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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 SINGLE COPY 5c 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 Newspaper advertising brings, the merchants “showcase” ictc-v your home.