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Butler Herald
keeping everlastingly at it is the secret
OF SUCCESS
VOLUME $8
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1943
NUMBER 1
SHIP rti D PLANE |FIFTH DISTRICT P. T. A.
TRAGEDIES COST conference is held at
LIVES OF 108 MEN butler high school
3 perish As Tankers Collide;
20 Killed in Fort Beaning Plane
Crash.
(By Ascsociated Press)
Two tragedies taking the lives
of 108 men were disclosed by
military officials in the Southeast
Saturday night. •
Two blacked-out tankers collid
ed off the Florida coast Wednes
day night and 88 men perished in
the fire which spread when one of
the ships loaded with gasoline ex
ploded, the Navy announced.
Twenty-eight merchant seamen
and members of Navy gun crews
were rescued.
Twenty officers and men were
killed when an Army transport
plane crashed near Lawson Field,
Ft. Benning, Ga., Friday night,
the Army Air Force announced.
Occupants of the plane were
trapped by fire which followed
the crash.
NUMBER OF STATE AND
OFFICERS AS WELL AS DELE
TAKE PART ON DAY’S PROGRAM;
CHICKEN DINNER SERVED.
MAIL CHRISTMAS TAYLOR COUNTY
GIFTS DURING NOV. FAR FROM QUOTA
OFFICIALS URGE IN U. S. 0. DRIVE
DISTRICT
elegates Public Urged by P. O. Department Liberal Contributions Are Made
'RnfimM • «••- -■ By Several Local Business
Firms.
Student Paratroopers Among
Benning Victims
Ft. Benning, Ga., Oct. 23—A big
army transport plane crashed and
burned on the parachute jump
field at Benning last night, killing
2 occupants, including parachute
Btudents who were aloft to make
a night jump.
The crash occurred shortly after
the big ship had taken off from
Lawson Field, adjoining the jump
field, public relations officers said
in announcing the tragedy.
The flight was termed “routine”
to permit the paratroopers to make
the night jump now included in
the course of training at the para
chute school. The fire that broke
out as the plane struck the ground
trapped the men.
The list of dead:
Air Corps personnel: Sec. Lt. G.
A. Schafer, Pittsburg, Pa.; Fiist
it. M. W. Greig, Baltimore; Sgt.
Robert W. Farmer, Dayton, Ohio;
Pfc. D. M. Schroeder, Los Angeles
Cal., and Pfc. F. J. Slobodo, East
Chicag, Indiana.
Parachute school personnel: Sgt.
P. L. Schonne, of Syracuse, Neb.;
Sgt Anthony Fierito, Norritown
Brooklyn,; Pfc. A. L. Alvardo, N.
Y.; Pfc. C. E. Argo, Holton, Kan.;
Pfc. C. B. Barnes Jr., Galena, Kan;
Pfc. P. D. Beerbower, Valley Falls
Kan.; Pvt. L. J. Stuppla, Rocheste.
N. Y.; Pet. C. L. Mock, Ainswcrtn
Neb.; Pvt. John Robertson, New
port, Ky.; Pvt. R. D. Atwood, ALon
Ind.; Pvt. J. F. Anderson, Jeffer
sonville, Ind.; Pvt. K. C. Erayton,
Livingston, Mich.; Pvt. M. M. All-
man, Landis, N. C.; and Pvt. .B D.
Bedell, Pert Jervis, N. Y.
The Fifth District P. T. A. Fall
Conference was held at the Butler
High School building Tuesday,
October 12, with Mrs. Cooper
Campbell of Columbus, District
president in charge of the con
ference.
“Maneuvers for Victorious Par
ent Teacher Year” was the theme
of the meeting.
As the state officers and the
president of the local P. T. A.
took their places around the
speaker’s table they were pre
sented with corsages by members
of the loval organization and Mrs
L. R. Dean.
Mrs. L. M. Doyle, local presi
dent, extended a cordial welcome
to the visiting delegates, to whi-h
Mrs. Carl Savage of Montezuma
responded.
Mrs. R. A. Long, state president
and national officer of Atlanta
was principal speaker. Highlights
of her talk included:
1. Tell children about what we
are fighting lor.
2. Keep children in school.
3. Guard as never before the
health of our children.
4. Importance of buying War
Bonds and not spend uselessly.
5. Teach the 18-year-olds howto
register and vote.
6. The three a’s of the P. T. A.:
(a) Attention; (b) Attitude; ic
Action.
Mrs. Long closed her talk with
this question: “Are we alert to
sit down and talk to our children
about good government?”
Mrs. Ralph Hobbs, of Cataula,
State Publication Officer, also
gave an interesting discussion o.t
tE.9 P. T. A. organization and tjrre
importance of attending all
meetings.
Several other visitors from the
State and District P. T. A. Asso
ciations were present and took
part on the program. They in
cluded:
Mrs. James Gordy, Mrs. Frank
David and Mrs. Edwards, all of
Atlanta.
A delicious chicken dinner was
served at the lunch hour by Mrs.
G. M. Heath, chairman.
The closing thought of the af
ternoon session was “The World
Front of Tomorrow Is Being Bunt
Upon the Home Front of Today.
Are You Doing Your Bit?”
To Mail Christinas Packages
^Earlier Than Ever Before.
REV. EARL H. DUNN
RESIGNS AS PASTOR OF
REV. BAPTIST CHURCH
METHODIST OPEN
CONFERENCE AT
TIFfON ON NOV. 3
ACCEPTS CALL AS SUPPLY PASTOR
for talbotton, wool)? and and Rev* T. P. Dell, Former Reynolds
JUNCTION CITY CHURCHES; HAD Pastor WUI Be j, t
SERVED AT REYNOLDS I YEARS.
Conference This Year.
Rev. E. H. Dunn resigned last
(Editor's Note:—Expressions cf Rev. E. H. Dunn, chairman of week as pastor of the Reynolds The South Georgia Methodist
appreciation in a number of in- the Taylor County National War Baptist church, a pastorate he has Conference's annual session opens
stances have come from the U. S. Fund Drive stated Monday that served during the past four years. ir ? Tifton next Wednesday, with
Postoffice Department in the only $355 had been reported on the , .. , . . Bishop Lester Smith as conference
! matter of the public's co-operaticn county's quota of $1,600. signauon was tendered in prea cher, and with Bishop Arthur
in mailing Christmas packages ti Mr. Dunn urges that every per-, order lftat be might accept the j. Moore of Atlanta presiding,
members of our armed forces ov- son interested in this worthy as supply pastor for the dura-1 Dr g m i tb wRo j s presiding bish-
erseas during the period from cause make their contributions as at tbe Talbotton field. This op o{ the Cincinnati area, was f r-
| Sept. 15th to Oct. 15th. The de- early as possible in order that the * leld Talbotton two Sun- mcrly assigned to India and is
partment is now faced with the county will not fall short of its days ’ woodland one Sunday, and chairman of the editorial division
problem of handling what is an- quota. Junction City one Sunday each, of the c ] 1U rch,s board of education
ticipated as the heaviest mail Below is given a list of all But-, month. I ^ w A Ke jj ev who held ces-
delivery for the Christmas holiday ler persons making a contribution Rev. Fussell, for whom Rev.L t / in Macon will ho wt
season, both receiving and trans- ^ ve dollars or more: |Dunn is supplying, enlisted in the Das t or and Rev j p r) P ii j q
porting, in the hiStcry Of the serv- i Minor >■ nrmv several months acm anri ic ■ --
ice. The co-operation of the public I
in this tremendous task, such as j
given on the former occasion, by;
doing as much as possible of their |
Christmas mailing during the j
month of November rather than I
waiting until December when the |
mails become congested. On this l
of the Herald a statement recently
issued by the Postmaster General
as follows):
Christmas Mails—in November
Office of Postmaster General,
Washington, D. C.,
L. L. Minor
. $25.00
Dreizin’s
... 15.00
Bazemore’s Store
... 10.00
Trussell’s Store
... 10.00
The Cross Shop
... 10.00
Dean Theatre
... 10.00
Suggs Garage
... 10.00
Wilson's Grocery
... 5.00
Porter's Drug Store
... 5.00
Butler Drug Co
.... 10.00
Butler High School
... 85.00
A list of the district
chairmen
. m ° ntl, f ae ° ? n<l ‘ S |ho S t district superintendent,
now serving as an Army Chaplm. 1 , „ _
p _,, uu , I, „ ... The conference officials opens at
Rev. Dunn and his family will i . _ A . Q .. . , \ .
. , ... , . ' 4 p. m. At 8 the memorial service
continue to make their home in'.,,. ... , ... ^ ■» .
... , . , . , _ iWillbe held, with Dr. J. A. Thomas
, f fh h S ^ presiding, followed by observance
fncuit£ Sah0 ° 1 of the sacrament of the Lord's
Officers Named For
Girls' Athletic Club
At Meeflng Wednesday
The first meeting of the Busi-
Panhandle, Mrs. D. E. Byrd: ness Girls Athletic Club was held
at the courthouse Wednesday
Butler, Mrs. Mack Mathews: night, Oct. 20, at 7:30 o'clock. The
members are as follows:AlmaCook
Martha Chapman, Elsie Hill, Ruth
and the quota for each district in
the county is as follows:
Reynolds, Mrs. John Mims:
10-18-’43' Whites, $250; colored $115.
To Postmasters, Supervisors and I 'Y - __^ Vindham:
Postal Personnel: iWhites, $50; colored, $50
I ask your cooperation and,
through you, that of business ccn-i^ b ^ es ’ $125; colored, $35.
cerns and the public in meeting a
postal problem that is far more Whites, $375; colored, $150.
serious than ever before. i M rs ' A. Jarre :
We have handled the Christmas: Da f[jg ton ’ a Adams- Cooke > Nellie Sanders, Ruby Mor-
parcels for our Army forces over-J - s _ ‘ s< ga n, Agnes Funderburk, Atholine
seas. We now face the tremendous i bd !^rowm Gill, Helen Dupree, Wynelle and
task of receiving, transporting and | ,oe Brown * White ‘ Doris Goodwin, Raye Cox, Ruth
^L Ve of n ?hn n ,tm^ e man Tor ou 1 ; I cedar Creek, Mr. Ran Cooper: Peed ’ Juanita Benns, Lillie Theus,
f ° r OUf I Whites, $95; colored, $20. Cmmagene heus Lou.se Hill
‘Th „ h that Charing, Mrs. S. Garrett: White* Mcdruder, Edith Reid and
There is only solution to that I ^ ^ Bertha Bazemore.
0CCliraT1 „ 0 ,J. Mauk, Mrs. R. D. Waller: Whites* All donations were appreciated
There can be no assurance, in colored $10 very much. Those contributing in
view of the unavoidable handiceps ’ ’ ! eluded: Walter Suggs, Bufcrd
of war, that gifts and cards mail-: 'Tucker, Hoke Windham, Fred Me
ed in the weeks immediately pre- A ftp A Pm y Kifc 'intyre, B. H. Meeks, M. R. Wil-
ceding Christmas will be delivered! HI Illy 11119 | liamson, C. C. Stone, Leon Theus,
on time. Such matter must not im-i j w McKenzie, Dr. Beason, A1
pede the movement of war ma- wb b Fehring, Lawson Wilson, E. H.
terial and personnel and military j m ust go Bazemore, John Reid, John Brown
m -Transportation faciliiics a r o Many little 'things they may need ZAT'j "buL
heavily burdened. The number of jou know Serf Ran Cooper Col 'Lunsford T.
railway cars and airplanes avail- These things, too little for Uncle j a , reli j.j ^ Seal” p / T enk ; rs
■ i • « : ^i m t n hnv 1 ’
able for handling Christmas mail i Sam to bu y>
Move Is Started For
ieorgians To Name
Presidential Choice
Atlanta, Oct. 24—Seals Aiken,
Atlanta attorney, announces tha f
Petitions are being circulated re
questing the state Democratic
executive committee to call a
Presidential preferential primary
election next year.
"N T o other reason for the peti-
tions has been given than that
'ue state committee has not in
teeent years called a primary but
Pus cast Georgia's vote for presi
dent,” Aiken said. “I do not per-
sonally know that fourth termers
are .‘p the majority on the state
eomittee, but these petitions are
ting circulated ‘just in case’.”
Aiken said he also headed a
houp circulating copies of a
'Peech by Senator Reynolds (D.-
. e ) and added “his admirers in
Georgia expect to enter his name
m tbe primary ballot."
LOST:—Key ring with several
^ s > drivers license in holder and
,as tan k cap. Drivers license were
, ued to Cleon E. Johnson, 91
J‘. 0, Thomaston, Ga. Finder
. n u . rn ^ Cleon E. Johnson, Rey-
os, Ga., Route 3, or to The
terald Office.
WTT STEED
attorney-at-law
Special attention given to
uvestigating and abstracting
and titles and preparing
n]^ ercial cont racts.
Office in Masonic Building
Butler. Ga.
Robert Peed Seriously
Injured In Accident At
Sawmill Near Butler
Mr. Robert Peed, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Peed was seriously in
jured several days ago when the
: tooth of a circle saw at a sawmill
1 broke off and struck him in the
lace just beneath the left eye.
Mr. Peed was brought to the
local hospital for first aid treat
ment after which he was rushed
to the Macon hospital.
Surgeons at the latter hospital
are hopeful of saving Mr. Peed's
eye, it is said, although it was a
serious injury and would require
quite a long while for complete
curing.
i
Georgia Mayors To Hold
Convention In Atlanta
Wednesday, Nov. 10th
Atlanta, Oct. 26—Mayors from
practically every city in Georgia
are expected to be in Atlanta on
November 10 for the annual meet
ing of the Georgia Municipal As
sociation at the Ansley Hotel
The program will start at 10 a.
m and will be concluded with a
banquet in the evening with May
or W. B. Hartsfield, of Atlanta,
acting as toastmaster. President
of the association is Mayor Hugh
Thurston, of Thomaston. Speakers
on the program are almost en-
! tirely confined to mayors and oth-
; er officials of Georgia cities.
LOST OR STOLEN
One steel barrel for 30-ga. Army
Rifle. Liberal reward for its return
l ° The Butler Herald Office.
r . 11 _ * ... Mary Lois Stalnaker, Julian Ed-i
is far below that of former years. 9 ur Army Red Cross docs supply. . j j T (j ochran w Rus .
Facilities simply are not available!As each soldier on the gang plank j g Green, Joe Willis, Grady
to transport and deliver, ni the, f ,, . . . .Taunton, Walter Wainwright, Ed-
last 3 weeks before Christmas, t’ e He is given a full Army Kit to put gar McGcej L L Minorj Mr Hill
tremendous quantities of mail that ” lin nis ciotnes. . Mr Sineleton Ike Dreizin B H.
we heretofore moved in that, We know not how many kits it, Ba ze more Mr. ^ Trussed Grady
P Griod - | Pllt rrv a ,,i«,. *ui e Rogers, Charles Benns, Mr. Duncan
“More than 30 thousand em-1 B Jt .^ ay ^ l ° J: “VJ 1t f . s , th: Mr. McCall, Julian Edwards II,
ployees have gone into the armed time was 144 kits to make. , Masel Childres H A Seulv
forces. They have been largely re- Clo.h andjnstmetlon^to Mrs. J- j JJar, “ Chipman! Mrs Porier S'
Supper.
The first business sessions will
be held Thursday morning follow
ed by Recognition Service for re
tired ministers at 11:45. The. ad
dress will be given by Rev; JT C.
G. Brooks and the response by
Rev. C. M. Woodward. At 6 p. m.
the banquet for laymen is sched
uled.
On the first day of thef confer
ence the program will open with
devotions at 4 p. m. followed by
roll call and reports of the dis
trict superintendents, president of
Woman's Society Christian Service
and conference lay leaders. At 9
p. m. the conference memorial
service will be held with an ad
dress by Dr. S. C. Oliff.
Thursday's meeting will be prin
cipally concerned with the ad
mission of the class at 9 a. m., and
the recognition service for retired
ministers at 11:45 a. m.
Friday's session includes the
election of those eligible to deacon
and elders orders at 9:15 a. m.
i with meeting conference of board
and committtees at 2 p. m.
Special Youth Night is the high
light of Saturday's program to be
held at 7:30 p. m. The morning
will be devoted to conference busi
ness session.
The final day of the conference
will feature the Love Feast under
the direction of Rev. T. E. Daven
port at 9:30 a. m. Bishop Smith
will preach the 11 o'clock sermcn
and the conference will close wi.h
a 2 p. m. business session at which
time reports will be given, with
the reading of appointments.
placed with less experienced per
sonnel. In the past, we have call
ed in more than 200,000 tempore rv
employees to help us with the holi-
Turn to Page 6; No. 1)
House Places Dads
Last On List To Be
Drafted Into Service
1 Washington, Oct. 26—With an
enthusiastic volley of “ayes” the
I House Tuesday passed legislation
j requiring Selective Service to take
*all available single men and
| childless married men in the en
tire nation before drafting fathers,
j The rule wouuld apply regard
less of the father's occupation. Un-
jder the measure, which now goes
to the Senate, a father is defined
[as a man with a child born prior
to Sept. 15, 1942.
j The bill is similar to one passed
by the Senate Oct. 6, but differs
And to her Committee Chairmen lher ^f 18 ’ Fra ? k Callahan Mur-
she immediately went. !™ y ?? 18ke11 ’ W. E Standridge,
For Mrs. Neisler is Production | ^ Iarold L ° va "- 13-Glover Gro.
Chairman you know, ' £°” ^ r ;^ Reid, J. R. Wilson, L. M.
And how to make these kits she|I )oye1 ’ J^r. Garrett J M. Bone,
did each Chairman show. J ell i. e ^f unt0 "’ Ar ? ie
These Chairmen then did their. ?■ E. Allen, Homer Cox, R. SWest
committees invite, L - R Anthony, Albert Guinn, South
In order this good work to expe-
i ern Bread Man, Dr. Montgomery,
d - t | Mr. Humber, Mrs. Cochran, P. B.
When all completed kits were i C hilds . W. A Childs, Jim Nat
sent in Cooper Mrs. Bertha Bazemore and
Then the pleasure of filling them| J - B - F ° reband -
did begin. j We express our thanks to Mrs.
To Mrs. Neisler's home all Florence Gordy for the use of the
Chairmen did go. j 0 t which is 1 ocated between the
And for each kit she had twelve
useful gifts to show.
Filling these kits was a pleasure
rare
Which these mothers did willingly
share.
home of Mr. Dewey Johnson and
Col. C. C. Stone. This lot will be
converted into our basketball
court.
Our first practice was at the
Good friends, colored and white, school building Monday evening.
your dollars these gifts did
buy, ,
And you considered the price not
too high.
For dollars more than enough
you supplied,
in that it strengthens the authori- And each one was generously
ty of Maj. Gen. L. B. Hershey, Se-1 given with pride,
lective Service director by taking, these lus dollars
away much administrative power ^
delegated to Manpower Commis
sioner P. V. McNutt. However, it
removes much of the leeway the
Senate bill would give Hershey in
determining whether some father
should be drafted before some
non-fathers.
FOR SALE
One 410-ga. and one 12-ga. shot
gun and shells; $15 each or trade
for corn; one 1935 Plymouth Coupe
Sport model; A-l condition; good
tires; price, $350. If interested, see j With
Johnnie H. Newton before Nov. 1.
know,
To the Taylor County Red Cress
Treasury will go.
For while these gifts our own
may never see,
Yet for them some mother's sons
will grateful be.
On Monday to our County ARC
Chairman came a rush call,
“Immediately send the kits and
gifts all.”
Already they are on their way to
the sea,
greetings from Taylor
County’s ARC.
The coach urges every body who is
interested to come to practice
every evening at 5:45.
Officers elected were as follows:
President, Elsie Hill.
V-Pres., Martha Chapman.
Sec.-Treas., Bertha Bazemore.
Publicity Chairmen, Ruth and
Alma Cooke.
—Pub. Officer.
Supt. Lee Studdard
Announces Honor Roll
For Butler High School
Superintendent Lee Studdard of
the Butler High School announces
the following students made an
average of 90 in all of their sub
jects to be placed on the schcol
honor roll for the first six weeks
period.
Second Grade: Emily Allen,
Henrietta Parks, Aubrey Bush,
Tommy Theus, Sfrirley Ann
Stewart.
Third Grade: Bobbie-Burns, Wal
ter Wilson, Betty Joiner, Preston
Childs, Shirley Harmon, Phillip
Sutton, Ethel Montgomery, The
resa Wallace and Gloria Locke.
Seventh Grade: Phyllis Dunn,
Bobby Sutton and Billy Childres.
Eighth Grade, B: Barbara Allen.
Ninth Grade: Mary Estelle Chil
dres.
Eleventh Grade: Mildred Gay,
Cathryn Culverhouse and Betty
Fehring.
If You Are A Farmer
AND CAN OTHERWISE QUALIFY
Arah Powell, Age 104,
Registers For RaHon Book
, Probably the oldest Taylor
~ County citizen, Arah Howell, col-
I can sell you Galbanized Iron ’ ored, who gave her age as 104
Roofing for re-covering your house years, registered here Saturday
or other buildings; the amount for War Ration Book Four,
not to exceed 25 squares, to one \ "Aunt Arah”, as she is familiar-
customer. This offer is for a lim- iy called, is unusuahy active in
ited time only, in order to relieve both body and mind. She said
pressing needs. If you need the she could well remember the day
Roofing please see me real soon, the negroes were granted their
Respectfully, freedom as she was then prac-
J. T. MATHEWS, Butler, Ga. tically a grown woman.