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VOLUME 45.
DO-IT-YOURSELF SHELTER PROJECT
UFor Family Protection From Radioactive Fallout
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BASEMENT SHELTERS generally are the least
expensive type that will give substantial protec
tion. The basement shelter shown here can be
built with solid concrete blocks as a do-it-yourself
project for $l5O to S2OO. Standard 8-inch solid con
crete blocks are recommended because hollow
blocks would have to be filled with concrete to
Pie Bake-Off
Schedule For
4-H Club Girls
Expense-paid trips and college
scholarships will be the awards
for the 4-H Club girl in America
who bakes the best pie in a 4-H
Fruit Pie Bake-Off to be held,
first on area and state levels, and
then .on a national level in Feb
ruary.
Mrs. Martha Harrison, state 4-H
Club leader, and Mrs. Mana T.
Pratt, nutritionist, Agricultural
Extension Service, University of
Georgia College of Agriculture,
said girls eligible to participate
in the event are 4-H’ers who are
seniors in high school this Sep
tember and College 4-H Club
members. The area Fruit Pie
Bake-Off will be held at the
Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center,
September 25-26.
Each county may send four
girls—one in each of the four
divisions'—peach, apple, cherry,
and pecan. Girls who plan to
enter the contest should contact
their home demonstration agents
and register on or before Sept. 15.
The area contest has ten spon
sors: Gold Kist Pecan Growers,
Waycross; Gold Nugget Shelling
Plant, Cairo; Pecan Distributors’
Association, Camilla; South Geor
gia Pecan Shelling Company, Val
dosta; Southland Pecans, Inc.,
Waycross; Sam Sommer, Hawk
insville, Mineham Packing Com- ■
pany, Atlanta; R. E. Funston Com
pany, Saint Louis; Tracey-Luckey
Company, Inc., Harlem, and
Georgia Peach Council, Inc.,
Thomaston.
After county winners are se
lected they will represent their
area at the rock eagle event. Two
area winners in each of the four
divisions will be selected to par
ticipate in a State Fruit Pie Bake-
Off at the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta, Oct. 9. The eight area
winners will be given gifts valued
at $25. The state winner then
will go to Chicago to compete in
the National Cherry Pie Bake-
Off, Feb. 18, 1960. State winneer’s
award will be the expense-paid
trip to Chicago where she will
try for sectional honors which
carries with it a college scholar
ship worth S2OO. The national
champion will receive a SSOO
scholarship.
Book Review Club
The Book Review Club of Glen
wood met Thursday, August 20,
at the home of Mrs. W. J. Futral
Jr. with Mrs. Lowell Clark
co-hostess. Sixteen members and
three visitors were present.
Mrs. C. A. Austin of McGregor
reviewed the book, Cecila Gorth,
by Guen Britsol.
Since the alloted number for
membership was reached in May
the membership is closed. If you
desire to become a member when
a vacancy occurs contact Mrs. J.
P. Morrison Jr.
The next book review will be
at the home of Mrs. Wallace
Adams at 3:30 p.m. September 17.
Please do not ask for credit
We don’t have enough money,
Subscribe io The Eagle.
Wheeler County Eagle
Wedding Bell Day
Slated At Glenwood
Baptist Church
i Next Sunday, September 13th,
Glenwood Baptist Church will ob
serve a Wedding Bell Service.
The renewal of wedding vows will
take place at the 11:00 a.m. serv-
i ice.
The Rev. Robert Steinberg, the
■ pastor, is urging all married
; couples to attend the service and
sit together. Those couples who
wish to renew their vows are in
vited to participate.
During the services the wedding
ceremony will be reenacted. Ap
propriate music in solo and in
hymn will be rendered accompa
nied by the organ, piano, and the
; violin.
This service is given for couples
iof all ages who are still in love
I and rejoice in their covenant to
gether.
J Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gilder Jr.
I will lead in the ceremony by
; coming to the chancel to renew
their marriage vows.
4-H Poultry Show
To Be Held
The annual 4-H Poultry Show
will be held in Alamo at the
i courthouse on Monday, Septem
ber 14 at 2:30 p.m.
Nine 4-H boys and girls will
bring in four of their best pullets
i to be judged. J. H. Massey, Ex
! tension poultryman, will judge
, the show.
The nine contestants who will
participate are Faye Tillman,
j Ruby Horne, Peggy Edge, Eliza
। beth Clark, L. S. Seabolt, Jr.
Bradley Harrelson, Wallace Grim
es, Bobby Bass and Rickey Towns.
Mr. Massey will demonstrate
how to judge a good layer. He will
: place these pullets according to
how they have been managed.
Prizes will be awarded by Sears
Foundation. The two pens scoring
; the highest rating will be selected
to represent Wheeler County at
i the State Show to be held later
this year.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Man Caught With
Unpaid Tax Liquor
Edgar Mimbs of Macon was
■caught and arrested last Thursday
night by Sheriff Maurice Johnson,
assisted by Police Chief Buck
Graham.
Mims, driving a 1953 grey
Dodge Coupe, was carrying 150
(gallons of tax unpaid whiskey.
He was apprehended on State
Route 15 about 11:00 p.m. and
lodged in the Wheeler County
jail.
Flower Show School
In Statesboro
Sept. 29-30, Oct. 1
The Council of the Statesboro
Garden Club announces that
Flower Show School II will be
held in Statesboro on September
29. 30 and October 1.
Anyone interested in attending
! this school is asked to contact
I Mrs. F. C. Parker Jr., Chairman,
■ Box 244, Statesboro. Ga.
j "Keep Wheeler County Green' .
give effective protection. Bricks are an alternative.
If they are used, the walls and roof should be 10
inches thick to give the same protection as 8-inch
solid concrete blocks. Plans for this do-it-yourself
project appear in “The Family Fallout Shelter,'*
OCDM booklet. Copies may be obtained from Box
Home Shelter, OCDM, Battle Creek. Michigan.
Ford's New Economy
Car, The Falcon, To
Be Shown October 8
, The Ford Motor Company an
- nounces that it’s new economy
. car, the Falcon, will be on display
1 at Ford Dealerships across the
. country, starting October 8.
The Falcon is an all-new six-
J passenger car with a six-cylinder,
i ninety-horsepower front mounted
i ' engine capable of 30 miles to the
>' gallon of gas. It will be offered
-' in two-door and four-door models.
This car will weigh 2366 pounds
1 i compared with 3758 pounds for
‘ the average 1959 Ford.
The Falcon’s simplicity of de
sign is demonstrated in the fact.
that the body contains 200 fewer j
: parts than the standard Ford car
?
,' body, and the engine 120 fewer
' i parts than the standard six cyl
' inder engine.
Other features are 13-inch
, wheels, a 12-volt electrical sys
,: tern, parallel-operating wind
s I
I shield wipers, and a luggage com-
Jpartment with more room than!
। the average of the most popular
| imported cars.
;
Anita Bridges To
Head FHA Chapter
j Anita Bridges, daughter of Mr.
[ and Mrs. Marcus Bridges of Glen
.; wood, will head the Future Home
. • makers of America Chapter at the
,' Glennwood High School this year.
i Miss Bridges is a Junior and has
> earned both her Junior and Chap-
, ter Homemaker degree. She has
’; taken homemaking for three
i years and has been an F.H.A.
member during this time. Her
hobbies are cooking and sewing.
, । Officers elected to serve with
J her this year are:
, ■ Georgia Kate Wooten—Vice
President; Paula Sue Thomas—
; Secretary; . Ophelia Clark —
; Treasurer; Betty Phillips—Re
[ porter; Barbara Tootle—Chairman
. of Projests; Linda Adams—Recre
■ ation Chairman; Yvonne Sightier
—Historian; Barbara Johnson—
: Parliamentarian, and Ruth Ann
i Morris—Degree Chairman. ;
| The Chapter held the first meet
; ing Tuesday and made plans to *
। initiate the new members on Sep-,
; j tember 18, followed by a peanut
• j boiling with the F. F. A. Chapter.
, I The Chapter has set October
J 2 for their annual Talent Show.
; The show was very successful last
; year, arid every effort will be
1i made to have a better program ,
।of entertainment this year. ■ !
The four Chapter mothers elect-1
ed were Mrs. Marcus Bridges, Mrs. i
'Stanley Adams, Mrs. James'
Thomas and Mrs. Wyman Phillips.!
The Glenwood Future Home-1
makers are among more than!
20,000 in Georgia, organized in!
i 408 chapters. Mrs. J. M. Barber i
lof Athens is state adviser. Jo:
, Evelyn Whitfield of Powder |
: Springs is state president. The i
'; Future Homemakers are high j
.! school students who study home-!
! making. Miss Inez Wallace of At
. ( lanta is state supervisor of home- ■
’; making education.
REMEMBER YOUR SUB
■ SCRIPTION—IT IS IMPOR
TANT TO THE EAGLE
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA,FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1959
Illegitimacy Is
Problem U. S* Must
Face—Talmadge
Sen. Herman E. Talmadge spoke I
out twice recently on the growing i
problem of illegitimacy in thisl
country. First, in a letter to the ]
Senate Finance Committee, of!
which he is a member, \he re-1
quested the group to undertake
a study of the problem next year.
Later he took the Senate floor
to elaborate on his request.
“It is never easy/’ he told the]
Senate, “to face up to unpleasant j
facts and one which we in this'
country have ignored too long is ■
the mounting rate of illegitimacy i
which is fast approaching pro
portions of a national disgrace.
“More and more of our re
spected national publications are
giving voice to the swelling pub
lic concern over a situation which
is getting out of hand and threat
ening to destroy the moral fiber
of our nation. Every statistical
report emphasizes that this is
one of the greatest social prob
lems of our times; a problem
which is not limited to any one
state or region.
Sen. Talmadge said more than
200,000 children are born out of
wedlock in this country annually,
a rate which has more than
doubled since 1951. One out of
’ every 50 white births and one
out of every five nonwhite births
are now illegitimate, he said.
More than 5,000 of those births
each year are to mothers who are
under 15 years of age.
What the Georgia Senator
specifically wants is an examina
tion to determine whether federal
welfare policies, which often aid
in the support of illegitimate
children, are actual contributing
factors in raising the illegitimacy
rate. Said he:
“ To my mind the Finance Com
mittee could perform no greater
public service than by undertak
ing such a study and I am con
fident that it can be undertaken
without jeopardizing in the slight
est our Christian and human
' itarian obligation to provide for
I the welfare of unfortunate chil
dren.”
Glenwood FFA Holds
First Meeting
The first regular meeting of the i
Glenwood Future Farmers of I
America was held on September]
8, with the President, Glenn An- J
derson, presiding and leading in
the opening ceremony.
The first item of business was
the election of Rodney Johnson as
treasurer.
The club decided to have the I
initiation exercises some time in i
September. Those to be initiated I
are H. L. Pope, Edward Gillis, ]
Joe Brown, Clifton Butler, Mike
Currie, G. M. Joiner, Larry
Nelms, Kenneth Montford, Grady
Poole, .Jimmy Phillips, Jimmy i
Wilhite, Wesley Brown and Hol- ]
len Gibbs.
A committee was appointed by
the president to be in charge of j
planning the exercises and ai
social afterwards.
The Chapter voted to go to the!
State Fair during October, the
] time to be made definite later.
The president also read the ;
: committees for the Chapter’s pro
gram of work. They include a;
Supervised Farm Program; Co-.|
operation Committee; Community i
Service Committee; Leadership;,
Earning and Savings Committee;
Conduct of Meetings; Scholarship
and Recreation.
The meeting was adjourned and i
refreshments were served.
Mrs. B. H. A. Brantley
Buried At Snow Hill
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2:00 p.m. in the C. Adams
' Chapel in Dublin for Mrs. B. H. A.
i Brantely, 84, who died last Thurs
; day after an extended illness.!
| The Rev. W. L. Tipton and the
] Rev. Robert Ballard officiated,
I and burial was in the Snow Hill
| Cemetery in Wheeler County.
Survivors include her husband;'
[ five sons, Taylor Brantley and
i Marcus Brantley, of Dublin;
i Eschol Brantley and Charlie
j Branley, of Jacksonville, Fla. and
]J. K. Brantley, of Sardis; five
j daughters, Mrs. Annie Bridges, of
] Stuckey; Mrs. Evelyn Briley, of
] Macon; Mrs. Bessie Mae Shep
! herd, of Milan; Mrs. Jewel Evans,
of Glenwood and Mrs. Odessa Wil
son, Gastonia, S. C.; 39 grand
children; 66 great-grandchildren
and two great-great-grandchil
dren.
Dove Hunters
Can Expect
Good Hunting
| Georgia dove hunters can ex-
I pect some good hunting this fall—
]if the doves decide to get to
] gether.
State Game and Fish Depart-
I ment director Fulton Lovell said
; technical data collected by his
| agency reveals a bumper dove
I crop.
But shooting may not be as
i good as expected, he said, if the
| birds fail to concentrate before
'opening day, September 16.
i “Changing agricultural prac
i tices have caused a great decline ]
in concentrations,” Lovell said.
“Last year, there were plenty of
doves around but not too many
heavy concentrations."
Lovell said an abundance of
j scattered grain crops, on which
i doves feed, is the reason far
' j their not grouping together.
Looking at the upcoming sea
j son, the director said he expects
! North Georgia hunters to find
; their best shooting during the
: first period and middle and South
Georgia shooters to enjoy success
‘ during the second period.
“Small grain is now being har
•' vested in Northwest Georgia
1 around Cartersville, Rome, La
■ Fayette,” he said, “and large
: concentrations have been reported
; in that area.
■] “We’ve had fair reports from
’ j the Northeastern part of the State,
: around Hartwell. However, re
ports are that doves have not con
centrated in middle and South
■ | Georgia. We expect more to move
‘ i into central and southern parts of
11 the State as the season goes
’! along.”
H Usually, dove hunting is best
' i in the northern part of the State
j the first part of the split season
i before the birds migrate. The
' ■ second half of the season is best
ifor middle and South Georgia
' hunters.
11 Lovell has fought for a zoning
• ■ system for Georgia with a sepa
■ I rate season for each zone. His
’ । plan, however, has always been
■ | disapproved by the U. S. Depart-
I ment of Interior.
“We feel that such a plan would
! benefit all Georgia dove hunters,”
Lovell said, “and not be a detri
| ment to our dove population.”
i He said studies made by his
■ | department show that many doves
j never migrate out of the State
। and that many of them nest and ]
reproduce here.
Alamo P.-T. A.
The Wheeler County Parent- i
) Teacher Association held its first
] meeting of the 1959-60 school
l year Thursday night in the case-:
, torium with the president, Mrs. j
I T. A. Morrison, presiding. The ]
Rev. Raymond Chauncey gave the
devotional and special music was
presented by Gwen and Sue!
] Clark.
Mrs. G. W. Lancaster, program
j chairman, outlined the programs
for the year. “Blueprint for the.
I Future” in the theme for the year ;
i and each month’s program will be
I in equations. The subject for Sep
i tember was “Enlightened Home
] plus Dedicated School Equals A ]
Great Nation,” Ramon Meguiar ]
I discussed the Christian home and ]
its relationship to the school and ]
j community.
During the business meeting the I
group adopted for the year a pro-;
' ject to install new rest rooms and ,
i a teacher’s lounge in the old I
■ elementary building thus raising ]
i its standard in line with that of
the new buildings.
Other business included getting ’
the membership drive underway
] and Mrs, Vernon Hartley was ]
] appointed drive chairman. Plans
] were made for Mrs. Hollis
Johnson and Mrs. L. M. Pope to ]
j conduct a PTA workshop later in I
September.
Refreshments were served by !
' the executive committee during '
the social hour.
j ,
Union Seventh Grade
The seventh grade class of •
Union Elementary School held the ;
first meeting of the year on Sep- ■
tember 4, and elected the follow
, ing officers:
President—Joy Evans; Vice-;
; President—Leon Tuten; Secretary ]
—Ruby Horne; Treasurer—Dar
] rell Selph and Wallace Grimes— ]
Reporter.
Donnie Clark was named chair
man of the refreshment com- !
mittee.
j The class will meet the first |
Friday of each month.
SINGLE COPY 5c
Applications For
Navy's Competitive
Exams Available
Applications are now available
-for the Navy's fourteenth annual
• I competitive examination for its
i nation-wide Regular NROTC col
. I lege training program, according
11 to a recent announcement by the
i ] Navy Department. The mental
>; examination is scheduled for De-
j cember 12, 1959, and is open to
. all high school seniors and grad
. I uates who can qualify.
The deadline date for receipt of
i all applications is November 14,
i 1959, the Navy stated.
. i Xale citizens of the United
, I States who have reached the 17th
■ I anniversary of birth and have not
f passed the 21st anniversary of
. birth on July 1, 1960 are eligible
i to apply for the Navy College Ap
' titude Test. Those Contemplating
': a college course which takes five
i years to complete must not have
; passed the 20th anniversary of
birth on July 1, 1960. Persons at
taining a qualifying score will be
given the Navy’s rigid midship-
■ man physical examination next
‘ February. From the pool of quali
' ] tied candidates remaining in com
petition, approximately 16 0 0
| young men will be selected for
1 1 appointment as midshipmen and
’ | will enroll in one of the 52 col
। ] leges of their choice where a
i Naval Reserve Officers Training
; Corps Unit is located.
' I The Regular NROTC is main
’ tained for one purpose—to train
and educate young men for ulti
i mate commissioning as career of-
, | ficers in the Navy and Marine
, Corps. Successful candidates will
: start their Naval Careers in col
’ ] leges and universities across the
, ! country in 1960. After a normal
I college education and substantial
’ ] Navy training, graduates will be
~ commissioned as regular officers
] in the Navy or Marine Corps for
‘ ] active duty with the United States
I I
| Fleets throughout the world. For
I those who apply and qualify, as
’ i signment to flight training will
open new careers in naval avi
ation.
11
I In addition to the normal col
> lege curriculum, midshipmen in
। the Regular NROTC will study a
. i planned course in naval science
All tuition, fees, and books will
| be furnished by the Navy, plus an i
. ] annual retainer pay of S6OO for a
’ \ maximum of four years. Regular
NROTC midshipmen will spend
: part of three summers on training j
: cruises with various Fleet units. I
I Applications for this program I
j leading to a career in the naval i
I service are available from E. M. j
] Rountree, principal of Telfair)
i County High School, or from the j
nearest U. S. Navy Recruiting!
■ Station.
Mr. Rountree has been pro
] vided with specific information
concerning the NROTC program
and will furnish information bul
letins to, any interested student.
Mr. and Mrs. Stone
Return From Trip
| Mr. and Mrs. Guy O. Stone
; have returned home in Glenwood
] from an extended trip to Min-1
, neapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota,
! where they attended the national i
; meeting of the American Legion
: and Auxiliary. Following was a I
> visit to the Black Hills of South ]
i Dakota which included The i
; Needles, The Wasted or better
I known as the Badlands, Mount I
i Rushmore Memorial, The Corn j
' Palace and they attended the I
i Passion Play of Christ at Spear-;
] fish, South Dakota, the American
] home of the play.
GHS Juniors Elect
The Junior class of the Glen-'
wood High School elected the'
] following officers for the year I
.1959-60:
President—Pat Morrison; Vice'l
I President—Rodney Johnson, and ]
I Secretary-Treasurer—Nina Ruth
i McGowan.
During the business session the
• group decided to pay dues every
I month of the school year. An
: other item discussed was the sei-!
] ling of magazine subscriptions. It i
; was agreed to begin in October. I
Everyone is asked to save their j
I subscriptions for the Glenwood
Juniors.
Several other items were dis
। cussed by the class.
j
An easy, yet attractive way toi
serve food and save time, too, is ]
'to arrange meat and vegetables |
]on same platter, suggests Mrs.'
| Mana Taylor, nutritionist, Agri-1
cultural Extension Service.
NUMBER 21.
Trophy To Be
Awarded Volunteer
Fireman For Heroism
Who said where are the most,
meritorius or heroic firemen in
: Georgia?
The Guy L. Mosley Trophy will
• be awarded during National Fire
Prevention Week, October 4 to
1 10, to any regular or volunteer
fireman, below the level of Chief
’ or Assistant Chief, selected as
having performed the most meri
torious or heroic act during the
: I past 12 months by the Allstate
, Insurance Company.
The Mosley Trophy, to be given
I annually, was established in honor
i of Captain Guy L. Mosley who is
a 46 year veteran with the Macon
’ Fire Department. Moseley was
found to be Georgia’s longest
i continuous service fireman in a
I j search conducted last year by the
■ Georgia State Fireman’s Associ
ation and Allstate.
E. A. McDonald, Allstate’s Geor
gia regional manager, states that
meeting one of three broad cate
gories would qualify a fireman
for the Moseley Trophy. They are:
(a) any unusual, courageous or
meritorius act done in the per
' formance of regular or volunteer
duties, (b) or any unusual service
performed for an individual or
| community either on or off the
j job, or (c) any act or acts which
: ] demonstrates faithful performence
of duty in the face of danger.
Nominations for the award are
being solicited from fire chiefs,
other persons connected with the
fire departments, or city or coun
' ty officials who have full know
ledge of the deed performed. AU
tiremen nominated will be honor
!' ed with a Certificate of Appreci
i ation, and the Moseley Trophy,
j with a cash award, will be pre
■; sented to the one selected as most
meritorius. Persons making nomi
'. nations should send complete de
i i tails of the deeds performed to
Meritorious Fireman, P. O. Box
4537, Atlanta, Georgia, before
] midnight September 19, 1959.
i A. SSOO Raise
j For Teachers?
A SSOO raise for Georgia’s
। teachers?
। They ought tp have it says Dr.
] Claude Purcell, state superin
tendent of schools.
“Our average teacher’s salary
is $1,050 below the national aver
i age,” he explains. “I want to see
j it at least equal to the national
I salary, and we should start with
j a SSOO raise.”
His arguments run like this:
1. Each year 3,500 teachers
; withdraw their money from teach
' er retirement and leave the pro
! session. Two thirds of these have
taught three years or less, and
it does little good to recruit able
people as teachers if the schools
can’t hold them as they gain ex
perience.
2. Georgia is first in the nation
in the percentage of school-age
children enrolled, but the quality
of instruction is certain to de
teriorate if Georgia can’t get alert
young people to enter the teach
i ing profession and stay in it.
3. Colleges furnish about half
j the necessary teaching replace
i ments, “and we get the others
i the best way we can.”
4. The whole end and aim of
i all the money we spend, the
' buildings we construct, and every
] thing else in the educational pat-
I tern is directed to one end: The
i Georgia child learning more. For
■ that, Georgia must have the best
1 teachers possible, and pay them
] enough money to keep them in the
classroom.
Dr. Purcell has not “demanded"
anything. He has issued no “ulti
| matum.” Instead he has quietly
and solemnly pointed to a real'
i need for teacher pay increase. In.
! doing so he has fulfilled a duty of
•j his office. In advocating the raise,
he said that it should be made
“as soon as possible.”
We join him in hoping that it
will be possible soon. Georgia
must go forward or begin to slide
] backward. Our schools and the
I quality of education which they
' offer will lead the way, in one
I direction or the other.
"Meet Uncle Sally"
Dont’t forget to “Meet Uncle
Sally” tonight at 8:00 o’clock at
the school cafetorium. It’s the
' three act comedy presented by the
Junior Class of the Wheeler
i County High School.
Admission is 30c for Grammar
! School students and 50c for High
School students.