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VOLUME 43.
J. H. Mitchell ।
Appointed F. H. A.
Committeeman
J. H. Mitchell of Lumber City
R-2 is the new Farmers Home Ad
ministration Committeeman for
Wheeler County. He succeeds
Truitt H. White who has served
his full three year term. Herman
T. Langley, the agency’s county'
supervisor announced today.
Mr. Mitchell lives and operates
a large farm in the Shiloh com
munity of Wheeler County. He
has devoted his entrie life to!
farming which gives him vast!
knowledge of farming problems.;
He does general farming and also!
owns a fine herd of registered i
Hereford cattle. The other two!
committeemen with unexpired
terms are J. Clifford Fowler,
Glenwood and Walter C, Brown,
Alamo R-2. Committee mem
bers serve three-year terms ar
ranged so that one member is ap
pointed each year. The term of
office begins July 1. A member
completing his term cannot suc
ceed himself and at least two of j
the members must be farmers.
The county committee deter
mines the eligibility of local farm
ers who apply for Farmers Home
Administration loans. The com
mittee also certifies the value ofj
farms being purchased or im- 1
proved with Farmers Home Ad-'
ministration loans and assists in |
adapting the loan program to local I
conditions. There are approxi-;
mately 3,000 county committees,
in the United States, Alaska, 1
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Vir-,
gin Islands.
Approximately 69 percent of
the applications reviewed by the
county committee during the past
year were for operating loans
while 31 percent were for real
estate loans. Operating loans are
used by farmers to buy quality
livestock and machinery and to
meet operating expenses incurred
in adjusting and improving their
farming methods. Real estate
loans are used to pay, improve or
enlarge family-type farms and to
refinance certain debts. Loans are
also available to farmers to es
tablish and carry on approved soil
and water conservation practices
including construction of farm
stead water systems, terraces, ir
rigation and drainage systems.
Farm Housing loans for building
or remodeling farm homes and
other necessary farm buildings
are also provided.
Many of the real estate loans
are made from funds advanced
by private lenders and insured by
the agency. Some of the real
estate loans and all of the loans
for operating farms are from an
nually appropriated funds.
The agency also makes emerg
gency loans in areas where severe
storms or other disasters have
caused severe crop damage and
increased the need for agricultural
credit.
The agency does not make a
loan of any type to an applicant
whose credit needs can be han
dled by other credit sources.
Leonard F. Clements
Dies In Dublin
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock
in the Union Primitive Baptist
Church for Leonard Franklin
Clements, 83, retired Wheeler
County farmer, who died in Dub
lin Tuesday after six months ill
ness. The Pastor, the Rev. L. M. |
DeVane, officiated, and burial was I
in the Scotland Cemetery with!
Harris & Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Nephews served as pallbearers.
Mr. Clements was born in
Wheeler County on November 20,
1873, the son of Daniel F. and
Emma Sikes Clements, and was
married to Miss Lizzie Cooper on!
November 20, 1895. He had lived
in Wheeler County his entire life
time, and numbered his friends by
those who knew him.
Surviving are his wife; one
daughter, Mrs. Sam Hinesley, of
Dublin; a son, D. Jack Clements,
of Shadyside, Ohio; three grand
children; two great-grandchil
dren; ong brother, S. A. Clem
ents, of Millen, and four sisters,
Mrs. J. Q. Adams, of Leesburg,
Fla.; Mrs. S. L. Johnson, of Mc-
Rae; Mrs. J. S. Nelms, of Colum
bus, and Mrs. L. N. Harbin, of
Scotland, and a number of nieces
and nephews.
A boost for the Eagle is aboost i
for Wheeler County. 1
Wheeler County Eagle
Navy Has New High ,
School Graduate
Training Program
A. B. Fox of the Hawkinsville
Substation announced today that
he now has detailed information!
on the Navy’s new High School
I Graduate Training Program.
In order to qualify for this pro-
I gram Fox said, an applicant must
; have passed his 18th birthday, be
unmarried and agree to remain
‘unmarried until commissioned;!
moreover he must be able to meet i
I the high physical, mental and'
f character standards required of
| a Naval Aviator.
! He pointed out that this is an
i excellent opporutnity for any
I young man, who has his sights on
a careers in aviation. He added
that more detailed information on
the operation of the program is
available at the Navy Recruiting
Station, Post Office in Hawkins
vill.
Fox will be at Mcßae Post Of
fce every Thursday from 10 till;
3 o’clock. I
FORESTRY NEWS
BY ALSTON CHERRY
Wheeler County Ranger
Phones: Day, 118; Night 1231
It will soon be Pine Cone sea
i son here in Wheeler County again.
jWe hope a lot of folks are think
ling about that and making plans
Ito gather some when they are
■ mature.
We have already been running 1
I some maturity tests just to be on
I the safe side. We want to be
i ready to give the “Go ahead” sig-
I nal just as soon as the cones are
sufficiently matured to assure
proper germination. They are;
I not mature yet. If they run true 1
to past experience they should be
ready about September 5.
If anyone should be interested
in running their own test it can
be done by dropping them in 10
weight motor oil. If 90 per cent j
of them float they are matured.;
If less than 90 per cent of the'
cones float they are not ripe.
We have several dealers set up ■
over the county to purchase the[
cones from the pickers. At the I
present time those on the dealers I
list are: E. H. Hattaway at Stuc-•
key, Don Kirby at Dixie Food
Store, Conrad Ice Co., at Glen
wood, Curtis Johnson at Cross
Road Community, J. F. Hattaway
at Alamo, and W. A. Avery, Ag.
teacher at Glenwood.
Anyone interested in the “Pine,
cone deal” can get information
from these dealers since we will
try to keep them posted as to time
to begin gathering, etc.
Alamo Baptist
Brotherhood Meets
The Alamo brotherhood met
Thursday evening, August 8, with
a hamburger dinner prepared and
served by Brothers Walter Riddle,
Woodrow Gillis and E. S. (Duck)
Webster.
Brothers attending were David
Hartley, T. R. Chambless. Ray
mony Chauncy, W. R. McDaniel,
Wade Hartley, Vernon Hartley,
Horace Davis, Morris Johnson,
Raymond Mcguire, Bob Hinson,
Elridge Pickle, Morris Jenkins,
Phil Kimmons and Lewis Mer
cer.
After enjoying a fine meal ;
with good felowship the business
meeting was held.
The shelter sponsored and built
by members of the Brotherhood I
is complete, and ready for use. :
The next meeting will be Thurs-;
iday night, September 12 at 7:30
I p. m.
NOTICE
Effective immediately Local
Board 157, Alamo, Ga. will be
open only one and a half days a
week instead of two and a half
I days as in the past. Office hours
will be:
Mondays — 8:00 a. m. to 5:00
p. m.
Tuesdays — 8:00 a. m. to 12:00
Noon.
PLANNING FLOWER BEDS
Landscape Specialist T. G. Wil- j
liams, Agricultural Extension |
Service, University of Georgia,
has these suggestions for planting
flower beds: do not plant them
in the middle of the lawn, but
at the side or back of the house;
plant for a succession of blooms •
। through the years, do not make'
; the garden too large for easy
■ care, and keep the design simple.
I Eagle Classified ads. get results
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1957
|| BETTER LAWNS |i
■J BY M. K. JACKSON £
■I County Agent
Is the grass always greener on
; your neighbor’s lawn than it is
lon yours?
I There is a two-ioia secret to
| growing a lawn to be proud of—
and both are easy tasks. The first
one is to plant a variety of grass
' suited to the climate and soil
: where you live. The second is
I to follow lawn care practices that
! suit that particular variety of
grass.
It’s as simple as that.
T. G. Williams. landscape spe
cialist for the Agricultural Exten
sion Service, University of Geor
gia College of Agriculture, says
there is no “best time” to fertilize
lawns, just as there is no “best
way” to mow them. Here again,
the variety of grass you are grow
ing is the determining factor.
There are no hard and fast lawn-
I care rules.
I A good rule of thumb to follow
jin fertilizing grass is: fertilize
| when it will do the most good for
I the grass. For example, if your
grass is a cool-season variety, it
will make its maximum growth in
the early spring and early fall
and is more or less dormant over
the hot weather. For cool-weath
er varieties, apply fertilizer in
early spring and fall. You can
i use another application in the late
| spring, if you wish.
Grasses that make their maxi
mum growth in hot weather
should be fertilized during the
hot months of the year. Some va
rieties of warm-weather grass
I need as many as five applications
lof fertilizer a year—others only
j two.
i But, no matter what variety
you’re growing, don’t apply fer
tilizer when the grass leaves are
wet. It is a good idea, however,
I to’water the grass right after you
I fertilize it. The water will wash
| the fertilizer off of the leaves and
I prevent burning of the plants.
; Mr. Williams’ advice about mow
; ing grass might be classified as
j bad news, followed by good news,
i The bad news from him is that
I the lawn should be mowed fre
quently. The good news that fol
lows that bit of advice is this:
leave the clippings on the lawn.
Cool-season grasses should be
mowed only to a height of about
two inches. Closer mowing, espe
cially in warm weather, will
| weaken most of these grasses.
Most warm-weather grasses, how
ever, should be cut to a height of
an inch or less.
The suggestions made by Mr.
Williams and many others are
included in a publication of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
“Better Lawns”. The bulletin
also explains how to establish and
maintain a good lawn, how to
renovate a poor lawn, and how
to deal with such lawn problems
as weeds and insects. There is a
glossary of grasses and ground
cover plants that describes and
gives the outstanding characteris
tics of each variety.
Single copies of “Better Lawns”
are free on request from the Of
fice of Information, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Wash
ington 25, D. C.
James D. Avery
Takes Part in
; Hawaiian Practice
I ISLAND OF KAUAI, T. H. (FH
TNC) —James D. Avery, seaman
apprentice, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James M. Avery of Route 2,
Glenwood, Ga., aboard the at
tack cargo ship USS Algoi,
j participated in Operation “Trade
winds”, an amphibious training
exercise in the Hawaiian area
during August 6-16.
The exercise started with prac
tice approaches on the Island of
Maui, followed by a firing exer
cise at Kahoolawe Island and an
actual amphibious landing on the
Island of Kauai. The vertical
envelopment idea of attacking
shore areas by lifting troops from
jan helicopter carrier was fully
1 tested.
Twentieth Century-Fox made
maximum use of the 26 ships,
7500 Navy and 8500 Marine Corps
personnel for long range photo
graphic shots of ships, amphi
bious scenes, and mass personnel
' moves for background in the
forthcoming film version of
“South Pacific”.
Subscribe to The Eagle.
-Mock Forest Fire
| Fighting Maneuvers
Set Near Waycross
The Georgia Forestry Commis
sion soon will be literally setting
the woods on fire.
It is all a part of an intensive
training program designed to or
ganize private, state and indus-1
trial firefighters into a single de- i
fensive force.
The maneuver is scheduled to
get under way Monday near Way
cross. Similar projects are plan
ned throughout the state.
Guyton DeLoach, director of
the Commission said firefighters
in each of the state’s ten forestry
districts will participate in one
of a series of mock “campaign”
fires. Purpose of the exercise, he
said, is to form a united front
against the threat of a large wild
fire outbreak. He defined a cam
paign fire as one expected to bum
more than 24 hours.
According to James C. Turner,
Jr., the commission’s fire control
chief, each “fire” will cover some
2,500 acres. Personnel of the
forestry commission’s fire control
private landowners will be or
ganized to suppress the simulated
blazes. They will use tactics
tried and proved by the commis
sion against previous emergency
fires. Experienced firefighters
will be on hand to direct and in
struct participants, bat the actual
attack will be directed by the
trainees.
Emergency field equipment
from the Georgia Forestry Cen
ter at Macon will be moved into
each “fire” area. The men will
sleep and eat at the scene.
The fire control chief said the
men will work under actua^emer
gency fire conditions, using real
firefighting equipment. He said
“surprise” problems and hazards
usually encountered in the field
will be simulted during the two
day seige.
After the mock fire has been
suppressed, Turner said a critique
will be held to point up errors
and corrective measures.
Scene of the' iuL-iai maneuver
will be 12 miles south of Waycross
in the Waycross State Forest.
The following Thursday a similar
attack will be held on the Treut
len-Emanuel County line between
Swainsboro and Soperton. Sites
of the remaining campaigns will
be announced later.
— '
Woman Freed
In Death of Man
With Two Wives
A Fort Valley woman has been
acquitted of charges of murder
ing her husband—a man who also
had a wife and five children in
Eatonton.
Mrs. Claudia Thompson was i
charged with shooting her hus
band, Charlie Thompson, 40. She
told in court that she did not find
out that he already had a wife
and five children in Eatonton un
til after his death.
The Fort Valley Mrs. Thomp
son said that her husband was
accidently shot as they playfully
strugged over his pistol in their
bedroom early one morning in
March. The jury’ freed her Tues
day.
Sheriff W. H. Beeland said that
Thompson, who worked at a truck
stop and the Fort Valley Mrs.
Thompson had been married “sev
eral years.”
Mrs. Thompson said that she
had given her husband money
supposedly to send to children of
a dead brother in Eatonton. Later,
she said, he admitted the chil
dren were his own, but told her
that he was divorced from their
mother. She told the court that
after their marriage she was hap
pier than she had ever been be
fore.
Mrs. Thompson said that
Thompson had been “drinking a
little but was not drunk” when
he came home past midnight on
the night of his death. The Thomp
sons lived at the home of her
father, H. H. Reed, a deputy
sheriff at the time of the shoot
ing. Mrs. Thompson had been
married once before, the first
marriage ending in divorce, ac
cording to Sheriff Beeland.
NOTICE
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of the following listed men
please notify Local Board 157,
Alamo Georgia:
Dewey S. Mercer Jr, or Junior
Dewey Mercer.
James Walter Henry
■ HOME NOTES ?
I BY OWEIDA ROWAN •'
Home Demonstration Agent <
(This is the beginning ol a col
umn to be prepared weekly by me
for the purpose of bringing to you
the news of the Extension pro-
I gram and the people participating
lin this program. I would like
I your criticisms and comments on
the articles. Your suggestions will
be the only way I will have of
improviing the column.)
County Wide Picnic
The Wheeler County’ Home
Demonstration Council met at
the REA building on Thursday
for the purpose of planning the
countywide picnic. Plans W’ere
made for this picnic to be held
at the State Park on Saturday
night, August 24th. Supper will be
at 8:00 o’clock and everyone is
invited to attend. This is a fam
ily affair and the council invites
you to bring your family and a
picnic lunch to the park and en
joy an evening of fun and good
eating. This is an annual affair
and we hope to have a larger
crowd this year than last year.
The club having the most people
present will receive a $5.00 at
tendance award. Who will be
the Lucky Club?
Tour of Rock Eagle
The Council also made plans to
make a one day tour of Rock
Eagle. This tour was planned for
Thursday, August 29th. A bus
will be provided and a small fee
per person will be charged to cov
er expense. Lunch will be served
in the Sutton Dining Hall at SI.OO
per plate for adults and 65c per
plate for small children. This
trip will be a one day’ affair and
you will have a chance to see
the 4-H Center. We hope you
will make plans to attend. You
may go swimming or fishing
while at the center. You must
make reservations at the Home
Demonstration Agents’ office by
Saturday, August 24. You may
give me your name at the picnic
if you like.
4-H Dist. Project Achievement
Meeting To Be Held At Tifton
Eleven (11) 4-H’efs will leave
early Monday morning to attend
the District Project Achievement
meeting. They are as follows:
Frances Evans, Senior 4-H
Electric
Helen Dixon, Senior Dress Re
vue
I Elizabeth Ann Hopkins, Junior
Dress Revue
Freda Lee Harden. Junior Can
ning
Bobbie Sikes, Junior Home Im
provement
June Cox, Junior Public Speak
ing
Sue Windham, Junior Cotton
and Its Uses
Edwina Roberson, Junior Bis
cuits
Johnny Adams, Senior Forestry
Buddy Adams, Junior Forestry
Eugene Cravey, Senior Tractor
Maintenance
These boys and girls will com
pete on district basis with dem
onstrations, etc. Good luck to
them.
Former Glenwood
Resident Buried
Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services were held in
the Glenwood Baptist Church
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock
for Mrs. Hazel Rivers Blood, 42,
of Los Angeles, California, for
merly of Glenwood, who died
there last Thursday following a
long illness. The Pastor, the
Rev. George Fields, officiated and
burial was in the Glenwood Ceme
tery.
The daughter of the late John
Guy Rivers and Mrs. Sallie Gris
wold Rivers, Mrs. Blood was a
member of the Baptist Church,
and had lived in California for
the past seven years.
Pallbearers were Pratt Raffield,
Dixon Morrison, Eschol Guin,
Billy Clark, Harold Clark and
Roy Adams.
She is survived by her husband,
Ray Blood, of Los Angeles; a
daughter. Mrs. Glenda Sasso, and
a son, Henry Stanley Kennedy,
both of Miami, Fla.; one grand
child; two brothers, Walter D.
Rivers, of Glenwood, and Thom
as Rivers, of Georgetown, S. C.;
and a sister, Mrs. Lucile Kennedy,
of Dexter.
SINGLE COPY 5c
J October 6-12 Set
t By Griffin For
j Fire Prevention
;• Governor Marvin Griffin has
proclaimed the period from Oc
a tober 6 through October 12 as
' Fire Prevention Week in Georgia
this year.
j He said he was announcing the
’ ordained date early at the re
' I quest of Safety Fire Commission-
I er Zack D. Cravey so that towns
j and communities would have suf
ficient time to plan for the cam
paign.
In his proclamation, Governor
Griffin pointed out that fire pre
s vention is as much a job for the
* I public as for public officials and
' I urged all citizens to cooperate
2 | with their local authorities in
5 minimizing the hazard of fire.
1 Adopted for the Week’s solgan
r this year along with an appropri
-2 ate poster depicting children at
s play is the theme “Make Sure of
' Their Tomorrows— Don’t Give
s Fire a Place to Start.”
1 First inaugurated by the Fire
' Marshals Association of America
1 to commemorate as a one day
p
। celebration of the fortieth anni-
r |versary of the great Chicago Fire,
' October 9, 1871, Fire Prevention
2 Week was proclaimed an annual
event by President Warren Hard
' i ing in 1922. It is set for the week
during which October 9 falls and
now is widely celebrated in both
; the United States and also in
3 Canada, Commissioner Cravey
c states.
r Commissioner Cravey notes the
3 1 outstanding progress Georgia has
2 1 made in fire prevention and says
■ he believes “the same diligence
1 that marked the fight against Yel
-5 low Fever and other plagues can
r | stamp out fire danger just as they
3 I were.”
i!
"Bake-Offs" Set
JI For 4-Hers In
d Cherry Pie Event
11
I Cherry pie bake-off for 4-H
Club girls will be held for the
v first time in Georgia this year.
c Tommy Walton, state 4-H Club
I leader, said five of the bake-offs
I are scheduled and participants
! may choose the one closest to
i them. “There is an added incen
tive for girls taking part in the
e cherry pie contest this year,” Wal
-3 ton pointed out. “The winner in
t each of the five area bake-offs will
be given an expense-paid trip to
1 the state bake-off at the South
eastern Fair in Atlanta on Octo
■ ber 4. The trips will be provided
by the Southeastern Fair Associa
r i tion.”
; The state champion cherry pie
* baker will be given a SIOO col
lege scholarship by the Associa
■ tion. A trip to Chicago in Feb
ruary to represent Georgia in the
■ National Cherry Pie Bake-Off will
be awarded by the National Red
1 Cherry Institute. In Chicago, in
addition to a cherry pie, she will
■ make her favorite cherry desert.
Any 4-H’er who is a senior in
r high school or is in college (ex
f cept former state cherry pie win
c ners) who has at least three years
club work is eligible to compete,
- At area and state events each 4-
- H’er will furnish her own equip
> ment. Walton said home dem
onstration agents have complete
‘ information on rules for the con
test.
The first area bake-off will be
held at the University of Geor
gia, Athens, on August 23. The
schedule for other area bake-offs
’ is: August 26, West Georgia CoL
’ lege, Carrollton; August 27 Geor
gia Southwestern College, Ameri
’ cus; August 28, Abraham Baldwin
j I Agricultural College. Tifton, and
1 1 August 29, Georgia Teachers Col
■ lege, Statesboro.
|
. I Miss Vera Gillis Page
I Enrolled In Special
1 Program at G. S. C. W.
t An accelerated program has
been ip progress at Georgia State
7 'College for Women in Milledge
ville during the second session of
summer school. The session will
last only three and a half weeks
j and each student is allowed to
enroll for only one course.
Classes begin at 8 a. m. and end
’ at 12:30 p. m. The class period
Ji is broken from 9:30- 11:00 with
library study.
’ Among the students enrolled in
this program is Vera Gillis Page
’ of Glenwood.
; If you must knock use the ham
, mer of the community builder—
knock constructively. i
NUMBER IX
Ohoopee River
Soil Conservation
District News
Jim L. Gillis Jr., Chairman
Felder Black J. V. Lewis-
L. B. Chambers D. D. McGregor
J. E. Hall Rufus Youmans
The Ohoopee River Soil Can-
Conservation District Supervisors
recently visited the Georgia
Coastal Plain Experiment Station
at Tifton. The activities being
carried on at the Station were ex
planed by members of the Station
staff and observed with a great
deal of interest.
Diitriqt accomplishments star
the first six-month period of the
year include the addition of 7*
new Dis tri c t Cooperators; 7s
- who have planned to ap
ply one or more conservation
measures and who desire to de
velop a complete basic conserva
tion plan providing for use of all
land on the farm within it’s- capa
bilities and treatment of all land
for maintenance and improvement
in the planned use. 69 new Basie
Conservation Plans were devel
oped for which land use and treat
ment of all land on the farm is
planned.
These accomplishments in con
servation farm planning reflect
progress in the district objective
of the development and applica
tion of complete basic conserva
tion plans.
District accomplishments in the
application of conservation prac
tices include 2,330 acres of con
servation crop rotations, 2,187
acres of contour farming, 2,484
acres of pasture planting, 2,218
acres of woodland thinning and
improvement, 3,522 acres of tree
planting, 21 ponds built, 20 miles
of terracing, and 64 acres of wa
terways established for terrace
outlet.
Much of this acreage of waters
ways was established in fields to
be terraced this fall and winter.
Several farmers throughout the
district are constructing terraces
at this time on land from which
grain was harvested or on other
fields not in crops. Several sys
tems of parallel terraces are be
ing put in and it is hoped that
all farmers in the district will
have an opportunity to observe
one of these systems.
The fourth National Water
shed Congress is scheduled far
September 23, 24 and 25 in At
lanta, with headquarters at the
Biltmore Hotel. District Super
visors are making plans to attend
this outstanding event.
All persons interested in the
development and protection of
our soil and water resources and
the small watershed program an?
invited and urged to attend.
Wheeler Explains
New Social
Security Law
The State Department of Vete
rans Service has invited the at
tention of Georgia Veterans with
service-connected disabilities to
the new Social Security rights as
provided in amendments recent
ly passed by Congress and ap
proved by President Eisenhowex.
Pete Wheeler recently revealed
that these new amendments now
provide that veterans with serv
ice-connected disabilities may re
ceive a full disability benefit un
der Social Security along with
their full disability compensation
from the Veterans Administration.
“Prior to the enactment of this
new law,” Wheeler said, “the
Social Security payment to dis
abled veterans was reduced by
the amount of compensation re
ceived from service-connected dis
abilities. The offset will continue
to apply in cases involving vete
rans pensions which are paid far
non service-connected disabili
ties.”
Wheeler explained that another
provision of the new rules would
extend the deadline for persons
severly disabled before January
1, 1955, to file an application for
a “freeze” to protect their Social
Security benefit rights. The origi
nal deadline to apply for this
“freeze” was June 30, 1957, the
new deadline is June 30, 1958.
Social Security benefits are
based on the average earnings of
the individual. Under the die
ability “freeze” provision, years
of no earnings may be dropped in
computing the average earnings.
This retains full benefits for En
abled workers, based on thoir
period of actual employment
Wheeler said.