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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
1
Rev. L Glenn delivers the commencement address to a local graduating class on the theme The Blight of Ignorance. He warns that ignorance and superstition erode knowledge and freedom, citing biblical and literary quotes to urge pursuit of truth and understanding.
Mrs. Virginia Hollis Crisp, 70, widow of Congressman Chas. R. Crisp, died suddenly at her Americus home. Funeral services were held Wednesday at her home with Rev. Mack Anthony officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove cemetery. Survived by five daughters, one brother, a mother, a stepson, and three grandchildren.
Dublin Ga May 23 a gasoline can exploded at a home near Cadwell fatally burning Mrs Ouida Lee Garrett wife of a U S serviceman and their 7 year old Vivian Garrett The mother died in Dublin hospital and the child died early Tuesday The blast occurred as Mrs Garrett poured gasoline into a hot stove and the daughter tried to save her A joint funeral was held near Cadwell Tuesday afternoon Surviving are a son and two other daughters
Camp and hospital councils serve almost all army and navy stations and hospitals providing for hospital needs. They tailor help to demand by furnishing grounds landscaping ward radios sun rooms and dayroom recreation items. Committees repair furnish magazines mend and decorate for holidays while isolated units receive recreation chests with games and books.
Friends announce the return of Mr. J. H. West to his home after several weeks of treatment at an Atlanta hospital. His condition is reported as greatly improved and he is now convalescing locally.
Eleven members of the Reynolds High School Senior Class will receive diplomas at the auditorium. Hon. Tom Linder, Commissioner of Agriculture, will deliver the commencement address. The program includes Rev. Leon Edwards, Supt. E. H. Joiner, valedictorian Earl Hightower, salutatorian Rachel Gaultney, and diplomas for Patricia Fuller and other seniors.
Valdosta Georgia May 20 three quarters of a million men in uniform may work in Southern forests after the war according to Forest Farmers Association officers. The estimate calls for about 100000 harvest workers and six employed in manufacturing per wood cut, plus jobs in fire protection road and bridge work reforestation and forest administration. The authors urge planters to study labor needs now and prepare to employ workers on large tracts. The South’s great forest area totals 200000000 acres of privately owned timberland.
A Schley county superior court jury awarded Mrs. John J Achreacon of Oglethorpe $5000 against Central of Georgia Railway for the death of her Army officer husband Lt Arch Deacon in a grade crossing crash at Ellaville near Ft Benning. The verdict followed a two day trial that drew strong attention.
W A Childs is placed in charge of the Speed Oil Company's local station succeeding H G Pye. Pye will devote his time to the feed business now moved to a Main Street store beside Porter's Drug Store.
Services at Trinity Freewill Baptist Church Sunday with Rev W J Childree of Taylor Mill in charge. Morning worship at 11 o clock. Evening service at 7 o clock. Rev B T Gill extends cordial invitation to all.
A group of Butler High School graduates traveled to Atlanta Tuesday for several days of sightseeing near the capital. They will return today or tomorrow. The trip, funded by student savings, included stops at the Henry Grady Hotel with meals by S. W. Cafeteria. Professors and sponsors accompanied the party, including E. H. Dunn, Julia Carter, and Mabel Saunders.
Pvt Raymond C Pinkard of Barnesville Georgia serves with the 13th AAF in the South Pacific. He helped drive out Japanese aircraft from the Solomon Islands and Kavieng and now strikes at Truk. He entered the AAF in 1943 and previously taught in Butler and Thomaston. His wife Katie Nell Cooper stays in Barnesville.
The board redefines home canning sugar periods March 1 to June 15 and June 15 to October 30 1944. Limit ten pounds per person in the first period. In the second period applications require a written statement of prior sugar use.
The church schedules a Daily Vacation Bible School from June 5 to June 9 led by Rev. W. B. Heats with a State Vocation Bible School worker from Atlanta assisting. Children up to 16 may attend. Revival services begin June 19 and run through June 25 with Rev. Hoats leading and a choir assisting, two services daily at 11 am and 8:30 pm.
Taylor County Red Cross workers attend the Camp and Hospital Council meeting at Camp Wheeler on Thursday evening May 18. The gathering included Mrs R L Sutton Bertham Bazemore Mrs L R Dean Rev E H Dunn and Hon Thelmon Jarrell with representatives from 21 counties. The council aims to supplement Military department support for armed forces through public contributions and donations.
Georgia Education Association asks Gov. Arnall to provide funds to extend teacher salaries from nine to eleven months. The group cites Arnall’s recent $1,573,940 school-appropriation increase as enabling a 12th month. GEA leaders include Mrs. S. C. Patterson and Dr. W. A. Sutton.
Regular services will be held at the local Baptist church Sunday at 11 a m. Rev W B Heats sermon subject will be The Word's History in Seven Days. Evening worship at 8 30 p m.
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