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Volumn 37.
Turpentine Producers i
Meeting To Be Held
On December 7th.
A turpentine farmers meeting will
to be held at W. F. McEachin's farm
10 miles south of Mcßae on December
7th. The meeting will begin at 10 A.
M. with demonstrations on good for
est management. The main empha
sis will be on turpentining timber
before harvesting for sawlogs. The
demonstration will include using
chemical stimulation for reducing
cost of gum production; various prac
tices of turpentining timber under
the 1951 Conservation Program;
proper thinning of timber for pulp
wood; marketing timber for saw
logs; and planting of seedlings by
hand method and mechanical method.
It is hoped that a Forest Fire Tow
er will be ready for dedication cere
mony in the afternoon.
The American Turpentine Farmers
Association is sponsoring this met
ing and will serve lunch.
It is expected that gum producers
from several counties will attend this
important meeting. All gum produc
ers are urged to circle this date on
their calendars as a reminder to be
there promptly at 10:00 A. M.
Glenwood High
School News
All school was turned out last Wed
nesday for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Everyone seemed t,o have enjoyed
the free time, and were all ready to
buckle down Monday.
Sveeral former students were seen
on our campus or visited home folks
during the holidays. Among them
were: Joe Palmer, Emory Junior at
Valdosta. Darwin Evans and Rich
ard Barnhill, University of Geoergia,
Athens. Raymond Jacobs, Tech, At
lanta.
The sixth grade, with Mrs. Futral,
teacher entertained the high school
last Wednesday in chapel with their
Tonettes. They played three songs for
us, and I think everyone enjoyed the
little concert.
We all regret losing our apprentice
teachers, who were under the super
vision of Mr. Stephens. They had to
leave us to complete their training
at Athens. They were Mr. William
Brannan and Mr. John Fussell. We
all got to know these men and were
sorry they had to leave.
BASKETBALL NEWS
The basketball girls of Glenwood;
played the Mt. Vernon girls at the
Brewton-Parker gym in Mt. Vernon
Friday night November 17. The
Glenwood team really played some
good ball with what we were up
against. Our forwards are Annie
Ruth Benton, Jackie Morrison and
Christine NeSmith. High scorer was
Annie Rush with 20 points. Our
'guards are Alene Smith, Beuna Cole
man and Charlene Kittrell. We are
Iplaying Alamo Wednesday Novem
ber 29 in Mcßae. We hope we may be
able to win this game. We have lost
1 and won 3.
The Glenwood boys played and de
feated the 'Mt. Vernon high boys Fri
day night, November 17. Anderson
was high scorer for Glenwood with
21 points. The game was played in
the Brewton-Parker gym. The score
for the game was 44-31. The Mt.
Vernon boys were fighting hard the
first quarter, but soon we pulled
away and were out of trouble the rest
of the game. Our game for last
Wednesday, November 22, with Reg
ister, was cancelled because of a pav
ing project surounding the gym. Our
next game is against Alamo at Mc-
Rae Wednesday, November 29.
Everyone with an interest in our
teams, please try to attend and give
us some support. ,
McArthur Lodge No.
700 F.& A.M. Receives
Charter On Nov. 13
Marvin G. Pound, Grand Master,
and Daniel W. Locklin, Grand Secre
tary of Georgia Masons visited Me- '
Arthur Lodge No. 700 in Lumber City
Monday night, November 13 and pre
sented the Charter and installed the
officers of the lodge.
Ofifcers installed are: Mm. Varda- ।
doe, Worshipful Master; John J. Rog- '
ers, Senior Warden; Bernice Camp,
Junior Warden; and L. C. Mullins, j
Secretary.
McArthur Lodge meets the first
and third Monday nights at the lodge
hall in Lumber City. Visiting breth
ren axe cordially invited to attend.
Wheeler County Eagle
i Cold Weather
| Severely Cripples
Lupine Crop
Damage estimated at 85 to 90 per
cent of the Lupine crop seeded this
fall has resulted from the extremely
low temperatures of the past few
days. ,
An estimated 10,000 to 12,000 acres
of lupine had been planted and the
cost of Wseed, fertilizer and planting
based on $7.00 per acre has resulted
in many thousand of dollars loss
in the county.
The damage to small grain will
probably be less than the lupine dam
age. The small grain loss is 25 to 30
percent.
A conservative estimate on damage
lo farm crops, tractor and truck mo
tor damage along with water pumps
and bath room fixtures will probably
exceed SIOO,OOO damage in the coun
ty.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye,
W. C. H. S.
Aunt Samathy is coming to town
to help the Seniors have a share in
building our gymnasium. She is
bringing her group of friends to help
us too. Watch for her. She will ar
rive at eight o’clock December the
fifteenth, in the W. C. H. S. audi
torium.
“Aunt Smanthy Rules The Roost”
is the title of a hilariously funny
farce that the Seniors will present
December the fifteenth, at 8 o’clock
in the high school auditorium. Don’t
miss meeting Aunt Samanthy! She
is really a character. Come let her
help us build the gym.
Additional attractions include Miss
Irene Veal, Mrs. A. P. Hopkins and
a group of second graders in “The
Wedding of Jack & Jill," plus Mrs.
Vernon Hartley and Mrs. Millie Mall
ory and a group of seventh and eighth
graders.
in A Red, White and Blue Pageant.
A small admission will be charged.
—a large percent of which will go to
the gymnasium fund.
Nina Ruth Joiner, Reporter.
Livestock Producers
। To Meet In
Macon Jan. 24-25
Close to 1000 livestock producers
from throughout Georgia are expect
ed in Macon November 24-25 for the
first annual convention of the Geor
gia Livestock Association Conven
' tion, according to E. C. Hall, Way
cross, president of the group.
| Only six-months old, the associa
tion now boasts membership from
, breeder^ of beef -and dairy cattle,
‘ swine and sheep from throughout the
state, and a large attendance is an
ticipated for the Macon meeting, says
Hall.
I A program of interest to purebred
and commercial breeders of livestock
। in the state has been planned, reports
' Hall. J. Blake Pullen, southern sales
! manager for the Ralston-Purina Com- ;
I pany, St. Louis, and Radford Hall,
assistant executive secretary of the
American National Livestock Asso
ciation, Denver, are two of the prin
} cipal speakers on the program. Pan
el discussions and other speakers will
, discuss other information of direct
interest to the Georgia producer, Hall,
adds.
i All meetings will be held at the
City Auditorium and hotel head- I
quarters is Hotel Dempsey.
Anyone interested in Georgia’s,;
growing livestock industry and the j
problems confronting it are invited j
> to attend and take part in the two- ;
day meeting, says Hall.
i Home Demonstration
Club Bazaar
The Wheeler County Home Dem
onstration Clubs will hold a bazaar
in Alamo Saturday, December 9th. |
starting at 11:00 a. m.
Crocheted and other handmade ar
ticles will be on sale. Also cakes,;
' pies, sandwiches, candy, hot dogs, cof
fee, Coca-Colas as well as other farm
products.
There will be a grab box where
you may get a nice article for a dime.
Come and buy something. We be
lieve it will help you solve some of
your gift problems.
The milk cow supplies nearly one
fourth of all the food consumed by [
American families, and probably has
a greater influence on their health 1
than any other ariimal.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, December 1, J 950
Piedmont Hospital
Scholarships For
Nurses Announced
Scholarships are now being of
fered for the March, 1951, class of
; the Piedmont Hospital School of
Nursing in Atlanta, according to an
; nouncement by Miss Genevieve Gar- j
ren, Director.
Although a number of scholarships
were awarded to members of the fall
class, funds have been reserved for
additional awards to March entrants,
says Miss Garren. Applicants must I
be betwen 17 and 35 years of age
i and graduates of accredited high
j schools.
Piedmont is one of only about 100
University-connected schools of Nurs- ;
ing the entire U. S., according to
> George R. Burt, superintendent. It
program at the Atlanta Division of
j the University of Georgia and is af
'filiated with the University, where:
the nursing students attend classes for
the first three quarters of their
1 course.
Piedmont Hospital is non-sectarian ;
! and non-profit. It is laying plans
| for a new building and’ nurses’ home
on Peachtree near Collier Road.
Application 'blanks and further in- ,
i formation may be obtained from the i
; Director of Nurses, Piedmont Hospit- :
' al, Atlanta.
Peanut Marketing
Quota Referendum
Whether peanut marketing quotas !
will be continued for another three
years depends on how peanut grow
ers vote in the marketing quota refe
rendum on Thursday, December 14.
I Quotas will continue in effect if ap
i proved by two-thirds or more of the
growers who cast ballots in the refe-
i rendum.
' When approved by growers, mar-
I keting quotes are used to apportion
the available market for peanuts
among growers, thus helping to main
tain a reasonable balance between
supplies and requirements. Quotas
were in effect on the 1949 and 1950
crops. Nearly 90 percent of the
growes who voted in the last referen
dum favored quotas for the three
year period beginning with 1948, but
the program was suspended for the
11948 crop because of the world short
age of fats and oils.
Government price support at the
full rate provided by law-—between
80 and 90 percent of parity for 195'1— ■
will also continue to be available to
cooperators if quotas are approved in
| coming referendum.
If quotas are not approved, price
support will be limited by laA to 50
i percent of parity to cooperative pro
[ ducers.
Voting in the referendum is by
। secret ballot at polling places to be
established in every peanut growing
I community . Every person who had :
and interest in the peanuts produced
| in 1950 on a farm on which more than
one acre was harvested for nuts is
eligible to vote.
I The referendum is conducted un
; der the supervision of the County '
: Production and Marketing Adminis
tration (PMA) Committee. Full in
formation is available from the coun
ty PIMA office in Alamo.
Married Men Now
Acceptable For
AF Enlistment
Sgt. P. H. Bergerdn of the local
j Army-Air Force Recruiting Station
j announced today that married men
| and men with dependents may now ;
'be accepted for enlistment in the'
; United States Air Force.
The Segreant states that young
men between the ages of 17 and 34
years, with or without prior service
; in the Armed Forces, could enlist for
a period of 4, 5 or 6 years.
Men with_prior service can possibly
qualify for a rating equal to their
former training and experience.
Armed Forces prior service’s could
include the Army, Navy, Marines or
Coast Guard.
Specialized training is possible for |
men who show an aptitude in as
many as 42 different career fields.
And there are over 400 individual
jobs in which a man can advance his
skill and earn promotion. A few of'
the Career Fields are Administration, 1,
Supply, Medicine, Weapons and Mu
nitions, Communication, Radio and
Radar and Photography.
For complete information, the Re
cruiting Station is located at the !
court house in Mcßae.
200 Vet Leaders
Study Claim Work
At District Meet
The first of seven rehabilitation
apd. claims conferences sponsored by
leading veterans organizations and
state and governmental groups was
hpld November 19th at the Ameri
can Legion Home in Calhoun, and
was attended by over 200 veterans
; who perform veterans services.
' Sponsored by the State Depart
ment of Veterans Service, the Ameri
can Legion, the VFW, DAV, JWV,
Marine League and Spanish War
Vets, and other groups, the day-long
conference was attended by numer
ous Georgia veterans leaders.
The conference was designed to
familiarize those handling veterans
claims with the proper procedures
required by the Veterans Adminis
tration, and the correct forms to be
filed.
William K. Barrett, director of the
State Department of Veterans Serv
ice. presided over the conference.
Peter Wheeler, Director of the Re
habilitation Division and John Heist,
Chief of Claims, both of the SDVS,
; also attended, with a number of:
claims specialists.
John Brock, State Commander of
| the American Legion, was present
for the discussions, and addressed the
group briefly.
The conference was split into two
sessions. Luncheon was served by ■
the American Legion Auxiliary.
A separate meeting for colored
i veterans’ leaders was held at the,
; Gordon County court house, and was
; attended by a group of commanders
i and service officers of local negro
■ veterans organizations. Four claims
i exoerts from the State Department
j of Veterans Service, including the As
i sistant Chief of Claims for the De
i partment, presided over the confer
ence.
Two. conferences, one for white
' and one for negro veterans leaders,
are scheduled next Sunday in Thom
aston. These meetings will be follow
-conferences in other-cities in
the State.
। Georgia Livestock
Exposition To Be
March 12-16,1951
Plans are under way for the fourth
annual Georgia Livestock Exposition
lat the Southeastern Fair grounds,
March 12-16, 1951, according to R.
Andrew Garner, chairman of the
liyestock committee, Atlanta Cham
ber of Commerce, sponsor of the
i event.
The Exposition will again include
; the Georgia fat cattle show and sale,
the annual spring show and sale of
the Georgia Aberdeen Angus Breed
ers Association, and the annual
■ spring show and sale of the Georgia
Hereford 'Breeders Association.
Cattle will be unloaded, weighed
and checked in at the fair grounds
Monday, March 12, Mr. Garner said.
Four-H and F. F. A. entries in the
। fat cattle show will be judged and
| prizes awarded Tuesday, March 13.
Selection of the grand champion and
! first, second and third reserve grand
champion steers will be made on
that date.
I Four-H club and F. F. A. mem-|
■ bers will be guests of the Atlanta i
I Chamber of Commerce at a banquet!
I Tuesday evening, March 13.
i The sale of the Georgia fat cattle
■ show animals will be held Wed
nesday morning, March 14. In the
afternoon of March 14, the Angus
breeders and Hereford Breeders will
conduct their judgipg and award
premiums. Members of both Asso-
: ciations will attend a banquet in the
evening bn that date.
The Angus Breeders Association
sale Thursday morning, March 15,
will be followed by the Hereford
Breeders Association sale.
In announcing plans for the Expo
sition. Mr. Gamer said that entries
may be made through local vocation
al teachers and county agents or by
. writing to the Georgia Livestock Ex
i position, Atlanta Chamber of Com- '
; merce, Atlanta, Georgia. He pointed
I out that there are classes for adult
exhibitors in the fat cattle show for
11951.
The grand champion of the fat
; cattle show last year graded prime
.and brought a record of $1.22 a
pound. It was owned by David
' Vaughn, Gordon County 4 H’er.
Nearly 600 Georgia farm women
are participating in a state living I
room improvement contest, according j
to Extension Service specialists.
Single Copy 10c
“Lack Os Beds” Is
Background For
Constant Invader Story
“A lack of beds at the local tuber
culosis sanatorium, an almost uni
versal condition today, provides the
background for this week’s story in
the Constant Invader series Wednes
| day at 7:30 p. m. over station
WMLT,” according to Donald C.
Johnston, Seal Sale Chairman of the
I Laurens County Tuberculosis Asso
ciation.
A health officer, a newspaper edi
-1 tor, and an official of the local tu
berculosis association lead the
fight for an appropriation to pro
i vide more beds as Henry Fonda,
stage and screen star narrates another
dramatic story cf the fight against
; tuberculosis.
The Constant invader is presented
each Wednesday by Station WrMLT,
the Laurens County Tuberculosis As
sociation and the Tuberculosis Com
, mittees in Johnson, Truetlen, Pu
j laski. Telfair, Wheeler, Dodge, and
; Blecklej- Counties.
Georgia Producing
High Quality Corn,
Agronomist States
Rapid increase in the acreage of
better adapted hybrids, increased use
of fertilizer and better cultural prac
. tices are resulting in higher quality
’ corn in Georgia, believes J. B. Pres
j ton. Extension Service agronomist.
; Mr. Preston pointed out that the
old rule of 80 pounds of corn in the
shuck does not apply to the kind of
, corn being produced today. “In many
instances,” he said, “80 pounds of
• corn in the shuck is shelling out 60
or more pounds of corn.” He com
pared this with the old standard of
J 55 pounds.
In a few cases, as low as 70 pounds
of the new hybrids, Dixie 18, in the
shuck has shelled out 56 pounds of
: corn. This hybrid was developed at
the Coastal Plain Experiment Sta
tion, Tifton.
Fifty-six pounds of corn shelled
from 70 pounds of corn in the shuck
gives a shelling percentage of 30
I percent. “The old standard has been
70 percent,” Mr. Preston stated.
I “In addition to producing high
yields in the shuck, some of the new
hybrids are actually shelling out
' four to seven percent more
I grain,” the agronomist said. “This
j should be taken into consideration
when selling, buying or feeding
corn,” he advised.
Mr. Preston believes that one reas
on for the high selling percentage
this fall is the unusually dry weath
er which occurred before and dur
ing the harvest season.
H-Bomb Plant To Be
Built Near Augusta
On 250,000 Acre Tract
Headquarters were set up in Au
gusta this week for development of
a vast area on the South Carolina
side of the Savannah River into a
$260,000,000 plant for the manufac
ture of hydrogen bomb materials.
The Atomic Energy Commission
] announces the selection oi a 250,-
000 acre tract of land in South Caro
-1 lina as the site of the plant. The an-
I nouncement that construction on the
I first H-Bomb plant would begin 20 j
' miles from Augusta early next year
brought a feeling of high hope, heart-
I ache and relief. The residents of
j Jackson, Ellenton, Dunbarton and
Snelling, the little towns in the plant I
area, were dismayed. Before the H- :
bomb plant is built they will have to
sell their homes and property to the
government and move out.
The $76,000,000 Clarks Hill Dam
which makes the Savannah River a
powerful producer of hydro-elec
tric power, was the biggest factor in
the decision to locate the plant near
Augusta.
SHOPPING
WIKSLEFt/
Two Alamo Boys
Will Graduate
From AF Saturday
PANAMA CITY, FLA.—lncreased
protection for air bases of the United
States Air Force will be assured with
the graduation tomorrow (Saturday,
December 2) of a new class; of Se
curity Patrol Air Police, including a
number of airmen from Georgia.
Georgia’s residents in tomorrow’s
graduating class include:
Pvt. Charles D. Cox, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cleo Cox. Hillside St., Lin
dale.
Pvt. Narcess L. McDaniel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Andrews, Odum.
Pvt. Lonnie G. Fowler, son of J. IM.
Fowler, 907 E. Seninen St., Quitman
Pvt. William C. Green, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Troy Green, Rt. 3, Monroe.
Pvt. Lonnie E. Tanner, Jr., son of
L. E. Tanner, Alamo ,
Pvt. Robert F. Tanner, son of L.
U. Tanner, Alamo
Pvt. George W. Pitts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Pitts, 1877 Stillman
St., Atlanta
Pvt. Arthur H. Lum, son of K. V.
Lum, 530 10th St., Augusta
These airmen, together with others
trem all parts of the country, have
spent the last four weeks in an inten
sive course of instruction at Tyndall
Air Force Base here, commanded by
Col. James E. Roberts with training
under the supervision of Col. Ken
neth Johnson. Most of the airmen
came here direct from indoctrination
training at Lackland Air Force Base,
Texas, “Gateway to the Air Force”.
Instruction in the school here has
, including training in the use of weap
, ons, field exercises, security patrol,
; and many other phases of police
. work that will increase protection of
U.S. air bases against enemy agents.
, The Air Police School is one of the
( most highly specialized courses of
, instruction in the approximately 150
. ■ different schools in the vast Air
..Force educational system adminis
: tered .by Maio:- Robert W. Harper.
[ commanding general of the Air
Training Command.
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; Farmers To Vote For
PMA Committeemen
Farmers of Wheeler County on De
cember 14th will have pn opportun
ity to elect the committeemen who
will administer the Agricultural Con
, servation Program, price support,
acreage allotment, marketing quota
and other production programs in
1951.
Elections will be held at all regular
; voting places in the county. Polls
will open at 8:00 o’clock, close at 5:00
o'clock.
At these elections farmers will be
। voting for three members of a com
. munity committee and a delegate to
j the county convention where a coun
ty committee will be elected.
According to L. D. Currie, chair
man of the Wheeler County Produc
tion and Marketing' Administration
committee, no farmer who is eligible
to vote should pass up the opportuni
ty to “voice” his choice of the three
. farmers in his cornmunty best quali
( tied to administer farm programs in.
1951.
In the chairman's words, “The
coming year can be expected to call
i for decisions and actions which will
demand the most leadership avail
able. This places the responsibility
oi electing able committeemen on the
: shoulders of the farmers in each of
i the 6 communities in Wheeler County.
‘With mounting defense activities,
problems having to do with obtain
ing fertilizers, seed, construction ma
terials, transportation, etc., can be
expected to increase. At these elec
tions, the farmers in each of the 6
communities in Wheeler county will
have the responsibility of electing
committeemen who will help to make
the local decisions on these matters.
“These elections put it squarely up
to the farmers of Wheeler County.”
“Tell It To The Judge”
Judge Clay W. Penick detected
conflicting statements in the testi
mony of a man during an appeal
hearing and affirmed denial of his
job insurance application. Months
later, the man returned to the court
with a change of conscience, admit
ting, “I taken an oath with the Bible
in my hip pocket and lied. It don’t
pay nobody to lie with the Bible
in his pocket.” This didn’t change
Judge Penick’s decision. ,
Number 30.