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Giant machine o£ St. Regis Paper Company, largest in the South,
is put in operation at Jacksonville, Fla., to produce 1,000 tons of kraft
paperboard dally. Machine doubles company’s Southern production.
Product is used for manufacture of corrugated containers.
Successful Living
BY X G. STEEDLEY
U. S. Forest Service
Success in life is measured not
only in worldly possessions but in
terms of contributions to the bet
terment of mankind. This is
especially true in’ forest land
ownership. Forest land should
always be managed so as to con
tribute greatest income to both
the owner and the community.
We no longer live to ourselves
but we live to support each other.
It is natural for landowners to
apply good timber management
for his own benefits but unless
we think of our neighbors life
will have very little meaning.
So good timber management
builds properous communities in
both rural areas and small towns.
Much of our rural poverty is
within forest regions with large
areas of misused land. Unless
our landowners step up their
adoption of good land-use and de
velop our forest resources we can
expect poverty to continue for
generations. Forest products are
so much needed to supplement
the meager returns from culti
vated crops.
This country has used its re
sources to win two major wars
within this generation’s memory
and unless forest conservatiort
keeps moving at a rapid pace we
can expect an invasion of the
great basic freedoms. Fortunate
ly much advancement has been
made in perpetuation of our for
est land even though there has
been some delay. The delay in
progress has cost our communi
ties dearly. One of the means of
keeping us strong is through
keeping our land fully stocked
with trees; each acre producing
its maximum. Certainly the pres
ent ownership of land cannot
solve problems by selling out
and moving to new frontiers.
Cheap forest land with ample re
sources is no longer with us.
Mankind needs to spend his time
depeloping his present forest
land. Lack of knowledge of how
to do a better job and make it
pay cannot be used as an excuse
Public servants are available to
furnish competent advise at no
cost. So use these servants to
make for a more successful life
both for yourself and the com
munity.
Workshop For
W. M. U. Leaders
To Be Held In Macon
The Woman’s Missionary Union
of the Georgia Baptist Convention
will hold a state-wide workshop
at the First Baptist Church in Ma
con, October 28-29, Miss Janice
Singleton, executive secretary of
the WMU announced Tuesday.
The worshop, first of its kind
ever to be held by Georgia WMU,
is designed to provide leaders in
local WMU work with instruction
in their area of service.
A slate of Southwide WMU
leaders is scheduled to present the
instruction to several hundred wo
men from throughout the state,
Miss Singleton said.
Teachers include Miss Margaret
Bruce, Birmingham, Ala., South
wide Woman’s Missionary Society
Director, who will hold confer
ences for local WMS presidents,
vice presidents and circle chair
men; Miss Doris DeVault, Birm
ingham, Southwide Young Wom
an’s Auxiliary Director, who will
teach the YWA leadership course
to local counselors and directors;
Miss Betty Brewer, Birmingham,
Southwide Girls’ Auxiliary Direc
tor, will teach the GA leadership
course to local counselors and di
rectors; and Miss Elsie Rives,
Birmingham, Southwide Sunbeam
Director, who will teach local
Sunbeam leaders.
I Al
Wheeler County Eagle
State Legionnaires
To Hold
Fall Conference
Macon will be the mecca for
some 1,500 leaders of The Ameri
cian Legion in Georgia on Octo
ber 19-20.
The Annual Fall Conference of
Pest Officers of the State’s 321
Legion Posts will meet there on
those dates to discuss and chart
plans for the 1958 year.
The Deparatment of Georgia
Executive Committee will hold its
executive session on Saturday,
the 19th, under the leadership of
State Commander Roy Cousins of
Greenville.
All standing committees and
commissions of the Department
will meet on the first day of the
conference and will report their
findings and recommendations to
the group on the second day.
Miles Kennedy, National Legis
lative Director of the Legion from
Washington, D. C., will be the
guest speaker at the annual con
ference banquet Saturday even
ing, October 19.
Religious Services will be con
ducted by the Department Chap
lain, Rev. J. Ed Fain of Moultrie
on Sunday morning.
The American Legion Auxiliary
will also hold conference sessions
at the same time.
Revised Support
Rate For
1957 Crop Corn
A revised support rate for 1957
Crop Corn has recently been an
nounced by the Secretary of Ag
riculture. Wheeler County is in
the Non-commercial corn area
and the support rate for Grade
No. 3 Corn is $1.40 per bushel.
All producers are eligible to
apply for either a farm-storage
or warehous'e-stored corn loan.
Warehouse stored corn must not
contain moisture in gxcess of 13.5
per cent. Farm-storage loans
will probably be called on May
1, 1958.
For aditional information con
cerning Corn Loans, contact the
Wheeler County ASC Office.
Mrs. Ruby Wilkes
Buried In Glenwood
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby
Screws Edge Wilkes, 41, were
held in the Glenwood Baptist
Church Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock, and were conducted by
the Rev. George Fields and the
Rev. S. L. Foster. Burial was in
the Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Wilkes was born in Wheel
er County, the daughter of Clar
ence and Naomi Stone Screws of
Glenwood. She died Sunday at
the home of her brother, Robert
Screws.
Pallbearers were Hardin Mont
ford, Theodore Montford, Willie
Montford, Bennie Montford,
Johnny Montford and J. R.
Screws.
Surviving are her husband, Hu
bert R. Wilkes, of Rockledge; a
son, Paul Edge, of Topeka, Kan.;
one daughter, Miss Jane Edge, of
Atlanta; her mother, and one
brother, Robert Screws.
Murchison Funeral Home of
Vidalia was in charge of arrange
ments.
Apples should be stored in a
covered container in the refrige
rator, points out Mrs. Betty Alex
ander, consumer information spe
cialist, Agricultural Extension
Service. Apples keep best at 32
to 50 degrees F.
Research shows that Coastal
Bermuda can be grown success
fully throughout Georgia, say
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture agronomists.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1957
State's Rights i
Support Grows
Stronger In Ga.
The movement to defend and I
preserve states’ rights, through.
any and all legal means, is gain-1
ing momentum in Georgia. Evi-:
dence of this was clearly seen at;
the States’ Rights Council of I
Georgia’s recent $25-a-plate din-j
ner, held in Atlanta.
Approximately 1.600 Georgians!
who believe in and support the ■
principles of local self-govern-|
ment attended the affair, which:
was billed as a congressional ap- ■
preciation dinner for Georgia’s
t-wo senators and ten representa
tives for their recent fight against
the so-called civil rights legisla-i
tion. Attendance at a similar ■
dinner held in Atlanta last year
was about 700.
“Since President Eisenhower
sent troops to Little Rock our of
fice in Atlanta has been besieged
with telegrams, letters and other
wise from prospective members,”
declared William T. Bodenhamer
executive secretary of the Coun-!
cil. He said the proceeds from
the recent dinner will be used
to finance the Council’s educa
tional program.
Roy V. Harris, Augusta at
torney, long one of Georgia’s
leaders in the states’ rights move
ment, was elected president of the
Council to succeed Carter Pitt
man, of Dalton. Gov. Marvin
Griffin acted as master of cere
monies at the dinner.
Gov. Griffin, Harris and U. S.
Senators Richard B. Russell and]
Herman E. Talmadge, as -well as
others introduced, spoke out
strongly against the Eisenhower
administration for its part in
bringing integration troubles on
the South. In particular, they
lambasted President Eisenhower,
Vice President Richard Nixon
and Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell. |
Georgians interested in the.
Council’s work, Bodenhamer ।
pointed out should write to The I
State’s Rights Council pf Geor-j
gia, Inc'.,' William Oliver Build
ing. Atlanta 3, Ga.
Baptists Ask
Liquor Fight
A strongly - worded resolution
calling for Telfair County authori
ties to wage an all-out fight
against illegal liquor sales in the
county was adopted by the Telfair
Baptist Association at its closing
session last week.
By a standing vote, delegates
unanimously adopted the resolu
tion pledging themselves to take'
a firm stand to combat the “evil !
of the liquor traffic”.
Telfair County is a dry county.]
The association also voted to!
take steps to form a temperance j
league in the county. There are!
19 Baptist churches in the as-'
sociation.
4-H Club Meeting
Larry White, Reporter
The first 4-H Club meeting was ■
held in the old Home Economics;
building with Miss Rowan and
Mr. Jackson in charge.
We elected the following offi
cers to serve for the ensuing year: i
President—Jacob Clark
Vice-President—Gail Montford !
(girl)
Vice - President —AI Hopkins
(boy)
Secretary-Treasurer — Millie
Ryals
Reporter—Larry White
4-H Club Advisors—Mrs. J. N.j
Dunaway and Mrs. V. W. Hartley
Mr. Jackson and Miss Rowan
talked about entering exhibits in
the Mcßae Fair which is October
14-19.
They adjourned with the 4-H'
Club Pledge. The next meetings'
were announced to be the second
Wednesday in every month.
Wheeler County 4-H j
At a recent meeting of the
Wheeler County 4-H Club, the
sixth period, in the old Home
Economics building, the following
officers were elected:
President —Bitsy Seabolt
Vice-President — Thomas Bur-,
nard
Secretary-Treasurer—Margaret
Maddox
Reporter—Helen Dixon
After talks by Miss Rowan and
Mr. Jackson the meeting ad
journed.
For the important events oi
Wheeler County be sure to keep
The Eagle coming to your door.
Locker Plant
i Developments
Are Reported
| Georgia freezer-locker plants
j are processing more foods for more
I home freezers than ever before
:in spite of the decrease in the
; number of plants in (he state, ac-
I cording to a recent report to mem
, bers of the Georgia Frozen Food
; and Meat Curing Association.
Paul Wilkins’ Farmers’ Co
j operative Service, U. S. Depart
; ment of Agriculture, who made
i this report pointed out that local
processing and freezing of meats
is a must for home freezers in
both rural and urban areas.
, Many locker plants are replac
■ ing lockers with departments for
J processing meats, fruits and vege
tables 1 for home freezers and
thereby rendering better service
to farmers and homemakers, ac
cording to a report by Bob Ma
deira, executive secretary, Nation
al Locker Association. Madeira
said that local processing plants
have ample space for chilling and
■ freezing meats, modern equip
ment for cutting and wrapping,
and the skill to do the job as it
should be done.
John Corbitt, Turner County
Frozen Foods, told members of
the association of a quick method
of curing and tenderizing hams
that may revolutionize the indus
try. By this method the time
of curing is reduced from months
to days, losses due to spoilage are
practically eliminated, and the
quality is superior in many ways,
I Corbitt said.
A scientific study of the 81
locker plants and the 46 meat
curing plants in the state with
the aim of improving the opera
tions and management was an
nounced. The study will be con
ducted by Dr. N. M. Penny, head,
department of agricultural eco-
| nomics Georgia Experiment Sta
. tion.
■j Above developments were re
: I ported at the annual meeting of
j the association held recently at
Radium Springs. Ne^ officers
elected at the meeting are:
F. D. Garrard, Vidalia, presi
dent; Marc Lazaro, Atlanta, vice
president; Jeff Rose, Albany,
convention vice president; J. G.
L Woodruff, Experiment, (re-elect
. ed) secretary-treasurer; and di
: rectors, L. K. Bethune, Valdosta;
. Miss Nelle Thrash, Athens; Alvin
• Wallace, Griffin; Harold White,
Athens; and John Woods, New
nan.
W. C. H. Talent Show
On Hallowe'en
; Wouldn’t you like to earn a
j price? Then enter the Talent
: Show for Halloween October 31
! Place: Wheeler County High
I School Cafetorium, 9:00 p. m.
i If you are interested or know
| someone with talent please con
tact one of the following immedi
ately:
Mrs. Lee Evans, Mrs. Hollis
Johnson or Mrs. A. P. Hopkins.
USE OF TREES IN
LANDSCAPING
In using trees in a home land
scaping program, T. G. Williams,
landscape specialist, Agricultural
I Extension Service, offers these
j recommednations: use native
trees, do not plant trees in rows
on the home lawn (group plant
ings are more natural looking),
plant shade trees where they do
the most good, do not “top trees.
j do not fill in around the base of ■
I trees, do not overplant, and use
' hardy flowering trees for color.
According to Miss Nelle Thrash,
food preservationist, Agricultural.
Extension Service, about 60,870
| families were assisted in 1956 with
' planning and producing their
■ home food supply.
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H| APPLIANCES WHERE THEY CAN BE EASILY j
g PULLER OFF. AVOIR INJURY ANP SCARS ! ■
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JOHN TROY BARTON
John Troy Barton, formerly
Assistant Director of Oragnization
for Georgia Farm Bureau, has
been named to the post of Geor
gia Farm Bureau Legislative Di
rector, Federation President H. L.
Wingate announced today.
Mr. Barton will be in charge
of both GFBF’s State and Nation
al Legislative programs.
Revival Alamo
Baptist Church
Revival services will begin
Sunday evening, October 20, at
the Alamo Baptist Church.
The Rev. Bert Joyner, Pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
I Baxley will be the visiting evan
gelist and John Hatten of Mcßae
will lead the singing.
The morning services will be
at 11 o’clock and the evening
services at 7:30.
Mi’. Hatten will lead the Junior
boys and girls in a special song
service at 7:15 each evening be
ginning on Monday evening.
' The church nursery will be
open each evening to care for thei
small children. The nursery is
in the church annex. It will be
] open at 7:15 each evening.
The public is invited to all
’ these services.
;
Jewell E. May
Enrolls In
Ga. State College
Jewell E. May has registered
■ I as a student for the fall quarter
; at Georgia State College of Busi
i ness Administration.
, On October 9, the board of re
• gents of the University System of
Georgia authorized Georgia State
College to offer two more degrees,
’ Bacheloi- of Science and Master
of Business Administration. The
degrees will be effective the fall
1 quarter of 1958.
The Bachelor of Science degree
offers majors in chemistry,;
physics, mathematics, and the bi- ।
I oligical sciences. This 1 enables
pre-medical, pre-dental, and pre
veterinary training. Masters in:
accounting, management, market- j
ing, insurance, and economics- 1
finance are available with thej
Master of Business Administra-i
tion degree.
Including the A. B. degree au- ‘
thcrized by the regents Septem-,
ber 20, Georgia State College of.
Business Admisistration now of
fers four degrees: the A. 8., the ।
I B. S., the B. B. A., and the M. !
B. A. I
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF
SEWING MACHINES
Miss Avola Whitesell, clothing;
specialist, Agricultural Extension I
Service, reports that 46 Georgia
counties took part last year in
a volunteer clothing leader train- j
ing program, “Getting the Most
Out of Your Sewing Machine ”
/ and “Making a “Peasant Skirt”.
Six hundred and eighty-four
. persons completed the course and
then trained 3,924 Four-H Club
members.
Family Life Specialist Miss Au
drey Morgan, Agricultural Exten
sion Service, states that happi
ness is hampered in a mother
dominated home. Greater fam
ily happiness is achieved in the
democratic home.
Harvest time for sweet pota
toes is here. Cecil Blackwell,
horticulturist, Agricultural Ex
tension Service, reminds farmers
that sweet potatoes should be
harvested before frost. They
never should be exposed to tem
peratures below 50 degrees F.—in
the field or in storage.
G. I. Johnson, engineer, Agri
cultural Extension Service, re
: ports there are 1,300 home fires
| every day in the United States.
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ASC Community I
Committeemen
Elected For 1958
Election returns from Wheeler
County’s five agricultural com
munities have been tabulated by
the County Election Tabulation
Board, Joe Swain, Chairman of
the Wheeler County ASC Com
mittee announced today. The
following were elected to serve
on the ASC Community Commit
tees for the following year:
Alamo Community Committee
men: H. S. McNeal, Chairman, re
elected; T. H. Harden Jr., Vice-i
Chairman, new; Gene Harris, I
Member, re-elected; C. L. Holmes,
Ist alternate, new; D. J. Hartley,!
2nd alternate, new 1 .
Glenwood Community Com- 1
mitieemen: Colon Clark, Chair- i
man, re-elected; Harper Ennis, i ।
Vice-chairman, re-elected .^ C. M. I
Anderson, Member, new; Roy ';
Adams, Ist alternate, new; O. H. i:
Joiner, 2nd alternate, new. {■
Landsburg Community Com- ■
mitieemen: L. B. Chambers,]
Chariman, new; Emmett Currie, ’:
Vice-chairman, new; Herman;:
Pickle, Member, new; Taft Pope,;;
Ist alternate, new 1 ; Sam Nelms,]:
2nd alternate, new. !;
Shiloh Community Committee- I
men: W. C. Pittman, Chairman,' ’
new; Raleigh Joyce, Vice-chair-11
man, new; Truitt White, Member,:
re-elected; E. E. Elton, Ist alter-];
nate, new; N. G. Clark, 2nd alter-:,
nate new. j,
Springhill - Union Community .
Committeemen: Hugh Montford, I,
Chairman, new; O. C. Adams, •
Vice-chairman, new; J. B. Clem- ],
ents, Member, new; J. M. Har-' ।
relson, Ist Alternate, new 1 ; R. L. ]
Thomas, 2nd alternate, re-elected. |
The chairmen of the commit-1
tees will serve as delegates to the!
County Convention to be held on i
October 24 to elect a County ASC j
Committee Chairman, Vice-Chair-;
man, a third member and two al- j
ternates. Both Community and :
County Committeemen will take!
office on November 1.
John A. McDaniel Jr.
In Training With
Helicopter Group
John A. McDaniel Jr., Aviation ]
Structural Mechanic Second Class,'
U. S. N., son of Mr. and Mrs. i
John A. McDaniel of Route 1, |
Glenwood, is serving with Heli-1
copter Training Group, Ellyson i
Field, Pensacola, Florida.
McDaniel, who entered the i
Naval service on December 27,1
1955, reported aboard from FAS-:
RON (SPECIAL) 201, Malta on|
September 10, 1957.
Prior to entering the Navy, Me- I
Daniel graduated from Wheeler |
County High School, Alamo, |
Georgia.
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Heating Safety
Imperative
BY ZACK D. CRAVEY
Safety Fire Commissioner
ATLANTA —With the advent of
cold weather and the activation
of heaters throughout the land, it is
well to remember that one out of
every five fires in the United States [
is caused by heating.
Further, the nation’s fire losses in- !
crease 44 percent from September to
December.
This means that we should all
he careful about stoves and fur
naces. They should be checked
thoroughly before being lighted in
the fall.
Worn, rusted or broken furnace j
parts should be replaced, particular
ly in the smoke-pipe. Heat or sparks '
escaping from holes in worn out
parts are dangerous hazards.
If smokepipes are close to ceilings j
or burnable partitions, either change ;
their positions or provide air space
by installing an asbestos or venti
lated sleeve guard. If an electric or ;
gas heater is used, it should be point- '
ed away from walls or furniture.
Chimneys are danger spots, too, j
and should be checked for loose |
bricks and cracks. Soot should be ]
cleaned from both chimney and fur- .
nace.
Georgia is making a great record
in fire safety but it can only be
maintained through the diligence
of all its citizens. Which means
that we must be fire safety con
scious at all times, knowing full
well that nine out of every ten
fires could have been avoided but
for someone’s carelessness.
Let us be careful with our heating ’
i systems.
Remember money spent at
home helps built your schools ]
and county.
NUMBER 26
Sutton Announces
Addition of Three
Members To Staff
Three new members have been
added to the state staff- of the
Agricultural Extension Service.
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture, according to Exten
sion Director W. A. Sutton.
They are: Jerome H. Donald
son, administrative assistant (Ex~
tension fiscal office^); Milton Y.
Dendy, assistant poultryman. and
Harvey C. Lowery, assistant econ
omist—seed marketing.
Donaldson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. Donaldson, Metter. He
was born in Metter, and lived on
a farm in Candler County until
he entered college. He received,
his early education in Metter and
graduated from the East Carolina -
College, N. C., with a bachelor at* -
arts degree in commerce and
mathematics and later received a
masters degree in business educa
tion from the University of Ken
tucky.
He has three years’ military
service, having been in the Navy
from 1942 until 1945. He taught
at Kings Business College in Char
lotte, North Carolina, for eight
years. Prior to coming to the
Georgia Extension Service, he
was accountant for the Charlotte
Carton Company.
A native of Boaz, Alabama,
Denby received his bachelor at
science degree from the Univer
sity of Missouri in 1949; and the
master of science degree in agri
culture there in 1950. He served
four years with the Army. His
experience prior to coming to
Georgia includes teaching at.
Southern Illinois University, serv
ing as flock supervisor at the
Blanton Smith Hatcheries in
Nashville, Tennessee, and being
poultry inspector at the Depart-
I ment of Agriculture and Industry
! in Alabama.
I According to Arthur Gannon,
। Extension poultryman - project
! leader, Dendy will work primaxi
। ly with South Georgia egg pro
ducers, and turkey and broiler 1
growers, His office will be at the
Coastal Plain Experiment Station ,
in Tifton.
Dendy’s wife is the former Miss
I Dorothy Nelson. They have three
' children.
Lowery has worked closely
I with Extension specilists and
■ county agents since 1950 when he- -
j became chief inspector for the
Georgia Crop Improvement As-
I sociation.
[ The new Extension economist
was in the Air Force for three
years, serving most of that time
as an instructor. He is a graduate
of the University of Georgia and
holds a bachelor of science de
gree in agriculture and also a
master of science degree in agri
culture from that institution.
He is married to the former
Miss Ruth Rowe and they have
three children.
Alamo Stores Close
For Revival
The following stores will close
their doors Monday, October 2®
through Friday, October 25, front
11:00 a. m. to 11:45 a. m. for
revival services at Alamo Baptistr
church:
Jenkins Barber Shop, Hartley's
Grocery, Purvis Drug Store, Sim
! mons Market, Alamo Supply C 0:,,,
i Alamo Auto & Appliance Store,
Palmer Furniture Co., Hattaway’s
' Warehouse, Tanner’s Garage,
| Economy Grocery, Harvell Sta
-1 tion, Wheeler County State Bank,
IJ. M. Hartley Grocery, Purvis
Grocery, Achord Dept. Store, Al
lied Dept. Store, Allen’s Variety
Store, Pat’s Beauty Shop, H. R..
Clark and Sumner’s Station.
Alamo Brotherhood
Has Meeting
The Alamo Brotherhood met
I Thursday night, October 8, wifiK
! a grilled supper prepared bgf-
I Brothers Raymond McGuire, For
■ rest Fields and J. R. Chambless-.
Others attending were Brothers
Horace Davis, Henry Davis, Wai
ter Riddle, Ray Bell, Morris Jenk.-
is, Woodrow Gillis, Julian Tin
ner, Leroy Clark, Phil Kimmoos^
Vernon Hartley, David Hartley,,
Zelmo Hartley, Bob Tuten, EM
ridge Pickle, F. M. Whitehead,
Bob Hinson and J. T. Pickle.
| After supper the group retired,
to church for the business meefr--
: ing and choir practice for Lasp*
] mans Day at the church on Sun
-1 day.