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Marcus Long, Alma citizen is presenting a horse, complete with saddle and bridle to Presi
dent Ted Phillips of Brewton Parker College at Mount Vernon. Brewton Parker has just
recently included in its physical education program for women, a course in horse back riding.
Long, who owns an engineering firm, also grows horses as a hobby.
Conservation
By H. L. DAVIS
Twenty years ago a conserva
tionist said that soil and water
conservation will truly become a
reality when it becomes an ideal
in the hearts of men.
He was thinking of the spiritual
values that contribute to the satis
faction of working with the soil.
He realized that the practice of
modern soil and water conserva
tion—true stewardship of the soil
must be based on something more
than just financial gain and the
security of one’s investment in
.land.
Profits and security do come
from conservation farming and
they are important. But money
values change. Ideals and spirit
ual values usually persist to guide
the man who carries them in his
heart.
The continuing and growing
success of Soil Stewardship Week,
sponsored by the National Asso
ciation of Soil Conservation Dis
tricts and various national church
organizations, indicates that we
have reached the time when soil
and water conservation has be
come an ideal in the hearts of
millions of people.
Soil Stewardship Week for
1959 was May 3 to 10 inclusive.
During those eight days, soil con
servation districts and churches
throughout the United States
observed the fact that ’’the earth
is the Lord’s and the fullness
thereof” but responsibleity for
its stewardship is a sacred trust
vested in man. Many other local
fanners’ organizations, civic and
professional organizations,
schools, businessmen organiza
tions and other community-mind
ed groups joined in the observ
ance. In many states, the Govern
or traditionally named Soil Stew
ardship Week in a Proclamation.
The Soil Conservation Service is
proud of any help our offices are
able to give. I am sure the same
is true*of our Federal agencies.
The growth of Soil Steward
ship Week in the last two decades
has amazed many people. It has
pleased even more.
It should not surprise anyone
who likes to farm, ranch, garden,
putter around his flower beds
and lawns, camp or hunt or fish
in beautiful surroundings All
these bring forcibly to mind our
dependence on the soil. Even if
we only eat food, wear clothes
and like nice furniture and
houses, we live from the soil. Our
well-being rests with the “stew
ards of the soil.”
Farmers, ranchers, and back
yard gardners deal with the mys
tery of life—the life of plants, of
animals and of the soil itself. For
soil is a living thing. That must
be why so many farmers and
ranchers just wouldn’t do any
thing else.” That must be why
backyard gardners can completely
lose themselves in their hobby.
Once it “gets you”, work with the
soil is entrancing, uplifting, in
spiring. It has a strange benefit.
Some call it healthful exercise.
Some merely call it fun. Some
say it is relaxing. Others also see
a spiritual significance.
Such a person wants to care
for the soil because it lives and
gives life. He thus becomes a good
steward. He may not realize the
spiritual value any more than the
person doing a good deed thinks
of God or religion. All these val-
Wheeler County Eagle
ues are inherent in the souls of
kindly and intelligent men—call
them what you wish.
We are conscious of the “trade
marks” of soil and water conser
vation, the signs of good steward
ship. They are the stripcropping
on the sloaping fields, the wind
breaks and stubble mulching, the
I beautiful farm woodlots, the
thick green blankets of meat-pro
ducing and soil-conserving pas
tures, the better grasses on the
range, and the areas which pro
duce food and home for wildlife.
They include water harnessed to
help man instead of wash him
away, the efficient use >f irriga
tion water, improved drainage of
established farmland, soil-build
ing rotations, use of fertilizer and
manure and dozens of other soil
and water conserving practices
which are a part of modern farm
ing.
These are important because
they are trademarks, tools of the
trade, outward symbols. They are
the physical expressions of man’s
love of, and respect for, the God
given soil and water resources on
which we all depend.
Telfair Man
Enlists In
"Dixie Company"
Bennie Ray Walker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie B. Walker of
Scotland, is the first man in the
Mcßae area to enlist in the special
“Dixie Company” of the U. S.
Marines. He enlisted on May 20
at the Marine Corps Recruiting
Station in Macon for four years,
i Young Walker will leave for
! recruit training at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Is
i land, S. C., on July 1. The “Dixie
' Company” is composed of youths
i from Georgia and South Carolina,
only. Young men from the same
i hometowns and communities may
enlist together in the company,
and remain together throughout
their recruit training, according
i to a Marine Corps spokesman.
At Parris Island, Bennie Ray
will master the basic military sub
jects taught every Marine. He will
! learn close-order drill, tactics, use
■ of infantry weapons, the history
and traditions of the Marine
Corps, rifle and pistol marksman
ship, self-defense and judo—to
name a few of the subjects taught
Marine recruits.
Following his 12 intensive
weeks at Parris Island, Walker
will receive more advance train
ing at Camp Lejeune, N. C. Upon
completion of his training he will
receive a 20-day leave. With his
basic Marine Corps training be- I
hind him, Bennie Ray will then ■
receive orders to one of the 196 |
Marine Detachments around the
world or assignment to one of
the 71 military occupational spec
ialties.
Walker graduates from Telfair i
County High School on June 2.
NAVAL STORES PRODUCTION
Georgia has approximately
4,100 producers of pine gum who
work 29 million faces annually,
according to foresters, Agricultu- ■
ral Extension Service. The state’s
gum naval stores production in
1958 amounted to approximately
80 per cent of the nation’s total
supply of gum resin and turpen
tine, the foresters report.
A boost for the Eagle is aboosl
lor Wheeler County.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1959
Wheeler Co. Citizens
Invited to Help Start
Boys' Ranch
' Wheeler county citizens are be
r ing invited by Sheriff Maurice
.; Johnson and the Georgia Sheriffs :
. Association to join in a program
. to establish a boys’ ranch for
needy and neglected youngsters !
. of Georgia.
■ Letters* of invitation are being
• mailed to prospective honorary
, members of the association, Sher- *
। ■ iff Johnson said. These invitations 1
। are going out to persons of good
reputation who are known to be 1
' interested in progressive law en
forcement and a program to com- !
I bat juvenile delinquency. Some
l • such citizens may have been over- •
s looked and so all those interested
•: in becoming honorary members '
|of the association are invited to
; contact Sheriff Johnson if they :
; fail to receive a letter during the '
: next several days.
> Sheriff Jewell Futch of Lown
■l des county, president of the
1 Georgia Sheriffs Association, com- '
! mended Sheriff Johnson for his
I active interest in the program. .
; Already plans have been drawn
! for a boys ranch and two desirable '
: sites have been offered the as
; sociation, said Sheriff Futch.
Realization of the ranch goal will
■ depend on the extent of public '
; support, according to the associa
tion president.
'Fhe program will be financed j
। by honorary membership dues ।
and contributions. Honorary (
j members will receive identifies- j
. i tion cards and auto decals and
the association’s monthly maga
zine. (
The Georgia program, unlike £
; some in other states, is being ‘
conducted by the association it
; self to assure a maximum yield -
to the ranch project, which has as
its purpose providing a desirable
home and environment to many
Georgia youngsters who might
otherwise become delinquents. It
i was emphasized that the program
is a long-range one, which has I
just been launched. Already, said;
Sheriff Futch, the public response
has been gratifying, and sheriffs
throughout the state are enthusi
astically endorsing and working
for realization of the boys ranch.
A large and desirable tract of
land on Georgia’s coast has been
'offered for the ranch site. Ac
i ceptance of property for the ranch
is being withheld until all offers
may be considered, said the as
sociation president.
—
Wheeler County
Sina To Be Held
In Glenwood
The Wheeler County Singing
Convention will be held at the
' Glenwood school auditorium Sun
■ day, May 31. Everyone is invited
to attend and bring basket lunch.
Several outstanding quartets
and well known leaders will be
present. This is expected to be the j
best sing ever held in the county, ।
according to C. L. Anderson, the ■
President. i
Cancer doesn’t play favorites. It j
can strike anyone, anywhere. I
Your best protection according to!
the American Cancer Society, is I
an annual health checkup.
Please do not ask for credit. I
|We don’t have enough money,!
1 either.—Anonymous.
Summary Activities, _
Accomplishments of
Glenwood FFA
By PAT MORRISON
The Glenwood FFA has had a
busy 1958-59 school year. This
article is aimed at giving a sum
mary of its work.
On September 26 we held our
initiation exercises of Green
Hands. The eighth grade and
several others were initiated.
On Otober 1 the officers attend
ed a training clinic in Reidsville.
The clinic gave them instructions
on how to carry out their duties
better.
On October 25 about 37 mem
bers attended the State Fair in
Macon.
With money made this year
the club has had chicken suppers
once a month. Our money-making
projects include calendar ads,
coke and cracker machine, feed
ing hogs, bait boxes, and selling
pine cones.
At each chicken supper we us
ually had a FFA meeting before
hand. The FFA Handbook was
followed for the ceremonies.
Our feeding hogs project in
cluded feeding out five hogs. The
project served two purposes. It
showed Ag boys how their hogs
should be fed and made money
for the club.
During the first half of the
year several pieces of cedar furn
iture were made by individuals.
During the week of February
23 the FFA Tournament was held
in the gym. There were six teams
headed by: Deleon Rowland,
Ronny Benton, Jack Wooten,
Glenn Anderson, Sammy Ennis
and Raymond Berton.
Raymond’s team received 50c
each for winning and Deleon’s
team received 25c for coming in
second.
One of our service projects this
year was mixing hog supplement.
The feed was 44 per cent protein
and less than $5 per hundred.
During the year the club bought
some new equipment used by the
officers at the meetings’. We also
bought a FFA Banner.
The club is proud of Rodney
Johnson this year. Rodney is our
corn champion and a member of
the hundred bushel corn club.
Rodney made 103 bushels plant
ing Lee Corn in early April. He
used 600 lbs. of 4-12-12 at planting
and 200 lbs. of ammonium nitrate
sidedresser.
We are also proud of Glenn
Anderson this year. Glenn entered
the Public Speaking Contest from
our club.
In the first elimination of Area ]
II at Hazlehurst, he won out over |
two other contestants. Then in j
the next elimination against win
ners of Area I, he came in second, j
This year members of the club
entered the District Soil Judging J
Contest and the District Live
stock Judging contest.
"Keep Wheeler County Green'
FARM FREEDOM
Eight out of ten farmers want
greater freedom and less govern
ment in agriculture, Ezra Taft
Benson, Secretary of Agriculture,
told members of the Associated
Retail Bakers of America at their
annual meeting recently in Wash
ington.
Benson quoted figures stem
ming from a poll made by a na-
tional farm
magazine. They
disclosed that
55 per cent of
the farmers
queried asked
for “no sup
ports, no con
trols, no floors,
free market
prices; get the
government
clear out.” The
remainder, for
the most part,
J ■ |
Sec. Benson
wanted a minimum of govern
mental restrictions and regula
tions. Farmers in the wheat
states voted overwhelmingly for
more freedom from controls.
Secretary Benson told the bak
ers that "your own industry with
its enriched products has greatly
improved the nation’s nutritional
standards. Bread is a bargain in
nutrition. Sure, in terms of
money, a loaf of bread costs more
today than it did 25 years ago. ,
But in terms of the labor required I
to earn the price of a loaf of
bread, it costs a good deal less.
What’s more, the average loaf of
bread today contributes to the
diet over four times as much
thiamine, three times as much
riboflavin, and about twice as
much calcium, iron and niacin as
it did 25 years ago.
“That is why the low and mod
erate cost food plans suggested
by the Department of Agriculture
include enriched or whole grain I
bread at every meal.”
Glenwood-Landsburg
Vacation Church
School May 31
The Glenwood-Landsburg Va
cation Church School will be held
at the Glenwood Methodist
1 Church beginning Sunday even
ing, May 31, at 5:30 o’clock. Mrs.
Harry Clark will be in charge of
| registration.
1 i Week day sessions will be held
June 1-5 from 8:30 a.m. to 11
। a.m.
The theme for this year’s school
; is "God and His Wonderful
' World.” There will be classes for
’ ages 4-15. The workers are Kind
ergarten, Mrs. Susie Yawn, Misses
Lavelle Bridges and Shirley
1 Johnson; Primary, Mrs. Delmas
Sears, Mrs. Wallace Adams and
Miss Pat Fields; Juniors, Mrs.
’ Waldon Grimes, Mrs. C. L. An
' derson and Miss Grace Clark; In
’ termadiates, Rev. Walter Mc-
Clesky and Mrs. Lonnie Clark.
: Mrs. Walter McClesky will be
the director and members of the
WSCS will serve refreshments
’ each day.
Alamo Resident Dies
In Lebanon, Tenn.
Funeral services- were held this.
’ Friday morning, at 11 o’clock in
the Snow Hill Baptist Church for
Joseph Thomas Couey, 71, well
known resident of Alamo, who
died in this sleep at the home of
his son J. T. Couey in Lebanon,
। Tenn. Wednesday. The Rev. James
Gunter officiated, assisted by the
Rev. L. R. Shupe, of Savannah,
and burial was in the church cem
' etery with Harris & Smith
Funeral Home in charge of ar
rangements.
’ Mr. Couey was born in Wheeler
County on June 28, 1887, the son
‘ of the late Joseph T. and Mary
. ■ Elizabeth Humphrey Couey. He
’; was married to Miss Irene Hart
ley, now deceased, and was a
I J 1
member of Snow Hill Baptist
Church.
Pallbearers were Robert Swin
( son, Howard Swinson, Maurice
Johnson, Jerome Couey, Irvin
I Couey and Howard Perdue.
i Honorary pallbearers were J. D.
. । Peebles, Oris Braswell, Clady
j Cox, Lamar Purvis, Jimmy Hat-
I taway, Clyde Fulford, and Ray
I Bell.
' Survivors include three sons,
■ Paul Couey, of Atlanta; J. T.
I Couey, 'of Lebanon, Tenn, and
I Guy Couey, of Alamo; five
j daughters, Mrs. R. W. White, of
- Bartow, Fla.; Mrs. C. S. Sheppard,
of Savannah; Mrs. R. L. McAlum,
[of Vicksburg, Miss.; Mrs. E. O.
| Bulloch, of Fort Eustis, Va. and
I Miss Frances Couey, of Atlanta;
one brother, Lee Couey, of At
lanta; two half-brothers, Martin
I Johnson and Henry Johnson, of
i Alamo and three sisters, Mrs. R.
। G. Perdue, Mrs. Hettie Gilder, of
Alamo and Mrs. Mary Swinson
of Laurens County.
Lorna Marchman
Among Outstanding
Students At Berry
Awards were presented to out
| standing Berry College students
i for the 1958-59 academic year
i during an Honors Day program at
। the college Saturday, May 16. The
I Berry School officials and faculty
' members presided before the as-
I sembly of college students, facul
। ty and staff.
The speaker for the occasion
! was Dr. August W. Eberle, Pro
। vost, University of Chattanooga,
i Tenn.
Awards and recipients includ
| ed: John A. Sibley prizes to stu
i dents submitting best original es
j says of Miss Martha Berry and
। her work—second prize, Lorna
; Marchman, Alamo.
j Abbeville Man
Killed In Wreck
Friday Afternoon
I A man identified as Alfred
। Fisher of Abbeville R-2 was killed
j and another person injured near
Abbeville Friday at 6:30 p.m.
। when an automobile and a pickup
i truck collided on Highway 280.
John Stucky of Rhine was in-
I jured and was brought to the
! Telfair County Hospital. Sheriff
F. H. Jennings said Fisher was
i pinned under the truck when it
; turned over on the road. He said
I both vehicles were demolished.
।
Only a doctor can diagnose and
treat cancer. Your best chance for
cure is to see him in time, says
the American Cancer Society.
SINGLE COPY 5c
JAYCEE RADIO DAY FEATURES
LOCAL TALENT, PRIZES, JUNE 4
Tony R. Johnson
Serving With
Attack Squadron 9
MAYPORT, FLA.—Tony R. John
l son, aviation structural mechanic
airman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Johnsen of Route 2, Glen
! wood, is serving with the Heavy
I Attack Squadron Nine aboard the
■ attack aircraft carrier USS Sara
toga operating out of Mayport,
; Fla.
’ This Squadron flies the twin
! jet, swept wing A3D “Skywar
£ rior” bomber. The “Skywarrior,”
■ the world’s largest carrier air
■ craft, flies at speeds upward cf
■ 600 miles an hour and maintains
altitudes of more than seven
miles.
i Is Your Farm
• Suffering From
"Tired Land"?
Year after year does your land
get harder after each rain? Is the
. crust thicker and the clods hard
ier? Do the wet spots get wetter
- and the dry spots get dryer?
I Does it take more fertilizer and
> better seed to keep yields up? Is
: your land changing color? Is
, sanding over in the row getting
; worse? Are minor element short
: ages cropping up? Do your fields
, wash a little more each spring?
These are the symptons of tired
1 land. Constant work and no build
up can tire out soils. Just as
people, some soils tira»faster than
others. If your land shows one or
1 more of these symptons it is be
coming tired and tired soils, like
1 tired people, are not efficient.
Labor, seed and fertilizer en
trusted to tired land makes a
; weak investment.
A fertilizer tonic can give temp
orary relief to tired land but a
lasting cure requires something
more. Your local Soil Conserva
tionist is the land doctor who can
■ diagnose the ills and prescribe
the cure. This is his profession
| and he is trained for the job. His
prescription could be very simple.
It might be that a conservation
cropping system, giving the land
an occasional rest and variety by
rotating crops while building it
up with cover crops and plant
residues, will do the job. More
stringent medicines may be need
ed—terraces and grassed water
ways with contour cultivation in
addition to a conservation crop
ping system might be the answer.
A rotation of row crops with grass
is another possibility or, it could
be that the ills of the soil are so
deep seated that complete removal
from crops to grass or trees is
indicated.
Whatever the answer may be,
your local Soil Conservationist is
the man who is trained and ex
perienced in finding it. In Wheel
er County, H. L. Davis is the Soil
Conservationist employed by the
Soil Conservation Service of the
United States Department of Ag
riculture to furnish technical help
to Soil Conservation District Co
operators.
L. B. Chambers, Soil Conserva
tion District Supervisor, elected
locally to represent and serve the
people of the Ohoopee River Soil
Conservation Distnct in soil and
water conservation affairs. The
Soil Conservation District Super-;
visors have volunteered, without |
pay, to serve and the Soil Con-1
servationist is a professional em-1
ployee in the field of Soil and;
Water Conservation. They stand j
ready and are available to serve I
you.
You will find as you work with |
! the Soil Conservationist, that'
there will be more than one cure I
for the troubles of your land. He;
can help you in prescribing treat-1
ment. It is your land and your;
responsibility for making the de-'
cision as to what the treatment j
will be and when and how it will
be applied. Once the decisions are '
made, your Soil Conservationist:
can give you technical help in ap-1
plying the treatment to the land.;
Take a good long and hard lock ,
at your land today. If it is begin-j
ning to tire, call in the land doc- j
tor!
— |
A lump in a breast may or may
not mean cancer, but it should
mean immediate examination by a ■
doctor, according to the American ;
Cancer Society.
NUMBER 6.
New sounds will come from
WDAX on Thursday, June 4. This
is the day that the Mcßae-Tel
fair Jaycees take over- the radio
station fcr all announcing, news
. casting, advertising and special
. programs.
Station WDAX has arranged
. for the local chapter of the Junior
, Chamber of Commerce to use an
? entire day to raise funds for their
. many worthwhile community
projects. Jimmie J. Ryals is Gen
eral Chairman of Jaycee Radio
Day.
Under the supervision of Rob
, ert Morris the Jaycees have col
lected many valuable prizes which
L will be given away all through
, the day. Dozens of theater passes
’ will also go out to lucky listeners.
Jaycee Gene Fuller has arrang
. ed a day-long program of live
talent. Some entertainers are
tried and proven radio favorites.
Some will be brand-new.
The Jaycees are'now selling ad
vertising to businesses in this
j area which they will prepare for
; presentation over the air under
the direction of Jimmy Walker.
. Many’ merchants are running
, Jaycee Radio Day specials good
। for June 4, 5 and 6. This is a shop
. ping bonus for all who listen on
, Thursday.
, Time assignments are being
worked out by Jaycee John Ira
Hulett so that the station will
।be manned by novices from the
Junior Chamber beginning at 5:30
In the morning and continuing
until the station signs off at 7:li
All 61 members are working to
‘ make Jaycee Radio Day another
tremendous success. ,
Last year over $600.00 was
raised for the local Boy Scout
troop, which is oponsored by the
Mcßae-Telfair Jaycees. Only a
part of this money has been need
ed so far and the remainder is on
deposit for the Boy Scouts so they
1 can build a strong program in tha
i coming months.
Jaycee Treasurer Edwin Bowen
1 reports that advertising receipts
’ already in indicate that this proj
ect is going to enable the Junior
■ Chamber to do fine things for
the community in many different
areas during the year ahead.
Those who have seen the Jay
cee Radio Day schedule are pas
sing around this advice, “Plan to
stay by your radio on Thursday,
June 4. You’ve never heard any
thing like it.”
Vacation Bible School
Alamo Baptist Church
Boys and girls get your Bibles
and come to vacation Bible school
Monday morning, June Ist,;
promptly at 8:00 a.m. The teach-'
ers are ready and a big week is!
in store for all. We welcome all
from the nursery through inter
mediates. The faculty includes th®
following:
Pastor and Advisor, Rev. Ray-*
mond Chauncey.
Principal, Mrs. A. P. Hopkins.
Secretary and Treasurer, Judy
Nicholson
Music Director, Miss Shirley
Harris
Pianist, Gwen Clark
Typist, Mrs. Talmadge Morrison
and Jane Nicholson
Nursery, Mrs. T. O. Fulford,
Mrs. F. M. Whitehead, Mrs. Bois
Tuten, Mrs. Phil Kimmons
Beginners, Superintendent, Mrs.
: Walter Riddle, Mrs. C. C. Pickle,
' Mrs. Roland Harvill, Mrs. Lewis
j Mercer, Mrs. Clara Montford.
Primaries, Superintendent, Miss
Georgia Harbin, Mrs. Zelmo Hart
ley, Cindy Gilder, Sue Clark and
j Ted Morrison.
Juniors, Superintendent, Mrs.
i Wade Hartley; Crafts, Mrs. Ver
, non Hartley, Elizabeth Ann Hap
: kins, Wesley Hartley and Jimmy
I Fields.
Intermediates, Mrs. MerniH
; Gross, Superintendent; Mrs. Ralph
Thomas, Crafts; Mrs. Audrey Cox
Bus Drivers, Maurice Johnson,
J. R. Chambless
Refreshment Committee, Mrs.
J. H. Darsey, Chairmen; Mrs. Lee
! Roy Clark, Mrs. J. D. Peeples^
Mrs. L. E. Tanner and Mrs. J. F.
Hattaway.
There are only two ways of sav- «
j ing lives from cancer: by surgery
j and radiation. No drug has yet
been found that cures the disease,
says the American Cancer Society.
A poor spirit is poorer than a
' poor purse.—Horace