Taylor County Schools to Open Monday Sept 4
Taylor County will begin the fall term on Monday September 4. Superintendent Prof. J J Green of Butler High announces most faculty for the local schools. Several high school teachers have been elected but not yet accepted. Miss Julia Carter resigns to become Geneva Junior High superintendent. Grammar and high school faculties are listed with names for grade levels and departments.
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Taylor County
J. J. Green
Butler High School
Julia Carter
Geneva
Verna Jarrell
Hazel Elliston
Louise Parks
Julian Locke
Bessie Childs
Erma Barfield
Mack Turner
Mack T. Turner
Annie Laurie Powell
Edith Guy
Agnes Fuderburk Smith
Grady Fuller
Mabel Saunders
J. W. Edwards
Prominent Columbus Jeweler Lamar Smith Dies at 54
Lamar Smith Columbus jeweler and watchmaker, 54, died suddenly from an acute heart attack Tuesday night at his Twelfth Street business. He was found by Officer Askew in his office. Survived by wife Margue Waters, daughters Mrs. Carson McCullers and Margarita Smith, son Lamar Smith Jr., and his wife’s family of Butler. Born near Tuskegee Alabama, he moved to Columbus at 19 and joined Dr W W Perrott in practice before his own business.
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Lamar Smith
Columbus
Twelfth Street
Smith
Marguerite Waters
T. W. Waters
Lula Carson Waters
Butler
Carson McCullers
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Margarita Smith
New York City
Lamar Smith Jr
Seabees
South Pacific
Tuskegee
Ala
Mattie G. Smith
W. W. Perrott
Broadway
Smile-A-While Quartet to Appear at Local School Building
Butler and Taylor county residents are invited to the local school auditorium Friday evening Aug 11 to see Deacon Utley and the Smile-A-While Quartet of radio fame. The program blends gospel songs and skits with added features for entertainment. Proceeds benefit the school commercial department and admission is charged.
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Butler
Taylor County
Deacon Utley
Radio Fame
WMAZ
Business Training Institute of Macon
Roofing offer from J T Mathews in Butler Ga
Good news bp valvanized steel roofing for Rediate delivery. If in need of roofing see me at once. J. T. Mathews, Butler, Ga.
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J. T. Mathews
Butler, Ga
Air Mail Service Opens in Columbus with Large Crowd
Columbus celebrated the opening of air mail service as the Houston Flyer of Eastern Air Lines landed at Muscogee county airport at 4 08 p m. Tuesday. The event drew about 2500 people including civic leaders and postal and airline officials. The stop linked Columbus with New York to San Antonio and cities like Baltimore Washington Atlanta Mobile New Orleans and Houston ensuring quick noon-to-evening air mail delivery nationwide.
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Columbus
Air Service
Houston Flyer
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Houston
Tex
Muscogee County
Postal Department
Railway Express
New York City
San Antonio
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Atlanta
Mobile
New Orleans
United State
Local Rationing Board Releases Sugar Canning Information
The Local War Ration Board asks recipients to verify mailing names and addresses for canning sugar allotments. It warns of cross allocations and urges returning excess sugar, using the initial allotment and 40 sugar stamps first, to aid national conservation during wartime.
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Local
For Sale Heavy-duty Utility Trailer in A One Condition
Heavy-duty utility trailer offered for sale in good condition with good tires. Asking price described as reasonable. Seller listed as H. E. Childres of Butler Georgia with phone contact 9903.
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H. E. Childres
Butler, Ga
Pair of good farm mules for sale in Reynolds Georgia
Two mules about 12 years old and weighing 1000 pounds each offered for sale by C Monroe Blair of Reynolds Georgia. Priced cheap and ready for pickup.
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C. Monroe Blair
Reynolds, Ga
Bethel Church dedicates new brick-veneer building in 106th anniversary
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church holds a three day meeting and dedicates its new brick-veneer church as the First District Apatole Association gathers. Elder W H Hancock of Macon delivers the dedicatory sermon on Ezekiel’s covenant. The event marks Bethel’s long history dating to 1838 and ends with Home Coming among faithful families.
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W. H. Hancock
Macon
Bethel Church
Hancock
Israel
W. T. Austin
Aiholine Childs Saylor
Herald
Apatole Association
Bethel
Mt. Nebo
Prosperity
Bethlehem
New Hope
Phillips
Taylor County
Schley County
W. J. Green
Gray
G. R. Hunt
Kathleen
Joe Bryant
Calhoun
Mt. Moria Church
Muscogee County
Earl Bentley
Roberta
Old Bethel ‘Church
J. T. Childs
J. J. Wind
Hopeful
Brethren
Sisters of the Baptist Order
Marion County
William Bowden
Peter Stewart
John Hudson
Balman Davinport
James S. Bartlett
Elizabeth Bartlett
Sarah Bettenstine
Aby Johnston
Dorothy Bartlett
Mary Bartlett
Elizabeth
Layfield
Cobb Grist
Talbot
Marion Counties
Reynolds Methodist Revival Begins Sunday
Reynolds Methodist Church hosts a week long revival starting Sunday with daily services at 11 am and 8 30 pm. Rev Wm Harry Moore of Sandersville Ga assists Pastor Rev Leon Edwards, arriving by Monday night. Moore is Bishop Arthur J Moore's son and has fifteen years in the ministry. Public invitation extended.
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Reynolds MethoDist Church
Harry Moore
Sandersville
Leon Edwards
Reynolds
Moore
Arthur J. Moore
Plane crash kills Atlanta base captain and airman
Funeral services were held in Americus for Captain Samuel G. DeLoach who died from injuries after an airplane crash at the Atlanta Army Air Base on Sunday afternoon. Staff Sgt. Daniel A. Mornan of St. Louis was killed instantly. his body was sent home for funeral arrangements.
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Americus
Samuel G. DeLoach
Atlanta
Atlanta Army Air Base
Daniel A. Mornan
St. Louis
de Loach
Army Air Base
DeLoach
United States
Crowds Tour Robins Field Open House Exhibits
Several thousand visitors attended Warner Robins Robins Field open house marking the 37th anniversary of the Army Air Forces and 35th anniversary of the Army buying its first military airplane. The B 17 Flying Fortress and B 24 Liberator drew crowds amid weather threats.
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Warner Robins
Robins Field
Army Air Forces
Army
Warner Robins Air Service Command
676Th
RAF
Mrs Lee Spillers Aged Roberta Lady Recovers From Accident
Roberta Ga July 31 Mrs Lee Spillers Crawford county's grand old lady at 93 remains bed bound after a fall and pneumonia but in a cottage with a servant she continues to fight back to health. She managed her own affairs before the accident and prefers to live alone with minimal help.
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Roberta
Lee Spillers
Crawford County
Prominent Marion farmer held after wife’s death in Georgia
Mrs. John M. Brady was found shot to death in her Mauk home near Buena Vista on August 2. Her husband, 52, a Marion county farmer and rural mail carrier, was arrested on murder charges after a .410 shotgun was found at the scene. Brady’s prior wife died in an automobile crash. he drove the vehicle in that collision. Surviving relatives include four sons Allen Ray Max and Jerry Davis and two daughters Mrs Wayman Rose and Mrs L J Israel.
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Buena Vista
John M. Brady
Marion County
Mauk
R. E. Dillard
Brady
Marion County Farmer-Mail
Sam Davis
Rutia Mitchell Brady
Macon
Columbus
Bradys
Marion
Allen Davis
U .S. Navy
Hawaii
Ray Davis
U.S. Army
Max
Jerry Davis
Wayman Rose
L. J. Israel
Atlanta
Missing Ensign Eugene Wright Across Europe Invasion
The Navy Department informed Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Wright of Moultrie that their son Ensign Eugene Wright has been reported missing in action during the European invasion. Wright, skipper of an LST craft, is a Georgia Tech football alumnus who starred at Moultrie High School. He has a twin brother, Jerry Wright, in Navy training at Notre Dame.
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Navy Department
Eugene Wright
Robert B. Wright
Moultrie
Europe
Ensign Wright
L. R. Wright
Geraldine Tomlin Wright
Butler
Walter J. Butler
Bernice Wright
Harry Wright
Macon
J. Campbell Jones
Ensign
Sailor
Georgia Tech
Moultrie High School
Jerry Wright
Notre Dame
Suggs Becomes Taylor County's First Airplane Owner
Mr Walter Suggs owner of Suggs Garage and Machine Works is the first Taylor Countian to buy an airplane a two passenger yellow Piper Cub purchased from the Adel flying school and kept at the local landing field. Suggs and several other citizens hold pilot licenses with many taking lessons in Americus and nearby cities.
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Walter Suggs
Suggs Garage and Machine Works
Suggs
Adel Flying School
Americus
Bethlehem Cemetery Cleanup Notice
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist church announces a work session to finish cleaning the cemetery and church grounds. A follow up meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 8, and all interested parties are urged to attend.
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Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church
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Taylor County Schools
J. J. Greene
Clara 8
Mathews
Willie Lee Holt
Joseph Koon
Verdelle Jordan
Major Bell
N. L. Hill
Walter R.manson
J. B. Amerson
Jim Edwards
Walter Hicks
Joe L. Bell
Bethel Primitive Baptist Church
W. H. Hamcock
Atholine Childs Taylor
Samuel DeLoach
Atlanta Air Base
Warner Robins Air Depot
John Brady
Jones
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