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Volume 39.
Winners In Ga.
Power Co.'s Home
Town Contest
Charles A. Collier, vice presi
dent of the Georgia Power Com
pany, Wednesday announced the
winners in the Power Company’s
Champion Home Town Contest.
First prize winners in their re
spective population groups were
Leary, Statesboro and Alma, with
Alma also receiving a sweep
stakes award in a special- con
test open only to first place win
ners in the 1951 and 1952 con
tests. Each town will receive a
bronze plaque and a cash award
of SI,OOO. Alma receive an
additional SI,OOO as winner of the
sweepstakes.
In addition to Laary, winners in
the under 1,000 population group
are Nichthls, second prize of $750,
and Menlo, third prize of
SSOO. Prize winners in the 1,000
to 3,000 population group, in ad
dition to Alma, are Sylvester, sec
ond prize of $750, and Hinesville,
third prize of SSOO. In the 3,000
to 20,000 population group, fol
lowing Statesboro with first prize,
are Pelham, second prize of $750,
and Douglas, third prize of SSOO.
In each population group the
judges chose, in addition to the
top three prize winners, four
towns for honorable mention
awards and six for Certificates of
Achievement. The honorable
mention winners will receive a
bronze plaque and a cash award
of SIOO.
Honorable mention awards go
to Ellaville, Franklin, Lone Oak,
Snellville, Cornelia, Lawrence
ville, Ocilla, Wadley, Hogansville,
Vidalia. Washington and Waynes
boro.
Winners of Certificates of
Achievement are Ball Ground,
Comer, Dawsonville, Ila, Powder
Springs, Woodbine, Clarkesville,
Clayton, Hartwell, Lavonia, Mc-
Donough, Mcßae, Brunswick,
Douglasville, Griffin and Man
chester.
The first three prize winners in
each group will receive their
awards at a series of dinners to
be held after the first of the
year.
Judges for the contests were
Mrs. Doris Lockerman, former
columnist for the Atlanta Consti
tution, Roswell; Mrs. A. N. Dykes,
president of the Garden Club of
Georgia, Columbus; Ben W. Fort
son, Secretary of State of Geor
gia, Atlanta; Edward R. Dunning,
vice president of N. W. Ayer and
Son, Inc., advertising agency,
New York; and Joe Jennings, su
perintendent of the Cherokee In
dian Agency, Cherokee, N. C.
T. H. Forrest Dies
At Home In Alamo
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held in
the New Bethel Baptist Church
near Helena Sunday afternoon at
3 o’clock for Thomas Hendricks
Forrest, 69, who died at his home
in Alamo Saturday after about
three years illness. The Rev. W.
H. Johns conducted the service
and burial was in the New Bethel
Cemetery .with Harris & Smith
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers were Roy Bell,
Jack Andrews, Albert Browning,
Daniel Browning, James Kirk
land and Eugene Hutto,.
Mr. Forrest was born in Will
cox County, the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John Forrest. He
was married to Miss Maggie Wat
son on July 4, 1920, and was a
member of New Bethel Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife;
two sons, Lawrence Forrest, of
Hazlehurst and Edward Forrest,
of Jacksonville, Fla.; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Sam Johns, of Wheeler
County and Mrs. Ernest Bell, of
Alamo; his step-mother- Mrs.
Omer Parker, and two half-broth
ers, Willie Forrest and John
Thomas Forrest, all of Cordele.
Program At Bay
Springs Methodist
Church Sunday
Mrs. C. A. Morrison will have
charge of the fourth Sunday
night program at Bay Springs
Methodist Church November 23,
The children of the church will
take part.
Everyone is invited to attend.
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Mrs. Herman Talmadge, wife of Georgia’s Governor, buys her 1952
Christmas Seals through the mail at her home in Lovejoy. Shown with
her is Mrs. Lamar Russell, Tuberculosis Chairman of Henry County
and Mr. Carl Fox. Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tubercuosis
Association. Mrs. Talmadge urged all ladies of Georgia to help suppori
the Tuberculosis prevention and education programs ot the voluntary
TB associations and committees by buying and using their Christmas
Seals.
Christmas Seal
Sales Begin
This Week
The 46th An-
Help FiguS TB nua j Christmas
Seal Sale begins
in Georgia and
the entire United
States this week
to raise funds
for the continu
ation of the long
fight against the
disease, tubercu
losis.
Buy
Christmas Seals
Wheeler County citizens will
receive letters containing Christ
mas Seals this year, according
to the Wheeler County Tuberculo
sis Comittee. The 1952 Seal, one
of the prettiest ever, depicts a
single candle burning in an old
fashioned candlestick. Also promi
nent in the design is a large red
double-barred cross, the symbol
of the international fight against
tuberculosis.
The chairman urges everyone
to buy Christmas Seals generous
ly this year and to be sure to use
them on all Christmas letters,
packages, cards, and gifts. 60%
of the funds raised will stay in
Wheeler County to finance a local
program of education, case-find
ing, and patient services.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Among out of town relatives
and friends attending the funeral
of Mr. T. H. Forres,t Sunday were
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Forrest and
John Tom Forrest, of Cordele;
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Thomas, of
Baxley; Mr. and Mrs. William
Lytle and daughter, Purnel Lytle,
Miss Ruth Beal, Ben Beal and
Roger Lytle, of Hazlehurst; Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Gay and family,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Watson and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Watson
and family and Mrs. L. V. Con
nell and daughter, of Plant City,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Watson
and family and James Watson, of
Lake Comp, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Talmadge Watson, of Jackson
ville, Fla.; James Lytle, of East
man; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lytle and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchannon, of
Atlanta; Jim Thomas, of Decatur;
Ernestine Roberson and Roy
Wright, of Dublin; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lytle and Mrs. Rob Lytle,
of Waycross; Floyd West and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Hutto and fam
ily, of Mt. Vernon; Mrs. Becky
Beasley, Arnell Waters and
Chrick Dikes, of Chauncey.
Revival Services
At Spring Hill
Revival services will begin in
the Spring Hill Baptist Church
Sunday night, November 23, at 7
o’clock.
The Rev. W .C. Thomas will
preach, and everyone is invited.
Livestock specialists for the
Agricultural Extension Serivce of
the University of Georgia state
that you should keep mineral
mixture available for cows at all
times.
Alamo, Wheeler County, Georgia, Friday, November 21, 1952
Farm Contracts
For 1953 :
AGP Processing
With less than two more weeks
; to go in 1953 Agricultural Con
i servation Program sign-up cam
-1 paign, the county office of the
I Production and Marketing Ad
ministration has isued a report
; on its progress. C. M. Anderson, i
■ county PMA chairman said that'
; by Nov. 15, ten (10) commun
! ity committeemen, mostly work
■ ing part time, have visited 396
Wheeler County farms since, the
I campaign started on October 22.
Os these, 382 farms have filed
; conservation plans and requests
■ for assistance under 1953 ACP.
' The chairman expects that
1 visits to the remaining 252 farms
will be. completed tjy December
1, whiclWhas been established as
a closing date for doing the job.
Mr. Anderson said that it is nec
essary to set that dead-line to al
low the county committee suf
: ficient time to review individual
, farm conservation plans and ap-
: ■ prove the amount of ACP funds
, for each farm.
“Exceptions to the require-
I ment that a farmer make his re
quest for all practices for which ]
he desires assistance before De-1
cember 1 will be permitted only |
■for justifiable individual hard-,
: ship cases approved by the coun- i
Ity committee”, Mr. Anderson I
stated. He said such include pro
longed illness, absence from coun
ty during the sign-up period, or
acquisition of a farm after the
closing date.
Farmers are requested by the
PMA Chairman to cooperate by
keeping any engagements which
the committeemen make with
them in connection with the sign
up campaign.
Local Students
Registered At
University Os Ga.
Eight students from Wheeler
County registered for the fall!
quarter at the University of Geor
gia, Athens.
The University of Georgia,
chartered in 1785, is the oldest
chartered state university in
America. It began classes in:
1801, and today its far-flung pro- :
gram of teaching, research, and ।
extension affects Georgians'
everywhere.
Local students follow:
Richard G. Barnhill, Carlos T.,
Beckum Jr., Wm. Carlton Bras- I
well, Dana Cassidy Kent, Walter,
L. Sammons, Mrs. Bonnelle C.'
Smith, Frank Harry Thomas, Na
thaniel Alex Wynn.
FARM HOME LIGHTING
Light that is to be considered
of good quality should be free
from glare, well diffused, and
with very little constrast, accord
ing to agricultural engineers for
the Agricultural Extension Serv
ice, University of Georgia.
Read the Wheeler County
Eagle and keep up with the news.
Eagle Will Be
Published Next
Wednesday P. M.
The Wheeler County Eagle
will be prinied on Wednesday
evening next week. All per
sons have news items and ad
vertisements io apear in the
issue of November 28, must
turn in their copy before Tues
day noon in o’der for the edi
tors io get it io the printers
by noon Tuesday, November 25.
The early publication is in
observance of Thanksgiving.
Farm Bureau
News Column
The latest report from the State
Georgia Farm Bureau Federa
-1 tiontion Office is that family
membership for 1952-53 now
; stands at 42,966. Deadline far
’membership returns to the State
Office is midnight November 25.
.To reach the State goal of 50,185
members means that an additional
7,219 members .must be obtained.
Too many times in the past we
have perhaps -been negligent
about contacting some of the. old
members. The Wheeler County
Farm Bureau hasn’t been by itself
jin doing this either. In fact several
■ thousand old members each year
are lost throughout the State
; simply because for one reason
or another they are never con
tacted to renew their membership.
During the next few days Farm
Bureau worke.ts here in Wheeler
County as in [other counties in
the State will be combing the
last year’s membership list in an
effort not to overlook some of our
old members. a In the meantime,
I want to say to our old members
; that we will be around to see
you.
According to last minute re
ports, a minimum of 25 Farm
Bureau folks are expected to at
tend the 34th Annual American
Farm Bureau £ ^deration Conven
tion scheduled for Seattle, Wash
ington from December 7-11. A
special Farm Bureau train will be
made up to carry Farm Bureau
members to the Convention city
and return.
The special train carrying dele
gates from Georgia, South Caro
lina, North Carolina and Florida
will leave on November 28 and
return on December 16. Other
than traveling through 21 states
several side tours will be made
including journeying to old Mexi- :
co, Carlsbad Caverns, Grand Can
yon, Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Hollywood, Great Salt Lake City,
and other points of interests.
Farm Bureau members desiring
Ito make the trip are urged to
make reservations immediately.
Graham 4-H Club
I The Graham 4-H Club met No
vember 15, with Miss Godbee and
Mr. Jackson. We had our meet
ing and then Miss Godbee gave
her demonstration. She showed
us how to paint on glass.
Mary Leila Clements was giv- :
en a prize for selling the most
tickets for the 4-H Club at our
school.
FARM SAFETY
Livestock and machinery are
the two greatest causes of acci- .
dents on the farm, according to
specialists for the Agricultural
Extension Service of the Univer
sity of Georgia. Calmness, kind
i ness, patience, thoughtfulness,
and learning how to handle and
manage these animals will pre
| vent most accidents.
Pack Os Dogs
Kill Fine Jersey
| A pack of six stray dogs killed
i a fine Jersey cow Tuesday on
i Clarence Brown’s farm known as
| the old Martin place on Gum
i Swamp.
! Mr. Brown’s farmer had noti
fied him that stray dogs were
j running his cattle, so Tuesday
i morning before day he went to
the farm to kill the dogs if they
I made their appearance. When
day broke he found one of his
fine cows dead not far away with
all six dogs eating the flesh from
her bones. He shot two of the
dogs with a shot gun after the
pack started to attack him, but
four made their getaway.
A young calf was left but is
i not expected to survive.
Eagle Classified ads. get results
Dr. Garrison ‘ i
Elected Head |
Os Baptists i
Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, pastor
of Bull Street Baptist Church in
Savannah Tuesday was elected
president of the Georgia Baptist
Convention.
He succeeds Dr. Louie D. Newt
on of Atlanta.
Dr. Garrison, a graduate of
Mercer University, has served the.
Savannah Church since 1943. He
is the son of Rev. J. Gorham Gar
rison, pastor of two half-time
churches in Thomas County.
Others Nominated
The convention selected Dr.
Garrison in a runoff with Dr.
Rufus D. Hodges, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, Dublin. The
Rev. Marshall Nelms, Jefferson
ville and Dr. James P. Westberry,
Atlanta, also had been nominated
: for the presidency.
Four vice-presidents elected
j were: Dr. Monroe F. Swilley, At- j
lanta; the Rev. J. J. Sizemore,
Waverley Hall, the Rev. D. C.
Rainey, Tifton and’ the Rev. Clif
ton A. Forrester. Macon.
Dr. J. L. Clegg, of Dalton was
re-elected secretary. Named as
his assistants were Dr. L. E.
* Smith, Atlanta, and the Rev.
James A. Ivey of Dawson. Dr.
Z. E. Barron, College Park,. was
re-elected treasurer.
More than 1,000 Baptist leaders
were in attendance at the three
day meeting, held at Atlanta’s
First Baptist Church.
George F. Brown, of Marietta,
preaching the convention sermon,
told the church leaders to fight
■ “the mad craze for unholy pleas
ure and the neglect of common
; virtures.”
. The convention is expected to
consider financing a professional
. building to be located adjacent
, to the Georgia. Baptist Hospital
~ in Atlanta. It would house doc
t tors mainly. The building, esti
. mated to cost $1,400,000, was ap
. । proved by the convention execu
tive committee Monday.
Ladies Asked
To Serve On
P. T. A. Committee
Will the following ladies please
serve on the refreshment and
hospitality committee at the P.
T. A. meeting in Alamo on
Thursday, December 4, at 7:45 p.
i m.:
Mrs. R. U. Bell, Chairman; Mrs.
Robert Hill, Mrs. James Tootle,
I Mrs. Edith Bogle, Mrs. Eulas
: Webster, Mrs. Lee Evans, Mrs.
j Forrest Fields, Mrs. John Cole
man.
Remember the date: December
4th.
Cowboy Bob
Cavanaugh To Be
At Mcßae Drive-In
The greatest animal act of its
kind in the show world today,
Cowboy Bob Cavanaugh, Holly
wood stuntman, movie double'
and rodeo trick rider, will be at
the Mcßae Drive-In Theatre in
person on Tuesday and Wednes-;
day, December 2-3.
At this time he will present hisl
famous movie horse Dottie, “The
. World’s Most Educated Mare.” i
Dottie will perform many of her
over 600 tricks at each show.
Watch this paper for further
announcement.
Pvt. Deron Spires
Assigned To 7th
Armored Division
I Pvt. Deron J. Spires of Battery ।
D. 31AAA Battalion has been as- j
signed to Camp Roberts, Cali-;
fornia.
Pvt. Spires whose family reside
at Alamo has been assigned to 7th
Armored Division at Camp Rob- j
| erts.
This post, one of the largest re- j
placement training centers dur- j
ing World War 11, was reactivated I
in August 1950 as a basic train- i
ing center and is now the home
of the 7th Armored Division.
NOTICE
Please return all books that are
checked out of the County Li
brary at Palmers Store in Glen
wood. Library is going to be:
moved and we will need all these ।
books immediately. Thank you.!
Mrs. Willard Wright j
County Librarian
Single Copy 5c
Glenwood F. H. A.
Chapter Attends
District Meeting
Saturday, November 15, ten
: F. H. A. members plus their ad
j viser, Miss Jackie Christian, and
j their Chapter Mother, Mrs. W.
N. Hart, went to Jesup for the fall
meeting of district two Future
> Homemakers.
Shirley Kent, our president, and
Wynona Hart entered our poster
in the contest. We were very
proud of the showing this poster
; made along with the nine sub-;
j mitted from other schools.
Mr. Tom Cottingham was the ,
guest speaker for the day. He |
spoke on “Making A House A ।
Home”.
The day was enjoyed by every
one. Those attending were: Shir
ley Kent, Wynona Hart, Willie
; Mae Rowland, Reba NeSmith,
j Juanita McGawan, Alegra Evans,
Martha Banks, Clara Ann Bridges,
\ Glenda Bishop, Virginia McDan
iel, Mrs. Hart, and Miss Christian.
Tobacco Clinic
To Be Held
In Vidalia Friday
A Tobacco Clinic will be held
on Friday, December -sth, at 2:30 i
p. m. at the Vidalia High School I
' । auditorium, according to an an-;
: nouncement by H. S. Vandiver, I
' Executive Secretary of the Vi-!
' dalia Chamber of Comerce.
’' Mr. Gaines, who is connected j
with the Experiment Station in j
' Tifton will direct the clinic. He |
’ is an outstanding authority on i
' the cultivation of tobacco.
Mr. Gaines has been asked to J
1 advise the farmers on the latest
information such as soil treat
’ ment on the tobacco land, new
1 method of treating plant beds,
t latest information on irrigation of
1 ; tobacco, and the latest informa
" • tion on variety of seed.
’ j The clinic is open to the pub
lie and all tobacco growers, re
gardless of where they live, are
. I urged to attend.
Tobacco growers from some
| twelve or more counties will be >
। represented at this meeting.
Mrs. Carol G. Massey
Dies At Home In
Scotland Wednesday
Graveside services were held
in the Scotland Cementery Thurs
day afternnon at 2 o’clock for Mrs.
Carol Graham Massey, 78, widow
of the late William R. Massey,
who died of the infirmities of age
at the home of her sister Mrs. J.
W. Neal in Scotland Wednesday
morning at 1:30 o’clock. The
Rev. C. A. Morrison officiated as
. sisted by the Rev. I. L. Bishop,
pastor of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Massey was born in
j Wheeler County on November 3,
1874, the daughter of Daniel B.
; and Mary Jane Browning Gra
ham. She was married on Jan
uary 11, 1900 and had been a be
loved resident of Scotland for a
, number of years.
Survivors include her sister,
Mrs. J. W. Neal; one brother Dun
■ can Graham, both of Scotland;
I and eleven nieces and nephews.
Harris & Smith Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Awarded Certificate
Os Outstanding
Achievement
Mary Ann Wommack, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Wommack .
of Glenwood, has been awarded!
a certificate in recognition of
• outstanding achievement and is
| entitled to wear the official Home
. Economics Club letter.
In order to get this certificate '
: she had to give 50 hours of serv- i
ice to the club. She sold oranges, I
cup cakes, made cup cakes,
i worked at Halloween Carnival in
| ’sl and worked and helped plan
the fair this year. Also she had
| to have a scholastic grade aver
j age of “B”.
Mary Ann will be a Junior i
Christmas. She attends Mt. j
j Berry College, Rome.
PMA Office To
Close Thanksgiving
C. M. Anderson, Chairman of j
the Wheeler County PMA Com
mittee announces the PMA Os
: fice will be closed Thursday, No
vember 27, for Thanksgiving Day.
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Gov. Talmadge
Named Leader
01 Dixie Bloc
Gov. Herman Talmadge of
Georgia, was elected chairman of
the Southern Governors Confer
ence in New Orleans Monday,
succeeding Gov. Allan Shivers of
Texas as head of the 16-state or
ganization.
Shivers said after an executive
j meeting that Talmadge was the
I only one nominated.
Principal business of the three
i day session was to shelve, for at
। least one year, a proposal that the
I states establish a Southern Re
gional Education Foundation.
The foundation was proposed as
a channel for gifts and grants
from industries and other founda
tions, to be distributed among
Southern educational institutions.
The conference concluded Tues
day .night.
Delegates were stunned briefly
when Gov. Gordon Persons of
Alabama collapsed and toppled
from his chair to the floor in a
morning session.
A doctor was summoned but
the 50-year-old Alabama gover
nor was on his feet within two
•minutes. Conference officials
■ dismissed it as “just a fainting
j spell”.
i Governor Johnston Murray of
j Oklahoma led a discussion on
| new means of financing high
| ways, citing the 88-mile S3B mil
: lion toll road from Oklahoma City
! to Tulsa.
i Gov. Shivers was cautious in
■ surveying the political patronage
I possibilities.
I Two others who shared his
caution were Gov. Theodore R.
McKeldin of Maryland, who
nominated Eisenhower at the
Republican convention, and Gov.
Talmadge.
Second Quarterly
Conference Alamo
Methodist Charge
Rev. W. M. Haywood, District
Superintendent, announces that
i the second Quarterly Conference
for the Alamo Methodist Churge,
will be held at Oak Grove Meth
odist Church Sunday evening,
December 14th, at four o’clock.
Soil Conservation
BY G. R. PEEPLES
Soil Conservation Service
W. H. Parker Soil Scientist for
the Ohoopee Rivei’ Soil Conserva
tion District was in the county
last week making soil surveys
and soil investigations for farm
ponds.
Soil investigations for farm
ponds were made on the farms of
T. J. Harris, Springhill, and Frank
Thompson, Shiloh.
Gene Elton has a good stand
of crimson clover both on re
seeded areas and newly seeded
land. The rain last week came
in time to prevent the loss of a
stand from dry weather.
Wallace Adams has seeded forty
acres of crimson clover and rye
grass on Coastal Bermuda at the
Horseshoe Bend Farm. Mr. Adams
applied 500 lbs. of 3-12-12 fertili
rez and 20 lbs. rye grass per acre.
N. E. Sands, Forestry spe
cialist for the Soil Conservation
Service was in the county last
week, making observations of for
estry practices being carried out.
The word “forest” not only
means trees, but it includes in
its meaning all plants and ani
। mals that live and grow in the
: forest.
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