Taylor County Men Serving in Armed Forces
Local men in Taylor County and nearby towns are serving in the armed forces. Lt Harley Riley Jr writes from England about London visits and meeting Lt John Jordan. Other notes cover the Navy, Army, and training assignments, including Pvt James Braddy at Camp Crowder and Cpl George Duncan at Fort Sill, with family updates throughout.
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Taylor County
Harley Riley Jr
England
London
John Jordan
J. W. Jordan
Talbotton
Riley
Air Corps
George W. Duncan
Fort Sill
Okla
John Duncan
Cpl
Duncan
Armed ‘Orces
Ft. Sill
Five Taylor County Men Drawn for Army Induction
Five Taylor county men will depart for Ft McPherson on Friday June 25 for induction into the Army. Named to fill the call are Joe Coulter Oscie Oscar Brown Jr Marry Greysdon Allman Alvin C Hill and Dolphus Milton Suddeth. The draft board clerk H K Sealy said next month's call was for five men with induction set for July 28 and the exact names to be announced in later columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Ft. McPherson
Army
Joe Coulter
Oscie
Oscar Brown Jr
Greysdon Allman
Alvin C. Hill
Dolphus Milton Suddeth
H. K. Sealy
Local Price Ceiling Sets New Rationing Rules
The Local Rationing Board announces that effective next Monday the Community Price Ceiling regulations will apply countywide. A dollar and cent ceiling will govern most essentials. grocery stores will post ceiling prices and shoppers should check lists before buying. Housewives are urged to clip price lists from daily papers and report violations to curb inflation.
Shoe Stamp No 18 Lasts Through October 31
The OPA announces shoe ration stamp No 18 becomes valid this week and must last civilians through Oct 31. Stamp 17 expired Tuesday night. No 18 covers four and a half months, 11 days longer than No 17, aligned with an average of three pairs per person per year. The stamp is transferrable within a family for use by another member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Dime and Prayer Mother Honored by Navy Department
Mrs. R A Godfrey of Macon received a gold plaque from the Navy Department and invitations to eight Army camps after The Atlanta Journal highlighted her wartime work. She has given dimes and prayer cards to about 5 000 soldiers and sailors in Macon and beyond, wrapping prayers around each dime. She awaits further Navy correspondence and plans to visit camps in Florida Tennessee Indiana and Massachusetts. Ministers in Atlanta say her work is being used as sermon material.
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Atlanta
R. A. Godfrey
Macon
Navy Department
Atlanta Journal
Navy
Godfrey
Florida
Tennessee
Indiana
Massachusetts
Whaley to Assist in Local Revival Services
Rev. W. W. Whaley of Lumpkin Methodist church will assist Rev. F. J. Gilbert at a series of revival meetings at the local Methodist church next week. The series runs Sunday morning through Friday evening with two services daily at 11 a.m. and 8 30 p.m. Whaley has 17 years in the South Georgia Methodist Conference. Gilbert leads the singing. Public invited to attend all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Whaley
Lumpkin Methodist Church
F. J. Gilbert
Whaley
South Georgia Methodist Conference
Rev
Gilbert
Lynching of Harrison in Marianna jail shock waves through Florida
A mob broke into the Marianna jail and lynched 26 year old Cellos Harrison a convicted murderer who was to stand trial for the February 1940 hammer slaying of Johnnie Mayo. Night Jailer Tom Belcher reported the attack and the body was found near a ditch five miles south of Marianna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Fla
Cellos Harrison
Tom Belcher
Belcher
Harrison
Johnnie Mayo
Mayo
Camp Wheeler MPs Find Lost Infant Boy In Woods
An 18 month old boy missing since Sunday evening was found at 3 am Monday by two military policemen. A 50 MP detachment from Camp Wheeler searched with lights and jeeps, locating the barefoot child exhausted and bitten by mosquitoes in a dense woods near the camp. The father joined neighbors in the search, volunteers aided by picnic parties, and a physician concluded the baby escaped serious harm. Major Adams commended the MP volunteers for the rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Camp Wheeler
Pearman Arrington
Pvt
F. B. Carter
Chillicothe
Ohio
H. 5. Thorpe
Emporia
Tiril Arrington
Arrington
Maj
P. A. Adams
Adams
M. P
For Sale Pure Red Porto Rico Potato Plants
Government inspected and treated potato plants offered for delivery. Interested buyers should contact P. A. Jenkins in Butler, Georgia for immediate arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
P. A. Jenkins
Butler, Ga
Purvis Brothers Drown In Surf At St Simons Island
John Murray Purvis 15 and Feston Lawrence Purvis 14, sons of Mr and Mrs Lorenzo Purvis, drowned after waves swept them under while playing with an inner tube off St Simons Island. Coast Guard recovered Feston first, John Murray’s body found next morning. Funeral held at Bloodworth Primitive Baptist church with Elder H S McCorkle. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Ralph Gilson and Miss Rachel Purvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murray Purvis
Feston
Lawrence Purvis
Lorenzo Purvis
Howard
St. Simon‘s
Coast Guard
Ralph Gilson
Taylor County
Rachel Purvis
Columbus
Beeland Named Peach County Sheriff After Special Election
Herbert Beeland won a special election to become Peach County sheriff, defeating acting Sheriff G W Cochran who had been appointed after a resignation. Beeland, longtime Coca Cola Bottling Co. salesman in Ft Valley, is to take office soon and appoint a deputy. He is the son of the late Sheriff J R Beeland and Mrs Beeland of Taylor County. Born in Butler, he later moved to Ft Valley where he has lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Valley
Herbert Beeland
Peach County
G. W. Cochran
Beeland
Coca Cola Bottling Co
J. R. Beeland
Taylor County
Butler
War Prisoners Endorse Peach Packing Labor at Camp Wheeler
Italian war prisoners at Camp Wheeler Georgia are described as good labor for peach packing and potato planting. Bateman Company, Inc. president C H Bateman says he employs over 100 prisoners with 72 men using two grading and sizing machines to pack 1000 baskets per hour. Prisoners earn 1.60 dollars daily with 30 cents to them and the rest to the U S Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wheeler
C. H. Bateman
Bateman Company, Inc
Big Georgia Packing Plant
Bateman
R. E. Patterson
U. S. Treasury
First Cotton Bloom Brought By Local Farmer in 1943 Crop
Mr. R. C. Peterman of near Butler brought the first cotton bloom of the 1943 crop to the office on Monday. The next day, Mrs. Susie Gaultney also delivered several blooms from her new crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Peterman
Butler
Peterman
Susie Gaultney
Oscar Bloodworth Killed in Tennessee Maneuver Crash
Sgt. Oscar H. Bloodworth 23, of Ft Valley, inducted from Taylor County June 24, 1941, died June 8 when an army truck overturned during maneuvers in Tennessee. He trained at Camp Cooke California and Camp Crook. Funeral held at New Prospect cemetery Reynolds. Survived by parents and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OsCar H. Bloodworth
O. S. Bloodworth
Ft. Valley
Tennessee
Bloodworth
Taylor County
Ft. Knox
Camp Crook
Calif
Reynolds
New Prospect Cemetery
Taxicab Driver Hanged To Tree Limb In Phenix City
Columbus reports a Salters Taxicab driver Joe McBride was struck with a brick by a soldier passenger C E Hudson of Fort Benning. McBride was tied to a tree limb and later cut down by police. Hudson was captured and jailed on robbery charges. he was moved to Russell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Joe McBride
Salters Taxicab Co
Phenix City
J. W. Perry
McBride
Perry
C. E. Hudson
Ft. Benning
Hudson
Russell County
Phenix
Local Canning Plant Opens to Public Three Days Weekly
The local canning plant is open to the public on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 am to 4 pm. Supervisor J H Amos urges at least two family members assist in canning their produce. A pressure cooker is provided for preserving fruits and vegetables in glass jars, with tin cans of sizes two or three available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Amos
Jesup Man Named Naval Stores Inspector By Governor Arnall
G L Madray of Jesup was named state naval stores inspector by Gov Arnall. He replaces J C Vann of Savannah, appointed by former Gov Talmadge, serving at the governor's pleasure with no fixed term. Inspector fees have ranged up to 7000 annually, prior legislature limited fees to 3600 with surplus to state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Naval Stores
Arnall
Atlanta
G. L. Madray
J. C. Vann
Savannah
Talmadge
Madray
M. E. Thompson
Lee Studdard Named Head of Butler High School
Prof Lee Studdard of Climax has been elected by the local school board as superintendent of Butler High School for the 1943 44 term. He will succeed Prof T H Chambers who has held the position for the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Studdard
Climax
Butler High School
Studdard
T. H. Chambers
Chambers
Gray High names Studdard new superintendent and Forehan as ag teacher
The Gray High School appoints Mr Studdard as superintendent amid thirteen years as principal and administrator in Alabama and Georgia. The Butler Reynolds area will also welcome Prof Forehan of Byromville as Agriculture teacher succeeding S C Downer who left to join the Army.
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Derstood
Gray High School
Studdard
Butler
Alabama
Georgia
Piedmont, Alabama
Jacksonville, Ala
State Teachers College
Ft. Benning
Forehan
Mrs Lizzie Hayes Dies At Mauk After Long Illness
Mrs Lizzie Hayes 75 died at her home in Mauk about 5 30 yesterday morning following a year long illness Born in Talbot county March 30 1868 she was daughter of John and Lou Howard Pike She was married to J B Hayes who preceded her in death Funeral services at Pine Level cemetery at 4 this afternoon Pallbearers Messin Julian Pike J B Lumpkin Herschel Whitley J G Whitley R L Pike Thomas Hayes Survived by a brother B J Pike and many nieces and nephews Edwards Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
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Lizzie Hayes
Mauk
Hayes
Talbot County
John
Lou Howard Pike
J. B. Hayes
Pine Level Cemetery
Messin Julian Pike
J. B. Lumpkin
Herschel Whitley
J. G. Whitley
R. L. Pike
Thomas Hayes
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Sammie Coolik
J.g
U. S. Navy
New York City
David Coolik
Coolik
Hubert Payne
Ft. Jacksons, C
Mrs
W. A. Payne
Dave Sailor
Ordinance
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Mr. Sailor
Bessie Dreizin
Oscar Dreizin
James P. Purvis
Camp Beale
E. H. Morrison
Charing
Ralph Eubanks
Thomaston
Betty
Eubanks
Christine Hines
U. S. Army
Egypt
J. C. Driskell
Driskell
Mr. Driskell
Australia
James Bazemore
Bazemore
New York
George Parker
Grady Parker
Pvt. Parker
Sgt
William Parker
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Horace Parker
Pennsylvania
Aaron Dreizin
Las Vegas
Nevada
Army Air Base
Euphrate
Dreizin
James Braddy
Jack Brooks
U.S. Army
Camp Crowder
U. S. Navy Department
Purvis Brothers
ST. Simon’s
Oscar Bloodworth
Camp Cooke
Benning
Butler HL. School
Butler and Reynolds
Prof
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