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VOLUME 51
New Flue-Cured Tobbaco Vote Set
On Acreage-Poundage For May 4th [
Flue-cured tobacco growers will vote May 4 on whether they i
•want to use acreage-poundage quotas in marketing their 1965, 1966,;
and 1967 crops, J. O. Perdue, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and ;
Conservation. Georgia Wheeler Committee, announced today.
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Polls Set Up For
Acreage-Poundage
Tobacco Vote
Polling places for the May 4
Referendum on acreage-poundage
marketing quotas for the next
three crops of flue-cured tobacco
have been designated by the
Wheeler County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee as follows:
Alamo Community — County
Court House.
Glenwood Community — City
Hall.
Landsburg Community — Com
munity Court House.
Shiloh Community — Brown
ing’s Store.
Union. Springhill Community —
Community Court House.
The polls will be open from
6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In view of
the importance of this referendum,
the hours for voting are being ex
tended to afford all growers am
ple opportunity to cast their bal
lots.
Committee Chairman J. O. Per
cue points out that notices of
farm acreage allotments and
poundage quotas have been mail
ed to all flue-cured tobacco farm
operators so that they may know
these program details in advance
of the referendum. The acreage
allotments under the new pro
gram are 18 per cent larger than
under the old quota program. The
poundage quota for each farm is
based on the farm’s production
history during the five years,
1959-1963.
If more than two-thirds of the
growers voting in this special
referendum vote yes, the acreage
poundage quotas provided by the
new program will be in effect for
the 1965, 1966 and 1967 crops of
f’ue-cured tobacco. Penalties will
apply to marketings in excess of
110 per cent of the farm pound
age quota. Any marketings above
the farm’s quota in a particular
year will be deducted from the
farm’s quota for the following
year.
If less than the poundage quota
for a farm is marketed in any
year, the difference will be add
ed to the farm’s quota for the
following year. Price support will
be available to tobacco growers
on up to 110 per cent of the farm’s
quota if the harvested acreage is
within the farm's new acreage
allotment.
If the acreage-poundage pro
gram is rot approved, that is, if
at least one-third of those voting
vote no, the present marketing
quota program on an acreage bas
is will remain in effect. Growers
approved acreage-basis tobacco
quotas last December. The new
aedeage-poundage program was
enacted into law April 16.
Chairman J. O. Perdue urges
al! flue-cured tobacco growers to
vote or. this important question.
All farmers who engaged in the
production of the 1964 flue-cured
tobacco crop are eligible to vote
in the special referendum.
Two Jekyll Island Gun Mounts
Traced Back To Civil War Time
Two gun emplacement discovered recently on the south end of
Jekyll Island were determined Monday to be of Civil War vintage.
Ross Hopkins, historian at Ft.
Frederica National Monument on
St. Simons Island, expressed the
opinion following a two-hour in
spection of the emplacements;
Accompanying Hopkins on the
tour was A. J. Hartley, executive
secretary of the Jekyll Island
Authority, who described the em
placements as another potential
tourist attraction.
Hopkins based part of his opin
ion on the condition of cast iron
found imbedded in “tabby” in the
emplacements. Tabby is a cement
like substance used in early coast
al Georgia settlements. It is a
mixture of oyster shell and sand.
Hopkins said the emplacements
were probably used to mount 100-
pounder and 200-pour.der Parrot
muzzle-loading seacoast weapons.
Wheeler County Eagle
The new program is authorized j
by the tobacco legislation signed j
by President Johnson on April 16. j
j Farmers eligible to vote in the i
i referendum are all those who en-1
; gaged in the production of the j
1964 flue-cured tobacco crop.
Growers approved flue-cured to
■ bacco marketing quotas on ?n :
acreage basis on December 15, >
when 96.5 per cent of the ballots i
: favored the quotas. These quotas I
will remain in effect if the new I
[ acreage-poundage quotas are not i
approved. If more than two-thirds i
I of the growers voting approve the ;
acreage-poundage quotas, they
[ will become effective.
Chairman J. O. Perdue explain-1
•ed that excessive supplies of flue
cured tobacco have accumulated
[in recent years because of sub-j
jstantial increases in yields per ।
jacre, with some resultant loss of j
'quality in the tobacco produced.;
Tobacco growers have demonstrat- .
ed their willingness to maintain,
a sound program and now recog-1
'nize the need for some modifica- I
ition of the program.
Under the acreage-poundage j
i method, farm acreage allotment I'
> will be larger, since the pound- ■
lage quotas (the amount-plus 10
'per cent - which may be market- [
ed free of penalty) will provide
(protection against excessive mar- ;
keting.
Each farmer can thus aim at;
producing high quality tobacco,
without losing part of his share
lof the market to other farmers j
[ who strive for high per-acre yields [
at the expense of quality. If the;
! farm’s acreage allotment produces :
less than the poundage quota, the
‘farther can carry over the unused '
part of the quota from one year j
' to the next. Price support will be
j available on 110 per cent of the'
: farm’s poundage quota if the;
[farm’s harvested acreage is with-i
in the new acreage allotment.
Tobacco men have pointed out:
; that sales and exports should be ;
increased and producer income:
boosted under the new program ;
'because of the improved quality ;
l of the tobacco crop. Production [
costs should be lower because of
less concentrated effort to in- :
crease yields, and supplies of to-;
bacco should be in better balance
with demand, thus reducing the j
. cost to the Government.
Wheeler County
Garden Club Meets
The Wheeler County Garden
Club met at the County Library '
on April 13 with 17 members at- j
tending.
I This was a very interesting'
| meeting, the lesson being on “Line '
' Arrangement.”
I It is hoped that all members.
i will attend the May meeting as ,
jit will be the last one until Sep-j
[tember 14.
j The hostesses, Mrs. Cleon;
I Brown, Mrs. Ovid Evans and Mrs. I
' D. M. Achcrd, served delicious re- [
, freshments.
[ Newspapers produce more salei [
I per dollar of advertising cost.
The historian said such gun;
mounting was used about 1860,:
excluding the possibility that the 1
emplacements dated prior to the
Civil War.
Hopkins also cited the possibil- ’
ity the emplacements may have
been used during the Spanish-A- '
merican War of 1898 as a precau-■
tion against an attack by the
Spanish fleet.
Found in the remnants of each '
emplacement were mounting pins :
and two rails with wheels which ’
flowed the cannon to be moved I
for aiming.
A 10-man crew cleared under-;
brush at the site Monday in an'
attempt to locate a magazine nor- j
mally needed to supply powder;
and shells for the guns. ।
ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY, GEORGIA FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1965
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A mile of ships line up in the Savannah River at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden
City terminal. Discharging and loading at the rate of 10,000 tons a day, nearly 50 ocean
going vessels have worked at the GPA’s two deepwater ports at Brunswick and Savannah
since the ending of the ILA strike less than two weeks ago. It is estimated by the Georgia
State Chamber of Commerce that the resumption of activities at Georgia’s ports means
one million dollars a day to the State’s economy.
Wheeler High FFA
In Public Speaking,
Sweetheart Contest
The Wheeler County High
School FFA participated in Pub
lic Speaking, Quartet and Sweet
heart Contest at Lyons High
School recently. This contest was
sponsored by the FFA to deter
mine the speaker, quartet and
sweetheart to represent Areas I
and II in the finals at the Dis
trict meet which will be held at
Jekyll Isl nd May 8 at the District
FFA Rally.
The Wheeler County FFA was
represented by Gary McGee, 16”-
year-old son of Mrs. Henry Mc-
Gee, of Alamo R-2. Gary spoke
on “The Ageless Struggle” be
tween man and insects and how
chemicals are used in their con
trol. He is a tenth grade student
taking Vocational Agriculture for
his second year. Gary won fourth
place. Jefferson High placed first.
The quartet from Wheeler
County was composed of Ra Me
quian, Hershel Rogus, Richy
Towns and Henry Newton. Ros
alyn Moore, the FFA Sweetheart,
was their accompanist. They sang
“Aura Lee” and “Grandfather’s
Clock” and placed second in the
area eliminations. Metter placed
first.
The Wheeler County High FFA
was represented in the Sweetheart
contest by Rosalyn Moore who is
a senior at Wheeler County High
this year and a very accomplished
pianist. She is the daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. Moore of Alamo
R-2 and came in fourth in the
contest.
We want to take this oppor
tunity to congratulate the students
participating in these events for
making such a fine showing in
representing our FFA this year
in these events, and to say that
we expect to go all the way next
year.
Wheeler County High
School Reporter.
Pulpwood Product
Seen As Theat To
Naval Stores Industry
A new technique to make rosin
from pulpwood is threatening the
advantage that gum turpentine has
had for years, B. H. Bojcik, a fed
eral research official, said Wed
nesday.
Bojcik spoke at the 29th an
nual meeting of the American
Turpentine Farmers Association
at Valdosta.
He said enlargement of the pulp
2nd paper industry in Georgia
may provide keen competition to
the naval stores industry.
“I believe that it is possible to
cope with this situation, although
it won’t happen overnight,” Boj
cik said. “Recovery is apt to be
slow.”
Georgia produces more gum
turpentine than any other area in
the world and the state leads the
nation in the number of pulp and
paper mills.
Wheeler County Man
Dies Unexpectedly
In Medical Center
Funeral services will be held in
'the Spring Hill Baptist Church
’ Friday at 3 p.m. for Ralph Led
ford G.reene, 53, of Alamo R-2, j
' who died unexpectedly in the
' Medical Center in Mcßae Tues-'
day afternoon.
Services will be conducted by
; the Pastor, the Rev: Larry Wil
; liams, assisted by the Rev. J. M.
I Clements of Hebardville, and bur
ial will be in Telfair Memorial;
Gardens with Harris & Smith
Funeral Home in charge of ar-'
rangements. r
I
Mr. Greene was born in Dodge'
County on June 7, 1911, the son '
of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
iGreene. He was married to Miss:
Myrtle Smith on March 24. 1946
'and was a member of the Spring
i Hill Baptist Church. He was a
veteran of World War 11.
j Pallbearers will be members of 1
: Jenkins-Patterson V.F.W., of '
'which he was a member.
Survivors include his wife; a
daughter, Miss Judy Greene, of
- Alamo R-2; two sisters, Mrs. J. (
B. Clements, of Alamo R-2; Mrs.
Ralph Box, of St. Petersburg, Fla. (
land one brother, Ernest Greene, ,
1 of Macon. । (
Homecoming At
Cedar Grove
Sunday, May 3
The Annual .Homecoming Day ।
will be observed at the Cedai
Grove Methodist Church, located
ir. South Laurens County, Sunday.. ।
May 3.
Special singing will be rend
ered by the Journeymen Quartet,
; the Shannon Sisters Jr., the Elton 1
Trio and other groups.
Dr. Eldred Causey of Athens ■
land M. L. Clark of Macon will
be the morning speakers.
Picnic lunch will be served on
the church grounds at I p.m.
I Everyone has a cordial invitation
to attend this service.
Revival services will begin -
: Monday, May 3, and continue
through Friday, May 7, with the
Rev. Raymond Wilder of the Ab
I amo Methodist Church preaching
The pastor, the Rev. W. L. Sutton
’ and the membership of Ceda:
[Grove Methodist Church extends
to the public an invitation to at
tend these services.
Pre-Registration Day
Friday, May 7th
Pre-registration day will be
held on Friday, May 7, at the
Glenwood Elementary School.
Indoctrination will begin at 9
a.m.
All parents who have children
that will be 6 years of age on or
before December 31 are urged to
bring the children to school on
that date. It is most important
that these children attend that day |
of preparation.
Services Set For
Viet Nam Victim
Lt. Patrick Calhoun
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 4 p.m. for 2nd Lt. Pat
rick P. Calhoun, 24, of Mount
I Vernon, who was killed in Viet
Nam April 19 when his helicopter
I was shot down by enemy fire. The
helicopter exploded and crashed.
Services will be in the Mount
Vernon Baptist Church, where Lt.
Calhoun formerly was a member.
'Burial will be in the Mount Ver
|non Cemetery.
Lt. Calhoun was married to the
: former Miss Jane Dunham of Au- j
i gusta, and they had a daughter.;
His wife and daughter live in Au- [
gusta.
Surivors are his wife and daugh-1
ter; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul I
W. Calhoun of Mount Vernon; a I
brother, P. W. Calhoun Jr., of At- [
lanta, and several aunts and un-I
cles.
Lavorsia W. Kent
Dies In Glenwood
Funeral services for Lavorsia
W. Kent, 63, of Glenwood, who I
died Wednesday morning in the |
Augusta hospital after an extend-;
ed illness were held at 4 p. m.
Thursday in the Glenwood Bap
tist Church.
The Rev. James Elison and the I
Rev. Donald Hughes will officiate. [
Burial was in the Glenwood City -
Cemetery.
Mr. Kent was a general mer- i
chant and a lifetime resident of i
Wheeler County. He was a Mason
and chairman of the board of dea
cons of the Glenwood Baptist;
Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Clyde Rackley Kent, of Glenwood;
one daughter, Mrs. Lewis Weeks,,
of Atlant-:; one son, L. W. Kent'
Jr., of Gler.wood; one sister. Mrs.
Lowell Clark, of Glenwood; two
brothers, Foy Kent, of Atlanta
; and Otha Kent, of Macon; two
grandchildren; and several nieces
and nephews.
PTA Os Glenwood
Elementary Meets
The Glenwood Elementary P.-
T.A. held its final meeting of the
school year on April 19.
Mrs. Anne Shuman, fifth grade
teacher, was in charge of the pro
gram which featured a demonstra
tion meeting of a 4-H Club. This
was put on by the girls of the fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Miss Willie Leggitt was advisor
for the presentation.
Mrs. William Fields installed
the officers for the 1965-66 school
year. Marvin Wilcher is the new
president. Mrs. Jack Adams will
occupy the treasurer’s position
and Mrs. John Lafavor will be
secretary.
Principal A. M. Hilton spoke on
the progress made in the current
school year and gave some of the
। plans for enriching our next school
session.
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Georgia's Ports Prosper With Cargoes
Os 10,000 Tons Shipping Per Day
Shaking the shackles of the 55;
| day International Longshoremen j
[strike, Georgia’s two deepwater.
I giants, Brunswick and Savannah
[are again flexing their mighty
[muscles of commerce and surging;
: a million dollars a day into the [
i State’s economy.
Four Georgians
Picked For Postmaster
President Lyndon B. Johnson
i submitted the following Georgia
i postmaster nominations to the j
i Senate Monday:
Dolores W. Pearman, Chula; [
'Roberta I. Barton, Georgetown;,
; Monterie C. Brewer, Lumber City;
[ and Bernard Knowles Jr., Stock
; bridge.
Homecoming Day At
Alamo Methodist
j Church May 2nd
I The annual observance of'
t [ Homecoming will be held this:
| coming Sunday during the morn
ing worship service. This will'
1 1 mark the 66th year that the;
^church has rendered service to'
;; the community.
A former pastor, the Rev. Jeff:
• [ D. Corbitt, will be the guest speak-'.
' er for the service. The Rev. Mr. [
[ Corbitt is presently serving as the '
I pastor of the Jamestown Metho-,
i dist Church in Waycross. He ser- ‘
। ved several churches in the coun-;
•ty under the old Alamo circuit
[during the years of 1954 to 1957.'
; He has many friends in the coun-;
, ty and a special tie with fact that
a daughter Dorothy, now Mrs.
Robert Tuten, resides here.
After the service a covered dish;
dinner will be served in -the
• Church Annex at approximately ■
■ one o’clock. It is hoped that all:
■; church members, former members
■ and friends will be present.
There will be no evening ser-!
i vice.
DAR Good Citizens
To Be Honored At
Meeting May sth
The May meeting of the Vidalia
[Chapter, NSDAR, will be held
'Wednesday. May 5, at 3:30 o’clock
J in the educational building of the
. First Baptist Church in Vidalia.
! Special guests at the meeting will 1
;be the DAR Good Citizens spon- 1
[sored by the Vidalia Chapter for [
i this year. ''
I
These young ladies, all seniors
jin high schools, were selected by | [
i the members of their respective I,
[classes for their outstanding qual-|.
ities of dependability, service, '
i leadership, and patriotism. The
'sponsoring of DAR Good Citizens |[
; has been an annual project of the
Vidalia Chapter since the pro
j gram was established by the Na
[ ticnal Society, Daughters of. the
; American Revolution, in 1934, and
(each year the Vidaila Chapter
seeks to find the DAR Good Cit- 1
: izen in the high schools of the
area where the local Chapter has
, members residing.
The DAR Good Citizens this j
'year, who wili be special guests |
' at the May meeting of the Vidalia [
'Chapter include: Miss Ann Nease, ।
Glennviile High School; Miss Ja-[
nette Findley, Lyons High School; [
Miss Diane O’Neal, Montgomery ;
County High School; Miss Mary j
Angela Shum:n, Reidsville High
‘School; Miss Vernelle Stanley,
Toombs Central High School; Miss
Janice Perry, Treutlen County
High School; Miss Peggy Davis,
Vidalia High School, and Miss
Bettye Griffin, Wheeler County
High School.
Mrs. Hoke Riddle, Regent of
the Vidalia Chapter, will preside
[ over the business session on Wed
: nesday, at which time a report
on the 74th Contintal Congress
will be given by the chapter dele
' gate, Mrs. Hugh Peterson.
Mrs. J. O. Rountree, who serves
as chapter chairman of the DAR
Good Citizens committee, will be
in charge of the program.
Hostesses for the meeting will
include Mrs. C. C. Somers, Mrs.
Henry DeJarnette, Mrs. William
Currie, Mrs. W. D. Lee, Mrs. Nor
wood Moody. Miss Annette Whip
ple. Mrs. Hugh Thompson, Mrs.
W. C. Broadfoot. Mrs. O. C. Wjyp
ple, Mrs. F. D. Garrard. Mi’ss Sara
1 Murchison, and Mrs. Henry Davis,
NUMBER 5
। With around the clock activities
jat the Georgia Ports Authority’s;
facilities at Brunswick and Savan
nah, cargoes are moving across
the docks at approximately 10,006
tons a day.
Goods moving to and from ev
! ery county in Georgia as well as
the midwest and southeastern
'United State are funnelled
through the two GPA terminals
| into the trade routes of the world.
Imports such as bonemeal (for
fertilizer), fishmeal (a supplement
jto poultry food), and rolled jute
far the hungry carpet industry of
north Georgia are swinging a
i cross the docks from ships o£ all
, nations.
Exports of paper, woodpulp,,
; pecans, clay, kaolin, peanuts and.
(peanut meal are disappearing into
[ the holes of the outgoing freigfcb
! ers.
i The two way street of com
[ merce is vividly illustrated as
thousands of imported automo
biles are discharged and tfeeir
spaces refilled with tons of ex
port farm machinery and heavy
construction equipment.
The strike is over and it’s full
steam ahead at the deepwater
ports, two of Georgia’s most val
ued assets.
Students Experiment
With White Rats
The Glenwood Elementary
School has concluded its nutritios
experiment with its two white
' rats.
Eating the right kind of., food,
means more things than you would
expect. Take, for instance, our
little rats, Candy and Dandy. Can
day was fed enough food but not
: the right kind. Her fur was shag
gy, her eyes dull, and her feet
I and tail were scaly. She was also
[ irritable and nervous, while Dan
;dy, who had been fed on a good
' diet was happy and contented, a.
I lert and tidy in her habits. Her
[ fur was smooth and creamy in
' color, and her tail pink and waxy
-1 looking.
Eating the right kind of food
affects people in- just the same
way. A boy or girl who has-the
right kind of food to eat is heal
thy and happy. Eating a good
breakfast helps us a lot. It gives
us a good start for the day. Boys
and girls who come to school with
a good breakfast in their tum
mies don’t get tired before noon
and are smarter in school.
We have learned from our ex
periment with Candy and Dandy
that it really pays to eat a weE
balanced diet.
May Day Program
Scheduled Tonight
Glenwood Elementary School
will present a May Day program
on April 30 at 8 p.m. in the school
gymnasium.
A queen and her court have
been selected to reign over the
festivities. Janice Adams, eighth
grade student, is the queen. Her
court of. princesses and their- es
corts is as follows:
First grade — Mabre Screws-
I and Alan Elerson.
I Second Gr^de — Melinda Fieldst
! and Dwight Montford.
Third Grade — Cara McDanim
i and Fred Adams.
Fourth Grace — Suzanne Con-
I ner and Chris Avery.
Fifth Grade —- Ellen Adams and 1 ..
Jackie Gibbs.
Sixth Grade — Joann Yawn ami;
Jeffery Foskey.
Seventh Grade — Bobbie Clark
and Walter Coleman.
Eighth Grade — Pat Burns and.
Danny Manley.
Flower Girls — Renee and Suz
nes Clark.
Crown Bearer — Janie Fields.
Dances and songs will be per
formed by the students of all ths»
grades and the program will con
clude with the traditional wind
ing of the Maypole.
Admission will be 25 and 5#
cents.
SOIL BANK PINES
Planted pines should not gW
the timber market, according to
Extension Service foresters at the
University of Georgia. Under pres
ent harvesting, volumes, they say
planted pines will contribute less
than 25 'per cent to the timber
harvest over the next 40 years.