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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
1
Violet Moore notes four children upend house routines in a bustling家庭 scene. The writer jokes that a full brood, though common, brings constant noise, chores, and chaos, from feeding kittens to sewing dolls clothes, with Mom coping as neighbors and pets join in.
A five hundred plus acre land tract five miles west of Butler along the Central railroad was sold and will be put back into peach production. Former Mizell area, once housing a post office, was planted with early varieties by H. Watson and Elder Respess in the 1890s. Buyer C. H. Matthews of Ft Valley, already an orchard operator in Peach and Talbot counties, will restart extensive peach planting to grow peaches commercially.
The Local Rationing Board explains price control work in Tayor county led by chairman H H Riley and a panel including M R Williamson and L R Benson with Pauline Knepley as price clerk. They report monthly meetings, weekly store checks, and four big inspections since June showing five violations out of fifty five stores.
An Atlanta office opens to oversee 100 small farm corporations under the Callaway plan for Georgia’s farming uplift. Seven stockholders fund $7,000 to acquire 106 acres, hire a farm manager, and improve land with expert staff assisting county agents on long term plans for 400 farms. The first bale of fall cotton in the county was produced by J. J. Bryan near Reynolds, ginned at Neisler Cotton Ginnery, grading middling with 1 inch staple and selling at 23c. Bryan earned a 1 cent premium for county’s first bale.
Lt Col L M Myers, longtime Butler figure and former head of the C C Camp, returned on furlough from the South Pacific where he served on special duty. He praised U S war leadership and expressed optimism for victory, noting Japan as the cruelest foe and urging continued vigilance after defeat.
Our sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the loss of our son and brother Frederick W Gorman Also grateful for many floral offerings St Fred Gorman Mrs Fred Gorman Jr Mrs O D Gorman O D Gorman Jr Mrs Howard Riley Lt Col Hagry W Gorman
The Columbus Baptist Association including Butler Baptist will convene at Benning Park Baptist Church Baker Village Sunday afternoon at 3:00. Each church reports Vacation Bible School and Teachers Training classes. Rev F G Lavendar leads devotionals and Rev A B Cash delivers a sermon on God's Word in a War-torn World Beginning at Home.
Ben Giles son of Mr and Mrs H T Giles will resume his musical career at Wesleyan Conservatory Macon this month studying piano and pipe organ He is a Butler High School 1943 graduate president and valedictorian and former St Cecilia Music Club president He attended Emory Junior College and Mercer University while active in Phi Delta Omega Phi Gamma and Junior League chairmanship He plans medical studies at UGA School of Medicine next summer.
Mr M J Bodiford, 72, died suddenly Friday at his home south of Butler after years of ill health. Born in Thomas County in 1872, he moved to Taylor County in 1900 and joined Lebanon Baptist Church. Funeral services were held at Bethel Primitive Church with Rev H G Fowler officiating. burial followed in the nearby cemetery. He is survived by his wife Alice Parr, a son Earl F Bodiford, a daughter Mrs Jasper Harmon, and a sister Mrs Jane Barwick.
Ensign Harry Eugene Wright of Moultrie nephew of Mrs. W J Butler was listed by the Navy Department as dead in action in the European theater. Wright, who trained at Georgia Tech, served aboard an LCT and went overseas in May after missing in action earlier.
Revival services began last Sunday at Bethel C M Church near Builder and continue through the week with sessions at 11 a m and 8 p m. Evangelist Mrs Mary Lang of Atlanta and Rev John M Cox of Butler assist, with an invitation for all to attend each service.
Funeral services for Joseph Wheeler Montgomery, who died at his Columbus home, were held at Pine Level Cemetery near Mauk with Rev. C. L. Glenn officiating. Montgomery, previously of Butler, had lived in Columbus about three years and worked as a carpenter at Benning. Surviving are his wife Belle, two sons Robert and Howard, daughter Mrs. C. W. Hammock, brother Bill Montgomery, and sisters Mrs. Whittington and Mrs. Joe Bradley.
For sale a pair of plump fat fryers described as heavy type, offered by Mrs. T. E. Tante of Butler Georgia.
Mr. Marvin Peed, a Taylor county farmer from Central, was severely burned when a kitchen oil fire exploded. He was treated at the hospital after his wife dragged him from the burning house nine miles north of town near Central school. The home and furnishings were a total loss with no insurance.
John William Clark born 1869 in Taylor county died Monday at his Potterville home from a heart attack after years of ill health. He was buried Tuesday at Bethlehem church cemetery with Rev. C H Moore officiating. Survived by wife Chattie Chapman Clark an adopted daughter Lillie Elrod Bryant two sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services for Mrs William Rogers were held at Bloodworth Cemetery near Charing on Thursday afternoon. She died at an Albany hospital on Wednesday after emergency treatment. Surviving members include her husband, three sons Hallie Eugene and Gray Rogers, five sisters and two brothers in Florida and Georgia.
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