Little Iris Wallace Holds Rare Gift of Absolute Musical Pitch
Iris Wallace of Butler is highlighted as a child prodigy with perfect pitch who learned piano by ear at a young age. The piece notes her early inspiration from her sister Theresa Ann, her mother Vivian Wallace, and her family’s musical environment, detailing how Iris reproduced and mastered melodies with precise fingering and timing.
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Iris Wallace
Iris
Theresa Ann
J. W. Edwards
Theresa
Vivian Wallace
MacDowell
District Conference Held May 29 at Columbus Church
The Columbus District Conference meets at St. Luke Methodist Church on May 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with Devotional, Education, Missions, and Committee Meetings. Dr. William R. Cannon Jr. delivers sermons, Mack Anthony speaks, and a dinner is provided by St. Luke parish. 49 official delegates elected by Quarterly Conferences comprise the governing body.
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Columbus Church
Columbus
St. Luke Methodist Church
Wm. R. Cannon Jr
Emory University
Good Women of St. Luke Church
Mack Anthony
Wm. W. Cannon Jr
Colored Canning Plant Ready to Meet All Canning Needs
Plans to process 70 000 cans of vegetables and meats this calendar year are complete. Equipment is being geared to ensure no patron waits more than an hour after pre cooking. Local Vocational Agricultural teacher A G Sadler urges every negro family in the county to make their canning appointments.
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A. G. Sadler
Card of Thanks for Taylor County Family
We express sincere appreciation to loyal friends near and far for faithfulness during illness and death. May God's choicest gifts be the heritage of everyone who helped us in this dark hour. Rev. G. M. Spivey & family.
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Taylor County
G. M. Spivey
Pace Outlines 10 Point Cotton Program for North Georgia Farm State
Washington May 14 Rep Steve Pace Democrat Georgia outlined a tentative ten point plan to lift cotton growers from postwar doldrums. He emphasized one variety production and improved marketing with uniform ginning and weighing. Other points include expanded research marketing aid soil programs export and loan policies.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Pace Democrat
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
Pace
Fayette County
M. W. Barr
Cotton Division
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
Ben J Williams
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
South
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
$155 Raised In Taylor County During Cancer Drive
Mrs. T. L. Fountain, county chairman, reports Taylor County raised $155.42 in the Cancer Control drive. District chairmen contributions included Reynolds $60.50, Howard $6.00, Charing $11.05, Carsonville $8.25, Mark $2.75, Butler $66.87, totaling $155.42.
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T. L. Fountain
Cancer Control Drive
C. S. Sawyer
Reynolds
E. H. Perkins
Howard
S. Garrett
Charing
W. A. Jarrell
Carson V’l
J T Carson Dies of Heart Attack in Alabama
John Thomas Carson, son of the late J T and Belle Wallace Carson of Butler, died at 11 a m Monday in Tuscumbia Alabama from a heart attack after a short illness. He moved to Alabama over 20 years ago and ran a large Sheffield service station. Survived by wife Mary Terrell Jones of Tuscumbia and son Robert Jones Carson serving overseas, plus sister and three brothers. Interment in Tuscumbia.
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John Thomas Carson
J. T
Belle Wallace Carson
Butler
Tuscumbia
Ala
Carson
Alabama
Sheffield
Baptist Church
Columbus
Mary Terrell Jones
Robert Jones Carson
R. R. Dunnody
Macon
Dan Carson
Roanoke, Va
Wallace Carson
Savannah
Bob Carson
Helen Dunnody
Henry R. McLean
L. H. Sims
For Sale Porto Rico Sweet Potato Plants
Porto Rico sweet potato plants offered for sale by P. A. Jenkins in Butler Georgia. Contact Jenkins by writing to arrange purchase or pickup.
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Porto Rico
P. A. Jenkins
Butler, Ga
Rev J H Stanford to Preach at Antioch Church
Sunday at 11 30 o clock in the morning pastor J H Stanford will preach using a boyhood text. The service promises old fashioned worship with congregational singing and a generous fellowship inviting all to attend and bring friends.
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J. H. Stanford
Antioch Church
J H. Stanford
Rabies Inoculation Order For All County Dogs
Dr. Wilbur Neisler named Rabies Inspector for Tay lor County by the County Commissioners under a new state law. All dogs three months old or older must be inoculated by July 1 each year, with a $1.00 fee charged to owners. Inoculations will be offered at several county points this month.
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Wilbur Neisler
W. E. Neisler
Taylor County
Neisler
Miss Clyde Afay Green Sings Piano Recital at Wesleyan Conservatory
Miss Clyde Afay Green gave a senior piano recital at Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon on Monday evening. Attending were her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Green and Mrs. L. R. Adams, along with Mrs. J. W. Edwards, Mrs. W. H. Trussell, Miss Atheline Gill, Rev C. L. Glenn of Butler, and Mrs. Harry Powell and Mrs. Eva Halley of Reynolds.
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Clyde Afay Green
Wesleyan Conservatory
Macon
J. S. Green
L. R. Adams
J. W. Edwards
W. H Trussell
Atheline Gill
C. L. Glenn
Butler
Harry Powell
Eva Halley
Reynolds
Scout Hatchet Canteen and Knapsack For Sale
One official Scout hatchet, one official canteen, and an overnight haversack. See or write. Fair price. Bryan Blair, Butler, Ga.
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Bryan Blair
Butler, Ga
Taylor County Men to Enter Army Induction Details
Two Taylor county colored men Leon Coleman Brooks and O Z Murray left for Ft Benning for induction. Seven white men will depart for Ft McPherson for pre induction exams. Additional groups, including four white men May 28 and eight negroes May 31, will report for examinations or induction at Ft Benning and Ft McPherson.
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Taylor County
Ft. Benning
Leon Coleman Brooks
O. Z. Murray
Ft. McPherson
Henry Lucius Joiner
Joel Smith Hollis Wilard Owen Brunson Leonard Houston Ford Jackson
Roy McDaniel
Joe Benjamin Youngblood
Matt Towers
Noble Milton Stafford Herschel Jones Standridge
Cecil Eugene MclInvale
Talmadge Whitley
Army
Wainwright Commended for Work With 357th Fighter Group
Pfc Arnold J Wainwright Butler Ga and supply clerk with a quartermaster company at a high scoring P 51 Mustang station is named among Keep em Flying personnel commended by Lt Gen James H Doolittle for teamwork with the 357th Fighter Group pilots. The unit has destroyed over 600 German planes in 12 months including 537 in air combat near Berlin.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Arnold J. Wainwright
Butler
James H. Doolittle
357Th
Berlin
Pfc
Wainwright
Irwin H. Dregne
Viroqua
Wis
Aden J. Wainwright
Panama
Whatley Attends Radio School at Scott Field Illinois
Pvt Donald H Whatley son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Whatley of Reynolds Illinois arrives at Scott Field to join the RAF training command radio school as permanent personnel. He studied at Reynolds High School before entering service.
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Donald H. Whatley
Scott Field
Illinois
Donald B. Whatley
Edgar Whatley
Reynolds
Ill
RAF Training Command
GI University
Army Air Forces
Army Air Ways
Pvt
Whatley
Reynolds High School
Play to be Presented at Rupert School May 18
The Rupert Junior High will present a full length play Elmer at the school auditorium Friday night May 18 at 8 15 o clock A Cake Walk will be enjoyed by attendees The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Rupert School
Rupert Junior High School
Elmer
Funeral Service for J. M. Weaver Held Today
Reynolds resident Jake Marshall Weaver died at Montezuma hospital after a three month illness. He was born in Alabama, longtime C. H. Neisler estate warehouseman, member of Reynolds Baptist church and a Shriner. Funeral at the family home at 10 this morning with Rev. W. B. Heats and Rev. Leon Edwards presiding. interment Hill Crest cemetery. Survived by wife Jennie Gray R. Weaver two daughters Mrs. George Porter and Miss Hilda Weaver and Earl M. Weaver U S Army
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Jake Marshall Weaver
Reynolds
Montezuma Hospital
Mr. Weaver
Alabama
Z T
Mattie Russell Weaver
C. H. Neisler
Weaver
Reynolds Baptist Church
Earl M. Weaver
U. & Army
Butler airman earns second Oak Leaf Cluster on Air Medal
Lt. Sinclair Streetman, 20, Butler native and B 17 co pilot with the Eighth Air Force at an English base, has been awarded a second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious bomber missions over Europe. He participated in February and March Berlin raids and the Swinemunde attack near Stettin. Streetman enlisted February 27, 1943.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Sinclair Streetman
Butler
Europe
R.W. Burns
351St
Edgar Streetman
Germany
Berlin
Bath
Swinemude
Marshall Zhukov
Stettin
Lt. Streetman
Seventh War Loan Tribute Approved by Georgia Governor
Gov Ellis Arnall urged Georgians to back the Seventh War Loan as a Roosevelt tribute and a show of unity for war effort. He praised the plan to fund Roosevelt Memorial War Bonds and pledged royal support for President Harry Truman, commending Georgia leaders for the campaign’s timing and impact.
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Roosevelt Arnall
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Harry Truman
One Road Cart and Harness with Dutch Collar
Frank Callahan of Rupert Ga offers a road cart and harness with a Dutch collar for sale. The item listing notes a complete set suitable for standard road driving.
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Frank Callahan
Rupert, Ga
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W. G. Wallace
Therica
Atlanta Journal
Violet Moore
Mrs. Wallace
Steve Pace
Stephen Pace
J. T. Carson
Taylor CO
Fort Mcpherson
Arnold Wainwright
J. M. Weaver
Reynolds Man
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