Reynolds High School Graduation Address by Gignilliat
Reynolds High School will hold graduation exercises on May 27 with Dr. G. W. Gignilliat of Wesleyan delivering the literary address. Principal E. H. Joiner will award diplomas to seniors including Clay Bryan and Virginia Hodges. Students depart for a Jacksonville Beach trip June 2 to 10 with faculty accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Gignilliat
Wesleyan
Reynolds High School
E. Paul Hodges
Reynolds Methodist Church
J. D. Smith
G. W. Gignilliant
Macon
Gignilliant
Wesleyan College
E. H. Joiner
Clay Bryan
Garland Byrd
Hugh Byrd
Lorraine Clyatt
Jack Fuller
Dorothy Hinton
Doris Hobbs
Virginia Hobbs
Virginia Hodges
Eugenia Joiner
Virginia Jones
Haviland McDaniel
Elmer Nelson
Sarah Parks
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Season For Obtaining Drivers Licenses Here
The annual renewal period for driver licenses is on. Dependent minors living with a parent may buy a license for 25 cents while a spouse may pay 50 cents if the husband or wife holds a one dollar license. Previously all drivers paid one dollar except bus and truck licenses at two dollars each.
Shows at Dean Theatre Week Schedule
Sunday and Monday feature Sante Fe Trail a costly semi historical adventure drama with 1854 slavery issues John Brown and Harper's Ferry Errol Flynn Olivia De Havilland Raymond Massey Ronald Reagan star Wednesday and Thursday present Land of Liberty a cavalcade of American history from pre revolutionary times to today Cecil B DeMille editing and historical consultation produce an engrossing panorama Friday and Saturday bring Jane Withers in Youth Will Be Served plus Bob Steele in Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sante Fe Trail
John Brown
Erroll Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
Raymond Massey
Ronald Reagan
Cecil B. DeMille
Hollywood
Jane Withers
Bob Steele
Billy the Kia
Taylor Co. No New Rural Roads This Year Officials Say
Georgia's 1941 highway program will not add paved roads in Taylor County or 62 other counties. State funds diverted to other expenses leave only 189 miles of new pavement statewide, with 5,600 miles still unpaved and the program reliant on federal matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County
State Highway Department
Atlanta
Taylor
Georgia
Capitol
South Carolina
Oldest Crawford County Mother Still Leads An Active Life
Roberta May 10 Crawford county pays tribute Sunday to Mrs. Lee Spillers in her 93rd year. Related to the Spillers family of Taylor County she remains remarkably active. She lives in a cottage with a rose at the door, keeps house, prepares meals, and rocks by the fireside. She discusses the war era with guests and recalls hardship during the 1860 conflict. After her husband’s death she chose independence over living with her son A J Spillers, and she has four grandchildren plus many great grandchildren and great great grandchildren nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
Crawford County
Lee Spillers
Spillers
Taylor County
Snider Quartet to Perform at CrossRoads May 16
The Snider Quartet from Columbus Georgia will play at CrossRoads School building on May 16 at eight oclock in the evening. Admission is 10 and 20 cents with all invited to attend.
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Snider
Columbus, Ga
CrossRoads
Rabies Exposure Prompts City Health Measures After Dog Bite
State Board of Health confirmed hydrophobia in a dog killed Saturday night that bit a negro boy and several other dogs in Butler. Fourteen dogs were killed or confined and more may have been bitten. Mayor Wilson urged strict enforcement of orders and urged citizens to report details to the lab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Butler
State Department
J. R. Wilson
Methodist Youth Rally Planned in Columbus Tuesday
Butler District Young People will attend the Columbus District Youth Rally at St Luke Methodist Church in Columbus on Tuesday night May 20. Rev Leonard Cochran of Savannah will be one of the main speakers along with Rev G N Rainey and several local leaders. Frances Thompson will preside and a motorcade departs Butler at 5 45 with stops at Junction City Geneva Juniper and Columbus arriving about 7 30.
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Butler
Columbus
Lucy Quinn Eubanks
Macon
Johnnie Miller
Woodland
Barbara Herndon
Turner Williams
Buena Vista
A. P. Foster
Maude Patterson
Dawson
Lyle Certain
Frances Thompson
Columbus Young People’s Union
F. J. Gilbert
Butler Young People
Junction City
Geneva
Talbotton
Juniper
Evangelistic Rally at County Camp Ground Thursday
The Monthly Evangelistic Group plans a rally at Taylor County Camp Ground on Thursday May 22. A new dormitory is under construction and volunteers are urged to come with saws and hammers to help. The building committee asks men to join for a day of work and worship and the ladies will supply lunch at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor County Camp Ground
Convict Re Captured Near Rome. Partner Still At Large
Chas Holcomb, one of two white convicts who escaped a public works camp last Tuesday, was captured near Rome early Friday. Joe McNew, the other escapee, remains at large. Holcomb admitted the escape and claimed intent to murder his wife, whom officers found beaten. he had served about 18 months of a 10 to 20 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Holcomb
Republic
Rome
Joe McNew
Holcomb
Charingey
V. C. D. Cox
Butler
W. W. Edwards
J. S. Green
Taylor County
Wallace to Speak on Farm Forestry Monday Morning
W M A Z radio in Macon will carry a Farmers Program featuring Taylor County Farm Forester W G Wallace next Monday from 6 to 6 15 am. The District Farm Forester sponsors the broadcast and Wallace will discuss Farm Forestry and its meaning for Taylor County farmers.
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W. G. Wallace
WMAZ
Macon
Taylor County Farm
District Farm Forester
Walace
Taylor County
Visitors' Week At Public Library Butler May 15 21
Visitors' Week will be observed May 15 to 21 at Butler Public Library. All patrons are urged to visit during this time. A large number of new books has been added and the Library has been re opened. It will be open from 9 30 till 1 30 and from 2 until 4 on school days only. A new schedule will be arranged for the summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Public Library
Worker s Council To Be Held Tuesday
The Worker's Council of the Butler Baptist church will meet at the church next Tuesday evening at 7 30. The date was moved from last Tuesday so Rev. Hugh Dozier could attend the Southern Baptist Convention in session this week in Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worker's Council of the
Butler Baptist Church
Hugh Dozier
Southern Baptist Convention
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia Legionnaires Demand Perkins Oustment
In Savannah a district meeting of Georgia Legionnaires approves a resolution urging Francis Perkins to resign as secretary of labor or face abolition of the department as constituted. The document claims Perkins is not aligned with current policy viewed as critical to wartime mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
First Area Legionnaires
Francis Perkins
Perkins
Suggs Machine Works Receives South African Skidder Inquiry
Suggs Garage and Machine Works, makers of Suggs Truck Skidders, received a letter from D. P. Ackerman Director of Forestry in South Africa seeking information and potential purchases for use in the forestry industry. Owner W. H. Suggs notes the skidder design was developed years ago and has driven plant expansion. he is unsure how the product knowledge reached South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suggs Garage
D. P. Ackerman
South Africa
Ackerman
W. H. Suggs
Suggs
Baseball games slated for Butler at local diamond
The Butler Athletic Club schedules two weekend baseball games at the local school diamond. Thursday and Sunday afternoon games start at 3 30. On Thursday Butler meets Reynolds, and Sunday Butler faces the 15th Bomber Squadron of Lawson Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler Athletic Club
Butler
Reynolds
Bomber Squadron
Lawson Field
Special Sunday School Program at Each Church Next Sunday Morning
All those who have attained their majority this year are invited to attend either the Baptist or Methodist Sunday School Sunday May 18. Each local Sunday School plans a program in recognition of those reaching adulthood, designated I Am An American Day by President Roosevelt.
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Roosevelt
Flower Show Entries Due by Eleven Friday Morning
The Local Garden Club asks everyone with pot plants for decorating to deliver them to the old Suggs Garage by 11 o clock Friday morning. All entries for the Flower Show must be in by 11 o’clock Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suggs Garage
Garden Club
Plants for Sale Brabham Peas and Sweet Potato Plants
Suwannee Store in Butler Georgia advertises Brabham peas and sweet potato plants for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suwannee
Butler, Ga
Butler High to Hear Rev Rainey at Baccalaureate
Butler High announces Rev G N Rainey of Columbus will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at the red auditorium Sunday morning. Graduation exercises are set for Tuesday, June 3 at 8:30. The class will forego an invited speaker to focus on valedictorian and salutatorian honors. Several recitals and Class Night precede Commencement, followed by a June 3 graduation and a possible Washington trip for the seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Folds
Butler High School
G. N. Rainey
Columbus
Methodist Church
Red Auditorium
Rainey
Butler
Folds
J. W. Edwards
Edwards
Clyde Afay Green
Butler Baptist Church
Doris West
Washington, D. C
Official Ballot For June Election Received By County
A copy of the large official ballot for the general state-wide election on Tuesday June 3 arrived at Judge J R Luns ford ordinary from Governor Eugene Talmadge. The ballot measures 17 by 41 inches and lists 69 constitutional amendments with one candidate named Dave M Parker for solicitor general of the Waycross circuit superior courts to succeed John Gibson who resigns and has no opposition. The ballot is certified by the governor and issued in plain Australian and Australian Secret Ballot forms to ensure secrecy as urged by the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Lunsford
Eugene Talmadge
Dave M. Parker
Waycross Circuit Superior Courts
John 5. Gibson
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Dean Theatre
Methodist
County Camp Ground
Georgia Legionnaires
Suggs Machine Works
Southern
Africa
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