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Ijhe Butler Herald
VOLUME 66
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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942
NUMBER 52
TAYLOR COUNTY MEN
Serving
IN ARMED FORCES
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED
HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS.
IS CAUSED BY FLOOD
Along with the approximately
300 Taylor county young men serv •
Ing In the armed forces of our
country we do not wish to forget
that the women of our county are
doing their share towards helping
America win this war.
A few of the Taylor county wo
men, who we recall off-hand, now
rendering full-time service include:
Lt. Frances Riley, daughter of Mrs.
Mae Riley of Butler. Lt. Riley is
serving as a nurse having enlisted
several months ago with the Emory
Hospital Unit of Atlanta. Miss
Pauline Rustln, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Rustln, who is serving in
the F.B.I. department, with head
quarters in Washington, D. C.; Miss
Ruby Jinks, daughter of Mr. and
Msr. R. M. Jinks of Mauk. Miss
Jinks Is employed in a government
office in Atlanta. Mrs. Dan S; Bee-
land, of Reynolds, wife of Lt. Dan
Beeland, who is now in foreign
service. Mrs. Beeland is engaged in
secretarial work at Wellston. Miss
Miriam Dreizin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Dreizin, serving as
librarian at Wellston. Miss Betty
Maddox, daughter of Mrs. D. O.
Brinkley, of Butler, secretary,
-Wellston. Miss Pansy Vann, daugh-
Flood at Many Points Said to be
Worse Than Unfortunate Disaster
Back in 1936.
Washington, Oct. 17—Damage es
timated in millions of dollars was
left Saturday in the wake of a three
state flood caused by nearly seven
inches of rainfall within four days
There were unconfirmed reports
that at least 15 persons had died as
a lesult of the inundation.
Thousands of weary workers toil
ed throughout the night in Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia and in
Washington where t he raging Po
tomac flood crest reached 17;6 feet
—a record high. Flood stage is
seven feet.
The" Potomac was receding slow
.. So we
hannock and Savage rivers. The
James river had reached a peak
near Richmond, Va„ and was be
ginning to fall. But at many points
the floods were worse than the
1936 disaster in which damages was
estimated at $9,464,000.
The crest of the flood hit Wash
ington early Saturday and damage
here will be comparatively negligi
ble, due largely to hurried erection
of sand bag dikes in two vulnerable
ter of Mr. nad Mrs. R. S. Vann,I
secretary, Wellston. Miss Elsie Peed j P?*® 1 n p a X„,™™t ?J h ,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank nad Llncoln
Peed, secretary, Wellston. M‘ss M ^ si |ent Roosevett made a per-
Margaret Peterman, daughter of trip of the Meal
Wellston N MMs Pe Frmices Se Harris I fl00d section of Washington yester-
daughter of Mr .and Mrs. E. L. Har-’ j fgftg “IlS
ric oonmtorv T,.,.™ neither effort nor money ‘to protect
MANY ATTEND
CONFERENCE AT
HOWARD FRIDAY
Rev. G. N. Rainey Visits Taylor
County Last Time in Capacity of
District Superintendent.
ris, secretary, Wellston. Mrs. Irene
Whatley, secretary, Wellston. Mrs.
Ricks Carson, secretary, Wellston.
Mrs. Mirriam Wright, secretary,
Wellston. Miss Doris Saunders,
secretary, Wellston.
We will appreciate any infor
mation as to other local ladies how
serving in defense or other govern
ment work.
the city.”
Meanwhile the Weather Bureau
called on backward meterologists to
help' gather data about the flood. It
was given special dispensation to
do so by the Office of Censorship,
since mention of rainfall normally
is banned in newspapers or radio
broadcasts.
November st Deadline
For Mailing Parcels
Pvt. Ennis R.Luck, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. F. Luck, of Howard,
has been transferred from Fort 1
Jackson, Miss., to Camp Gordon, I
Ga. Pvt. Luck is spending several Tft (IprCPR VolflfeK
days at home with his parents. W UC,aCQ JUIU,CI5
While at home on a short furlough
Mr. Luck and Miss Pauline
Wheeler of Atlanta, were . married
Saturday afternoon. The marriage
was performed by Judge J. R. Luns-
, ford, Ordinary of Taylor county.
Pfc, John James of Edgewood
Arsenal, Md., spent last week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. j.
James. Pvt. James reports he is
likipg the Army fine. He enlisted
about a year ago.
Julian E. Anglin, son of Mrs. W.
A. Anglin, enlisted in the Navy
about three months ago. He is now
a second class seaman and is serv
ing on the U.S.S. Sciota in the At
lantic ocean. Anglin reports he is
enjoying his work in the Navy.
Mrs. Anglin has another son, Pvt.
Leo Anglin, who is now somewhere
in England. Latest letters received
from him state that he is in good
health.
The many friends of Pvt. Ray
mond Parks will be interested in
the following letter received here
Monday. As you will note young
Parks is stationed somewhere in
England. His letter is as follbws:
"Somewhere in England".
Oct. 8, 1942.
Dear Charles:
Would like to express my thanks
to you for the copy of the Herald
every week, for 1 really appreciate
getting it. It makes a fellow feel
better when he knows what's going
on back home. I especially like the
‘‘Men in Service” column, for it
helps me keep up with all my old
friends in the service.
Like England fine but surely
would like to see the good old U.
S. A. again.
Thanking you again for tne Her
ald each week,
Sincerely,
Pvt. Raymond Parks.
34269839
401st Bomb Sqdrn.
91st Bomb Group.
A. P. O. 634
% Postmasetr
New York City, N.Y.
BUILDING LOT FOR SALE
. Only ten days remain to get the
Chirstmas shopping done for gifts
that are to be mailed to soldiers
The fourth quarterly conference
Butler - Howard Methodist charge
was held at the Howard church last
Friday.
An unusually large crowd gath
ered at the church to attend the
conference and to hear Rev. G. N.
Rainey on his last appointment in
Taylor county as District Superin
tendent. Rev. Rainey has served
four years in this capacity and will
after annual conference be returned
to duties as a pastor.
At the noon hour the ladies of
the Howard church served a boun
tiful dinner to the guests of the
fconference. >
The business session was held in
the afternoon' at which time splen
did reports were made by all of the
churches.
Wesley, Mauk, Union and How
ard churches reported they had
paid all expenses for the year.
The following 1 officials for
churches in the charge were se
lected:
Butler Church—Stewards: C. E.
Benns, W. J. Butler, Dr. Eli Gar
rett, A. J. Gill, Mrs. T. B. Joiner
(Recording Steward), W. M.
Mathews, E. D. McCorvey, Dr. R. C.
Montgomery, Mrs. H. J. Porter
(Treas. Brd. Stewards) H. H. Riley,
Col. C. C. Stone, W. G. Wallace.
Dist. Stewards: C. E. Berths Sr., H
A. Sealy, Alt.
Butler S. S.: A. J. Gill, Gen. Supt.
T. E. Tante, Supt. Adult Division;
Mrs. R. L. Adams, Supt Young
People Division; Miss Janie Neisler
Supt. Children Division.
Board of Christian Education:
Mrs. E. G. Blackwell (chm.), Mrs.
Bertha Bazemore, Miss Oudia
\ Brewr,' Mrs, Ruth Dunwody, T. H.
Chambers, Mrs. Lawrence Joiner.
Butler: Pres. W. S. C. S., Mrs. F.
J. Gilbert.
Butler Church Trustees of Church
of Parsonage Property: C. E. Benns
W. J. Butler, Dr. Eli Garrett, T. B.
Joiner J. T. Mathews and H. H.
Riley.
Howard Church Stewards: R. L.
Brown, E. Esselstyn, E. H. Perkins,
Rupert Willis and Clinton Clark.,
Howard Trustees: R. L. Brown, E
Washington, Oct. 20—Members of
Georgia's congressional delegation
wrote President Roosevelt today
urging appointment of sen. Walter
George (D-Ga.) to the vacancy on
the U, S. Supreme Court created by
the resignation of Associate Justice
Jas, F. Byrnes.
The delegation acted without the
knowledge of the state's senior
overseas, the postoffice department H- Perkins, L. H. Vanlandingham.
- - - Howard S. S. Supt.: H. A. Sealy.
Howard Pres. W. S. C. S.: Mrs.
warns. Packages mailed after No
vember 1st will have little chance
of reaching men abroad by Decem
ber 25th.
The Postmaster at Butler advises
that there has been some confusion
regarding the regulations as to size
and weight of parcels to be mailed
to Uncle Sam's fighting men.
Although “shoe box size” has
been widely publicized as correct
for overseas Christmas packages, a
shoe box is not a satisfactory con
tainer, the postmaster said. Proper
package is a heavy double-faced
corrugated box.
Weight limit is 11 pounds, max
imum elngth, 18 inches, and max
imum length and girth combined
must not exceed 42 inches.
“We cannot make any exceptions Bomery
to these rules” the postmaster ad
vises.
Food not to be Included
James Brown.
Union Church, Stewards: E. C.
Gholson, A. H. Jarrell, Fred Jarrell
Thelmon Jarrell, J. M. McCants.
Union Trustees: H. H. Gholson,
Hinton Jarrell, Thelmon Jarrell.
Union, Supt. S. S.: Hugh McCants
Wesley Church, Stewards: J. A.
Hetah, Charlie Butler, W. A. Spinks
R. M. Suggs, W. J. Willis.
Wesley Trustees: Charlie Butler,
J. A. Heath, R. M. Suggs.
Wesley Supt. S. S.: W. J. Willis.
Mauk Church, Stewards: Mrs. R.
M. Jinks, R. D. Waller; Willie Mc
Farland, Irvin Williams.
Mauk Trustees: R. D. Waller,
Willie McFarland, Harmon Mont
ROOSEVELT URGED
TO NAME GEORGE
ON HIGH COURT
Georgia Delegation's Petition
Cites Senator's Record As a
Lawyer.
Central of Georgia; Jas. A. Addlsort,
Commercial Agent of the Central
of Georgia; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
McLean, brother and sister-in-law;
MR McLEAN'S FUNERAL
ATTENDED BY NUMBER OF
OUT-OF-TOWN FRIENDS
Husband of Former Butler Lady
Dies at Home in Brooklyn, New
York.
TAYLOR COUNTY
SCOUTS HOLD MEET
HERE SUNDAY P.M.
Scout Leaders Team of Columbus
District Are Guest of Ttroup
Here.
Among the out-of-town friends
and relatives attending the commit-
meht services here last Thursday
afternoon for Mr. Henry R. McLean ifSSu wire! a a d frJ ®" ds
Included the following: ' J‘ K '^ as 1 i cId Sl,!;da V
From Macon: H, C. White, Di
vision Freight Agent of the Cen-
A large and enthusiastic gather
ing of Boy Scout leaders and friends
noon in the Butler Methodist
church. E. G. Blackwell, chairman
tral of Georgia Ry.; W. W. Hackett, !lL the ,T aylor dist * ict > made a splen-
Division Passenger Agent of the d d addross of welcome in which he
- - - - stressed the need of Scouting antj
the interst of boys in the program.
He particularly paid tribute to the
excellent work being done by R. L.
Mrs. Henry Winship McLean, niece; ® urns > Chas. C. Stone and Julian V.
and Miss Carolyn McLean, niece. | DuPree. He also expressed his
From Savannah: W. McN. Knapp, 1 t0 the churches for sponsor-
Chief Traffic Officer of the Central lln S this outstanding meeting and
of Georgia; Wm. E. Stewart, Freight 10 the ladies for preparing the din-
Trafflc Manager of Central Rail- j ner ’
way. i Rev. F. J. Gilbert acted as pro-
From Columbus: T. P. Wade, Di- ■ Gram chairman and expressed
vision Freight Agent, Central Rail- < thanks for the work that C. L
way., (Adams, Scout executive, and Roy
From Atlanta: Harrell L. Perkins, M. Hall, assistant executive, were
General Industrial Agent, of the J doing in behalf of the boys of Butler
Central of Georgia; Frank M. Tuttle and the entire county.
Division Freight Agent of the Cen
tral Railway.
Other points: William Molinet,
New York, Commercial Agent of the
Central of Georgia’ Railrpad; Mrs,
The fundamentals of the Boy
Scout program were discussed by
Hall and Mr. W. G. Wallace, dis
trict commissioner. Mr. Hall dis
cussed the development of Scouting
Frank Minnis of Pittsburgh, sister ( in America and the essentials of
of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs. Win- Uhe Scout movement, giving par-
ship McLean, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. ticular emphasis to the Scout Oath
McLean of Bickley W. Va.; broth
ers and sisters-in-law of the de
ceased.
Besides the above quite a large
group of Reynolds citizens and
other friends from the county • at
large were In attendance-
interment for Mr. McLean was
held at the local cemetery last
Mauk S. S.
Jinks.
Mauk, Pres.
Supt.: Mrs. R. M.
W. S. C. S.: Mrs.
Mailers are advised that both the, J° e Wilder,
War Department and Navy Depart-1 . ....
ment have stated that no food naan IflCDnC AQVIS6S
should be inclosed in parcels mail
ed to members of the armed forces
overseas, not only because crumbs
or other matter escaping from the
parcels attract vermin, but for the
further reason that the armed forc
es are amply supplied with food.
Sugar Stamp No. Nine
Good For Three Pounds
From Nov. 1 Until Dec. 15
Col, C. C. Stone, secretary of the
Taylor County Rationing Board,
states that he has been advised by
government official that Sugar
Stamp No. Nine for three pounds of
sugar will be good beginning Nov.
1 until Dec. 15.
Patrons Of Changes
Made In Schedule
Due to the fact that ninety per
cent of the patronage of the Dean
Theatre is made up of out-of-town
people and under the present short
age of rubber and gasoline as well
as so many of our young men en
tering the armed forces and also the
large number of our citizens mov
ing away to accept positions in war
production plants or other'govern-
ment work, we are forced to dis
continue our Wednesday and
Thursday shows effective after to
night, Oct. 22nd. We also wish to
state that we will resume full time
schedule as soon as transportation
facilities will allow.
Our Sunday and Monday shows
The Butler High School Library as we n as Friday and Saturday
will open each" mprriing at 9:45 lp ro grams will continue on the same
Desirable building lot within City
limits of Butler; 100-ft. frontage If 14
and 33-ft. deep. Has small barn on pounds)
it. For further
Butler Herald.
o'clock and close-at 3:45 p. m. The
Library. The Library will be closed
all day on Saturdays
million tons (2,800,000,000
of scrap were collected
information call, in this country it would be enohgh
to build many battleships.
schedule.
In the meantime the four days
a week on which the show is ope
rated we will continue to giw you
the best pictures that it is possible
to obtain.
The Dean Theatre,
Butler, Ga.
senator,, and the letter was drafted
by Rep. Steve Pace of the Third
congressional district in which
George resides.
The letter was signed by Sen.
Richard B. Russel and Representa
tive Carl Vinson, Paul Brown, i
Frank Whelchel, Sidney Camp,
John Gibson, Eugene Cox, Hugh
Peterson, Malcolm Tarver and Pace.
Rep. Robert Ramspeck had pre
viously advocated the appointment
of Chief Justice Charles Reid of
the Georgia Supreme Court and did
not sign the letter. However, in an
other letter, Ramspeck wrote the
president that George's appoint
ment would be gratifying to him.
The text of the delegation's let
ter to the president follows:
“We respectfully invite your
special consideration of the quali
fications of Sen. Walter George for
membership on the Suprem Court
of the United'States and express the
earnest hope that he may be se
lected to fill the vacancy now ex
isting on that court.
“While born the son of a tenant
farmer In Webster County, Georgia
Sen. George has thru his efforts de
veloped himself into one of the out
standing men of the nation. Cer
tainly there is none with finer in
tellectual capacity or with higher
personal Integrity.
"In early life Sen. George demon
strated his outstanding legal abili
ty. He served as prosecuting attor
ney of his circuit, as judge of the
superior courts of his circuit, as
judge of the State Court of Appeals
and as justice of the Supreme Court
of Georgia.
“In every service he has dis
tinguished himself for his ability,
his fairness and his courage.
“We know he will serve with
equal distinction as a justice of the
U. S. Supreme Court and will be a
credit to that court and to the na
tion.”
and Law, Scout service and the
leadership of the program by vol
unteers.
Mr. Wallace brought out interest
ing data on how the program js
used by the community and insti
tution. In his talk he stressed the
fact that the boys are the respon
sibility of the community and that
Thursday • afternoon Rev Hugh their training is clearly a duty of
Dozier, pastor of the local Baptist parents.
church, and Rev. F. J. Gilbert, pas- Following the completion of the
tor of the local Methodist church, I trianing session, the meeting was
had charge of the service, - . .continued on-.the outside, where
Mr. McLean died in New York . g couts bad built an enormous
October 11th after an illness of sev-1 cam fj re( around which lunch was
eral months. Funeral services.were B p rea( j' on tables. After the serving
held for him at the Bairchild Fu-, 0 j the lunch, all gathered around
neral Home in Brooklyn, N. Y.,: t be campfire where old-fashioned
Tuesday 1 evening, Oct. 13th. songs were sung and Boy Scouts
Mr. McLean was a native* of I presented stunts.
Macon/Ga;, where he was born The afternoon and evening sos-
Sept. 17, 1882. He had_been with 6lon was com pi e t e d when all per-
the Central of Georgia Railway for Kons re t urne( i to the. church for the
the past 42 years. He had been oven i n g services, which were con-
eastern traffic agent for the railroad; ducfcd b Mr> Ha il.
at New York since March, 1920, and 17
was prominent in club affairs there. I
Bamesviile, Griffin
having been the past president of Ungp Army famn Ta
the Georgia Club in New York nad 1,1 m Jf VUH, r ,v
also of thet raffle club of that D fl p M ||f p a f ulufan
city, the largest organization of its DC DUIII DCiVYVYCII
kind in the world.
Mr. McLean is survived by his
wife, the former Miss Heard Scan-
drett of this city; also three broth
ers, Messrs Hugh and Winship Mc
Lean of Macon; and Elihu McLean
of Charleston, West Virginia; and
two sisters, Mrs. Frank Minnis of
Pittsburgh, Pa., and Mrs. Paul H.
Watson of Macon.
Charing Man Injred
In Jump From Truck
Near Americas Saturday
Amerfcus, OcL ’l8- ; -Mhc'fc ChYpen*
ter of Charing is In a critical con*
dltlon at an Airterlcus hsopital as a
Holders Of B And C
Gas Cards Warned
On Epiration Date
All unused portions of “B” and
"C" gas rationing books expiring
Oct. 22—today—must be returned to
local boards within five days after
expiration, Frank Merritt, regional
gas rationing representative, said
yesterday.
In addition, motorists must file
by Nov. 22, an affidavit stating they
do not own more than five tires per
automobile. Failure to make a
truthful certificate, Philip Weltner
OPT attorney, pointed out yester
day, carries a penalty of not ex
ceeding 10 years' imprisonment, and
a fine of not exceeding $10,000.
OPA officials yesterday pointed
out that motorists are free to act
Immediately in selling or giving to
the government's vitally needy tire
stock-pile, thru the Railway Ex
press Agency.
Card Of Thank#
We wish to take this opportunity
to express our sincere thanks to our
, many kind friends and neighbors
result of injuries sustained' teh’en he j who Were so considerate Of us dur-
jumped from a speeding • truck to, ing the time of our greatest sorrow
recover his hat. occasioned by the sudden death of
Hospital attaches said Carpenter bur devoted husband and father,
suffered several concussions when I Frank M. Foy. May. God abundantly
he landed on his head In the leap | reward each of you is our earnest
and that his condition is reported prayer.
grave. | .. Mrs. F. M. Foy & Family.
Bamesviile, Oct. 16.—The U. S.
Army will construct a huge canton
ment costing approximately $23,-
000,000 between Griffin and Barnes-
ville, Mayor Harvey Kennedy said
today.
Mayor Kennedy said that altho
no land had been officially pur
chased as yet that Army engineers
are already on the job.
Robert & Company, Atlanta firm
has been awarded a contract for the
engineering and architectural
phase of the construction, it was
reported.
It is believed that a minimum of
35,000 men will be trained at the
camp.
Mayor Kennedy, Judge W. H. Beck
of Griffin; Hal Perkins, Central of
Georgia industrial representative;
Ivan Allen and Frank Shaw of At
lanta all went to Washington re
cently to confer with officials there
regarding the camp!
Local P.T A. Sponsoring
Hallowe'en Carnival At
School Auditorium Oct. 30
Right this way, folks! Right this
way! Hear the barkers! Heed what
they say! A Hallowe'en Carnival!
Big stuff! We're telling you, and
its no bluff. Stage attractions? You
bet! Best thing you've seen yet.
Bring the family, large and small!
We'll have eats, plenty for all. Hot
dogs, salads, cakes and pies! Dress
In costume, win a prize. Come ear
ly, stay late! Don't leave at half
past-eight. Witches, owls ahd
ghosts galore! We'll be meeting
you at the door. Such a show you’ye
hot seen before! You’ll laugh, you’ll
thrill and ask for more.
Date: Friday nlte, Oct. 30.
Time: 7:30 p. m.
Place: Butler High School. j