douglas
ville. Marcus A. Bomar, Glenwood;
Frances S. Brady, Mclntyre; Benja-
I min Turner, Point Peter; William C.
Layton, Swainsboro; Howard William
i Butler, Unadilla; Geor*ge Weldon
Prickett, Union Point.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, September 8. 1950.
Governor Says
Many Problems
Face Assembly
An analysis of the weighty prob- i
. lems facing the next General Assem
! bly in providing for State servicese to
the people was set forth by Governor
Herman Talmadge in his weekly pa
per, The Statesman, last week.
The Governor said that the Legis
lature would have to put its shoulders
“a tremenduous responsibility —for
matters of far-reaching importance
affecting the future coruse and des
tiny of our State will come before
them, fo^ resolution and disposition".
Talmadge urged the next Assembly
,o deliberate wisely and carefully,
and exert every possible effort .to
. carry forward a progrom which will
oenefit the State. He expressed con
fidence in the members of the As
sembly and said that he was confident
they wculd come to the Capitol pre
pared to buckle down “and give the
people the best and most productive
administration in the State’s history.”
Discussing legislation to come be
fore the Assembly, the Governor said
that the major problem facing the
solons will be the sound and ade
i quate financing of education, ibouth
i on the common school and University .
System levels.
He outlined the plan recently ad
vocated by administration leaders by
which a State School Building Au- ;
thority would be set up to construe! •
needed school houses throughout the :
State.
The Governor reiterated his cam
paign proposal that all gasoline and
I tag tax money be allocated to the ■
I highway department, except that por
■ tion now being given to the counties.
He said that Georgia is not how ap
propriating enough money to the•
Highway Department to meet the'
। minimum requirements of the Federal
Highway Act, and that “this must be ।
I corrected at the next session of the ’
| Legislature.”
Talmadge said that the Legislature
must take necessary steps to partici- :
pate in the. Federal Welfare program. ■
so that many additional’thousands or i
: needy Georgians can receive welfare I
payments.
The (Governor discussed the war
crisis as it affects Georgia, and other
ohases of State government which
present problems the Assembly must
cope with.
Rich R. And
P. 0. Land Say -
Rich R. P. 0., are you and your
family going to church September
10? You know our pastor is going
to preach on soil conservation that
Sunday.
P. O. You mean you have the;
preacher working on soil conserva
tion? I thought he was supposed to
preach from the Bible.
Rich R. That’s true, but our pas
tor tells me he finds enough soil
conservation scripture for many ser
mons.
P. O. Well, I didnt know that. In
hat case I’ll get my family ready
Governor Proclaims September 1047
Georgia Soil Conservation Week
ATLANTA, GA., AUGUST 15th, 1950.—Georgia Soil Conserva
tion Week will be observed throughout the state September 10 to 17th.
To designate the week, Governor Herman Talmadge has issued the
following proclamation:
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WHEREAS: The future health, prosperity and comfort of the
people is largely dependent upon conservation of our , 1
natural resources, and
WHEREAS: People have always relied upon agriculture as the
basis of life and industry; directly affecting the
welfare of the State, and ; j
WHEREAS: Sound agricultural’development must be founded up- j
on soil conservation in order that we may improve L
our lands, control floods, save our forests and
produce an abundant harvest to feed and clothe the
world, and
WHEREAS: We are realizing more and more the need of co- ‘
operation in this enterprise to save the soil and build •
up a balanced agriculture of field and pasture,
THEREFORE: I. Herman E. Talmadge, Governor of Georgia, do
hereby designate the week of September 10th to the
17th, 1950 as 1
Georgia Soil Conservation Week and I urge all our
citizens to promote a program of mutual assistance
in the work of conserving and saving our soil, tim
ber and pasture lands. '
In. Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand ‘
and caused the seal of the Executive Department to
be affixed,
This, the 15th day of August, 1950. '
HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor *
STATE OF GEORGIA (
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WILLIAM H. KIMBROUGH
Secretary, Executive Department ‘
—— — {
Four Injured
In Accidents
Near Dublin
J Four persons were injured, four
cars and one motorcycle were dam-
! aged in accidents during Labor Day
I week end near Dublin, Sgt. B. A.
Snipes of the Georgia State Patrol re
' । ported. ' ~
I ’
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Weaver of
Alamo were carried to a Dublin hos
pital to be treated for injuries sus
tained when they were thrown from
a motorcycle on which they were
riding, the patrol official said.
The mishap occurred 13 miles south
of Dublin on U. S. Highway 319.
Weaver lost control of the vehicle as
they rounded a curve. Weaver suf
fered a fractured leg and laceratiJfis
। of the head and face, Snipes contin
ued, and Mrs. Weaver lacerations of
, head and face.
i Two passengers riding on a truck
' driven by Robert Lee Nation of Ala
mo were injured, Snipes said, when
i the truck collided with a car driven
' by Roland Prather Stafford of Ala
mo.
1 According to State Patrol records,
Stafford was attempting to make a
left turn into a driveway and Na-
I tion pulled to the left to avoid a
I collision The car hit the truck and
| turned it over.
I Carlton Brown of Alamo received
a broken leg and Elmer Brown a
’ fractured right thigh and possible
internal injeries, Snipes continued
when two cars collided at Rockledge
A car driven by Junior Wood of
' Rockledge was hit by a car driven
|by W. C. Stanley of Glennville as
Wood attempted to make a left turn.
No one was reported injured.
Last Rites For
Mrs. Alice Johnson
Held In Lumber City
Funeral services for Mi’s. Alice ■
I Johnson, 38, who was killed last
। Sunday morning when ..she was struck
| by an automobile near Wells Lum- i
her Company at Relee, were held last
Tuesday afternoon from the Baptist i
Church in Lumber City, conducted i
by the pastor, the Rev. Thomas!
Thornton, and burial was in the ceme- I
tery in Glenwood.
Pallbearers were Buddy Strick-,
land, Pete Johnson, Grady McCrack- I
in, Frank McCrackin, Horace Clem- !
ents and Stanley Clements.
Surviving Mrs. Johnson are her.
husband, Coleman Johnson, of Brox
ton; three daughters: Mrs. Bill Valley,
of Jacksonville Fla.; Miss Dorothy
Johnson, of Macon, and Miss Mildred
I Johnson, of Broxton; a son: Russell
! Johnson, of Broxton; four brothers:
Henry Hooks, of Eastman; Bailey ■
Kooks, of Toombsboro; Marion Hooks
and Bevelin Hooks, of Florida, and I
one sister, Mrs. Mae McCrackin of
Lumber City.
and go to church September 10. I
want to see how he gets soil con
servation from the Bible.
Single Copy 10c
Weed And Root-
Knot Control
In Plantbeds
Treatment of plantbed soil with a
combination of uramon (area) and,
cyanamid (calcium cyanamide) 60 to
90 days before seeding eliminates 70-
95 percent of weed growth, partial
ly cont Ails root knot and insures su
perior growth and stands of tobacco
plants. Either chemical may be used
alone, but a combination of the two
iis more effective than either used
separately.
Materials for 100 square yards:
! 100 pounds of uramon plus 50 pounds
lof cyanamid are required for each
100 square yards. If cyanamid is
used alone, 100 pounds of this will be
necessary.
Preparation of soil for treatment:
The bed area should be prepared in
September or two weeks in advance,
by disking, plowing and raking to
pulverize the soil and remove roots.
The area should then be leveled to
the proper contour desired at plant
ing time. Destruction of weeds in
a radius of at least 200 feet around
the area helps prevent weed seed
from blowing into the treated bed.
Application of uramon and cyana
mid: The chemicals may be applied
any time in late September or early
October when the soil is warm and
neither too wet nor too dry to be
thoroughly mixed by plowing and
disking. Apply both materials at
the same time by first broadcasting
one and then the other io the sur
face of the exact area to be treated.
It is best to make 2 or 3 sowings of
each material, walking in different
directions, to insure uniform appli
cation.
Thorough mixing necessary: Im
mediately mix the chimioals into the
surface 5 or 6 inches of soil. Suc
cess of the treatment is governed by
the degree to which the chemicals
are uniformity mixed into the soil. I
Any tools that can be used to do a !
' thorough job will be satisfactory, j
i (1) A heavy disk harrow that will
, cut at least 6 inches deep is the most
i satisfactory single tool. Disk at least
' 4 times. Then level the bed by drag
i ging to the original contour and
i leave unmolested until sowing time.
। (2) Another method is to first disk
I or harrow in the chemicals twice and
| then turn shallow (6 inches) with a
I one-horse turnplow. Then disk or
i harrow twice more to complete the
i mixing. If desired two thirds of the
, material may be broadcast before
I disking and turning, and the remaind
। er applied and harrowed into the top
three inches of soil. This method is
advised w’hen a heavy disk is not
available and cultivators or harrows
arc substituted. (3) The material may
also be dug in twice to a depth of
6 inches with hoes or pronged rakes.
। A hoe or rake should always be
used at the corners when there is not
• room for turning horsedrawn or
power equipment at the ends of the I
beds. Mixing and releveling should
be completed within six hours.
Sowing the beds: Apply fertilizer
and sow tobacco seed the last week
in December. Treated beds require
not more than one pound of a low
nitrogen fertilizer per .100 yards.
This should be raked into the surface
inch of soil. Then sow one rounded
tslblespoon of cleaned seed or in
creased amounts of seed not well
cleaned. The seed may be diluted
with most sifted earth or other ma
terial to facilitate sowing. In dry
weather keep the bed watered and
immediately after time for sprout
ing.
John W. Noblett
Dies Sunday At
Home Near Alamo
Funeral services were held from
the home near Alamo Mgnday after- ,
noon at 2 o’clock for John William .
Noblett, 64, who died Sunday after i
two weeks illness of pneumonia, and ’
burial was in the Cedar Grove Ceme- 1
tery with Harris & Smith Funeral !
Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Noblett was born in Calhoun,
Ala. May 25, 1887. the son of Wil
liam and Cynthia Henley Noblett.
He was married to Miss Annie Laura
Spears in 1907, and was a member of
the Alamo Baptist Church.
Survivors include the following
children: N. W. Bdblett, Mrs. Ruth
Holton and Mrs. Jeanette Watson, of
Alamo, O. J. Noblett, George W.
W. Noblett and R. S. Noblett, of
Springville, Ala.; Mrs. Alma Short,
of Jacksonville, Fa.; and Mrs. Eliza
beth Selph, of Milledgeville; and 13
gradchildren.
Eldon Page Dies
Os Gun Shot Wounds
Inflicted Saturday
t Eldon Page, 36. a steam fitter by
j trade died Sunday in the Veterans
, | Hospital in Dublin after having been
! shot Saturday morning at 9 o’clock
. i by his brother-in-law, Marion Fun
i derburke, according to information
, j received from the Sheriff's office.
I ] Page and Funderburke were tuss
,; ling over a gun when Page received
the fatal shot at his home in Lum-
: ber City, according lo Deputy Sheriff
! Alto Cooper. Funderburke is not
' being held by authorities, as there
. was not enough evidence to warrant
': his arrest, according to the officer.
’ | Funeral services were held from
' । the Shiloh Methodist Church Tues-
! day afternoon at 4 o’clock, conducted
| by the Rev. E. A. Lemon, pastor of
! the Seven Day Adventist Church in
। Waycross, assisted by the Rev. Mil
’ j ton C. Connell and the Rev C L.
;• Glenn.
Pallbearers were Truitt White.
। Jorn H. Purser, Hubert Dent, R. A.
I Hartley, Troy Mims and Marcus
Sears.
| Honorary pallbearers were R. O.
I Thompson, Dewey Wright, R. M.
Maddox, H. R. Purser, Howell Mitch
ell and Norman Sears.
Page was born in Wheeler County
on February 20, 1914, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Page.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Mary Funderburke; two
sons: Lowell Page and Leßoy Page;
two daughters, Mary Alice Page and
Edna Joyce Page: his parents; two
brothers: Nolan Page, of Lumber City
and Raymond Page, of Macon; and a
sister, Mrs. Austin Spagne, of Nash
ville, Tenn.
Burial was in the Shiloh Cemetery
with Thomas Funeral Home of Hazle
hurst in charge of arrangements.
Your New
Social Security
BY C. A. HAMILTON
Manager of the Savannah Office
How much do you know about
your new social security? Os course,
you know that Congress has extend
ed Federal Family insurance to ap
proximately ten million people. You
know that the President has signed
the amended act. You realize that
it is now a law. But do yon know
how it will affect you? Are you
among the new millions who may
have social security protection be
ginning in January,
I say “may” because for all of the
9,700,000 for whom social security is
now made possible, coverage is not
automatic. For some groups it will
be Compulsory, for others it will be
voluntary. For all of the new groups
there will be certain exceptions and
qualifications. I shall deal with each
group separately in following articles
in this series. Today, however, let’s
consider the new social security law
as an entirety.
In signing the original Social Se
curity Act of August 14, 1935, Presi
dent Roosevelt declared it “a corner
stone in a structure which is being
built but is by no means complete”.
This edifice of social legislation is
still unfinished. Construction will
be continued, I am confident, through
Ihe decade ahead. However the
progress made since the “corner
stone” laying fifteen years ago is im
pressive. With the enactment of the
amended law this summer we can
begin to see social security in per
spective. Its size and solidity, and
practicability in design are assurance
to all. This is an enduring fortress
f or protection on the home-front —a
defense against the economic enemy,
Want, that so often ambushes the
aging worker and invades the sur
vivors” home.
Right here, however, is the time
and place to say that Federal old-age
and survivors insurance under social
Subscriptions Must
Be Paid To Keep
Eagle Coming
Attention is called to subscri
bers who have been notified of
expiration of their subscription.
Please renew at once. In the
future we will only send out
notices one during the current
month. At the end of each month
we will have to remove delin
quer/: subscribers.
We will appreciate your re
newal and cooperation as we
cannot abuse postal regulations
by keeping delinquent sub -
scribers on our mailing list.
Number 18.