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THE BUTLER HERALD, BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 16, 1942.
PAGE FIVE
Montezuma Physician
Makes Fifty Years Of
Practice In Macon Co.
Montezuma, Ga„ March 8—Fifty
years ago this week Dr. F. M
Mullino received his diploma from
the Southern Medical College of
Atlanta and began the practice of
medicine. Forty-nine years ago he
came to Montezuma at the insls-
tence of J. B. Dykes, a drug store
owner, and settled down to general
rural practice.
He has seen Montezuma grow
from a small community of 1,000
inhabitants to a modern town
where more than 2,500 people
make their homes.
He remembers his first car, pur-
chased in 1908, which freed him
from the .hardships of horse-and-
buggy travel.
The county'is filled with men
and women whom he ushered into
the world, and here and there will
be found “Freds” or “F. M.’s” who
were named for him.
He is a past president of the
Taylor-Macon County Medical As
sociation, the A. B. & C. Surgeon's
Association and the Third District
Medical Association.
The doctor looks and is fit, and
declares, if the tire shortage causes
a return to the horse-and-buggy
days, he will be snapping a whip
with the rest of them. Because of
the almost incredible strides of
medicine in the past half-century,
Dr. Mullino says it is necessary
for a modern doctor to study in
cessantly and remarks that the
profession is increasingly interest
ing to him for that reason.
M AUK
TWO COUSINS MEET AT
WREN'S NEST AFTER A
SEPARATION OF 50 YEARS
Atlanta, April 15—At the Wren's
Nest, on Gordon Street, long the
home of Joel Chandler Harris,
known to children of the world as
"Uncle Remus,” the doorbell rang
twice yesterday. (The home is kept
up as a memorial to the beloved
writer).
First to enter were an elderly
woman and her daughter, who reg
istered from Detroit. They were
shown over the home, including the
famous library.
The bell rang again. This time
the callerswere two sisters of the
Catholic church, registering from
St. Louis. The two® pairs met.
‘‘Why, Susan!” exclaimed the el
der Detroit visitor.
“Why, Helen!” returned one of
the nuns. “Why, it must have been
50 years!”
They were cousins who had not
seen each other for half-a-century
meeting by chance in a city
strange to both of them.
GEORGIAN, MISSING 25 YEARS,
FOUND LIVING IN KENTUCKY
Mrs. Ida Wall spent the week-end
with Mrs. Lula Wall in Butler.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Heath and
children of Junction City were
guests Sunday of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Whittington.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Spinks had
as spend-thc-day guests Sunday
Mrs. Leila Willis, Mrs. Rupert Wil-
lis and sons of Howard.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Montgome-
ery and Otis and others whose
names we failed to learn spent
Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs
Brannon Montgomery.
Miss Joyce McMillan spent Sat
urday night with Miss Carol Wal
ler.
Miss Earline Turner of Americus
was the recent visitor of her par
ents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller of
Ellaville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Wilder Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harper Woodall of
Thomaston, spent the week end
with Mr. J. W. Woodall and Mrs.
Thelma McElmurray.
Mi. and Mrs. Lewis Cromer and
baby of Thomaston were recent
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Barney.
Miss Jean Lancaster spent the
week end with her grand-parents
Mr. and Mrs. 1. L. Anthony.
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Anthony were Rev. and Mrs.
C. L. Wall and son of Cusseta, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Humber Sr., Mr,
Butler High School Journal
VOL. 6.
BUTLER, GEORGIA, APRIL 16, 1942.
NO. 20.
What Is The
Price of Freedom?
The following is the text of a
speech by Miss Branch on the sub
ject, "What Is the Price of Free
dom.”
We Americans think that free
dom is the birthright of every citi- .
zen. We know that it Includes the the Studio Arts Building in* Atlanta 1 Rlve you a llft Don't come if you
right for everyone to live and work I Many members of the St. Cecilia j can<t laugh for the antics of
News From The
Music Department
The Edward MacDowell Music
Festival, which was originated
some 13 years ago by Evelyn Jack
as he chooses, the right of free
speech, worship, assembly, suffrage
and lawful process for person and
property regardless of creed, color
race or economic position.
Do we ever take the time, how
ever, to think of how these liberties
came to be the natural right of
every American citizen? Do we
realize that every advantage offer
ed by our democratic form of gov
ernment came to us because thou
sands of men and women in our
past history were willing to pay a
price for the freedom they sought
and bequeatehd to you?
Freedom, itself, is not free. From
our everyday experiences we have
learned that we appreciate most
those things for which we have
worked and which we deserve. We
cannot be sure of our rights to live
and work as we please or to enjoy
“Deacon Dubbs” Title
Senior Class Play
Do you have Spring fever? Do
you feel low and run-down? Oh, no
„ o ^ this isn't an advertisement for Car-
son, former president of the Geor- ters L * tt * e L * ver Pills—It's a re
gia Federation of Music Clubs, will mlnder that the Seniors have
be held this week, April 13-18, in started work on a play which will
the Studio Arts Building in A ~ “
5 Of the St. CcL'iua ; . — — —
and Edward MacDowell Music Deuteronomy in trying to avoid the
Clubs will attend this festival. The husband-hunting yennle will turn
programs of the festival are not over your tickle-box. The- old
contests but are to be held in honor Thomas cat which Deacon Dubbs
of Edward MacDowell and to ap-, ls lettln S die in the well is a mys-
predate his music. The programs tery t0 tho auctioneer but not to
are devoted entirely to his music, j the audience. The "budding, blush-
The following is a program of ing ’ blossom ” Mlss Phillpeny Pop-
MacDowell's Music which will be over ls not as old-fashioned as she
presented Thursday night at 8:30: 1 lo ° Rs -
and Mrs.' R.'c. Humber Jr„ "Miss ' £° s < 5 US by
Elizabeth Humber of Butler, Mr. | ^°"® tlt “‘ i ° n nr w f J th
and Mrs Tom Hughies and1 dough- price is V wiHingnessoi
, er °Lir ^’ pwi,l£n Svery American man, woman, boy
Lancaster and children. | and girl, to assume certain perso-
Rev ‘ 3 ' D ; Phurph na1, soclal and political responsl-
preached at the. Methodist church bmties _ the wlllingness 0 f each
here Sunday morning in the ab- person t0 assufTle hls share of the
sence of Rev. F. J. GHbert o at tagk ln ma king our democ-
preached at the Reynolds Methodist come nearer the ideal of
church. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Gilbert and
Emory Gilbert of Butler.
Mr. Sid Whittington returned to
nation.
The dictators of Germany and
Italy declare that democracy is
decadent—that it is a form of gov
Statesboro, Ga., April 12—Miss
ing for 25 years, since World War
I, a Bulloch countian with four sis
ters living here, has been located in
Wayland, Ky.
Members of the family of the
late Maddison Parrish this week
herd from their brother, Dr. Mel
ton Parrish, after a search of 25
years. About a year ago a niece
mentioned to Mrs. Julian C. Lane,
Bulloch County historian, that her
uncle had not been heard from
since he sailed with the American
forces to France during the first
World War.
Mrs. Lane became interested, and
with the assistance of Sen. Richard
Russell succeeded in locating Dr.
Parrish.
Dr. Parrish, is now married and
has two children. His four sisters
living in Bulloch county are Mrs.
Ben Holland, Mrs. Chardlie Jones,
Mrs. Silas Prosser and Miss Zada
Parrish.
Camp Benning Monday after spend j ern ment which has become obso-
ing several days with his parents j ete —^ kat ^ can never attain the
recuperating from injuries received ’efficiency achieved by the dictator-
in an automobile accident several I'shins.
weeks ago.
Several of our citizens are at
tending superior court in Butler
this week.
Miscellaneous Shower For
Mrs. Peed
On Tuesday afternoon, March 31,
Mrs. R. D. Waller, Mrs. J. W. Lan
caster and Mrs. Thelma McElmur-
ships.
Are we going to endure without
grumbling the hardships which this
war will place upon us in ever-in
creasing numbers? Are we going to
ask, “What can I do to help my
nation at this time?"
In recent years, a deplorable at
titude has arisen among certain
classes of Americans. That attitude
is the one that declares that the
. . , . . . government must take care of us,
ray were joint-hostesses n enter- governme nt ought to do this,
taining with a Miscellaneous Show-1 and h governmen t ought to do
er for Mrs. Marion Peed at the 1 6 6
home of Mrs. Waller. Games and
contests in which Miss Nell Pitt
man, Mrs. W. R. Turner and Mrs.
H. W. Woodall were prize-winners
were enjoyed. Then little Helen
Woodall and Gene McElmurray,
niece and nephew of the bride,
came in with a' basket heavily la
den with many nice and useful
gifts for the bride. There were
thirty guests present. The hostesses
served dainty refreshments.
Mrs. F. E. Posey Honored
At Shower
Mrs. F. E. Posey was the honoree
at a Miscellaneous Shower given by
Mrs. Brannon Montgomery Satur
day afternoon at her home near
Mauk. Twenty-five ladies were
present to enjoy the games, guess
ing contests and other merry-mak
ing. Thisreporter was sorry that
mg. aether for the eood of all
she was unable to learn the names g ™ “ e ®ood ot all
that for us. Let us remember that
in a democracy WE are the gov
ernment, and that as a democracy
we will not become efficient until
all citizens work together for the
common good.
Let me repeat then, freedom does
have a great price—it does cost
something. Freedom was not
meaningless word to those patriots
Who endured the ice and snow at
Valley Forge. So firm was their be
lief in it that they were willing to
sacrifice their lives and fortunes
to make it the foundation stone of
our government.
Democracy is something more
than a form of government. It is
also a moral concept that has
been derived from the wisdom of
past ages. It is an expression of the
belief that men should live to
gether with mutual respect for the
rights of other men and work to-
To a Wild Rose will be played as
duets by the following:
Jean Peed Theresa Wallace
Gloria Bazemore Barbara Allen
H. G. Pye Evans Locke
Aileen Doyel Lennell Waters
A LaTrantelle, Marjorie Brown.
To a Humming Byrd, Barbara
Allen.
Elfin Round, Ward Edwards
Love of a Tin Soldier, J. S. Green
To a Humming Bird, Bobby Parks
Scotch Poem, Kathryn Amos
Rigaudon, Helen Jarfell.
Memories of McDowell, Ben Giles
In Autumn, Helen Perkins
Hngarlan, Oscar Adams.
Songs:
The Robin Singsin the Apple
Tree, Martha Jane Elliston.
The Pansy, Frances McGinty. ,
We are all very glad to have this
opportunity to play and appreciate
the music of America's greatest
composer, Edward MacDowell. We
are expecting to have a nice time.
The group will include Mrs. L. R|
Adams and Mrs. J. W. Edwards.
—Ben Giles.
Mr. Chambers Returns
I Watch
A Senior Girl
I am standing at the front of the
building when she arrives. Here
she ls; a Senior girl and you should
see her. Her long hair is combed
In becoming curls. Her face is
smoothly powdered and other cos
metics are attractively applied. £er
white shirt and skirt are very neat
looking and her saddle oxpords and-
socks are nice and clean.
The bell rings. She goes into her
home room where the roll is called.
Another bell rings. She gets her
books that are needed for the next
class and leaves the Senior room. I
Bee her walk down the hall and
If you are planning to have a
good time in the near future,|"ter'a class room*
watch for specific announcements
about this hilarious event.
un-
Last Monday morning one could
feel an air of suppressed gaiety and
happiness on the campus—as if
something nice were about to hap
pen. And it was. And it was!
Mr. Chambers came back to us
after an absence of several weeks
due to illness. He had been greatly
missed by everyone.
We are glad that he greatly im
proved and we wish for him j
continued recuperation.
We feel that we can justly speak
for the entire student body in say
ing.
“Mr. Chambers, we are glad that
you are back!”
—Elizabeth McCants.
Dido's Corner
FLORIDA COAST LIGHTS
ARE TO BE SHIELDED
Tallahassee, Fla. — The bright
lights of Florida's east coast resi
dential and playground ocean front
areas will be screened out for the
duration of the war so they will not
be visible to enemy craft at sea.
The state defense council head
quarters here said the screen out
would extend alnog the entire East
coast, but it will not apply to the
gulf coast side of the state.
Entertainment spots will continue
tJb operate along the coast but they
will -be required to protect their
lights so that ships at sea cannot
be silhouetted. Residences, hotels
and other business es on the ocean
front will shield their lights.
2 WIFE-SLAYERS’ DOOM
AFFIRMED BY HIGH COURT
Atlanta, April 15—The Georgia
Supreme Court Tuesday affirmed
the death sentence given C. E.
Martin, Atlanta soda clerk, who
slashed his wife to death with a
knife on a Kirkwood street on
March 3, 1941.
The high court at the same time
affirmed the death sentence of J.
B. Billingsley, who shot his wife
to death in Cedartown on Sept. 6,
1941.
The circumstances of both cases
were similar in that the couples
were estranged and the husbands
allegedly were seeking reconcilia
tions.
of those winning prizes. The bride
received many useful gifts. Con
gratulations and good wishes for a
happy married life. The hostess
was assisted in serving delicious
refreshments by Mesdames Harmon
Montgomery, R. D. Waller and J. W
Lancaster.
PRESIDEN TAPPROVES
COLUMBUS HOSPITAL
S190.100 PROJECTS
Columbus, April 9—Notification
of the approval by President Roose
velt of two projects totaling $1S0,-
100 to improve hospital facilities in
Columbus was received yesterday
by Mayor Ed Murrah from Senator
Wqlter George, but pending official
advice, leaders here were not cer
tain about the nature of the work.
Mayor Murrah's telegram from
the Georgia Senator follows: “Pres
ident has today approved projects
9-189 and 9-901 for $190,000 for hos
pital facilities at Columbus. Grant
of $58,000 for 9-189. Federal con
struction for 9-902 of $132,100.”
Because numbers of two projects
were listed in the message, City
Manager Marshall Morton said
there is a possibility that the Fed
eral Works Agency grant asked by
the city had been changed to some
extent. He said the original project
had been listed as 9-189.
Mr. Morton said the last grant
the city had asked for was $134,-
190 for construction work on the
addition to the city hospital and
$33,547 for equipment. The city re
quested $94,500 for an addition, to
the west wing of the white hospital
with equipment costing $23,625 and
$3‘,690 for an addition to the negro
annex and $9,922 for equipment.
The city manager revealed that
the original request for enlarge
ment of the hospital had been for
more than a million dollars.
Democracy then is the only form
of government which comes near
est to the ideals of Christianity. It
is the only form of government
that offers everyone the means of
achieving happy and complete liv
ing. But let us also femember that
it demands more from us than any
other type if- it is to survive.
Someone once said, “only those
men will keep their freedom who
are fit for it.” You High School pu
pils of today are the citiizens of to
morrow. Let us fervently hope that
you will realize that your responsi
bilities begin now. May you have
the determination to make the
most of your opportunities while
you are still in school, that you
will assume new duties rather than
shirk them and do all in your pow
er to become the worthy citizens of
tomorrow.
Success For Sale
Mr. Downer, do you really think
that Ruth couldn't decide whether
it was summer or winter one day
last week.—He also thinks that
Ruth should tear out her B. T. U,
lessons as she' completes them each
Sunday night.
Some people certainly need
glasses around Butler school. Well
anyway, two certain girls don't
look like “stuffed bullfrogs” any
more than the one that think so.
Do you get it Carolyn, Mary and
Marjorie? We're just wondering
what you all think of our other-
partner. . . . Hug!
Harold, from now on, please
stick to the lines that are written
in the play book. But we can't
much blame you. The red wig is
pretty bad . . . Ruth and Oscar
have also made "errors" in play
practice.
ooo . . . What was that? Oscar, I
didn't know you could jump
high. Mrs. Chambers, you sho’ are
white. Do you see anything, Tee?
Whew, I would have declared I
heard something. Maybe it was
just the door blowing open, but
eight seniors and their teacher
surely did suffer a scare Friday
night.
Carole, you’re “gotta" look out,
Grace is “.gonna” beat yo’ time,
That's a REAL cute baby picture
you have of him- • • • Wher'd you
get it? —Fido.
You envy those who have success
do you? You want it for yourself?
All right. It's for sale.
But will you work without
thought of hours? Many times
through the night? Often on holi
days? Perhaps like Balzac, eigh
teen hour a day for forty years?
Would you care to move a cot to
your office as Thomas Edison did
and sleep so as not to waste time?
Will you have the heart to sweat
over your success even in suffering
and disease, as did Stevenson and
Heinrich Heine and Sir Walter
Scott and Keats and Alexander
Pope and a host and horde of oth
ers of the great?
Will you have infinite patience
in case you must starve for nearly
sixty years, like Cervantes, before
your dreams come true?
Can you muster the appalling
courage of a Washington to at
tempt those things that few would
even dare to try?
Are you prepared to sacrifice the
company of family and friends, as
did Napoleon? The leisure and
pleasure others enjoy, and luxuries
that most men look upon as neces
sities?
Have you the hardihood of an
Abraham Lincoln to meet black
despair and gray fatigue and forget
them all and go on?
Can you continuously face the
terrifying fear of failure and stare ^
it down, keeping always within
you the faith of Martin Luther that
burns like a flame?
Will you have the courage of
Christopher Columbus to lay the
phantoms of the mind and sail on
and on, letting neither friend nor
foe, nor poverty nor wealth, nor
danger of death dissuade you, nor
circumstances turn you aside?
Ah, yes! Success is for sale.
How much will you pay?
Highlights of Exams
There is never a thing
pleasant and boring but that one
can find those little incidents
which break the monotony.
We refer to those six-weeks ex
ams last week and the things
which helped to relieve the tension
in the classes.
Ruth Cook arrived late to her
first exam—Typing II—breathlessly
murmuring something about hav
ing seen a “man" up-town . . .
Miss Branch, noticing Harold's
hands trembling violently, asked if
something were wrong. Harold said
“No'm, I get this way in all ex
ams.”
Along about the 40th question in
Sociology (given out orally) Sidney
asked, “Well, what is forty in Ro
man Numerals?” Evidently he
hadn't expected so long a test.
Friday morning Mrs. T. H-. C.
placed the following announcement
on the board: “There will be no
recess for the Seniors." And it was
not a class meeting either, in case
you are wondering.
The only consolation that we
have in exams is the fact that
failure slips don't go out on that
weekend. Some consolation!
B. H. S. And The
District Meet
Butler High will be represented
at the District Meeting which is to
be held at Cordele, Ga., on April
17-18. The following students will
enter:
Literary
Girl’s Essay, Betty Sealy
Boy's Essay, Harpld Jarrell
Music, Oscar Adams
Athletics
Discuss, Clifford Spillers
100-Yard dash, Sidney Hobbs
220-Yard dash, Stewart Mont
gomery.
440-Yard dash, William Hortman
One-half mile relay team, Sidney
Hobbs, Stewart Montgomery, Isaac
Dreizin and William Hortman.
—Helen Jarrell.
The next time I see the girl is at
recess when she goes across from
the school to “the little store.” I
hear her say, "Mrs. Gay, I want a
hamburger and a Coca-cola. Oh,
yeah, I want some of that candy,
too.” Then she goes back across
the road to the school house and
joins a group of other girls who
have assembled just at the front
entrance. I hear them laugh and
talk (I won't say what they talk
about) for 15 minutes, then the
bell rings for the third period class.
Our girl goes again to the Senior
room and gets the books that she
wants to take to the next two
classes, because both of her other
classes after lunch are on the other
side of the building, and she docs
not want to do any walking that
she doesn't have to do.
Time marches on. A bell rings.
The Senior girl goes out of the
room and puts her books in her
desk in her home room. Then I see
her to home, to the lunch room,
or to the little store again for
lunch. After she has eaten lunch,
Bhe either plays baseball or sits on
the steps and talks with someone
about a hard test that she has just
finished or is gping to have next
period. The bell rings and she goes
to the senior room again for Eng
lish. (Don't ask ME what she
learnsthere) . __
Next is Physicial Ed. Period.
Where she goes to play, and what
she plays, depends on what color
group she belongs to. If she's for
tunate (?) enough to be in the
Senior play, she doesn't have to
play.
Again! A bell rings! I see our
Senior leaving the school building.
She has a BIG pile of books in her
arms, her long hair is straight and
stringy, her once powdered and
rouged face is slick and pale, her
white shirt is wrinkled and dirty
her socks and shoes are red with
dust from the baseball diamond.
But tho the tired look on her
face you can see a look of happi
ness. Why? Silly, a typical senior
girl, has just completed a typical
day at school and doesn't have to
return until 10 o'clock in the mom-
ning.
General Electric men and women—thousand* of them! Four
typical scenes show the spirit with which they are tackling the
grim job of producing for warl
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III
1, Thousands of employees, only
ten days after war declaration,
gathered in mass meetings in
most major G-E plants to pledge
all-out war effort!
2. Almost 85 per cent of all Gen-
cral, Electric employees signed
up to buy U. S. Defense Saving*
Bonds totalling more than
$20,000,000 a year!
3. A sign chalked by a G;E work
man on a big machine being built
for war. The sign carried this
challenge to fellow workers:
“Remember Wake Island!
4, And day and night—around
the clock—G-E workmen keep
steadily at the most important
job of building weapons and sup
plies for U.S. fighting men!
General Electric believes that its first duty as a good
citizen is to be a good soldier.
General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.