Ellaville and Taylor County Notes From Local Ledger
Ellaville's Dr. L S Boyett named Schley county man of the year in a Lions Club contest. Mercer University marked Founders Day with Dr Pat Neff as featured speaker. Georgia politics watchers anticipate Frank M Scarlett as nominee for judge A B Boyett’s successor. Henry E Trost of Columbus found dead at home. coroner cites self-inflicted death. Local business counsel praises the virtue of focus and diligence in work and community.
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Ellaville
L. S. Boyett
Schley County
Lions Club
Mercer University
Pat Neff
Baylor University
Texas
Henry E. Trost
Trost and Trost
Columbus
The
Georgia Society of Public Accountants
Veterans Boost 1945 Butler Post Office Receipts
Receipts at the Butler post office rose each month in 1945 versus 1944. The increases are believed to come from returning veterans settling in the area and participating in the opening of several new local business ventures.
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Butler
Banks in Kaylor county report big deposit gains
In semi annual reports published last week the Butler and Reynolds banks show sharp increases in deposits for the prior six months. The paper notes the surprising totals and questions who holds the money and its source.
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Kaylor County
Butler
Reynolds
Ralph M. Rice Purchases Manchester Mercury
The Harris county man Ralph M. Rice, a Junior Editor's University classmate, has bought the Manchester Mercury from Joe Cox. The Herald wishes Rice success in his newspaper career.
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Harris County
Ralph M. Rice
Joe Cox
Manchester Mercury
The
Herald
Rice
Robert M. Greene Ordained as Baptist Minister
Taylor county friends note the ordination of Robert M. Greene of Perry into the Baptist ministry. He serves as a cadet chaplain and will complete his training at Yale University in March after studying at Mercer University and the Naval service chaplain school at Notre Dame.
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Taylor County
F. M. Greene
Perry
Robert M. Greene
Baptist Church
Robert
Yale University
Mercer University
Naval Service Chaplain School
Notre Dame
Yale
Neighbors Respond Swiftly to River Trouble
In a country setting kindness shines along the Yellow River as neighbors aid those in distress. The Rumorists note such help is common, and the quick, wide-reaching neighborly response often overwhelms those in trouble.
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Channing Cope
Yellow River
Vacancy in Fort Valley Postmastership Open for Competitive Exam
The Civil Service Commission at the Postmaster General’s request will hold a competitive examination soon to fill the Fort Valley postmaster vacancy created by John H. Jones’s resignation. Acting postmaster Louis L. Brown has run the office satisfactorily and patrons favor his continuation if he wishes.
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Fort Valley
John H. Jones
Civil Service Commission
Louis L. Brown
Jones
Mirror as God’s Mirror Encourages Inner Cleansing
A Qua rker pastor uses the mirror metaphor to urge self examination. He cites scripture urging inward truth and prayer to cleanse secret faults and pursue righteous living.
Brumby to Miss Session Due to Health
Hon Otis A Brumby Cobb County Representative and publisher of the Cobb County Times will be unable to attend the current Georgia legislature session on doctors orders He is in St Petersburg Florida for the winter to regain health after a heart attack last April.
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Otis A. Brumby
Cobb County
Georgia
Brumby
Cobb County Times
Marietta
St. Petersburg
Fla
Things I Would Like to See Happen in Unadilla in 1946
Rev. L Ob Shippey to Lions Club urges community progress and the value of a weekly newspaper in Unadilla. The Herald recalls a past live weekly paper and hopes citizens’ wishes for 1946 are realized.
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L. Ob. Shippey
Unadilla Methodist Church
Lions Club
Unadilla
The
Herald
Upshaw Joins Special Election Field for Fifth District
After entries closed twenty candidates qualified to fill the vacancy in Georgia's Fifth Congressional District caused by Robert Ramspeck's resignation. The last to qualify was Rev. William D. Upshaw, described by Jack Tarver as a long-time candidate with strong support from prohibitionists and bootleggers alike.
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Fifth
Robert M. Ramspeck
William D. Upshaw
Jack Tarver
Chattahoochee
Upsian
Tarver
Post Office Veteran Col Piercy Chestney To Retire
Susan Myrick honors Col Piercy Chestney of 128 Second Street in a Sun feature. After 53 years at the Macon Post Office he will retire in March as Superintendent of Mails. He rarely missed work, taking only two illness absences and accumulating about three months of vacation due to wartime duties.
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Susan Myrick
Macon Telegraph
Col
Piercy Chestney
Second Street
Macon
Chestney
Cabinet and leadership lineup of Truman era outlined
A Cuthbert reader seeks current government names. The piece lists Cabinet members under President Harry S. Truman, Supreme Court Justices, Senate leadership including pro tempore McKellar and majority leader Barkley, and House leadership with Speaker Rayburn and whips Hill and Wherry.
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Cuthbert
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Harry S. Truman
United States
James F. Byrnes
the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Robert P. Patterson
W. O. Douglas
Frank Murphy
Robert Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge
H. H. Burton
Truman
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Wallace H. White Jr
Maine
Lister Hill
Alabama
Kenneths. Wherry
Nebraska
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House of Representatives
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Joseph W. Martin Jr
John J. Sparkman
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Butler Seeks More Homes to Shelter Growing Population
Butler shows steady growth not a boom but a substantial rise. The main need is housing for families of new workers and those starting new businesses, underscoring a genuine community expansion.
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Butler
Rural mail carriers praised for faithful service in dreadful weather
The county honors rural mail carriers for years of faithful work despite severe weather and awful roads. They completed entire routes without interruption, earning a glad hand from the community for steady service.
Good Neighbor Idea Pitched In Asparagus Tips Column
Bartow Herald columnist A C Jolly defines a Good Neighbor as someone who trades front door neighbors for back door ones and exchanges news gossip tools and meals over the fence, creating mutual exchanges of rolls fruit teacakes and more.
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A C. Jolly
Bartow Herald
Cartersville
Columbus New Weather Station at Muscogee Airport
The Weather Bureau’s Muscogee Airport station has operated a week with staff Alma Cooke Ruth Cooke Nell O'Dell and Mrs Martha Chapman learning the new instruments. Forecasters warn some limits remain yet the unit is valuable for planning picnics or fishing and could save citrus growers millions with timely frost forecasts. Annual costs run around 25000 dollars with initial equipment near 5000 dollars.
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Weather Bureau
Muscogee
Alma
Ruth Cooke
Nell O'Dell
Martha Chapman
A. L. Lorenz
Atlanta
Bentley Chappell
Lorenz
Florida Frost Service
A Man's Opportunity Cannot Be Saved
An Harpers Magazine passage urges focusing on wise spending of time and chosen work rather than money. It argues opportunities, not savings, determine success, and that time well spent leads to automatic resolution of the money question.
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Harpers Magazine
Chicken scratching drives business growth quote
A Henry Ford saying asserts that business thrives when it must toil actively to gain what it needs. The remark frames diligent effort as essential to success.
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Henry Ford
What It Takes to Make an Ideal Church Member
Rev. Frank Robinson pastor of Baker Village Methodist Church in Columbus spoke at the quarterly conference in Butler on Friday. He delivered an engaging message outlining qualities and actions for an ideal church member.
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Frank Robinson
Baker Village Methodist Church
Columbus
Butler
Ministers Are Human Says Jesup Pastor
W B Cheshire of Jesup Methodist argues ministers are human as he lists common traits to prove it. He notes they have hands senses and emotions and react to appreciation or criticism. The pastor likens a thankless congregation to a painful experience and warns of the constant worries ministers face from gossip and scrutiny.
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W. B. Cheshire
Jesup Methodist Church
World War II Veterans Weigh Future Plans
The Covington News reports many World War II veterans face indecision about civilian work after discharge. About one third plan to return to old positions, which brings happiness and peace of mind. The paper urges trying the old job first, then switching if needed.
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Covington News
Outlook for 1946: Babson's economic prophecies
Roger W. Babson surveys 1946 with forecasts on reconversion time, price controls loosening, higher retail prices, no tax hikes, rising federal debt, rising cost of living from higher wages, job creation as key task, dollar purchasing power falling, strikes and labor troubles, gradual removal of wage and price controls, potential unemployment by 1950, Stalin's health could shape world prices and production, and rising religious interest as spiritual awakening seen as essential for peace.
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Roger W. Babson
Stalin
Regional director named for six states
Harvey Enloe Jr. was appointed regional director of the United States Employment Service covering Georgia Alabama Florida South Carolina Mississippi and Tennessee. He succeeds Dillard Lasseter of Vienna who resigned to become national administrator of the Farm Security Administration. Enloe, a Roanoke Virginia native, assumes the post tomorrow.
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Harvey Enloe Jr
United States Employment Service
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Enloe
Dillard Lasseter
Vienna
Farm Security Administration
Roanoke
Wanted salesman to sell stock minerals to farmers
Wanted column seeking a salesman to sell stock minerals and conditioners directly to farmers. A car is required with potential weekly earnings about 65 dollars. Apply to Sales Superintendent at 1423 May Ave. S. Atlanta Ga. Found an automobile key on a small chain and may be secured at Herald Office.
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May Ave. S
Atlanta
Herald Office
Walter Wainwright Seeks Permanent Administration
In Taylor County Georgia Walter Wainwright applies for permanent letters of administration on the estate of L J Wainwright, directs all creditors and next of kin to appear in court and show cause why administration should not be granted, dated January 7 1946.
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Georgia
Taylor County
B. F. Moore
Nannie Moore
J. R. Lunsford
Walter Wainwright
L. J. Wainright
L. Wainwright
Leave to Sell Estate Land in Taylor County Georgia
Notice to all heirs and creditors that T Joiner as administrator of M atta Joiner Wilson deceased seeks court permission to sell land belonging to the estate to pay debts and for distribution. Hearing set at the February 1946 regular term of the County Ordinary for Taylor County. January 7, 1946 J R Lunsford Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor
T. Joiner
Matta
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