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CAMPAIGN VICTORY SMILES—Susan Hayward, beautiful film
star and Paula Jane Prickett, pretty 9-year-old Atlanta muscular
dystrophy victim, show their victory smiles as they anticipate success
of 1957 March Against Muscular Dystrophy. Miss Hayward, Georgia’s
chairman for the November fund drive, named Paula her co-chairman.
Paul is Georgia’s 1957 Muscular Dystrophy Poster Child. (Photo by
Mike Goldwire)
Wingate Commends Committee Action
Setting July 18 Tobacco Market
H. L. Wingate, Georgia Farm
Bureau President, today com
mended the Georgia Tobacco Ad
visory’ Committee for its success
ful efforts to set a suitable date
for the opening of the 1957 Geor
gia tobacco markets, and pre
dicted an improved price for the
grower.
“The July 18 opening date
serves the best interest of at
least 90 percent of Georgia to
bacco growers. This fact was
established by a very detailed
survey and visits among tobacco
growers in the counties prior to
the June 19 meeting of the Ad
visory meetings, and again by
growers attending the area-wide
meeting in Alma,” Wingate said.
“A law on the book to safe
guard the interests of Georgia To
bacco growers is no good unless
the law is exercised. The Com
missioner of Agriculture is to be
commended for serving the inter
est of Georgia agriculture and the
tobacco industry”, Wingate added.
“When tobacco farmers recom
mendations are ignored, crop con
ditions not even questioned, and
a date set that does not take into
consideration the crop conditions
it is time that responsible people
pursue action to represent the
Georgia grower”.
Wingate added, Statements
that Stabilization and graders
could not be ready for the Geor
gia markets by July 18th was
very apparently another ‘sham’.
The Advisory Committee and my
self as President of Georgia Farm
Bureau were assured by those
responsible for* conducting the
flue-cured tobacco stabilization
and grading programs they could
and would be in operation on the
Georgia tobacco markets on July
18.” *
The Georgia farm organization
officials explained the support
price on this years crop has been
set at an average of 50.8 cents per
pound compared to 48.9 last year.
The crop is short througout the
belt. Consumption' of tobacco
during the next twelve months
will exceed production by some
200,000,000 pounds.
Returning from the Washington
USDA tobacco meeting, the Farm
Bureau official said tobacco rep
resentatives from the producing
states gave the following esti
mates of this years tobacco pro
duction compared to last year:
Florida 50%, Georgia 50%, North
Carolina 70%, South Carolina,
65%, and Virginia 75%.
“Three percent more cigarettes
were produced (1956-1957) with a
further increase expected for
1957-1958. However, this increase
in cigarette production is requir
ing less leaf due to increassing use
of filter tip, homoginization pro
cesses, and cigarettes being made
smaller in diameter,” he said.
Estimated production this year
ranges from 925 million pounds
to 1 billion pounds compared to
last years production of 1.4 bil
lion pounds. Domestic use for
Wheeler County Eagle
the upcoming year is 715 million
pounds with an estimated export
of 455 million pounds. The total
disappearance is estimated at 1,-
170,000,000 pounds.
Wingate said “89% of the to
bacco now in Stabilization Corpo
ration came from 1955 and 1956
crops”. The farmer owned co
operative owns slightly over 600
million pounds.
The GFBF officials said the
Washington USDA tobacco meet
ing was attended by representa
tives of growers, warehousemen,
processors, and U. S. Department
of Agriculture to adjust price sup
port on grades so that farmers
might receive the full 90% sup
port.
Farm Safety
Week July 21-28
BY M. K. JACKSON
County Agent
The fact that farms in Georgia
are becoming more and more
mechanized is not news to any
one. But it may be generally
] known that there are about 86,000
[ farm tractors now in operation on
■ Georgia farms. If they were all
parked—one behind the other—
they would reach a distance of
190 miles. The line would reach
from Atlanta to Tifton.
More tractors on farms and
j sometimes on public roads means
safety must be on the minds of
] the operators, if the high acci
'dent rate is to be reduced. In
,'1955, eighteen Georgians lost their
! lives because of accidents involv-.
j ing a farm tractor or tractor
] equipment.
It is best to plan ahead and
| not move heavy farm machinery
: on public roads when back roads
could just as easily be used.
/Choosing a time when traffic is
not so heavy is another way to
cut the Occident rate.
i One of the factors contributing
to the high accident rate is the
slow speed of tractors and farm
equipment as compared to other
vehicles on highways. An ade-
I quate warning System is a “must”
for tractors on the road. Red
flags should be used by day and
lights by night to warn approach
ing drivers. Elevated flags might
have spared the life of many a
hapless driver of a tractor on a
highway.
But, the best warning system
in the world is worthless if the
driver at the wheel of the tractor
doesn’t make a habit of these
good driving tips: slow down on
turns, keep tractor in gear on
down grades, never speed, don’t
allow extra riders on tractor or
implement, lock brakes together,
and be courteous.
July 21-28 is Farm Safety Week.
The theme is, “Safety Makes
Sense”, and there isn’t any kind
of driving where such a rule ap
plies better than in operating a
tractor or other , farm machinery
on the highway.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1957
McClain Returns
To Airways
Via Baptist Hour
Dr. Roy A. McClain, pastor of,
Atlanta’s First Baptist Church,:
has resumed his radio preaching
on the Baptist Hour.
An outstanding preacher, much
in demand throughout the South-i
ern Baptist Convention, Dr. Me- 1
Clain was the preacher for this!
radio program for more than two,
years prior to Dr. Baker James ;
Cauthen’s nine-month ministry, i
Dr. Cauthen has returned to I
giving his undivided time to his
administrative duties as Secre
tary for. the Foreign Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention. His fervent evange
listic messages have pointed
many to Christ as Saviour and
have encouraged many young ■
people to respond to the call for!
missionary service.
Those who have heard Dr. Me- ■
Clain can look forward to more
of the messages based on the
every day use of Christ’s teach
ings, fcr which he has become :
noted in his preaching. The cur-!
rent series of sermons is entitled,
“Christ or Chaos.” The sermon ■
topic for this Sunday is “Where ]
Is Thy God?”
The Baptist Hour is carried by
more than 440 radio stations
around the world. It has an es
timated audience of 30 million
persons.
In addition to the sermon, the
Baptist Hour features a 16-voice i
choir under the direction of R. I
Paul Green. This choir has been I
used by the National Broadcasting:
Company, the Columbia Broad-!
basting System, and most recent-j
ly by RCA Victor Recording!
Company.
The Baptist Hour may be heard
locally over Station WVOP each
Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Tobacco Referendum
To Be Held July 15
A special referendum in Which!
■all producers of flue-cured to-[
! bacco may vote to decide whether
|or not they will support a to
bacco promotion and research ;
program conducted by the Agri- ]
cultural Commodity Authority ‘
was announced June 28 by A. J.!
Singletary, chairman of the au-l
thority.
A referendum will be held in]
Wheeler County between 9 a. m. j
and 5 p. m., Monday, July 15, at!
the County Agent’s office in Ala-]
'mo, Norman Sears’ store in Shi-i
loh community and City Hall in
Glenwood.
Persons eligible to vote are all
producers (owners, tenants and j
sharecroppers) of flue-cured to-!
bacco Including all holders of,
tobacco allotments even though ]
they are not producing tobacco]
this year, Singletary explained.!
A two-thirds majority of those j
voing will be necessary for estab-!
lishment of the program.
Singletary said that a vote to
establish the program will re-'
quire each and every producer of
flue-cured tobacco to contrib
ute 10 cents per acre toward its!
financial support. Collections of
this fee will-be. made at tobacco
warehouses when tobacco is sold,!
he added. If a grower requests
it within 30 days, his money will
be refunded.
The purpose of the money thus
collected is to promote the use of
tobacco through promotion and
advertising and to lower tobacco
production costs and to improve
quality through research, Single
tary said. !
Wheeler County
Boy Enters Service
A/B Carnell Fred Lewis Wil
son, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
W. Wilson, of Alamo, recently en-1
listed in the Air Force and is'
stationed at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas, where
he will complete his basic train- i
ing. Prior to his entering serv-[
ice, Carnell served as a Mathe-!
matics Instructor and also Bas- i
ketball Coach at the Carver High,
School in Douglas. He is a 1952,
graduate of the Alamo, High
School, Alamo and a 1956 gradu
ate of .the Albany State College,
Albany. He is a member of the
Chi Episolon Chapter of Omega!
Psi Phi Fraternity, a member of ।
the Masonic Lodge, and a junior,
steward of the A. M. ,E. Methodist
Church of this city.
“'Keep your eye on Wheeler j
County—its bound to grow.
Wheeler Scores
Federal Action
In Girard Case
] A heavy barrage at Washing-1
ton’s handling of the “Girard”
case has been released by Pete
: Wheeler, Director of the Georgia
1 Department of Veterans Service.]
In a recent statement the Geor-;
' gia official said, “I for one, feel j
! that it is a disgrace that our Fed
i eral Government, motivated by!
! political reasons alone, should
i deny an American citizen, a U. S.
| serviceman, the very Constitu
itional rights that he is sworn to
uphold.”
“I refer specifically to the sit-!
uation whereby our government,;
in an obvious move to placate the]
Japanese government, is demand-j
ing that an American G. I. be I
!thrown on the mercy of the Jap-!
ianese courts, for an action that!
|took place in the line of duty,!
! while defending that same Consti-1
i tution which is being so grossly'
violated in the case of Girard”.!
“Whether Girard is guilty or
! not, he should be provided a trial
l for his actions under the provis
; ions of the Constitution, which
I guarantees a fair trial by a jury i
!of one’s peers. The government’s ]
' attempt to remove Girard from ]
under the rightful jurisdiction of]
a military tribunal because of I
j political treaties is grossly un
just and absurb.”
Wheeler concluded, “From the!
looks of the government’s action!
concerning this G. 1., they appar
| ently have forgotten the past,
; they have become completely in
! different to the present, and ab
■solutely reckless as to our fu-1
| ture.” !
Glenwood
Baptist Church
By George Fields Jr.
Sunday was a most gratifying
day with 131 in Sunday School,'
!85 in Training Union, and good !
inumbers in Children’s Church!
(and the .preaching service.
At the morning service our
। Lord manifested his presence in
a wonderful way as we consid-|
; ered “His Commission and Our
; Mission”. Eleven came forward
! rededicating their lives to Him.
At the evening service, Brother
I Hugh Gilbert, of Harrodsburg, ;
! Kentucky, brought a wonderful
i message on the Potter and the]
i Clay. We were made to stop
: and consider whether w r e are ful- j
| filling God’s plan for our nation,]
lour families, and our lives or;
marring His plan by going our
own way.
We have been happy to see vis-1
j itors with us in almost every serv-1
! ice for the past several Sundays.!
I Many are out-of-town firends, j
It is reported that when com-,
i pany was present at Mount Ver- *
(non on the Lord’s Day, George]
: Washington would invite the
I friends to attend church with him
[instead of staying at home out
of fancied courtesy to them. Vis
itors always add to the spirit of]
a service and they receive some- 1
thing worthwhile from it as well.
I Contemplated sermon sub
jects for Sunday are: “Weighed
and Found Wanting” —ll a. m. j
(“Can The Ethiopian!Change His]
Skin?” — 8 p. m. Remember
Sunday School at 10 a. m., The!
Baptist Hour at 2:30, and Train
ing Union at 7 p. m.
Find Yourself Through Faith
... Come To Church This Week. I
Elected Member
Os School Board
| Everett Lenderman has been
] elected a member of the school
I board in Allen Park, Mich., a su
! burb of Detroit, for a three year
term, by a large majority over
his opponent.
| Lenderman, 33, has been serv
] ing on the board since March
when he was appointed by the
Wayne Board of Education. He
[is a graduate of Lincoln Park High
! School and the University of
; Michigan College of Engineer
! ing. He served as a naval of-1
Ificer in World War II and fori
! the past eight years has been em-;
ployed in a supervisory capacity;
! with the Detroit Edison Com
: pany.
Lenderman has been proper-1
!ty owner in the school district
I for the past nine years. He and ]
। his wife, the former Aleatha Mer-1
cer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bea.
Mercer of Alamo, have two chil-!
I dren, Sheila and Keith. ;
' Subscribe to The Eagle.
(Farm Safety Week
Is Proclaimed
By Gov. Griffin
Safety makes sense.
That is the theme of National
Farm Safety Week, July 21-27.
Sponsored by the National Safety
! Council and the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, it is endorsed by
the Agricultural Extension Serv
ice and other farm organizations.
! In Georgia, Gov. Marvin Gris
: fin issued a proclamation citing
the heavy loss upon economy, the
suffering among rural population,
and the high death toll from farm
] work accidents —which last year
l was higher than that in any other
i major industry.
“The health, prosperity, and
(welfare of Georgia’s farm fami
ilies are of vital concern to all
I and the effect of accident-preven
' tion programs has indicated that
jour rural residents, through at-
I tention to safety education, can
; greatly reduce accidents and the
I resultant loss and sufferings,”
Gov. Griffin stated.
In Athens, G. I. Johnson, Ex
tension engineer, and Miss Lucille
Higginbotham, Extension health
! specialist, said the chief causes
] of accidental deaths occuring on
i the land and in and around farm
(buildings were from machinery,
] drownings, firearms, and falls.
“The key to farm accident pre
i vention is understandable the
(problem,” the Extension worker^
j stated. “Learning how to handle
! machinery with skill, checking
the farm and home for safety
hazards and removing these, and
teaching others how to avoid falls,
1 how to handle guns, and safety in
| water, can greatly reduce deaths
(from these causes.”
| State 4-H Club Leader Tommy
(Walton said Georgia’s more than
153,000 Four-H’ers play an impor
t'nt part in trying to cut the ac
cident toll on farms and homes
through their safety project.
Revival To Begin
Saturday Night at
Holiness Church
] Revival services will begin Sat
urday night, July 13, at Mt. Car
mel Holiness Baptist Church and
! continue through the folowing
week.
The Rev. M. D. Gothrie of
i Nashville will assist the pastor,
[the Rev. J. J. Vickers. Services
] will be held each night at 8
i o’clock. Everyone is invited.
First Quarterly
Conference At
Bay Springs
i The Pastor, the Rev. Jeff D.
! Corbitt, announces the First
I Quarterly Conference of the Ala
! mo Charge will be held at Bay
' Springs Methodist Church Tues
day night, July 23, at 7:30 o’clock.
Glenwood High
Canning Plant
Now In Operation
Patrons of the Glenwood High
School Canning Plant are advised
that canning operations began
Tuesday, July 9.
Regular canning days will be
Tuesdays and Thursdays of each
; week until further notice.
W. A. Avery
Voc. Teacher
Diann Windham
Joins Shell Oil
Diann Windham, former resi
; dent of Glenwood, has joined
Shell Oil Company as a mail
clerk in the Atlanta Division Of
fice. She is a graduate of Rhea
High School in Dayton, Tennes
see.
Diann is a member of the
Lakewood Christian Church, and
lives at 3340 Myrtle Street, Hape
। ville.
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Singing at Clayville
Sunday, July 14
All who love good gospel sing
. ing are invited to attend a Sing
!at Clayville Sunday, July 14,
I seven miles from Lumber City on
! the Lumber City - Jacksonville
; Highway.
Everyone is invited to attend
and bring picnic lunch to be
spread at noon.
One advertisement In the Eagle
.is worth 1.000 on a fence or in
a window. Try it once for proof.
A subscription to The Eagle is
a boost for Wheerel County.
SINGLE COPY 5c
Applications Received and Tests
Given Each Wednesday For Jobs
Ai The New Garment Plant In Alamo
Circling The Globe
By G. C. Barnhill
I secured in Istanbul, Turkey,
after much explaining why I
wanted to go into Syria, how long
the stay would be and many
other personal questions, a visa
to enter' the country. No trip in
to that ancient section of the
world is complete without a visit
to this country and especially the
city of Damascus. The Euphrates
River mentioned in connection
with Biblical stories forms the
eastern boundry separating the
country from Iraq. Damascus
claims settlement before the days
of Abraham and has been an im
portant trading place because of
the caravans coming from Egypt
bringing goods, to find in the
city manufactured goods from
Europe and Asia as civilization
developed. The valley of the
Euphrates and Tigres rivers have
'always been a source of food for
the country.
Leaving Lebanon via auto for
the sixty five mile ride brought
us to the border, where we were
given a real check and for a
time seemed doubtful, they would
honor our visas. My daughter
and another lady friend of much
world experience in traveling,
gave up and begged me to return
to Beirut, one thing night was to
cover our way and with this
country taking orders from an
other influence it was very diff
cult to gain entrance.
We were not far from Damas
cus, so I acted real brave and by
assuming all responsibility, should
anything happen, we went on
to Damascus. When we arrived,
our car and driver surrendered us
to a Syrian guide and one of the
government cars while we re
mained in the city. Thus they
had complete check on w r hat and
who we saw while there. The
guide was one of the best I have
ever had, he spoke English flu
ently and was very much inter
ested that we see the things that
we wanted to.
It was on the road to Damascus
that a light suddenly shined on
Paul and the great conversation
of the ages happened about seven
miles out from this city, as tra
dition has the record in his blind
ed state he was led into the city
and down the “Street Called
Straight”, then to the house that
he was told to go, for the great
experience with this man who
was instrumental in having his
sight restored. I wish I could
translate the feelings of emotion,
yes the deep mental seizure of
my thoughts when the guide had
car stopped and we alighted, to
walk this same street. It has the
look of the ancient, very narrow
with low buildings, however since
that day earthquakes have visited
the city and much re-construction
work has had to be done to hold
the landmarks. Now we come
to the house where Ananias hesi
tatingly after that conversation
in vision accepted the task of
meeting this man who had been
the destruction of so many chis
tians, and he went in obedience
to the vision, finding Paul then
laying his hands on his head said,
“Brother Saul”. Now you finish
the story because if you are ever
honored by a man who has been
talking with God and you have
been pointed out to him, this per
son delivers the message, be care
ful how you receive it.
Now we go to the wall where
he was let down in the basket
to escape. This may not have
been the exact place, but the
wall has been rebuilt and the
place is not far from the house
where he received his sight. It
was pointed out to us that the
earthquake covered the house for
many years, when the debris was
removed one of the rooms was not
molested. Will you join me and
many others who believe this was
Paul’s room where he prayed
following the conversation with
the Christ in the midst of the
candle power turned on from that
eternal somewhere whose bright
ness has never been equaled to
that on the Road to Damascus.
If you must knock use the ham
mer of the community builder—
knock constructively.
NUMBER IZ.
Representatives from the Geor
gia employment Service will be
at the Court House in Alamo each
Wednesday to receive applica
tions and give tests for employ
ment at the. Alamo Shirt Ccwn
pany. This will hold true foe
several weeks and until employ
ment is completed. If you are
interested, place your application
and take the test at the earliest
possible date — get in on the
ground floor.
The Little Ocmulgee REA. iat
serving the new plant. The air
conditioning equipment has been
installed and is now in operation.
It is the newest modem equip
ment known as the Yearround
Weathermaker, employing the
heat pump system to refrigerate
in the summer and heat in the
winter. New sewing machines
all the way through are now in
stalled and ready to go and train
ing is expected to start in a few
days.
Three families already em
ployed with the company have
moved or will soon move to Ala
mo. The other employees are
expected to come from the com
munity, both experienced and in
experienced workers. Alamo
and the citizens in the commum
ty are down right proud of this
new industry.
County Chairman
Reports On Easter
Seal Sales
The state Easter Seal Campaign
is an estimated $17,000 below con
tributions received last year, John
J. McDonough, state chairman,
announced. He urged those who
have not contributed to do so to
day.
The 1956 donations totaled
$172,000, as compaied with $135,-
000 so far this year,; McDouongJb
said.
G. W. Lancaster, Wheeler Coun
ty chairman of the Easter Seal
Campaign pointed out the con
tinuing services made available
here by the Georgia Society for
Cripled Children and Adults.
These include: individual case
service as prescribed by a phy
sician; scholarships to students
wishing to become occupational
or physical therapists; and an
equipment loan pool consisting
of wheel chairs, walkers, crutches:
and other appliances needed fay
the crippled. Local citizens con
tributed $40.00 in support of these
services.
The Georgia Society for Crip
pled Children and Adults is af
filiated with the National Society,
the largest volunteer agency in
the world serving the crippled.
The Society features community
treatment centers vhich are be
ing established as quickly as:
funds permit.
Contributions are still being
ceived by R. U. Bell treasurer* ha
the Wheeler County Bank,
Mrs. Humphrey To
Conduct Class In
Clothing Construction
Attention homemakers! Anr
adult class in clothing construc
tion is being organized by Mrs.
Ruth C. Humphrey, Home Eco
nomics teacher. The course is
designed to meet the special prob
lems of the individual. The first
class will meet Tuesday, July 16,
at 3:30 o’clock in the Wheeler
County High School Homemak
ing Department in Alamo. The
regular time for meeting the re
maining classes will be decided
at this meeting.
Join your friends, and make
the dress you have been want
ing.
Laymen To Have
Charge of Services
At Methodist Church
The laymen of the Methodisi
Church at Glenwood win tawe
charge of the service Sim day
morning, July 14, at 11 o'ribdr.
G. C. Barnhill will speak
congregation using as his sub
ject, Some Observations, Flying
Around the World. The public
has special invitaion and the
membership is urged to atbrurf
this service.
Help build Wheeler County.