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VOLUME 45.
SAC Gets Missile Platform Bombers
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Peak production of the Air Force’s new B-52 "G” missile platform,
bomber is expected by June at Boeing’s Wichita, Kansas plant. Here
on Boeing's flight line an Allis-Chalmers fork lift truck brings body
jacks into position so that a 225-ton B-52 “G” fresh off the production
line can be readied for a test flight as another zooms by in flight. The
first of these global bombers described as "missile bases in the
sky" was just recently delivered to the Strategic Air Command at
Travis Air Force Base, California, after extensive flight tests.
Savannah Man Dies
In Plane Crash
Wed. Near Milan
Maxwell Kirkland of Route 2,
Talaiho Island, Savannah, died
Wednesday when his single
engine plane crashed in an open
field near Sand Grove Church be
tween Milan and Rhine and burn
ed.
The twenty-five-year-old man
was alone in the plane at the time
of the crash, the cause of which
has not been determined. One]
wing of the plane was found by I
investigators about 400 yards from
the scene of the disaster.
The accident occured shortly
after noon about a fourth of a
mile off the Milan to Rhine high
way and only a few feet from an
unpaved county road.
The crash was investigated by
Sgt. E. C. Dailey. Cpl. T. R. Walk
er, and patrolman E. L. Shaffer.
Mr. Kirkland’s body was
brought to the Harris & Smith
Funeral Home and shipped to
Tampa, Fla. Wednesday night for
burial. Born in Ashford, Ala. he
was the son of John and Lucy
Cherry Kirkland.
Survivors include his wife and
three children, of Savannah, and
his mother, now Mrs. J. H. Lucas,
of Tampa.
James W. Varnadoe
Aboard Attack
Aircraft Carrier
FAR EAST —James W. Varna
doe, airman, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson W. Varnadoe of
Lumber City, is serving aboard
the attack aircraft carrier USS
Shangri-La operating in the Far
East.
The carrier is currently cruising
with the U. S. Seventh Fleet of
Japan and Formosa, providing
air striking might to this coun
try’s first line of defense in the
Western Pacific.
Mrs. Amelia Yeomans
Os Jacksonville, Fla.
Buried In Wheeler Co.
Funeral services were held in
the Friendship Holiness Baptist
Church Saturday at 2 p.m. for
Mrs. Amelia Grimes Yeomans,
75, widow of the late W. A. Yeo
mans, who died in Jacksonville,
Fla. Thursday after a brief illness.
The Rev. Irvin Hyman, Pastor of
the Unity Free Will Baptist
Church in Jacksonville, officiated
and burial was in the Grimes
Cemetery in Wheeler County with
Harris & Smith Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Yeomans was born in
Wheeler County, the daughter of
the late William Harrison and
Mattie Seigler Grimes, and was
a member of the Unity Free Will
Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. C. J. Pitts, of Jacksonville,
Fla. and Mrs. Lawton Clark, of
Helena; six sons, Frank Yeomans,
of Mcßae; C. W. Yeomans and i
W. A. Yeomans, of Jacksonville. I
Fla.; J. V. Yeomans, of St. George; (
A. W. Yeomans, of Melrose, Fai. i
and O. L. Yeomans, of Palatka,
Fla.; 35 grandchildren; 63 great- j
grandchildren; one sister, Mrs.
Mattie Russell, of Dublin and two;
brothers, S. O. Grimes, of Lyons ;
and Alfred Grimes of Helena. i
For the important events oi
Wheeler County be sure to keep
The Eagle coming to your door.
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Wheeler County Eagle
Lt. Cdr. James Gross
Executive Officer
Flag Adm. Unit
Lieutenant Commander James
R. Gross, USN, of Alamo, recently
reported to the Staff of Admiral
Jerauld Wright, USN, Commander
in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet, with
headquarters in Norfolk, Va., as
the Executive Officer of the Flag
Administration Unit.
Prior to being commissioned
Ensign in June 1946, he attended
■| Harvard University, Boston,
। Mass.; joining the NROTC Unit
there in October 1942. He has also
attended the Navy’s General Line
School, Newport, R. 1., and Mine
. Warfare School, Yorktown, Va.
After receiving his commission,
he was assigned to the amphibious
communications command ships
USS CATOCTIN, and later the
USS MT. OLYMPUS. The MT.
OLYMPUS participated in Ad
: miral Byrd’s 1946-47 expedition to
; the South Pole. LCDR Gross has
• also served on board the radar
' picket destroyer USS VESOLE.
His additional sea duty in
cludes: Executive Officer of the
minesweeper USS REDHEAD,
which was awarded a Navy Unit
Commendation for combat mine
. sweeping operations off Korea’s
East and West coasts during the
Korean War; Executive Officer
and Navigator in the tank land
ing ship USS WAKIAKUM
COUNTY; and Commanding Of
ficer of the minesweeper USS
GROUSE and tank landing ship
USS POLK COUNTY.
He has also been Assistant Re
serve Electronic Program Officer
and Officer in Charge of the
. Personnel Accounting Machine
Installation at the Headquarters,
Commandant Fifth Naval District,
■ Norfolk, Va.
LCDR Gross is the son of Mrs.
Nora Gross, Vienna, and husband
of the former Miss Celeste Bot
toni of 18 Queen St., Whithall.
N. Y. He, his wife, and four
, children, Celeste M., 9; Stephanie
A., 5; Robert J., 3; and Janice E..
1, live at 305 Baylake Road, Bay
side, Va.
Subscribe to The Eagle.
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M/SGT. THERON POWELL
Competing May 11 to 16 in the
• Western Division Rifle and Pistol
] Matches at the Marine Corps Re
cruiting Depot, San Diego, Calif.,
i was Acting MSgt. Theron Powell,
1 son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Powell
I of Lumber City, R-l, and husband
j of the former Miss Vera T. Powell
j of Lumber City, R-l.
I He is serving with the Medical
Support Company Ist Service Bat
talion, Ist Marine Division, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1959
ALAMO MAYOR BOOSTS TOWN
HIS GRANDFATHER FOUNDED
By NORMALENE HARTLEY
i In Savannah Morning News
It has not been altogether the
love of politics that has kept John
Mcßae Clements' in the mayor’s
seat in Alamo for almost a third
of his life. It has been largely a
matter of devotion to the town
which his grandfather founded in
1890.
The 79-year-old pioneer got his
first taste of politics as a page
in the state Senate in 1890-91. It
was the first session held in the
present state Capitol building.
Clements’ first job in the town
of Alamo was that of assistant
to his grandfather. Judge John
Mcßae, who was the first post
master. When Judge Mcßae died
in 1902, Clements became the sec
• ond postmaster. He resigned this
position when he found the salary
inadequate for a man with a
bride.
After a not-so-profitable ven
ture in the merchantile business,
Clements turned to politics and
farming.
In 1915, after the town was in
corporated, Clements served sev
eral years as city clerk and coun
’ oilman. Then he was elected
mayor for 10 consecutive one-year
terms, ending in 1933.
It was during this same period
that he served one year as one
of a three-man Board of County
। Commissioners of Roads and Rev
'; enue. The first Federal aid proj
| ect in Georgia, the construction
of a bridge over the Oconee River
between Glenwood and Mount
' Vernon, was completed during his
’ I term in the commissioner’s of
’ । fice.
' I Clements was a representative
': to the General Assembly from
j 1932 to 1940. While there, he help-
'1 ed legislate a bill for the state
’i to reimburse the counties for
money spent on state roads.
Wheeler County was reinbursed
a large enough amount that it
was not necessary to levy taxes
for two years.
For fifteen years he served as
. finance officer of the Alamo
, schools.
His second series of terms as
mayor began in 1948 when he was
elected over his protest. He told
the Council then that if he took
j the job it would cost some money.
’ Since then the city has seen a
progressive decade.
One of the mayor’s first acts
. when he took office was to re
place the mule-drawn trash wag
on with a tractor. Only recently
the tractor has been replaced
with a dump truck.
Then came a $60,000 water sys
tem that included larger mains,
- more fire hydrants, and a 60,000
gallon tank.
In 1952, insurance rates dropped
: 25 to 40 per cent with the ex
penditure of $15,000 for a 500 gal
lon fire truck and adequate hose.
Then the mayor pointed out that
a fire truck called for a fire sta
tion. A $6,000 station and city hall
was erected and the city’s first
■ fire department organized.
, Mayor Clements has been de-
I scribed as a persistent man. This
s I persistence paid off when he
I started his drive of an urban
^renewal program. It resulted ip j
Alamo being the first small city
I I in the nation to get its workable
। ! program for the project approved I
11 by the government. The city has J
; been approved for 32 housing'
। units.
I Major emphasis now in Mayor I
Clements’ future plans for Alamo
is to push the city’s industrial
development. The mayor says
I some kind of industry is needed
to provide employment for men.
The only industry located here
now, a shirt factory employs 150
people, mostly women.
Mayor Clements says if he can
get another industrial develop
ment well under way, he does not
plan to announce for re-election.
The mayor has Jack Benny beat
on birthdays. Bom February 29,
1880, the day comes only every
four years. Every 200 years, for
chronological reasons, even this
day is omitted. From 1896 to 1904,
leap year was omitted from the
calendar so Clements has had only
18 actual birthdays. Looking at it
both ways, he is spry for 79 but
■•Keep Wheeler County Green"
rather feeble for 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Clements live in
the last of the houses built by
his grandfather. It stands on a
beautiful seven-acre tract in the
' heart of Alamo. The house was
started in 1875 and finished in
1 1880. Built of virgin yellow pine,
1 1 clear of knots, and planed by
1 hand, it is as sound today as
when it was built.
; Clements says he is extremely
proud of his family, both ances-
-1 tors and descendants. He mar
' j ried Miss Pearl Robertson, of
| Dublin, in 1899. They had two
1 daughters and two grandchildren.
! His grandson and grand-son-in
-1 law are Presbyterian ministers
' and their wives have, degrees in
* religious education.
Clements is an elder in the Mc
? Rae Presbyterian Church, a Ma
son and a Shriner.
1 With his grandfather founding
Alamo and his father, John Wes
■ ley Clements, a leader in the crea
■ tion of Wheeler County, the city
' | and county is something of a heri
tage to the mayor. He has done
well by his heritage. He cherished
and supplemented it. He has not
done it alone but, in most cases,
■ he has been the instigator.
Baptist Vacation
Bible School
The Alamo Baptist Church has
। completed plans for it’s annual
Vacation Bible School. Boys and
girls get your Bibles and meet us
I at the Church 8:00 a.m. Monday,
\ June 1-5. The faculty includes the
’ । following:
' j Pastor, Rev. Raymond Chaun
, i cey.
Principal, Mrs. A. P. Hopkins.
1 Secretary-Tretisurer, Mrs. Allie
■ Nora Gilder.
Music Director, Miss Shirley
Harris.
' i Pianist, Gwen Clark.
■ Nursery Superintendent—Mrs.
' Ramon McGuiar; assistants, Mrs.
’ T. C. Fulford, Mrs. F. M. White
ihead, Mrs. Bob Tuten, Mrs. Mar
-5 j tin Johnsdn.
1 ! Beginners, Superintendent-Mrs.
; Theo Monfort; assistants, Mrs. C.
> C. Pickle, Mrs. Louis Mercer,
? , Jane Nicholson, Elizabeth Ann
1: Hopkins.
■ I Primaries, Superintendent-Miss
■' Georgia Harbin; assistants, Mrs.
1 Zelmo Hartley, Cindy Gilder,
; Sue Clark.
’ i Juniors, Superintendent—Mrs.
Wade Hartley; assistants, Mrs.
' Faye Hartley, Hugh Dorsey, Mrs.
Phil Kinmons, Judy Nicholson.
' Intermediates, Superintendent—
j Mrs. Merrill Gross; assistants,
j Mrs. Walter Riddle, Mrs. Audrey
-I Cox, Mrs. Ralph Thomas, Mrs.
1 i Carl Adams.
i Refreshment Committee—Mrs.
| J. H. Dorsey, chairman; Mrs. Lee
Roy Clark, Mrs. L. E. Tanner,
Mrs. J. F. Hattaway, Mrs. J. D.
Peebles.
James T. Ganus
Buried Sunday In
Bracewell Cemetery
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Rock
Springs Baptist Church for James
' T. Ganus, 77, who died Friday
: after a long illness, and were con
; ducted by the Rev. Raymond Wal
j den. Burial was in the Bracewell
Cemetery with Thomas Funeral
. Home of Hazlehurst in charge of
. arrangements.
j Pallbearers wer Royce Harden,
H. L. Davis, Marvin Dixon, Mau
rice Harden and Morris Snell -
grove.
Masonic rites were conducted
at the grave.
He is survived by one sister,
Mrs. W. A. Branch, of Glenwood
and a step-son, Adrian Bracewell.
Clean Up Week”
May 25th-30th
Let’s make Alamo the cleanest
town in Georgia. Volunteer trash
haulers will be available on
Thursday, May 28th. Contact City
Hall. City trash truck will be
available all the week.
New garbage cans and trash
burners will be available at cost
at the local fire department.
A poor spirit is poorer than a
i poor purse.—Horace
i C. R. Beacham
Predicts Ford
J Sales Increase
* A Ford vice president today
1 predicted automobile sales in the
• next two quarters will be 35 per
’ cent ahead of a corresponding
s period last year and that fourth
quarter sales should be “signif
icantly better” than any fourth
quarter since the industry’s ban
ner year of 1955.
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In a speech before the Massa
chusetts State Dealers Association
in Boston, C. R. Beacham, a native
s of Mcßae, and former Georgia
Tech student, presented this in
dustry outlook for the near term
and the “Golden 1960’5.”
. I Industry sales in the second
quarter will be 35 per cent above
„ the second quarter last year and
. higher than the corresponding
. period for 1957.
/ Sales in the third quarter will
- be 40 per cent higher than 1958
e and will approximate 1957.
i Fourth quarter sales will be
t significantly better than either
i 1957 or 1958, especially if the
1 1960 offerings live up to expecta
’; tions.
During the 1960’5, the amount
spent for new automobiles will
rise to s2l billion annually bj r
y 1965, up from sls billion spent
1 in 1957. By the end of the decade,
i automobile expenditures will
s reach $26 billion.
, In support of his prediction,
» Mr. Beacham said personal in-
। come is six per cent ahead of a
- year ago. The gross natioal prod-
I uct reached $465 billion in the
first quarter—well above its pre
e vious high in 1957. He said the
i per cent of the new car buyers
/ using credit is at its lowest point
j since 1954, while savings and
liquid assets have reached a
. record high.
He credited automobile dealers
- with helping lead the nation out
-of the 1958 recession and for
'setting the stage for entry into
. the “Golden 60’s,” which will be
. the greatest decade in automobile
, history.”
i Mr. Beacham cited the favor
able economic factors to demon-
s strate his point that the nation’s
. । automobile dealers face an “era j
, of unparalleled opportunity” pro- I
vided they keep pace with the;
;. changing times and the increasing '
. demands of the consumer.
He said the public expects.
automobile dealers to upgrade
- their sales forces and make them
:, more “consumer-oriented.” Deal- ■
{ ers and the industry need to at- i
. tract more qualified people, re-'
duce turnover and improve sales
. training programs. He said one
e step necessary to attract and keep
top salesmen is to increase the,
'. financial incentive for a salesman (
to meet the needs of the con- ■
sumer.
Mr. Beacham also cited the j
need for a greater emphasis on j
’ service that a customer expects I
when he brings his car in for
, maintenance.
1
; Prickett Baby
Buried Friday
At Cedar Grove
1 Funeral services were held Fri- 1
1 day at 3 p. m. at Cedar Grove
f Methodist Church for Otis Gerald
Prickett, 20-month-old son of Mr.
, and Mrs. Otis Prickett, who was
- killed Wednesday afternoon when ,
- he fell in front of a moving auto-|
mobile, and were conducted by
I the Rev. Lennie Grimes.
Survivors include his parents;
, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. T
I Prickett, of Macon and Mr. and
. Mrs. Junior Padgett of Mcßae;
great-grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Prickett, and Mr. and Mrs.
Elisha Fowler, of Alamo, and Mrs.
Minnie Snellgrove, of Mcßae, and
. his step-great-grandparents Mr.
i and Mrs. Isom Padgett, of Helena.
, Burial was in the Cedar Grove
■ Cemetery with Harris & Smith
. Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
The thing to fear most in cancer
'. is fear itself. The American Can
cer Society warns that fear leads
i to delay in seeing the doctor. And
j delay in cancer can mean death.
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Two Hazlehurst Teen-Agers
Killed Friday In Lumber City
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■ Scheduled to compete in the 1959
1 Eastern Division Rifle and Pistol
Matches May 5-9 at Camp Le
l jeune, N. C., is Marine Acting
■ SSgt. Charles J. Selph, son of Mr.
I and Mrs. J. J. Selph of Glenwood,
; and husband of the former Miss
Lorna C. McDaniel of 3460 Sexton
Wood dr., Chamblee.
i Before enlisting in July 1941,
he attended Glenwood High
. School.
Winners of the Eastern Division
matches, one of four shooting
tournaments staged annually by
the Marine Corps to train ad
vanced marksmen and marksman
ship coaches, will advance to the
All-Marine competition to be held
' at Dan Diego, Calif, in June.
Dress Revue,
Talent Show
Here May 29
By SHIRLEY HARRIS
Home Demonstration Agent
The Wheeler County Home
Demonstration Council will spon
sor its annual Dress Revue Fri
day, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. in the
Wheeler County High School
Cafetorium. There will be repre
[ sentatives from ten Home Demon
: stration Clubs modeling garments
I from house dresses to winter
coats. The winner will represent
Wheeler County at the State
Home Demonstration Council
meeting in Athens in August.
As is the custom the 4-H Club
members will compete in a dress
revue the same night, featuring
the three groups of 4-H’ers;
; cloverleaf, junior and senior mem
i bers.
I An added attraction will be the
4-H Club Talent Show in the two
I groups, junior and senior. There
will be vocal numbers, piano
: solos, pantomimes, dances, etc.
Two junior members and two
I senior members will be selected
j to represent Wheeler County at
; District Project Achievement in I
August at Rock Eagle. The 4-H i
dress revue winners in the three
groups will also go to Rock Eagle.
The night of May 29 is expected |
! to be a big one. Won’t you come
! to our big night? Admission will
| be 15c and 25c.
Note to Home Demonstration
and 4-H Club members:
Let me know not later than
Monday, May 25, if you are plan
ning to enter the Dress Revue
and/or Talent Show.
Wheeler County To
Participate In Drive
i Wheeler County will participate
' in the drive for Cerebral Palsey
May 23-24, in connection with the
Telethon on Channel 13, Macon,
' sponsored by the United Cerebral
Palsey in Macon.
Through this, we hope to ob
■ tain much needed help for chil
dren in Wheeler County who are
! victims of this condition. Anyone
wishing to make contributions
please call Logan 8-3930 or Jack
son 3-2229 on Saturday May 23 or
Sunday May 24. Someone will
come by and get your contribu
tion and the County Total will
be called in the Telethon on Sun
day afternoon.
All proceeds from the Swim
ming Pool in Alamo will go to
this very much needed cause.
Plan to take your family and
friends swimming Sunday after
noon from 1 until 5 p.m. Billy
Lowe will serve as life guard.
Please do not ask for credit.
We don’t have enough money,
either.—Anonymous.
| Two Hazlehurst teen-agers wer*
| killed Friday afternoon in Lum
ber City when their car went
through an intersection causing
a smash-up also involving a
: truck and a school bus. Two
other teen-agers, passengers in
: the car also from Hazlehurst,
I were hospitalized here, one in
I serious condition, and the other
I‘ in fair condition.
11 Billy Pace Jr. was dead on ai>
| rival at the Telfair County Hos-
I pital, and Kenneth Swain Martin,
La senior at the Jeff Davis High
I School in Hazlehurst died at 5:15
I p.m. He was identified by State
I i Troopers Jimmy Hooks and Wells
I Tillman as the driver of the car.
The crash occured about 2. p.m^
and hurled all four young boys
from their smashed car. Brought
.i to the Telfair County Hospital
>; were R. D. Farmer Jr., broken
[lnose, back injuries and possible
. internal injuries. His condition is
r said to be serious.
John Nester, broken collar
bone, knee injury and lacerations
. about the head and face, was re
. leased from the hospital and re
turned to his home Sunday.
According to Troopers Hooks
' I and Tillman, James Claytoir
Towns of Mcßae R-2 was driving
an empty Telfair County school!
I bus south on Highway 341 and
had stopped at the Boyd Street
i intersection in Lumber City td
I make a left turn.
A Delta Motor Lines, Inc., truck
driven by Wilbur Swails of Jack
sonville, Fla., was driving north,
and the car carrying the boys ran
a stop-sign and into the path of
the oncoming truck. Apparently
the truck smashed into the auto
mobile, knocking it against the
school bus.
Wayne Powell, druggist of
Lumber City, and Charles R. Mc-
Bride, Ship’s Serviceman First
Class, a Navy recruiter stationed
in Dublin, revived Pace and got
his heart to beat after he had been
covered with a sheet for dead.
Pace was a senior at Jeff Davis
High School and would have
graduated on June 1.
Billy Pace
Funeral Services for Billy Pace,
17, were held Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
at the Grace Baptist Church in
Hazlehurst conducted by the Rev.
Roy Hayes and the Rev. George
Snelling, with burial in the Satilla
Cemetery. Thomas Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Survivors include his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pace; a sister,
Lillian Pace and one brother
Ralph Pace, all of Hazlehurst; his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
mie Powell, of Lumber City, and
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Pace, of Hazle
hurst.
Pallbearers were Bennie Ussery,
Ronald Willcox, Billy Williams,
Billy Ogelvie, James Miller and
I Roy Wildes.
Kenneth Martin
Funeral services for Kenneth
Martin, 16, were held Sunday at
12:00 p.m. in the First Methodist
Church in Hazlehurst, Conducted
by the Rev. Lewis Gholson, and
burial was in the Hazlehurst
Cemetery with Swain’s Funeral
Home of Baxley in charge of
arrangements.
Ken was a pupil of the 9th.
grade of Jeff Davis High School.
Survivors include his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Martin, a
sister, Melinda Martin, and one
brother, Billy Oliver, of Savan
nah; grandmothers, Mrs. J. M.
Swain, of Hazlehurst and Mrs.
Sally Martin, of Surrency.
Negro Man Bitten
By Rattlesnake
Georgia Johnson, Uvalda Negro
man, is recovering in the Telfair
County Hospital after having been
bitten by a rattlesnake while
working in the woods near Jack
sonville.
Man of the Year
At Palm Beach
C. B. Ray Jr., son of C. B. Ray
of Lumber City R-l, received the
first annual Palm Beach Claim
Men’s Association Man of the
Year award in Palm Beach, Fla.
recently.
This award is made to a mem
ber who most exemplifies the
scope of the Claim Men’s Associ
ation, and the ethics of the ad
justing profession.
"Keep Wheeler County Green*
NUMBER 5.