Storm Takes Many Lives Along Georgia Coast
Tropical Storm winds and flooding along the Georgia and South Carolina coast killed dozens, with the Red Cross reporting numerous deaths in Beaufort and St. Helena Island. The Charleston area and Folly Island suffered heavy property losses, while emergency crews labor to clear debris and restore communications. Damage totals run into the millions, with debris removal under way and food and medical aid in short supply.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
Red Cross
Washington
Beaufort
S. C
St. Helena Island
Savannah
Beaufort County
Washington Red Cross
Huntington Island
Charleston
CCC
B. R.naybank
Folly Island
Russell McGowan
Charleston Atorney
Georgin
Montezuma Paper Editor Named Temporary Superintendent
Tom Gregory Jr a former editor of the Eatonton Messenger has been named temporary editor of the Montezuma Citizen Georgia. He will take office as Putnam County School Superintendent on January 1 following his sale of the Eatonton interest last month. Gregory educated at Reinhardt Junior College and Mercer University previously served in Milan and identified the editor post in Montezuma. A separate notice lists a white spotted gilt weighing about 100 pounds missing from Lewis Windham Butler R2 asking to be identified.
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Montezuma
Tom Aesoy Jr
Ea 'A Messenger
Putnam County School
Montezuma Citizen - Georgia
W. B. Webb
News Dear
Ert
En Eatonton Messenger
S. Ja
Fitham
Reinhardt Junior Pakge
Mercer University
Te ‘Ved
Istitutions
Nf ‘Regory
Til ‘Re Milan
Nton
Ato
Lewis Windham
Butler
Revival Services Begin At Wesley Methodist Church
Revival services start Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock at Wesley Methodist Church with Rev. F J Gilbert in charge. The schedule runs through Aug 25 with two services daily. Rev Gilbert of Butler Methodist will preach Sunday morning at 11 and Rev J D Smith of Reynolds Methodist will preach the 8 p m service. Rev Bob Chapman an Emory student recently returned to Andalusia Ala after nine weeks in Butler assisting Gilbert. Chapman reorganized local Epworth Leagues and the Rupert Methodist church as he aided pastors and taught courses.
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Wesley Methodist Church
J. D. Smith
Reynolds Church
Butler Church
F. J. Gilbert
Butler Methodist Church
Reynolds Methodist Church
Gilbert
Smith
Butler
Rev. Smith
Bob Chapman
Emory Theological
Andalusia
Ala
Chapman
Methodist Church
Epworth
Rupert
Bazemore Reunion Plans 1941 Meeting in Butler
About 200 Bazemore relatives from Florida Alabama and Georgia gathered at Lake Kiwanis near Gray Jones County for the second annual Bazemore reunion. C Baldwin of Atlanta was elected chairman and Marie Humphrey secretary Joe McGee historian. The group discussed Thomas Bazemore will and genealogy with Judge Joe Ben Jackson presenting notes on early Jones County settlers. They voted to meet again on the second Sunday in August 1941 in Butler.
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Butler
Taylor County
Bazemore
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Lake Kiwanis
Gray
Jones County
C. Baldwin
Atlanta
Marie Humphrey
Joe McGee
Macon
Thomas Bazemore
Plentitude
Maynards
Joe Ben Jackson
Jores County
Madison Bazemore
Mabel Curry
Moultrie
Will Bazemore
Miami
Cynthia Morton
Oliver Morton
McGee
Eugene Anderson
Anderson
Crusade Caravan Brings Youth Program to Butler
Last week in Butler and this week in Talbotton the Youth Crusade Caravan visits, featuring four young instructors and an adult counselor from different states. In Butler about 100 to 200 attended each meeting at the Methodist church, and local Rev. F. J. Gilbert organized the visit.
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Butler
Talbotton
Bessie Miller
Cairo
Edna Earl Reynolds
Conaway
Ark
Dorothy Burchart
Corsicana
Texas
Roy Mouser
Calhoun
Jim Livesay
Jackson
Miss
F. J. Gilbert
United States
Methodist Church
First Open Cotton Boll Brought to Herald Office
Mr. Johnnie Ranow, a Tayloo county farmer, was the first to bring an open boll of his 1940 cotton crop to the Herald office. He pulled the boll on Sunday afternoon. Ranow's farm, the old John King place near Anthony's grist mill about eight miles northeast of Butler, marks the start of Taylor county gins preparing for fall business in the coming weeks.
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Johnnie Ranow
Tayloo County
Ranow
Mr. Ranow
John King
Anthony's Grist Mill
Butler
Taylor County
Fickling Masonic Lodge Meeting Thursday Night
The regular communication of Fickling Lodge No. 129 F. and A. M. will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. All brethren are asked to attend and hear the Third District Convention report.
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Fickling Masonic Lodge
Fickling Lodge No. 129 F. & A. M
Revival Begins at Trinity Freewill Baptist Church
Revival services start Saturday August 24 at Trinity Freewill Baptist Church. The public is invited to attend each service and seek blessings during the revival. The committee urges prayer for a general revival of old time religion.
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Trinity Freewill Baptist Church
Marion Masonic Lodge to celebrate 100th anniversary
Marion Masonic Lodge No. 14 will mark its centennial on Thursday August 22 with a program starting at 10 a.m. including speeches by William McMichael J S Green Power and J W Parker a barbecue noon to 1 30 p m and a history address by C C Wall. The lodge meets in the former Marion County courthouse space tied to early county history and the 1827 Marion county act.
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Marion Masonic Lodge
J. W. Lancaster
Marion Lodge
William McMichael
Tazewell
J. S. Green
Butler
Col
Power of
Vienna
J.W. Parker
Fairburn
Grand Lodge of Georgia
C. C. Wall
Ellaville
Wall
Busiiness
Masonic Lodge
Marion County
Buena Vista
Marion
Reynolds High School Faculty For 1940 41 Term Is Announced
Reynolds High School and other white schools in Taylor county will open Monday Sept 2 1940 with most teaching posts filled. Reynolds list includes E H Joiner as Superintendent principal James Ricks as principal and mathematics John Mims English and French Irene Whatley Commercial Social Science to be supplied Mildred Cauthon Home Ec E J Williams 6th grade Margaret Clay 5th grade Elizabeth Whatley 4th grade Margaret Phillips 3rd grade Wilma Hollis 2nd grade Otis Ogburn 1st grade Vacancies filled at Central School G Wilbur Harper principal Cross Roads School Edith Mott Guy moved to new post.
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Reynolds High School
Herald
E. H. Joiner
James Ricks
John Mims
Irene Whatley
Mildred Cauthon
E. J. Williams
Margaret Clay
Elizabeth Whatley
Margaret Phillips
Wilma Hollis
Otis Ogburn
G. Wilbur Harper
Central School
Edith Mott Guy
Cross Roads School
Revival Now Is Progress at Oak Grove Church
Revival services are now in progress at Oak Grove church in the Hammock section of Taylor county. Conducted by Rev. G. F. Holley of Thomaston, services are held twice daily at 11 a m and 7 30 p m. The revival continues through Sunday and a cordial invitation is extended to the public.
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Oak Grove Church
Hammock
Taylor County
G. F. Holley
Thomaston
J. Gurr Hamilton Dies After Short Illness in Howard
Mr. J. Gurr Hamilton about sixty died at his home at 9 30 yesterday morning after a stroke. Son of the late P. T. and Mrs. Hamilton of Taylor County, he lived in Howard most of life, later moving to Butler. He was a farmer, carpenter and painter previously married to Jewel Jenkins, later to Mrs. J. B. Pennington. Funeral at Howard Methodist church with Rev. F. J. Gilbert officiating. burial in Howard Cemetery. Survived by widow, three sisters C M Renfroe, B H England, W M Carlisle, and brother Flinn Hamilton.
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J. Gurr Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
P. T. Hamilton
Taylor County
Howard
Butler
Jewel Jenkins
J. B. Pennington
Howard Methodist Church
F. J. Gilbert
Howard Cemetrey
C. M. Renfroe
B. H. England
W. M. Carlisle
Flinn Hamilton
Reverend Mangum Leads Seven Week Program Across Reynolds Taylor Mill Crowell
Rev Wallace Mangum, a theological student aiding Rev J D Smith, outlines a seven week religious and recreational program for the Reynolds Crowell charge. He spends time at Reynolds Taylor Mill and Crowell, working with about fifty youths at each site. A revival continues at Crowell with a Vacation Bible school planned for Taylor Mill and a week of evening preaching there. Rev Mangum preaches Sundays, while Rev Smith leads morning services and an all day meeting is set for Crowell next Sunday.
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Wallace Mangum
J. D. Smith
Reynolds-Crowell
Mangum
Reynolds
Taylor Mill
Crowell
Rev. Mangum
Rev. Smith
Butler Masons Attend Third District Convention in Preston
Members of Fickling Lodge No. 129 attended the Third District Convention in Preston on August 7 with about two hundred Masons present. Grand Master J. Wilson Parker spoke at the First Baptist church, a barbecue followed, and invitations were extended for the 1941 and 1942 conventions with Dawson favored for 1941 and Butler in second.
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Fickling Lodge No
Preston
Messrs
O. G. McCants
Locke
T. KE. Tante
J. Wilson Parker
First Baptist Church
Dawson
Butler
Fitzgerald
Stamps-Baxter Quartet to Appear at Reynolds High
The Stamps Baxter Smile a While Quartet will perform at the Reynolds High School auditorium next Monday night. Sponsored by the Reynolds Baptist Woman's Missionary Society the event charges 10 and 20 cents admission.
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Stamps-Baxter
Reynolds
Hodges Heads Taylor Co Defense Program in Georgia
The State Defense Corps met at the Bank of Commerce building in Americus with Major Charles E Crisp presiding. Capt W J Redfern warned of fifth column Nazi agents, outlining a Taylor county unit of 26 with 20 volunteers aged 35 to 50 to be finger printed and approved by Capt Hodges and the state corps.
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Taylor County
State Defense Corps
Bank of Commerce
Americus
Chas. E. Crisp
W. J. Redfern
U. S. Army
Georgia
C. & Benns
Herald
J. R. Wilson
Butler
E. W. Hodges
Reynolds
A. J. Payne
Reynolds Police
J. F. Hartman
Butler Police
H. H. Riley
Com
H. K. Sealy
R. C. Montgomery
Butler Lions Club
G. B. Mc
Paul Hodges
State Defense Corps of
Atlanta
War Department
Chas E. Benns
U. S. Post Office
R. L. Brown
Howard
Randall Waller
Mauk
Sims Garrett
Charing
M. G. Wells
Sejit
Stamps Baxter Quartet Coming Back to Butler Tuesday Night
The Stamps Baxter Smile-a-White Quartet returns to the Butler school auditorium Tuesday evening August 27. Admission is 10 and 20 cents, sponsored by Circle No 1 of the Methodist Church Missionary Society. Fans who heard them before will enjoy a new program of entertainment.
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Stamps Baxter
Butler
Stamps-Baxter
Butler School
Circle No. 1
The
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
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W. T. Austin
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E. Paul Hodges
Taylor Co. Defense Program
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