Taylor Co Boys Win Washington Trip Through School Patrol
James Austin of Butler and Hugh Sealy of Reynolds win a four day educational tour to Washington D C with Taylor County School Boy Patrol members from Butler and Reynolds High Schools. Sponsored by the Butler Lions Club and County Board of Education, the program trains youth in safety rules and first aid while patrolling bus routes and street corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
Reynolds High School
Butler High School
Washington, D. C
Georgia
James Rustin
W. T. Rustin
Butler
Hugh Sealy Jr
H. K. Sealy
Reynolds
Butler Lions Club
County Board of Education
Austin
Butler and
Butler Senior Class Play At School Auditorium Friday Night
The Butler High School senior class presents the play No Bride for the Groom at the local school auditorium Friday at 8 30 in the evening. The cast and supporting information appear in this issue. Sponsors invite the public to attend with admission 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Butler High School
the Herald
Gone With the Wind at Dean Theatre May 11 12
Dean Theatre will host Gone With the Wind on Sunday May 11 at 2 pm and 8:30 pm and Monday May 12 at 2 pm and 8 pm. Tickets 55 cents for most seats, 25 cents for children under 12 with a 40 cent adult price on Monday afternoon. No intermission. Defense tax included. No passes or over selling. Tickets stamped for specific performances.
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Dean Theatre
Panhandle Farmers Hold Soil Conservation Meet At Crowell
About twenty Panhandle farmers attended a soil conservation meeting at Crowell school Tuesday night directed by Mr. R. L. Burns with assistance from Mr. W. G. Wallace and Mr. M. P. Dean. Slides on erosion and restoration were shown, and Dean explained land recovery can yield hay, pasture, or pine trees. The government funded Dean and Wallace offer free farm plans and assistance to local farmers.
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Panhandle
Crowell
R. L. Burns
W. G. Wallace
M. P. Dean
W. H.nee
Soil Conservation
Dean
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Thisounty
Prominent Perry Couple Killed in Motorcycle Crash Near Forsyth
Mr and Mrs Guy Eugene Mathews of Perry were killed when their motorcycle collided with a car driven by P B Zeller of Forsyth near Forsyth early Monday. Mrs Mathews died soon after. Mr Mathews died later at a Macon hospital. She, the former Rebecca Lee, was daughter of G W and Pearl Avery Lee of Perry. Surviving relatives include her parents four brothers and five sisters. Mr Mathews survived by his father J C Mathews and three sisters. A double funeral was held at Perry Baptist Church Tuesday at 4 pm, with burial in Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Eugene Mathews
Perry
P. B. Zeller
Forsyth
Mathews
Taylor County
J. T. Mathews
Macon
Agnes Lee
Matthews
J. C. Mathews
Eva Spencer
Ja. R. Fudge
G.O. Davis
Claxton
Perry Baptist Church
James Ivey
Roy Gardner
Special Mother's Day Song Service At Rupert
Citizens of Rupert invite friends to the school auditorium next Sunday for an all day Mother's Day program. Everyone is urged to attend with their mothers and bring lunch to spend the day in song and worship honoring Mothers. Public invited to participate and sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Pub
Miss Clyde Afay Green Wins State Piano Meet Honor
Miss Clyde Afay Green captured first place in piano and earned a $500 scholarship at the state meet held at the University of Georgia last Thursday. Harold Jarrell, a Taylor County 4-H Club member and son of Mr and Mrs F C Jarrell of Butler, won the Columbus Enquirer essay contest and received 50 baby chicks as first prize for his essay on How.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Afay Green
University OF Georgia
Harold Jarrell
Columbus Enquirer
Taylor County
F. C. Jarrell
Butler
The
Jarrell
Taylor Rural Youth Essay Wins National Defense Help
Harold Jarrell writes that farming remains America's backbone and primary source of food and raw materials for industry and allied nations at war. He argues farmers bear responsibility for feeding the nation and supporting wartime democracy, urging actions to reduce surplus farm production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Jarrell
America
Flower Show Dates Announced for Reynolds Butler Montezuma
Reynolds Flower Show will be held at the Club House next Tuesday afternoon. Butler Garden Club plans a Flower Show on Friday May 19. Montezuma Show, delayed to Friday due to civic events, draws many Taylor county residents to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Butler Garden Club
The
Herald
Montezuma
Taylor County
CCC Gives Opportunity To Thousands Of Boys To Earn And Learn
The Georgia CCC Selection Service announces enrollment for eligible junior white boys to be held May 29. All Georgia youths aged 17 to 23 needing work, who have been out of camp three months or more and have not served in CCC for over 18 months, should contact their local county welfare directors to file enrollment applications.
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Georgia CCC
Georgia
Ccc
Evangelistic Service At Turner's Chapel Promotes Mother's Day
Rev W P Ham of Atlanta will preach at Turner's Chapel next Sunday afternoon on Mother's Day at 3 oclock. Everyone is invited to attend this service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Ham
Atlanta
Turner's Chapel Church
Georgia High School music meet honors Clyde Green
At the thirty fourth annual Georgia High School Association meet at the University of Georgia in Athens on May first Clyde Afay Green of Butler won first place in Junior division earning a $500 Music Scholarship and a gold medal. She will audition in Atlanta May 12 for the National Guild and Piano Tournament and aims for a National High School diploma. Green plans a Senior Recital May 29 and to enroll at Shorter College Rome in September for a master's in music, with Taylor County also noting Frances Neisler of Reynolds as a prior state meet winner now at Shorter College.
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Georgia High School Association
University of Georgia
Athens
Clyde Afay Green
J. 5. Green
Butler
Georgia
Miss Green
Green
Oscar Adams
Shorter College
Rome
Taylor County
Frances Neisler
Reynolds
Mr Jack Perkins Sumner Dies At Americus Clinic
Mr Jack Perkins Sumner 30 son of Sheriff and Mrs J N Sumner of Sylvester and grandson of Hon E C Perkins of Butler died at the clinic in Americus on Sunday April 27 after a long illness. Funeral at Pinson Memorial church Sylvester with burial at Hill Crest Cemetery. Survived by parents Doris Hudson Mrs Hugh Gilson and wife Mary E Sumner and daughter Jacqueline.
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Jack Perkins Sumner
J. N. Sumner
Sylvester
E. C. Perkins
Butler
Americus
Sumner
Pinson Memorial Church
Sylvesvester
Hill Crest
Doris Hudson
Hugh Gilson
Mary E. Sumner
Jacqueline
Atlanta
Question on Fire at Persons Lake Prompts Reward
Mrs. Mary Persons of Butler Georgia asks for information about a fire at Persons Lake Monday and which automobiles were present that night. She offers a reward for details.
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Person’s Lake
Mary Persons
Butler
For Sale Fryers of Fine Quality in Butler Ga
For sale a batch of fine quality fryers. Interested buyers should contact Mrs. W. G. Hill in Butler, Georgia to arrange purchase and pickup details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Hill
Butler, Ga
Local Draft Board Classifies Registrants By July First
The county draft board will classify all registrants by July 1 and will mail questionnaires to 371 of 1,120 registrants. Illiterates are to be excluded after May 15, reducing the pool by 240. Advisory board members are named to assist registrants with forms, including H H Gee and C C Stone among Butler county officials and multiple others across Reynolds, Five Points, Crowell, Mauk, Turners Chapel, and Charing districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
H. K. Sealy
H. H. Gee
C. C. Stone
C. W. Foy
W. T. Austin
L. R. Adams
T. Jarrell
L. T. Peed
W. E. Steed
3. R. Lunsford
Crowell
Ruth Pike
Randall Waller
Mauk
B. F. Moore
Turners Chapel
S. Garrett Sr
Charing District
Frank Callahan
Mack Turner
Mitchell Turner
Rupert
Maude H. Sealy
Howard
Mrs Culverhouse Dies at Home Near Howard
Mrs. William Green Culverhouse 78 died Thursday afternoon at her home near Howard, attributed to paralysis after a recent stroke. She was born in Alabama, moved to Taylor County, and was a Horeb Baptist Church member. Funeral held Friday at 3:30 pm at Howard Methodist Church. interment in Howard Cemetery. Pallbearers were six grandsons. Survivors include three daughters and four sons. Edwards Bros. Funeral Directors of Butler conducted arrangements.
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William Green Culverhouse
W. G. Culverhouse
Howard
W. G. Culverhouse Jr
Edwards Bros
Butler
Packard Stolen From Residence Believed Car Theft
State police report Mrs. J. S. Green’s Packard stolen from the rear garage Tuesday night. The theft was not detected until this morning as the car was idle yesterday. Local officers suspect one or both white convicts who escaped from the prison camp Tuesday night. Insurance coverage is reported.
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J. S. Green
Woolard Named New Manager of Flint Elec Mem Corp
Mr. Lloyd C. Woolard of Jasper Florida was elected May 1 to succeed J L Callaway as manager of the Flint Electric Membership Corporation in Reynolds. The firm has roots in a government aided network of 650 miles of line across Crawford to Stewart counties serving about 1,600 rural families with new members monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Woolard
Flint Elec. Mem. Corp
Jasper
Fla
J. L. Callaway
Flint Electric
Reynolds
Woolard
Gas and Electric Company
Calloway
Crawford
Peach
Houston
Macon
Taylor
Marion
Chattahoochee
Talbot
Muscogee
Bibb
Stewart Counties
Co-op
Essay Contest For Butler High Senior Girls
Butler High School senior girls plan a two part Washington essay contest. Part one limits to 2000 words on What There Is to be Seen in Washington D C. Part two limits to 500 words on What I Expect to See on My Trip. Judging will focus on interest rather than literary merit with more details to come.
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Butler High School
Washington, D
Washington, D. C
Washington
Carrie Allman Dies After Long Illness at Rupert Home
Carrie Allman wife of R P Allman, a respected Taylor county farmer of Rupert, died at her home on April 17 after years of illness. Born August 17 1883 in Taylor county she was a lifelong resident and Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church member. Funeral services were at 3 PM Friday April 18 at Prosperity Church with Rev T D Roberts officiating. interment followed in Prosperity Cemetery. She survived by her husband five daughters and three brothers and sisters. Edwards Brothers Funeral Directors of Butler directed arrangements.
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Carrie Allman
R. P. Allman
Taylor County
Rupert
Marion County
Prosperity
Clyde Hill
Thomaston
Vester Hill
Albany
E. D. White
E. H. Barnes
Sylvester
C. C. Allman
Edwards Brothers Funeral Directors
Butler
Plants for Sale at Suwannee Store Butler Gay
Brabham Peas and Sweet Potato Plants offered at Suwannee Store in Butler in Gay community area with available sales. Local listing notes plant varieties and contact point for gardeners seeking seedlings.
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Butler, Gay
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Taylor CO
James Austin
Hugh Sealy
Dean Sun. & Mon
Mr. Dean
Reynolds, Butler and
Evangelistic Service
Americus Clinic
J. S.green
Packard
Army Headquarters
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