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808 CONSIDINE, National Sports Chairman for the Twentieth
Anniversary March of Dimes in January, has appealed to sports
editors, sportscasters, athletic directors and promoters for their
help to raise funds for the care and rehabilitation of the thousands
of victims of infantile paralysis. All local campaign directors are
urged to assist the sports world in the coming drive.
"TELL GEORGIA ABOUT CHRIST"
PROGRAM TO BEGIN IN MARCH
Fifty thousand Methodists will
receive pocket size copies of the
Gospel of John during a March
evangelistic movement in Geor
gia.
Decision to distribute the Gos
pel of John as part of the
preaching mission was made by
the steering committee of the
“Tell Georgia About Christ” cam
paign.
The campaign will open March
9 when pastors of the North Geor
gia Conference will come to South
Georgia for five days of preach
ing and other evangelistic work.
The second phase of the mis
sion will be carried out March
23-28 when South Georgia pastors
will go to North Georgia to
preach.
The mission will mark the first
such evangelistic movement of
Georgia Methodist churches since
1953. The 1500 churches of the
state will be working toward a
goal of receiving almost 21,000
new members—so per cent more
new members than were received |
last year. i
While all the gospels carry an,
evangelistic message, the steer-1
ing committee felt the Gospel of
John would be especially ap-1
propriate for the March mission
because in it, more than in any ।
other of the Gospels, Jesus speaks j
to crowds. I
Dr. W. A Smart, professor
emeritus of Biblical Theology in!
Emory University’s School of '
Theology, said that the writer ।
John is ■ trying to give spiritual;
meaning to the life of Christ and |
to get others to understand it.
The writer was trying to bring
to the masses a personal knowl
edge of God through Christ, the
eminent Bible scholar has said.
The copies of the Gospel of
John are being secured from the
Luther Gardner Lowe
Dies At Home In
Glenwood Friday
Funeral services were held in
the Glenwood Baptist Church Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o’clock for
Luther Gardner Lowe, 57, a life
long resident of Glenwood who
died at his home Friday morning
after an extended illness. The
Rev. George Fields and the Rev.
S. L. Foster officiated, and burial
was in the City Cemetery with
Murchison’s Funeral Home of Vi
dalia in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were J. F. Geiger,
Milton Sutton, Shelton Payne, C.
L. Grady, and Edwin Anderson.
Mr. Lowe was a farmer and a
member of the Glenwood Baptist
Church.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Dollie Anderson- a
son, H. C. Lowe, of Miami, Fla.;
and four sisters, Mrs. J. F. Geiger
and Mrs. Harvey Holmes, of Ala
mo; Mrs. Dan Stanford, of Colum
bus and Mrs. Chester Wilkes, of
Dublin.
Wheeler County Eagle
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: Navy Anounces
1 "Re-Up" Program
Chief Barden of the Navy Re
■ cruiting Office in Dublin an
■ nounced today that certain ex
■ Navy men are now eligible to re
: enlist in the rate they held when
■ discharged. He said this pro
gram applies to Navy critical
i ratings. Men holding the critical
■ ratings at discharge may have
i been discharged up to two years
• ago are eligible for this progrom.
Any ex-Navy man wanting
■ more information may make an
appointment to have a Recruiter
; visit him by phoning Dublin 2772,
1 Barden said. Also the Navy Re
cruiting Office in the Post Office
■ i Building, Dublin is open from
9:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. every week
day and until Noon on Saturday, j
।he said. Any one unable to visit j
i Dublin may see the Navy Re-!
। cruiter at one of the Post Offices J
।in your county. The time and
; date of visits by the Recruiter is
i posted in the lobby of each Post
, Office on the Recruitier’s itener-
I ery.
I Wheeler County
High FHA News
i The Wheeler County F. H. A. j
met Wednesday, January 8 fori
. their regular meeting.
i The business session was con-I
ducted by the president, Judy |
i Nicholson. The business includ- i
! ed nominating and electing “Miss i
;F. H. A.” for W. C. H. S. Judy ’
Nicholson was selected.
The program chairman, Carole'
Warnock, had a delightful skit!
scheduled. Those taking part in
“Crime Never Pays” were: Ruth:
Thomas, Jo Ann Elton, Olga |
Brewer, Jane Nicholson, Janice'
Seabolt, Margaret Maddox, Fran-j
ces Clements, Betty Ann Harris, I
Patsy Mitchell, and Janet Sikes. ;
“Crime Never Pays” was a skit i
dealing with young girls and their:
dates.
Os great interest to the girls ■
was a talk composed and given
by Dannie Evans on Table Man
ners.
The F. H. A. was honored to I
have Miss' Gladys Gilbert G. S.!
C. W. Hone Ecnomics Teacher ।
Trainer, with them. The student I
teachers, Mrs. Bevelyn McCom- j
mons and Miss Betty Jones were!
also present.
Refreshments were served byj
Jane Nicholson, Betty Ann Har-;
ris, Jackie McNeal, Alice Hamil-!
ton, Judy Miller, Nancy Hinson, j
Verma Harrelson, and Sue Clark.;
Miss Doris Oglesby, housing'
equipment specialist for the Ag-i
ricultural Extension Service, rec- i
ommends at least two applicance.
circuits in the kitchen, in addi-!
tion to lighting and special out-,
lets required by some major ap- ;
pliances.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1958
Wheeler Co. Unit
American Cancer
Socitey Elects Officers
The American Cancer Society
Unit for Wheeler County has
been organized under the direc
tion of Mrs. Lottie J. Crowther,
Field Representative. The fol
lowing officers and workers were
appointed:
President—Mrs. Raleigh Joyce,
Lumber City R-2; Vice-President
— Mrs. Morris Kusnitz, Alamo;
Secretary — Mrs. W. J. Futral,
Glenwood; Treasurer — Mrs.
Julian Tanner, Alamo; Public Ed.
। Chairman — Mrs. Ralph Thomas,
Alamo; Mass Media Chairman—
: Mrs. Ray Tanner, Alamo; Co
; Chairman — Miss Ouida Rowan,
Alamo; Patient Services Chair
man—Mrs. Wimberly, Alamo;
Professional Ed. Chairman — Dr.
! Morris Kusnitz, Alamo; Education
Fuids Crusade Chairman — Mrs.
R. H. Manley, Glenwood.
Neighborhood Chairmen:
! Mrs. Millie Patterson—Alamo;
I Mrs. J. D. Avery—Glenwood R-2;
iJ. P. Morrison Jr.—Glenwood;
I Mrs. Joe Eubanks—Glenwood R-2;
! Mrs. Louie Varnadoe—Alamo R-2;
I Mrs. Charlie Anderson — Glen
i wood R-l; Mrs. S. A. Clark, Ala
!mo R-2; Mrs. Robert Hill—Ala
mo R-l.
We are proud to be members of
this great organization and we
hope that during 1958 we can
make this one of the best cru
sades Wheeler County has ever
known.
I Mrs. Ray Tanner,
Mass Media Chairman
। Farm Credit Official
!To Address Joint
Stockholders Meeting
Henry S. Johnson, Director of
. । Information, Farm Credit Admin
_ I istration, Columbia, South Caro
_ i lina will be the guest speaker at
. i a joint annual stockholders meet-
Jing of the Vidalia Production
_ । Credit Asociation and the Vidalia
! National Farm Loan Association,
j | which will be held at 10:00 a. m.,
; : Saturday, January 25, in the Vi
, j dalia High School, Vidalia. J. B.
Warthern, of Vidalia, and Dr. B.
, M. Brown, of Lyons, Presidents
’ of the respective associations, an
, nounced this week.
Mr. Johnson, in his official ca
pacity as Director of Information
of the Farm Credit Administra
' tion of Columbia, is a veteran
. employee of this organization and
because of his experience and
'! background, it is anticipated that
I his remarks will be of much in
i terest to those present and in
’ particular the provisions of the
’ Farm Credict Act of 1955 which
! modernized the lending program
of both organizations.
Both associations operate in a
chartered territory consisting of
Tattnall, Toombs, Montgomery
and Wheeler Cunties and both
associations are 10 0 % farmer
member owned. The Farm Cred
!it Administration of Columbia
serves a Third Farm Credit Dis
trict, which consists of North and
South Carolina, Georgia and
j Florida.
The Vidalia Production Credit
j Association makes short term
i loans of one year for production
1 purposes and intermediate credit
' loans up to five years for the
! ourpese of capital expenditures.
During the year of 1957, 617 loans
were granted in the amounts of
; $1,200,000.00. This association if
; owned by approximately 1100
j farmer-members.
The Vidalia National Farm
i Loan Association makes long
। term farm mortgage loans up to
i 40 j r ears, and as outlined above
! under recent provisions of the
i Farm Credit Act, off-the-farm in
come is now considered in grant
ing loans to part-time farmers.
As of June 30, 1957, the face
i amount of loans outstanding
। through the association amounted
i to $1,343,000.00 made to 480 farm
er-members.
At this meeting both associa
tions will elect directors and re
ports on the financial condition
and the activities of the Board
; of Directors of both associations
! for the past year will be made,
i All persons interested or en
i gaged in agriculture are cordial
: ly invited to attend this meeting
i to hear Mr. Johnson, the Presi
' dents of both organizations, con
! eluded.
;
Our best bet to increase the
!
j wealth of Wheeler County is to
: drive to get our citizens to trade j
1 at home. ‘
Wheeler County
Young People
In Auto Wreck
Roy Lee Kent, of Glenwood and
Miss Francina Couey, of Alamo,
were injured about midnight Sat
urday when the automobile driven
by Mr. Kent was wrecked when
he lost control of the vehicle and
it left the highway and overturn
ed according to a report from the
State Highway Patrol.
The accident happened on High
way 441 about 14 miles south of
Mcßae between Mcßae and Jack
sonville, the patrolman reported.
Three boys and two girls were in
the car but only the above named
were injured. They were taken
to the Telfair County Hospital
where Miss Couey is a patient.
Troopers Harry Holland and
M. W. Cartwright investigated the
accident.
Burns-Geiger Post
American Legion
Wins Honor Ribbon
The Burns-Geiger Post No. 67
of the American Legion at Glen
wood has won an Honor Ribbon
from the National Organization
for having enrolled more 1958
members by December 31, 1957
than the total of 1957 members in
the Post.
This Honor- Ribbon will be pre
sented through Department Head
quarters of the Legion in Atlanta.
Colon Clark is Commander of
the Post and Guy O. Stone is
Adjutant.
! Willard McNeal
j Practice Teaching
■ In Sylvania High
Willard McNeal, son of Mrs. Ina
; McNeal of Alamo, is doing prac
tice-teaching at Screven County
High School in Sylvania this
quarter.
Willard, one of 60 senior edu
cation majors at Georgia Teach
ers College, has to complete one
quarter of teaching in a class
room situation in order to ful
; fill the requirments of the B. S.
i degree in education.
He will be teaching Social
Studies under the supervison of
. Miss Lillian Eason.
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I For the important events oi
' Wheeler County be sure to keep
The Eagle coming to your door.
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DR. CLAUDE PURCELL
Georgia has a new state su
perintendent of schools. He is
Dr. Claude Purcell, who has been
with the State Department of
Education since 1942. Governor
Marvin Griffin has named him to
succeed Dr. M. D. Collins who be
comes superintendent emeritus.
Dr. Collins resigned the state’s
top school office Saturday after
25 years on the job, and 55 years
in education in Georgia. The
Governor paid glowing tribute
to the retiring chief for his edu
cational leadership and his out
standing achievements for Geor
gia schools, and immediately
named him to the emeritus posi
tion.
Dr. Collins said that because
of his wife’s health and the wish
es of his family that he retire to
less strenuous activity, he was
Glenwood FFA
Members Begin Work
In School Forest
Work on the Glenwood High
School Vocational Department’s
Demonstration Forest was begun
last week when several of the
students did some thinning on
the thinning plots.
The thinnin g demonstration
consists of three plots; one plot is
thinned to an average of 6 ft. by
6 ft.; another is thinned to an
average distance of 8 ft. by 8 ft.
A third plot is left unthinned and
will be used as a check plot.
Measurements will be made each
year on each tree in order to de
termine the tota amount of growth
that takes place under the vary
ing methods of treatment.
Another thinning demonstra
tion is also in progress in which
small trees- are given a pre-com -
mercial thinning. One plot is
thinned to an average of approxi
mately 5 ft. by 5 ft. while an ad
jacent area is left just as they
wer found. Growth studies simi
lar to those in the thinning dem
onstration will be made annually.
Other work done recently in the
school forest include preparation
of a site for planting a pine seed
ling nursery, placing of s-igns de
noting the various areas and
studies made in each, and mark
ing trees that are to be cut and
sold in a commercial thinning.
Os interest to many local peo
ple is a demonstration that is in
the planing stage in which a test
will be made to determine the
practicability of fertilizing plant
ed pine. This test will be started
in the near future and adequate
publicity will be given in order
that those interested will be able
to acquire whatevr information
that is available.
Mac Morrison, Reporter
ONE REASON FOR
PRESCRIBED BURNING
Dorsey Dyer, forester, Agricul
tural Extension Service, says
when forest areas in the slash pi ne
belt are prescribed burned for
hazard reduction, grazing of cattle
on the area is often profitable.
The grazing also will help con
trol the “rough” which creates
the fire hazard.
The Ton Per Acre Peanut Club
in Georgia is in its eighth year,
has more than 370 members, ano
is conducted by the Agricultural
Extension Service.
giving up the office in which he
has? served so long.
Os his successor, Dr. Collins
said, “Dr. Claude Purcell has come
up through the ranks of educa
tion in this state. He had train
ing on the job under the late Dr.
J. I. Allman. It is comforting to
me that the Department of Edu
cation in which I have served for
so many years is being left in
competent and good hands. No
man today has a better grasp of
Georgia’s school operation than
Dr. Purcell and few others have
contributed so much toward the
progress of education in Georgia.
I bespeak for him the same warm
friendship and generous support
which have been so kindly ac
corded me over a lifetime of serv
ice and devotion to the children
of Georgia.
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NO GENERAL LIMIT ON 'SB
ACRES IN "ACREAGE RESERVE"
Herman Unmoved
By Ike's Remark
On "Give-Aways"
President Eisenhower’s refer
। ence to foreign economic aid in
i his recent State-of-the-Union mes-
I s-age failed to impress at least
I one critic of America’s so-called
। “give - away” program. He is
Georgia’s U. S. Senator Herman
। E. Talmadge.
Said the President: “The real
fact is that no investment we
make in our own security and
peace can pay us greater divi
dends than necessary amounts of
economic aid to friendly nations.
“This is no ‘give-away’. Let’s
stick to facts! We cannot afford
to have one of our most essential
i security- programs shot down with
a slogan!”
Commenting later on the mes
sage, Sen. Talmadge issued this I
statement:
“Most of the President’s speech '
was in general terms with which i
the entire country would agree.
; I was particularly happy that he |
i suggested the urgency not only of ’
I adequate defense but also of uni
| fication within the defense estab-1
I lishment. I deeply regret that he
is still of the opinion that foreign
aid dollars scattered throughout
I the earth will aid our defense
posture.
“I hope the President does not
mean by emphasis on trade agree
ments that we are to divide up
the American market -with the
nations of the world and place
our workers and businesses in
even further competition with
I wage and living standards many
! times lower than our own.”
! SOIL ?
J CONSERVATION j
BY H. L. DAVIS
; Conservation of soil and water
। by farmers cooperating with the
' Ohoopee River Soil Conservation ,
; District is going forward rapidly
according to Jim L. Gills Jr.,
Chairman, of Soperton.
214 farmers became new district
cooperators during the past twelve
months. This means 3,502 farm
ers, nearly 70% of the total farms,
now cooperating with the District
in its effort to conserve and use
wisely our important natural re
sources of soil and water.
Complete soil and water con
servation plans were prepared or
revised by 211 farmers during
1957. These complete plans pro-!
vide for proper land use and
treatment according to the capa
bilities of the land. Thes-e plans,
when applied on the land will in
sure the farmer of increased eco
nomic return. It will insure us;
of the preservation of our valu
able soil and adequate production
of food and fiber in the future to
meet our ever increasing de
mands.
Conservation treatment of crop- I
land established last year by,
farmers cooperating with the!
District consisted of 5,500 acres!
of conservation crop rotations, j
over 4,600 acres of cultivated land i
farmed on the contour, and over
20 miles of terraces constructed, i
Pasture development is still f
going on at a rapid pace. Over '
4,000 acres 1 of land were planted
to adapted grasses for land pro
tection and livestock production.
Woodland conservation, a very
important item in the Ohoopee
River District, moved forward
during the same period. Over
4,300 arces of land was planted
to pines. Woodland thinning was
accomplished on over 1,700 acres
and improvement cutting on
over 3,100 acres.
The District Supervisors are
looking forward to the coming
year as one of continued out
standing accomplishments in con
servation by cooperating farmers.
Alamo Wins Twice
The Alamo boys basketball
team defeated Lumber City 67-49
in a game here last Thursday
night. In the girls game, Alamo
won 47 to 34.
High scorer for the Alamo boys
was Cleveland White 24, and the
Lumber City, Tommy Varnadoe
and Wiley Stapleton with 11 each.
Girls high scorers were Georgia
Seabolt, 21, for Alamo and Sue
Brewer for Lumber City, 14. I
NUMBER 39.
। There is no limitation on the
I number of acres that can be put
i in the Soil Bank’s 1958 Acreage
i Reserve except as may be estab
i lished by the State ASC Com
mittee, according to John F.
Bradley, administrative officer of
, the State Agricultural Stabiliza
. tion and Conservation Commit-
I tee. Any limitation established
, by the State Committee, he said„
! would be to give producers a
fair and equitable opportunity to
participate, or to prevent an ad
verse effect on the economy of
the area.
The Acreage Reserve, Bradley
explains, is the part of the Soil
i Bank under which Georgia farm
j ers agree to reduce their current
■ year's acreage of upland cotton,
! corn, wheat and tobacco, below
their established acreage allot
i ments in return for payments de
; signed to maintain net income
। for land put in the program.
। Here are some of the highlights
I of the 1958 Acreage Reserve Pro
! gram:
i Per-acre payment rates for 1958
I are somewhat higher for most
! crops than those in effect for
{ 1957. For instance, the rates of
I payment for acres under both the.
1958 and 1957 Acreage Reserve
Programs are as follows: Wheat
$20.88 and $20.04; upland cotton
$58.95 and $54.15; corn $44.46 and
$42.66; flue-cured tobacco $255.42;
■ and burley tobacco $295.74.
A 10-percent premium above
the 1958 compensation rate set for
their designated acreage may be
earned by farmers for putting in
the 1958 program the identical,
land they included in the 1957
program.
Payments to any one producer
per farm will be limited to $3,006
(if a farmer has an interest in five,
different farms, he may earn up
Jto $15,000). This limit applies to
' i each producer with regard to each
■ farm he operates or in which he
I has an interest and share in the
; crop.
A Soil Bank base will be estah
i lished for all farms taking part
in the 1958 Acreage Reserve Pro
gram.
The total national goal for basic
crops in the 1958 Acreage Reserve
is from 11.5 million to 14.5 mil
lion acres.
Over 5,000 Georgia farmers
have already signed 1958 wheat
agreements totaling 55,609 acres
and if they remain in compliance;
will receive $1,238,261. This acre
age amounts to 52 percent of
Georgia’s wheat allotment. This
compares with over 2,800 agree
! ments covering more than 36,004
' acres under the 1957 wheat pro
i gram.
The sign-up period for placing
spring crop acreage in this pro
gram is set for January 1 13 through
March 7, 1958.
The other program under the
Soil Bank—the Conservation Re
serve—helps farmers shift gene
ral cropland to conservation uses
| under contracts running for three,
। five, or ten years. Under this
program, the farmers are paid an-
I nual rental rates for the term of
I the contracts and in addition, are
i paid up to 80 percent of the cost of
I establishing an approved vegeta
tive cover, planting of pine trees,
I construction of dams and certain
j wildlife practices.
‘ During the years 1956 and 1957,
approximately 5,0 0 0 contracts
were signed by Georgia farmers:
for over 235,000 acres.
The signup period for placing
land in the Conservation Reserve
Program beginning with the year
1958 has been open since October
7 and will remain open until April
15, 1958. As of November 15,
Georgia farmers—l,744 of them--
have signed applications involv
ing over 86,000 acres for the 1554
program.
Glenwood Rolls
Over Dudley High
The invading Glenwood cage
teams walked off with twin wins,
over Dudley’s Cardinals in Dud
ley Friday night, whipping 1 the;
boys 57 to 48 and downing the
sextet 47 to 26.
Dorsey Watson hit 19 and Faye
Hodges dropped in 12 to top the
scoring for the losers, while Glera
wood was paced by Tony Couey
with 16 ahd Kay Morrison with
20.
Dudley goes to Dublin Tuesday
for two games, beginning at 7:3ft
I p. m.