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VOLUME 47
F.F.A. Week Activities
During Celebration
Feature Play
The Glenwood F.F.A. planned
a number of activities during the
week of February 19-24 to place
emphasis on its celebration and
to focus attention on F.F.A.
The activities planned were a
Chapel Program on Friday, Feb.
16, where a group of F.F.A. boys
(presented a play “The Tater Pro
ject”, and the student body was
informed of the beginning of
F.F.A. Week on Saturday, Feb
ruary 17, its significance and im
portance.
On Friday night the F.F.A. -
F.H.A. had a party at the Glen
wood Gym where the boys and
girls could get together for sev
eral hours of fun and frolicing
Sunday, the F.F.A. boys met
at the Glenwood Baptist Church
where they attended the morning
worship service as a group. The
F.F.A. Quartet sang “Have Thine
Own Way Lord” as a special
number and the Glenwood F.F.A
furnished programs for the serv
ice.
In addition to the above activi
ties posters were placed in prom
inent places about Glenwood,
stickers were put on car wind
shiels and bumpers. Tracts were
left at various places to be read
by the people of the community.
Menu cards were distributed to
various restaurants about Glen
wood presenting “Horizons Un
limited” F.F.A. Week, February
17-24.
We plan to present a radio pro
gram Thursday from Vidalia put
ting further emphasis on F.F.A.
Week and what F.F.A. means to
boys in Vocational Aigrculture.
F.F.A.-F.H.A. Party
The Glenwood F.F.A. and
F.H.A. had a party Friday, Feb.
16, as one of the activities in
celebrating National F.F.A. Week
which began Feb. 17-24.
The party was held at the gym
beginning at eight o’clock and
lasting until 11:00 p.m. The re
freshments for the party were
cookies, punch and sandwiches.
The boys and girls had lots of
fun dancing modern dances and
square dancing. They had a con
test to find the girl and boy who
were best dancing the “Swing”,
and the best girl and boy danc
ing the “'Bop”. The couple win
ning the “Swing” contest was
Bobby McDaniel and Karen
Tucker. The couple winning the,
“Bop” was Ted McDaniel and
Ruth Anne Morris.
Music for the dance was fur- !
nished by Freddie Hayes’ record;
player. Chaperones were Mrs. L.
L. Pope and Mrs. Eschol Guin.
Miss June Miller, Home Econo
mics Teacher, and Mr. J. M. S..
Thomas, Teacher of Vocational!
Agriculture.
Contract Let For
Wheeler Co. Roads
An apparent low bid of $270,-
141.75 was received by the State
Highway Department on Febru
ary 6 for 13.953 miles of grading
and paving in Wheeler County as ।
follows: 5.147 miles on State
Route 19, beginning at State
Route 19 approximately three ■
miles from Lumber City and ex-;
tending east towards Bell’s Ferry.
Also 8.806 miles on State Route
30 to State Route 45 beginning
at Route 30 approximately, two’
miles east of Glenwood and ex -.
tending northwest and north, in
cluding 1.112 miles Spur from
Rouite 19.
The low bidder on this project
is the J. G. Attaway Construc
tion Co., of Statesboro.
Glenwood Pastor
Accepts Call To
Florida Church
The Liberty Springs Baptist ■
Mission located north of De Fun
iak Springs, Fla., has called the
Rev. Milton Smith, of Glenwood,
as pastor, effective February 18.
A second-year student of Bap
tist Institute in Graceville, Fla.,
he has completed two years at
Brewton-Parker College, Mt.
Vernon. This is his second pastor-j
ate.
Mrs. Smith is the former Miss
Hilda Towns, of Glenwood, and
they have a son. Mack, 9. They
will live in Graceville until
the end of the school year.
Wheeler County Eagle
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The Debating Team from Screven County High School won
third place in the state in the Class A Finals in Athens. Champions'
of Region 2A, the local debaters are Jane Mallory and Brenda!
’ Clarke seated, the affirmative side, and Betty Perry and Jimmy!
; Evans standing, the negative.
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Former Alamo Girl On Debating
Team Placing Third In State Meet
Jane Mallory, formerly of Ala
' mo, won first place in the Dis
-1 trict and third place in the State
( meet of Debating Teams.
Miss Mallory is a member of
I the Screven County High School
( debating team which competed
in the finals held in Park Hall
in Athens Saturday night. Brooks
County won first place with four
points, Central Gwinnett was
City Os Alamo
Receives Check From
Georgia Power Co.
A check for $952.18 was de
: livered to the city of Alamo this
week by H. L. Boyd, District
Manager, of the Georgia Power
Company.
This payment represents three
■ per cent of the gross receipts in
1961 from the sale of electric
power to commercial and resi
dential customers of the company
under the Municipal Patrnership
Plan. The three per cent tax is
I paid by the company in place of
(occupation and franchise taxes
• and is in addition to the com
i pany’s property taxes which on
■ a state-wide basis last year to
!taled $6,719,098. ,
More than $2,438,000 is being |
paid to the communities of Geor-;
: gia for 1961 in gross receipts tax-j
j es. This is an increase of more ।
(than $103,000 over 1960.
The company’s total tax bill (
!for 1961 was $28,794,732. This
(does not include the sales tax
( which the company collects from
i its customers for the State of
Georgia nor the sales tax which
i the company pays on materials
. used in its operations.
( Checks were also delivered to
(City of Mcßae for $5,8.34,74, City
lof Chauncey for $306.34, City of.
He ena for $1,502.07, City of Mi-1
lan for $1,437.25, City of. Rhine
; for $562 87, City of Scotland for
$226.12.
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Four-Acre, 200 Fool Deep Lake
Appears Gn Coffee County Farm
Where a week ago farmer Elie'
Kirkland had a stand of tall pines
■ he now has a four-acre lake 200
1 feet deep in the center.
The pines have long since dis
; appeared in swirling water that
gushed in from underground to
! fill the self-created lake.
Just when the lake began to
' appear is not known. There was
no sign of it when Kirkland
plowed a firebreak across the
plot a short time ago. When he
i happened to return last Thurs
■ day there was the vast hole in
the earth, the water flowing with
a gurgling sound.
The owner called Coffee Coun
ity Agent Beeman C. Keen. To
! gether they decided that it was
। a lime sink similar but much :
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1962
second, also with four points and (
Screven gained three points. j
The Sylvania affirmative team J
won a unanimous decision for all |
three of the team’s points. The;
affirmative team was composed (
of Jane Mallory and Brenda (
Clark. The negative team of Bet-;
ty King and Jimmy Evans lost, j
In fairness to the negative team i
it Should be .pointed cut that in'
most of the debates over the state I
the affirmative teams won.
The subject of the debate was
"Resolved that the federal gov
ernment shou d equalize educa
tional opportunities by means of
grants to the states for public!
elementary and secondardy edu-1
cation.” Every school over the ■
state debated the same subject,
with the top team of every re- j
gion meeting in Athens for the;
state championship.
All Screven County should be (
proud of its school’s record.;
Much credit should go to men 11
like Sidney Jenkins, George Jar-1
rard, and T. H. Chaimbers for j
their administration, and to the;,
coaches, Bill Fulcher, Virginia!
Herrington and Mary Thomas I
King for a good job done with!,
most excellent material.
Wheeler Sportsmen's
Club Meeting Set
All members and all sportsmen !
interested in joining the Wheeler [ (
County Sportsmen’s Club are in- j ।
vited to the regular meeting of: ■
the club Monday night, Feb. 26,1
at 8:00 p.m. at the Wheeler |
County High School Lunchroom.!'
A barbecue chicken supper will;'
be served without anyone being;'
obligated to join the club.
Those who are interested in l!
joining may contact L. B. Cham-; 1
bers, President, or Harry Clark. 1
in Glenwood or L. R. Clark, Sec-,
retary, in Alamo. Dues are $6.00;'
per year.
larger than one that has existed,'
in another part of the county , ■
for as long as anyone can re-, 1
member.
Apparently an underground ■
stream or vein of water leached ■ 1
out a limestone formation until i 1
the surface caved in. The result U
should be an interesting and ■
fruitful study for geologists and/
others interested in such natural \ ‘
occurrences.
When word of the phenomenon '
spread, persons came in droves <
to view it. So many were out J
Sunday afternoon that Kirkland. ;
had to carry his small son two ;
and a half miles in his arms to
show him the wonder. Cars were ;
backed up that far on the road.
The new sink is about seven j
miles from Douglas.
Glenwood F.F.A.
Accomplishments
For Year 1961 Listed
The Glenwood Chapter has
been fortunate the past years,
| receiving the Superior Chapter
' Award. For the past two years
Glenwood has received this
i award. The .members feel that
this achievement is due to the
careful planning of each year’s
■ activities and the hard work that
goes with the execution of these
i plans. «
At the beginning of each school
' year the program of work com
mittee meets to formulate the
i year’s activities and to revise the
1 program of work and then in
June they submit a report of
| their accomplishments.
At the first meeting of the pro
i gram of work committee, com
posed of chapter officers, the
i President appoints nine program
of. work committees to help carry
I out the planned activities of the
J chapter. During the year the
1 chapter works to meet the goals
i that are set up and at the end
1 of the year presents approximate
i ly 20 awards to boys doing out-
I standing work. In the Glenwood
i Chapter all of the boys partici
' pated in the public speaking con
! test, and the best speaker was se
i leeted to compete in the area,
; such area and district public
i speaking contests. The chapter
I tries to provide activities in
which all members can partici
pate.
Highlights of the 1961 year
were the winning of Area I Pub
‘ lie Speaking Contest; winner of
I Sub-Area Public Speaking Con
। test, and second place in the Dis
■ trict Public Speaking Contest;'
1 the F.F.A. Quartet placed first
;in Area I Contest and fourth in;
!Sub-Area Contest; the Forestry
■ Team won first place in Area
' Contest and was a District Re
j pre'sen’tative in State Forestry
'Contest. In additioL the Chap-:
j ter Forestry Plot was chosen as |
ere of the top five in the district.;
The 'boys participated in contests
(throughout the district in Land!
Judging, Livestock Judging,;
■ Sweatheart, and Fat Calf Show.!
This year, beginning in March,!
! the chapter again will partici-!
pate in many contests through-;
out the district which will ere-1
ate much interest among the boys ;
in the chapter will be partici- 1
paling.
James R. Nicholson
Top Man At Naha
FIRST MAN — Top man in the
51st Civil Engineering Squad
ron at Naha Air Base is announ
ced as AIC James R. Nicholson,
chief clerk of the squadron or
derly room, at an awards- recog
nition at Naha AB. Capt. Dallas
H. Pope, Civil Engineering com-;
mander, presented an award
check.
Airman Nicholson is the son I
of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Nich-1
olson, of Alamo.
Apparent Low Bid
On Road Contracts
In Ga., $10,615,380.62
The State Highway Depart-|
ment has received a total appar-:
ent low bid of $10,615,380.62 on
50 Highway Authority contracts
for improvements to 942.93 miles 1
of highways in 73 Georgia coun-'
ties, according to Highway Board;
Chairman Jim L. Gillis.
Projects on which bids were.
received, with apparent low bids
on each, included 49.17 miles of
resurfacing on State Route 19
from U.S. 341 in Lumber City to
South Jefferson St. in Dublin.
Apparent low bid: $190,773.60;
Coffee Construction Co., East-,
■man; and 33.24 miles of widen-!
ing and resurfacing on U.S. 280;
from the north end of Willow 1
Creek Lane in Mcßae to State :
Route 29-15 South Jackson St. in |
Vidalia. Apparent !ow bid: $597,-j
962.20; Waters Construction C 0.,:
Elizabethtown, Ky.
CARD OF THANKS
We want to thank each one i
for every kind act and deed dur- i
ing Mrs. Ramie Ryals’ sickness'
and funeral.
May God richly bless each of •
you.
M. C. Ryals
O. L. Ryals
Mrs. W. J. Ryals
Glenwood F.F.A.
Holds Meeting
The Glenwood F.F.A. held its
regular meeting Wednesday, Feb
' ruary 13, during activity period.
The President, James Mcßae
opened the meeting with the
: regular opening ceremony. The
1 ! business discussed and disposed
•|o£ was the F.F.A. and F.H.A.
party scheduled for Friday night
; at 8:00 p.m. at the gym. Taking
soil samples of land that was to
1 be used in each productive pro
jects were to be taken and turned
in immediately to be sent off for
■ testing to see what kind of fer
■ tilizer was needed and if the soil
was acid and whether it needed
i lime or not.
1 F.F.A. Week was discussed.
The activities which the Glen
. wood members would participate
. in and the meeting at the Baptist
. Church was set up for Sunday
t morning, all members participat
ing to go to church in a body.
. The purpose of F.F.A. Week and
■ why it was celebrated during the
; week of Washington’s birthday
।' was discussed so that the mem
. | bers would know why we were
. j celebrating it. Further business
: was finding out how many boys
wanted seed corn for their pro-
, jects this year.
There being no further busi
■ ness the meeting was adjourned,
j After - adjournment refreshments
| were served.
Dodge County
Youth Dies Os
Gun Shot Wound
A 14-year-old freshman of
Dodge County High School died
j Friday of an apparent self
inflicted gunshot wound of the
head.
Dodge County Coroner Joe B.
Giddens identified the student as
' Jimmy . Dayis, of Empyg.. ;
| The coroner said that an inves-
I tigation conducted by him and
! Dodge Deputy Sheriff Eckles in
| dicated the youth listened to a
! television news report, went into
j his room, placed a .22 caliber rifle i
j to his head and shot himself be-'
I tween the eyes.
j His parents heard the shot and
! carried him to the Taylor Mem-1
I orial Hospital in Hawkinsville,!
I where he died around midnight.;
I Giddens said that the boy left;
j two notes addressed to a neigh-,
! boring classmate and as a result;
of their contents, it was believed
that an inquest would not be'
! necessary.
Glenwood F.F.A. Sponsors Forestry
Demonstration Plot On Highway 19
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The Glenwood F.F.A. has a
i demonstration plot Wz miles
! south of Glenwood on Georgia
, Highway 19.
This plot consists of 10 acres
I of land and is used by the F.F.A.
| boys to demonstrate good fores-
I try management practices and to
<how people in the county and
people passing by what can be
done if proper practices of for
estry arc carried out.
The plot has markers showing
various practices of Forestry be
• ing carried out in a narrative
form by the F.F.A. boys. They
carry out all phases of forestry
on the plot such as thinning,
planting and spacing, hardwood
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Livestock Association Organized
For This Area Monday Night
The Ocmulgee Livestock A-so
k
■ elation was organized Monday
night, February 19th at the Tel-
, fair High School Lundw: ro
Over 125 farmers and merchants
; interested in lives: jk improve
' ment attended from Dodge,
’ Wheeler and Telfair Counties.
The purpose of this organiza
। tion is to promote, develop and
encourage the production of live
stock in this area and to advance
( and protect the interests of live
‘ stock producers in this area in
the growing, grazing, feeding,
and marketing of. beef cattle,
' dairy cattle and hogs.
Not only farmers and livestock
over all economy of the area at
" tended the organizational meet
producers, but merchants and
professional men who are inter
j ested in the improvement of any
$815.60 Collected
' I
In Wheeler County
For March Os Dimes
: ( A total of $815.60 was collected
■; in Wheeler County for the 1962
I March of Dimes, according to
j Mrs. G. W. Lancaster, campaign
■; director.
> J A breakdown of the total shows
! $270.33 collected through the
I schools. Wheeler County High
j School led the list with $148.34;
I the Wheeler County Training
School was next with $60.91 and
the Glenwood High School col-
; leeted $50.66. Union Elementary ।
i raised $10.42.
; Community collections were as
'' follows: Alamo, Mrs. Marvin
(Clark, chairman, $198.70; Glen
! wood, Mrs. D. M. Morrison, chair-1
man, $106.04; Union, Mrs. Hu-
: bert Tuten, chairman, $25.52;
j Springhill, Mrs. J. F. Nicholson,
i chairman, $20.3'5; Shiloh. Mrs.
(Fred Page, chairman, $22.57.
The Negro division of the drive,
। under the direction of Abbie
Steward, was slightly over last
(year’s collections with $172.09,
( plus the amount collected in the I
I Training School.
! The overall collections were
' less than last year’s total but
the drive was hampered by a
! flu epidemic and bad weather,
; according to Mrs. Normalene
Hartley, chairman of the Wheeler
i County Chapter of the National
i Foundation.
Mrs. Hartley joined Mrs. Lan
caster in expressing their appre
' elation, for the assistance of all
' who helped in the drive.
i control, pre-commercial tninnmg,'
; commercial thinning, prunning!
; and fire control. In addition to i
the above practices they are!
; keeping records on the growth'
rates of trees thinned to a spae-;
ing of 6x6’ and Bxß’ and on un- ■
। thinned plots to see the difference 1
in rates of growth where good >
thinning practices are followed. I
In 1961, this plot was selected'
as one of the best five in the Dis-!
trict. It will be in the contest.
again this year and there will be;
many more improvements plus, i
some new activities in the for- ; '
estry plot so that interest will be ’ i
continued by the students and i i
the public. | •
NUMBER 45
■ industry that will improve the
■ ing and joined the Association.
The meeting began with a very
. good bar-be-cue dinner provided.
;| by the Mcßae Livestock Barn,
■ i Merchants and Citizens Bank,
, । Telfair County Farm Bureau, Mc
j Rae Coca-Cola Bottling Company
■ । and Henry B. Williams.
' Julian Raburn, Telfair County
' Agent, presided during the busi
ness session. He introduced R. B.
■ Curtis, Farmington, President of
1 the Georgia Livestock Assoeia
• tion; Elmo Hester, Macon, Exe
■ cutive Secretary, Georgia Live
stock Association, and Editor of
the Georgia Farmer Magazine;
George Hinton, Athens, Agricul
tural Extension Service News
' Editor; Harold Clum, Athens, Ex
tension Service Livestock Mar
keting Specialist; M. C. Thomas,
Waycross, Executive Secretary,
Saltilla Livestock Association; Ro
bert Lynn, Waycross, Secretary,
Satilla Livestock Association, and
Tom Boland, Waycross, Ware
County Agent. All these men
made a short and very informa
tive talk regarding the livestock
industry in Georgia and the value
of a livestock association.
R. E. Tuten, of Alamo, farmer
and insurance agent, then intro
duced the proposed constitution
and by-laws of the Association.
A few changes were made an#
they were adopted at the meet
ing.
The following were elected di
rectors of the Association: M. M.
Scarborough, Guy Jones and H
J. O’Connor, of Dodge County;
J. B. Cletments, R. E. Tuten and
J. Howell Mitchell, of Wheeler
County; and C. L. Hall Jr., Tom
Haley and Wade Nunn, of Tel
fair County.
Those elected to serve on the
State Association Committees'
were: Ralph Foster, Dairy Com
mittee; James Graham, Swine
Committee; and Raleigh Joyce,
Beef Cattle Committee.
Julian Raburn was elected
Secretary of the Ocmulgee As
sociation and R. E. Tuten was
elected Treasurer. Other officers
will be elected by the Board of
Directors in the near future.
Mrs. Carol Woodall
Pledges Pi Omega
Mrs. Carol Laßlanche Woodall,
a Glenwood junior business edu
cation major at Georgia South
ern College, was one of 'the five
GSC pledges accepted recently
by the college chapter of Pi
Omega Pi, according to Presi
dent Diane. Brennen.
Mrs. Woodall graduated from
Wheeler County High School and
she is the wife of Rev. Robert
Woodall, of Statesboro, and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis
Warnock, of. Glenwood.
The initiation was held Tues
day night, February 13, when
: the pledges were honored by a
i banquet. There are now 15 mem
: bers, including five faculty mem
i bers, five previous members, and
: the five new pledges.
The requirements for member
! ship in Pi Omega Pi are an over
, all “B” average, a “B-plus” av
; erage in business, one education
course, and three business cours
es.
Glenwood F.F.A.
Presents Program
The Glenwood F.F.A. present
ed the weekly chapel program as
'the jump off in celebration of
National F.F.A. Week.
Following the invocation by EL
L. Pope. He explained to the stu
dents the meaning of. the F.F.A
and told them something about
its size and the activities that
the boys in F.F.A. tried to carry
out during the year.
After the invocation the boys
presented a comedy “The Tater
Project” a short play in -two acts
which presented in an interest
ing way how F.F.A. helped farm
people, how parliamentary pro
cedure was used and the way
business is conducted in obtain
ing contracts for use of land.
The characters in the play
were Cyrus Page, Keith Evans,
Minnie Page, Carl Sumner, Boh
Warriner, James Mcßae, Donald
Bond, Don Ennis, Stubby Arri
son, Franklin McDaniel, Jack-
Jones, Jack Clark.