Reynolds Social Notes Reflect Local Movements and Visits
A roundup of Reynolds residents traveling for work and leisure, including A G Hicks to Florida and Montezuma visits by J G Hicks, Miss Neisler returning from Shorter College in Rome, the Woolards and others in Columbus, and numerous guests with local families. Also notes Dr. Fountain visiting his father T J Fountain, and extended visits to Macon, Perry, Sylvester, and Fort Myers among friends and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fountain
Reynolds
T. J. Fountain
Reynolds High Quartet Wins State Meet in Macon
Four Reynolds High School students Donald Whatley Albert James Billy Whatley and Theodore Barrow won the state quartet contest at a recent Macon high school meet Two of the youths Donald Whatley and Albert James are recent Reynolds graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds High School
Macon
Donald Whatley
Albert James
Billy Whatley
Theodore Barrow
Reynolds High Students Win Emory Scholarship Honors
Hugh K. Sealy Jr. of Reynolds High School won an Emory University scholarship in the Macon district. Jim Carson of Reynolds placed third, marking the third consecutive year Reynolds High School produced a scholarship recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh K. Sealy Jr
Reynolds High School
Emory University
Macon
Jim Carson
Reynolds
Lt Thaddeus Ricks Arrives Safe In Ireland
Mr and Mrs W T Ricks of Reynolds received a cablegram Sunday from their son Lt Thaddeus Ricks stating he had arrived safely in Ireland. He was holding a commission as a reserve officer and was called into active service some time ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Ricks
Reynolds
Thaddeus Ricks
Ireland
Ricks
Kirksey Goodman announces daughter's marriage to Sgt Goodman
Mr I H Kirksey Sr announces the marriage of his daughter Mattie Emma Kirksey to Sgt Emmett L Goodman of Columbia South Carolina and Thomaston Georgia. The marriage took place on May 12 in Roberta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Kirksey Sr
Mattie Emma
Emmett L. Goodman
Columbia
S. C
Thomaston, Ga
Roberta
Pleasant Hill Social Notes Spread Across Weekend Visits
Mr C J Peacock of Ozark Alabama visits Pleasant Hill with family. Numerous local families including Brewers Allbrittons Wall and Smith share Sunday visits and weekend hospitality. Dorothy Brewer sings with Ellaville Glee Club. Preaching scheduled Saturday night and Sunday. everyone invited.
Community Notes of Visits and Travels Across Counties
A sequence of short notices records visits and travels among towns. Christine Purvis stays with grandmother in Charing while Ida Wall visits Lula Wall in Butler. Mrs. Parish returns to Decatur with granddaughter Barbara Spinks for two weeks. Joe Wilder and Ed Wall took a business trip to Columbus. Joyce Montgomery visited grandmother. Sidney Austin and family hosted at Shellman. J W Lancaster takes summer position at Ft Valley. Families in Cusseta, Atlanta, Thomaston, and Jacksonville Beach are mentioned in various stays and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Purvis
Walter Purvis
Charing
Ida Wall
Lula Wall
Butler
Parish
Decatur
Edmond Spinks
Barbara Spinks
Messrs
Joe Wilder
Ed Wall
Columbus
Joyce Montgomery
Sidney Austin
Shellman
L. R. Pike
J. W. Lancaster
C. L. Wall
Cusseta
Anne Pittman
Atlanta
Brannon Montgomery
Everett Montgomery
Manchester
J. R. Brewer
William Purvis
Thomaston
Ed Spinks
Thomas Sanders
M. B. Pittman
Robert Waller
Jacksonville Beach
Ft. Valley
Local Visitors Spend Sundays Around Howard and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs J S Martin of Macon and Mr and Mrs J H Brown hosted and visited with friends. Miss Vivian Fain returned to Eufaula Ala after staying with the Browns. Will Adams of Junction City visited the Adams family. Mrs James Butler and daughter and Miss Ruth Martin with children visited Leila Willis and Evelyn Willis near Howard. R L Brown visited J W Edwards II at Butler. Sim Parker of Manchester visited Lula Guined and family near Howard. O M Martin was Sunday guest of home folks. Goodman family visited the Adamses recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Martin
Macon
J. H. Brown
B. B. Watson
Vivian Fain
Eufaula
Ala
R. L. Brown
Will Adams
Junction City
J. D. Adams
James Butler
Ruth Martin
Leila Willis
Evelyn Willis
Howard
J. W. Edwards II
Butler
Sim Parker
Manchester
Lula Guined
O. M. Martin
Goodman
Five Points News Social visits and church notice
Mrs Earl Haywood and baby spent Saturday night in Thomaston. Mr and Mrs Wilson Jarrell and their son spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs T D Jarrell and family. Mrs E M Gaultney was in Thomaston visiting her daughter Mrs Lester Daniel. Miss Helen Jarrell and Miss Dorothy Adams returned from Jacksonville Florida. Mr and Mrs Cecil Pitts and children of Thomaston visited Mr and Mrs Henry Jarrell. Mr and Mrs Cooper and children of Talbotton were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs E M Gaultney. T D Jarrell shopped in Thomaston Tuesday. Miss Effie Smith and Mercer Smith visited W A Jarrell and family. Little Miss Sue Jarrell stayed with Miss Effie Smith in Butler. Sunday School at Antioch Baptist Church at 10 30 each Sunday morning. Those in charge urge attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Peacock
Ozark
Ala
Marvin Brewer
Morris Allbritton
Thomaston
J. E. Wall
Blan Wall
Alfred Peacock
Taylor Mill
J. W
Flem Brewer
Fred Brewer
Bertha
Ophelia Short
B. C. Brewer
Dorothy Brewer
Ellaville Glee Club
Earl Haywood
Baby
Wilson Jarrell
T. D. Jarrell
E. M. Gaultney
Lester Daniel
Helen Jarrell
Dorothy Adams
Jacksonville
Fla
Cecil Pitts
Henry Jarrell
Cooper
Talbotton
E. M Gaultney
Effie Smith
Mercer Smith
W. A. Jarrell
Miss Sue Jarrell
Butler
Antioch Baptist Church
I Pray Thee O God That I May Be Beautiful Within
A brief devotional line attributed to Socrates urges inner beauty over outward charm. The saying emphasizes virtue and moral character as true adornment, reflecting classical philosophical ideals about the good life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socrates
Saving On Grain Straw Suggested By County Agent
County Agent E. G. Blackwell urged Tay lor county farmers to save straw as feed or soil plant food. He stressed not wasting what is valuable for the war effort, noting straw can be stacked for future feed or bedding and will aid manure nitrogen. He said oat straw rivals other roughage in digestible value and that saved grain straw helps fertilizer supplies next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Blackwell
Taylor County
Mr. Blackwell
Good Cutting Practice Stressed For Forest Timber
With growing demand for forest products, good cutting practices are essential. Leave woodland to reseed, stress fire control, and avoid clear cuts without seed trees. Protected clear cuts may fail to reproduce, requiring planting in poorly managed woods.
Georgia governor eases trucking rules for war effort
Governor Eugene Talmadge issued a proclamation to allow freight and war industry workers vehicles to operate in Georgia without state tags if licensed in origin, with reciprocity by other states. Freight truck size limits were adjusted to meet wartime needs, mainly reaffirming existing rules and extending permitless loads for army equipment and structural materials for the war duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Memorial Day Weekend Death Toll Trails Last Year
Atlanta May 31 gasoline rationing and equipment shortages kept many cars off the road as the Memorial Day weekend death toll reached 60 on Saturday, far below last year's peacetime total. Early reports show 37 traffic deaths, 16 drownings, and seven other fatalities versus 451 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
President's Price Control Program Carried To Farms
Georgia Agricultural Extension service under Director W. B Brown describes the Presidents price control program as war effort outreach to farm families. It outlines rationing price ceilings stabilizing farmer prices wages and salaries tax policy and war bond drives while urging local agents to explain impacts to individual farm families for wartime contribution.
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Roosevelt
Georgia Agricultural Extension Service
W. 8. Brown
Europe
Congress
God the Only Cause and Creator Lesson-Sermon
The Christian Science Lesson-Sermon next Sunday centers on God as the sole cause and creator. Golden Text proclaims God as the maker of heaven, earth, and sea, with Psalms and Eddy’s writings stressing God’s righteousness and the removal of sin and sickness as illusory claims through true understanding of divine principle.
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God
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
John Barrymore to have brief simple funeral
Los Angeles June 1 Brief and simple funeral services will be held for John Barrymore with 39 invited guests including Elaine Barrie and Dolores Costello two of his former wives. Father John O'Donnell will officiate at the requiem mass at the Immaculate Heart church. Diana and Lonell Barrymore, his daughters by Michael Strange, will attend. Ethel Barrymore cannot reach Boston in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Dolores Costello
John O'Donnell
The
Immaculate Heart Church
Barrymore
Lonel
Diana Barrymore
John
Michael Strange
Ethel Barrymore
Boston
Court Delays Ruling on Wheat Penalty
Washington June 1 The Supreme Court postponed until fall a decision on the constitutionality of the 49 cent wheat marketing penalty and questioned the broader wheat provisions of the 1938 AAA act. The case is set for re argument October 12, focused on whether farm on farm wheat falls within Congress commerce power. The delay keeps an injunction in place against collecting the penalty from RC Finburn of Montgomery County Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
High Court
Congress
R C. Finburn
Montgomery County
Ohio
Art Building Gifted to Wesleyan College by Savannah Woman
Mrs. EB Comer of Savannah donates at least 50000 for a new Collies Fine Arts Building at Wesleyan College Macon to honor her father Col Cowles Myles Collier a Confederate Army officer The building will house his paintings provide art studios and galleries and welcome traveling exhibits Construction faces delays from wartime priorities but will begin at earliest practicable time The endowment and past gifts from the Comer family strengthen Wesleyan's art program and Catherine Comer fund supports future chair of fine arts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maton
Wesleyan College
Collies Fine Arts
Silas Johnson
EB. T. Comer
Savannah
Cowles Myles Collier
Monticello
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Art Museum
Col. Collier
Macon
Comer
Wesleyan
Catherine Comer
Henry C. Forman
Arthur Moore
Cromer
Col Collier
Salmagundi Club
New York
Memphis
U. S. Navy
Brooklyn
Salmagundi
Roosevelt approves gas rationing plan after July first
President Roosevelt has approved nationwide gasoline rationing to begin after July 1 as a rubber conservation measure. The decision followed a conference with War Production Board Chairman D. M. Nelson and Price Administrator Leon Henderson, who runs the East Coast rationing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
War Production Board
Charman D. M. Nelson
Price
Leon Henderson
East Coast
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Reynolds Department
A. G. Hicks
Florida
J. G. Hicks
Montezuma
H. K. Sealy
E. T. Shealy
L. C. Woolard
Alex
Frances Neisler
Shorter College
Rome
Bill Foy and Son
John Mims
Snowden Steele
Edith Steele
Frank Sams
Macori
Bill Thompson
Troy Whatley
Smith
R. G. Jones
Henry Tarrer
Anne Harp
Mrs. B. BE. Flowers
Will Camp Sealy
Durham, N. C
Holt Ruffin
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Lorenzo Doyel
Bobby Aultman
Barbara
J. E. Beeland
Mrs. Heath
B. W. Hinton
R. A. Hinton
Elizabeth Hinton
Perry
Ed Goddard
Little Son
Fort Myers, Fla
J. Allen Moore
Troy What
Carol Goddard
Carolyn
Anne
Mrs
Howard Neisler
F. M. Carson
Ricks Carson
Elizabeth Parker
Winnie Griffith
Mrs. Gaultney
Little Daughter
M. A. Lifsey
Mr. Lifsey
Patsy
Michigan
Kate Hicks
Mary Louise Nessler
Huntington College
Montgomery
Joe Carson
R. L. Bell
Lizzie Williams
Claude Mangham
Sylvester
Charles Merrill
Charles
Virginia Saunders
Hazard, Ky
E. H. Joiner
Eugenia Joiner
Jimmy Joiner
Aultman’s Super Store
Post
Kirksey—Goodman
Pleasant Hill
ARIA
Sales & Service
G. W. Smith
S. Hill Street
Peachtree Road
N. E
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