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Volumn 39.
What Have We Done To Win The
Champion Home Town Contest?
During the past several months we
feel that the City of Alamo has made
great progress. It is with great pride
we mention the following improve
ments made.
The first great improvement was a
complete new water system. A new
well was dug, another tank installed
and the city owns two water pumps
which will take care of its patrons
under any condition and assuring
them that they will not be without
water.
Along with this water system fire
hydrants were installed to give us
fire protection. A little later suf
ficient hose was purchased to reach
Voting Places For
Leaf Referendum
Polling places at which flue-cured
tobacco growers will vote in a ref
erendum on marketing quotas July
19 were listed today by the County
PMA Committe. The polls will open
a 9:00 a. m. and close at 5:00 p. in.,
and are located in Wheelr County
as follows:
Communty Polling Place
Alamo PMA Office
Union Hinson Store
Springhill Springhill Sch. House
Shiloh Norman Sears’ Store
Glenwood City Hall
Landsburg Grier’s Store
If two-thirds or more of the grow
ers voting in the referendum favor
marketing quotas, acreage allot
ments will be continued in 1953 and
loans will be available to growers
at 90 percent of parity on the 1953
crop of flue-cured tobacco. Regard
less of the outcome of the referen
dum, however, price support loans
at 90 percent of parity will be avail
able on 1952 flue-cured tobacco as
a means of protecting growers.
The loan program provides grow
ers an opportunity to obtain loans on
the basis of the grades of tobacco
they produce. If all the tobacco of
any single crop under loan is sold
for more than the loan and expenses,
the farmer shares in any net gain
realized. The leoas provide protec
tion by helping to eliminate some of
the risks in growing tobacco.
Mrs. C. L. Glenn
Attends Methodist
School Os Missions
Mrs. C. L. Glenn of Aalmo is
among 250 delegates attending a
Southwide School of Missions at
Lake Junaluska, N. C. at the Meth
odist Church’s summer assembly.
The school will continue through
July 17, sponsored by the Methodist
Woman’s Society of Christian Serv
ice. Delegates are here from nine
southern states and Cuba. Mrs.
Gleen is representing the WSCS of
South Georgia Conference.
“Proclaim the Good News” is the
theme of the school, featuring classes
and workshops in home and world
missions, Bible Studies, Christian
Social action, public relations and
administration.
Among the instructors are: Dr. A.
J. Walton, Duke University, Dur
ham, N. C.; Dr. Albert Barnett. Em
ory University, Atlanta; Dr. Lowell
B. Hazzard, Westminister, Md.,
Seminary; Dr. A. W. Beasley, pastor,
Memphis, Tenn., and Miss Susanna
Kachelhoffer, missionary teacher of
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Principal platform speakers will
be Bishop Paul B. Kern,, retired, of
Lake Junaluska; Bishop W. C. Mar
tin, Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Ottilia de
Chaves of Port Alegre, Brazil, presi
dent of the World Federation of
Methodist Women, and Miss Estelle
Carver, teacher of New Haven, Conn.
Mrs. E. U. Robinson, Franklin,
Tenn., is president of the women’s
group which number 7,986 local
church societies and 373,085 mem
bers in Methodism’s southeastern
jurisdiction.
Other officers are: Mrs. E. V.
Perry,- Rolling Fork, Miss., vice
president; Mrs. John Hoyle, Jr.,
Marion, N. C., secretary, and Mrs.
B. R. Stout, Knoxville, Tenn., treas
urer. Mrs. C. P. Hardin, Knoxville,
is secretary of missionary education
and program chairman.
Cravey Is Cleared
The Georgia Supreme Court has
cleared Zack Cravey, comptroller
general, of contempt charges brought
by Bankers Life and Casualty Co.
of Chicago after the firm was re
fused a business license.
Wheeler bounty Eagle
' any point from the fire plugs. Then
the day came when the new red fire
truck came to town, fully equipped
to put out any fire. Everyone was
happy end old and young took a ride
around town in the new fire truck.
। The voluntary fire department was
organized, therefore, we feel our fire
department is complete.
A new city hall, modern in every
respect is one of Alamo’s accom
plishments. Built in connection with
the City Hall is a shelter to house
the pretty red fire truck.
We are not only proud of the pro
gress that Alamo has made, but the
protection service and joy that these
above mentioned, projects afford.
Farm Bureau
News Column
As President of your Wheeler
County Farm Bureau, I would
like today to discuss the im
portant situation of invetntories of
| tin plate which is used in making of
cans for processing the Nation’s food
supply.
Two weeks ago your Georgia
Farm Bureau President, H. L. Win
gate, at an American Farm Bureau
Federation’s- Board of Directors
meeting reported a request on the
part of the American Farm Bureau
Federation’s staff to investigate the
status of the supply of tin plate and
tin cans. Last week this investiga
tion was completed. .
The investigation showed that tin
plate inventories had reached the
point that for each week work stop
page in the steel industry continues
there will be a loss of at least 20
million cases of canned food.
It .has been pointed out that the
peak canning season across the na
tion is from now until about three
months hence. In other words tin
can and tin plate inventories have
been depleted. Tin plate is now
unavailable due to the steel stop
page. This means that unless the
situation is corrected immediately
the Nation’s food supply in the
months ahead will be most critical.
It will mean first that the Nation’s
farmers after having produced an
abundant food supply will face seri
ous financial losses. This is particu
larly true when we realize that foods
grown for canning purposes reach
definite stages of maturity and must
be processed within a reasonable
period of time or else spoil.
The second and most disastrous
aspects of this situation is that in
the end consumers across the Na
tion will pay hard. It will mean
throughout the Nation the simple
operation of the law of supply and
demand.
State Farm Bureaus throughout
the Nation have asked the President
to take action to correct the situ
ation The Georgia Farm Bureau last
week sent the following telegram to
President Truman; John Steelman,
Director Ofifce of Defense Mobiliza
tion; and to all Congressmen and
Senators:
The steel strike has brought about
a serious decompletion in tin plant
inventories. The peak canning season
is from now through the next three
months. For each week the strike
continues from now on it is conser
vatively estimated that about 20
million cases of canned products will
be lost. This would cause a very
heavy loss to the farmers financially
and create a very serious situation
with reference to canned foods, such
as vegetables, fruits, milk and.hun
| dreds of other perishable items,
farmers are very much disturbed.
We urge that you take full advan
tage of the Taft-Hartley Act or any
other legislation at your command
to avoid this calamity.” We take
this opportunity of now informing
the consumers of the situation with
which they are confronted.
“bible questions
89. Which of the Gospels has been
said to be “the most important book
ever written?”
90. Who was the ancient “speed
demon” of the Bible?
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ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
BIBLE QUESTIONS
87. About one thousand different
places are referred to in the Bible.
88. The hand as a high-way mark
er for directions is used in Ezekiel
21:19. (The Hebrew word “hand”
is translated “place” in the King
James version).
—A subscription to The Eagle is a
“gateway” to county happenings.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, July 18, 1952
No Acreage
Allotments On
1953 Wheat
The United States Department of
Agriculture announced recently that
there would be no acreage allot
ments and Marketing Quotas on
1953-Crop Wheat, reports R. D.
Thomas, Chairman Wheeler Coun
ty PMA Committee.
The announcement followed a
finding that the supply of wheat
for the 1953-54 marketing year is in
dicated to be larger than the quanti
ty that would normally require proc
lamation of marketing quotas, but
that wheat production considerably
larger than the quantity called for
under acreage allotment provisions
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
will be needed in 1953.
Mr. Thomas stated: “In view of
the national emergency and the
need to maintain reserve supplies of
wheat sufficiently large to meet un
predictable situations which may de
velop during a continuation of the
emergency, it has been determined
that marketing quotas and acreage
allotments will not be used for the
1952 crop of wheat.
PFC. L. W. White Cited
[For Outstaning Duty
I By His Commander
MUNICH,GERMANY—PFC L. W.
White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dock
White, Alamo R-l, has been com
mended by Maj. Gen. Truman C.
Thorson, commanding general of
Munich Military Post, and Brig. Gen.
William H. Magijn, Provist Marshal
of the European Command. He was
cited for his outstanding perform
ance of duty while assisting in the
raid by U. S. Army Military Police
on the largest scrip counterfeiting
ring in Germany since the war.
White, stationed with Company A
of the 508th Military Police Battal
ion in Munich, participated in the
complete round-up of the counter
feiters who had already printed $3,-
000,000 in counterfeit U. S. scrip. The
alertness of the Military Policemen
caught the counterfeiters before any
of the bogus money could be put in
circulation.
The young soldier entered the
Army in November 1950 and after
receiving his basic training at Fort
Jackson, S. C., was sent overseass
to the European Command and as
signed to his present unit. He is a
graduate of the Cedar Grove High
School.
Credit Restrictions
On Car Loans
Lifted By VA
Veterans Administration last week
lifted all credit restrictions on GI
business loans made by private len
ders to World War II veterans for
purchase of passenger automobiles,
William K. Barrett, Director of the
State Department of Veterans Serv
ice, announced today.
Before the restrictions were termi
nated, the maximum term of a GI
business loan could not exceed thirty
(30) months for the purchase of a
। new car and twenty-four (24) months
for the purchase of a used car.
Barrett said that private lenders
can now make loans for such pur
poses with longer maximum terms
but “in no case” may the term ex
ceed the economic life of the auto
mobile.
No down payments were required
for GI automobile loans under the
old restrictions and none is required
now.
The basic law governing GI car
loans remains unchanged. Loans can
only be guaranteed or insured where
it is shown that the car is a neces
sity to the veteran in conducting his
business or in fulfilling the require
ments of his job.
The use of an automobile merely
for necessary travel to and from
work does not qualify a veteran for
a GI automobile loan.
Barrett invited all interested per
sons to come by the nearest branch
office of the State Department of
Veterans Service for further infor
mation.
OPEN PASTURE INCREASES
Open pasture land in Georgia
totaling less than 1,000,000 acres in
1920 increased to around 2,500,000
acres in 1951, according to J. W.
Fanning, chairman of the Univer
sity of Georgia agricultural econom
ics division. Temporary grazing
now occupies 500,000 acres.
Work Underway
On 4-H Center
Ai Rock Eagle
Thousands of 4-H members who
raised funds for the State 4-H Cen
ter at Rock Eagle Park will be happy
to learn that the project is gaining
support. In fact, recent develop
ments virtually assure completion of
the camp by 1955.
Originally planned as a long-term
building program with 4-H members
to raise most of the money them
selves the center already is being
constructed. This means that the
critical 4-H camping situation will
be eased sooner than expected.
Ultimately, the Rock Eagle camp
will make it possible for 25,000 boys
and girls to receive instruction and
recreation annually. Only 10,000
Four-H’ers currently enjoy summer
camps, due to lack of facilities.
Two actions by Governor Herman
Talmadge have given the largest
boost to the Rock Eagle undertak
ing. He approved the transfer of a
skilled prison labor camp to the
area and announced that the state
would match funds raised by 4-H
members and their friends for con
struction of the camp.
Since the Governor’s offer of as
sistance, the Georgia 4-H Founda
tion has announced two grants of
SIO,OOO and one of $2,000. The
Southeast Ford Tractor Company
and Mills B. Lane Foundation each
gave SIO,OOO, while Sears, Roebuck
Foundation contributed $2,000.
On June 6, a committee of Ex
tension Service state staff mem
bers, county and home demonstra
tion agents and 4-H Club advisers
met in Macon to plan fund-raising
campaigns and to appoint subcom
mittees to handle news, information
and literature, and campaigns head
ed by Walter S. Brown, associate Ex
tension director, the state commit
tee also discussed organizing similar
groups in all Georgia districts and
counties.
guest horse at the camp are prac
tically finished and construction
has begun on the cottages, reports
G. I. Johnson, Extension Service
agricultural engineer and chairman
of the Rock Eagle building commit
tee.
The camp will include a store and
post office; four recreation halls, one
for each of four groups, and one
large recreation building; one dining
hall with 900 capacity and one with
The administration building and
room for 300; three educational,
demonstration and exhibit build
ings; one auditorium; a caretaker’s
house; three camp personnel houses;
one infirmary; and one warehouse.
Mr. Johnson said all the buildings
will be permanently constructed and
designed for year-round use.
Nearly 1,500 acres of land, includ
ing 110-acre Rock Eagle Lake, are
in the 4-H camp area.
Glenwood Methodist
Sunday School To
Picnic At Jay Bird
On Thursday afternoon, July 24,
there will be a church-wide Sunday
School picnic for the Glenwood
Methodist Sunday School. Every
church and Sunday School member
with your entire family is invited
to attend.
For those who can go for the
afternoon, we will meet at the
church at 2:30. There will be trans
portation for those who do not have
away.
Those who can’t go at 2:30 meet
us at Jay Bird Springs before 6:00
o’clock with a picnic lunch.
Everyone come and lets have a
good time together.
We will eat at six o’clock so be:
there on time. Fun for all.
Browning Infant
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Forest
Browning of Alamo R-2 sympathize
with them in the death of their in
fant daughter Barbara Ann.
The baby was born in the Mcßae-,
Telfair County Hospital on July 16
and died on July 17. Mrs. Browning
is the former Miss Estelle Walker of
Telfair county.
Where Did You
Get Your Bible?
The Reverend C. L. Glenn, pastor
of the Shiloh Methodist Church, will
have for his subject, this Sunday,
July 20th, “The Bible”. You are
cordially invited to hear him.
Come for Sunday School at half
past ten o’clock.
—Eagle advertisements get results.
Single Copy 5c
Help Alamo Win The Champion Home
Town Contest By Cleaning and Painting
Installation Service
At Glenwood
Methodist Church
The W. S. C. S. of Glenwood Meth
odist Church held the installation
service Sunday night, May 12. The
installing officer was the pastor,
the Rev. Edward Carruth.
Theme: “That the Kingdom of
I Gob May Be Realized.”
A worship center was provided
which consisted of one tall white
I candle representing Christ. On each
I side were six red candles represent-
I ing the the twelve Apostles. Up
| above the candles was a picture of
the head of Christ. Roses and fern
were placed around the candle hold
ers which added a bit to nature’s
beauty.
On the altar were smaller white
1 candles for each officer to be
installed. As they were installed,
. they lit their candles from the tall
candle representing Christ. The
service was very effective to all
present.
The following were commissioned
as new officers for 1952-1953:
President, Mrs. Joe Edd Clark;
vice president, Mrs. Alma Crawford;
recording secretary, Mrs. Wallace
Adams; Treasurer, Mrs. D. J. Sears;
promotion secretary, Mrs. Foy Kent;
Christian relation and local church
I activities, Mrs. Losette Anderson;
spiritual life. Mrs. Wallace Ryals;
Student and Youth work, Mrs. Wal
; ter Ryals; missionary education, Mrs.
;D. C. Colson; supply work, Mrs. Al
vin Joyce; literature and publica
; tions, Mrs. Harvey Hanley; Chil
dren’s work, Mrs. Joe Ed Clark.
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Julian D. Peebles
Completes Ist Phase
'Naval Aviation
Naval Aviation Cadet Julian D.
1 Peebles USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
’ J. D. Peebles of Alamo recently com
! pleted the first phase of his naval
1 1 aviation training by taking his solo
■; flight at Whiting Field. Milton, Fla.
Working for his Navy Wings of
: i Gold and a commission as Ensign in
' the United States Navy, Peebles
' flew for the first time unescorted by
: ' an instructor in the Navy’s sturdy
; SNJ Texan Trainer.
Peebles, who attended Wheeler
County High School, Alamo, and the
University of Georgia, Athens, re
ported at Whiting Field March 29.
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PVT. RAY ALOIS CROWE
Pvt. Ray Alois Crowe, son of Mrs.
Rosa Crowe, Route 1, Helena has
' reported to the Medical Replacement
■ Training Center at Camp Pickett,
: Virginia for 16 weeks of basic train
j ing.
At MRTC, the Army’s only basic
training school for medical enlisted
men, he will receive eight yveeks of
! basic infantry training and eight
weeks of basic medical training.
EXTRA COTTON PROFITS
i Twenty years of one-variety cot
ton production in Georgia have re
duced the number of varieties and
strains of cotton planted from ap
proximately 300 to only three or four'
major varieties, E. C. Westbrook,
Extension cotton specialists says. He
estimates that improvements in cot
i ton growing have obtained more
than $100,000,000 in extra profits for
i Georgia farmers.
George H. Firor, Agricultural Ex
tension Service horticultrist, says
that one or more of the new insecti
cides such at DDT and Parathion
have given good results in controll
ing, the peachtree borer. ।
Now within a very short time the
judges of the Champion Home Town
Contest will be in Town to take pic
tures and judge our town for the
Champion Home Town Contest.
It will not only mean that we will
1 gain financially, but it will put our
■ | town on the map. Maybe a new
• industry will locate here—they will
want to—if they know that we are
making progress, and we are people
who are interested in our town.
I Look around and see the progress
• that has been made. It is good and
1 we are all proud of it. Now, if we
will all roll up our sleeves and clean
J j up and paint up, Alamo will win this
■lcontest. LET US ALL WORK TO
1 j WIN.
A Georgia Girl
For Maid Os Cotton
l Some young lady from the cotton
! south will be the 1953 Maid of Cot
' ton and that girl may well be one
of our own Georgia belles, says J.
1 E. Moses, Chairman of the Maid of
Cotton Committee, Georgia Unit,
National Cotton Council of America.
The winner of this honor, he em
phasizes, will be given an extensive
tour, including London, Paris and
principal cities of Canada, South
1 America and the United States. Her
wardrobe will include some 35 to
' 40 outfits, with jewelry, accessories
and luggage that will satisfy the
craving of anyone.
This year, for the first time, an
organized program for selecting a
state candidate for this honor is be
. ing carried on. It is supported by
all the cotton interest groups com
posing the State Unit of the Coun
cil. The competition is open to any
। girl born in a cotton producing state,
’ a resident of Georgia for 5 years and
having the physical qualifications
for the title. She must be between
19 and 25 years old, at least 5’ 5”
• tall, single and possessed of suffi
■ cient beauty, charm, poise, perso
■ nality and inteligence to enable her
1 to fill the requirements of good will
’ ambassador for cotton. Mr. Moses
• explains.
f Competition will be by counties
1 j first, then by congresional districts
; and finally by state contest in At
r lanta. The winner in the state con
’ test will be crowned Georgia Maid
of Cotton for 1953. She will be en
’ tered in the finals in Memphis early
' in January as the official Georgia
- candidate for the National Maid of
Cotton. The Georgia Unit of the Na
tional Cotton Council is anxious that
this contest program will bring out
our most competent and best quali
fied young ladies for this high hon
or and greatest opportunity that can
■ come to any girl.
For information and application
blanks Mr. Moses suggests that in
| terested potential candidates call on
their county or home demonstration
agents immediately, or write to him
at 318 Grand Theatre Bldg., Atlanta
3, Ga.
Action must be prompt, as county
candidates must be chosen by Au
gust 1.
John Deere Dealer
To Announce New
Heavy-Duty Models
Two new heavy-duty John Deere
2 and 3-plow tractors, successors to
Models “A” and “B”, will be an
nounced Saturday, July 19, by L.
E. Tanner & Sons.
According to. Ray Tanner. Man
ager, of L. E. Tanner & Sons, these
, new tractors feature a host of engi
neering advancements and major
i improvements which make them the
greatest values ever offered - by John
Deere. Mr. Tanner states that one
of the new models will be on dis
play Saturday, July 19, and he ex
tends a cordial invitation to every
one to stop by and see the new trac
tor.
Preaching Service At
Browning Methodist
Church Sunday P. M.
Reverend C. L. Glenn will preach
at Browning Methodist Church this
Sunday afternoon, July 20th, at half
past three o’clock.
A cordial invitation is extended.
The peach tree borer, which ap
pears in Georgia in July, lays eggs
on tree trunks, lower branches, and
on trash around trees.
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