How Well Do You Know Your School
An editor note discusses community forums on Taylor County education during wartime. The piece urges parents to inspect their child’s schooling, asking specific questions about time use, facilities, teachers, grades, and the value of tax dollars. It warns that parental indifference weakens teaching and stresses the need for better preparation for postwar life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Teacher's Association
Taylor County
Georgia
Date Set for Next Registration of Men 20 to 44
President Roosevelt announced February 16 as the initial registration date for men aged 20 to 44 under the enlarged selective service act. The plan calls for staged registrations through age 64 with about 25 million more men needed for potential military or war effort duties. Existing registrants need not recheck, and a new questionnaire may be used to assess qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
J. J. McEntee
CCC
Field-Grown Orchids Arrive From South America In Butler
Mrs Sutton received a Christmas package containing several orchids praised as the loveliest produced by any florist. The ice tubed blossoms came in a ceruloid container, decorated for the season. They were cut from a large South American orchid field and sent by Mr Sutton who supervises an airport in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Kk. L. Sutton
South America
Sutton
Red Cross Meeting At Wesley School Building
A Red Cross meeting will be held at Wesley school building Friday night January 9 at 7 30 oclock. All Wesley community citizens are urged to attend this meeting.
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Red Cross
Wesley School
Wesley Community
All County Citizens Urged to Help Red Cross Quota
The county Red Cross drive urges every district to meet its quota. Citizens are asked to contribute via local committee members or at Doyle's Store in Butler or Taylor County Motor Co. in Reynolds. Report weekly totals to Mrs. G. L. Clyatt. Miss Melissa Ogburn is county chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Red Cross War Fund
Grace Doyle
Doyle
Butler
Ed Swearingen
Taylor County Motor Co
Reynolds
Melissa Ogburn
Chm
U. S
Rupert
H. J. Porter
E. H. Bazemore
E. G. Blackwell
L L. Minor
Charles Benns
L. R Dean
H. B. Walker
Leon W. Theus
W. M. Mathews
W. H. Trussell
Ed Wilson
R. L. Sutton
L. M. Doyle
Potterville
The
Herald
G. L. Clyatt
Body Of Faithful Macon Family Servant Interred Here
Lowe Lewis, a trusted Macon servant of about 40, died after months of illness. Born in Butler, he served the T. W. Hines family for years and was interred in the local cemetery after a largely attended service. He was the son of Aunt Mittie Lewis, described as a good old darky of antebellum type.
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Macon
Lowe Lewis
Butler
Lewis
T. W. Hines
Mittie”’ Lewis
Flint Electric to Hold Annual Meeting Jan 16
The Flint Electric Membership Corporation will hold its annual meeting for members at Reynolds Methodist church on Friday Jan 16 at 2 p m Reports for the year will be delivered and nine directors for the coming year elected Directors presently include Floyd H Tabor Geo W Garrett Thurman Whatley B L McDaniel W W Gray M Vinson H K Harp Sr Burt Murph James Maxey All directors have been nominated to serve again The cooperative serves about 1700 consumers in Taylor Peach Crawford Bibb Houston Macon Talbot Marion Chatta hoochee Muscogee and Stewart counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Electric Membership Corporation
Reynolds Methodist Church
Floyd H. Tabor
Houston County
Geo. W. Garrett
Crawford County
Thurman Whatley
Taylor County
Treas
B. L. McDaniel
Marion County
W. W. Gray
M. Vinson
Peach County
H. K. Harp Sr
Muscogee
Burt Murph
Macon County
James Maxey
L. C. Woolard
Col
J. R. Lunsford
Taylor Peach
Crawford
Bibb
Houston
Macon
Talbot
Marion
Chattahoochee
Stewart Rounties
Young People's Rally At Tabernacle This Saturday Night
A Bible Study course will be held at the Evangelistic Temple in Butler Saturday night at 7:30. Sunday services follow at Bethel C. M. Church seven miles north of Butler with Prayer and Praise at 8:30 and preaching at 11, 2:39, and 7 o'clock. Public is invited to all events.
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Evangelistic Temple
Butler
Bethel C. M
Miss Lorane Jordan Injured in Augusta Car Crash
Ellaville girl Lorane Jordan, daughter of Mrs. Eli Jordan, was seriously hurt in Augusta when her car was side swiped by another vehicle. She had several broken ribs and a punctured lung. Driver Harrold Sporle suffered a minor injury. passengers June Dozier and Carl Fisher were not injured.
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Ellaville
Lorena Jordan
Eli Jordan
Augusta
University Hospital
Harrold Sporle
June Dozier
Albany
Carl Fisher
Newsome Elected Unopposed Mayor of Reynolds
Hon J C Newsome was elected Tuesday without opposition as mayor of Reynolds for a two year term succeeding Walton Hodges who did not seek reelection. Newly elected council members are E T Shealy Guy Windham Hoodman Parks and W E Marshall. Two continuing members with terms through 1944 are R L Swearingen and C B Hicks.
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J. C. Newsome
Reynolds
Newsome
Walton Hodges
Ursday
Messrs
E. T. Shealy
Guy Windham
Hoodman Parks
W. E. Marshall
A'Ly Rouncil
R. L, Swear- Ingen
Hicks
Jim Beason Called To Serve In Navy
Jim Beason son of Dr and Mrs Lewis Beason was called Monday to active duty in the U S Navy He had completed a four year Navy term and has lived here the past year While here he finished high school education postponed to join the Navy He re enlisted after Pearl Harbor and is called to enter service this week His older brother David Beason is in the Army Air Corps.
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Jim Beason
Lewis Beason
U. S. Navy
Beason
Navy
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Ddavid Beason
Jim
Army Air Corps
Newly Elected A A A County Committeemen Named
Delegates at the A A A county convention in the county courthouse elected Herbert A Sealy Howard chairman A B Shehee Butler vice chairman John Mangham Reynolds regular member H B Parks Howard alternate and E M Gaultney Butler alternate. They assumed duties at the close of the convention in the courthouse.
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Court House
Herbert A. Sealy
Howard
A. B. Shehee
Butler
John Mangham
Reynolds
H. B. Parks
Alt
E. M. Gaultney
Taylor County Farmers Receive 156000 Pine Seedlings
Taylor County farmers, in cooperation with the Middle Western Ocmulgee River Soil Conservation District and Farm Forestry program, received about 156000 slash pine seedlings for planting on idle lands and retired crop fields. Last year they planted roughly 600000 seedlings and the current year’s total is expected to be similar.
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Taylor County
Middle Western
Ocmulgee River
Fickling Lodge Installs 1942 Officers in Public Dinner
Members of the Fickling Masonic Lodge elected officers to serve in 1942. The installation occurred at a public dinner at the local Masonic Hall on December 22. New officers include Dr. Lewis Benson Master, E H Bazemore Senior Warden, W Ray Junior Warden, E L Davis Lectur er, J E Locke Treasurer, Henry Blakely Tyler, J S Green Chaplain, and appointees Ernest Singleton Senior, D Murray Walker Jr, D J M Bone, S Wilson Jarrell Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fickling Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Lewis Benson
Fifty Thousand Pine Seedlings Available To Local Farmers
The Division of Forestry ships 50,000 pine seedlings to Butler for delivery next Tuesday afternoon January 13. Farmers may secure any quantity by contacting Mr. Wallace, Mr. Dean, Mr. Ray, or Mr. Blackwell. Price is $2.00 per thousand with about 12 cents express per thousand. Orders filled in order received. Additional lump orders may follow if the service is worthwhile.
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Division of Forestry
Butler
Wallace
Dean
Ray
Blackwell
Tire Rationing Board Appointed for Taylor Co
At a Taylor County Defense Committee meeting Col C C Stone Thelman Jarrell and L P Anthony were named local Tire Rationing Board members and took active duty Monday. Taylor county’s January allotments include ten passenger car tires eight tubes thirty truck tires and twenty five truck tubes. Applications for new tires will be available at county tire dealers with inspectors' signatures required on all forms. Vehicle eligibility lists specify ambulances fire police public health sanitation mail service and certain large capacity vehicles for essential use.
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Taylor County Defense Committee
Col. C. C. Stone
Thelman Jarrell
L. P. Anthony
Col. Stone
Taylor County
Tire Rationing Board
Miss Pauline Rustin Joins F B I Washington
Miss Pauline Rustin daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Rustin of Butler recently accepted a Junior Filing Clerk role with the FBI in Washington D C She is a Butler High School and Georgia Southwestern College graduate and has taken an extension course with the Business Training Institute While at Georgia Southwestern she served as vice president of the Catillion Club and was a member of the A V Society
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Rustin
J. M. Rustin
Butler
Washington, D. C
Rustin
Butler High School
Georgia Southwestern College
Americas
Business Training Institute
Miss Austin
Catillion Club
A. &. V. Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. H. Chambers
W. ©. Hunt
County Red Cross
Flint Electric
Tabernacle
Lorane Jordan
Tues
Hoodmen
Parks
Air Corps
Taylor CO
F.B.I
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