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Vandiver Dedicates
Interstate Highway 75
Gov. Ernest Vandiver unveiled
the first Interstate Highway
marker in Georgia on Interstate
Route 75 near Ashburn, in Turn
er County. Shown with him at
the brief ceremony are (left to
104th Annual Georgia
State Fair To Be
Staged October 19-24
Plans are nearing completion
for the staging of the 104th annual
Georgia State Fair in Macon, Oc
tober 19th thru 24th, at Central
City Park.
A visit to the gala autumn fair
will provide tip-top educational
and entertainment features for the
whole family. The fair, under
management of the Macon Ex
change Club, has been planned
■with an eye toward providing
something for everyone.
The entire family will be fasci
nated with “Out of the Darkness,”
exclusive Georgia presentation of
a famous “chemorama” produc
tion. The word “chemorama” re
fers to chemical action all around,
using super-pyrotechnic displays
accompanied by music, narration
and high fidelity sound effects.
The story of creation and the Old
Testament will be vividly portray
ed in an unforgettable manner.
On the educational side, an in
teresting highlight will be a mis
sile exhibit which will provide
timely and informative material
on a subject very much in the
news. A fair spokesman said that
no one will want to miss seeing
this interesting exhibit.
Numerous livestock shows will
provide the finest animals in the
state for fair-goers to see. A total
of twelve county agricultural ex
hibits will provide streamlined
views, in capsule, of farm, home,
garden and school life in the
country. Competition will be par
ticularly keen in this department
as cash awards of $2,675 are of
fered in prizes.
The woman’s department will
be loaded with superior examples
of needlework, textiles, arts and
crafts. The culinary section and
the National Cotton Bag Sewing
Contest W’ill also come in for their
share of attention.
Kiddies—and some of their
young-in-heart elders—will find
many brand new rides on the
giant midway to climax their
visit to the fair. A total of thirty
two rides and twenty-five shows
will be featured by Cotlin &
Wilson, the greatest midway on
earth.
Attendance is expected to top
that of previous years, a fair
spokesman said.
Ninth Grade Girls
Elect Officers
The Ninth Grade girls of the
Wheeler County High School
have elected their officers for
the following year. They are as
B follows:
President—Millie Ryals; Vice
President—Nell Hindman; Secre
tary—Vivian Spires; Treasurer—
Frances Ryals; Reporter—June
Cox; Social Chairman—Ray Har
relson.
We konw we will have a won
-1 derful year working together, and
J with the guidance of our teacher,
Mrs. Ruth C. Humphrey.
Eagle Classified Ads pay oft
Wheeler County Eagle
I right):
Mrs. Nora Lawrence Smith,
I Publisher, The Wire grass Farmer,
Ashburn; Robert Jordan, Talbot
ton, Middle District Representa
tive, State Highway Board; Gov
ernor Ernest Vandiver and State
Highway Board Chairman, Jim
School Crisis In j
State Could Come
In 1960—Talmadge
With Congress in recess, Geor
gia’s U. S. Sen. Herman E. Tal
madge is back home spending his
. i time with his friends and neigh
bors. When he is not at his Love
• joy farm or in his Atlanta law
office, he’s filling speaking en
■ gagements.
And what he had to say in a
couple of recent speeches was
' pretty significant. For example,
; he told a meeting of the Buck
; head Fifty Club that Georgia’s
racial crisis in the school “could I
'' well come by September, 1960.” |
And when it does, he said, the
J people of Georgia “must decide
whether they will mix or set
up a private system. One or the
1 ; other is mandatory.”
i Sen. Talmadge’s remarks were
i in response to a question from the
: floor. He continued:
“There is no doubt in my mind
that sooner or later a Negro child
iwill apply to enter a specific
: white school here. It could well
' come by September, 1960. The
crisis will be here at that time.”
The senator said he long ago
. realized the U.S. Supreme Court
i “meant what it said” and, while
' serving as Georgia’s governor,
created the plan for private
schools in the state. He said he
still feels the private school ap
proach is the answer.
In an earlier speech before the
Public Affairs Luncheon Club of
: Dallas, Texas, Talmadge said
i “idiots, lunatics and convicted
felons” would be able to vote if
one of the controversial recom
mendations made by the U. S.
Commission on Civil Rights were
put into effect.
The recommendation he refer
red to is the one calling for adop
tion of a constitutional amend
| ment to extend voting rights so
all persons who meet nominal age
and residence voting requirements
set by states.
The proposed language of this
constitutional amendment is so
broad “that if a condemned
murderer managed to escape from
prison on election day and make
his way to the polls he too would
be permitted to cast a ballot,” Sen.
j Talmadge said.
The proposed amendment is, he
added, “absurd and dangerous.”
He described it as part of a pat-'
tern by which certain people in
the nation are “attempting to;
i control the nation through the!
’ ballot box today and through the
; conditioned minds of the next
| generation tomorrow.”
Sardis Baptist Church
To Observe
Homecoming Oct. 25
Sardis Baptist Church will ob
serve the annual homecoming
! services on Sunday, October 25th.
, The program will begin at 10:30
a.m.
All friends of Sardis are cordi
i ally invited to attend and fellow- ‘
‘ ship together on that day.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1959
| Gillis, Sr. of Soperton.
The 37-mile stretch of nine
, inch dual-lane concrete paving
crossing Tift and Turner counties
is the longest single stretch of
Interstate construction in Geor
: gia to date. The overall cost ex
i ceeded $16,000,000.
i Ga. Delegation
Termed As Best
In US Congress
Lots of Georgians undoubtedly
will agree with what the Metro
; politan Herald, an Atlanta week
ly newspaper, had to say about
Georgia’s delegation in Congress
in a recent editorial. The editorial
follows:
“Georgians can be proud of the
. representation given citizens of
: this state by members Os our
, Congressional delegation and our
two U.S. Senators in the session
; just concluded.
{ “We confidently believe that
| our state has by far the most able
■ representation in the Congress.
The record bears out this' state
ment. Not only are our repre
sentatives and senators conscien
tious and able but they are very
influential with other members
of the Congress.
“Certainly one has only to call
the roll and see for themselves.
What state has a better pair of
Senators than Richard Russell and I
Herman Talmadge?
I “Where can you find a state I
more ably represented in the
, House of Representatives than i
Georgia with Congressmen Davis, i
Forrester, Vinson, Brown, Flynt, i
Blitch, Mitchell, Pilcher, Lan-'
drum and Preston?
“T he s e outstanding public I
i servants are now at home with:
: their fellow Georgians. They'
! have earned a rest from their;
arduous duties, but we know theyi
will not be resting. They will be
out among their friends, making j
; speeches, and telling the story of!
: their Congressional battles.
“We commend all of them for
their outstanding service toj
Georgia and the nation.”
Beta Club Sponsors
Basketball Game
* i
The Beta Club of the Wheeler
County High School is sponsoring
a basketball game Friday, October
16th. at 8:00 p.m. in the Alamo
Gymnasium between the men of
; the Alamo community and the
Union community.
Get out your cushions, join the
: crowd and have gn evening of
fun.
The Beta Club will have eats
and drinks on sale, so eat a light
: supper, then eat again later at j
the game.
The Beta Club tries each year
ito add something needed and of
I great value to the school, so come
I out and help a worthy cause.
Admission: Adults 35c and
i children 25c.
Hulon Bright Serving
With Sixth Fleet
Hulon Bright, signalman first
' class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George S. Bright of Route 2,
Glenwood, is serving aboard the
dock landing ship USS Casa
Grande, operating with the U.S.
; Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
The ship’s six-month cruise be^
jgan July 29.
I Wheeler County
F.H.A. Attends
Dudley Meeting
i Members of the Wheeler Coun
ty F. H. A. Chapter attended the
fall District II meeting in Dudley
October 10 to learn more about
“The Home Economies Future
I Through F. H. A.”
I After the call to order and
: group singing, the Louisville
' Academy Chapter gave an in
i spiring devotional using the
' theme “The Book of My Life.”
1 The Dudley F. H. A. president
and school principal, W. C. Che
! shire, made everyone feel at home
jwith their warm welcome.
The honored guest and speaker
was Dr. Barbara Chandler. Dr.
; Chandler, a distinguished educa
: tor, represents G. S. C. W. She
' spoke on the theme for the day,
(stressing four opportunities
[through F. H. A.; (1) skill (2)
l knowledge (3) getting under
! standing (4) sensitivity.
Immediately following lunch
j was the roll call. The girl answer
ing for her chapter was dressed
i for a teenage activity. Janie Sue
[ Welch answered for Wheeler
. i County High. She was dressed
, 1 appropriately for a Sunday after
noon date.
; ।
1 Everyone was delighted to have
Jan Miles, former state presi
’. dent, present. Jan is national vice
■ i president of publicity and pre
[ sented a skit on national activi
■ I ties entitled “Blueprint for Ac
| tion.”
| Mrs. J. M. Barber of Athens,
। who is F. H. A. State Advisor,
I brought F. H. A.’ers up to date
on State news and projects.
Some other highlights of the
i day were the Perry F. F. A. quar
’; tet, the president’s message, and
’i the song leader’s contest. Camelia
' I Robertson was elected the Dis-
i trict II song leader.
i Those attending from Wheeler
’ County High School were:
| Bobbie Sikes, Bonnie Hindman,
' Elizabeth Ann Hopkins, Cindy
'; Gilder, Nancy Hinson, Linda
1 (Browning, Carolyn Hall, Janie
: Sue Welch, Alice Hamilton,
:' Cheryl Elton, Charlene White,
; Mildred Marchman, Frances Ry
.; als, Elizabeth Clark, Judy Rhodes,
iDona Carol Gibbs, Maxine Brown
■! ing, Ann Mcßride, Faye Tillman,
■I Latrell Maddox, Advisor, Mrs’.
' Ruth C. Humphrey and Bus
; I Driver, Mr. Carl Adams.
F. H. A. Talent Show
At School Is Success
। The Glenwood F. H. A. spon
| sored a “Talent Show” Friday,
, j Oct. 2nd, at the school auditorium, I
| which was a great success. Mrs.
I William Fields, teacher, and girls
! would like to thank every one
I who helped make it a success. I
| Thanks to Mrs., Stanley Adams;
j and Mrs. Jee Vann Pope, chapter,
; mothers for their help that night.
The judges used good judge
! ment in judging the contest. They
1 were Mrs. Betty Jean Simpson,
!Miss Carolyn Thigpen and Miss
! Annie Merle Woody of Lumber
City.
J Winners were Mrs. Albert,
| Pickle and Sonny Pickle, Ist I
prize (3 silver dollars), Mrs. Hen-1
ry Clark and son, Larry, 2nd. prize ’
1 i (2 silver dollors), with Miss Ritta
Jo Ennis as 3rd. prize winner( 11
silver dollar). Congratulations to
them.
-
Glynn Anderson was master of j
ceremony and did a wonderful
job. Thank you, Glynn.
Home Coming At
Hope Baptist Church
Home coming services will be;
at Hope Baptist Church Sunday,
October 18, beginning at 10:45
a.m. The Pastor, and the members
of the Church extend to each and,
everyone a most cordial welcome, j
Lunch will be served at 12:30.!
Make plans to attend and stay
through the afternoon session.
Carnival To Be
Held At Union
i The Union School will have its
Halloween Carnival at the schooll
! building Friday, October 23, be- I
: ginning at 6 o’clock.
There will be Bingo, Cake I
Walk, fish pond, hay rides and
a white elephant sale along with
i eats and drinks, so join the
crowd and have a snack, along
with the fun and help make this.
carnival a great success.
k Your subsermuon an impor
-ant item to 3“ nd it w !
Problem Os Aged
Will Be Studied
By State Agency
Gov. Ernest Vandiver thinks
: aged citizens ought to get a better
■ deal in the business world and
t he has taken the first forward
1 step to try to do something about
it. He has created a commission
I on aging to make studies of the
, problems in Georgia.
The findings will be reported to
j the Governor and subsequently
to a White House Conference on
t Aging to be held in Washington
. in January, 1961. The commission,
> created by executive order will
utilize federal funds.
“One of the greatest domestic
problems confronting our state
and nation today is the health
, and welfare of our aged and in
firm citizens,” Gov. Vandiver said
’ in his executive order.
। “Recent medical statistics indi
cate that life expectancy is ap
proximately 70 years of age, as
compared with . . . only 48 years
1 of age less than 50 years ago.
। “Our elder citizens offer a
valuable source of manpower and
continued utilization of their po
tential productive capacity is
desirable.”
The new commission is com
posed of 21 persons named by the
‘ Governor. Its chairman, repre
senting the state at large, is Dr.
John Tyler Mauldin. Mrs. Vir
ginia Smyth, representing the
Georgia Department of Public
Health, is vice chairman.
Other members represent state
government departments and
agencies and various private
groups.
।
Wheeler County
P. T. A. Meets
“Proper Guidance plus Control
equals Behavior in Home and
School” was the subject of an
interesting and enlightening pro- j
gram presented at the regular
meeting of the Wheeler County
PTA Thursday night at the school
library.
Mrs. G. W. Lancaster, program !
chairman, opened the program
and the devotional was given by
Miss Georgie Harbin. Mrs. Dovie
Garrison, Mrs. M. K. Jackson, I
Mrs. J. B. Clements and Mrs. Paul I
Humphrey each discussed guid- j
ance problems of a different age
group.
The Executive Committee, in
their meeting before the regular
PTA meeting, recommended that
the playground equipment to be
bought with the Woodman of the
World and PTA funds be desig-1
nated for the elementary school. I
The date of the Harvest Festival 1
was set for Oct. 30th.
Mrs. Wade Hartley, chairman of ;
I the Building Committee, reported ।
। on the progress being made on the
| project for the year-new rest j
I rooms for the elementary school, j
County School Superintendent T.
C. Fulford further discussed the
need for this project.
The membership chairman, Mrs.
Vernon Hartley, reported 214.
members enrolled in this year’s j
membership drive. A five-dollar,!
। three-dollar and two-dollar award
। was made respectively to Mrs. |
। Pope’s fifth grade, Mrs. Gross’ j
I sixth grade, and Mrs. Dixon’s!
third grade.
i The School of Instructions, held
in September by Mrs. Hollis 1
Johnson and Mrs. L. M. Pope, was i
a success.
I Room count was won by the:
sixth and eleventh grades.
The hostesses served refresh- ;
ments after which the meeting
adjourned.
Graham Home
Demonstration Club
The Graham Home Demonstra-1
: tion Club met Oct. 2 at the club '
j house at 10:00 o’clock for the!
| purpose of making handicraft. We
I had five members and Miss Harris
present. We made flower contain
ers out of tin cans and plaster j
paris.
At lunch time we enjoyed a I
delicious meal which was pre-1
pared by the members.
Several ladies from Telfair j
■ County came in the afternoon so j
I they could take the idea back i
to their club.
When adjournment time came ■
we had completed twenty flower
! containers, of which we are very ;
proud to have. !
REMEMBER YOUR SUB |
SCRTPTION—TT IS IMPOR j
TANT TO THE EAG L E |
THAT YOUR SUBSCRIP-!
1 TION BE PAID AT ONCE !
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Superintendents Os
State Parks Meet
In Cordele Oct. 7-8
> Superintendents of Georgia’s
' 34 state parks met at the Veterans
1 I Memorial State Park, Cordele, on
I October 7-8 for an in-service
t training program. State Parks
i Director Charles A. Collier said
j this was the first function
of its kind ever set up by the
> i parks department.
• i A number of state and federal
i ! officials gave lectures on parks
i i and their operations. Peter Zack
. | Geer, Executive Secretary to
I । Governor Ernest Vandiver, gave
I the address at a dinner Thursday
■ ; night.
' j Mr. and Mrs. Lee Willcox,
11 Little Ocmulgee State Park, at
■ tended the meeting.
Work to be done at Little Oc
mulgee State Park during the
winter months include buildings
■ repaired and painted, water fa
' I cilities improved, a council ring
: I for group camp, study of dam
I repairs and water growth.
iLast Passenger
Steam Train
I By G. C. BARNHILL
On board the last passenger
steam train in Georgia, operated
over the Gainesville Midland
Railroad, a branch line of the
Seaboard between Athens and
Gainesville, 542 passengers from
23 states, Connecticut to Minne
sota, and as far south as Key
West, celebrated the passing of
the old steam locomotive in Gecr-
I gia.
The thirteen coach double
header was walcomed along the
way by the people of this section,
with brass bands, cameras of all
descriptions, auto horns and any
type of flag that could wave a
’ salute, giving evidence of appre-
I ciation for the Georgia Chapter
of The National Historical Rail
ways Society, making possible this
honor trip to the majestic and
j mighty steam locomotive. ■
j To spend the day with a happy
group of people, is to drink from
the fountain of youth, then to ob
serve the spirit of the many re
j tired men of the yesterday’s trains
i as they renew the thrill of riding
I again. One of the past engineers
was dressed up in a new suit of
overalls with cap to match and
he carried all day, a new oil can.
that has the long trigger spout (
used on tthe steam locomotives.!
i Look at the small boy dressed in
| new overall suit with the Frisco
I System insigna on the jacket.
Moving over to a fellow pointed I
j out as the oldest man of the I
I system and as-king him what en-1
gineer making up the history of I
the road could blow the best!
! I
i whistle tune, he named Fox Gal- ;
i loway and added, was among the)
; fastest.
We stopped at the old type |
coal shute, where the buggies
were loaded by hand, the water i
; tank always full, filled by gravi- j
i tation from the hills. To sit here I
iin the cab and watch the fresh
' coal going in and then the great |
roll of black smoke, simply gives;
I a fellow the feeling of railroading. I
1 It was a field day for the little i
; boys on board, at Gainesville, |
i both locomotives were for them i
j to explore and in addition they i
i were allowed to blow the whistle ;
’ and for the hour we were there!
I of all the whisle blowing on re- •
: cord, it was here.
j We have left Jefferson for the;
I last stretch, and watching the
engineer Mr. Westmoreland as he
reached for the whistle line an
nouncing Athens that goodby and
j farewell look was showing. These
! engines are almost human, they j
I are so faithful, so powerful and [
■so responsive. Who could keep
i from that feeling that we have
lost something?
।
Boys and Girls
, Read 25 Books
i These boys and girls have sue-1
i cessfully completed the Vacation ■
' Reading Club requirements dur
' ing the summer of 1959 by read
ing 25 books:
j Larry Tanner, Dee Ann Clark, I
! Maxie Ryals, Joy Cox, Harry Mc
! Alum, Dana McDaniel, Raqhel
I Clements, Sherrye Harbin, Sue i
; Sikes, Genie Maddox, Wilma Ann
I Gillis.
We are very proud of these
j and others who have read so
I many books this summer.
WHEELER COUNTY LIBRARY
i i
! "Keep Wheeler County Green" •
NUMBER 28,
Vandiver Hails
State's Role In
War Centennial
s j Signs point to Georgia’s role in
; ■ the forthcoming Civil War Cen
i tennial observance being one of
.> the most outstanding of any state
si in the Union. And there is good
I' reason for this, too.
i i “ Some of the most important
battles of the war were fought
on Georgia soil,” said Gov. Ernest
1 Vandiver the ocher day when he
5 became the nation’s first governor
: j to deliver a formal address about
) the participation of his state in
- the Civil War as a prelude to the
observance of the 1861-65 conflict.
' Speaking at the first of a series
.; of meetings sponsored by the At
■ i lanta Civil War Round Table,
; Vandiver cited such great battles
.i as Chickamauga, Resaca, New
. Hope Church, Peachtree Creeks
; Atlanta, Ezra Church and Jones
. boro.
; “All in all, some 289 actions—
i raids, skirmishes and battles—
took place on Georgia soil,” he
■ । said. “Besides these connotations
| for us, Georgia sons played a key
! role in organizing the Southern
i Government and in providing
I some of the Confederacy’s most
I able statesmen.”
) Gov. Vandiver, who earlier thi#
i year created by executive order
। the State Civil War Centennial
(Observance Commission with his:
i executive secretary, Peter Zack
Geer, as chairman, said there are
several factors involved in con
sidering why Georgia should com-
i memorate this war. They are:
1. Because of the importance ol
। the conflict in the history of war-
I fare.
। 2. Because of the importance ot
.; Georgia’s participation in the war.
j 3. To recognize and pay tribute
i to the greatness demonstrated by
. Georgia people during the crisis:
! of a century ago.
Georgia won’t seek to remember
the “bloodshed, strife, hatred and
; discord” of the War Between the
I States,” the Governor said.
! “Rather, it is the brave men
• । and women on both sides of the
! line—swept up in a tide of events
. over which they had no control—
' and their noble deeds that we
! seek to honor and to recall,” he
1 said.
The Governor said it is hist
i desire that Georgia cooperate to
I the fullest with the National Civil
; War Centennial Commission, ere
(ated by the 85th Congress, in the
I proper observance of the 100th
Anniversary of the 1861-65 period
“which had such a tremendous
impact upon our country and her
i people.”
Mrs. H. C. Coleman
Dies of Heart
Failure Monday
■ Funeral services were held:
I Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Zion Hope
■ Baptist Church for Mrs. Henry
C. Coleman, 70, the former Miss
| Julia Mae Johns, who died in the
j Telfair County Hospital Monday
morning of heart failure. The
; Rev. Oris Bracewell and the Rev.
I Harold Miller officiated, andi
: burial was in the Zion Hope
; Cemetery with Harris & Smith
I Funeral Home in charge- of ar
rangements.
Pallbearers were Doyle Cole
man, Calvin Yawn, Coleman
; Coogler, William Morris, Fred
' Bracewell and James Evans.
Honorary pallbearers were Jim
Maloy, W. W. Strom, Paulsen
Perry, Lamar Jackson Clarence-
Brown, and W. H. Yawn.
Mrs. Coleman was born in.
Dodge County on April 12, 1889,
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Enoch Johns. She was a
i member of Zion Hope Baptist
I Church.
Survivors include her husband;
two sons, William H. Coleman
and Melvin Coleman, of Helena
IR-1; three daughters, Mrs. Be
; atrice Yawn, of Helena R-l; Mrs:
Fariba Coogler, of Thomaston and
: Mrs. Grace Kirkland, of Mission,
i Texas; 14 grandchildren; M
' great-grandchildren, and two sis*
। ters, Mrs. W. C. Coleman, rs
Helena, and Mrs. Fannie Ptea*
: edek, of Empire.
Union P. B. Y. F. To
Have Bake Sale
The Union P. B. Y. F. will
j have a bake sale in the R.EA
building in Alamo on Saturday,
October 17.
There will be cakes, candy,
cookies and pies. Everyone is
invited to help make the sale a
1 success.