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VOLUME 46.
Talmadge Reports
To Georgia Via
Radio, TV, Press
In an effort to keep the people ■
of Georgia fully informed about
governmental developments on
the national level,U. S. Senator
Herman Talmadge has expand
ed his program of reporting to his
constituents.
The Georgia junior senator has
just inaugurated a series of bi
weekly radio reports which will
be carried by at least 85 radio
stations serving Georgia.
The stations are making time
available for these reports as a
public service and will carry them
on a regularly-scheduled basis
during the months Congress is in
session. (Georgians should con
sult the schedule of their local
stations for the time the reports
are carried in their respective
areas.)
The radio reports will alternate
with the biweekly television re
ports of Sen. Talmadge which
have been featured by the 17 TV
stations serving Georgia since he
went to the Senate in 1957.
They, like the television re
ports, will be devoted to discuss
ion bf events and developments
in official Washington. The radio
talks are taped in Washington and
will be mailed every Monday for
release on or after the following
Friday at 8 a. m.
By expanding his public relat
ions program to include radio,
Talmadge is when Congress is in
session, reporting regularly to his
fellow Georgians through all
major news media—radio televis
ion and the press. He writes a
weekly column entitled “Herman
Talmadge Reports From Wash
ington.”
Wheeler County
Bulldogs Win Games
The Wheeler Bulldogs won both
games Tuesday night when they
played the Telfair Trojans in Mc-
Rae.
The girls won with a score of
31-25. Glenda Hartley scored 18
points for the victors and Kay
Harrelson scored 15 points for the
defeated.
The boys game was a thriller
from beginning to end. The
Wheeler boys played a wonder
ful game against the Trojans who
have lost only one game this year.
The final score was 61-50. Aaron
Maddox and Jimmy White both
scored 19 points for the victors.
Strom and Copeland scored 17
and 16 points respectively for the
losers. The Trojans defeated the
Wheeler boys earlier this season.
Saturday night was another
night of excitment for the Bull
dogs. The boys defeated Dublin
63-56. Dublin had defeated Wheel
er once this year. High scores
were: Larry Clark-16 points,
Rickey Nelson-14 points, and
Franklin Pittman - 12 points for
Wheeler. Wayne Thomas -1 8
points and Ronald Baggett 13
points for Dublin.
The Wheeler girls defeated
Dublin 52-26. Gwen Clark, Glenda
Hartley, and Sue Clark scored 17,
16, and 12 points respectively for
Wheeler. Irene Smith and Fran
ces Lord scored 11 and 8 points
respectively for Dublin.
Hospital Patients
The following patients were ad
mitted to the Telfair County Hos
pital during the past week: Mrs.
Mary Pope, Charles Neal, Mrs.
Reba Brown, Mrs. John Ira Hu
lett, and Mrs. Louise Floyd, of
Mcßae; W. I. Knowles, of Mcßae
R-2; Ann Wahl and Mrs. Ethel
Evans, of Chauncey; Mrs. Eudelle
Reaves, Elvis Watkins, Mrs. Beau
ty Stuckey and R. L. Dunaway,
of Rhine; Mrs. J. G. Patterson,
Danny, Ricky and Vicky Gay, of
Jacksonville; Mrs. George Flan
ders, of Scotland; Mrs. Maybelle
Shepherd, Mrs. L. J. Walker, Mrs.
Carolyn Nelson, Bob Cravey,
Mrs. Kathleen Brown and Howell
Burch, o f Milan; Mrs. Hilda
Pope, J. C. Brown and Miss Ja
nelle Williams, of Hazlehurst;
Stevie Meguiar and Ray Tanner,
of Alamo; Mrs. Doris Spires, of
Macon; Mrs. Mary Bryson, of
Helena; Max Brown, of Lumber
City; Mrs. Harleen Sheffield, of
Helena R-l; Mrs. Sallie Lou Lum
ley, of Soperton; Versie Hughes,
of ’Mcßae; George Stearns, of
Jacksonville; Clinton Eady, of
Scotland and Willie B. Ivey, of
Chauncey.
"Keep Wheeler County Green"
Wheeler County Eagle
HUIET MAKES 1960 EMPLOYMENT REPORT
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Atlanta, February 1 —Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Huiet, left, in making the annual report for 1960 of the
Georgia Department of Labor to the General Assembly'
and the Governor, tells House Speaker George L. Smith II
of Emanuel County that the Georgia State Employment
Service of the Department filled over 120,000 non-farm
jobs last year, ranging from top executives to highly skilled
technicians. These workers represent the breadwinners
of a city and county more than three times the size of
Augusta and Richmond County. The Advisory Council to
the Georgia Department'of Labor, Employment Security
Agency, created by the General Assembly to assist Com
missioner Huiet in solving problems concerning employ
ment security, recommended to the Commissioner that the
General Assembly enact no legislation concerning the pro
gram this year in order to give more time for experience
under the changes enacted by the General Assembly in
1960. The council is made up of leaders representing em
ployers, employees and the general public. Commissioner
Huiet also reported that for the first time in history
Georgia’s non-farm employment stayed above one million
for an entire year.
Reserve Laud Classed As Erffiffend
After Coniraci Expires
| Land on which a Conservation
j Reserve contract expired on De
i cember 31 does not need to be
• plowed up this year to keep its
! rating as cropland, according to
: W. L. Helton, Jr., Manager of the
| Agricultural Stabilization and
। Conservation County Office. Un
i dec existing law, any cropland in
I the Conservation Reserve is class-
I ed as cropland for an additional
| period after the contract expires,
i The additional period is equal
। to the number of years that the
| land was under contract prior to
I expiration.
Mr. Helton explained the crop
; land classification with the fol
lowing classification illustration:
A farmer had a piece of crop
land under a 5 - year Conser
■ vation Reserve contract that ex-
H. D. Clm Events For F eh. Woman
Os The Year And Dress Revue
Review GI Policy
Benefits, Vets Urged
j Most veterans with GI life in-
I surance need to become better ac
। quainted with theilr policy’s paid
! up values says Georgia Veterans
: Service Director Pete Wheeler.
Wheeler explained that besides
family protection in event of the
i breadwinner’s death, permanent
jinsurance provides cash reserve
1 and paid-up or extended insur
j ance benefits which should be re
| viewed.
“These benefits are listed in a
1 table of guaranteed values on any
| permanent GI Policy and I rec
| ommend that veterans and their
i wives look them over carefully,”
; the veterans director stated.
In financial emergencies veter
j ans may borrow up to 94 per cent
|of their permanent policy’s cash
j value. This action leaves the pol-
I icy in force but reduces the
j amount of protection for bene
■ ficiaries until the loan is repaid,
i Annual interest on these loans is
! 4 per cent of the unpaid balance.
Paid-up insurance is, in effect,
' the amount of protection allowed
i for the equivalent cash value. For
i example, on a 810,000 Ordinary
j Life policy which has been in
i force 10 years the cash value is
। approximately $1,460.01 and the
! paid-up insurance is $2,890.37.
Extended term insurance pro
| vides a period of time in which
the insurance “carries itself.” A
SIO,OOO Ordinary Life Policy in
force 10 years gives 13 years and
21 days of extended coverage. If
a veteran discontinued a perma
nent policy of this type now, for
example, he would be fully pro
tected until 1974.
If men be good, government
cannot be bad.—William Penn.
ALAMO. WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1961
i pired on December 31, 1960, and
■ the contracted land had been es
■ tablished to grass. He could leave
; the land in grass for another 5
> years and for agricultural pro
: gram purposes it would be classed
I as cropland during that period.
Farmers who have Conserva
i tion Reserve contracts that have
expired should also check with
1 the ASC county Office, particu
. larly if they have other land that
I is still in the Reserve. This check
! should be made tto be sure about
> the acreage of crops permitted
for harvest under contracts still
• in effect. Another important item
to be checked is the status of any
farm acreage allotments that may
have been unused when the crop
■ land was in the Reserve.
by Shirley Harris
How active have you been in
Home Demonstration Club work
in the past year? Can you meet
the qualifications for selection of
Wheeler County Woman of the
' Year? You might be the lucky
’ lady, so be sure and fill in the
information sheet that has been
’ mailed to all Wheeler County
' Home Demonstrator Club Mem
> bers. This event is being sponsor
; er by the local Home Demonstra
tion Council. Crowning will take
j place at the county dress revue,
^February 23, 1961.
. j Participating in the County Dress
. I Revue is one of the qualifications
. for the Woman of the Year. Are
> you planning to enter this year?
You should. The county elimina
tion will take place on February
. 23 at 3.00 p.m. Place will be an
! nounced later. So get busy and
“stitch-up” a new garment. Cate.
, gories include: house dress, play
, I clothes, tailored or street dress
■ and church dress, and coats,
. j suits and party dresses. County
i winner will compete in the Dis
i trict Dress Revue,, March 8 at
[ Mcßae.
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Huckabee Sub- Distric
Meeting To Be In
Alamo February 6
The regular monthly meeting
! of the Huckabee Sub - District
Methodist Youth Fellowship will
be held in Alamo, on Monday,
। February 6 at 7:30 p. m.
' The guest speaker will be Miss
Leia G. McConnell, L.H.D., Pres
• ident of Mount Carmel High
. School and Kentucky Mountain
Bible Institute. A trio of girls will
•| sing.
t; All members are urged to at
tend and take a friend.
Cravey Delays
His Ruling On
Auto Rate Hike
Insurance Commissioner Zack
D. Cravey has postponed for 30
days his decision on filings by the
National Bureau of Casualty Un
derwriters and the National Auto
mobile Underwriters’ Association
regarding 3.3 increases on bodily
injury and property damage pre
miums, and on the Safe Driver or
Merit Plan.
Commissioner Cravey’s decision
under law was due Tuesday, Jan
uary 24, 20 days after the public
hearing on the filings which he
held on January 4.
“I desire to give ‘these filings
the closest study possible," Com
missioner Cravey declared. “They
effect the pocketbook of every
automobile owner ip Georgia and
it is imperative that they be ac
corded minute scrutiny. There
fore, I am delaying my decision.’’
Commissioner Cravey explained
he legally could defer the decis
ion if the filing companies agreed.
He expressed his appreciation to
these companies for the cooper
ation.
In a package deal, the National
Bureau is again seeking rate re
vision on bodily injury and prop
erty damage premiums which
Commissioner Cravey rejected
last July. Together, with the Na
tional Automobile Underwriters,
the Bureau is now also asking to
institute the Safe Driver Plan in
Georgia. This system, they point
out, would reward drivers with
good records while penalizing
others.
Mrs. Cleve Crosby
Dies In Chipley, Fla.
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 3 p. m. in the Alamo
Methodist Church for Mrs. Cleve
land Crosby, 64, of Chipley, Fla.,
the former Miss Iris Martin, who
died Friday after a long illness.
The Rev. John Carroll officiated,
and burial was in the Alamo
Cemetery with Harris & Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements
Mrs. Crosby was born in Wheel
er County on September 2, 1896,
the daughter of James Allen and
Flora Belle Braswell Martin- She
was a member of Ocean Grove
Methodist Church in Jackson
ville, Fla.
Survivors include three daugh
ters, Mrs. Aubrey McLendon, of
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Edith
Stanley, of Chipley, Fla. and
Mrs. Jean Barnett, of Huntington
Beach, California; her mother, of
Jacksonville, Fla. and three brot
hers, C. A. Martin, F. B. Martin
of West Palm Beach, Fla. and W-
E. Martin, of Vidalia.
Former Scotland
Resident Dies In
Miami Florida
Mrs. Daniel B. Graham, 78, a
resident of Scotland for many
years, died of pneumonia in the
Fiori Dean Rest Home in Miami,
Fla. last Wednesday.
Mrs. Graham, the former Miss
Eunice Cornelia Humphrey, was
born in Augusta on October 11,
1882, the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Humphrey. She
was a member of the Scotland
Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held in
the Scotland Methodist Church
Sunday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. C.
A. Morrison officiating. Burial
was in the Scotland Cemetery
wDh Harris & Smith Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Emmett Mc-
Millan, Chester Flanders, Nor
wood Flanders, R. W. Nunn C. H.
Cook and George Callaway.
Survivors include one son, Dan
iel B. Graham Jr., of Albany; two
daughters, Mrs. Sarah Neal Jones
and Mrs. Josephine Harrover; a
grandson, Henry C. Meadows, and
one granddaughter, Sarajo Van
Buren, of Miami; and one brother,
Watson Humphrey, of Helena R-l.
Recovering From
A Skid
By David Bryson
If you go into a skid remember
two things—The first is never ap
ply your brakes or this will make
the skid worse. The second thing
is to turn the wheels in the di
rection of the skid. This will al
low the front wheels to regain
control. You should be ready to
apply gas to get back on the road
once control is gained.
District Scout
Leaders Hold
Meeting Tuesday
The executive committee of the
Pine Forest district of the Cen
tral Georgia Council of the Boy
Scouts of America held their
monthly meeting last Tuesday
night. Presiding was T. J. Smith
111, Mcßae, district chairman.
Other officials present were Gene
Hilburn, District Commissioner,
Dublin; Elmer Mackey, Chairman
Organization and Extension, Dub
lin; Bobby Willjs, Chairman
Health and Safety, Dudley; Evan
Taylor, the host, Chairman Or
ganization and Extension, Dublin;
Joe Wilson, Chairman Camping
and Activities, Dublin; Roy J.
Chappell, Chairman Public Rela
tions, Dudley; Rev. Carrol Tins
ley, Chairman Leadership and
Training, Dexter; and Neil Dai
!ey, District Scout Executive,
Dublin.
The committee mapped plans
for the coming Boy Scout Week
to be held February 7 through
14, in Dublin, which will feature
a retreat ceremony by the Scouts
at the Laurens County courthouse
and also on Friday, February 10
many of the outstanding Scouts
m the area will take over the city
and county government for the
afternoon.
Scout executive Niel Dailey in
formed the group that Scout en
rollment in the Pine Forest dis
trict, which includes Twiggs,
Laurens, Johnson, Dodge, Telfair,
Wheeler, Treutlen, and Montgom
ery Counties, total 1,050 Cub and
Boy Scouts, and that at least that
many more boys are missing the
great opportunity of growing up
to be outstanding scout-citizens in
the world in which the old always
turn over their leadership to
younger men.
Mr. Dailey stated also that the
annual Boy Scout fund drive has
reached $6,937.60 of the $8,500.00
। goal set.
Farm Operating
Credit Available
This is the time of year when
Telfair and Wheeler County farm
families plan the steps they need
to take to increase the efficiency
of their farming operation during
the coming farm season, reports
I Herman T. Langley, Farmers
iHome Administration county
i supervisor.
The agency advances operat
ing credit primarily to help
j eligible farm families make im-
I proved use of their land and labor
i resources on family-type farms
i and make needed changes in their
I farming systems. Most of the
i changes call for adopting better
I farming practices and improving
1 the efficiency of their farming
operation. The loan helps farmers
(pay for equipment, livestock,
I feed, seed, fertilizer and other
i farm and home operating needs
| including refinancing chattel
debts. Operating loans run from
! one to seven years at five percent
- interest.
Mr. Langley said the bulk of
I the operating loan money in this
area is being used for equipment,
j livestock and annual operating
needs. Many of the changes in
i farming systems are resulting in
; better dairy herds, hog programs,
and other livestock programs.
Before an operating loan for ad
justment purposes is closed, the
: applicant and the county super
visor agree on the proposed long
। time improvements. At the begin
ning of each farming year, while
he loan is being repaid, the fam
ily, with Mr. Langley’s help, make
make annual plans for the ’best
use of the farm income and deter
mine additional credit needs. A
year-end revue of the past years’
successes and mistakes guides the
family and county supervisor
when they get together to plan
for the year coming up.
In addition to operating loans
the Farmers Home Administration
makes loans to farmers to build,
alter, or repair farm buildings, in
cluding dwelling. These long term
Housing Loans can be made for
a period up to 33 years at four
percent interest. The agency also
has a long term loan for the pur
pose of helping farmers enlarge,
develop, or purchase a farm.
Applications can be filed at the
local office of the Farmers Home
Administration located in the Ag
riculture Building in Mcßae on
Monday through Friday, or at the
Soil Conservation Office in Alamo
1 on Friday mornings of each week.
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Mulch Farming Demonstration
To Be Given In Douglas February 8
By H. L. DAVIS
A demonstration of Mulch Far
ming will be given for the bene
fit of farmers of this sec.ion at
Douglas, February 8, according
to L. R. Payne, ..'.■ea Conserva
tionist of Soil Conservation Serv-I
ice, Soperton.
The demonstration will be on
the O. O. Walker Farm, which is
located approximately one mile
west of Douglas on Highway Ga
’2. The program will begin
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G. C. Barnhill landing in Por
tugal , first stop on recent trip
to Europe The Middle East and
Egypt
William S. Parks, District Lay
Leader of the Methodist Church
for the Americus District in mak
ing assignments for laymen to
speak at the different churches
hroughout the district, during
the ten weeks special emphasis
has assigned G. C. Barnhill of
Glenwood to Lumber City, Feb
ruary the sth, Milan February
26th and Chauncey March 26th.
Mr. Barnhill will bring info
hese messages some efforts of the
different faiths in the Middle East
and Egypt during these addresses,
having recently returned from a
visit to this part of the world
for the second time.
RECORD SUPPLY OF MEATS
FOR '6l
Food shoppers can expect to
find a record supply of red meats
in retail stores this year. U. S.
Department of Agriculture re
ports indicate that production of
red meats in 1961 is expected to
be almost 30 billion pounds—
enough to supply each customer
with about 165 pounds.
Lower Price Sapper is For Tobacco
Growers Os Undesirable Varieties
The Tobacco Variety Identifica
tion Program which has been in
effect for the past four years will
be cointinued in 1961, according
to oJhn F. Bradley, Admi.nistra
to John F. Bradley, Administra-
Stabilization and Conservation
State Office. The program was
initiated to protect both domestic
and foreign markets against the
purchase of undesirable varieties
of the flue-cured tobacco. The va
rieties which are considered to
be undesirable have added great
ly to the surplus of tobacco which
is held by the Flue-Cured Cooper
ative Stabilization Corporation,
and the value of low grade to
bacco produced from these va
rieties is much less than the gov
erment support price for superior
or more desirable tobacco vari
eties.
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has announced that cer
tain varieties of flue-cured to
bacco would be supported at a
lower rate than the rates set for
comparable grades of other va
rieties. In 1960 the support price
rieties. In 1960 the support price on
the undesirable varieties. These to
baccos have been classified by
scientists as “low in flavor and
aroma, generally of light body,
or currently with poor acceptance
in the trade.” These varieties are
considered to produce types of
tobacco that the trade currently
does not want and lower loan
rates were established to discour-
promptly at 2:00 p. m.
Supervisors of the Altamaha
Soil Conservation District are
sponsoring the demonstratio4_
Farm equipment dealers serving
Coffee County will demonstrate
I the various lines of lister planters
j and cultivating equipment under,
the direction of SCS technicians.
Mulch farming of corn, soy
beans, grain sorghum, millet and
other crops is increasing rapidly
in the Coastal Plain Areas, ac
cording to Payne. Direct plant
ing of these crops, without prior
breaking or other land prepara
tion, is proving very successful
and results in savings of $5.00 to
$9.00 per acre in land preparation
:osts he stated.
Everybody Loses
When Cotten Acres
Allowed To Go Idle
Everybody loses when farmer#
with cotton allotments fail either
Io plant or release to their county
ASC committee the acres alloted
to them. Director W. A. Sutton
of the University of Georgia
Cooperative Extension Service
declared this week.
Not only does the individual
farmer stand to lose by failing
to release unplanted alloted acres,
but the county’s and state’s eco
nomy will also suffer, the Extens
ion director pointed out.
Cotten acreage history deter
mines future allotments, Mr. Sut
ton continued. When a farmer re
leases acreage he will not plant;
that acreage can be given to
others to plant this year, and the
history of the farm which origin
ally has the allotment is protect
ed. A farmer must plant at least
1 75 precent of his alloted acres to
protect the entire allotment.
* If acreage is not either planted
5 or released, the farm’s allotment
’ will be reduced next year, under
’ present regulations. This allot
ment will not be given to some
' one else in the county or even
’ in the state; it will be distributed
• over the entire cotton producing
’ section of the country.
‘ Georgia’s income from cotton
- was reduced some . sl2 million in
■ 1960 because of this, Mr. Sutton
1 said. This was lost because about
1 85,000 alloted acres were not
planted.
If this had been released, it is
likely that most of it would have
been planted by someone else, he
। said.
Georgia has an increased cotton
allotment for 1961, giving a po
tential of about 860,000 acres that
’ could be planted. If this acreage
। is planted and the state cotten
goal of a bale-per-acre is realized,
it could mean $l4O million to the
State’s economy.
-1 age the production of these va
i rieties.
1 Bradley states that the flue-cur
; ed tobacco variety discount pro
■ gram for 1961 will be operated
in a similar manner to that of
i the past four years. Tobacco Va
-5 riety Identification Specialists
: will visit counties growing tobac
; co and make spot-checks to de
;: termine if any of the undesrable
. i varietiess are ' being produced.
> Where a tobacco farmer is found
-1 to be producing one of the un—
i i desirable varieties, he will be is
■ ■ sued a “limited support” market
, I ing card when he goes to sell his
•' tobacco. He states that the same
cooperation on the part of the
growers is expected again this
• year.
The number of farmers who
find themselves eligible for sup
port at the reduced rate has been
• very low in Georgia. A few farm
■ ers who do find themselves in
i this position could be badly hurt
• if, as in the past, they are forced
i to rely on the support rates for
• the sale of their tobacco. Brad
i j ley urges that all tobacco growers
- see that the plants which they
■ | will soon be setting out are only
I plants of acceptable varieties.
, | Flue-cured tobacco farmers
: should keep in mind the fact that
> this program is intended to, and
: in the long-run will, benefit them
■ and that they are only hurting
i themselves if they do no plant
recommended varieties.
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