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Willie Vie Dowdy
Serves 38 Years
With Extension
When Miss Willie Vie Dowdy
started to work for Agricultural
Extension Service 38 years ago
she remembers a woman literally
sweeping her off the porch with
a broom and saying, “I don’t
need you to teach me how to
raise my children and keep my
house.”
Miss Dowdy was a new home
demonstration agent at the time—
one of Georgia’s first—and she
was trying only to get the wom
an to attend the HD Club meet
ings. But she also recalled that
three weeks later the same wom
an came to a meeting at a neigh
bor’s house, “and. from then on.
was a regular attendant as long
as I remained in that county.”
These were among Miss Dow
dy’s reflections as she retired from
an Extension career stretching
across nearly two score years.
She began the career in 1918 as
home demonstration agent in
Oconee county and later served
in this Capacity in DeKalb and
Bartow counties. District agent
at Savannah from August, 1924,
through 1925, Miss Dowdy be
came home improvement special
ists on the state Extension staff
in 1926. She held the latter po
sition until her retirement July
1.
But even before 1918, Miss
Dowdy contributed to home eco
nomics education in Georgia, as
a teacher for one year at Cornelia
and for six years in the public
schools of her home county of
Jackson. She resigned the prin
cipalship of Martin Institute in
Jefferson to become an Extension
worker.
W. A. Sutton, director of Exten
sion at the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture, said he re
ceived Miss Dowdy’s request for
retirement with mixed emotions,
■“because I realize that one of the
most dynamic, most capable, most
efficient, and biggest-hearted of
our workers is retiring.”
Miss Dowdy will remain active,
however. She is associated with
radio station WJJC in Commerce
and will continue to boost better
homemaking practices as director
of the station’s women’s activi
ties.
Born in Oglethorpe county, Miss
Dowdy moved to Commerce at
the age of four months. She was
graduated from Commerce High
School in 1911, and from Georgia
State College for Women, Mil
ledgeville, in 1913. In June 1924,
the B. S. degree in home eco
nomcis was conferred upon her
by the University of Georgia.
Since that time Miss Dowdy has
done graduate work at the Uni
versity of Chicago, Purdue Uni
versity, and the University of
-Georgia.
The retiring home improvement
specialist is a charter member of
Phi Upsilon Omricon, national
home economics sorority, and for
many years has been active in the
Georgia Home Economics Associa
tion. While president of the Geor
gia Association in 1938-39, it had
the largest membership ever.
Making flower arrangements
has been one of Miss Dowdy’s
hobbies for 25 years. She was
one of the first ten national flow
er show judges accredited in
Georgia.
Other hobbies, she says, have
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been reading and writing. She
has been on the contributing
staffs of several farm magazines,
and occasionally her home eco
nomics articles have appeared in
national publications.
As a home improvement spec
ialists, Miss Dowdy has worked
with home demonstration agents
in carrying the latest research
information in this field to thou
sands of 4-H girls and Home Dem
onstration Club women. She has
headed up the subject matter
phase of the 4-H home improve
ment project and has seen many
of her “pupils” earn national
honors in the program. A pio
neer in the demonstration method
of teaching, Miss Dowdy has made
it a practice to show, as well as
talk about, new developments
in home economics.
In addition to flower arrange
ments, Miss Dowdy is an au
thority on home decoration,
money management, and home
management, and has been in de
mand as a public speaker on these
subjects before civic and other
groups in addition to 4-H and HD
Clubs.
Talmadge Statue
At Capitol Made
Memento Proof
The imposing statue of Gover
nor Eugene Talmadge, which em
bellishes the southeast grounds
of the State Capitol, is being ren
dered immune to souvenir hunt
ers, Comptroller General Zack D.
Cravey, president of the Eugene
Talmadge Memorial Association,
announces.
Over the years admirers of the
only man who was ever elected
to serve four terms as Chief Exe
cutive in Georgia have been
plucking off one by one the bronze
letters pegged into the marble
base of the huge bronze figure,
Mr. Cravey explained.
However, Mr. Cravey declared,
Secretary of State Ben W. Fort
son Jr., custodian of Capitol
Buildings and Grounds, has de
cided to replace the missing let
ters with V-sunk blast lettering
of the same height and width.
These letters in turn, he stated,
will be sprayed with a lithochrome
process which will make them
appear dark in the inside so
they can be more readily seen.
Mr. Cravey expressed his
gratitude and that of fellow com
mitteemen to Mr. Fortson for his
cooperation.
The Talmadge statue, unveiled
in 1947, a year after the former
Chief Executive’s death, was
built with funds contributed in
small sums by over 100,000 friends
of Mr. Talmadge throughout the
state, Mr. Cravey said.
THE TIME TO WASH EGGS
Eggs with clean shells keep best.
But, Miss Nelle Trash, food pre
servationists, Agricultural Exten
sion service, points out that it is
best to wipe off soiled spots with
a damp cloth and not wash eggs
until just before you use them.
When they are laid they have a
film, ‘bloom,” which seals the
pores and helps keep out bacteria
and odors. Washing will remove
this protective film.
Miss Lucile Higginbotham,
health specialists, Agricultural
Extension Service, says seven out
of ten polio patients who now de
pend on breathing aids for their
lives are 20 years of age or older.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA
Perseverance Pays Off For Morgan County Resident
Fred L. White, of Morgan County, pictured above with Governor
Griffin and Highway Chairman Roy Chalker, finally gets his rural
road approved after fifty years of effort. Mr. White presented the
governor with a stack of correspondence from former governors
and senators dating back to 1908.
TEMPTING SQUARES TAKE NO BAKING
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Here’s a perfect warm-weather dessert that takes only six ingredients
and ten minutes of your time to turn out. You don’t even have to light
the oven to make these crunchy nut squares, for the only thing that needs
cooking is the vanilla filling. Be sure to use vacuum-packed nuts for
pecans with sweet, fresh flavor — they come in handy one-cup size cans
so you don’t have to bother with a measuring cup. Make the squares in
the early morning when it’s cool, and you can leave them to chill until
serving time. Then when dinner is all set your dessert is ready too . . • I
simple, easy and delicious! <
ROYAL DATE-NUT SQUARES
1 VS cup melted butter or margarine V1 cup chopped dates
IVS cup* graham cracker crumbs 1 package vanilla pudding
j 1 cup (1 can) Royal pecans, chopped 2 cups milk (
Pour melted butter or margarine into an oblong pan (10 x 6 x 2 inches).
Sprinkle IV4 cups of the crumbs evenly over the bottom. Then sprinkle
in VS cup of the nuts and all the dates. Combine the pudding and milk;
cook as directed on the package. Pour the hot pudding over the mixture
in the pan. Sprinkle the remaining crumbs and nuts evenly on top. Chill
until firm, about 3 or 4 hours. Cut into squares. Makes 8 servings.
Attend Funeral
Out of town friends and rel
atives attending the funeral of
Mr. C. A. Stewart last week were
Carl Stewart and family, of
Crawfordville; Mrs. E. E. Stew
art and family, of Portal; Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Baum, Mrs. Eron
Eason, Mrs. Ira Eason, of Baxley;
Mr. and Mrs. Hammie Sanders,
Mrs. J. F. Bishop and daughter
Lois, and Mrs. Lonnie Purser, of
Cochran; Mr. and Mrs. S. G.
Peavy, of Jacksonville; Mr. and
Mrs. R. G. Jones, of Savananh;
, Mrs. Jack Riggs and family, of
j St. Simons; Mr. and Mrs. Henry
I Thomas and daughter Marie, of
Waycross; Mrs. Bennett Strick
land, Mrs. Dan Glover, Mrs. L. O.
Strickland, Mrs. W. P. Oliff and
C. O. Hayes, of Jesup.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express to the many
friends that were so thought
ful in doing the many deeds of
kindness, that were of so much
comfort to us, during the linger
ing illness and the passing of our
father A. J. Tootle, our thanks.
Our old home here in Lands
burg community, means even
more to us, because of these
deeds of kindness from these and
others of the other communities
and county.
His Children
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by Peebles, Pharmacy, Alamo, Ga.
WE WILL PAY
HIGHEST PRICES
FOR
SAW MILL AND PULPWOOD TIMBER
BEFORE YOU SELL
CONTACT COX BROS.
PHONE 7 ALAMO, GA.
John Conner, dairy marketing
I specialist, Agricultural Extension
I Service, finds that most people
! drink milk, but that many—par
; ticularly women—restrict milk
' drinking because they believe
milk to be fattening.
An idea for accenting the flavor
of many vegetables: make lemon
I butter by blending two table
spoons lemon juice and one
fourth cup melted butter. Serve
j over vegetables or seafood, Mrs.
j Betty Alexander, consumer infor
mation specialist, suggests. .
CITATION
i Georgia, Wheeler County.
A. Jack Dennis, temporary ad
i ministrator of the estate of H.
Roscoe Dennis, late of said coun
i ty, deceased, represents to the
i court in his petition duly filed
: and entered on record, that he
has fully performed all the duties
| required of a temporary admin
i istrator by the laws of Georgia,
i This is, therefore, to cite all per
isons concerned, kindred and credi
tors to show cause, if any they
jean, why said temporary admin
i istrator should not be discharged
from his administration and re
ceive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in August, 1957.
12-4 t. D. N. ACHORD, Ordinary
PIANOS
New Spinets $495.00 up
Mirror Spinets $325.00 up
Uprights $175.00 up
Electronic Organ __5695.00 up |
DUBLIN PIANO COMPANY
117 S. Jefferson Phone 1517
John B. McDaniel, Manager
HOW ARE YOUR WANTS?
Want To Find A Job
Want To Sell Something
Want To Buy Something
Want To Swap Something
Want To Find A Lost Article
Want To Employ Someone
THEN YOU SHOULD
TRY EAGLE WANT ADS!
the cost is small—THE RESULTS ARE BIG
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1957
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR SALE—One Good Milk Cow,
Fresh In. Will Sumner, Ala
mo, Ga. R-l. 14-41 pd.
APARTMENT FOR RENT—One
large bedroom and kitchen—
share bathroom. Contact Mrs.
J, B. O'Quinn, Alamo, Ga.
SALE ON PIANOS
CHICK PIANO COMPANY in
Athens is conducting a sale on
ihe World's finest quality pi
anos. Also going at sale prices
are practice pianos, small fac
tory rebu il t s and popular
priced new spinets and con
soles.
CHICK PIANO COMPANY
279 N. Lumpkin Street
Athens, Georgia
Phone LI 3-4348 15-4 t.
BETWEEN Alamo and Shiloh
last Tuesday night an inner
spring mattress was lost. Find
er please contact J. W. Nash,
Alamo, Ga. 15-2tpd.
Keep your eye on Wheeler
County—its bound to grow.