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VOLUME 46.
Glenwood FFA Forestry Team Wins
Area Forestry Field Day March 30
The Glenwood FFA Chapter’s
Forestry Team was the Area
Forestry Field Day over thirteen
other chapters at Montgomery
County High School, Mt. Ver
non, on March 30. The team
scored forty-two points with
James Mcßae’s two first places,
Fred Clark’s first place, Pat
Morrison second place, and sev
eral third and fourth places. Win
ning the Area Contest will en
title them to participate in the
State Forestry Field Day sched-
Fashion Show Given
By Wheeler County
F.H.A. Chapter
On Friday night, March 31st,
at 8:15 p.m. the Wheeler County
Home Economics students, spon
sored by the Wheeler County
F.H.A. Chapter, presented a
fashion show entitled, “A Garden
of Fashions.” Each girl modeled
the garment which she had made
in the spring clothing classes.
The stage, decorated as a flow
er garden, looked as beautiful as
the spring “flowers” modeling
their dresses.
The program began with two
piano solos entitled, “In My Gar
den” and “In The Garden of To
morrow”, which were given by
Vivian Spires. They charmed ev
eryone preparing them for an
evening of alertness. Every detail
of school, casual, church, and aft
er-five dresses were modeled.
The two narratives, Bonnie
Hindman and Mae Evans, gave
a vivid description of each gar
ment. These colorful descriptions
together with beautiful music
provided by Mrs. Henry Davis
added a great deal of enchant
ment to the program.
Our hostesses were: Elizabeth
Ann Hopkins, Cindy Gilder,
Glenda Hartley, Nancy Hinscn,
Bobbie Sikes, and Shirley Brown.
The ushers were Wesley Hart
ley, Mickey Nelson and Edward
Floyd.
David Wilson acted as “porter”
for our two delegates, Alice Ham
ilton and Frances Ryals, who are
going to the F.H.A. State Conven
tion in Atlanta this year with
their advisor, Mrs. Ruth C. Hum
phrey.
Following the fashions, Carolyn
Manus, accompanied by Mrs.
Henry Davis, presented two very
lovely vocal solos, “Easter Pa
rade’’ and “My Wild Irish Rose”.
Mrs. Earl Ryals, Chairman of
the refreshment committee, and
several F.H.A. mothers served de
licious refreshments which pro
vided a perfect suffix to the pro
gram.
Alamo Garden Club
To Meet April 13
The Alamo Garden Club will
meet Thursday night, April 13,
at 7:30 at the R.E.A. office.
The speaker for the evening
will be D. W. Woodmansee of
the Union Bag-Camp Paper Cor
poration, speaking on “Wonders
of The South’s Woodlands.”
Everyone is urged to attend.
Lone Gunman Robs Ochlochnee
Bank Os $3,764 In Broad Daylight
OCHLOCHNEE — A middle
aged gunman robbed a scream
ing woman bank teller of $3,764
Wednesday and fled after order
ing the teller and another woman
employe to get into the money
vault.
The gunman, who came into
the Bank of Ochlochnee several
times within a half hour around
noon Wednesday, announced on
his last trip: “This is a stickup.”
Mrs. Myrtle Hicks, a secretary
in the bank, said the holdup man
drew a pistol and threw a
“pouch” up on the counter in
front of the teller, Mrs. H. T.
Montgomery.
Mrs. Montgomery screamed and
ducked to the floor.
“Get up and give me what I
want,” the stickup man demand
ed.
“Myrtle, what are we going to
do?” Mrs. Montgomery shouted
at Mrs. Hicks.
“You’d better do what he
says,” Mrs. Hicks advised.
Mrs. Montgomery told officers
she got up and filled the pouch.
Wheeler County Eagle
uled for May 5 and 6 at the State
FFA-FHA Camp.
The ten man team entered the
ten scheduled events for the day
with two persons or crews in
each event. The ten major events
were Planting, Selective Mark
ing, Estimating Pulpwood Vol
ume from standing trees, Tree
Identification, Ocular estimation
of tree heights and diameters,
Log Scaling, Scaling Stacked
Pulpwood, Land Measurement,
Estimating saw timber from
standing trees, and Sawing.
James Mcßae's two first places
were made in Estimating Pulp
wood from standing trees and
Estimating stacked pulpwood vol
ume; Fred Clark’s first place was
made in Selective marking and
also a third place in Ocular Es
timation- Pat Morrison’s second
place was made in Log scaling;
H. L. Pope and Don Ennis made
two fourth places in Sawing and
Planting; Ray Gillis made a
fourth place in Estimating stack
ed pulpwood volume; and Wil
liam Clark made a fourth place
in Estimating standing pulpwood
volume. Other members of the
team were Rodney Johnson, L.
P. Avery, and Keith Evans. Ad
visor, John M. S. Thomas, also
attended the Field Day with the
boys.
A banquet was given follow
ing the events at which time the
guests were introduced and the
prizes awarded. J. N. Baker, Dis
trict Supervisor, acted as Master
of Ceremonies. The banquet and
awards were given by Interna
tional Paper Company.
Special Services
At Mt. Olivet
Methodist Church
Two special services will be
held at Mt. Olivet Methodist
Church Sunday.
The Rev. Ollie Rhodes, a for
mer pastor, will speak at the
11 o’clock hour, and at the eve
ning service at 7:30 o’clock a
sound color movie titled “None
Goes His Way Alone”, will be
shewn.
Everyone is invited to attend
both services.
Fay Tillman Wins
Sword Drill
Faye Tillman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Tillman, of Rt.
1, Glenwocd, recently won first
place in the Daniel Baptist As
sociational Bible Sword Drill.
She represented the Sardis Bap
tist Church.
In the regional meeting held
in First Baptist Church in Jesup
Faye competed against eleven
other Associations. Faye dis
played unusual skill in this drill
and was defeated by a narrow
five points by last year’s regional
winner, Angela Lake, of Savan
nah.
Julian Smith, also of the Sar
dis Baptist Church, was elected
to serve a third term as presi
dent of the Southeastern Region
al Training Union Convention.
■ The robber then ordered the two
• i women to get into the bank
11 vault “but don’t close the door
• I all the way.”
1 [ As the gunman left the bank,
'' Clifton Wurst, the bank president,
i was returning to the office from
* i lunch. He said he saw the man
‘ 1 but did not realize what had hap
‘ j pened until it was too late.
J 1 The stickup man fled in a blue
I and white 1961 Chevrolet. The
’} car had no license plate, officers
I :said.
Several persons reported seeing
' the vehicle moving over back
'' roads in Thomas County late
[Wednesday afternoon.
Shortly before sundown, offi
■' cers said they believed they had
. i the stickup man cut off in an
i area between here and Thomas
, [ ville, which is about 10 miles to
i the south.
The Federal Bureau of Inves
;! tigation and the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation joined Thomas
; । County authorities in closing in
' on this area.
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1961
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Front Row, Left to Right — L. P. Avery, Ray Gillis, Fred
Clark, William Clark, John Thomas, Advisor; Paul J, Calhoun
and John Mclver.
Back Row, Left to Right — Keith Evans, James Mcßae,
Rodney Johnson, Pat Morrison, N. L. Pope and Don Ennis.
John Mclver presents first place Forestry Award to Wil
liam Clark, of the Glenwood FFA.
Glenwood High
Vocational Ag.
Class Selects Trees
In the past few years timber
has become increasingly impor
tant to us in the Southeastern
United States, and since there
has been a lot of land in Wheeler
County set out in pines and be
cause lumber and pulpwood is of.
such importance to us as a farm
ing operation the boys are learn
ing hew to select and mark trees
for market.
They are using several meth
ods of selecting trees. Where the
trees are too thick they are se
lecting crooked trees, the dis
eased trees, and using the dia
meter method and the canopy
i in determining the trees to come
out thus spacing them so that
they will get full growth over
a minimum period of time.
When a tree is selected to be
taken cut it is marked by using
yellow or white paint at breast
height and at the base of the
tree near the ground. In this way
a person cutting the tree has no
trouble identifying the tree to
be taken out. It also gives the
farmer away by which he can
see that the person cutting the
trees cuts the right tree.
The boys in the tenth, elev
enth and twelfth grades are the
boys who are interested in for
estry and in learning what to
do with their timber. Since they
have found cut that timber
should be grown continuously,
they are finding that selective
cutting is of utmost importance.
Peanut Price Support
Boosted To $221
The minimum national average
support price for 1961-crop pea
nuts will be $221 per ton, Secre
tary of Agriculture Orville L.
Freeman has announced. This re
flects 85 percent of the March
1961 peanut parity price. Support
for the 1960 peanut crop was
$201.24 per ton, reflecting 78.6
percent of the August 1960 par
ity level. The budget submitted
to Congress early in January
provided for net supports of $lB6
per ton for 1961-crop peanuts.
The Secretary also announced
elimination of the $9 per ton
deduction from grower support
prices, which was in effect for
the 1960 crop for inspection
grower association expenses, and
monthly storage. In this connec
tion, he said:
“Elimination of the $9 per ton
charge and the higher support
price will increase the net ad
vance to producers by an aver
age cf $28.76 per ton more than
last year. Farmers received $192.-
24 per ton in 1960. This will be
increased to $221 per ton in 1961.”
C. F. Fleming, Acting Adminis
trative Officer of the ASC State
Office, Athens, Georgia, points
out that a producer must be in
compliance with his 1961-crop
peanut acreage allotment in or
der to be eligible for price sup
port. Marketing quotas for the
1960- 1961, and 1962 crops were
approved by growers voting in
December 1959.
He points out that Secretary
Freeman has said that peanul
grow’er representatives will be
asked to assist in developing re
commendations for modification
of the peanut price support pro
gram for future years, with the
objective of reducing to the full
est practical extent the cost in
curred by the Federal Govern
ment in operating the peanul
program, and placing more re
sponsibility and initiative upon
the growers for program develop,
ment and operations.
Correction
Miss Wheeler County will be
crowned at the Pal Theatre in
Mt. Vernon on April 21, from a
group of girls in Wheeler Coun
i ty. The young ladies will be be
tween the ages of 15 to 21. The
contest is sponsored by the Pal
Theatre, and the “Miss South
! eastern Beauty Pageant” at Sa
vannah Beach.
The winner of the contest will
compete in a picture contest with
i other girls in this section of. the
: state for a trip to Savannah
Beach June 12th through 18th.
There will be four girls selected
, from the state of Georgia to go
Ito Savannah Beach.
Each day a state winner will
be crowned, receiving a state
■ trophy, from these state winners
from five states, North Carolina.
■ South Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, and Georgia, a Miss South
eastern 1961 will be crowned re
ceiving a trophy, which the of
ficials state, will be' almost as
tall as the girl, a trophy any
! girl would be proud to bring back
to her home town.
While the contestants are at
Savannah Beach they will be en
tertalned royaly, with sight see
i ing trips, a sports car at their
1 disposal, boat rides, dining each
day at Chatham County’s most
famous restaurants, attend Go-
Kart races, banquets and dances,
climb one of the nation’s oldest
light houses, visiting Savannah
Beach’s new Museum, and many
gifts will be given each contes
tant. The contestants and chap
erones will be staying at Savan
nah Beach’s finest hotels and mo
tels.
If young ladies between ages
of 15 to 21 are not contacted by
Mrs. Walden Grimes they are
asked to phene JA-32627 imme
diately and register. This also
applies to amateur acts which
will appear on the stage the
same night of the Miss Wheeler
County contest.
Mrs. Alice M. Wright
Dies In Florida
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held
from the Dave Lane Funeral
Home in Haines City, Fla. Thurs
day for Mrs. A.lice McMillan j
Wright, cf Haines City, Fla., wi- I
dow of the late J. F. Wright of j
Wheeler County, who died on j
March 28 in the Winter Haven ।
General Hospital after a long ill -:
ness.
Mrs. Wright was born in Wash-'
ington County, the daughter of ]
the late Mr. and Mrs. Lucian ■
McMillan and was a resident of |
Wheeler County for many years, j
She was a member of the Haines:
City First Baptist Church.
Commital services were held in i
Beulah Cemetery at 10 a.m. Fri-1
day, with Harris & Smith Fun-]
eral Home in charge of local I
arrangements.
Survivors include four daugh
tens, Mrs. J. R. Patrick, of An-1
tioch, Calif; Mrs. Hiram Brett, |
of Decatur; Mrs. W. H. Dampier,
and Mrs. Van Adair, of Haines
City, Fla.; one son, Fred Wright,
of Haines City and two sisters,
Mrs. Maude Calder and Mrs. I
Imogene Graham, of Alamo.
Revival Services
At Beulah
Baptist Church
Revival services are being held j
.his week at Beulah Baptist i
Ihurch where ‘he Rev. Jim Gun- .
r er is pastor. The vis: ing preach-1
er is the Rev. Wallace, pastor of j
Rock Springs Baptist Church.
Leonard H. Harbin
Funeral Services
Held Sunday
Funeral services for Leonard
H. Harbin were held Sunday at
the Mountain Hill Baptist Church
in Harris County.
Mr. Harbin was born in Wheel
er County on February 25, 1908,
son of the late Will and Mattie
White Harbin. He married the
former Estelle Hathaw’ay, of
Wheeler County and had made
his home in Harris County for
the past 20 years.
Survivors besides his wife in
clude their sons, Bill, of Colum
bus; Raymond, of Atlanta, and
Jimmy, U.S. Air Force, Shreve
port, La.; one daughter, Mrs. Ann
Taylor, of Columbus; two broth
ers, Guy, of Tampa, Fla. and
Bubba, of Lyons; five sisters,
Mrs. Myrtice Lord, of Savannah;
Mrs. Oretha V nite, of Alamo;
Mrs. Evangeline Ussery and Mrs.
Ida Wilson, of Tampa, Fla. and
! Mrs. Juanita Wiggins, of Miami,
I Fla.; and several neices and ne
| phews.
Interment was in Mountain
I Hill Baptist Cemetery, Harris
County with Maddox Funeral
Home of LaGrange in charge of
arrangements.
Wheeler County
High F.H.A. Elects
Officers For 1961-62
The following officers have
been elected to serve in The Fu
ture Homemakers of America or
ganization of Wheeler County
High School for 1961-62.
President, Alice Hamilton;
Vice President, Frances Ryals;
Secretary, Cheryl Elton; Treas
urer, Jackie McNeal; Publicity
Chairmen, Barbara Hartley and
Shirley Thomas; Parliamentarian,
Dorothy Clark; Historian, Mil
dred Marchman; Program Chair
men, Faye Tillman; Chairmen of
Music and Recreation, Sue Clark
and Nell Hindman; Chairmen of
Projects, Joy Evans and Judy
Jackson; Chairman of Degrees,
Paulette Landry; Social Chair
men, Judy Green and Betty Grif
jfin.
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Revival To Begin
At Sardis Baptist
Church April Sth
Revival services will begin at
Sardis Baptist Church Sunday,
April 9th and will continue
through the week with night
services only, at 8:00 o’clock.
The Rev. Raymond Chauncey,
pastor of the Alamo Baptist
Church will be the visiting min
ister.
Everyone is invited to attend
these services.
Skeleton Found On Si. Simon's
Island Dated 2,080 Years Before Christ
The Smithsonian Institute said:
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Monday a perfect skeleton un-j
earthed on St. Simon’s Island is»
that of a prehistoric Indian dat-i
ing back to a period before]
Christ.
Dr. Marshall Newman, associ-|
ate curator said, however, it was
impossible to determine exactly
how long ago the Indian was
buried.
“We can’t date it chemically,”
Newman said, “but it appears
about right for late Archaic ma
terial.”
A. R. Kelly, professor of an
thropology at the University ofj
Georgia, Athens, said Newman’s'
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A SEA OF DOGWOOD brings a happy smile to this young lass.
Dogwoods vividly adorn the five-mile drive at Ida Cason Callaway
Gardens. Sunny weather and blossoming flowers are evidence
that Spring has come to the Gardens and to Pine Mountain.
—Georgia Department of Commerce.
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Glenwood FFA Holds Father-Son
Banquet At High School Gymnasium
The annual Father-Son Ban
quet of the Glenwood Future
Farmers of America, was held
on the evening of March 28, 1961,
at 8:00 o'clock at the Glenwocd
High School gymnasium. Presi
dent Pat MorrisOn served as
Master of Ceremonies for the oc
casion.
The Invocation w r as given by
Vice-President Rodney Johnson
and then the guests and Future
Farmers enjoyed dinner cf bar
becued chicken, potato salad, but
ter beans, rolls, ice cream, and
tea.
After dinner the officers of the
chapter participated in the of
ficial Opening Ceremony. Secre
tary Arlan Goss welcomed the
Fathers and J. P. Morrison Jr
responded. The guests were in
troduced by Pat Morrison, and
we were proud of the large num
ber that attended.
A Forestry Report was given
by Ray Gillis and included the
activities that the 10th grade For
estry class had participated. Pat
Morrison gave a report on the
chapter’s other activities for the
school year and some of their
plans for the coming year.
The Glenwood FFA was proud
to present to I. B. Collins, Glen
wood High School principal, and
J. P. Morrison Jr., the Degree
of Honorary Chapter Farmer.
The gentlemen were given
plaques for the Degree in a short
ceremony.
Advisor, John M. S. Thomas,
presented the following awards
and prizes at the Banquet: Green
Hand degrees and pins went to
all members of the eighth grade;
the Dekalb Corn Award present
ed by Dekalb Agricultural As
sociation went to Rodney John
son for producing the most corn
on one acre in the chapter; Pub
lic Speaking Award by the Na
tional FFA Association was pre
sented to Pat Morrison; Chapter
Gbeen Hand Star Farmer went
to H. L. Pope; the Chapter Far
mer Award went to Rodney
Johnson for the best supervised
farming program in the entire
chapter; The chapter Scholarship
Award for the chapter’s highest
grades was given to Pat Morri
son. The Chapter Corn Contest
was won by Rodney Johnson
with 41.3 bushels an acre, sec
ond — Arlan Goss with 35.1 bu
shels an acre,, and third—L. P.
Avery with 31.5 bushels an acre.
Each received a cash avzard for
his achievement. The chapter
corn average was 31.2 bushels.
Speaker Lynn Reddick, who is
the State FFA Vice-President of
Portal was introduced by Pat
! findings led him to believe the
। Indian lived 4,000 to 4,500 years
i ago, which would have been
i more than 2,000 years before the
| birth of Christ.
The complete skeleton was
] found by workmen digging the
foundation for a house on St.
Simon’s Island March 17. It was
in 29 inches of soil and was cov
ered with oyster shells.
The skeleton was in perfect
condition. W. H. Glover, director
of the Fort Frederica National
Monument at St. Simon’s sent
the skull and some of the leg
b nes to the Smithsonian to be
analyzed.
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Morrison. Lynn gave us a sketch
of the FFA during his very well
delivered speech. Everyone en
joyed the interesting and infor
mative talk presented by the
State Officer.
The meeting was closed with
the Closing Ceremony conducted
by the officers.
We wish to thank the group of
Future Homemakers who were
kind enough to serve at the Ban
quet. Their advisor is Mrs.
Gladys Jones.
Senior Play To Be
Presented May 5
The Senior Class of W.C.H.S.
has selected the three-act com
edy, “Professor, How Could
You?” by Ann Coulter Martens
for presentation May 5.
The production will be under
the direction of Mrs. Hollis
Johnson.
Tryouts were held Monday and
the selection of the cast is now
in progress. Everyone is eager
i to learn who will play the parts
: of adoring Grandma, mischievous
I Grandpa, the very proper butler,
■ helpful John, cute Priscilla,
charming Valerie, saucy Vicky,
and the woman-hating Professor.
Long Hunt Ends
As Eli Willcox
Is Found Alive
One of the most intensive hunts
; ever carried on in Telfair County
ended late last Thursday after
noon when Eli Willcox, missing
for seven days, was found wan
dering in a field near Lumber
City.
Sheriff John B. Walker said
Albert Hardy, who runs a serv
] ice station about a mile from
, Lumber City on the Mcßae-Lum-
I ber City Highway, thought he
'recognized Willcox walking
I across a nearby field about 6:20
! p.m.
Hardy and Edward Rogers
i went after him and Willcox start
। ed running. He was too weak to
i run very far and the two men
j ran him down. He was brought
। back to the service station where
'he was given something to eat
j and a razor to shave his week’s
■ growth of beard.
After calling his wife in Mcßae
I he was taken to the Telfair Coun
ty Hospital, badly scratched and
suffering from exposure. He was
later carried to an Augusta hos
pital where he is recovering from
his harrowing experience.
Authorities still don’t know the
full story of his disappearance
They said Willcox seemed con
। fused as to his whereabouts dur
i ing the time he was missing.
Brewton Parker Choir
To Sing In Mcßae
Baptist Church, 26th
The Brewton Parker College
Choir directed by Mrs. Aulbert
। Kinsaul, is scheduled to appear
lin Mcßae Wednesday, April 26.
The 30 voice choir will present
a program of sacred music at
8 p.m. in the First Baptist
Church, Dr. Robert L. Cate has
announced.
Included in the concert will be
anthems, spirituals and hymn ar
rangements as well as selections
by the girls sextet and boys quar
tet. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Appearing with the choir will
be Deanna Adams, Savannah;
David Buie, Savannah; Kay Bur
row, Lumber City; Louise Brown,
Warthen; Violet Brown, Bloom
ingdale; Wendell Cannon, Jeffer
sonville; Charles Conway, Savan
nah; Sandra Epps, Dry Branch;
Deris Everett, Dublin; Priscilla
Grist, Mt. Vernon; Larry Hand,
Hazlehurst; James Hartley, Ala
mo; Avis Hendricks, Kite.
Bill Herrin, Brunswick; Ken
neth Hill, Donaldsonville; Jim
Hutto, Savannah; Jane Johnson,
Blackshear; Beth Kendrick, But
ler; Benny Olliff, Argyle; Freddy
Smith, Waycross; John Stephens,
Savannah; Don Thibeault, Som
mers, Conn.; Penny Thomas, Mi
ami; Marian Thompson, Ailey;
Mary Touma, Nazareth, Israel;
Faye Winn, Brunswick, and
Yvonne Youmans, Lyons.