Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
A Town That
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BePr0ud Of

w Sam win his with the Axis, it is almost i'm
possible get complete picture of the tremendous
everyone is making build Americas fighting machine.
The way to what's going s study
the important role one small community is playing in
defense and then multiply the results by the thousands
similar Woodworking large and small that dot these
United States
12oo souls tucked down in the southeast
Peachtree State and typical American community
there is What boasting but factory
do for our war effort? After good look aroundand at
the record-you realize that If every and city
America was doing much, man for and woman for
woman this little community Uncle Sam wouldn't have
nearly much to worry about.
Take Wadley's factory, a plant The
ayers ]. w. S. w Overstreet, practically
gotten all about civilian production their
plant going full blast to keep the Army and Navy well
supplied with
Another Valleys patriotic contributions agricul-
ture The farms surrounding this Jefferson County
munity doing their utmost Farmers raising
obearing peanuts their poultry focs the
and the livestock industry is expanding The patriotic
residents know the truth Secretary Agriculture
Wckards food will win the war" slogan and they
putting 1t practice. community leadership
every available inch of tillabe soil is hard at work
Small as the population may be- every man. woman and
child in Wadley is doing something valuable for the
effort The youngsters the scrap
waste paper while the adults study training
first aid and put drives for the sale Of bonds and
stamps.
The purchase of these sinews of war by this town
has also high praise wadley hung up State record
recently when 1t bought stamps than any
community in the third class post office category
youngsters in valleys school. $50 of them put
their hard-earned pennies
The of an enemy plane swooping down and
dropping stick Of bombs the lone plant in the
Georgia community is perhaps in million but that
doesn't ul the residents security
They alert and well trained for such possibility
just in
Their first aid civilian courses too are
based the sensible theory that nothing happen
their community the chances that it might happen
neghboring town and Wadey residents be
well equipped and capable of helping their fellow
Americans.
AS automobiles are more or less packed away for the
duration the citizens of this up and coming community
showing the people Of America how back the saddle
horse-and what they've been missing. Sometimes this
town. especially Thursdays when merchants declare
halfhoday looks like swanIy ranch with everybody out
galopng good looking specimens of horsefesh
part of their health defense program horseback
riding Wadley has become quite institution. When
shuts shop the townsmen set out for good
galop through the countryside which often ends in bit
of competitive fencehurdng and ditchjumping, well
brd-hunting rver-plungng and of other
munity sports atop mettlesome specimen of mans best
friend.
The leader of this typicaly American community
DR.. j. D. Peacock, who mayor banker and physician
CHIrousy enough Wadleys mayor is dead ringer for
President Franklin y. Roosevewhich the bushyhaired
civic executive is mighty proud Of"
And President Roosevelt the 5s-year-old mayor is
a third termer Under able leadership, the Georgia
turning its 100 per cent record Wadey
too has given its share of young men to the fighting
forces Even the mayor volunteered-but was turned
down-for the army.
Just like many another community the United
States this has had losses due to the The
tourist business which brought to its door by u s.
Highway No l. is gone But this is or less Offset
according Mayor Peacock by local folks who are now
trading at instead of elsewhere.
In commenting his towns about war effort the
mayor emphasized the fact that the citizens realize what's
at stake this war; and we're making every possible
contribution" D/
America can be thankful that it many wadeys
This little towns efforts multiplied by the thousand and
added to the gigantic industrial output Of communities like
Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Los Angeles Milwaukee and
Cleveland makes patriotic citizen realize the great
strength Of America at Wan
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY