Talbot County Embraces Vocational Education Change
Talbot County in west central Georgia shifted from slow to proactive in vocational education. Superintendent J C Watts and M D Mobley pushedTalbot to hire Claude Boggs, fund two $5000 facilities, and equip them with tools for cattle judging and home economics. The plan expanded to multiple canning plants, with major investments in Talbotton, Woodland, Geneva, and Junction City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot County
Georgia
Talbot
M. D. Collins
J. C. Watts
Geneva
M. D. Mobley
Dr. Collins
T. G. Waters
Jackson County
Claude Boggs
Gore
Chatooga County
Dawsonville
Dawson
Pine Mountain
Forestry Department
Talbotton
Woodland
Edith Hogg
J. H. Woodall
Junction City
F. P
Patterson to lead Georgia Education Association official
Mrs. Bessie S. Patterson, new president of the Georgia Education Association, will begin a fourth term as Clinch County schools superintendent next January. She has spent 25 years in teaching or administration, serving as Homerville High principal before becoming Clinch County superintendent. She emphasizes the home’s influence and recalls past wartime help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia Education Association
Georgia
Bessie S. Patterson
Patterson
South Georgia
Homerville High School
Clinch County
S. C. Patterson
Homerville
Typhoid Clinic Opens April 28 Across Butler and Reynolds
The Taylor county Typhoid immunization drive begins April 28 and runs through May 5 and 12 in Butler courthouse 8 to 12 and Reynolds school 1 to 3. Residents are urged to take all three vaccines with a 75 cent fee for the full set or 25 cents per shot. diphtheria toxoid offered free to children aged six months to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Butler
Reynolds
Pre-Induction Physicals And Draft Call For Local Men
The Atlanta district office of price administration warns tire inspection records must be kept to obtain supplemental gas or tires. Draft board lists 31 Taylor County men, 11 in April call for Fort McPherson pre induction exams, including 2 volunteers, 2 transfers, and 16 aged 18 to 26 recently placed 1-A. Names include Herbert Pike, Robert Watson, Edward Standridge, James Bone, Hiram Wainwright, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Taylor County
Fort McPherson
H. K. Sealy
Herbert Lee Pike
Robert Lenwood Watson Roy Clifford Bloodworth Fletcher Edward Standridge
Alver Walker Bazemore James Eugene Bone
Hiram Jackson Wainwright Homer Columbus Wells Freeny
Edgar Posey
Joe Coulter
Paul W. Wainwright
Embry Taunton
Joseph Riley Harmon
James Alfred Giles Lester Homer Harden _ Men
Walter Edward Chapman
Jarrell Sanders Vann W. J. Edmondson
Clarence Roscoe Ranon Johnnie Fred Beel
John Henry Amerson
Cincinnatius Dugger
Evangelistic Rally Set at Tabernacle Near Butler
The Fifth Sunday Evangelistic Rally gathers Georgia groups at Taylor County Camp Ground six miles north of Butler from April 29 to 30. Rev J W Ballard of Macon leads Saturday 7 30 pm service. Sunday features Dr T M Anderson of Wilmore Kentucky with messages at 11 am and 2 pm. Special music and a Sunday barbecue lunch will accompany services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Butler
J. W. Ballard
Willingham
Baptist Church of
T. M. Anderson
Wilmore
Kentucky
Farm wagon Mule and Ford Tudor for sale
One two horse walking cultivator one good second hand farm mule and a 1932 model B Ford Tudor automobile offered for sale. Price reasonable. See or write James Gray Reynolds Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gray
Reynolds
Farm Help Wanted and Baby Chicks Ad
Wanted immediately a good farm tractor operator to run the farm four miles southeast of town and several farm hands for general work. Write S. E. Cox Butler Go. Baby chicks heavy breeds 200 for 13 dollars with free delivery from Worthwhile Hatcheries Baltimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Cox
Butler
North Ave
Baltimore
Obituary of H. T. Harris 75 Farm Leader in Garden Valley
H. T. Harris a prominent farmer from the Garden Valley area of Macon County died at his home Monday after a long illness. He was 75, born in Houston County and survived by six sisters, five sons and six daughters. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Carl Ayers and Rev. Geo. M. Ray officiating. pallbearers named Moody Trussell O H Simmons C J Harp J E Childree C S Hall and D W Harp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. M. Ray
Montezuma Baptist Church
G. H. Harris
H. L. Rogers
Oglethorpe
Howard Johnson
O. P. Duggar
Tallahassee
Fla
B. ¥. Boland
A. J. Richardson
P. C. Harrell
Orlando
Pvt
Soldiers on Oahu meet Taylor county men in Hawaii
Sgt Charles Wright now on the island of Oahu writes home noting he has met two Taylor county men, Paull Hollis and L B Locke, who work in Honolulu while Sgt Newsome Kirksey of Reynolds serves nearby. A poem titled A Soldier Speaks is included in Wrights letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Charles Wright
Oahu
Wright
Taylor County
Messrs
Paull Hollis
L. B. Locke
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sgt. Wight
Newsome Kirksey
Reynolds
Reynolds High Graduates Now Serving in Armed Forces
Reynolds Ga April 14 61 graduates listed by Supt E H Joiner serving in World War II one third hold commissions as officers Reynolds district has contributed 21 officers in WW II from a lineage of service since 1861. Gene Joiner taught 61 students and 58 boys 3 girls on the list letters from service members reveal clear grammar and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Moore
Journal
Reynolds
E. H. Joiner
Taylor County
Desmond Harp
Gene Joiier
Mother
Mr. Joiner
Kentucky
Gene
Ft. Valley
Bub
Georgia
Food Preservation Class Taught This Year By Home Ec Teacher
A course on Planning the Food Supply for Home Use will be taught in the Home Ec Department by Miss Mabel Sanders to prepare the canning plant for summer operations. The meeting for organizing the class is Friday at 4 p.m. in the Home Economics room, inviting Butler residents who plan to can at home or in the local plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Sanders
Butler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Talbot County Stampedes
Harold Martin
The
Atlanta Constitution
Ted Head
Bessie Patterson
Rhode Island
Butler Herald
Ft. McPherson
Tabernacle
Town
Miss Kathryn Amos
Julian Edwards
Butler Methodist Church
Clyderfay Green
Margaret Tillman
Uncle Remus
Edward MacDowell
Robert Schuman
Anton Rubinstein
Kathryn Amos
Clyde Afay Green
Johann Sebastian Bach Ludwig Beethoven
Peter Tschaikowsky
Frederic Chopin
Franz Schubert
Carl Engel
J. S. Bach
I, Albaniz
Alicenes Amos
Carolyn Bazemore
Frankie Sikes
Mary Wright
Pleasant Grove
Rev. Ayers
Rev. Geo. Ray
Foreign Isle
Bob Decker
Reynolds HI
Home Ec
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!