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These college cheerleaders will serve as instructors at the State
Y.M.C.A. Cheerleaders Clinic at Rock Eagle Center, August 28-29.
They are left to right, top to bottom, Joe Ed Voss, Auburn; Sarah
Catherine Peacock, Middle Georgia; Jerry Mack Barnes, Auburn;
Linda Appling, North Georgia College; Neysa Jones, South Georgia;
Richardean Hatcher, Mercer; Jacqueline Pope, Truett-McConnell;
Sue Tolbert, Georgia Teachers; and Penny Williams, Valdosta State.
Cheerleader Clinic
To Be Held At
Rock Eagle Aug. 28-29
Good Sportsmanship and school
spirit will be emphasized at the
State Y. M. C. ( A. Cheerleaders
Clinic, August 28-29, at Rock
Eagle Center near Eatonton.
Over 750 high school cheer
leaders and advisors are enrolled
in this year’s clinic, the largest
since its beginning. Jerry Bryant,
Associate General Secretary of the
State Y. M. C. A., is Conference
Director.
The Clinit is an important part
of the State Y. M. C. A. program
to promote good sportsmanship
and fair play among the schools of
Georgia. The intensive two-day
program will include critique
sessions, yell demonstrations, and
instructional periods.
Some 33 college cheerleaders,
representing schools in Georgia,
Florida, and Alabama, will serve
as instructors for the Clinic. The
instructional staff and the colleges
represented are Auburn, Joe Ed
Voss and Jerry Mack Barnes;
Florida State, Ralph Russell; Uni
versity of Georgia, Judy Barrett,
Eunice Swift, Alice Bates, LeAnn
Rimstidt, JayHe Malcolm and Wil
liam D. Bagwell; Georgia Teach-.
ers, Dexter Hughes, Pat Sapp,'
Vivian Blizzard, Mary Moore,!
Johnny Hathcock and Sue Tol
bert; Mercer, Richardean Hatcher.
and Patsy Couch; North Georgia, i
Linda Appling and Margie Gunn;
South Georgia, Neysa Jones; ’
Truett-McConnell, Patsy Mcßay,
Jacqueline Pope and Lou Beth
Underwood; Middle Georgia, Sa
rah Peacock; Valdosta, Penny
Williams; West Georgia, Dottie
Sullivan and Judy Williamson; |
Young Harris, Billy Hollings- ‘
worth, Sue Johnson, Phillip Hath
cock, Sonya Bennett and Jo Ann
Martin.
Conference For
Missionaries In
Nashville, Tenn.
Some 35 Georgia associational
and city missionaries will join
with more than 500 missionaries
from 28 states for a week-long
conference on associational work
in Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 31-Sept.
3; Dr. Arthur Hinson, Atlanta, As
sistant Executive Secretary’ of the
Georgia Baptist Convention, an
nounced today.
Purpose of the conference will
be to discuss problems, needs, and
possible procedures in mission
work. The conference is sponsored
by the Sunday school Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Remember money spent al
home helps built your schools
and county.
Wheeler County Eagle
George J. LaFavor ।
Dies Unexpectedly
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Glen-1
wood Methodist Church for
George Joshua LaFovor, 69, of;
Glenwood, who died unexpectedly |
at his home Monday night, and '
were conducted by the Rev. Wal-1
ter McClesky. <
Pallbearers were W. R. Brown- •
in g, Mitchell Riner, Marcus I
Bomar, John Tipton, Harper En-1
nis and Eschol Guin,
Mr. LaFavor .was born in Jef
ferson County, and had lived in
Glenwood for 30 years. He was
a retired farmer and a member
of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife;
three sons, J. W. LaFavor, of Vi
dalia; Willie F. LaFavor, of Jesup
and John LaFavor, of Glenwood;
four daughters, Mrs. V. L. Newton
and Mrs. C. E. Guinn, of Glen
wood; Mrs. O. L. Horne, of Dublin
and Mrs. Jack Andrews, of Char
leston, S. C.; six grandchildren,
and one brother, S. S. LaFavor, of
Glenwood.
Burial was in the Glenwood
City Cemetery with Sammons
Funeral Home of Soperton in
charge of arrangements.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
I The city of Glenwood, Georgia,
proposes to install water system
in the City of Glenwood, by sel
i ling water certificates. This mat
i ter has been agreed upon by the
Mayor and Council, but before
they act further on the matter
they would like to know just how
the people of the City feel about |
the matter.
The Mayor and Council, before
taking any further steps toward j
this project wish to hold an elec- j
j tion on the matter just for the |
i purpose of finding out the senti
‘ ment of the people of Glenwood,
this election will serve no purpose
whatever in determining the ques
tion other than finding out how
the people feel about the matter,'
and will let the Mayor and Coun- !
cil know if the people agree with ;
them on this project or not.
The total proposed cost of this |
project is $35,000.00, which will I
include six inch mains and fire
hydrants where necessary, the six
inch mains will be all over the
City.
The object of this project is of
course, to increase the water fa
cilities which will give better
service to the people in the City,
and at the same time will reduce
insurance rates.
The Mayor and Council have
set the 26th., day of August,
1959 for this election, which will
be held at the City Hall, the poles
will open at 8:00 A. M., and close
at 6:00 o’clock P. M., on said date.
All residents of the City of
Glenwood are qualified to vote
on this issue.
G. M. JOINER
Mayor, City of Glenwood, Georgia
Please do not ask for credit
We don’t have enough money,
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1959
। Third District Legion.
Meeting To Be Held
In Americus
The Third District of the Amer
ican Legion will meet in Amer
, icus on Sunday, August 16 at
1 10:00 A.M.
j This will be an all day meeting
I and a smorgasboard luncheon will
! be served. All members are urged
j to be present as this is a “Kick
‘ off Meeting” to start the mem
■ bership drive for the new year.
This will be an interesting pro
gram and all Legionnaires will
benefit by their attendance.
Emergency Forest
Fire Fighting
Exercise Aug. 17-20
Sixty Georgia Forestry Com
mission fire fighters will team
with federal and state personnel
from eight southern states to con
duct an emergency forest fire
fighting exercise near Eatonton,'
August 17-20.
More than 150 men, 50 trucks,
14 fire' suppression tractors and
four aircraft will participate in
the exercise staged by members
of the Southeastern States Forest
Fire Compact Commission.
Forestry Commission personnel
from the Macon Headquarters, all
10 district offices and numerous
county forestry units will battle |
a simulated 10,000-acre forest firei
on private and Federal Land Util,
ization Project property in Jasper,
Putnam and Jones Counties,
i
Emergency field headquarters
I will be set up on the LU project
। about 10 miles southwest of j
I Eatonton. The men will sleep at
' Rock Eagle 4-H Center near Eat- j
onton and eat either there or at|
a field kitchen set up at the ‘fire.’ ।
Commission Fire Control Chief j
IJ. C. Turner, Jr., Macon will |
। serve as fire line boss on the I
i exercise. Lester Lundy, Macon, |
j Commission General Services
i Chief, will be service boss. Curtis
Barnes, Macon, Commission as
sistant fire chief, will serve as
service umpire. S. D. Beichler, At
lanta, U. S. F. S., and co-ordinator:
of the eqtire SSFFCC program,
will be chief umpire.
Commissoin equipment will in
clude two air patrol planes, the
TBM fire retardant chemical
bomber, a helicopter, numerous
two-way pack radios, 25 trucks,
nine fire suppression tractors and
their transport trucks, one field
kitchen, a bus to carry observers
and other maintenance equip
ment.
The latest methods of forest
fire suppression and organization
will be practiced against the
‘blaze,’ including fire retardant
and food drops by airplane.
jMedical Exhibit On
Cancer To Be Shown
Sept. 21-26 In Macon
Elaborate plans are underway
for the staging of a SIOO,OOO med
ical exhibit on cancer, “Crusade
! for Life,” in Macon on September
■ 21-26, Durward Mercer, exhibit
1 chairman has announced.
। The exhibit, an innovation in ;
I the medical world, will feature 30
. separate booths oil-all major types
: of cancer. Endorsed by the Bibb
I County Medical .-Society, “Cru- ,
i sade for Life” be staffed at '
! all times by M|coh physicians,
[dentists, nurses, technicians and
) other volunteers.-They will be on
! hand to answer questions about
I cancer and to explain methods of
! detecting and treating cancer.
: Physicians also are chairmen for
' the exhibit booths.
“Crusade for Life” will be
I sponsored by the Bibb County
i Unit of the American Cancer So
i ciety and The Bankers Health and
[ Life Insurance Company. There
will be no charge for admission,
: and no solicitations will be made.
The purposes of presenting
Crusade for Life are: 1. To show
that most early cancer is curable;
2. That the methods of diagnosis
and treating cancer are neither
mysterious nor painful; 3. That
incurable cancer is just that and
quackery is of no value; 4. Every
doctor’s office is a cancer detec
tion center.
Crusade for Life officials have
announced that at least 100,000
( people are expected to see Cru-
I sade for Life. It is hoped that a
large number of people from Tel
fair County will attend.
Mrs. J. G. Stevenson
Dies In County
Hospital Sunday
' Funeral services were held in
! the Mcßae Methodist Church
(Monday at 3:00 p.m. for Mrs.
I Mamie Owens Stevenson, 72,
■ widow of the late James Grover
Stevenson, who died Sunday in
the ^elfair Cdmiiy Hospital after
a long illness. The pastor, the
Rev. Loy G. Veal, officiated, and
i ( burial was in the Turnpike Cem
etery with Harris & Smith Fu
neral Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Pallbearers were Billy Owens,
Stoner Owens, Gordon Owens,
James Smith, Billy Bush and Pat
Smith.
Mrs. Stevenson was born in
Eatonton on September 10, 1886,
the daughter of Samuel P. and
Anna Eliza Ward Owens, and was
a member of the Mcßae Methodist
Church.
• She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Roberta Demastus, of
Winter Haven, Fla.; six sons, Fred
Stevenson, of Winter Garden, Fla.;
Luther Stevenson and Talmadge
Stevenson, of Mcßae; Paul Stev
enson, of Alamo; Charlie Steven
son, of Atlanta and Homer Stev
enson, of Eastman; two sisters,
Mrs. Calvin Smith, of Jackson
ville R-l and Mrs. H. S. Koontz,
of Orlando, Fla.; two brothers,
S. M. Owens, of Mcßae R-l; W.
P. Owens, of Alamo R-2, and
several grandchildren.
i 1960 Southern
Baptist Convention
Housing officials for the South
ern Baptist Convention session
meeting at Miami Beach, Fla.,
|May, 1960, have announced that
[more than 5,500 hotel rooms will
(be available. The housing group
( also has announced that reserva
! tion requests will be accepted as-
I ter Dec. 1, 1959, and no room de-
I posit will be required.
NOTICE
Through negotiations with
Dixie Telephone Company and(
Wheeler County State Bank, Ala- j
mo, it was requested that another
collection agency be named in
order that the bank may better
; serve it’s customers. Telephone
• bills are no longer payable at the
bank and it is hoped that this
will not inconvenience any of our )
customers.
WHEELER COUNTY
STATE BANK
FOR BABY'S FORMULA
Many types and sizes of re- (
frigerator boxes are on the mar- |
ket for use in camping or on
trips, points out Miss Audrey,
Morgan, family life specialist, Ag
ricultural Extension Service. She
suggests use of such boxes to
carry formula or baby foods on a .
trip.
Resist Efforts
To Reduce Guard,
Vandiver Urges
Judging from published reports
of the recent National Governor’s )
Conference in San Juan, Puerto
Rico, about all some of the gover
nor-delegates did was to seek sup
pqrt of one kind or another at the
Upcoming national political party
conventions.'
, But not Georgia’s Gov. Ernest
Vandiver. As chairman of the con-’
ference’s advisory committee on
National Guard, he gave his
colleagues something of more vi
tal concern for all to think about.
In a well prepared speech entitled
“Ready or Not?” here are some of
the’things he said:
“The Department of Defense is
determined that Army National
Guard strength be reduced to
360,000,” he declared, and this has
been prevented only by stern
action of Congress which has
called for retention of the present
strength of 400,000.
“Actions to reduce the combat
capability of the National Guard
by reduction of personnel or units
would be detrimental to national
defense and the country’s wel
fare. It must be resisted with all
the prestige and resources of
every governor and every state.”
In his argument that the Na
tional Guard must be viewed as
a vital component of the nation’s
defense against any nuclear at
tacks, he declared:
“In the period immediately fol
lowing a possible nuclear strike
against multiple strategic targets,
the country is envisioned as being
completely devastated, without
communications, lacking national
leadership and authority, with
millions dead and additional mil
lions injured. From such devasta
tion we must rally, prepare to de
fend ourselves, and to fight back.
“With nearly one-half of our
. armed forces committed overseas,
and those stationad in the conti
, nental limits depleted in strength,
• lacking adequate transportation,
[ and composed in large measure of
• non-combatants, newly enlisted
■ members, administrators and
i students in service schools, we are
. i almost wholly dependent on our
National Guard.”
Whiskey Still
Captured In
Wheeler County
Sheriff Maurice Johnson as
sisted by Chief of Police Jack
Thompson of Lumber City and
Game Warden Charles Dixson Jr.
of Glenwood raided and captured
a whiskey still, about 150 yards
from the mouth of Little River,
where the Ocmulgee and Little
Rivers join in Wheeler county,
Mopday morning about 8 o’clock.
The still, an all copper forty
gallon per week outfit, with 160
gallons of mash was destroyed.
This still has been producing off
and on for several months. Each
time officers were set up to close
in on operations the still was
moved. Two men, Son Joe Thomp
son and Joe Tompkins of Lumber
City were cqptured operating the
still and producing shine whiskey.
Glenn Farmer and Tom Farmer
also qf Lumber City arriving on
the scene between 1 and 2 o’clock
were also arrested.
A 1954 Chevrolet, a boat and
Wizard motor that were being
used in the operation were also
seized.
All the men are lodged in the
Wheeler County jail.
Revival To Begin At
Hope Baptist Church
Revival services will begin at
Hope Baptist Church Sunday, Au
gust 16th. Dr. Ted Phillips, pres
ident of the Brewton-Parker Col
( lege will be the visiting minister
। and the song service will be un
der the direction of the pastor,
the Rev. Raymond Walden.
There will be night services
only beginning at 8:00 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited.
Revival At
Snow Hill Church
The summer revival will be
held at Snow Hill Baptist Church
jin Wheeler County beginning
) Monday, August 17.
Services will be held at 4:30
p.m. and 8:00 o’clock at night.
! The Rev. Raymond Chauncey,)
pastor of Alamo Baptist Church, |
will be guest speaker for the|
week. Everyone is invited.
"Keep Wheeler County Green'
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COMMITTEEMEN ELECTED
1960 ASC COMMUNITY
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Barbecue Chicken
Supper In Glenwood
For Polio Fund
There will, be a Barbecue
) Chicken Supper at the Glenwood
School Lunch Room Saturday for
•)the Emergency Drive over the
Nation for Polio. We will begin .
serving at 5:00 P. M. Adults' $100; 1
! Children 50 cents. Make your
; plans now to take the entire fam-1
ily out to a barbecue chicken |
dinner Saturday evening and in
; turn help our children who have ‘
) been unfortunate to be stricken 1
' with polio but fortunate enough
' to be taken care of through our
I National Foundation with the best
) medical care that can be given.
We want to thank all who came
to Alamo last Saturday to the
( supper. The cooperative spirit and
fine fellowship was enjoyed by
I all who worked and ate with us.
The response was wonderful.
We want to invite the entire
; County to Glenwood on this Sat
( urday. Come and eat with us. If
(you have not made your plans
'for Sunday dinner—take home a
(barbecue chicken for $1.25. If you
( would like to make a cash con
j tribution you may mail your
I check to Mrs. Grady Cox, Treas
(urer, Wheeler County Chapter,
(Alamo, Georgia.
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Gannon Describes
Poultry Institute
As Family Affair
1 “From 2 to 82.”
That is the slogan back of the
(recreational program being plan
| ned for Georgia’s fourth annual
( Poultry Institute, s'et for Aug. 24-
27 at the Rock Eagle 4-H Club
', Center near Eatonton.
• I Arthur Gannon, poultryman,
'(Extension Service, University of
< (Georgia College of Agriculture,
f (said, in addition to informational
j: programs for poultrymen, folk
* ’games, square dancing, swimming, I
! fishing, boating and movies will I
' be on the agenda. “This makes
(the Georgia Poultry Institute a
| real family affair, and that’s what
(we had in mind four years ago
(when we began the Institutes,”
i Gannon explained.
| He added that a nursery school
( will be provided for children
I from two to six, freeing their
i parents to attend programs or
' take part in the recreational pro
(gram.
“This is a meeting where fun
and fellowship have equal billing
with education. We urge poultry
(men to combine the business of
i learning more about poultry pro
duction with the pleasure of a
• vacation for the entire family.”
Each day of the Institute has
been designed for a special em
phasis. August 25 will be Egg Day,
I August 26 will be devoted to com
munication methods and techni
(ques essential to the growth and
development of a poultry enter
prise, and August 27 is Broiler.
Day.
Housing by family groups will (
be available, but reservations (
I should be made immediately.!
' Those seeking additional informa- (
tion about the Institute or want- !
ing to make reservations should
see their county agent or write to
Mr. Gannon, Agricultural Exten-|
sion Annex, University of Geor- j
gia, Athens. ■
YOUR GLOVE WARDROBE
For a limited glove wardrobe, I
choose a neutral shade that will
go with all items, advises Mrs. j
Avola W. Callaway, clothing spec
ialist, Agricultural Extension!
Service. If you choose colored
gloves, make sure they do not I
look “spotty’* or give a harsh ac
cent, she adds.
N O TIC E |
Beginning Saturday, August 15,
•the Alamo Post Office will be
' closed at 1 p.m. All mail will be
dispatched and received. The only
: effect it will have on the mail
service is the window service.
Everyone is urged to get their
money orders and C. O. D. pach- i
ages before 1 p.m.
GEORGE E. TOWNS (
Postmaster I
Storage period for most frozen
) cooked foods is relatively short—
(from two or three weeks to four to
j six months, says Miss Nelle
(Thrash, food preservationist, Ag
ricultural Extension Service.
NUMBER 17.
jEhaction results from Wheelei
) Couffty’s five agricultural com
' njiuwies have been tabulated and
I approved by the Community Elec
i tion Board, Joe Swain, Chairman
1 of the Wheeler County ASC Com
mittee announced today. The fol
lowing were elected to serve on
me ASC Community Committees
mr^he following year:
j . Assmo Community. T. A. Hart
ley rvChairman, new; J. A. Me-
Daniel, Vice Chairman, new; A.
Adams, member, new.
Union Springhill Community.
'J. J 3. Clements, Chairman, re
, elected; B. A. Irwin, Vice Chair
man, new; Hubert Tuten, member,
new.
Landsburg Community. Carlton
Johnson, Chairman, new; W. D.
Avery, Vice Chairman, new; Ver
non Edge, member, new.
Shiloh Community, H. R. Pur
ser, Chairman,, re-elected; A. G.
Mitchell, Vice Chairman, new;
H. G. Brewer, member, re-elected.
1 Glenwood Community. L. S.
McDaniel, Chairman, new; O. H.
Joiner, Vice Chairman, new;
Harper Ennis, member, re-elected.
The chairman of the committee
will serve as delegates to the
County Convention to be held
on August 20 to elect a County
ASC Committee Chairman, Vice
Chairman, a third member and
two alternates. Both Community
and County Committeemen will
take office on September 1.
(Talmadge Praised
For Not Giving
Up School Fight
Just because a Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee has voted (3 to 2)
to table U. S. Sen. Herman E.
Talmadge’s proposed constitu
tional amendment to vest exclus
ive control over public schools in
the states and local communities
doesn’t mean the Georgian has
given up the fight. Not by a long
shot.
True, his proposal is as dead as
। a doornail as far as this session
lof Congress is concerned. But
Sen. Talmadge has made it clear
that he will continue to fight for
it at future sessions. Here’s what
he had to say on the subject:
“I deeply regret that the mem
bers of the Senate Subcommittee
on Constitutional Amendments, in
tabling the Talmadge School
Amendment, have seen fit to deny
the American people the right ta
express themselves through o»eir
elected representatives on the
state level on the question of
eral versus state and lo<?$l con
trol of public education.
“I am convinced from the jnail
I have received from throughout
the nation that the overwhelming'
majority of Americans wishes to
see control of public educational
institutions retained in the hands
of the parents whose children at
tend those schools.
“ I expect to continue my fight
in behalf of the constitutional
right of the parents of the United
' States to run their own schools in
' accordance with local wishes,
customs and prevailing attitudes.”
I And Talmadge is receiving
' plenty of encouragement to do
! just that. Here on the home front;
for example. The Moultrie (Ga.)
Observer had this to say editorial
ly:
, “To Sen. Talmadge’s credit, he
! says he will not give up the fight
(to get the constitutional school
I measure before the people. The
i fact that a subcommittee has
) voted against reporting it out
; favorable to the larger committee
) does not mean that the bill meet*
the disapproval of the nation’s
population.
। “Many bills have been tabled
or beaten numerous times, only
: to win passage when public opin
(ion displayed massive support for
I it. Such occured with reference
: to statehood for Alaska and Ha
waii. Years were required to
bring these bills to a showdown,
but both have now been accepted
into statehood.
; “Sen. Talmadge has precedent
' on which to base his fight for a
constitutional school measure . . .
! Sen. Talmadge will find strong
i support in his fight to get his
I constitutional amendment before
! the 50 states and their citizens.”
Poles used for constructing
pole-type farm buildings should
have a minimum top diameter of
6 inches, at least one straight side;
and be free of serious defects, say
Extension agricultural engineers.