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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 9, 1942.
Acceptable Registrants
Go Into Army At Time
Of Physical Examination
The War Department today ad
vised national headquarters, selec
tive service system that all accept
able registrants will be inducted
■into the military forces at the time
of the Army physical examination,
thereby eliminating the present
Army pre-induction procedure.
National headquarters said the
War Department has given assur
ances that in cases where the im
mediate induction would cause un
due hardships to the registrant he
will be given an immediate fur
lough to adjust his civilian affairs
Although the final physical ex
amination by the army will con
tinue to be the most thorough one
given to registrants, the local
boards will continue to give
"screening” examinations, re
jecting the obviously physically
unfit men.
Under the new procedure regis
trants will have the same rights
of appeal and right of personal ap
pearance before their local boards
as they do at present.
Instead of receiving the itotice
to report for physical examination
by the armed forces as they do
now, the registrants will be given
a notice of induction, national
headquarters said.
Taylor County
Crop Spoilage
Can Be Halved
• Prevention of waste in food dis
tribution will bea vital factor in
the effort of Taylor ebunty's 1,817
farm operators and workers to
achieve their wartime food produc
tion goals, it was indicated today
in a survey by a leading distributor
of Georgia farm produce.
At least half of the estimated
$3,500,000 annually lost from
spoilage and damage to Georgia
fruits and vegetables alone can be
prevented by the useof better grad
ing, packing and by better and
more direct distribution methods,
Earl R. French, marketing director
for the Atlantic Commission Co., A.
& P. produce buying affiliate, de
clared in the survey's summary. He
indicated that further savings
could be realized from improved
handling of other Georgia farm
products.
“If Taylor county farmers, work
ing with distributors, cut by half
theave rage 10 to 12 percent of
fruit and vegetable shipments lost
thru damage and spoilage, they
wil have achieved the equivalent
of a 5 or 6 per cent increase in
production without any extra acre
age, seed, fertilizer, equipment or
farm labor.” French said.
"Under wartime conditions, use
of efficient production methods and
efficient distribution channels
such as those developed by chain
stores is becoming Increasingly
important,” he continued. “For ex
ample, Taylor county's 1,511 farm
family workers will find their job
of increasing production made
more difficult because of the
shrinking farm labor supply, rising
far i wages and limited availabili
ty of farm machinery and supplies.
“The latest census counted 306
regular hired hands in the county,
since that count was made, farm
labor has decreased as much as 49
percent in certain areas and up to
26 percent in some Georgia dis
tricts,” French said.
But despite the future labor cur
tailments, he said, past perform
ances indicate the farmer can ap
proach food production goals. In 10
years, covered by recent govern
ment reports, the farmer had in
creased his productive efficiency by
252 per cent. The average farmer
the survey revealed, fed 11.7 per
sons in 1929 and ten years later
was feeding 14.1 persons from his
fields.
Rare Operation Is
Successfully Performed
On Man In This State
Cherleston, S. C., April 6—Dr. F.
E. Kredel, it was learned here to
night, performed another of his
rare operations last week for the
relief of total paralysis by grafting
a temple muscle on the affected
portion of the brain.
The operation was performed on
B. C. Hodges of Sumter county, Ga.
The patient is "doing very well.” It
was the seventh successful opera
tion of its kind performed by the
Burgeon, a member of thq faculty
of the medical college of the state
of South Carolina.
The Georgia man suffered a
stroke which resulted in cerebral
thrombosis, which means that cer
tain blood vessels supplying the
brain had become clogged.
U. S. District Attorney Lawrence
Camp of the northern district of
Georgia confirmed a report Tues
day that he is not seeking reap
pointment to his post. His tenure in
office expired in February, but he
Is holding over until an appoint
ment is made by the President.
Stranger Befriended
Twenty-Four Years Ago
Sends Lady $300 Check
Atlanta, Ga.—Twents-four years
ago a bare-footed itinerant, weak
ened by the flu epidemic that pre
vailed in the spring of 1918, during
the first world war, stumbled ontq
the front porch, of;a.farm home
down in Tift cbuhtyC
Mr. and Mrs: : .J.-L. Bishop, resjl
idents of the house, nursed the ltij!
nerant back to health from the
shadows of death. He told them!
that he was J. C. Parker of Salt!
Lake City, traveling in the interest
of the Mormon Church, and would
repay them some day. j
Mr. Bishop died a few years ago'
and Mrs. Bishop moved to Atlanta'
residing in Kirkwood; Things have
not gone very well for her. |
For one thing, she had a son I
Jack Bishop, who vyge; at Scofield |
Barracks when the Japs bombed 1
the barracks and Pearl Harbor.He
was reported killed. There were
other clouds on Mrs. Bishop's hori
zon. Then things began to bright-,
en.
Last Thursday Mrs.- Bishop re- j
ceived a letter from- Jack,- stating,
that he was all right, not to worry i
and he would be homo some day. J
Saturday morning Mrs. Bishop
received a check for $300 on a Salt!
Lake City Bank. It was signed by!
J. C. Parker. The letter had gone
to the old address in' Tift county
and been forwarded.
"This check is in appreciation of
your kindness to a Sick stranger,”
the letter said.
Everything was looking up in the
Bishop home this week-end. There
are two other boys there who want
to be soldiers.
Butler High School Journal
VOL. 6.
BUTLER. GEORGIA. APRIL 9, 1942.
NO. 19.
“the Night Before
Examination ...”
h
Briefs
State Welfare Dept.
Urges Youths Not Needed
On Farm To Join C. C. C.
The CCC division of the state
welfare department has been noti
fied that effective immediately all
new junior white enrollees from
Georgia will be sent to camps
deemed essential to national de
fense within the continental Unit
ed States. The first camps to be
filled will be those in Washington
California and Oregon, the states
in which a very large portion of
the nation's forest resources are lo
cated. This region depends largely
on CCC enrollees not noly for the
development and improvement of
these invaluable resources, but
more importantly, to look to the
trained and efficient crews of the
CCC for fire protection of these re
sources.
After such camps in the conti
nental United States are filled, the
corps will then begin filling all
camps in Georgia which are act
ively engaged in defense projects,
suchas the camps at Ft. Benning
and Camp Stewart. After filling
these camps, the corps will then
fill all the remaining replacements
in camps engaged in normal CCC
projects such as soil conservation,
fire, and wild life protection.
All Georgia youths who are not
needed on the farms or in indus
try are urged to apply immediate
ly for enrollment in the CCC at
their local county welfare depart
ments. Boys between the ages of
17 and 23 1-2 who are unemployed
unmarried, and physically fit are
eligible for enrollment.
Chairman Of War
Board Cites Need
For Milk Increase
Lotta Quartz will have to forget
"business as usual” and step up
her milk production if Georgia
farmers are to reach their wartime
goals, H. A. Sealy of the Taylor
County USDA War Board, declared
this week.
“It's evident,” Mr. Sealy said,
"That normal milk production isn't
going to be enough. We can't get
a quick increase in the number of
cows for milking, but we can and
must boost that production thru
increased feeding.
“A national goal of 125,000,000,-
000 pounds of milk has been set
for this year, compared with 116,-
500,000,000 pounds last year. Geor
gia has asked for a 10 percent in
crease over 1941—about 1,150,000,-
000 punds of milk. To get it, we'll
just have to increase Lotta Quartz
rations.”
Although Lotta and her girl
friends did the best job they've
ever done in 1941—produced more
milk than ever before—she, as an
individual, must do even better
than that this year, the war board
chairman said. '
It is estimated, he said, that on
ly about 10 percent of the 4,500,000
dairy herds in the United States
are already producing at or near
capacity. Production in some herds
it is reported, could be boosted as
much as 25 per cent with improved
feeding and care.
For delicious Cube Steak cal
Bazemore's Department Store, But
ler, Ga., Phone No. 32.
s the night before those big
exams and although you had re
solved to do some ahead-of-time
studying, as usual, you have come,
to thelast minute and some cram
ming has "gotta” take place.
You seat yourself about 7:30 in j
the quiet of the living-room and!
begin tackling that Latin vocabu- !
lary. It comes first tomorrow and
you haven't any idea of what all
those words mean, much less what
thep rincipal parts are and what
the genitive endings are.
After searching vainly through
all your books and notebooks, you
come to the logical conclusion that
the words you had copied are miss
ing.
Rushing to the telephone, you trj
to call Betty, to see if you can bor
row her copy. You receive the po
lite answer that the line is busy.
Five minutes later, you try
again. Betty is using her copy—■
she's sorry. So are you.
You go back to the living room
and start the tedious task of look
ing them all up for the second
time.
Dad has been waiting patiently
until 8 o'clock to hear his favorite
radio program. He turns in at full
tilt jqst as you had begun to get
your thoughts organized.
Soon as the program goes off the
air, Mrs. Jones comes over to tell;
all the exciting details of the wreck i
that just occurred down at the rail- j
road crossing.
“Why, I don't know when I've
enjoyed a wreck so much,” saysj
she.
After having asked all of the
usual questions and Mrs. Jones has
taken her "gossipy” departure,
peace and quiet once more reign.
Gee! It's 10-30 already and you
haven't yet got those words looked
up.
Discarding your Latin book, you
start in on English. What sort of a
phrase is this anyhow? It looks
like an adjective but it sounds like
an adverb.
Gosh! You forgot to lock the
garage door. Mother reminded you
of it at dinner. It's terribly dark
out there and suppose you should
encounter a burglar. You take the
chance and after having been
frightened to death by the dog,
you finally get the garage locked!
and get back to your “cramming”. |
, It is getting later and later. You i
can hardly see the printed pages. |
Your eyes are heavy. Mother and |
dad have long since gone up to
bed. j
Is that a growl you hear out- j
side? It seems to be getting near-:
er. Of course you aren't afraid but
you're sleepy anyway and you grab
up your books, turn out the lights
and run up to your room. i
Getting into the bed and turning I
on the bed lamp, you intend to con |
tinue your studying. You are ’just j
wondering whether Mrs. T. H. C
will ask you to diagram . . . Su
perstitiously, you decide to put
your Latin and English books un
der your pillow. It is said that
you're sure to know them if you
do this.
Just asyou are really beginning
to concentrate and the clock has
just chimed two, you are vaguely
surprised to see your Latin book,
greatly enlarged, chasing you. It
keeps saying in a voice strangely
like Miss Branch's, “What are
the principal parts of conquiro?”
Now, how on earth did the Latin
book get out from under my pil
low?
Soon you cease to wonder.
Next day, you hear somebody say
he crammed on exams until one
o'clock last night.
“That's nothing,” you brag, “I
studied ’till two.”
—Elizabeth McCants.
First Aid-Its Needs
Defined, First Aid is the imme
diate temporary treatment given in
case of accident or sudden illness
before the services of a physician
can be secured.
The First Aid treatment in many
cases determines the life of a per
son or his life in later years.
The need for First Aid treatment
is increasing yearly with the fast
development of modern machines.
With the present war going on,
people are being injured and killed
over the entire world daily.
Accidents on the highways hap
pen very often and most of us are
familiar with them. It is estimated
that there are 34 nonfatal automo
bile accidents for each fatal one.
This means more than 1,000,000
persons are injured in automobile
accidents annually. A large num
ber of these accidents are on rural
highways where medical aid can
not be secured for sometime. In
this case First Aid treatment is
very important.
^Accidents in the home come very
often, and, if the proper First Aid
Lasl; week began .with the Hi-Y
Test. Every member of the student
body took .this, test after listening
to the lectures delivered by various
members of the faculty.
The Senior Class was all “a flut
ter" last Monday when a notice
was received that the invitations
had arrived. Instantly, pencils and
papers were taken out and a se
ries of names of friends and “those
cousins I've never seen” were scrib
bled down.
Butler Hi is known for its fads.
Here one day and gone tomorrow.
The famous fad of last week was
viewing old pictures and review
ing past history. The dignified
Seniors were conscious of the fact
that they were losing part of their
dignity when the short pants and
pigtails were discovered in a long
forgotten grammar school picture.
Among the most important
events in Senior Activities is the
annual Senior play. At the moment
the name and characters of “Dea
con Dubbs” is of great interest. The
cast has been selected and regular
practice has begun.
Quivers and chills rolled down
the backs of ten Senior boys as
they glanced into the pages of the
Emory Alumni Association tests
last Wednesday. The English could
not be remembered* the mathe
matics looked only vaguely fa
miliar, the Social Science was con
fusing, the Natural Science had
never been heard of, and the Latin
resembled a mixture of Greek and
German.
Friday wasan eventful day in
the minds of the grammar school
students. Hundreds of Easter eggs
were left by the old bunnie, scores
Df young hearts were happy, and
many small stomachs felt some
awful big pains.
Miss ClydeAfay Green was a
very welcomed guest in the studio
Friday. All the music pupils went
in to talk with her. She played for
them the last movement of the
Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven.
All enjoyed her visit and were glad
to learn that she is making a very
fine record in her school work at
Shorter College in Rome. Mrs. Ed
wards served the St. Cecilians
with ice cream and all enjoyed the
social period together.
Hi-Y Test
The following test was given to
the High School students last
week. It was based on what we be
lieve and what we learned thru
thecourse.
The statements are to be answer
ed either true or false. Check your
self:
■ 1. Everybody wants to be free.
2. True freedom consists in
thinking and doing what one ought
to do.
3. One grows more free by meet
ing and overcoming obstacles.
4. Freedom involves restraint for
the good of others.
5. The selling of a product that is
harmful to others interfers with
freedom.
6. Freedom relieves one from
concern forother s.
7. The less responsibility one has
the more free he is.
8. The more one learns the less
tree he is.
9. In a Democracy people are
kept too busy to enjoy freedom.
10. Religious, racial or class
prejudice restricts freedom.
11. Negroes have- as much oppor
tunity in America as other people.
12. Freedom must be earned by
self-discipline and effort.
13. In gaining freedom a person
should strive to overcome hatred,
jealousy, and prejudice.
14. A democratic person knows he
is right and expects others to agree
with him.
15. Democracy succeeds best
Without Christianity.
16. Laws hinder freedom.
17. The person who tries to be a
consistent Christian contributes
less to freedom than one who does
not care what he does.
18. Living in fellowship with God
leads to freedom.
19. The Government should sup
ply our wants and needs.
20. Jesus said that. men gain
freedom by hiving his way of life.
treatment is given, much suffering
and sometimes many lives can be
saved.
Prevention is much better than
treatment after an accident has
occurred. As accidents will occur in
spite of all the care taken in trying
to prevent them, there may be a
long time before medical aid can
be secured. It is well to have a
thorough knowledge of first aid, for
your and other people's benefit.
—Frances Scott.
Fido's Corner
We wonder what incident hap
pened on the bus Friday afternoon
that disturbed Joyce so much.
Joyce, was it the letter which you
wrote James, and Robert happened
to find it?
We can't understand why Ike was
so unusually pleasant Saturday
morning unless it was his date the
night before. Robert, are you let
ting Ike beat your time?
Is the rumor true that We are to
lose two B. H. S. students, namely:
Carol and Harry. Carol seems to
know a lot about it although Har
ry doesn't
Oscar learns something at play
practice . . . Such as Tom is the
abbreviation for Thomas.
Well, the Seniors have at last
made up their feeble minds. Its
Jacksonville or Bust!
Isaac seems quite disturbed over
the fact that he will have to leave
Saturday morning after graduating
on Friday nite. Ike what are your
plans for that nite, anyhow?- v
What's the matter with the But
ler "Belles” and the Reynolds
boys? Has the novelty worn off?
In the last few days quite a bit
of lipstick, paint, and rouge has
been applied more heavily of the
feminine faces. Could it be Spring
fever?
Typical Scene: A left shirt
pocket containing one pencil, one
empty fountain pens, three
matches, one compact ,and one
To: Miss from Mr. .
Grace Taunton, why all the
curls? —Fldo.
GUNS
Are Being Made
From Your Scrap
IRON
Your Scrap Iron is doing a big part,
thanks to the patriotic help of the pub
lic. The mills are now receiving a
much larger portion of Scrap Iron and
the increase flow of these vital materials
is being felt in the stepped up produc
tion of American war efforts. Our job
now and your job is to keep it moving.
Our facilities give us a direct route to
the mill and cars are leaving our yards
daily with vital scrap.
a*
Experts estimate that the surface has
only been scratched in the reclaiming
of old scrap materials.
Thousands of pounds still remain
scattered around in Taylor County.
Collect it now while the need is great.
DURHAM IRON CO.
Americus : Albany : Bainbridge