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VOLUME 49
4-H Club Meeting
Held September 3
The Fifth Grade of Glenwood'
School had their first 4-H Club (
meeting September 3.
Miss Leggitt and Mr. Jackson j
presented subjects for the class'
to work on.
The class elected the following (
officers:
President, Peggy Adams; Boy’s'
Vice President, Larry Bell; Girl’s i
Vice President, Barbara Gowan; I
Reporter, Jonnette Rivers; Sec-i
retary, Mike Dixon; Parliamen
tarian, Curtiss Mcßae.
After the duties of the officers'
were discussed the meeting ad-|
journed.
Jonnette Rivers, Reporter
Claxton Man Named
Top Legionnaire
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. —C. D.
(Deke) DeLoach, of Claxton, Ga., i
national chairman of the Ameri- j
can Legion’s public relations com- '
mittee, has been named American ;
Legionnaire of the Year for 1963. (
An association within the legion j
that calls itself “FRES,” with a i
membership that consists of the j
past department commanders of I
the legion who are veterans of.
World War 11, elected DeLoach:
to its highest national honor.
DeLoach who now lives in ।
Washington, D.C., is one of. the(
assistant directors of the Federal j
.Bureau of Investigation.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere =
thanks and appreciation for every ;
act of kindness and sympathy;
shown us in the sudden death ■
of our father.
Whatever your contribution!
was, floral arrangement, food, a j
visit or a kind word, was greatly ]
appreciated and may we again (
say “Thank You”.
May the Lord’s richest bless-1
ings abide with each and every-1
one.
The J. L. Harris Families.
Mrs. W .R. Browning
Dies In Macon
After Long Illness
Funeral services were held j
from the Glenwood Baptist j
Church Saturday at 3 p.m. for i
Mrs. Wallace R. Browning, 61,1
the former Miss Bernice Smith, |
who died in the Macon Hospital I
at 3 p.m. Thursday, September
12, after an extended illness.
Services were conducted by the
Rev. James E. Elerson, and bur
ial was in the Glenwood City
Cemetery with Murchison Funer
al Home in charge of arrange
ments.
Pallbearers were M. L. Smith,
E. L. Haddon, Jimmy Haddon,
Jack Wali Jr., A. G. Dezern and
R. C. Murphy.
Mrs. Browning was born in
Washington County on June 14,
1902, the daughter of Lewis and
Elvira Wommack Smith. She was
a member of the Glenwood Bap
tist Church, and lived in Glen
wood all of her life.
Survivors include her husband;
one daughter, Mrs. Bill Cox, of
Alamo; a son, Wallace R. Brown
ing Jr.; two grandchildren; ‘wo
sisters, Mrs. Harvey Clark, of
West, Hollywood, Fla. and Mrs.
J °wis Wall, of Bolivia, N.C.; one
brother. R. L. Smith, of Bruns
wick, ana several nieces and ne
phews.
Georgia Exposition Os Commerce
And Industry To Be Held In Atlanta
Georgia’s role as the Empire
State of the booming South will
be spotlighted November 22 - De
cember 1 when the first Georgia
Exposition of Commerce & In
dustry will be held at the Atlanta
Merchandise Mart. Over 250 of
the State’s leading firms will oc
cupy 60,000 square feet of exhibit
space showing everything from
“soup to nu‘s” plus space age de
velopments.
The exhibits will be a glitter
ing array of “Georgia at Work”
and will be a fascinating tour for
everybody fro mthe man on the
street to the president of a huge
corporation. The Exposition is
sponsored by the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce.
Former Governor Ernest Van
diver heads this year’s Georgia
Exposition of Commerce & In
dustry and is assisted by an ad-
Wheeler County Eagle
Sponsored by Ga. Dept, of Commerce & Ga. Press Assn.
GEORGIA HERITAGE— On the evening of May 9, 1865, a group
of weary travellers made camp at a creeksite about a mile from
Irwinville, Georgia. The tall, gaunt man who headed the party
was Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, who was
attempting to escape capture and eventually join with Confed
erate military leaders across the Mississippi. Davis had travelled
South from Richmond with hasty Cabinet meetings in Danville,
Greensboro, Charlotte, and Washington (Georgia). Among those
with President Davis were Mrs. Davis, whose slower-moving
party had joined him that evening, and Postmaster General-
Secretary of the Treasury John H. Reagan. Davis’ group was
scheduled to leave during the night, but the reported threat of
attack on Mrs. Davis' party by marauders kept the anxious
President and his escort on hand until daylight. Just before
dawn the closely pursuing Fourth Regiment of Michigan Ca
valry arrived on the scene and captured the Southerners. Thus,
on May 10, 1865, the Confederate administration came to an
end. Davis was imprisoned in Fortress Monroe, Virginia, until
May of 1867. A Georgia Historical Commission marker com
memorates the site of the capture, within the bounds of tho
Jeff Davis Memorial State Park (on Highway 32 between Fitz
gerald and Tifton). A Confederate Museum is maintained at
the park.
National Rural Electric Coop. Assoc. |
Praises Humphrey Action On Loans
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The ।!
; National Rural Electric Coopera-1
i tive Association today described (
j the Senate Appropriations Com-'
' mittee action on rural electrifica-1
I tion loan funds as a rejection of |
| attempts to completely destroy |
i the effectiveness of the Rural (
( Electrification Administration.
The Committee on a 13 to 101
I vote adopted report language I
i which leaves the REA Adminis- j
( trator’s loan making authority in- i
( tact within administrative guide- -
j lines spelled out by the Senate (
। Committee and the House of Re
; presentatives. The language was (
[ submitted by Senator Hubert I
( Humphrey of Minnesota.
I The Humphrey language was'
I submitted as a substitute for a! •
! report drafted by Senator Spes- (
sard Holland of Florida, chairman 1
! of the Subcommittee which han
( dies REA loan funds. Holland’s ’
I proposed report language would
have, in effect, taken the loan- (
making decisions from the REA (
Administrator and placed them in i
the hands of the Subcommittee
and the General Accounting Os- (
fice. Similar procedures were pro- (
posed by power companies.
In a statement issued following (
the Committee action, Clyde T.
Ellis, general manager of NRECA'
said the Holland language would';
have destroyed the authority of i
the REA Administrator and would ’
Senior Class Officers
Elected For 1963-64
The Senior Class of Wheeler:
County High School.held it’s first
meeting on September 10 to elect;
officers for the 1963-64 term.
They are as follows:
President, Janice Pope; Vice
President, Sam Spires; Secretary,
Judy Rhodes; Treasurer, Judy I'
Camp; Reporter, Faye Stokes.
Project Chairmen, Betty Selpb
: and Ricky Elton.
: visory committee made, up of
. some of the State’s outstanding
businessmen.
Governor Vandiver, in announ
cing the Exposition, stated: “This
offers a tremendous show to the
' public, plus it gives an oppor
tunity for the State’s industry, for
the first time, to collectively show
it’s strength. The Exposition will
■ offer businessmen from through
out the State and the southeast a
chance to swap ideas, do business
and make future plans together.
This will mirr r to the State and
the Nation the progress that Geor
gia has made in industry and
commerce. We expect thousands
of people to see this gigantic Ex
position during this 8-day period
plus there will be hundreds of
groups going through the exhib
its in guided tours.”
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1963
have sharply curtailed the effec-1
tiveness of the entire rural elec
trification program.
“The millions of Americans
who depend on rural electrifica
tion are gratified that the Appro
priations Committee has rejected
this newest attempt to cripple
REA,” Ellis said. “The attempts
to take away the Administrator’s
authority is simply another move
in a long series of attempts by
the commercial power industry to
discredit REA and eliminate the
rural electrification program.”
“REA loan funds are vitally
needed in the growth and devel
opment of. rural areas where pow
er needs are doubling vry five to
seven years,” Ellis said.
Truman's Talk Stirs
Crowd At Cleveland,
Ohio Demo Meeting
Former President Harry S. Tru-1
man caused a surprise among most I
of the 1,200 persons at a Demo
cratic party gathering at Cleve
land, Ohio, when he attacked
“Nohtren busybodies” on civil |
rights.
Truman was the final speaker
on a long program honoring Sen.
Stephen M. Young, D-Ohio, at a
SIOO -a - plate dinner Saturday
night. The audience stood and
cheered Truman when he started
speaking, but there was no ap
plause during his speech.
Gasps were heard when Tru
man opened up with these words:
“We are living in a very turbu
lent age in world history. The ar- |
gument on civil rights has been I
stirred up by Boston and New (
England demagogues just as the (
War Between the States was
brought about by Harriet Beecher:
Stowe and Wiliam iLloyd Garri- j
son. . .
If the Northern busybodies
would stay at home and clean up!
then”'own back yards, the rest of j
--- — -- — I
1 the. country will obey its laws. I
Those Southerners are anxious to I
■do what the law requires them]
to do. They want to give equal ।
rights to Negroes.
“But nobody is going to make '
them,” he said. “They learned !
that in 1861.”
Truman plainly was annoyed i
with direct-action demonstrations, i
“These youngsters who are run
ning around the country trying;
to institute mob rule were raised:
under the nutty theory of let the!
child grow like a weed with no'
home discipline,” he said. “It is i
a lazy way to raise a family, i
These young rioters were not,
spanked enough as they grew up. ।
“The police should be furnished;
with nice old-fashioned butter |
paddles and be authorized to use •
them in the place intended fori
spanking on such demonstrators
as interrupted the (House Un-1
American Activities) Committee!
hearing in Washington and to so
called ‘sit-ins’ in the mayor’s of-.
fice in New York,” he said.:
“That’s outrageous.” 1
General Crop
Report As Os
September Ist
i The September 1 outlook for
I most major crops in Georgia was
I extremely good. August weather,
I although highly variable, was
! generally favorable; for crop ma
; turity and harvesting operations.
I Tobacco harvest was completed
i during the month, and cotton and
i peanut harvest was in full swing
J in southern counties on Septem
i ber 1.
I Corn production highest ever—
I The September 1 forecast of corn
i production was unchanged from
i a month ago at 67,680,000 bush-
I els. If this level is,reached a re
] cord high yield per acre of 40
(bushels will be set‘and total pro-
I duction will be the greatest ever
j produced in Georgia. This expect
i ed production comes from 1,692,-
I 000 acres for grain, which is the
same as a year ago and the low
est since estimates for grain were
begun in 1919.
Tobacco yield tops previous re
cord — The 1963 flue-cured to
i bacco yield per acre is forecast
| at 2.025 pounds or 50 pounds more
I than the previous record high of
| 1,975 pounds realized in 1962. To-
I tai production, estimated at 142,-
i 762,000 pounds, is down about 3
j percent from the 146,150,000 lbs.
( last year. Acres for harvest in
( 1963, at 70,500, was 3,500 less
than the 74,000 acres in 1962.
Cotton production up 6 percent
— Production of cotton in 1963
is estimated at 565,000 bales. This
iis 6 percent above the 534,000
| harvested last year and 24 percent
I above the 1957-61 average pro
■ duction of 457,000 bales. The in
(dicated yield of lint cotton per
■ | acre at 421 pounds is 52 pounds
: more than the 1962 yield of 369
' pounds and 45 pounds above the
■ 1957-61 average of 376.
Record peanut yield—Georgia’s
| 1963 peanut crop is estimated at
■ 660,800,000 pounds, up 113,280,-
: 000 pounds from the 1962 pro
duction of 547,520,000 pounds. A
record high average yield of 1,400
pounds per acre is expected. Har
vest weather has been excellent
for peanuts and on September 1
about two-‘hirds of the crop was
dug and about half of the acreage
had been picked.
Pecan production 90 million
; pounds — On September 1, in
dications as reported by pecan
growers pointed toward a crop of
90 million pounds. Production at
। this level is an all-time high.
Milk prduction up 2 percent—
> Milk production during August
is estimated at 88 million pounds
or 2 percent above the same
month last year. Production was
seasonally down 3 percent from
the July total of 91 million lbs.
(Georgia Methodist
Leaders To Meet
In Macon Nov. 22-25
Georgia Methodist leaders will
j meet November 22 and 25 to give j
I special consideration to the “chal
| lenge and the glory of the Chris-i
I tian ministry.”
i The convocations in Atlanta
| and Macon are part of more than (
I 60 such sessions being held across i
I the nation this fall as part of the (
(“Bishops’ Mission on the Minis-1
I try,” The program has been (
j termed the “largest personal es- (
' fort by the Bishops of The Meth
[ odist Church in more than twenty
J years.”
Three-man teams of bishops are .
I visiting Methodist episcopal areas
i in support of the program. Many 1
' of. the convocations will be spe
(cial sessions of annual conferen- (
(ces.
Bishops Paul E. Martin, of I
(Houston, Texas, Hazen G. Wer- j
(ner, of Columbus Ohio, and Eu-[
gene Slater, of Topeka, Kansas,
(will comprise the team forthe 1
( North Georgia Convocation No- i
i vember 22 in Atlanta. Bishops (
■ Lloyd C. Wicke, of New York, ■
W. Earl Ladden, of Washington,-;
' D.C., and Slater will make up
(the South Georgia Conference;
i team. The South Georgia Convo
(cation meets November 25 in Ma
i con.
( Bishop John Owen Smith, resi-i
; dent bishop of the Atlanta Meth-'
odist Area, will preside over both :
(sessions that begin at 10 a.m. and j
1 adjourn at 4 p.m. ’
C. C. White Dies
Saturday After
Heart Attack
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 4 p.m. from the Cedar
iGrove Methodist Church for
I Christopher Columbus White, 51,
who died Saturday at his home
in Alamo after suffering a heart,
attack. The Rev. Lennie Grimes |
; officiated, and burial was in the
(church cemetery with Harris &
I Smith Funeral Home in charge
[ of arrangements.
Mr. White was born in Laurens
County on February 5, 1912, the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tra
vis White. He was married to
Miss John Lizzie Allen on Jan
■ uary 4, 1933, who survives him.
Other survivors include a son,
■ ( Travis White, of Alamo; one
1 1 daughter, Mrs. Mary Lizzie Hag
gard, of Collins; three brothers,
Hardy White, of Soperton; Nor
■ j man White and Quince White, of
■ I Alamo, and four sisters, Millie
'(White, of Clermont, Fla.; Mrs.
Corinne Williams, of Glenwood;
• Mrs. Pauline Fordham and Mrs.
Sallie White, of Alamo.
C. Eugene Cravey
Speaks At Talmadge
Memorial Hospital
. j C. Eugene Cravey presented a
; ( discussion on Metabolic Anoma-
I lies in Glycosuria to the Proses
; i sors, students, and other inter
; । ested people September 5 in the
i Educational Building, Eugene Tal-
11 madge Memorial Hospital. The
; ( discussion was devoted to an ex
•: planation of the abnormal and
j (normal physiological processes
11 and clinical significence which
. | result in the appearance of mon
. osaccharides or disaccharides such
r as fructuse, glucose, lactose, mal
s tose, galactose, and pentose in
) the urine.
e Eugene recently attended a con-
I ference rn Atlantic City, New Jer
-3( sey where he attended various
t (meetings relating to this subject.
j Annual Fall Carnival
To Be Held Friday
Night October 4th
1 i The Graham Home Demonstra-
I
J tion Club will hold its annual Fall
’ i Carnival Friday night, October 4
' I beginning with a fried chicken
(supper at 6:30 p.m. Plates will be
1 (SI.OO each and everyone is invit
’j ed to come out, eat supper and
' enjoy the entertainment.
Also on sale will be cakes, pies,
’isandwiches, drinks, etc. For en-1
i tertainment there will be cake I
’ i walk, and fish pond. The quilt (
' I which was made by the club wo- (
’ f men will be given away that'
(( night. Tickets are on sale now. !
’(See anyone of the Graham Home
I Demonstration Club women or
j contact Mrs. Z. O. Thomas, Presi-
( dent for the purchase of these
i tickets. Price of tickets will be
( 10c or 3 for 25c. You do not have
; to be present to win.
All proceeds will be used to
( repair the Community House.
So mark this date on your cal
i endar and remember to be on
hand for the chicken supper, quilt
; drawing and the fine entertain
( ment and fellowship together.
See you there!
Watermelon Growers To Meet Ai
Court House Saturday, Sept, 21st
The officers and directors of
(the Sugar Creek Watermelon
, Growers Association, Inc., have
' announced that all watermelon
' growers in the area are invited
Ito attend a special meeting on
(Saturday afternoon, September 21
(at 4:00 o’clock. The meeting will
(be held in the courtroom of the
t courthouse in Mcßae.
Officials of Seal-Swett, Inc.,
i Tampa, Florida, have been con
• tacted relatives to establishing a
i Cash Buying Station for water-
( melons in this area for 1964. Offi-
I cers of th° Corporation who will
:be on hand on Saturday include
John T. Lesley, President; Don
(Lins, General Sales Manager and
Bill Crow, Principal Buyer. Many
(growers will remember Mr. Crow
(as he spent several days in the
। area during the latter part of this
j marketing season.
This area has a reputation for
j producing and marketing water
* melons of superior quality. Such
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Legion Holds Conveniion Ai Miami
Beach; Demands Removal Os Castor
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Re
moval of Fidel Castro’s regime
from Cuba and of Communism
from the Western hemisphere by
American soldiers if necessary—
| was demanded Thursday by the
I American Legion.
It charged that government
“timidity and vacillation” embar
rassed Americans.
The veterans organization clos
ed its 1963 convention after
moulding its course of action for
the coming year from 529 reso
lutions which ranged from movie
making in Yugoslavia to the lo
cation of a Tennessee flagpole.
Daniel F. Foley, 41-year-old
Wabasha, Minn., lawyer, was
Clarence N. Walker
To Address Piggly
Wiggly Southern
Clarence N. Walker, the execu
tive staff, representative of The
Coca-Cola Company, will address
the annual meeting of Piggly
[Wiggly Southern, Inc., Vidalia,
Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep
tember 24th and 25th.
Mr. Walker is a native Geor
gian. He is a graduate of the Ber
ry Schools, Mount Berry, and re
ceived his LLB Degree at the Un
iversity of Georgia. Before join
ing Coca-Cola. Walker practiced
law in Georgia and North Caro
lina for six years. He is a Re
gional Representative for the At
lanta Housing Authority and a
past business manager of the
Berry Schools. He is a veteran of
World War I where he served at
Kelly Field, Texas and Washing
| ton, D.C.
Mr. Walker’s church and civic
; I
( activities are widespread. He is
( active in various church, civic
1 and fraternal organizations in
-1 eluding Community Chest, Red
Cross, Boy Scouts, Asheville Col
lege, Asheville Foundation, Ashe
ville Orthopedic Home, YMCA
and other civic and community
projects in Asheville, Rome, and
Atlanta. He is now a member of
the Atlanta Rotary Club. Mr.
Walker will address officers and
employees of Piggly Wiggly
Southern, Inc., Vidalia, at the
Vidalia Elks Club during their
annual meeting. Piggly Wiggly J
Southern is a chain of 30 retail'
food supermarkets operating in
South Georgia.
a reputation is not a chance oc- i
currence. It is the result of grow- j
ers following good production and i
marketing practices.
This area is also unique since!
the only watermelon marketing
association in Georgia, a grower
cooperative, is organized here.
This is also one of the few areas
where growers have been able
to sell their melons in the field
and thereby eliminate the time
and cost of transporting melons ■
to the various markets. I
In order to maintain this posi
tion it is necessary that efforts .
be made to locate adequate buy
ers so that all growers can be'
served. Buyers will come only if
they are assured of a dependable (
supply of good quality melons. •.
This is the first in a series of ;
meetings planned by the Asso
ciation for the purpose of giving
growers an opportunity to talk t
with prospective buyers. IJ
NUMBER 23
given the task, as new National
Commander, to carry out the Le
gion’s dictates.
He succeeds James Powers, of?
Macon.
Cuba, as it has since the LegioEK
met in Miami in 1960, received?*
prime consideration.
“Occupation of Cuba by a Cem—
munist regime directed, support
ed and sustained by Soviet Hus—
sia constitutes the most serious?’,
invasion of the Western Hemi
sphere by a foreign power since*
the Monroe Doctrine was firsttt
proclaimed,” the Legion declared^.
“From the travesty of the Bay
of Pigs (invasion) to the shattered
promises that we were led to be
lieve that Khruschev had been:,
made to withdraw his men, ma
terial and control from this hemi
sphere, our policy seems to havei;
been “talk firm and retreat.™*'
while the Communist forces digg'
in and strengthen their hold om.
their base on this continent,” ther.
Cuba resolution charged. It add
ed:
“Timidity and vacillation of out"’
government has gravely injured
the prestige of the United States,'
and has brought humiliation andi;
embarrassment to the Americaza
people.”
President Kennedy was called!:
on to demand immediate removal, —
from this hemisphere all foreign.’
troops deemed hostile by th®.
United States or by the organiza
tion of American states “whether::
designated as technicians or oth
erwise.”
“But if none shall join with u®>-
in this effort, to proceed boldly l
alone . . . including boycott of alii
shipments of any kind to Cuba,,,
quarantine, blockade, and if neecf.
; i by employment of armed forces."*
The Legion, after one of three.',
floor fights which occurred dur—
> ing the convention, said that if?
' the limited nuclear test ban treaty
contained adequate safeguards, its
■ should be ratified.
Other floor fights were over an
proposal (defeated) to extend Le
gion eligibility to veterans wh®?
served during specified periods ai^
the end of World War II and. the?
Korean conflict and between Potey
and Joe L, Matthews of Ferfe:
Worth, Tex., for National Com—
mander. Foley won, 2,251-70$.
The Legion said the State De
partment had been criticized far*
a number of years, particularly”
with respect to its personnel airs
personnel policies, organizational,
structure and policy-making andl
policy-executing procedures.
It therefore requested Congress•
to undertake a thorough review*-
of the State Department.
Continued withholding of dip
lomatic relations with Red Chinas.',
and Hungary was urged and the*
Legion asked the administration
to continue ‘o black their seating-,,
in the United Nations.
Opposition was registered. t®s
cultural exchanges with the So
viet Union or any Communist;
country, to giving foreign aid t®"-
any Communist country, and teuf
! any East - West non-aggreasrom..
pact.
The Legion asked Congress tdw
investigate the relationship be—
tween the U.S. and United Na
tions to determine “whether it is:
still in the best interest of the-
United States to remain a mem
ber.”
Earlier, the Legionnaires had 5
asked for congressional investig®-
i tions into alleged Communist in
j filtration into the motion pictures
( industry and into a Legion charge.
I that American motion picture
' firms were producing movies im .
Communist Yugoslavia.
“The appropriate governmental
agency” was asked to relocate the
flag pole at the National Ceme—
tery at Nashville, Tenn., so i&t
could .be seen from U.S. Highway*
31E.
6th Grade Officers
Mirs. Hinson’s, section ot th®M
Sixth Grade elected the follow
ing 4-H Officers Sept. 5:
President, Tony Elton; Vices
President (Boy), Ruddy Basss;,
(girl) Peggy White; Secretary,'
and Treasurer, Brenda Gail Smith.,
and Parliamentarian, Tim Grimes—.
Ronnie Evans, Reporter
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