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VOLUME 43.
James E. Goodman, vice-president of General Motors and presi
dent of the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, congratulates the two
top national winners in the 1957 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
model car competition. The two boys each won SSOOO university
scholarships to the schools of their choice. They are, left to right,
Daniel C. Greene, 15-years old, Medina, Washington, and Arthur
Russell, 19-years old, Los Angeles, California.
Highway Department
Dedicates Building
In Tennille Tuesday
The new headquarters building
of the Second Division of the
State Highway Department was
officially dedicated at Tennille
Tuesday.
Governor Marvin Griffin was
principal speaker at the dedica
tion of the $184,975.27 headquar
ters.
The Governor was introduced
by L. W. Smith, Mayor of Ten
nille. Also, attending the dedica
tion were State Highway Chair
man Roy F. Chalker, Board Mem
bers John Quillian and George
Matthews, and prominent county
and city officials.
The Tennille Headquarters was
recently moved from Augusta as
part of an economy move to relo
cate headquarters more centrally
within divisions.
Governor Griffin pointed out
that all divisions now have per
manent locations and modern,
well equipped headquarters build
ings are being constructed in each
division.
“The locations Os our six head
quarters have been set up in
strict conformance with recom
mendations made by the legisla
tive committee,” the Governor
said.
“Each headquarters is central
ly located so as to facilitate high
way activities and supervision in
each division.”
Last month, a similar headquar- j
ters building was dedicated at
Thomaston. The remaining four
will be constructed at Gainesville,
Cartersville, Jesup and Albany.
Bobby Grimes
Seriously Injured
In Wreck Saturday
Bobby Grimes, 18, an employee
of the A & P Tea Company, was
seriously injured about 1:30 p. m.
Saturday when he was thrown
from his automobile under the
wheels of another when the two
cars collided. .
The car driven by Grimes and
one driven by Alvin Eugene Mc-
Cranie, 27, collided near Mt. Oli
vet Methodist Church when Mc-
Cranie attempted to make a left
hand turn in front of the Grimes
car, according to Cpl. T. R. Walk
er of the Georgia State Patrol,
who investigated the accident.
Grimes was carried to the Tel
fair County Hospital where he
remained unconscious for several
hours.
Grady Foskey
Produces 7 Bales of
Cotton on 4 Acres
Grady Foskey, a Wheeler Coun
ty farmer of the Cross Roads com
munity, reported to the Eagle his
most unusual cotton crop raised
on his farm this year.
Mr. Foskey planted four acres
of cotton of the Big 801 l Wana
maker variety. He used 450
pounds of 4-12-12 Mo-Crop Fer
tilizer, 500 pounds of Nitrate and
400 pounds of potash side dressing.
Mr. Foskey dusted this cotton
crop eight times with 100 pounds
of inland dust.
He stated he ginned seven bales
averaging 505 pounds each. This
was an outstanding yield and
Mr. Foskey was Very proud of
his accomplishment.
Wheeler County Eagle
HOME NOTES
BY OWEIDA ROWAN
Home Demonstration Agent
Tour of Rock Eagle
’Twas a areat sight to see the
bus leaving tne court house for
Rock Eagle. A group of ap
proximately 40 gathered at 7:00
o’clock a. m. to leave for the one
day trip to the 4-H Club center.
This group included Daddys,
Mothers and Children and every
one had a marvelous day.
We arrived at Rock Eagle about
10:30. First the group visited the
Rock Eagle Mound and this
started the tour off with a bang.
Miss Luanne Harden, a 4-H Coun
cilor at the center started us on
our tour. We visited the Herman
E. Talmadge Auditorium—which
was air-conditioned. The group
really enjoyed this after the long
ride on the bus. Then the Chapel
which is the heart of the center
was the next stop. Mrs. C. A.
Morrison played the organ and
Mrs. T. H. Harden Jr. lead the
group in singing some of the old
hymns. This was a relaxing time
for the group. Next was lunch
time and the group was ready
for the delicious dinner served in
the W. A. Sutton Dining Hall.
The educational buildings were
next on the list. The Georgia
Power building showing the lat
est in equipment as well as the
Recreational building which the
4-Hers enjoyed so much. A
cottage was next on the list
and we visited one close to
the lake front. Those beds
were tempting at this time
of the day. The group began to
wander back to the bus. Some
went for a hike and others went
swimming. Some of the group
enjoyed a refreshing coke in the
cool shades on the camp grounds.
We decided to ride over the
other areas of the camp—and this
pleased the group.
The comments heard on the bus
were very interesting as we left
the camp grounds. It was a very
exciting day for the group.
On the way home the group de
cided to visit the Sinclair Power
Dam and this was the climax of
the trip because—in order to see
the Dam we had to climb 100
steps'—Boy! were they high and
steep.
It was a wonderful day but
everyone was glad to see the City
limits of Alamo about 7:30 Thurs
day night.
Manley Fires
Hole-In-One
VIDALIA, Ga., Aug. 31.—Har
vey Manley of Glenwood, a mem
ber of the Vidalia Golf Club is the
latest member to the Hole In One
Club at the local grounds. Mr.
Manley while in a fivesome of
Vidalia and Lyons Golfers eagled
the Number 9 which is a par 3
175 yard distance. He used a num
ber 5 iron for the shot and it was
the second hole in one for him,
the first having been made on a
Savannah course about a dozen
years ago.
Playing in the group and wit
nesses to the ace shot were, Phil
Owen, James Darby, James Lamb
and Dr. Hilbert Bedingfield.
For the important events 01
Wheeler County be sure to keep
The Eagle coming to your door.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1957
Former Glenwood
Citizen Elected V-P
Ford Motor Company
Charles R. Beacham, a native
Georgian and former student at
Georgia Tech, has been elected
vice-president of Ford Motor
Company and assistant general
manager of the Ford Division, it
was announced today by Ernest
R. Breech, chairman of the board.
Mr. Beacham has been general
sales manager of Ford Division
since February, 1956. In his new
position, he will assist James O.
Wright, vice-president and gene
ral manager of Ford Division in
the direction of all divisional ope
rations. He also has been ap
pointed a member of the com
pany’s administration commit
tee.
Mr. Wright will announce Mr.
Beacham's successor as general
sales manager shortly.
Ford Division is responsible for
the design, manufacture and sale
of all Ford cars, Ford trucks,
Thunderbirds and Ford parts. The
division employs approximately
50,000 persons and manufactures
about 1,750,000 cars and trucks
annually in its 14 assembly plants.
The division maintains 35 sales
districts located in seven sales
regions in the United States. •
As general sales manager, Mr.
Beacham supervised 6,600 divi
sional sales personnel at a time
■when Ford dealers have been sell
ling one out of every four new
cars sold in the United States.
Born in Mcßae, Mr. Beacham
attended Georgia Institute of
Technology. He started with Ford
Motor Company January 26, 1926,
at Jacksonville, Fla., as a travel
ing representative.
Until 1936, Mr. Beacham re
mained in Jacksonville, advanc
ing through the positions of sales
promotion, wholesale, and assist
ant manager. He then went to
Norfolk, Va., as Ford’s assistant
manager.
He returned to Jacksonville as
manager in 1938, .and was trans
ferred in 1941 to Chester, Pa., as
manager. Here he directed the
production and shipment of thou
sands of combat military vehicles
for which the plant received a
Navy “E” Award.
When the company set up its
first regional sales organizations
in 1944, Mr. Beacham was ap
pointed Southeast regional sales
manager with headquarters at
Chester and responsibility for
Ford sales in the Eastern Sea
board market from Pennsylvania
south to Florida.
He remained in that post until
June 1953, when he was named
regional manager at New York
with responsiblity for sales in
the New York-New England area.
"Youth Takes a
Stand", Theme For
State YMCA Work
“Youth Takes a Stand” is the
theme for State YMCA work
among the Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y
clubs beginning this month.
The dynamic Tri - District
YMCA Caravan will make nine
stops’ in the North West, North
East, and South East “Y” Dis
tricts as follows:
September 16—Dalton; Sep
tember 17—Cedartown; Septem
ber 18 — Dahlonega; September
19—Carnesville; September 21—
Monroe; September 23—Thomson;
September 24—Vidalia; Septem
ber 25—Waycross; and Septem
ber 26—Statesboro.
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y club mem
bers in the folowing catagories
are urged to attend: presidents,
advisors, program, school proj
ects, community projects, wor
ship, world services, secretaries,
publicity, treasurers or finance
chairmen. New materials will be
presented to each representative.
Deadline for bills for the Geor
gia YMCA Youth Assembly is Oc
tober 1, 1957. Nominations and
registrations are due November 1.
The Youth Assembly will be held
at the State Capitol December 5-7.
Notice To Parents
Let’s go back to school for the
1957-58 term with teachers and
students at the Wheeler County
High School with our first Pa
rent-Teacher Association meet
ing next Thursday evening, Sep
tember 12, at 8 o’clock.
We all want to work together
this new year and make it a year
to remember in our Parent-Teach
er work. We are counting on
you.
Senate Filibuster
Would Have Hurt
South— Talmadge
A filibuster on the floor of the
United States Senate last week
against the civil rights bill would
have been extremely dangerous
to the whole Southern position!
on this controversial issue, Sen
ator Herman Talmadge said last.
Thursday. !
Talmadge took the floor in the'
Senate to recapitulate the legis
lative battle on the civil rights'
issue. He called attention to the|
fact that the bill came from the'
House unchanged from “the in-;
iquitous version submitted to Con
gress by Attorney-General Brown
ell.”
“Seventeen determined South
ern Senators — with all odds
against them —set out to do what
their counterpai-ts ,in the House
of Representatives were unable to
do: to eliminate the more vicious
provisions of this monstrous legis-.
lation,” Talmadge declared.
The Georgia senator reviewed
the success of these Southerners
in eliminating Section 3, and in
passing an amendment guarantee
ing a trial by jury. “It had been
hoped,” he said, “that the House
would sustain the full gains made
by the Senate.”
“Unfortunately, however,” he
pointed out, “through a so-called
compromise, the jury trial was
sacrificed.”
Talmadge listed four reasons
why the Southerners in the Sen
ate decided that a filibuster at
this time would be harmful to the
South’s position. They are:
I—Cloture, or limitation of de
bate, was certain to be imposed.
2—One of seven different reso
lutions now pending in the Rules
Committee to limit debate in the
Senate would have been passed.
3—Since a majority of the Sen
ate favors a much stronger bill
than finally passed, a filibuster
would have opened the door to
amendments route big. the iniqui
tous Section 3, and such amend
ments would almost certainly
have been introduced.
4—With 1958 being an election
year, the liberals in the Senate
are sure to introduce in the next
session much stronger civil rights
legislation than the bill passed.
It is vitally necessary that the
South retain the friendship of the
independent Senators, and a fili
buster at this time was bound to
antagonize them.
“For these reasons,” Talmadge
said, “it was the unanimous opin
ion of Southern Senators that no
organized filibuster against the
Brownell bill be enacted on the
floor of the Senate.”
Senator Talmadge said that he
has repersented, and will continue
to represent, his constituents and
the State of Georgia to the best
of his ability and according to the
dictates of his conscience.
“I have never compromised
principle and I never will,” he
declared.
Soil Bank Gives
Farm Protection
Against Disaster
Farmers who put land in the
Soil Bank’s Acreage Reserve pro
gram stand to benefit in more
than one way, John F. Bradley,
administrative officer of the Geor
gia Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee, pointed
out today.
Mr. Bradley said that many
farmers with recent experiences j
with such hazards as drought,
hail and flood in mind, will have
a special interest in a secondary
but very important income-pro
tection advantage of the program.
He explained that farmers who
put acreage in reserve are guaran
teed substantial income for this ■
land even if later on natural dis
aster hits their farms.
Other farmers with limited fi
nancial reserves or with debts,
are finding this over-all income;
insurance an important protection j
while it is available.
Despite these side benefits, Mr.
Bradley emphasized, the main
purpose of the Acreage Re- ■
serve is to help cut down the sur-I
pluses of farm products that are
depressing the producers’ market
prices for agricultural products.
Diets of 29 percent of the
6,000 families, studied by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture inj
a recent survey, contained calcium
below recommendations set by|
the National Research Council.
I Secretary Benson
Set To Appear On
Program In Athens
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson and Walter Williams,
undersecretary of the Depart
ment of Commerce, will head a
I list of distinguished speakers ap
; pearing on a rural development
: conference program in Athens
i September 24-26.
Around 250 delegate from Flori
! da, Georgia, South Carolina and
! Puerto Rico will attend the con
! ference on the University of Geor
! gia campus. Leaders of agricul
; tural agencies are being invited
’ along with delegates from desig
nated rural development counties.
Rural development, according to
W. A. Sutton, director of the Uni
i versify of Georgia Agricultural
I Extension Service and vice chair
man of the state’s rural develop
ment committee, is a comparative
ly new method whereby all agen
; cies and organizations in a coun
ity come together to develop pro
-1 grams to improve the total econo
!my of the county. Limited to
■ rural areas, the work is directed
Iby county rural development
! committees and is coordinated
| through the county agricultural
program planning committee.
i Georgia has four such counties—
! Twiggs, Wayne, Meriwether and
। Habersham.
C. M. Ferguson, administrator
। of the Federal Extension Service
i in Washington, will open the pro
, gram Tuesday night. Delegates
I will be welcomed by Director
I Sutton and will hear reports from
i each of the State Rural Develop
i ment Committees at the confer
| ence. Work sessidns will be ex
planed by George B. Nutt, direc-
i tor of the South Carolina Ex
tension Service.
Dr. O. C. Aderhold, president of
the University of Georgia, will
preside and welcome delegates
' Wednesday morning. Progress
I being made in state rural develop
ment programs will be summar
i ized by Marshal O. Watkins, di
-1 rector of the Florida Extension
I Service. He will be followed by
, Williams, Benson and another
। speaker yet to be announced.
: The public is invited to this part
i of the program.
Wednesday and Thursday will
| be devoted to work groups involv
! ing concepts of rural develop
| ment; developing closer relation-
I ships between counties, states,
j regional and national commit
i tees; Methods of reaching and
I motivating low income families;
developing a pilot county pro
| gram; opportunities for increas
i ing family income in pilot coun
: ties; enlisting, training and utiliz
! ing county leadership: needs in
1 vocational training and guidance,
and development of criteria for
j selecting additional counties.
i The conference will be con
! eluded Thursday afternoon with
i presentation of group reports,
i Dr. C. C. Murray, dean and co
' ordrnator of the College of Agri
i culture and chairman of the State
| Rural Development Committee.
I will preside and J. W. Fanning,
■ head of the Department of Agri
cultural Econobmics, will sum-
I marize the conference.
: Members of Georgia’s State
! rural Development Committee in
; addition to Dean Murray and Di
! rector Sutton are: John F. Brad
! ley, State ASC Committee; Com
; missioner of Agriculture Phil
Campbell; Cecil Chapman, Soil
Conservation Service; Guyton De-
i Loach, Georgia Forestry Commis
; sion; Jim Gillis, State Soil Con-
I servation Committee; Director
■ George H. King of the University
Experiment Stations; George I.
Martin , State Department of Edu
cation; Charles O’Kelly, Agricul
tural Extension Service; Fred
. Statham, State Association of Dis
trict Supervisors; R. L. Vansant,
i Farmers Home Administration,
and H. L. Wingate, Georgia Farm
! Bureau Federation.
Advisory members of the com
| mittee are Scott Candler, Geor
| gia Department of Commerce;
j Walter Cates, Georgia State
I Chamber of Commerce; Ben T.
! Huiet, Georgia Department of
Labor; Alan Kemper, State De-
; partment of Public Welfare;
I George Baker, Georgia Bankers
Association; Merrill C. Lofton, U.
iS. Department of Commerce;
■ Richard H. Lyle, U. S. Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, and Dr. T. F. Sellers,
[State Department of Public
I Health.
| A subscription to The Eagle is
a boost for Wheerel County.
SINGLE COPY 5c
FRANCES EVANS TO ATTEND
STATE CONGRESS IN ATLANTA
Short Course On
AG Cooperation
Set Sept 10-11
An agricultural cooperation
short course will he held at the
University of Georgia Center fcr
Continuing Education, September
10-11.
The two-day session will bring
talks, reports, instruction, and
advice from 17 men—all of whom
are closely identified with agri
cultural cooperation.
Registration begins at 9 a. m.
and the morning’s program will
deal with the purposes and re
sponsibilities of cooperatives and
the legal base for them.
Prolems of cooperatives—from
taxation to community relations—
will be discussed at the first aft
ernoon session.
J. K. Stern, president of the
American Institute of Coopera
tion, Washington, D. C., is to be
the guest speaker at a banquet on
Tuesdaj' night. His topic is “The
New Look in Agricultural Coope
ratives.”
Short course members will turn
their attention, Wednesday, to a
criteria for success and then di
vide into three groups for round
table discussions of ways for im
proving cooperatives. After the
study, one member from each
group will summarize its findings
and formulate its conclusions. L.
E. Farmer, agricultural economics
and marketing specialist, Agricul
tural Extension Service, Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agri
culture, then, will present a sum
mary of the short course and a
look ahead.
The short course will be spon
sored by the division of Agricul
tural Economics at the University
in cooperation with the Georgia
Council for Farmer Cooperatives.
J. W. Fanning, Chairman of the
division of Agricultural Econom
ics, said there are about 250 farm
er cooperatives in Georgia and
at least 150,000 Georgia farmers
and members. “There are ap
proximately 100 farmer market
ing and purchasing cooperatives
doing a business of about SBO,-
000,000 annually,” Fanning point
ed out. “There are 53 credit co
operatives, 42 REA cooperatives,
and 28 cooperatives in the field
of artificial insemination —to
mention a few.
“Farmer cooperatives are faced
with important and critical prob
lems in their organization and
operation,” Fanning stated. “The
program of this short course is de
signed in such a manner as to
bring those in attendance the best
available information in America
today from outstanding authorities
on various phases of agricultural
cooperation.”
He urged that persons who plan
to attend the short course to make
reservations immediately by writ
ing to the University of Georgia
Center for Continuing Education.
Speakers will be: Martin A.
Abrahamsen, Farmer Cooperative
Service, Washington, D. C.; James
R .Ayers Jr., Southern States Co
operative, Inc., Richmond, Va.;
D. W. Brooks, Cotton Producers
Association, Atlanta; S. G. Chand
ler Extension demonstration lead
er; Mose C. Cooper, Wells Dairies
Cooperative, Columbus'; C. B.
Funderburk, Cotton Producers As
sociation, Atlanta; M. C. Gay,
Clark county farmer, and for
merly with the Farmer Coopera
tive Service, Washington; John
Heckman, Farmers Cooperative
Service, Washington; J. D. Law
rence, Bank for Cooperatives, Co
lumbia, S. C.; Raymond C. Misch
ler, Farmers Cooperative Service,
Washington; Dr. C. C. Murray,
dean and coordinator, College of
Agriculture; Marshall Pollock,
Walton Electric Membership
Corp., Monroe; J. C. Thompson,
professor of economics, Univer
sity of Georgia; R. S. Wheeler, di
rector of instruction, College of
Agriculture; Fanning, Farmer,
and Stern.
Before a child is punished, be
sure you know all the facts and
the motive behind the offense.
That recommendation is from
Miss Audrey Morgan, family life
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service.
Dr. C. R. Jordan, entmologist,
Agricultural Extension Service,
says dutch elm disease is carried
from tree to tree by baric beetles.
NUMBER 20.
Frances Evans, a Wheeler Coun
ty 4-H’er will leave for Atlanta
early Tuesday morning for a
very exciting four day trip. She
won this trip as' a district win
ner in the 4-H Electric Project.
This trip will be exciting for
Frances because she will be com
peting for the State title in the
4-H Electric Project.
We’ll want to hear the story
directly from Frances when she
returns from State Congress, but
I believe you will be interested
in the program for the fifteenth
Congress and see what’s in store
for her.
She will register at 10 on Tues
day morning, September 10. And
from that moment on there is
something planned for every min
ute of the day.
Tuesday night the Georgia
Bankers’ Association throws a
wonderful party for 4-H’ers. It’s,
a Get-Acquainted party and us
ually features great platters of
fried chicken and all the trim
mings. Afterwards. District tal
ent winners furnish the enter
tainment and after that, young,
and old alike enjoy square danc
ing.
Bright and early Wednesday
morning everyone will meet tai
have breakfast together as guests
of the Savannah Sugar Refining
Co., and after breakfast, Frances
will get her Demonstration ma
terials together and report to the
Conference Room in the Piedmont
Hotel. She will give her demon
stration at 9:00 o’clock.
That night the Atlanta Journal-
Constitution will be hosts at a
big banquet. The Journal will
award seven SSOO scholarships
and The Constitution will present
trophies to 4-H’ers for outstand
ing leadership.
Then comes another exciting
moment — the big banquet on
Thursday night given by the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce. It’s
the night when the spotlights
falls on the 18 dress revue con
testants. This banquet will also
feature a parade of winners and
we hope Frances will be in that
parade.
It will be a busy time for Fian
ces but a very exciting one, toa
7 Die In Traffic
Over State
During Holiday
Seven persons were killed in
Georgia highway accidents over
the long Labor Day week end
holiday.
The total killed in highway traf
fic was four under the Georgia
State Patrol’s prediction of 11
deaths.
During the holiday period,
which began at 6 p. m. Friday and
ended at midnight Monday, there
was a total of 284 accidents re
sulting in 120 injuries:.
All available state troopers, in
cluding office personnel, were put
in patrol cars to provide maxi
mum safety precautions during
the week end.
Latest death listed by the pa
trol is that of Jessie Daniel Mur
ray, 3, Negro, of Danburg, died
Monday after he was injured
Sunday.
Troopers said the child was
struck by an auto 1.4 miles east
of Elberton on Georgia Highway
72.
Sunday Curtis Leroy Duncan,
28, of Atlanta, was killed in a
smashup near Stockbridge. James
Roy Ingram, 34, of Jasper, died
Sunday after he was injured in
an accident Friday near Dawson
ville.
Saturday Sgt. Edward Charles
Hayes of Turner Air Force Base,
Albany was killed in an accident
near Oakfield, the patrol said.
Friday deaths included Mrs.
Yola Kidwell Green, 28, of Route
4, Thomaston; Izell Quarterman,
20, Negro, of Clarkston, and
Atlanta.
Revival To Begin
Monday at Browning
Methodist Church
Revival services will begin, m
Browning Methodist Chureb
Monday, September 9, and con
tinue through Friday night, Sep
tember 13. The Rev. S. L. Foster,
Pastor of the Glenwood Methodist
Church, will preach each day at’
11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Everyone is invited to attend
all services.