Settlement of Reynolds and birth of Taylor County
The article traces Reynolds Georgia’s growth as a thriving city and explains the 1852 creation of Taylor County from Marion and Crawford counties. It covers early Indian removal, settlement along the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers, the Fort Mitchell era, railroad surveys from Macon to Columbus, and Gov George W Towns pushing for a county seat on his property. The piece notes prominent families and slaveholding patterns among early settlers.
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Herald
Trather
Taylor
Reynolds
Georgia
Walton Hodges
Reynolds ,and Presented By Him To the Woman's Imrovement Club
United States
Ocmulgee River
Flint River
Crawford and
Benjamin Hawkins
Col. Hawkins
Crawford County
Ocmulgee
Flint
Chattahoochee
Crowells
Peter and
Henry Corbin
Howards
Marshalls
Carsons
Hicks
Corbins
Chattahoochee River
Fort Mitchell
Chatetahoochee
Gulf
Ft. Mitchell
Columbus
Macon
Oglethorpe
Ft. Valley
Fox Valley
Butler
Muscogee
Marion County
Taylor County
Marion Talbot
Crawford
Geo. W. Towns
Death of Monticello News editor Miss Martha Penn
Longtime Herald staffer records the death of Martha Penn a Monticello News editor and writer after an Atlanta hospital operation. She was active in church garden club patriotic societies and historic groups leaving a brother T R Penn and four nieces and two nephews as survivors.
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Herald Force
Martha Smith Penn
Tom Penn
Monticello News
T. R
Ammie Parks M. Penn
Monticello
Atlanta
Penn
Amos
Slade
Maryland
Brockman
Clark
Doyer
Hardman
Virginia
Parks, Smiths
Atlanta Constitution
Clark Howell
T.R. Penn
The
Henry Keinen
New York City
Mary Malone
Chatham
N. Y
Ammiee Ree Penn
St. Simons Island
Briscoe Black
Warm Springs
Richard N. Penn
Decatur
F. L Penn, Jr
Martinsville
Two Butler Boys Happy to be Students At Americus College
Freshmen Benny Adams and Earl Dunn from Butler are enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. Enrollment this year shows 157 regular students and about 50 in three evening classes. Three foreign students study there: Tony Tanaka of Tokyo Abdul Ameer from Baghdad and Lionel Dausay Gonzalez from Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
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Americus
Butler
Georgia Southwestern College
Benny Adams
Earl Dunn
Georgia Southwestern
Tony Tanaka
Tokyo
Japan
Columbus
Abdul Ameer
Baghdad
Iraq
Lionel Dausay Gonzalez
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Rotary
Reynolds to Butler: origins of a county seat shift
In cooperation with Mr H H Long the land was laid into 318 foot square blocks with 124 foot streets. A block went to the railroad and a courthouse site was planned. Reynolds was named for a railroad superintendent but a more advantageous site eight miles west led to Butler becoming the county seat.
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H. H. Long
W. J. Griffith
Right Angels
Court House
Reynolds
Butler
Reynolds Women On Program Today At Columbus Club
The Third Congressional District Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs executive board meets at Columbus Club with Mrs. C. E. Whatley of Reynolds as district president. The theme Do Justly Love Mercy and Walk Humbly with Thy God guides a day of program, music, reports, and a luncheon.
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Third Congressional District
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs
C. E. Whatley
Reynolds
R. P. Thornton
Columbus Junior Woman’s Club
Third District
Frances Arnold
Thornton
Jnc. L. Waldorp
First Baptist Church
W. C. Hopkins
Columbus
Women's Reading Club
Henry Hunter
Columbus Students Club
T. A
Daniel Hundley
Ft. Benning Woman’s Club
Lambert Jones
Edward Swift
Good Will Community Center
J. Q. Davidson
Wynnton
Easter Seal Agency Plans Annual Georgia Meeting
The Easter Seal agency and Georgia Society for Crippled Children will hold their annual session in Savannah at the DeSoto hotel on Monday October 20. Dr Herman Turner president of the society says several hundred invitations go to welfare civic leaders and educators to discuss meeting the needs of Georgia's 100000 handicapped youngsters.
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Georgia Society For Crippled Children
Easter Seal Agency
Savannah
DeSoto Hotel
Herman Turner
Atlanta
L. P. Anthony
Georgia
State UDC To Present Perkerson With Citation for Book
The United Daughters of the Confederacy will award M. Field Perkerson a merit citation for White Columns in Georgia at a luncheon October 23 during the Georgia Division convention October 22-23 at the King and Prince hotel on St Simons Island. Mrs. Robert Walker of Griffin, president, said the honor honors the author wife of Angus Perkerson, editor of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine. The book title has also been chosen as the 1953 Rose Show and Festival theme in Thomasville.
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Atlanta
Georgia
M. Field Perkerson
UDC
Robert Walker
Griffin
King and Prince Hotel
St. Simons Island
Perkerson
Angus Perkerson
Talmadge Dedicates Dormitory At Americus College
Gov. Herman Talmadge spoke at the dedication of Collum Hall, a new $150,000 men’s dormitory at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus. He outlined university system growth and a total $30 million planned in new construction, plus $5 million to upgrade existing structures. Mrs Annie Collum Rawles and Mrs Mildred Busbee Putnam attended, recalling former college days. The Jordan High School Band opened the program as L A Moll presided.
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Americus
Collum Hall
Georgia Southwestern College
University System
Talmadge
John Collum
Annie Collum Rawles
Bonnie Oaks
Tennessee
Chattahooga
Mildred C. Busbee Putnam
Jordan High School
Columbus
L. A. Moll
Butler Young Man Honored for Meritorious Service in the Orient
First Lt. James A. Braddy of Butler receives the Army Commendation Ribbon for meritorious achievement in Korea for service on May 23. He also wears the Combat Infantryman Badge and serves as liaison officer in the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. A World War II European theater veteran, he arrived in Korea last January.
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Army
The
Columbus Enquirer
James Braddy
Nannie May Cox Brooks
James A. Braddy
Butler
Korea
Braddy
15Th Infantry Regiment
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Sunday Services Announcement
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 30 a m Bible study and 11 30 a m sermon by the pastor reading John chapter one verse 36 and an evening service at 7 p m with preaching prayer and praise. Members are urged to invite friends and especially unsaved persons to attend and support all services.
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Carroll Peacock
County Forestry Unit Pays Tribute to the Herald
Taylor County Forestry Unit salutes the Butler Herald and other newspapers during National Newspaper Week. It notes forest fire losses drop thanks to prevention efforts highlighted by press coverage. Despite a dry month with 1.78 inches of rain, only two fires burned 15.46 acres, nine fires since July, urging safe trash burning to prevent further fires. Austin Guinn, Forest Ranger.
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Taylor County Forestry Unit
Taylor County
Butler Herald
America
Forestry Unit
Austin Guinn
Forest
Funeral Thursday For Cpl. McCorkle Killed in Korea
Cpl. James McCorkle 24 Marine from Ellaville died in Korea while on reconnaissance duties. He was born in 1929 in Ellaville and moved to Montezuma in 1934 with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Felder McCorkle. Funeral services were held at Montezuma Methodist Church with several pastors officiating and burial in Ellaville cemetery.
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Ellaville Sun
James McCorkle
Korea
Ellaville Cemetery
McCorkle
Felder McCorkle
Montezuma
Chan. Junam-Myon
Montezuma Methodist Church
McCoy Johnson
J. O. J. Taylor
Charles Jackson
Ellaville
Cpl. McCorkle
Bits of October Facts Reach Through Time and Events
October month summary lists birthstone opal or tourmaline and flower cosmos with weeks such as Fire Prevention and National Newspaper Week. Notable dates include Columbus Day and Rural Free Delivery start in 1896, and Erie Canal opening in 1825, shared by Bro Anglin of Stewart Webster Journal Lumpkin.
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United Nations
Columbus
America
U. S. Mint
Bro. Anglin
Stewart-Webster Journal
Lumpkin
Mercer Professor Dr Batts To Preach Reynolds Revival
Dr Lewis Batts of Mercer University will be guest preacher at Reynolds Baptist Church revival October 26 through 31. A Georgia native, he is married to Ferris Sherwood of Macon and has two children. He holds a PhD from Hartford School of Religious Education and has taught at Brewton Parker Junior College and Hephzibah.
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Lewis Batts
Mercer University
Reynolds Baptist Church
Batts
Georgia
Ferris Sherwood
Macon
Dughter
Harvard Graduate School
Hartford School of Religious Education
New York
Michigan
Brewton-Parker Junior College
Hephzibah
Georgia Baptist Young Peoples’ Union
The
Baptist Training Union
Columbus Roberts
Mercer
State Surplus Drops Millions in Early Fiscal Quarter
Atlanta report shows the state's surplus shrinking by nearly nine and a half million dollars in the first quarter starting July 1. State Auditor B E Thrasher Jr notes allocations lower the surplus from 30 214 585 to 20 779 368 while net income reached 50 404 227, up 2 117 382 from last year. Governor’s allocations totaling 15 215 444 reduce the surplus, funding school buildings bus driver raises the Savannah bridge project and highway construction.
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Atlanta
B. E. Thrasher Jr
Savannah
Highway Department
New Army Reserve Unit To Include Taylor County Men
Columbus reports plans to form a new company of the 3rd Battalion 519th Infantry Regiment in Buena Vista. Maj G W Fry announces location Buena Vista Ella ville Geneva Butler Talbot counties as eligible. Members will hold previous ranks, with frequent promotions and regular bi monthly meetings. Contact H M Clements Jr at Buena Vista Service Station promptly.
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Taylor County
Columbus
3Rd Btn
Inf. Regt
Buena Vista
G. W. Fry
Ellaville
Geneva
Butler
Talbot
Fry
H. M. Clements Jr
VA to discharge 2250 employees in 92 hospitals
The Veterans Administration announced that 2,250 hospital employees will be discharged effective November 4. The reductions affect 92 hospitals and two auxiliary facilities as a step to align operations with Congress funded levels for the Department of Medicine and Surgery for the new fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Department of Medicine and Surgery
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Americus College
Ollum
Georgia Southwesten College
Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church
County Forestry Unit
Dr. Batts of
the Reynolds Baptist Church
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