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VOLUME 43.
'• POLIO • REHABILITATION • NEUROMUSCULAR'
Sister Elizabeth
KENNY
Foundation
National Headquarters • Minneapolis, Minnesota
Scientists, professors and de
partment heads of leading med
ical schools and hospitals of the
nation comprise the Medical
Advisory committee of the Sister
Elizabeth Kenny foundation.
CONSERVATION
By H. L. Davis
PASTURE DEVELOPMENT
STILL GOING FORWARD
IN 27 SOIL DISTRICTS
Pasture development is still
going forward at a rapid pace in
Georgia’s 27 soil conservation dis
tricts, according to a report by
C. W. Chapman, state conserva
tionist of the Soil Conservation
Service at Athens.
Farmers cooperating with their
local soil conservation districts
planted more than 90,000 acres to
pasture during the first six
months of 1957. This is eight
percent above the goals set by
the districts for the months’ peri
od, Chapman reports.
Tree planting, another impor
tant conservation practice in the
state, has moved forward during
the same prriod “at a rate com
parable to the rate of production
of pine seedlings in the state
nurseries,” Chapman says. More
than 66,000 acres of land was
planted to pines during the peri
od on soil conservation district
cooperators’ farms, the report
shows.
Meanwhile, SCS soil surveyors,
have kept pace with activities on
the land by exceeding their own
goal foi- soil mapping. Conserva
tion survey information thej r pro
vide is used as the basis for plan
ning and applying conservation
activities on areas shown by the
surveys to be adapted for crop
land, woodland, pasture, wildlife,
and other land uses.
More than 96,500 farmers in the
state are coperating with their
local soil conservation districts on
farms totaling more than 18,400,-
000 acres. Chapman reports.
In addition to pasture develop
ment and tree planting, other
conservation practices they have
applied during the first half of
1957 include the following:
Woodland thinning, 30,000 acres
Wildlife area improveemnt, 11,-
000 acres
Farm drainage installed, 10,-
629 acres
Sprinkler irrigation, 1,486 acres
Waterways developed, 1,550
acres
Farm ponds built, 422
G. S. C. W. To Open
For Registration
On September 22
New students will arrive at
Georgia State College for Wom
en for the 1957-58 school year on
Sunday, September 22. Classes
will conven for the first time
Friday, September 27, according
to an announcement by Dr. T. E.
Smith, Registrar.
Upperclassmen are scheduled to
arrive Tuesday, September 24,
and the orientation of new stu
dents will continue from Monday
through Wednesday of that week.
A formal convocation at 10:30
a. m. in Russell Auditorium will
mark the official opening of the
new school year at the women’s
college.
Eagle Classified Ads pay off.
Wheeler County Eagle
Hundreds of doctors from the
United States and abroad have
received specialized training in
the treatment and rehabilitation
of polio patients and those with
other neuromuscular diseases
from the Sister Elizabeth Kenny
foundation.
Education Available
At Coast
Guard Academy
One of the finest college edu
cations available is now being
offered by the U. S .Coast Guard
Academy to qualified men be
tween 17 and 22. Cadets for the
class starting September 1958 will
be selected from applicants suc
cessful in a competitive exami
nation to be held February 24-25.
1958, in more than 100 cities
No Congressional appointment
is required for the examination
or for enrollment at the Academy.
High school graduates and sen
iors scheduled to graduate by
June 1958 may compete in the
axamination.
Fifteen high school units are
needed, including three in Eng
lish, two in algebra, and one in
plane geometry. Seniors inter
ested in the Academy are urged
by the Coast Guard to register
now for any required course they
may be lacking and to apply for
the February examination im
mediately.
Applicants must be in good
physical Condition, between 64
and 78 inches in height, with pro
portionate weight, and have un
corrected 20/20 vision.
Located at New London, Conn.,
the Academy ranks with the best
engineering colleges in the coun
try. offering a four year course
leading to a Bachelor of Science
degree and a commission as En
sign in the Coast Guard.
A wide variety of clubs and
athletics are offered to the ca
dets, whose varsity teams com
pete with leading colleges and
universities throughout the school
year.
Each summer Coast Guard ca
dets man one of the few square
rigged sailing ships left in the
world—the three masted Eagle—
for voyages to Europe, Africa, or
South America,
After graduation from the
Academy the new officers enter
an exciting and varied military
career on cutters and stations of
the Coast Guard. In addition,
they may apply for flight training
and aviation duty or for post
graduate training in other fields
in the countries outstanding col
leges and universities.
Applications for the February
examinations must be submitted
before January 15, 1958. Com
plete information and application
forms are available from Com
mander, 7th Coast Guard District,
150 S. E. 3rd Avenue, Miami 22,
Florida.
New Dean Named
At Brewton-Parker
Thad Thomas Walker of Colum
bus, Ark., has been named aca
demic dean of Brewton-Parker
College, Mount Vernon, according
to Dr. J. Theodore Phillips, presi
dent of the college. Mr. Walker
has already moved to the college
and assumed his duties.
The new dean attended the pub
lic schools of Columbus, Ark., and
is a graduate of Southern Baptist
College at Walnut Ridge, Arkan
sas.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1957
Navy Recruit
Service Has Full
Time Officer
The Navy Recruit Service now
has a full time recruiter assigned
to the Dublin office. The new re
cruiter is Chief Aviation Machin
ists Mate Mack N. Barden Jr..
Chief Barden states that the of
fice in Dublin will be open Mon
day through Friday from 9:00 a.
m. to 6:00 p. m. and on Saturday
from 9:00 a. m. to 12:00 Noon.
His office is in Room 206 of the
Post Office Building.
Chief Barden is a native of At
lanta and enlisted in the Navy
there on February 14, 1941. Since
entering the Navy he has served
at various bases in the United
State, in Hawaii, and in Ger
many. He has visited many ports
along the coast of the Mediter
ranean and Caribean Seas while
serving with an aircraft squadron
aboard the aircraft carrier, USS
Roosevelt.
Mr. Barden is now living in
Dublin with his wife, the former
Marie Daly of Norfolk, Virginia
and their three sons and one
daughter.
Chief Barden says that the
I Navy has some attractive oppor
tunities for High School graduates
I and that he will be glad to dis
| cuss' these opportunities with any
[ one intersted. You may talk to :
him in his office or you may i
! write or call for an appointment. I
His phone number is Dublin I
2772.
"Model Airplane
Show" To Be Held In
Athens On Sept. 14-15
A crowd of approximately 10,-
000 is expected to attend the
“Model Airplane Show” to be
held in Athens on September 14-1
15 from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. both!
days.
Ninety-nine trophies will be
awarded. In addition, Shaw Air,
Force Base will fly Shaw A. F. B. ।
Model Club down to participate i
also. Previous winners from oth- ■
er states will compete with one !
another.
This event is being sponsored]
by the “Five Points Optimist Club !
of Athens” and is sanctioned by i
the A. M. A.
William H. Peterson,
Ailey, Dies
William H. (Will) Peterson, 70,
mayor of Ailey and one of four
brothers who have served in the
Georgia legislature, died at his
residence in Ailey Tuesday at,
6 p. m.
Petersen served in the state
Senate in 1937-38 and 1943-44.,
He was a brother of former U.
S. Congressman Hugh Peterson,
Ailey, Jim Peterson of Soperton
and John C. Peterson of Ailey, all
of whom have served in the state
legislature. (
He was a close friend of the
late Eugene Talmadge.
Active in Montgomery’ County
business and civic affairs, Mr.;
Peterson had been president of!
the Montgomery County Bank'
since 1926; had served as chair- [
man of the Montgomery County i
Board of Education for the past
25 years; was the organizer and
director of the Ailey Manufac
turing Co.; and was a trustee and
steward of the Ailey Methodist
Church for more than 30 years.
As head of the board of educa
tion he played a major role in es
tablishing a new $600,000 county
school system. In cooperation j
with o<ther county school officials, i
he was instrumental in securing a j
modern SIOO,OOO gymnasium for!
the local consolidated high school
and a new $25,000 baseball and
football stadium, all debt free.
The son of the late William j
James and Catherine Joanna Cal-1
houn Peterson, he was a native
of Montgomery County. Survi
vors include his wife, Mrs. Rosa
Mae Murphy Peterson; three sons,
William James Jr. of Soperton,
John R., Albuquerque, N. M., and
Thomas Alexander Peterson,
Ailey; one daughter, Mrs. E. M.
Robinson, Columbus; three broth
ers, Jim, Soperton, Hugh of Ailey,
and John C. Peterson, Ailey; four
sisters, Mrs. B. R. Snooks of Ailey,
Mrs. J. B. Brewton of Vidalia,
Mrs. D. C. Colson of Glenwood,
and Mrs. J. W. Palmer, Ailey; six
grandchildren, 12 nieces and nine
nephews.
Funeral services were held
at 10:30 a. m. Thursday at the
Ailey Methodist Church. '
P. T. A. Headquarters
To Be Built
In Atlanta
A lot situated two blocks off
Peachtree on Baker Street has
been purchased by the Georgia
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers.
The site will be used for the
state P. T. A. headquarters build
ing and is located in the heart of
Atlanta.
A recent meeting of the state
Board of Managers held in Atlan
ta was presided over by the state
president, Knox Walker. A com
mittee headed by Mrs. Charles
Center was authorized to con
tinue the project of securing a
new structure for headquarters.
Mr. Bruce Carr Jones of Macon,
chairman of trustees of the Alica
McLellan Birney Endowment
Fund made a report.
Present at the business meet
ing of the State PTA Board of
Managers were about 50 mem
bers including the following:
Knox Walker, Atlanta; Mrs. Wel
don Shows, Atlanta; Mrs. E. G.
Dallmus, Macon; Mrs. Robert
Harley, Brunswick; Mrs. George
W. Gaston, Atlanta; Mrs. T. H.
Weatherly, Baxley; Mrs. George
Hardwick, Fitzgerald; Mrs. Joseph
Spano, Columbus; Mrs. W. C.
Brown, Alamo; Mrs. W. D. Per
kins, Savannah; Mrs. A. A. Lip
| shutz, Atlanta; Mrs. Lillian Jones,
I Experiment; Mrs. Edward Berry
; Hanson, Monroe; Mrs. Henry H.
Parsons, Athens, Mrs. Cicero A.
Johnston, Atlanta; Mrs. Parker
Norton, Smyrna; Mrs. J. B. Evans,
Augusta.
Mrs. Lee Howard, Savannah;
Mrs. A. J. Tuten, Alma; Collus
Johnson, Carrollton; Mrs. W. M.
Jenkins, Girard; Miss; Miss Sarah
Jones, Atlanta; Mrs. Charles D.
Center, College Park; Miss Annie
Taylor, Atlanta; Mrs. Howard J.
j Jolly, Jackson; Mrs. O. K. Eth
eredge, Gordon; Mrs. C. E.
Hughes, Bremen; Mrs. H. M. Kan
del, Savannah; Mrs. Emanuel
I Kandel, Savannah; M;s v Walter
I Slaughter, Cartersville; Mrs. B.
IF. Vinson Jr., Macon; Mrs. T. B.
! Peacock, Rome; Mrs. Walter Stan
i cil, Gainesville; Mrs. R. R. Jones,
। Dawson; Miss Lucille Nix, Atlan
i ta; Willis Boyd, Adairsville; Mrs.
■ Fred Knight, Cartersville; Mrs.
j Frank David, Columbus; Mrs.
! Ralph Hobbs, Cataula; Bruce Can-
Jones Macon; Dr. Mamie Jo
Jones, Atlanta; Mrs. J. C. Owen,
Griffin, and Mrs. John Lewis,
Hapeville.
Mrs. F. L. Perrett of Albany
was confirmed as vice-president
and director of the First District
Division of the Georgia Congress
of Parents and Teachers.
Split Dove
Season Opened
On September 12
The 1957 and 1958 split dove |
season opened on September 12th, j
and closes September 28th. The i
second season is from December
14th through January 10th. Shoot-|
ing hours are one half hour be- j
fore sunrise to sunset. Bag limit!
is 10 daily, or 10 in possession, i
According to early reports the;
fourth coming season will be good. -
Any information pertaining to:
game laws and season please con-■
tact your local Wildlife Ranger,'
or District office, Metter. ;
Mrs. Duncan Graham
Os Scotland Dies
Late Wednesday
Funeral services will be held
in the Erick Christian Church
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock for
Mrs. Duncan M. Graham, of Scot
land, the former Miss Vernease
Griffin, who died in the Telfair
County Hospital late Wednesday
after suffering a year from leu-,
kemia. The Rev. Clarence Weeks,
Pastor of the Lumber City Meth
odist Church, will officiate, as
sisted by the Rev. C. A. Morri
son.
Mrs. Graham was born in
Wheeler County in October, 1914,
the daughter of Tom Marshall and
Lessie Hinnant Griffin. She was
married to Mr. Graham in Feb
ruary, 1950, it was revealed to
day, and was a member of the
Erick Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband;
one sister, Mrs. James Carson, of
Orlando, Fla., and four brothers,
Willie Griffin, of Louisiana; T.
M. Griffin, Clarence Griffin and
Dempsey Griffin, of Orlando. I
Burial will be in the Erick
Cemetery with Harris & Smith
Funeral Directors in charge of ar-1
rangemerets.
Special Test
Schedule At
South Ga. College
In 1956 the Regents of the Uni
versity System of Georgia ruled
that Freshmen entering any unit
of the University System of Geor
gia for the Fall Quarter, 1957-58
would be required to have the
College Entrance Examination
j Scholastic Aptitude Test. This is
i the first year that this program
; has been in effect and it is be
’ lieved that several prospective
South Georgia students have not
| had an opportunity to take this
test; therefore, a special admin
istration of this test has been
scheduled for 8:30 a. m., Satur
day, October 5, Peterson Hall,
South Georgia College.
Prospective freshman students
who have not had this test should
contact I. D. Engram, Registrar,
South Georgia College, Douglas,
either by telephone or letter, giv
i ing him their names and address
es so that he can order their test
i materials from Educational Test
ting Service, Princeton, New Jer
sey.
If a freshman student makes
the necessary arrangements to
take this special test, South Geor
gia College will be allowed to
tentatively register him for the
fall quarter, Monday, September
23; however, this registration can
not be made final until the Re
gents requirement has been met.
। Rat Poison Kills
i Eastman Child
An 18-month old Eastman child
‘ died in Dodge County Hospital
early Tuesday 12 hours after he
drank an undetermined amount
of rat poison.
Dodge County Sheriff Lewis
! Mullis said the child, Emory E.
I Warren Jr., drank the poison
i while playing in the home of his
I grandmother, Mrs. Lenora John
son, around 5 or 5:30 p. m. Mon
day.
Mullis said the child was rushed
to the hospital immediately and
j doctors pumped out his stomach.
■ He said he was dismissed and re.
turned home.
The sheriff said he reportedly
asked for water several times
during the night and began to
have chills early this morning.
He was rushed to the hospital
again and died there shortly
after 6 a. m. Tuesday, the sheriff
; said.
i Mullis said the doctors appar-|
ently had failed to get all the'
poison from the child’s system j
Monday, and said the poison left]
in the stomach caused the death. I
iNo inquest was planned.
Mrs. Johnson reportedly told!
j officers the child crawled under'
: a kitchen sink and took the bottle 1
;of poison from a cabinet while
। she was away from the room to
answer the door. She said she
found him drinking the poison
when she returned to the kitchen.
Wheeler County
Resident Dies
In Way cross
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o’clock inj
the Stucky Baptist Church for
Thomas Acie Fulford, 64, promi
nent Wheeler County resident,
who died Friday morning in the i
Memorial Hospital in Waycross i
after six weeks illness. The ;
Rev. Lamar Moore, of Dublin,:
and the pastor the Rev. Gene j
Hiers, officiated, and burial was'
in the Alamo Cemetery with Har-I
ris & Smith Funeral Directors in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fulford was born in Wash
ington County on May 2, 1893, the
son of Samuel Lee and Julie Page
Fulford. He was married to Miss ]
Victoria Rowland in April, 1915,'
and was a member of the Stucky
Baptist Church.
Pallbearers were Vernon Hart- j
ley, Oris Braswell, Irvin Couey, ]
Forest Fields, Daries Jenkins and
Charles Anderson.
Honorary pallbearers were N.
E. Rowe, Willie Anderson, Roy
Braswell, J .F. Hattaway, Ralph
Thomas, E. S. Hartley, W. C.
Brown, Candler Hogan, Dick!
Holmes, Herbert Webster and
Henry Wilcher.
Surviving are six sons, Jack
Fulford, Grady Fulford, Clyde
Fulford, Daries Fulford, Herman
Fulford, all of Alamo, and Hu
bert Fulford, of Rentz; one broth
er, Albert Fulford, of Brunswick,
and a sister, Mrs. O. T. Wrye, of
Columbus.
'Keep Wheeler County Green*
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G. C. BARNHILL
G. C. Barnhill of Glenwood,
who has traveled extensively in
the last few years, and has re
cently made a trip around the
world, will speak to the Shiloh
and Springhill congregations at
Shiloh on September 15 at 11:15
a. m. on the following subject:
“Some Religious Influences In
i The Far East”.
! Everyone is invited to hear
j him at this time.
Navy's Georgia
Recruiting District
To Get New Officer
Carrying out a nautical cus
tom that is applicable ashore and
afloat, Navy Recruiters at the
Dublin Substation are getting
things shipshape to receive a new
officer in charge.
■ Having completed his tour of
shore duty, Lieutenant Comman-
i der Lawrence H. Baker Jr., USN,
I present Officer in Charge of the
! Georgia Recruiting District, is
i heading for San Diego, California
where he will board the destroyer
! LAWS as Executive Officer.
! The new Officer in Charge of
(Recruiting will be Lieutenant
Jackson E. Vereen, USN. who re
ports to the district headquarters
j in Macon from the heavy cruiser
Rochester.
During his two year stay in
Georgia, Lieutenant Commander
Baker and his family made their
home at 3879 The Prado; he has
been active in civic work, a mem
ber of the Idle Hour Country
Club. The Moose, and the Ameri
' can Legion. Lieutenant Vereen
! was expected to relieve Lieuten
] ant Commander Baker at cere-
I monies in the District Headquar
: ters of Navy Recruiting. 653 Sec
; ond Street, Macon, at 10 a. m.
i September 9; like the Bakers,
the Vereens will reside at 3879
j The Prado.
Wheeler Scores
Ike's Reject On
Direct Loans
The Director of the State De
partment of Veterans’ Service,
Pete Wheeler, has criticized the
Presidential veto of a bill aimed
at making any future direct home
loan money available in rural
areas throughout the Nation.
Wheeler stated that mortgage
money hasn’t been too avialable
to veterans in rural areas and
that Ike’s “thumbs down,” action
sounds a death knell for the hopes
of these veterans and their fami
lies.
Wheeler stated that there is
some expectation that the bill
will be reviewed when Congress
reconvenes in January but until
that time and possible future
passage of the bill, the veterans in
small towns and rural areas will
continue to bear the brunt of a
discrimnatory situation which has
existed for the past ten years.
In conclusion Wheeler said, “I
haertily agree with one Southern
Senator who remarked, ‘The
President’s action reflects a con
tinuing disregard for human needs
and a further attempt to protect
the high profits brought about by
the administration’s tight money
policy’.”
There are many native plants
in Georgia suitable for use in
home landscaping, points out T.
G. Williams, landscape specialist,
Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture. They should be
transplanted in fall and winter
months while the plants are
dormant. Be sure there is plenty
of moisture in the ground when
। they are transplanted, Williams
advises.
NUMBER 2L.
Twelve 4-H
State Winners
Are Announced
Selection of 12 boys and girl»
as state 4-H club work on the
basis o ftheir outstanding records
as state winenrs in 4-H club work
on the basis of their outstanding
records at 4-H Club members
was announced earls- this week
as some 200 other 4-H’ers com
peted for state awards in various,
projects at the State 4-H Club
Congress in Atlanta.
State honors in 4-H achieve
ment went to Willette Lupo and
Anthony Tanner, both of Tift
County, and Wilda Storey rtf’
Chatham and J. B. Short Jr., of
Harris won state awards in citi
zenship. Patsy Bond of Harf
was named state winner in dairy
achievement and Martha Culver
of Hancock state champion in
frozen foods. Above winnerF
were announced by state 4-H
club leaders on Tuesday, opening
day of the State 4-H Club Con
gress.
Earlier, on the ever of the
Congress, State 4-H Club Leader
Tommy L. Walton announced six
other state winners. Walton
named Fred Waller, Early Coun
ty, state winner in boy’s agricul
ture and Betty Lowrey, Terrell,
state winner in girls’ home eco
nomics. Others named Monday
are: David Barber, Seminole, meat
animal; James Bomar. Fulton, soil
conservation: Roy Otis Ashley,
Green, field crops, and G. E.
Watkins, Emanuel, recreation.
All the 12 won trips to the
State 4-H Club Congress as an
award for being state winners^
Walton said. James, Betty, Mar
tha, Patsy, Fred, and Roy also
will reecive expense-paid trips
to the National 4-H Club Con
gress in Chicago in November.
Wilda, J. B„ David, Willette. An
thony and G. E. must compete
further, however, and win sec
tional honors to attend the na
tional event.
The State 4-H Congress'— -where
Atlanta businessmen annually
play hosts to Georgia's top 200
Four-H’ers—was officially opened
Tuesday night by Director W. A.
Sutton of the Agricultural Ex
tension Service, University of*
Georgia College of Agriculture.
Sutton spoke following a buffet
supper given the 4-H’ers by tha-
Georgia Bankers Association.
The Savannah Sugar Refining
Corp, entertained the entire Con
gress delegation at breakfest.
Wednesday and Rich’s honored'
dress revue participants at a tea
Wednesday afternoon. The At
lanta Newspapers, Inc., was host
for the Aatlanta Journal-Consti
tution banquet Wednesday night.
Special entertainment features'
Thursday include breakfasts giv
en by Sears, Roebuck and Com
pany, Standard Oil Company,
and the Atlanta Milling Company'
honoring home improvement^
crop and weed study, and poul
try winners, and luncheons sot
forestry and tractor winners giv
en by Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company and the
American Oil Company.
Presentation of all state winners’
Thursday night at a banquet pv*
en by members of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce will close
the State 4-H Club Congress.
Brucellosis Testing
Nearing Completion
A concerted effort is being,
made to complete the job of Bru
cellosis' Testing in Wheeler Coun
ty-
More than 3500 head of cattle
have been tested up to the present
time. When the job is completed,
more than 4,000 tests will have
been made in the county.
There are only 20 to 25 farmers
who have not had their herds
tested (approximately 500 cows
to be tested.)
A fine cooperative spirit has
been shown by the ones partici
pating in the program and it »
with this in mind that we hope
to complete the job within th*
next 30 to 45 days.
When you are ready to set a
time to test your cattle, contact
the veterinarian you prefer or
notifiy the county Extension Of
fice and I’ll help you locate a
veterinarian to do the work.
Let us work together to- get
Wheeler County set up as one at"
the Brucellosis Free Counties, at
the State.
A subscription to The Eagle »
a boost for Wheeler County.