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Georgia Baptist Hospital Day May 10
Baptist churches all over Georgia will observe the annual Mother's
Day Offering for Georgia Baptist Hospital May 10. The offering goes
entirely toward the hospital's program of free and part-free service
given to needy patients from all over the state. Last year, the hospital
rendered more than $350,000 worth of such service.
A heart-warming testimony by 12-year-old Donald Patrick (above)
of Oglethorpe as to what the Hospital did for him helped launch
plans for promotion of the offering at a meeting in Atlanta. Donald
is shown with his pastor. J. C. Conoly (left) of the Whitewater Bap
tist Church, and Louie D. Newton, pastor of Atlanta's Druid Hills
Baptist Church and chairman of the Georgia Baptist Hospital Com-
Dairy Festival
To Be Held In
Eatonton lune 9
The Seventh Annual Putnam
County Dairy Festival will be
held in Eatonton on Tuesday,
June 9.
Charles Hudson, prominent
businessman, has’ been named
chairman of the huge affair,
which is sponsored by the Eaton
ton Exchange Club.
Governor Ernest Vandiver and
Miss Georgia of 1959, who is yet
to be named, will be among the
many guests.
A cattle show will kick-off
activities at 9:30 am. on the
courthouse square with 4-H and
FFA members participating.
A platform program, featuring
an address by the governor and
the crowning of the new Putnam
County Dairy Queen, will get un
der way at 11 am., followed by
a giant outdoor barbecue on the
Square.
A huge parade with more than
thirty floats anticipated will be
staged at 2 o’clock and farm visits
and tours of Rock Eagle 4-H Cen
ter are open to visitors during the
afternoon along with free rides
for the youngsters.
The afternoon program will also
feature a junior rodeo by Putnam
young people to be followed at
7:30 by a “Putnam County Dairy-
Queen Banquet” for invited guests
at the state 4-H Center.
A street dance beginning at 9
o’clock will conclude the day’s
activities.
Gleenwood School
Forest Will Be Judged
The Vocational Agriculture
advisor cf Glenwood High. W, A.
Avery, has been notified that his
FFA Chapter’s school forest will
be in the preliminary judging of
the program this year. This means
that the local chapter’s forestry
program is among the best in the
state and is eligible to compete
for prizes and honor awarded by
Union Bag-Camp Paper Corpora
tion of Savannah. The chapter has
been participating in the forestry
program sponsored by Union Bag-
Camp and the Georgia Depart
ment of Vocational Agriculture
for several years.
Browning W. S. C. S.
The Browning Woman’s Society
of Christian Service met at the
home of Mrs. O. B. Adams with
10 members present. The meeting
was called to order by the presi
dent and Mrs. Betty Adams was
in charge of the program.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by Mrs. Willie Mae
Heath.
Mrs. O. C. Adams dismissed the
group, and delicious refreshments
were served by the hostess.
A poor spirit is poorer than a
poor purse.—Horace
Wheeler County Eagle
Miss Georgia Green
Will Be Selected
ATLANTA — Miss Georgia
Green, the gal who will reign
for a year as queen of the Georgia
Forestry Association, will be se
lected May 6.
County contestants for this
coveted role must be entered by
May 1. and the Association warn
ed this week that several counties
may miss the deadline for enter
ing their lasses unless they act
immediately.
Contact ycur County Ranger
and give him the name of your
candidate.
The new Miss Georgia Green
will be selected in a beauty re
view to be staged Wednesday,
May 6. in connection with the an
nual meeting of the Georgia
Forestry Association. Picking the
queen to represent the statewide
organization will be a panel of
five competent judges. She will be
presented at the concluding ban
quet on the evening of May 6.
State Keep Georgia Green
Chairman, W. Kirk Sutlive, said
the beauty contest winners will
be entertained by the Georgia
Forestry Association’s Board of
Directors at a luncheon prior to
the judging.
Miss Wylene Cowart of Carroll
County, winner of the 1958 con
test. will crown the new queen.
During Miss Cowart’s reign, she
was given an expense-paid trip
to Washington and New York, ap
peared on national television pro
grams, and received other recog
nition and honors.
A panel discussion on “One
Generation of Trees Away” as
seen by representatives of the
various segments of the forestry
industry will highlight the .after
noon program.
Several hundred persons from
all over Georgia are expected to
attend the one day meeting.
Telfair Singing
Convention To Be
Held Sunday,, May 1
The Telfair County Singing
Convention will be held at Work
more School Sunday, Maj' 1, be
ginning at 10:30 a.m. and lasting
all day. •
A number of singers are ex
pected from other counties.
The public is invited to attend
and bring basket lunch to be
served at noon.
FARM FIRE LOSSES
Agricultural engineers at the
Agricultural Extension Service
report estimated losses of farm
property in the U. S. by fire in
1953 increased $4 million over
1957. Total loss—livestock, ma
chinery, and crops, as well as
buildings, included—was $156
million in 1958 as compared with
$152 million in 1957.
Eagle Classified Ads pay off.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1959
4-H Club Members
Take Active Part
In Conservation
By M. K. JACKSON
Georgia’s 144,657 Four-H Club
members study and practice rec
ommended steps of good soil and
water conservation in many ways.
Tommy L. Walton, State 4-H Club
leader pointed out this week.
Many of these 4-H’ers will take
an active part in Georgia’s ob
servance of Soil Stewardship
Week, May 3-10.
Members of the University of
Georgia College 4-H Club, for ex
ample, have voiced a radio pro
gram emphasizing the religious
aspects of good stewardship which
has been widely distributed over
Georgia, Walton said. Also, the
prize winning essay of Soil Con
servation Districts in Georgia,
written by Walton County 4-H
girl, Dianne Fleming, has been
distributed to newspapers and
radio stations throughout the
state. In their home communities
thousands of other 4-H’ers will
take part in local programs mark
ing observance of Soil Steward
ship Week.
“Soil stewardship, however, is
a year-round concern of many
4-H’ers,” Walton asserted, “espe
cially those who carry such proj
ects as soil and water conserva
tion and management, land judg
ing. forestry, range and pasture
management, crop production and
wildlife and nature study.”
Walton reported that during
1957 a total of 2,071 Four-H Club
members completed projects in
soil and water conservation and
management on 10,730 acres of
land. Also, 6,857 Four-H’ers
completed projects in forestry on
37,723 acres. The number complet
ing projects in range and pasture
management was 1,923 and 1,685
acres were involved.
In addition to carrying projects
related to soil and water conser
vation, 4-H’ers study these sub
jects in summer camps such as
the south and north Georgia
forestry camps and the wildlife
and naval stores camps, Walton
explained.
Four-H Club members who won
top honors last year in projects
closely related to soil steward
ship are: Morris Steed, Carrol
county, soil conservation; George
Darden, Jr.. Hancock, land judg
ing; Herbert Powell, Hall soil and
fertilizer; John Hodges, Evans,
boys’ agricultural; James Cole
burn, Lowndes, field crops; Bar
bara Claire Hussey, Hancock, and
Norman Underwood, Go r don,
forestry.
- Federal Employment
i Opportunities
The Fifth U. S. Civil Service
! Regional office is accepting appli
cations for Supply Clerk paying
$3755 a year.
Applicants will be required to
pass a written examination. They
must also have appropriate ex
perience. Applications must be
received or postmarked not later
than May 18, 1959.
Persons interested in these po
sitions may get application forms
I or information as to where such
• forms are available at any post
j office (except the Atlanta post
J office) or the Fifth U. S. Civil
1 Service Regional Office, Peach
; tree-Baker Building, 275 Peach
j tree Street, N. E., Atlanta 3, Geor
j gia.
i Lumber City
j Navyman Ordered
To San Diego
■ Walter D. Riden, 29, seaman,
i USN, reported to the Enlisted
I Personnel Distribution Office, U.
;S. Pacific Fleet at San Diego
■ April 12. He is the son of Mr. '
I and Mrs. Wade Toumbleston of '
i Route 1, Lumber City.
Riden has been assigned to the ;
Availability Control Department 1
of the Navy’s vast, multi-million
dollar electronic installation.
Prioi*to entering the Navy in
May 1957, the veteran Lumber
City Bluejacket was employed by *
the Great Southern Trucking
Company in Atlanta. Riden also 1
served four years in the Air Force <
from December 1950 to December •
1954 following his graduation ’
from the Lumber City High <
School.
He reported to EPDOPAC from 1
the A.ll-Weather Attack Squadron 1
35 at the U. S. Naval Air Station,
North Island, at San Diego.
"Keep Wheeler County Green*
Conservation )
Accomplishments
Show Increases
Accomplishments of Wheeler’s'
two largest and most important
farmer-type Conservation pro
grams administered by the coun
ty’s Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee indicate ■
an increase over 1957.
The Agricultural Conservation
Reserve Program of the Soil Bank
assist farmers by sharing in the.
cost of establishing approved con- |
servation practices, thereby con- ;
serving our land, water, wildlife
and natural resources. Prelimi-i
nary reports of the major conser- j
vation accomplishments of the,
two programs combined were j
1,001 acres of permanent vege
tation cover established, 2,960 ■
acres planted to tree seedlings and ’
woodland improvement, Hi
farm ponds constructed for live- i
stock water or wildlife purposes, I
3,440 acres of winter and sum- j
mer cover crops seeded.
A total of 352 farms partici-1
pated in these programs in 1958 •
earning $73,941 in cost-sharing'
payments. This means about one i
farm in every two participated |
in one or both of these programs!
during the year. ;
The Agricultural Conservation!
Program offers cost-sharing as-1
sistance to farmers to help pay
part of the cost of applying need
ed conservation measures to their
land. Payment rates vary accord
ing to the work being done. How
ever, cost-sharing payments aver
age about 50 per cent of the cost
on the extent approved by
the County ASC Commit
tee. Farmers pay the balance of |
the cost and, in addition, furnish!
their labor and machinery.
In this process farmers are as-I
sisted in performing additional i
conservation above that which ‘
could be performed with their I
own resources.
Some of the 1958 conservation
accomplishments under the ACP
are: permanent vegetative cover
established on 380 acres, wood
land improvement on 80 acres,
winter cover seeded on 3,268
। acres, summer cover seeded on j
172 acres, constructing 85,000 feet
of terraces, laid 3,600 feet pipe
line, constructing 10 dams for
livestock water and drilled 15
wells for livestock water.
The Conservation Reserve of I
the Soil Bank provides for the
withdrawal of cropland from pro
duction, helping to adjust total
crop acreage more nearly in line
with demand. At the same time,
it provides and assists farmers in
establishing and maintaining
sound conservation practices on|
the land they put in the Reserve. I
Unlike the Agricultural Conserva-I
tion Program, in addition to
sharing of the cost of establishing
conservation practices, this pro
gram also makes annual rental
payments during the period each
contract is in effect. Annual pay
ments to farmers in the County j
for contracts in effect in 1958 i
amounted, to $66,720.00. Both the
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram and the Conservation Re
serve Program of the Soil Bank
are voluntary programs.
Some of the 1958 conservation
accomplishments under the CRP j
Program are: establishing per-1
manent vegetation cover on 621 i
acres, planting 2,880 acres of trees, |
and constructing one livestock |
pond.
Approval of cost-shares under;
the Agricultural Conservation'
Program and contracts under the!
Conservation Reserve Program■
are administered by local County ;
ASC Committeemen. Under cer-j
tain conditions a farm may par-1
ticipate in both programs, butj
cost-shares are not approved un-1
der both programs on the samej
acreage.
Present indications are that |
participation in these two pro- j
grams for the year 1959 will be |
even larger than 1958. |
NOTICE
There being a City Ordinance
-against shooting Air Rifles or;
Firearms in the City of Alamo, all j
persons are hereby warned that j
any person caught violating this |
Ordinance will be prosecuted. We ;
urge all Parents to see that their |
children not violate this Ordi-1
nance or else the Parents will bei
held responsible for the violation!
by the child.
CITY OF ALAMO
J. Mcßae Clements, Mayor i
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State Chairman
Explains Setup
For Conservation
The purpose, objective and or
! ganizational structure of the State
Soil Conservation program are
explained below by J. L. Gillis,
Jr., Soperton, chairman of the
. State Soil Conservation commit
' tee. This week (May 3-10) in co
; operation with the State Associa
-1 tion of District Supervisors, the
. committee is sponsoring observ
i ance of Soil Stewardship Week.
■ Georgia has 27 Soil Conserva
tion districts and each is a sub
division of State government or
i ganized by the people under a
। State Soil Conservation District
। law passed by the Georgia legis
' lature in 1937. This law is admin
i istered in Georgia by the State
■ Soil Conservation committee.
There are 216 district super-
I visors in Georgia’s 27 Soil Con
j servation districts. In each dis
i trict one supervisor is elected by
j the people and two are appointed
Iby the state committee. These
! supervisors work without salary
' because they realize the impor
i tance of soil and 'water conserva-
I tion to all people.
The purpose of a Soil Conserva
। tion district is to help landowners
| conserve, reserve and improve
) soil and water resources for
present and future generations.
Leadership and direction of all
soil and water conservation
matters within a district are the
responsibility of the Soil Conser
vation Board of District Super
visors.
In fulfilling its purpose, the Soil
Conservation district cooperates
I with all agricultural agencies and
! interested commercial concerns in
i giving assistance to farmers. The
! Soil Conservation Service Tenders
! a special service to Soil Conserva
ition districts by furnishing full
i time technical assistance to dis
tricts for the purpose of rendering
scientific assistance in getting soil
conservation practices applied on
the land.
The objective of soil conserva
tion is to use each acre in the dis
trict according to its capability
! and treat it in accordance with its
needs for protection and improve
ment.
Wheeler County High
P.-T. A. To Meet
The regular monthly meeting of
the Wheeler County High Parent-
Teacher Association will be held
at the Cafetorium next Thursday
evening, May 7, at 8 o’clock.
At this meeting, Mr. Wilkes,
District Supervisor of the Wood
man of the World from Dublin
will present the Parent-Teacher
Association a check for S2OO
which the Parent-Teacher Associ
ation has given the same amount
to be spent for play ground equip
ment for the school which will be
used for the benefit of all children
in the community.
We will also have the installa
tion of Officers for the 1959-60
school year.
MAKE PLANS NOW TO AT
TEND THIS MEETING WHICH
IS THE LAST MEETING FOR
THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
Correction
In the report of the death of
David Frank Redding in last
weeks issue, The'Eagle wishes to
correct his surviving wife as the
former Miss Jeanie Clark of this
county.
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Governor Ernest Vandiver beams in approval after
signing a proclamation declaring May Ist LAW DAY
U. S. A. in Georgia. Seen with the Governor are (1. to
r.) W. Neal Baird of Atlanta, chairman of the state
wide LAW DAY U. S. A. activities, and Robert M. Heard
of Elberton, president of the Georgia Bar Association.
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Vandiver Moves
To Effect New
Hospital Setup
The much-discussed, anxiously
awaited report on what should
be done about Milledgville State
Hospital is now in the hands :f
Gov. Ernest Vandiver. And the
Governor, who requested the
study by a five-doctor committee
from the Medical Association of
Georgia, already has taken steps
to implement some of the pro
visions of the report.
For one thing—and this was
perhaps the most important rec
ommendation in the lengthy re
port—administrative control of
the mental institution has been
transferred from the State Wel
fare Department to the State
Health Department.
The report, after setting out
“findings of fact,” recommended
(1) immediate action; (2) medium
range action, and (3) long-range
action for improving the hospital.
Gov. Vandiver, who described
the report as “one of the finest,
most authoratative and all-inclus
ive public document I have ever
read,” said appropriate execu
tive and administrative orders are
being prepared “to effectuate
those recommendations which are
susceptible of immediate action.”
He said that he, Judge Alan
Kemper, Welfare Director, and
Dr. T. F. Sellers had agreed joint
ly upon effectuating the transfer
of the hospital control. Vandiver
was generous in his praise of
Kemper for his “dedicated serv
ice” at Milledgevile State Hos
pital and other institutions.
The Governor said he was ask
ing the health director to imple
ment the report “as soon as ad
ministratively possible and as
soon as proper funds can be ob
tained to finance it.” The long
range phases of the report ad
dresses itself to the Economy and
Reorganization Commission, he
clared.
New Chapel At
Camp Glynn To
Be Dedicated
Georgia Baptist women will
dedicate a new chapel at Camp
Glynn, Brunswick, in special
services Sunday, May 3, Miss
Janice Singleton, Atlanta, execu
tive secretary of the Georgia Bap
tist Woman’s Missionary Union,
announced today.
The chapel, which seats 200
persons, is constructed of cel
cured batten.
Dr. Searcy S. Garrison, Atlanta,
executive secretary of the Georgia
Baptist Convention, will be fea
tured speaker at the dedication
service.
The architecture blends with
other buildings at Glynn, one of
two camps owned by Georgia
Baptist WMU. Total cost of the
chapel is $12,500, with $1,500 ad
ditional for furnishings, said Miss
Singleton. The WMU also owns
Camp Pinnacle, near Clayton.
The service of dedication will
get under way at 2:30 Sunday af
ternoon. Other program personal
ities include Rev. Glendon Mc-
Cullough, Atlanta, secretary of
personnel for the Southern Bap
tist Convention Home Mission
Board; Mrs. C. O. Smith, Moul
trie, president of the Georgia
WMU; and Miss Singleton.
Addition of the chapel brings
total value of Glynn to $140,000,
Miss Singleton said.
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NUMBER 2.
Oconee Area Alumin
Os Emory University
To Meet In Metter
Oconee area alumni of Emory
University and local parents of
Emory students have been invited
to attend a dinner in observance
| of the institution’s 122nd year, at
7.30 p.m., May 4, in the Metter
Community Center.
Dr. S. Walter Martin, Emory
president, will be the speaker, ac
cording to the Rev. Ernest W.
Seckinger, presidnt of th local
alumni group.
Dr. Martin is a native of Tifton,
and holds a Ph. D. degree in his
tory from the University of North
Carolina. He came to office at
Emory in 1957, after having serv
ed as Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences at the University of
Georgia for 8 years. He is a mem
ber of the board of directors of
the Atlanta area Community,
Chest, and vice chairman of the
board of trustees of the University
Center in Georgia. He is a past
chairman of the Conference of
Academic Deans of Southern
States.
Officers of the Oconee area
Emory club, in addition to Mr.
Seckinger, are: J. P. Peterson,
Mount Vernon, vice president; Dr.
Henry C. Sparks, Jr., Metter, sec
retary; and Von G. Hampton, Jr.,
Swainsboro, treasurer. The Rev.
Claude Otis Brooks, Swainsboro,
is immediate past president.
Emory birthday celebrations
are held in 50 regional centers
annually. Alumni — numbering
over 20,000 —reside in all of the
state and in 40 foreign countries.
National HD Club
Week Is May 3-9
By SHIRLEY HARRIS
Home Demonstration Agent
May 3-9 has been proclaimed by
Governor Ernest Vandiver as
National Home Demonstration
Club Week. Georgia women have
adopted a theme for this week,
“Each Home A Beacon Light.”
The national theme is “Today’s
। Home Builds Tomorrow’s World.”
, Wheeler County Home Demon
! stration Clubs are planning to do
a part in observance of this week.
The Wheeler County Home
Demonstration Council will have
an exhibit in Alamo and Glen
wood during National Home Dem
onstration Week. The exhibits
will represent some of the work
that has been done by the various
club members’ in the county.
Some of the individual county
clubs are placing flowers in the
various churches on May 3rd and
others are asking their respective
pastors to preach a sermon on the
home.
A radio program featuring some
of the Home Demonstration Club
members is being planned for
next week also.
Wheeler County FHA
On Honor Roll
They’ve done it again. Yes, the-
Wheeler County F. H. A. Chapter
is on honor roll for another year..
This makes the 4th consecutive
year it has done so. It hasn’t
been an easy task completing the
requirements for honor roll but
the members have enjoyed work
ing together toward their goal.
Among the requirements are
school projects, community proj
ects, and publicity. «
Another important event this,
week will be the State F. H. A.
convention which will be Thurs
day, April 30, Friday and Satur
day, May 1 and 2, in Atlanta. The
excited delegates representing the
Wheeler County chapter are Janie
Sue Welch and Cindy Gilder,
along with Mr. and Mrs. Paul:
Humphrey. They will arrive at
the Dinkier Plaza Hotel at which
they will be staying Friday morn
ing. This will be very convenient
as all meetings and entertainment
will take place in the Dinkier
Plaza. After two days of learning
and thrills they will return home
Saturday afternoon.
The highlight of the occasion
will be the banquet where De
Pierce Harris, Pastor First Meth
odist Church in Atlanta, will be
the speaker. The Inez Murray
Awards and others will be pre
sented at the banquet. 1959-19 K&
State and District officers' will be
installed.
Othei- outstanding speakers will
be Dr. Ray Payne, Joyce Crider,
and Frank Hua Tin Chou of For
mosa. A fashion show will be
presented by Davison’s.