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Volumn 37.
Mobile Soil
Testing Unit To
Visit County
BY M. K. JACKSON, County Agent
One of the Mobile Soil Testing
Units operated from the Experiment
Station at Experiment, under the su- ■
pervision of Dr. L. C. Olson, will visit I
Wheeler County Thursday, February
the 15 th.
This unit will be located near the
court house at Alamo.
Anypne wishing to have their soil ,
analyzed for row crops, pasture, etc.
should make arrangements to bring
their samples in before this date. ,
Samples should be taken 7 to 10
days before February the 15th so that
they will be dry and can be run
while the mobile unit is here.
Several samples should be taken '
from each field. Under certain con- (
ditions these samples may be mixed
together and form a composite sample
for each field. A pint size ice cream I
or oyster carton filled from this com- ■
posite sample will be enough to bring |
in. These boxes should have the;
name and address of the farmer, the I
crop to be 'grown in 1951 and the
amount of lime used on this land dur
ing the last three year period. (A 3
to 4 year rotation with amount of
fertilizer used is helpful.)
Contact the Soil Conservation Serv
ice Technician, Vocation Ag. Teacher,
Veteran Instructor, or County Agent
for any further information you may
want about taking soil samples.
Leave your samples at the County
Agent’s office. (Be sure to label
your samples and give other infor
mation requested.)
Forester Named
To Labor
Department Staff
The appointment of Elbert Fores
ter of Dade County, as Public Rela
tions Representative of the Employ
ment Security Agency, was an- j
nounced, today by Ben T. Huiet, :
Georgia Commisisoner of Labor.
The position being under the merit;
system, Mr. Forester’s appointmentl
was made following an open com- |
petitive examination held by the
Personnel Administration.
Mr. Forester was Editor and Pub
lisher of the Dade County Times,
Trenton, for fourteen years and was i
a member of the Georgia State Sen
ate from the 44th District for four ;
years and served as many years as ■
Representative from his home county
• in the House of Representatives. He ,
is a graduate of The Berry Schools, ;
member of the Lions Club, a 32 de- I
gree Mason and Shriner.
Increased Interest
In Pollination By
Bees, Neville Says
Reviewing 1950 activity in bee cul
ture, W. E. Neville, Extension spec
ialist in that field, reports a great
deal of interest being shown in the
use of bees for pollination purposes.
This is particularly true in the crim
son clover belt and the apple grow
ing area of the state.
Mr. Neville believes this increased
interest in pollination is due to low
seed yields, especially of crimson
clover.
Visiting 34 counties since he be
came Extension Service bee specialist
May 1, Mr. Neville has obtained in
formation from bee-keepers and seed
producers which indicates a great
change will be made within the near
future in some sections of the state.
“This change,” he said, “will be from
strictly honey producing to honey
producing and pollination service.”
He added that many farmers and new
bee-keepers are making plans to of
fer this pollination service.
During 1950 Mr. Neville conducted
a series of meetings with 4-H club
, groups, Farm Bureau chapters, bee
keepers and civic organizations to
discuss the importance of bees to
Georgia’s agriculture. At these dem
onstrations, which stressed the im
portance of strong colonies for polli
nation and honey production, it was
pointed out how bees increase seed
yields of legumes as well as produc
tion of fruit and vetegtable crops.
Mr. Neville emphasized the im
portance of standard equipment in
handling bees, since they have to be
inspected before being moved into the
state. It was pointed out that the ,
bee-keeper cap often dbtect diseases
and prevent their spread before the j
authorized inspector makes his an
mul rounds.
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Wheeler County Eagle
County Nurse Urges
Immunization Against
Diphtheria At Once
In the past several weeks several
cases of diphtheria have been de
tected in the county. Diphteria is a
disease which kills people very easily,
especially babies and young chil
dren.
in this day and time it it nothing
short of the worse sort of negligence
for parents to overlook the giving
lof proper treatment, whereby, the
, child can be protected for a lifetime
[ against the dreaded disease of diph
j theria. The treatment can be re
i ceived at the County Health Depart
i ment or any doctor’s office by re
: quest.
If your child has not had the shot
। for this protection, see that it re-
I ceives it immediately. If .you do
I not know whether or not it has had
' it, or if it was effective, they can
i easily be tested to see if they are
. immune to the disease, or if they
। would take it if exposed to it.
Mrs. Ruby M .Johnson
County Nurse
Mrs. W. G. Hartley
Buried In Alamo
Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services were held for Mrs.
W. G. Hartley, 77, in the Alamo
Baptist Church Thursday afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock, with, the Rev. G. G.
Harrison of Dublin officiating, as
sisted 'by the Rev. C. F. Tidwell,
pastor of the Alamo Baptist Church
and Rev. R. C. Smith of Wrightsville.
Burial was in the Alamo cemetery
with Kent’s Funeral Home in charge
of arrangements.
Pallbearers were nephews: Vernon,
Zelmo, Wade, Julian, Wilburn and
Milo Hartley.
Survivors include her husband, W.
G. Hartley, Alamo; a son, O. P. Hart
ley, and two grandchildren, Mayo
and Billy, of Wrightsville.
Mrs. Hartley died Wednesday
i morning at a hospital in Sandersville
I after an extended illness.
Mrs. Hartley came to Alamo in
■ 1910 and was a member of the Alamo
Baptist Church. She taught the Cora
IE. Hartley Bible class for twenty-five
years, which was named for her. She
was active in other religious and so
cial activities.
J Shiloh and Sardis <
i Margarette McGee spent Sunday
j with Gayle Windham.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Maddox and
I children and James Owen Maddox
' spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Elton.
Toney Clements spent Saturday
| with Fred and Darius Ussery.
[ Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Warnock of
Savannah spent Sunday with Mr.
Warnock’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Warnock.
James Owen Maddox spent last
week with Mrs. Ellie Maddox.
Friends of Miss Lola Sears are
sorry to hear she is sick and hope
her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. W. D. Ussery visited Miss
Lola Sears Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Dixon and
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. O’Quinn visited
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Warnock Sun
day afternoon.
Charlie Jo and Betty Clements
spent Sunday with Peggy and Ruth
ona Ussery.
Mrs. Leroy Fountain spent Wed
nesday night and Thursday with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. N. O'Quinn.
W. D. Ussery spent Sunday even
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Willard Mc-
Daniel.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Finaley and
: daughter Linda Sue visited relatives
in Waynesboro Sunday.
Shiloh M. Y. F. gives a special
invitation to all Methodist in the
Sardis-Shiloh community to attend
M. Y. F. on Sunday nights at 7:00
o’clock.
Miss Godbee met with the 4-H
I Club girls Monday, January 29. The
meeting was called to order by Maxie
Jo Mimbs, girls vice president.
We sang the Friendship song led
by Miss Godbee.
She showed us some placemats
made of hundred pound feed sacks
and also one made of organdy with
iron-on-tape. Sher gave a demon
' stration on making the ones made of
organdy .. We were given leaflets to
carry home. We repeated the 4-H
. dub pledge and then dismissed to
go back to our classrooms.
Reporter, Ruthona Ussery
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, February 2, 1951
Union Farm
Bureau Chapter
Elects Officers
President B. A. Irwin called the
[meeting to order Friday night at 7:30
[ with a nice crowd present.
First in order was the election of
officers. The nominating committee,
। composed of Guy Cox, B. W. Jack
' son, and R. E. Tuten Jr., presented
’ the following for election. E. L.
Rhodes, President; Leslie Johnson,
[Vice-President, and Dan Thomas,
. Secretary-Treasurer.
Mrs. S. R. McMillan, President of
[ Associated Women had as Nominat
j ing Committee, Mrs. Tom Huges, Mrs.
I R. E. Tuten Sr., and Mrs. W. B. Jack- '
Ison. They nominated Mrs. E. L.
Rhodes, President: Mrs. Leslie John
son, Vice-President, and Mrs. Correll j
Clark, Secretary-Treasurer.
Several discussions were held and I
the meeting adjourned to enjoy the [
sandwiches and cold drinks which the
ladies served. A good time was had
| by all. I
Mr. and Mrs. Deering
To Be Located
In Madrid, Spain
Mrs. J. P. Deering (formerly Miss,
Mary Frances Barnhill) of Beunos
. Airies, Argentina, South America is
> visiting her father in Glenwood this
11 week and will leave this week end
. I for Pittsburgh and New York where
[ she will join her husband going on to
, 1 their new field, where he will have
i charge of the Spanish office of the
! American Express Co. in Madrid,
' Spain.
• Mrs. Deering’s sister Miss Maxey
Lane Barnhill visited in Glenwood
, a few days ago, she having had as-
I signment with Pan American World
Air Lines as hostess, and frequently
visited her sister in Beunos Airies as
she was assigned to the South Ameri.
, can Foreign Division.
Miss Maxey Lane has transferred
, ■ to San Francisco and will fly the Pa
, cific Island and Asian route going as
far as Australia.
i Middle Georgia
Boy Scout Plan
Inter-District Rallies
Boy Scouts and their leaders in
I Middle Georgia are making final
I preparations for an inter-district
J rally beginning February 7. Events
1 vill coincide with National Scout
' Week.
V. Carl Sullivan, executive of Cen-
I tral Georgia Scout Council, named
: participating communities and coun
. [ ties.
Bibb District, embracing Bibb and
• Monroe will meet at Mercer Univer
sity.
:[ Troops from Ft. Valley, Perry.
. Montezuma, Marshallville, Oglethorpe
• and Warner Robins will go to Macon.
for a February 8 session.
■ Another rally the same day is to
be held at Eastman High school.
■ Troops from Cochran, Mcßae, Lum
‘ ber City, Alamo, Mt. Vernon, Soper
ton, Wrightsville, Dublin, Dudley,
’ Cadwell and Eastman will send
youths.
The fourth phase will get under
way February 9 in Milledgeville. The
program will feature troop members
from Monticello, Eatonton, Sparta,
Sandersville, Tennille and Milledge
ville.
The latter rally will feature a sup
. per sponsored by W. E. Ireland, su
perintendent of Boys’ Training School
at Mileldgeville. Ireland is a mem
ber of the Scout council’s executive
board.
[; The annual event features inspec
; tions, equipment handling contests,'
i physical prowess examinations and
[ recreational programs.
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Three Wheeler
County Men Enter
Armed Forces Mon.
' On Monday, January 29, the fol
;' lowing men left for induction into
the Army;
Charles Lindburgh Mercer, John
i Jackson Smith, William Stanley
I Locke.
ABOUT TREES
Extension Service foresters report
I that in average pine stands it takes
22 six-ince trees to make a cord of
wood and only 10 eight-inch trees.
The faster you put those extra two
‘ inches on, the quicker you double
your money.
State Os Georgia
Designated As
Disaster Area
R. L. Vansant, State Director,
Farmers Home Administration, an
nounced today that tiie Secretary
i of Agriculture has designated the en
; tire State of Georgia as a disaster
■ area in which Disaster loans may be
made in 1951. This action by the .
Secretary of Agriculture amends his i
designation of counties made on De
! cumber 7, 1950, which limited the
! areas in which Disaster loans could
be made and was based on losses to
farmers because ol recent severe
freezes and later information on crop
[ yields.
| Under the authority, farm owners,
I operators and stockmen who suffered
substantial production losses on their
i total farm operations during 1950 are
| eligible to receive disaster loans, pro- [
[ vided they and the County Commit- [
1 tee of the Farmers Home Administra- [
tion certify that they have suffered I
such damage as a result of a dis-
| aster and that they are unable to ob- I
I tain credit from any other credit j
| sources.
j Loans may be made for the pur
| chase of feed, seed, fertilizer, pest
; control and other essential farm and i
| home operating expenses, and for the [
; | purchase of livestock, farm machinery ;
\ and equipment. Disaster loans may
, not be used to purchase or improve '
; real estate or to refinance any pres
. ent indebtedness whatever.
i Disaster loans must be secured by [
। first lien on the crops and all live- [
: stock, equipment and machinery pur
; chased with the loan.
, Disaster loans are provided to take
care of an emergency situation.
, Therefore, farmers who receive such .
11 loans will be encouraged to return to '
. [ their usual credit source as soon as I
[[ possible.
,; Any farmer or stockman who de- I
~ sires to apply for a disaster loan '
[ should do so at the County Office of ;
: the Farmers Home Administration,
j I located in Helena, which serves Tel-
r and Wheeler Counties.
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List Os Speakers
■'Announced For
j Family Life Meet
In announcing an incomplete list i
lof speakers for the third Georgia
I Conference on Family Liie, scheduled
1 in Atlanta, February 8 to 10, Dean
' Pauline Park Wilson of the Univer -
' : sity of Georgia School of Home Eco
nomics, said this week that present ;
i indications are that around 600 peo
ple will attend. i
Representaitves of approximately '
50 Georgia organizations have been '
sent invitations to participate in the I
| conference, Dean Wilson continued,
and some of the sessions are open to
the public.
Speakers who have already accept
led invitations to speak during the '
. [ conference include Dr. Lillian Gil
' breth, Montclair, New Jersey; Dr. j
: Allen Albert, Jr., Emory University; I
i Morris Abrams, Atlanta attorney; Dr. [
Enoch Callaway, president of the [
i Georgia Cancer Society, LaGrange; |
Miss Lurline Collier, Extension Serv- j
ice state home demonstration agent. I
Athens: Rabbi Samuel Glasner, Ath- j
ens; Dr. Zach Henderson, president '
State Teachers College, Statesboro; I
Mrs. Ralph Hobbs, state PTA; Dr.
Weston Laßarre, Duke University;
Mrs. Lydia Ann Lynd, Extension;
Service family lite specialist, Wash- i
ington, D, C.; Miss Mary Webb, Crip
pled Childrens Society; Atlanta;
Judge W. W. Wolfolk, Atlanta: and
Dr. Florence Young, .University of I
Georgia, Athens.
Dr. Gilbreth, mother of the “Cheap- I
er by the Dozen” family made fa- [
i mous by the recent motion picture and i
i best selling book, will make two ap- |
pearances at the conference. She will |
speak at the opening session Thurs- |
day night. February 8, and again Fri- I
day night, February 9, The public is i
invited to the opening session of the ।
meeting.
All sessions are to be held at the
Atlanta Division of the University
of Georgia.
“Meeting Needs of the Family To
day” will be tiie theme of the event,
Dean Wilson stated. Discussions and
addresses will center around ways to
meet the physical, social, emotional
and spiritual needs of Georgia fami
lies throughout the life cycle from in
fancy to old age.
IMPORTANCE OF FEED
Feed for hens not only plays an im
portant part in the number of eggs
laid, but it affects the quality of the
eggs, too. Feed generally can af
fect the egg in three ways: the color,
taste and shell texture.
Single Copy 10c
Bishop Booth To
Speak In Dublin
Sunday Night
I
' ..
BISHOP N. S. BOOTH
I Bishop Booth of the Methodist
' Church, will reach at Dublin First
| Methodist Church Sunday night,
[ February 4th, at half past seven
| o’clock. People in the surrounding
I territory are invited and urged to
hear him.
Who’s Who Elected ,
At Brewton-Parker
For 1950-51
I
I The election of -‘Who’s Who” for ।
| the annual, “Coronet” of Brewton- ■
I Parker College, Mount Vernon, was ।
held January 23. The following stu- ।
dents were honored:
Miss Brewton-Parker, Ruth Sikes, -
Collins
| Most Outstanding Girl, Eliza Mox-
i ley, Kibbee
। Most Outstanding Boy, Barry Ow-
। ens, Brunswick
I Most Versatile Girl, Doris Clax
ton, Soperton
Most Versatile Boy, Sherrill Camp- !
bell, Fairburn
Most Studious Girl, Christine Keen,
Tarrytown
Most Studious Boy, William Joiner,
Harrison
Most Attractive Girl, Ann Lane, i
Miami, Florida
Most Attractive Boy, Bobby Drig-
' gers, Glennville
i Most Popular Girl, Betty Jones,
A lorn o
Most Popular Boy, Sonny Brooks,;
Gordon
Most Athletic Girl, Pats,y Wolfe,
Uvalda ,
Most Athletic Boy, Phil Gilbert,
Dexter
i Cutest Girl, Yvonne Fowler. Vi-
l dalia
Cutest Boy, Jim Harley, Warner
| Robins
Wittiest Girl, Olivia Larkins, Ho
boken
Wittiest Boy Charles Cleary, Syl
vania
ij Soil Conservation j
I > BY G. R. PEEPLES
I
| Several farmers have been asking
I about Sericea Lespedeza as a grazing
crop. Sericea is good for grazing
j and also for hay if it does not get
too large and woody. This can be con-
| trolled by grazing or mowing. Sericea
! is also an excellent soil building crop.
It is a deep rooted perennial legume; |
thus saves planting each year. It
I has also been used profitably in wa
terways for terrace outlets to prevent
excessive erosion for which there is
a great need in this area.
[ I
! Frank Thompson, Shiloh commun-
1 ity, says his Coastal Bermuda really
। saved his cows after the freeze. He
I cut 200 bales of hay from about 3
I acres last summer. The area that was
I not cut and the hay furnished rough- |'
| age for the cows during the cold [
’ weather. IMr. Thompson plans to । 1
j plant about 75 acres more in Coastal
Bermuda this spring.
How Do You Rate?
BY J. SEABORN WINN, '
Milner, Ga.
Were you dipped and dedicated, ,
Or were you dipped and done? ।
Have you prayed and meditated, 1
Have you a good race run? 1
Were you saved to serve,
Or just Saved to sit? ‘ <
Are you faithful, never swerve, i
Or do you faint and quit. 1
■ .■ 1
Do you try each day to work ,
And give your very best? (
Or do you give excuse and shirk
And only think of rest?
Grand and Traverse
Jurors Drawn For
February Term
The following Grand Jurors were
drawrf to serve at the February Term,
1951, of Wheeler Superior Court;
R. W. Winham
J. J. McDaniel
J. L. Johnson
Bob Simpson
J. F. Tillman
F. B. Elam
A. T. Rhodes
L. B. Chambers
C. B. Couey
Leroy Clark
W. T. Cullen
W. H. Gilder
A. J. Grimes Sr.
C. M. Anderson
Delmas J. Sears
Emme|t Joyce
W. H. Kent
O. B. Adams
T. H. Harden Jr.
Guy O. Stone
N. E. Rowe
W. H. Morris
J. N. O’Quinn
Max L. Segall
J. J. Cooper
L. D. Currie
The following Traverse Jurors were
drawn to serve at the February Term,
1951 of Wheeler Superior Court and
drawn to appear on Tuesday:
A. V. Hartley Paul J. Hinson
H. G. Rhodes Emmett Currie
Roy Adams Lewis P. Mercer
J. O. Perdue W. S. Sumner
Clyde Browning Olin Bridges
C. J. Adams R. E. Tuten Sr.
,N. M. Clark R. H. Braswell
J. O. Hinson W. D. Avery
M. K. Jackson J. J. Selph
W. R. Steward P. H. Purvis
W. C. Pittman C. M. Jordan J'r.
G. C. Barnhill Foy E. Kent
J. H. Walker L. G. Bell
W. L. Simmons J. C. Rogers
।R. B. Nelson R. L. Wilkerson
I Neal T. Clark H. F. McDaniel
W. E. Gilder I. F. Elton
i A. L. Joyce Marvin Anderson
[ Hyman Gowan J. T. Heath
G. M. Caylor Alton B. Clark
[J. I. Roberson J. T. Johnson
W. E. Rowland J. B. Elton
I B. M. Pope E. B. Dowdy
|J. S. Crapps A. B. Grimes
Local High School
Girls May Apply
For Scholarships
High school senior girls of Wheel
er County may apply for scholar
| ship? to study home economics at
the University of Georgia next fall,
according to an announcement by
Dean Pauline Park Wilson of the
School of Home Economics.
Four scholarships, worth S2OO each,
are made available by the Kroger Co.
and Sears, Roebuck and Co., each
[company furnishing two scholar
i ships. Designed primarily to aid
■ rural girls, preference will be given
to them in selecting the winners.
Applications for all scholarships
1 will be accepted untl June 1, and
| winners will be announced after that.
Application blanks may be obtained
from Dean Wilson at the University
in Athens.
Tobacco Plant Bed
Heated By Electricity
VIDALIA.—An experimental proj
ect of considerable interest to farm
ers is being worked out co-operative
ly by County Agent Brogden, a vet
erans agricultural class, Frank Muss
elwhite of the Georgia Farmers’
Market at Vidalia, and the Georgia
Power Compony.
The project calls for the construc
tion of a hot bed, electrically con
trolled on which, as an experiment,
a tobacco plant bed is to be sown
for quick production and with view
of eliminating the blue mold fungus
infestation which for the past several
years has so badly damaged the con
ventional type tobacco beds. Later,
when the tobacco plants are off, the
bed will be used for production of
potato slips and tomato plants.
No Methodist
Services Scheduled
For Sunday Night
In order that our people may have
opportunity of hearing Bishop 'Booth
in Dublin First Methodist Church
this Sunday night, February 4, at
half past seven, there will not be any
services at the Alamo Methodist"
Church.
Use Eagle Classified ads.
Number 39.