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The Butler Herald
VOLUME 67
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KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1942
NUMBER 1
IIMISS VIRGINIA PERKINS
IS GIVEN PROMOTION BY
DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Last week the Herald gave a list
of a number of Taylor county young
ladles serving In defense areas. We
wish to add to this list the name
of Miss Mildred Sealy who is em
ployed as a stenographer In the
Fourth Service (Commission. Miss
Sealy Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Sealy of Howard.
Mr. Gray Fountain, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. L. Fountain of Butler,
and at present a student at Emory
School of Medicine has recently
been appointed Second Lieutenant
Medical .Administrative Corps, in
the Army of U. S.
Pvt. Eugene Peed stationed at
Camp Croft, S. C„ spent the week-
, end with relatives here. Pvt. Peed
was accompanied onh is return to
Local Young Lady Will Study for
New Work Under Many Noted
Doctors of America.
Miss Virginia Perkins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Perkins, of
Howard, was recently selected to
become Research Serologlst for the
Georgia Department of Public
Health Laboratories. In order to
further qualify her for the posi
tion, Miss Perkins is being sent to
study laboratory procedures in
general and specifically serologic
tests in the laboratories of the va
rious authors. The details of her
trip have not yet been worked out,
but tentative date for her depar
ture has been set for Feb. 1, 1943.
One month of study will be
si>ent in Ann Arbor, Michigan,
camp by his wife who will spend |^ ahn > wbose ® erol .° ei . c ‘ te ®* tbe
sometime with him.
Mrs. O. T. Driskell received a
letter several days ago from her son
J. C. Driskell of the U. S. Navy.
Hel s now stationed "somewhere in
Asia.” Mr. Driskell has been in the
Navy for several months and is a
gunner aboard a Merchant ship.
Friends of Pvt. Windell Windham
Georgia Department of Health is
now using. Then Miss Perkins
will spend some time studying
under Dr. Mazzini in Indianapo
lis, Ind.; Dr. Kline in Cleveland,
Ohio; Dr. Eagle at Johns Hopkins
University in Baltlmdre, Md.; Dr.
Kolmer in Philadelphia, Penna.;
and Dr. Hinton in Boston, Mass,
After learning the tests that each
son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Windham! of these men have devised, she
will be glad to learn that he is i will go to the United States Pub
able to be out again after being He Health Research Laboratory in
confined at an Army hospital for
several weeks on account of a
fractured ankle. Pvt. Windham is
stationed at Keesler Field, Miss.
PFC. Forest Brown of St. Peters
burg, Fla., is spending several days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
H. Brown. Pvt. Brown is in the
Motor Transfer Division.
Mr. Millard Stevens of the U. S.
•Navy, stationed at New London,
Conn., is spending several, days
with is parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Stevens.
James If. Harmon, seaman, sec
New York City where she will gee
all these tests employed under the
direction of Dr. Mahoney. She will
stop on her refurn to Atlanta, in
Washington, D. C., to visit the
National Institute • of Public
Health. The entire trip will take
about three or four months.
Graduating from LaGrange Col
lege in June, 1940, Miss Perkins
went to the State Department of
Health Laboratory to train for one
year as a student technician.
However, at the end of six-months
she was offered a position in the
serology unit of the laboratory.
James n. Harmon, seaman, sec- , “ ; „
end ciass, son of Mi. and Mis. Poll: Last Jujy, she was promoted by
Harmon of Taylor county, has been, merlt
transferred from Norfolk, Va„ to! roatory T ^ chn i c ‘^ n po; n *f r ;^
Plney Point, Md. In a recent let- k 11 } , be J- he first
ter to members of his family Mr. I gw#» the Georgia Department of
Harmon tells of accidentally meet-| Pub “ c Healt b.
ing an old class-mate, Miss Pauline!
Rustin, While walking down the j Covontaon fnlnPA/1
street in Washington, D. C. Miss.^’'^''^ 11 LUIUICU
Rustin is now stationed in Wash-! u._ | T.J au e A _
ington and is employed in the FBI FiCil LcflVC lOQGJf lUI
C. Hayes, sea of Mr. MUCHOII IdlO AlHlf
and Mrs. Roland W. Hayes of Mauk
has qualified as a sharpshooter on
the rifle range at the BIRTC at Ft.
McClellan, Ala., shooting a score of
146 out of a possible 175. He is a
member of Co. A, 7th Battalion.
Pvt. Hayes was inducted August 28
HARRY C. JONES
AMONG SURVIVORS
OF VICENNES LOSS
Seaman Jones, Grandson of Mr.
R. E. Cosey, a Former Taylor
County Resident.
It will be interesting to the
friends of the- R. E. Cosey family,
formerly of this county, but at pres
ent residing at Shiloh, Ga., to learn
that the grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Cosey, Seaman First Class Harry C.
Jones, 18, of Tampa, Fla., was
among the survivors of the U. S.
heavy Cruiser Vicennes during the
Solomon Island attack last August.
Young Jones apparently survived
the terrific sea and air battle.
This information was conveyed to
his parents in a celverly written
letter mailed by young Seaman
Jones from * "somewhere in the
South Pacific.”
The Tampan's letter pointed out
that “he was safe and uninjured."
Seaman Jones, who was stationed
on the* Cruiser Vincennes for some
time, underlined the date on the
letter, Sept. 12, several times and
drew an arrow to it. The Vihcennes
and two other cruisers srers report
ed sunk by the Navy'Department in
August.
Significance of the underlined
date and the remarks in the dis
patch that he was “safe and un
injured” was unknown to his par
ents until the Navy Department an
nounced the sinking of the cruiser
later, since censorship would not
allow their son to tell that his ship
had been lost in action.
Seaman Jones wrote that “he was
the happiest man in the world,”
heavily underscoring it, and added
that he "expected to be transferred
to another ship soon.”
The Tampa seaman
Hillsborough High school for about
year, then quit his studies to
join the Navy in March of last year
He also attended Franklin Junior
High School.While attending Frank
lin High, he spent much of his
COUNTY LOSES
PIONEER CITIZEN
SUNDAY NIGHT
Funeral Services Held Tuesday
Afternoon at Reynolds Baptist
Church for Mrs. W. M. Parker.
It will be grievous news to her
many friends, not only in Taylor
and Macon counties where she
COUNTY SCHOOL SUPT.
URGES CITIZENS TO
HELP IN SCRAP DRIVE
Each School Is Ro quested to Set
Goal at 100 Pounds per Student
Enrolled.
EDGAR WHATLEY
1 OF 3 VICTIMS
IN PLANE CRASH
Grady Mertz Jr., and Miss
Catherine Copeland of Tennille,
Killed in Same Accident.
Perhaps the saddest funeral—one
of the saddest at least—ever held
in this section was that last Sun
day afternoon at 5 o'clock at Rey-
The salvage drive is on in Tay
lor County. The Government ■ is
calling on every citizen of all ages .
ln every section of the nation .to |nolds, for Edgar Whatley Jr. who
has resided all of her life, but the: 8®t in this drive to collect all of was one of three death victims in
state generally, to learn of the ,he scrap metal, iron, copper,!an airplane crash Saturday after-
death of Mrs. Lizzie Hicks Parker 1 aluminum, zinc, rubber and other|noon at 4:30 o'clock, which occur-
the estimable wife of Judge Wm. I articles needed so badly by our'red .about ten miles north of San-
M. Parker, for many years promt- Industrial plants in the manufac
nent school teacher, which oc
curred at midnight Sunday night
at the family residence at Rey
nolds following an illness of sev
eral months.
The deceased was the daughter
of the late Mr. Aretus W. Hicks
and Mrs. Mary Carson Hicks. She
w*s born in Macon county Nov. 4,
From early childhood Mrs.
Parker had been a most beloved
member of the Baptist church. She
moved her membership to the Rey
nolds Baptist church upon becom
ing a resident of Reynolds many
i years ago/ She took an active in
terest in Sunday School work and
other organizations of the church.
She was also active as long as her
ture of weapons of war for the
protection of our boys who are
fighting on more than thirty fronts
scattered all over the world.
Every citizen should be patriotic
enough to sacrifice every piece of
dorsvllle, Ga.
The student plane, in which the
three were riding was almost com
pletely consumed by fire after hav
ing crashed into a tree.
Other members of the party in
the ill-fated plane were Grady
scrap that ho has that can possib- j Mertz Jr., age 18, of Tennille, and
ly be spared and we should take| M,ss Catherine Copeland, qge 19,
out time to thoroughly search ourj a l so °* Tennille.
premisis and collect this scrap 1 The two young men as students
and see to it that it gets into the! 01 tbe University of Georgia were
fight. [room mates, Whatley accompany-
This is another opportunity for inf > *Jert* *° Tennille for the week-
the schools to perform a patriotic end. Miss Copeland, a passenger in
duty. Every school child should bo * P lan |' ™ as a student
encouraged to collect scrap for his tb ° C eor Sia State, College for
government. Every school could i ^ om en at Millodgevillc and a
and should collect 100 pounds per m ember of the Sophomore class,and
student enrolled. Set this as your
goal and don't let up until you
health permitted ln civic affairs, 1 have reached that goal. We have
and a former president of the [that much scrap fn every com
was at her home in Tennille for a
week-end visit.
Funeral services for Whatley, who
was the son of Mr. J. E. Whatley
Woman’s Missionary Society of her'munity. Our Goevrnment needs it| aad M ”' f" Whatloy *
'and our boys are ntltled to it. It land a most Promising young man.
is our patriotic duty to see that was conducted by Rev. J. D. Smith,
they get it Y lna \pastor of the Reynolds Methodist
Mr. E. H.' Bazemore, chairman of lfc h -
the salvage committee, says thatl 1 * "S.AiSSl
the committee will pay' 40c or 4oc | attand ? d by an ^usually large
per hundred pounds for good scrap i pa d he /\”®; rt ° £ S M? P pnn Z h E rirtltln
uy nev. o. u. ouuin, >uiwwr,afld 15c to 20c for zinc tubs, Car 1 Ftinnal^
attended of the Reynolds Methodist church,fenders and etc. The county truck l° £ 1H
'or /oiliL twill rinllvnr thn soran fmm thn nolds < was in charge of funeral ar-
parents last February.
Butler Friends Grieved
By Death Saturday
Of H. G. Stanfield
To his many warm friends in
Butler and other sections of Taylor
Seventeen Taylor County colored
en are leavine for Fort Benning. dayo£ Mr - H en ry Stanfield is very
church and former president of
the Reynolds Improvement Club.
Funeral services for Hrs. Parker
was hold Tuesday afternoon, five
o'clock, at the Reynolds Baptist
church, service being conducted by
the pastor, Rev. E. H. Dunn, as
sisted by Rev. J. D. Smith, pastor
of the Reynolds Methodist church
followed by interment in the fam-|will deliver the scrap from the
ily lot Hicks cemetery in Macon schools and other points where i'T b S
county, with Mr. G. hT Goddard of quantities In amounts large
the Goddard Funeral Home, In enough to warrant same to thei IU !J?/j®L 8 !! a , ...
Junk Dealer according to a state- f J n ° ri U ^
Ran * CooDe < r° Unty C ° mmISSiDner J ' Mr. and Mrs Grady E Mertz ft
Our nation is facing the great- 'Tennille. He is survived by his pur
est crisis that she has ever faced ca£ f’ , tblW ' s ster8 ’ ' * V, \
during 'her history. Our weakest an *? " nn ’. brolber ’'
point, it seems, is our home front. aad bls grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
frj,„ . ,, r* ,;Charles Mertz and Mrs. Wiley
I'll u!™ k „ e £ac i 'smith all of Tennille.
charge of arrangements. The pall
bearers were Messrs D. T. Mont-
time on the athletic field, partici- .tort, Judge Een Neal, L. T. Bar-
pating in VaiioUo *pcrLj. -w, T. W n W. Harp, Ed
He was home on leave visiting his I Swearingen, H. K. Sealy and F. M.
men are leaving for Fort Benning
for instruction Into the Army today.
These men have been selected
by the local draft board to fill the
and was sent to Ft, McClellan ft October call for colored men from
receive his basic training. Before
entering the army he was a farmer.
Below we are carrying a number
of letters received during the last
week from Taylor county men now
serving In the armed forces. Several
of these letters are from foreign
this county:
They Include: Lonzie Dorsey,
Brooks Stringer, Carl Thomas Riley
Artis Mosley, Cicero Lockhart, Eze
kiel Carson, M. L. Hicks, Horace
Lee Love, Willie Lester Howell,
James Threats, Eddie Amos Lock
hart, Willie Melton, Geo. Wesley
countries and have been cut severe
ly by censors:
New Guinea, Oct. 2, 1942.
Butler Herald.
Dear Mr. Charles:
I wish to take time to express my
thanks for the Butler Herald of
which I have received several
copies. It gives me gerat pelasure
to know that the people of Taylori . . . . ,
county are thinking of their boys in 'HSlIOWC 611 iBIHIVSl At
the service. I enjoy each copy as If
it was a letter from home and you
can bet I read every word.
I will try to give you a few of my
surroundings which will better ac
quaint you with the Island. I al
ways thought the jungles with 'theii
wild head-hunting natives and ani
Curralley, Harding Warren Corbin
George Moore, Charlie Kimble Jr.,
John Henry Russaw. Transferred
from Vienna, Ga., Willie Loyd.
Transferred from Jacksonville,
Fla., Zachery Thomas Holsey.
Local PJ.A. Sponsoring
School Auditorium Oct. 30
much regretted.
Being an interior decorator, Hen-
ly Stanfield was well knownln this
section and no gala even, patriotic
or otherwise, was complete without
decorations being placed under his
supervision.
A veteran of Spanish-American
war he had taken an active part in
Carson.
Besides her husband Mrs. Par
ker is survived by the following 0 ,,uu. mi ui i«u. u ».
near relatives: A son, Wm. Jr.,: two l bat war ,Is by no means wonj Mjsg CopeIand was the only
daughters, Misses Elizabeth and and tbat b ^f° re it s ?* e ' on daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cope-
Julia; two brothers, R. A. and J. land Sr., of Tennille and she was
■■ t ‘ b ° b0 ”°„ and •“ p ^f®, dr l a Sophomore at cicw. In addition
‘I f »i th nm!to her parents sht is survived by
* mSSt?”' Raymond « tte W.
enduring the hardships of war> !S Ar my; Howard and Dan, of Ten-
ba r ttb * and 8plllia e| The scene of the crash was de-
rnnit hHth™ 1 bribed by members of the party
them UP ' We cannot wh() we *. after the bodle J ^
Teachers and students- We are “wooded, deserted country." Nearby
leacners ana students, we are[ and , n the Une of night of the
light ship was a cleared field. The
idlers “to^o^Her^mans 1 Ita! opinlon was exprcssod that the
oidiers to go alter Germans, ital |pilot might have been trying ♦*»
E. Hicks; three sisters, Mrs. T.
Daniels, Bartow, Fla,; Mrs. C.
Pyron and Miss Kate Hicks
Reynolds.
Son Writes Mother For
Newspapers
Shortly before her death Mrs.
Parker received a letter from her
son, Wm. M. Parker Jr., an air
corps corporal, recuperating from
injuries received as a result of a
crash in a training flight at De-
Ridder, La., in which he states:
“Send us newspapers with the
home news in them. One of the
W. C. Davis Camp No. 15, Spanish. hardest things to bear is losing
American War Veterans and at the con t a ct with your friends and we
time of his death was post com- can keep up with a good many of
mander. them by rea ding papers that car-
Survivors are the widow, i the iy i 0 cal news. You have no idea
former Bertha Regnal; 1 four daugh-1 how much it mea ns to any man in
ters, Mrs. D . R. Ballinger, Aragon, (service—especi a li y one in the hos-
Ga.; Mrs. Otha Bryant, Americus;
Mrs. Frank Akin, Atlanta; and Mrs
R. L. Giddings of Columbus, Ohio;
two sons, C. H. and G. J. Stanfield
of Americus.
Full military honors was ac
corded the deceased at funeral ser
vices held Sunday afternoon at the n _ u iu ij n ■ •
Presbyterian church, Americus, Rev. |RPV | M WdlQCIl, 10101*6(1.
M. P. Cain, pastor, officiating, with
pltal—to get news from home
regularly.”
Cpl. Parker's pilot died In the
crash, and the sergeant that was
responsible for his rescue has been
cited for bravery.
way! Hear the barkers! Heed what
they say! A Hallowe'en 'Carnival!
.... . . Big stuff! We're telling you, and
mals was mostly fictitious but one j^ nQ b i U f £ . stage attractions? You
members of Spanish-American Vet
erans Camp acting as honorary pall
Right this way, folks! Right this .bearers and members of the Amerl-
' can Legion Post No. 2 as honorary
escort.
never realizes the truth until he [ bet j Best thing you've seen yet.
has lived there. We have killed a g r jng the family, large and small!
few baby pithons wb i5 b v Y el ; e ■ We'll have eats, plenty for all. Hot
around fifteen feet long. They bel-1 do g Sj sa i adSi cakes and pies! Dress
low around my tent at night. 1 Jn cos t ume , win a prize. Come ear-
never see them. There are other.. st late , Don < t leave at balf .
•» hn ‘ p as t.eight. Witches, owls and
ghosts galore! We'll be meeting
you at the door. Such a show you’ve
not seen before! You’ll laugh, you’ll
thrill and ask for more.
Date: Friday nite, Oct. 30.
Time: 7:30 p. m.
Place: Butler High School.
Dinner will be served by members
of the P. T. A.
smaller animals I could name but
wont do so at this time.
The natives here are very dark
and savage looking with long
bushy hair. Some of them wear
necklaces of human teeth very
highly polished. “They make a very
nice neckless although I don't think
I care for one.” They wear very lit
tle clothing, due to the tropical cli
mate—grass skirts mostly. The na
tives’ homes are also made of grass
so you see it is a very popular
material here.
Would like to write more but the one brick store building next
amount is limited. Give my regards door t0 Bank. Apply: Mrs. W. H.
to Taylor county friends and Wright, 194 English Ave., Macon,
CTurn to Page 8; No. 1) Ga.
FOR RENT
Local Boy Scout Troop
Expresses Appreciation'
For Various Contributions
Thdvfpcal Boy Scouts of Troop
No. 33 wish to take this opportuni
ty to thank the following people,
for their contributions and servic
es:
Mr. W. J. Butler for giving the
Given Second Assignment
To Butler A. M. E. Church
The Americus Conference of the
Colored Methodist Church came to
a close at Dawson Tuesday with
the reading of appointments for
1943 at which the following
battles fought across the sea.
W. T. Rustin, Co. School Supt.
Captain J. M. Wilder
Died At His Home In
Griffin Sunday, Oct. 18
in a battle for scrap to go intojj
guns, tanks and planes for our j
I „,o ’ _i tal ‘i pilot might have been trying to
^ ieach thiS fleld Whcn hlS P lane
fhA^nnr hnv^h-iJf fhnJnSiWho i crashed lnt0 3 tree aft0r whlch Jt
Jh.™ the lburst into flames and its occupants
burned beyond recognition.
Double Funeral at Tennille Fez
Other Two Victims
Tennille, Oct. 26—Double funeral
services for G. E. Mertz Jr., 18, and
Miss Catherine Copeland, 19, two of
three victims of an airplane crash
Saturday afternoon, were held at
the Baptist church Sunday after
noon with the pastor, Rev. John
Captain J. M. Wilder, 66 years of Womble officiating, assisted by Dr.
age, succumbed at his home lni D ' p - Ne l s °n, pastor of the Metho-
Griffin, Sunday at noon, October 18. dist church. Tributes were paid by
He had been in ill health for several , Co1 - Jenkins of- GMC, and Dr. Guy
years and seriously 111 for two j Wells of GSCW.
weeks. ■ _
Captain Wilder was well-known ! Rpu l-jlinh |)f)7ipr
throughout the state and had rtiany I l/UAICI
friends in Butler who regret to \ Arrant Tall At FllavHIp
learn of his death. He had worked [AvCCpi Loll Ml LlldYlilC
Workers and Volunteers of America, i Fourth Consecutive Year
He was greatly beloved by all who-
knew him. The following dispatch from El-
Mr. Wilder was a great lover of laville will be of more than pass-
music, being a song leader and
signments of special interest here [ author of a large number of poems
were made:
Presiding Elder, Hawkinsville
District, which embraces the But
ler church, Rev. G. B. Lancaster.
Butler—Rev. T. M. Walden.
Howard and Carsonville—Rev.
M. C. Jordan.
This will be Rev. Walden's sec
ond year for the Butler church. His
Boy Scouts approximately two tons I ministry for the first year just
ofscrap iron.
Mr. T. L. Fountain for his contri
bution of several oil drums.
Mrs. L. M. Doyel for giving of
her time ln teaching a first-aid
course to the boys.
And last but not last, we want to
thank everyone who has helped us
in our Scout work.
’ Scribe Emory Gilbert.
closed is said to have been very
which were published.
Funeral services were held
at
ing interest to the many Butler
friends of Rev. Hugh Dozier, pastor
of the Butler Baptist church in
connection with his pastorship of
the First Methodist church in Grif-: the Ellaville Baptist church and
fin with Rev. B. Frank Pirn and held in the highest of esteem and
Rev. R. L. Russell officiating.
Mr. Wilder is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Julia Hutchings Wilder;
four sons, Cedi and Teodore of
Griffin, James of Moultrie and
Enett of Tallassee, Ala.; three
daughters, Mrs. S. L. Farmer, Mrs
effective, while conducting himself, Murray Keene and Mrs. Lewis
ln a manner to gain the confidence Crane all of Griffin. Mrs. Crane is
and appreciation of white citizens the one of his daughters who came
regard by all of our citizens:
Ellaville, Oct. 26—Rev. Hugh Do
zier has accepted a call to serve
the Ellaville Baptist church for the
fourth consecutive year.
Mr. Dozier came to Ellaville
from a two-year pastorate at the
Marshallvllle Baptist church, and
at the same time accepted a call
to the Butler church, preaching the
as well as colored. He is given a with Mr. Wilder on his visits to tirst and third Sundays In Ella-
cordial welcome upon his return.
WANTED—A Night Operator.
Apply: Butler Telephone Company,
Butler, Ga.
Butler. Mr. Wilder has two brothers: ville and the second and fourth
R. B. Wilder of LaGrange, and B. J. Sundays In Butler. He is a gradu-
Wllder of Columbus; one sister Mrs. ate of Mercer University and at-
Genle Statham, and 13 grand-chil- tended the Southern Baptist semi-
[dren. naryat Louisville, Ky.