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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
1
Rev C L Glenn at the Methodist church links Jesus promise of abundant life with Timothys exhortation to stir up the gift, arguing prosperity hinges on motives not engines. He contrasts global material wealth with Africa NRF resources and notes postwar life will require new normalcy beyond prewar days.
Mr. and Mrs. Bronze Barfield announced their son Pfe. Joseph B. Barfield has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroism in action. He serves with the 5th Ranger Battalion and has been overseas since May, including four months in Belgium.
Ministers from Columbus Centennial Pine Mountain Troup County and Weston Associations gather in Manchester December 11 to 15 for a preacher and pastor school. Dr Arthur Jackson Rev Grover Tyn er Rev Thomas J Holmes and Dr Prince E Burroughs are featured with daily sessions at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. plus 7 30 p.m. talks and free meals. Rev S H Odom directs program.
Clinell Parker of Muscogee County Georgia won the national canning contest at the 4-H Club congress in Chicago. She canned 815 quarts for her family and helped provide meat cake nuts and candies to service members, earning a $200 educational scholarship. Parker led nine years of projects in gardening food preservation and home economics while aiding farm labor relief.
One 5 year old Shetland mare mule about 500 pounds offered with an open bridal Dutch harness and cradle cart all for $100. Seller Roy Caltiahan of Rupert Georgia invites interested buyers.
Following a months long illness Andrew Cotney a Tay lor county resident and Bibb Manufacturing Company employee died about eight o clock Tuesday night at age 79 He is survived by wife two daughters two sons and many relatives The service will be at Mt Olive Cemetery Taylor Mill today at 11 a m with Elder Ralph C Brown of Atlanta conducting pallbearers named Edwards Brothers Funeral Home Butler in charge
Dean Theatre in Butler Ga announces a Tuesday Bond Premier on Dec 15 at 7 45 pm. Admission is via Bond purchase or an issuing agent receipt. proceeds fund Legion Bond purchases for a Legion Home. Theater opens 3 pm for pledges. family packages allow four extra guests for $100 Bond buyers. The film Higher and Higher stars Frank Sinatra Jack Haley and Michael Morgan.
The Taylor County Superior Court led by Judge T Hicks Fort adjourned after four days of sessions. Prosecutor Arthur Copland and Court Reporter R O Perkins attended. Cases included two murder matters and about thirty eight civil actions. Walter Short convicted of manslaughter in a mullet supper shooting, sentenced to two to five years. George Prather acquitted of murder by ax, with lack of corroborating evidence and an identified accomplice. Fort announced the court would reconvene at the regular April term.
The Reynolds Lions Club gathered last Thursday for their regular meeting with good attendance. Officers request citizens in Reynolds District and Hicks' District of Macon County to help finalize the Honor Roll for service members and to suggest names of those killed in action. Committees report plans for a minstrel show, high school renovations costing over a thousand dollars, another Lions sponsored picture, and continued progress across all activities.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary Society will hold a season of prayer and offering for Foreign Missions on Friday December 8 starting at 10 30 a m A covered dish lunch will be served at 1 p m Mrs Lewis Dean serves as program chairman All ladies invited to attend
Walter Hartley and Odell Hartley were among 100 Georgia farmers honored at the State Advisory Committee meeting in Atlanta on November 30. Gov. Ellis Arnall saluted their progress in paying off 40 year farm security loans in two to five years. The article notes FSA rehabilitation loans for those lacking credit, farm ownership loans, and Georgia's growing number of new farm owners, including Hartleys who bought their farm in 1941 and paid off in 1944.
Ordinary J P Lunsford reports results of the Justice of the Peace election held Saturday across Milita Districts naming winners G C Smith Butler Dist R L Swearingen Reynolds Dist C D Lucas Panhandle Dist Julian Cooper Cedar Creek E C Gholson Carsonville J B Amerson Potterville R M Suggs Daviston J H Brown Howard.
Miss Peach Valley, a hen owned by Mrs. Guinn at Peach Valley Egg Farm, died at seven years old. In 1939 she won first place in the national egg laying contest at Athens and over seven years laid 1,475 eggs, an unofficial record.
Pvt. Cecil J Moore, 28, was killed in action October 30 on Leyte Island according to War Department notice to his father Geo Homer Moore. Inducted December 6, 1940, he trained at Fort McClellan and Fort Ord and left for overseas July 30, 1943. He was wounded in March but returned to action. Survived by his father, three brothers Cpl Wanza Moore in New Guinea, Charlie and A. J. Moore of Butler, and three sisters Catherine, Helen, and Elisa.
Butler Grammar and Local High announce honor rolls for the second six weeks. Read lists include third graders Tommy Thews Aubrey Bush James Dunn Riley Harmon Robert Borom Arun Guinn. fourth graders Preston Childs Robbie Burns. seventh graders Dora Summerour Shirley Dunn Clarice Taunxton Inez Gragg. high school ninth graders Barbara Allen Sara Faye Mott. tenth graders Marjorie Brown Estelle Childres Elizabeth Massey. eleventh graders Arman Bazemore Dorothy Harbuck Hele Perkins Rachel Theus June Trussell.
The article notes 14 shopping days until Christmas and rising shopper numbers on Butler and Reynolds streets. Merchants’ appeals for early buying appear to have finally prompted more people to visit stores and make purchases.
The S. S. Eufaula Victory named for Eufaula Alabama faced a postponement in Baltimore due to delays from related shipyard issues. The Chapel Hill Victory launch had prompted the rescheduling as storms affected tides. The election notice later mentions a mayoral bid and city aldermen with Jan 13, 1945 as election day.
Reddish gray mare about 5 1/2 years old with a long mane strayed from premises Sunday morning. Last seen heading toward Butler. Reward offered. Notify Russell Byrd Reynolds Ga.
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