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VOLUME 46.
COVERING
THE UN |
BANS EASING ON JOBS FOR
WOMEN
When the United Nations Com
mission on the Status of Women j
meets in Geneva next month, [
conditions of employment for:
women in many countries will be j
reviewed. Findings of an ILO re
port indicate a gradual easing
of restriction formerly applied to
women, both married and single,
in their opportunities for gainful'
work — although many are still
operative against married women, )
Especially for air hostesses, the'
report shows, discrimination con- ’
tinues on the basis of marital)
status. In the United States, it!
was found, about 40 per cent of|
the stewardesses leave their jobs;
each year—most of them to get'
married. The majority of the I
larger airlines require steward
esses to resign on marriage, or)
shortly thereafter. On the other)
hand, the widely prevalent short-!
age of teachers has virtually
wiped out the regulations against)
married women in the educa-:
tional field.
RELIEF SUPPLIES FLOWING j
TO KASAI
In the famine areas of Kasai ;
province in the Congo the death
rate has been reduced by 75 per
cent in the last few weeks as a)
result of United Nations relief ac-.
(|ion, reports from the region )
state. Os the 300,000 refugees
from tribal warfare, 150,000 are)
completely destitute.
In response to global appeals)
for aid to these victims, the Unit-)
ed Nations Children’s Fund (UNI
CEF) has contributed $436,000;
the Oxford Famine Relief Orga
nization of Britain, $280,000; the)
Swedish Save the Children Fund,
$168,000, and the League of Red
Cross Societies, $140,000. Airliftsl
from the United States and Nor
way are bringing in the supplies,
some of which also comes by I
sea. Apart from food, the most;
urgent needs have been for seed i
and for medical supplies.
AGENCY TO STUDY WILD
ANIMALS
More than 100 diseases of wild;
animals may be transmitted to)
domesticated livestock, and)
thence to humans. The Food and j
Agriculture Organization has
therefore integrated into its pro
gram of work, a study of possible,
means of control of these and
other diseases.
In a recent F.A.O. publication,'
“Diseases in Free-Living Wild,
Animals,” Dr. A. McDiarmid of)
Britain notes that wild animals)
can act as a reservoir of rabies)
infection, red skunks and bats)
having been found to have spread)
the disease in the United States,)
as have ground squirrels, foxes,)
coyotes and wolves. In India,)
there is evidence of tigers having)
had the disease, and in Yugo
slavia in 1950, wolves were ident
ified as the wild hosts, to which
47 cases of rabies in humans)
were attributed.
Dr. McDiarmid reports that in-:
vestigation in England showed[
that birds, particularly crows,.
were carriers of the foot - and -)
mouth disease, disastrous epide-)
mics of which have long affected
livestock breeding countries.
FISH TALE
An international meeting to be
held 20-29 March at the Rome
headquarters of the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the:
United Nations will examine the
recent sharp decline in the price
of fish meal. Since utilization of
fish meal has not kept pace with
expanding production, stocks
have accumulated and prices:
have fallen from about $l3O to
$75 per ton.
Convened by FAO at the re
quest of governments with the
backing of the billion-dollar
world fish meal industry, the
conference will consider practical
steps to increase the demand for
fish meal and to ensure stable
conditions in the market.
An award for the best TV news
coverage of 1960 was given the
film “Rescue — with Yule Bryn
ner,” at the Television Festival in
Monte Carlo. The film, produced
by a United States broadcasting
network in cooperation with the
Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and
the United Nations Relief and
Works it was telecast, 4,000 let
ters have been received and $30,-
000 donated for the relief pro-,
grams of the two U. N. units.
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Phil Campbell Named Chairman
Os 1961 Georgia Cancer Crusade
Agriculture Commissioner Phil Campbell (center) will serve
as state chairman of the American Cancer Society’s 1961 Educa
tion-Funds Crusade in Georgia. He receives congratulations from
McKee Nunnally (right), president of the Cancer Society’s Geor
gia Division, and Henry A. Maddox, vice president. The Crusade
will he conducted during April, which is designated by Congress
as “Cancer Control Month.”
New Home Economics
Building To Be
Erected At G. S. C. W
Chappell Hall is being evacu-'
ated as the Home Economics De-)
partment of the Georgia State I
College for Women in Milledge-1
ville moves across campus 'to)
Mayfair Hall. This transfer is be-1
ing made so that the old Chap-)
pell Hall can be demolished. This
clears the way for the erection;
of the new home economics build-:
ing.
The new building, authorized!
by the Board of Regents of the'
University System, will cost $605,-
000.
Chappell Hall was named so
Dr. J. Harris Chappell, who was)
the first president of GSCW. It)
was erected in 1907.
Two departments in the home I
economics division have already)
moved to their new temporary j
home at Mayfair, and the re-1
maining administrative and)
teaching facilities will be moved;
at the end of the winter quarter.)
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Tri-County Peanut
Meeting To Be
On March 6th
Telfair, Wheeler and Dodge
Counties are joining together in
sponsoring a Peanut Production
Shortcourse on Monday night,
March 6th. The meeting will be
ter in Mcßae and will begin at
7:30 P. M.
Frank McGill, Extension Agro
nomist, Peanuts, Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service, Tif
ton, will be here to conduct the
shortcourse. Mr. McGill will dis
cuss all aspects of peanut pro
duction including recent develop
ments in insect, disease and weed
control.
All peanut growers in the three
counties are urged to attend.
Spring Conference Sixlh District
P.T.A To Be Held In Mcßae March 8
The Mcßae-Helena Elementary
Parent-Teacher Association will
be host to the Spring Conference
of the Sixth District P.T.A to be
held in the Mcßae Methodist
Church, Wednesday, March 8.
Registration will begin at 9:30
a.m. and the meeting will start
at 10 o’clock. Mrs. Frank Zielgler,
of Vidalia, Sixth District Presi-
Cook's Superette To Have Grand
Opening Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Cook’s Superette, a member of
INS, will have its grand opening
today, Friday and Saturday.
Located across from the Nehi
Bottling Company in Mcßae,
this new and modern store is
owned and operated by Carroll
Cook, well known resident of
Telfair County for many years.
As an added feature a num
ber of valuable prizes will be giv
en to those ( attending, among
them a silver service valued at
$85.09; a sewing machine valued
at $95.00 and G. E. steam irons!
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1961
W. M. U. Georgia
I Baptist Convention
To Meet March 1315
The annual meeting of the Wo-
I man’s Missionary Union of the
। Georgia Baptist Convention will
) be held in Atlanta at the Druid
) Hills Baptist church March 13-
: 15. More than 2000 Baptist wo
) men from throughout the state
' are expected to attend the three
day convention.
With the theme “The Light 01
। The World,” the convention will
I present a world mission em
■ phasis, Miss Janice Singleton,
I Atlanta, Georgia WMU executive
j secretary, said in announcing the
; convention.
Joseph E. McDaniel
In Training At
Fort Jackson, S. C.
i FORT JACKSON. S. C. Feb. 18
;— Recruit Joseph E. McDaniel,
j son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N.
) McDaniel, Rt. 2, Glenwood, Ga.
I is presently assigned to Company
i C, Ist Battalion, Ist Training Reg
iment of the U. S. Army Train
i ing Center, Infantry, at Fort
Jackson, S. C. where hs is under
going eight weeks of Basic Com
bat Training.
He has been taught rife marks
manship under the U. S. Army’s
TRAINFIRE program which en
ables the modern soldier to be
come a better rifleman in less
time than previous methods. In
this program, most of his train
ing consisted of firing his rifle
at pop-up targets at unknown
distances on terrain which dupli
cates combat areas. Other high
lights of his intensive training
include tactics, bayonet and
hand-to-hand combat, and craw
ling the infiltration coures while
machine gun fire is popping over
head. Many of his instructors are
combat veterans of World War II
and the Korean War.
dent, will preside.
Mrs. Ralph Hobbs, of Columbus,
will be the speaker. She is Past
President of the Georgia P.T.A.,
and is now serving as Secretary
of the Notional Congress of Par
ents and Teachers.
Lunch will be served at Mc-
Ginty’s Case at noon at $1.25 per
plate.
There will will also be prizes for
the kiddies. Go by and see this
beautiful new place of business,
and register for prizes.
Hot dogs, cold drinks and 50
baskets of groceries will also be
given away.
Cook’s Kettle located on the
same site sells barbecue and
Brunswick stew cooked by Bo
McMillan. Also hot dogs, corn
dogs and sandwiches.
See the opening advertisement
I in this issue cf the paper.
Middle Georgia
Science Fair
In Milledgeville
The annual Middle Georgia
Science Fair will be held in
Milledgeville March 17-18. Stu
dents from grades 8 through 12
have been invited to enter ex
hibits.
Co-sponsors for the science fair
are the Milledgeville Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
Georgia State College for Wo
men.
Exhibits may be entered in six
major fields: life science, earth
science, celestial science, physical
science, applied biology and en
gineering. Entry blanks must
be mailed to GSCW on or before
March 10.
Dr. Clyde Keeler, professor of
biology at GSCW, is in charge of
the arrangements for the Science
Fair.
Six criteria will be used in
judging. These include creative
ability, scientific thought,
thoroughness, skill, clarity, and
dramatic value.
College Qualification
Test Offered Students
April 27 Over Nation
The annual Selective Service
College Qualification Test will be
offered to college students April
27 at approximately 500 colleges
throughout the nation.
The score made on the. test is
a help to local boards in consid
ering students for deferment from
induction for study as under
graduate or graduate students.
Col. Mike Hendrix, State Direc
tor of Selective for Georgia, an
nounced that the test in Georgia
will be conducted at the follow
ing schools:
Albany—Albany State College;
Athens — University of Georgia;
Atlanta—Clark College; Atlanta
—Georgia Institute of Technolo
gy; Macon — Mercer University;
Mount Berry — Berry College;
Statesboro — Georgia Southern
College.
Col. Hendrix urged students to
take the test.
“The test is for the student’s
benefit as well as for the Na
tion’s good,” Col. Hendrix said.
“A local board should have full
information about a student in
order to classify him, including
his class standing and a score on
this test. A high test score may
compensate for low class stand
ing; and high class standing may
compensate for a low test score.
“The purpose of student defer
ment is to give promising stu
dents an opportunity to continue
to prepare themselves for ca
reers in support of the national
interest.
“The undergraduate student
who today does not plan on grad
uate study may change his plans
as he nears graduation,” Col.
Hendrix added. “That is the time
that a deferment may be most
important. That is also the time
when a test score may be im
portant in the local beard’s de
cision concerning deferment.”
Application materials for the
test are now available at the
nearest local board office. Stu
dents are urged to make appli
cation early. The application
must be postmarked not later
than midnight, April 6. Full in
structional materials are issued
with the application.
Additional Funds
For Farm Housing
An additional SSO million has
been made available to the Farm
ers Home Administration so i
farm housing loans, Herman T
Langley, the agency’s count'
supervisor announced today.
He said that the new loar.
funds assure an adequate supply
of this type of credit for eligible
farm families during the balance
of the fiscal year. Loans made sc
far this year plus those being pro
cessed had practically exhausted
the funds previously available.
Farm housing loans are made
throughout the rural areas of the
United States. The loans provide
farm families with an opportuni
ty to acquire an adequate house
and efficient service buildings.
Applications for farm housing
loans may be made at the loca
office of the Farmers Home Ad
ministration, Mr. Langley said
The loans bear 4 percent interes
and are repayable over period:
up to 33 years.
Final Count Os 1961
March Os Dimes
SBBB.BI Collected
The last report has been made
and the final count of the 1961
Diarch of Dimes for Wheeletr
County stands at SBBB.BI, accord
ing to Mrs. Nomalene C. Hart
ley, campaign chairman.
Although this amount is slight
ly under the 1960 total of $968.00.
Mrs. Hartley said she considered
the dirve successful and express
ed her appreciation to the various
campaign workers.
She especially commended the
Negro workers headed by Abbie
Stewart whose efforts netted
$230.00, considerably more than
in previous years.
The community chairmen, list
ed below, joined Mrs. Hartley in
expressing gratitude to the teen
agers for braving extremely cold
weather to hold road blocks and
their other activities.
A breakdown of the communi
ties, chairmen, and the amounts
are as follows: Alamo, Mrs. D.
L. Griffin, $369.41; Glenwood,
Mrs. W. H. Kent, $211.99; Union,
Mrs. Hubert Tuten, $30.25;
Springhill, Mrs. J. F. Nicholson,
$27.00; Shiloh, Mrs. Marvin Till
man, $15.10; Snowhill, Miss An
nette Thompson, $5.00; Negro,
county wide, Abbie Stewart,
$230.00.
Mrs. Cherry Yancey
Dies Wednesday
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 3:30 p.m. from the
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church for
Mrs. Cherry Selph Yancey, 70, of
Helena R-l, who died at the home
of her granddaughter Mrs. Bob
by Cox in Alamo Wednesday
after a long illness. The Rev.
Earl E. Hart and the Rev. Ray
mond Chauncey officiated, and
burial was in the church ceme
tery’ with Harris & Smith Funer
al Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Mrs. Yancey was born in
Wheeler County on September
13, 1890, the daughter of J. E.
and Mary Clark Selph, She was
first married to Jim Bentley and
her second marriage was to Jim
Yancey. She was a member of
Mt. Olivet Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, J.
C. Bentley; five grandchildren;
Mrs. Bobby Cox, of Alamo; Mrs.
Opal Cooper, of Mcßae; Miss
Ruth Bentley and Jimmy Bentley,
of Helena, and Freddie Bentley,
of Mcßae; one sister, Mrs. S, S.
LaFavor and three brothers,
John Henry Selph, Sammy Selph
and Reesy Selph, all of Wheeler
County.
Mrs. Flora Pittman
Dies In Florida
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora
Clark Pittman, 77, were held
Saturday, February 25, in the
chapel of Edwards Funeral Home
in Palmetto, Florida. The Rev.
Walter T. Cross officiated and
burial wag in Mt. Enon Cemetery
in Plant City, Fla.
Mrs. Pittman died February 23
after a brief illness.
She was born in Wheeler Coun
ty on February 22, 1884, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Fletcher Clark. She was married
to the late Ewing Pittman.
Survivors include one daugh
ter, Mrs. Rawlin Pope, and two
sons, Byron and Grenade Pitt
man, 1 grand son and 3 great
grandchildren, all of Palmetto,
Florida; 1 sister, Mrs. Kate Mc-
Daniel, and three brothers, Lon
L. Clark, Judson B. Clark, and
Clayton W. Clark, all of Glen
wood, and several nieces and
nephews.
District Home Demonstration
Council To Meet In Mcßae
South Central District Home
Demonstration Council will be
held Wednesday, March 8, in the
Mcßae Baptist Church. All Home
Demonstration members are urg
er to attend.
Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.
Lunch will be served for $1.25
per plate.
Let’y make Wheeler County
‘shine” with the largest atten
dance. Plan now to attend this
meeting next week.
Please contac' Miss Shirley
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Construction Os New Post Office
Building In Glenwood To Begin
The Post Office Department an
nounced today that a contract
। has been signed for the construc
tion and rental to the Post Of
ifice Department of a new Post
Office Building in Glenwood. The
) successful bidder is Marcus A.
Week Os Prayer For
Home Missions At
Baptist Church
Members of the W.M.U of the
[Alamo Baptist Church will ob
| serve the annual Week of Prayer
, for Home Missions next week,
1 March 6-10.
The B.W.C. will have charge of
; the program on Monday and
' Wednesday nights in the church
sanctuary beginning at 7:30
) o’clock each evening.
The day-time circle will have
i charge of the program Tuesday
I and Thursday mornings at 10
) o’clock.
On Friday the sanctuary will be
! open for prayer.
Fitzgerald Man Buys
Livestock Market
W. V. Underwood, well known
Fitzgerald business man, has pur
chased the Mcßae Livestock Mar
j ket from J. H. Holmes, who has
■operated the business for the
* past 21 years. The purchase price
I was $60,000.
Mr. Underwood has been a
I livestock buyer for a number cl
years and has had wide experi
ence in this line. He and his
family are expected to move to
j Mcßae to make their home.
| Mrs. J. Carl Adams
Takes Top Honors
In Style Revue
: Mrs. J. Carl Adams, dressed in
; a black sheath of embroidered
) cotton, took top honors at the
) style revue of the Wheeler Coun
) ty Home Demonstration Council
held Thursday afternoon in the
; cafetcrium.
I Mrs. O. C. Adams captured sec-
I ond place with a green and white
) sports outfit topped with an ava
; cado overskirt. Mrs. W. F. An
i derson, wearing a beige, small
j printed sheath and jacket, placed
i third.
, The afternoon program began
with an invocation by the Rev.
Raymond Chauncey, pastor of the
) Alamo Baptist Church. Mrs. W.
! J. Ryals, Council president, wel
comed the guests and Mrs. G. W.
Lancaster gave an original nar
ration on what the revue repre-
! sented.
The 1961 yearbook was dedi
cated to Mrs. J. O. Perdue for
“her tireless efforts and splen
did cooperation in Home Demon
| stration work as president of the
j Council in 1959 and 1960.”
| Mrs. W. C. Brown was named
“Woman Os. The Year” from
the Home Demonstration clubs in
the county. Mrs. Annette Harrel
son was selected as runner-up.
A musical number by Miss
Shirley Harris, Home Demonstra
tion agent, and group singing
completed the program. Refresh
ments were served by the Coun
cil.
GET SOIL SAMPLES IN
Any more delay in getting soil I
samples into the laboratory now)
could cost money at harvest time,
declares Extension Agronomist P.
J. Bergeaux at the University of
Georgia College of Agriculture.
Mr. Bergeaux says laboratories
are flooded with samples in Feb
ruary and March, so it may take
longer to get recommendations.
Get samples in before the middle
of February, he urges.
Harris, Home Demonstration Ag
ent, if you plan to drive your
car. It will be appreciated.
G. C. Barnhill To
Speak On March 5
The public is invited to at
tend the 11 o’clock service at the
Alamo Methodist Church Sun
day, March 5, to hear G. C.
Barnhill, of Glenwood, speak on
his recent trips around the world.
NUMBER 46
Bomar of Glenwood. Ground:
breaking and construction of the:
new post office is expected to
begin immediately, with com
pletion due July 1, 1961.
This new post office will be lo
cated on Third Street. It will
provide 1200 square feet of in
। terior space, an outside loading
) platform, and ample space for
; parking and truck maneuvering;
Under the Pos't Office Depart
' ment’s unique Commercial Leas
ing Program, the Department
now is awarding contracts for a
new postal facilities at the ac
celerated rate of over five build
ings every working day. Tow
achieve complete modernization
of the postal plant, a total at
12,000 post offices must be mod
ernized or replaced due to lack
of space and obsolescence.
It was pointed out that our
more than 35,000 pest offices are
: handling a total of 63 billion:
pieces of letter mail and parcel
post annually, which is an in
: crease of more than 24 percent
; above the approximately 50 bil
lion pieces handled annually only
110 years ago.
The new buildings will remain',
) under private ownership while
) rented to the Federal Govern
) ment, and will pay local real es
. tate taxes to bear its share of
I the cost cf local government. The
I rental agreement will run sass
। five years with two two-yejar
I renewal options.
Job Seekers Should
Not Be Too Choosy
) Georgia’s Commissioner of La
! bor Ben T. Huiet had a couple
I of suggestions to employees who
। may be out of work or thinking
! of quitting their jobs.
“Among the 65,000 manufactur
ing workers who quit their Geor
' gia jobs last year,” Commissioner
Huiet stated, “were many who
l were too finicky and who threw
; up their work on the spur of the
) moment without actually having
i a new job. A large percentage of 1
them are now full of remorse;,
walking the streets unable to find
work. Certainly, when job oppor
tunities are as slack as they are
now, a fellow ought to think
seriously and long before he
walks out on his meal ticket.”
The Commissioner added that
those looking for work should
not be too “choosy” and should
leave no stones unturned in look
ing for work.
Mr. Huiet told of one worker
recently retired from the Army
after 21 years’ service. He went
to an office of the Georgia State
Employment Service where a
counselor advised him to try his
last civilian employer.
“This man was pleasantly sur
prised to learn that his old em
ployer was looking for a man
with his exact qualifications. He
is back at work at a salary at
more than five times as much
as he made when he left 21 years
ago,” Georgia’s Labor Commis
sioner related. “A bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush,”
he concluded.
Mrs- Pope's Uncle
Is Buried In Comer
James Clarence Means, well
known Comer resident, died
Tuesday, February 21. He was
83-years-old and had been in
failing health for two years.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday at the graveside in the
Comer Cemetery with the Rev.
Leßoy Smith, pastor of the Com
er Methodist Church, and the
Rev. C. F. Fite, pastor of the
Comer Baptist Church, offici
ating.
Survivors include his wife;
Mrs. Carolina Godard Means; two
sons, James C. Means Jr., of
Comer, and Fain G. Means; at
College Park; two sisters, Mrs. H.
T. Wells and Mrs. D. R. Green,
of Atlanta, and four grandchild’
ren.
Mr. Means was a retired rail
road eperator, having served in
that capacity for 50 years before
retiring in 1947. The last few
years before retiring he spent
at stations in Vienna, Sycamore
and Cordele. He was an honorary
steward of the Comer Methodist
Church.
Mr. Means is an uncle of Mrs,
L. M. Pope of Alamo.