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KEEPING EVEBLASTINGLT AT IT 18 THE SECBET OF SUCCESS
TALBOT COUNTY
STAMPEDES
TO BETTER THINGS
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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20.1944
NUMBER 25
9
By Harold
In The Atlanta
Martin
Constitution
Talbot county was once what
might call a sort of slow-burning
county. It was like that character
in the Bible who was slow to an
ger but mighty in his wrath once
he was roused up.
Talbot county lies in west cen
tral Georgia and the fall line
which marks the shoreline of a
prehistoric sea, cuts right through
the middle of it. Its northern half
is clay, the soil of its southern
half is largely made up of the
sands deposited by that ancient
ocean.
It is a cattle country and a tim
ber county and its farm income is
not great, when compared with
some of the counties richer in soil
Consequently Talbot’s county fa
thers have always played their
cards pretty close to their chest
and in the past have not gone in
for many new-fangled agencies,
which were sure to cost money,
and might, or might not, do any
good.
Nearly every county in Georgia
for instance, long ago installed in
its school system a program of
vocational education, which means
teaching the boys and girls in
school the principles of better
farming and better home-making.
But when Dr. M. D. Collins’
school people talked to the Talbot
county fathers about vocational
agriculture and home economics
they didn't pay much attention.
Then about four years ago there
came a change. A scnool man
named J. C. Watts, Gown at Ge
neva, was then superintendent of
county schools. He got to talking
about what a fine thing a voca
tional program would be in the
Talbot county schools. He sold
his fellow school board members
on it. He sold the county com
missioners and the local school
boards.
When M. D. Mobley, the direc
tor of the division of vocational
education for Dr. Collins' school
department, got this word from
Talbot county his eyes bugged
out. The last holdout was about to
come into the fold.
So he called in T. G. Waters,
the head of the agricultural end
of the vocational training program
and told him about Talbot county.
He told him to find a man who
would go into Talbot county and
really do a job. With Talbot at
last converted, they couldn't fail.
They had to send a good man in
to do a good job right from the
start.
They picked out an old tall,
country-looking slow-talking boy
from Jackson county. His name is
Uaude Boggs. He had been a
teacher of vocational agriculture at
Gore in Chatooga county, and
Dawsonville, in Dawson, and at
Pine Mountain. And he had been
two years in the forestry depart
ment, so he knew about trees. He
has done well everywhere, and
from his watchchain hung a bun
dle of keys awarded him when his
boys had won state and district
contests in cattle judging and seed
idntification and hog-feeding and
whatnot.
He had a good record elsewhere
and he came into Talbot county
with fear and trembling, he ad
mits, wondering what kind of help
he was going to get in a county
hat was so long in coming around
0 hiring a teacher of his kind.
He still hardly believes what
happened. They put him up two
•-O’OOO buildings, at Talbotton and
Woodland, to teach in. They also
ought him $3,000 worth of tools
and equipment for each place,
they brought in Miss Edith Hogg
as a home economics teacher to do
°r work with the girls. They gave
ov erything he asked for and
more.
The
which
ID HEAD
l/UCATION ASSN.
A1 MEETING IN ATLANTA
MRS. BESSIE PATTERSON, NEW
PRESIDENT, HAS SERVED THREE
TERMS AS CLINCH COUNTY SU
PERINTENDENT.
THIRTY-ONE TAYLOR COUNTY WHITE
MEN CALLED FOR PRE-INDUCTION
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION APRIL 26
MR. H. T. HARRIS, 75,
DIES MONDAY AT HOME
AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS
Atlanta, April 17—The new
president of the Georgia Education
Association, a poised, smartly
dressed woman who runs her home
with the aid of one “not
good part-timer,” and will soon
begin her fourth term as county
school superintendent, has been
part of Georgia's school program
“so long I don't like to make
point of it.”
“Twenty-five years,” whispered
youthful-looking Mrs. Bessie S.
Patterson with mock reticence.
“That's how long I’ve either
Auto Tire Inspection
Records Must Be Kept If
Driver Wants More Gas
The Atlanta district office of
price administration today warned
very i owners of passenger automobiles
they must retain their tire inspec
tion records in order to obtain
a supplemental gasoline or certifi
cates for tires or tubes, even tho
a I periodic inspection of tires will no
| longer be required after Thurs
day.
Since the recent announcement
that periodic inspection of pas
senger car tires would not be re
taught or been school superintend-! quired after April 20, many motor -
ent. That's so many years—let's I ists seem to be of the opinion that
soft-pedal it.”
i it would not be necessary to re-
Mrs. Patterson started out as a! tain tire inspection records; how-
teacher in a South Georgia coun-| ever < OPA sa y s the old record
try school 25 years ago. She must be retained and presented
served as principal of Homerville
High school for eight years and be
came superintendent of Clinch
county schools 12 years ago.
She will start a new four-year
term as superintendent next Jan
uary, winning the post without
opposition for the July election.
Wife of S. C. Patterson, a re
tired Homerville merchant, Mrs.
Patterson has always enjoyed her
career as crusading school
“mar'm,” but her home and
with applications for
plemental gas, tires c
either sup-
tubes.
Evangelistic Rally Will
Be Held At Tabernacle
Near Town April 29-30
The Fifth Sunday Rally of all
Evangelistic groups in Georgia is
two i to be held at the Taylor County
daughters—Bess, a member of the | Camp Ground six miles north of
State Department of Education, j Butler beginning Saturday night,
and Mary Love, a sophomore at April 29, and continuing through
Wesleyan — continued paramount
in her interest.
“I believe so strongly in the
influence of the home,” Mrs. Pat
terson explained, “I couldn't neg
lect my own home. I like keeping
house, but until the war I was
fortunate in having good help.
(Turn to Page 8; No. 2)
Typhoid Clinic Under
Direction Of County Nurse
To Begin Here April 28
This month as in previous years of every service.
Sunday.
Many visitors from all parts of
the state are expected to attend
this meeting.
The opening message of this
series will be biought by Rev. J.
W. Ballard, pastor of Willingham
Baptist church of Macon, Saturday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The Sunday schedule will begin
with an early morning prayei
service held in the tabernacle.
At 11 a. m. and again at tWree
p. m., Dr. T. M. Anderson of Wil-
more, Ky., Methodist evangelist in
the Kentucky. conference, will
bring the messages of the day.
Special music will be a feature
One
sort of
maybe
third year he was there,
was last year, he got up
a school meeting one night and
fearfully suggested that
, Talbot county ought to
]j ave a canning plant, and he be-
p vocl it could be started if the
Scb ool board would put up
yv J J - H. Woodall from up at
oodland, got up and said whaf
■o they want to do just part of
Job for? Why not put up $500
»«* for four canning plants—
w° big ones at Talbotton and
•oodland and smaller
'-■cneva and Junction City?
(Turn to Page 8;
ones at
F. P.
No. 1)
we begin our clinic for immuniza- j
tion against Typhoid fever
Taylo rcounty for the benefit of
every person in the county.
More than ever, we should tane
every precaution against diseases
in this perilous time of war when
our medical profession has suf
fered a considerable shortage witli
so many doctors being called into
service. We realize that our phy
sicians are over-worked at alljvator;
times, and if our citizens will take
immunization they may prevent
some serious illness and thereby
spare the doctors some of their
time.
Every person should take this
opportunity for immunization
against this dreaded disease.
The clinic will be held in Butler!
and Reynolds, beginning April 28
and continuing through May 5[
and 12. \
In Butler the clinics will be held |
in the courthouse from 8 to 12 a. |
m. on the above dates.
The clinic in Reynolds will be
held in the school building from 1 j
to 3 p. m. on the same dates. i
Any person taking the three j
vaccines are asked to come and>
get started with them on the first
day of clinic, as we will not start (
anyone for three treatments after
the first clinic-day.
All persons taking three vac- j
cines last year are advised to take,
one vaccine this year and each j
year thereafter.
As usual, a fee of 75c will be
charged for the three vaccines or!
25c for one. This fee goes to the j
doctors for their services.
I will also give Diphtheria Tox- j
oid to anyone desiring it. This,
treatment is given free to children
between the ages of six months,
and five years.
We have had very few cases of ;
Typhoid in our county during the
past eight years. We attribute this
to immunization against this
SARA WINDHAM,
County Health Nurse
At noon Sunday a barbecue
in; lunch will be served, the ladies
furnish tea, Irish potato salad and
cake.
All who will are most cordially
invited to attend each of these
services.
FOR SALE
two-horse walking Culti-
one good second hand farm
mule; one 1932 model B. V. Ford
Tudor automobile, price reason
able. See or write,
JAMES GRAY, Reynolds, Ga.
Sixteen Members of This Group
(Come Under 18 to 26 Immediate
Draft Law.
Thirty-one Taylor county white
FUNEERAL SERVICES HELD YESTER
DAY AT PLEASANT GROVE WITH
REV. AYERS AND REV. GEO. RAY
OFFICIATING.
Oglethorpe, April 19—H. T.
ris, prominent farmer of the
Har-
Gar-
men will leave for Fort McPherson ! den Valley district, Macon county,
Wednesday, April 26, for pre-in
duction physical examination
According to Mr
clerk of the local draft board, 11
61 REYNOLDS HI.
GRADUATES NOW
IN ARMED FORCES
One-third of These Men
Commissioned Officers; 3
Adhieved Rank of Major.
Are
Have
By Violet Moore,
Journal Staff Correspondent
Reynolds, April 14—Right in the
middle of the nicely timed, simul
taneous discovery by sundry col-
lmnists, employers and schoolmen
beginning to
is pretty
suspect that
right abouts
died at his home at 7:30 p. m.,
Monday, following an extended
H K Sealv 1 P er * od °* health. He was 75
b0 ard, n years of a £ e > b ° rn in Houston
of these men make up the regular! ^ 0Un ^’„ but had liv ? d in tRe P?f'! that something must be pretty
April call. Two are volunteers, two f.^ n \5 lley cor ^ munit y _ m ° st Ti of hi f wrong about American educational
life. He was the son of G. H. and, methods, the citizens of Reynolds
Georgia Aultman Harris. are begir '
Funeral services were held at 11'something
a. m. Wednesday at the Pleasant, theirs.
Grove Baptist church with Rev.
Carl J. Ayers officiating and Rev
Geo. M. Ray of the Montezuma!
Baptist church assisting.
Surviving are: One brother, G.
H. Harris; six sisters Mrs H. L one-third of the 61 hold commis-
Rogers, Oglethorpe; Mrs. Howard sions as official. In World War One
Johnson, Mrs O. P. Duggar, Talla- only two Tay]or county men serv .
hassee, Fla., Mrs. B. a Boland, e( j as officers. Reynolds district
Mrs. A. J. Richardson and Mrs. P. a ] 0 ne has contributed 21 thus far
C. Harrell, Orlanda, Fla.; one son j n World War Two.
H. T. Harris Jr.; six daughters,! T . , .. .
Mrs. B. C. Cullens, Waycross* Mrs! i Re " tage f is tR f e ' from
Warren McKinney, Cordele; Mrs. Reynolds have fought in four wars
G.
are transferred from other boards,
and sixteen are men 18 to 26
years of age who were recently
placed in 1-A by government or
der.
Men who will report to Ft. Mc
Pherson next Wednesday are:
Regular Call
Herbert Lee Pike
Robert Lenwood Watson
Roy Clifford Bloodworth
Fletcher Edward Standridge
Alver Walker Bazemore
James Eugene Bone
Hiram Jackson Wainwright
Homer Columbus Wells
Freeny Edgar Posey
Joe Coulter
Paul W. Wainwright
Volunteers
Embry Taunton
Joseph Riley Harmon
Transferred from Other Boards
James Alfred Giles
Lester Homer Harden
Men 18-26 Years of Age
Reclassified from 2-A & 2-B
Walter Edward Chapman
Jarrell Sanders Vann
W. J. Edmondson
Clarence Roscoe Ranow
Johnnie Fred Beeland
John Henry Amerson
Cincinnattus Dugger Lucas Jr.
George Aruett Jarrard
Cecil Felton Posey
Robert Morris Ray
Charles Asa Barnes
Ernest James Parker
Arthur Earl Childree
Roy Willis Fain
James Douglas Saunders
Albert Sidney James Jr.
1 1'
Supt. E. H
j ly compiling
1 graduates of
! serving
covered
Joiner, while recent-
the names of the 61
his school who are
in the armed forces, un-
the interesting fact that
beginning with
|they fought the
1861. Before
wilderness
that
with
W. D. Hqrp, Oglethorpe; Mrs.
JohnsX'columbif 1 Mrs!^ JamS! **!!
Shirley, Macon; one grand-daugh
ter, Mary
lumbus;
Elizabeth Johnson, Co
hammers and plows. Just south of
| Reynolds lies the site of a Con
federate ammunition factory,
Cocmer*' R^vnnldsL^arid 11 Pvt I wb i cb was burned to the ground
Cooper, Reynolds, and Pvt. W. D. by Federal raiders back ^ t * e 6Q , S
Harp Jr., Greensboro, N. C,
Now the part is a tract is a part of
O P H 1,b S?™7c. ““Srp" D “ mond H“P‘S .arm lanaa!
rhHHrpp c. S. Hall and D. wJ In this war Re y no,ds ’
Childree,
Harp.
Sgt. Charles Wright, Now
Stationed On Foreign Isle,
Meets 2 Other Local Men
Several days ago the Herald re-
Reynolds’ young
men have taken to battle in the air
on the land and on the sea with
all the zeal of their forefathers,
and the community itself stands
stanchly behind any drive,activity
or movement that will hasten the
victory.
Gene Joiner has personally
taught the 58 young men and
three young women on his list.
Sometimes he smiles as he reads,
ceived an interesting letter from | between the lines of the many
Sgt. Charles Wright, who is now i liters that come to him weekly
stationed on the Island of Oahu.
Sgt. Wright wished
bered to his many
from the far corners of the earth,
to be remem- 1 the truths he has driven home in
friends back the classroom, rediscovered by for-
home. He stated in his letter that mer students, matured in the ter-
he had met up with two other | rible school of war.
Taylor county men, Messrs Paul! They are fine letters. They may
(Hollis and L. B. Locke, who are j send a hasty scrawl to mother or
engaged in civilian work at the girl friend, but when they
Wanted immediately: Good farm j Honolulu, Hawaii. Ihave something they must tell Mr.
Sgt. Wrght and Sgt. Newsome Joiner their handwriting is clear
Kirksey of Reynolds are stationed [ and firm, their paragraphs meticu-
together and have been for somejlously indented, their grammar
time.
Inclosed in Sgt.
was the following
by one of the men in his outfit.
FARM HELP WANTED
tractor operator to run operator on
my farm four miles south-east of
town Could also employ a number
of farm hands for general farm
work. See or write,
S. E. COX, Butler, Ga.
Baby Chicks—Buy Now & Save
Heavy Breeds: 200 for $13.00
Payment with order, free delivery
Worthwhile Hatcheries
101 W. North Ave. Baltimore, Md.
MISS KATHRYN AMOS
-IN-
CERTIFICATE PIANO FORTE
PRESENTED BY
dis-
FOR SALE
70 White Leghorn Chicks,
8 weeks old.
70 White Leghorn and Rhode
Island Reds mixed, 5 weeks old.
1,000 Marglobe Tomato Plants.
For further information apply at
BUTLER HERALD.
Mrs. Julian Edwards
Friday Evening, 8:30 o’Clock
APRIL 21, 1944
BUTLER METHODIST CHURCH
Assisted By:
MISS CLYDEAFAY GREEN, Voice
MISS MARGARET TILLMAN. Accompanist
Improvisation Edward MacDowell
From Uncle Remus Op. 51 Edward MacDowell
Whims Robert Schuman
Kathryn Amos
Heard Ye His Voice Anton Rubinstein
ClydeAfay Green
Margaret Tillman at th ePiano
Arioso Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata Op. No. 1 , Ludwig Beethoven
Allegro Vivace
At the Ball Peter Tschaikowsky
Preludes No. 20 and No. 7 Frederic Chopin
Menuetto in B. Minor Franz Schubert
Sea Shell Carl Engel
Two part Invention No. 13 J. S. Bach
Sequililla Castilian Dance I. Albaniz
Monitors:
Misses
Alicenel Amos,
Carolyn Bazemore,
Frankie Sikes,
Mary Wright
the
the
A Soldier Speaks
(Bob Decker)
So you're sick of the way
country's run,
And you’re sick of the way
rationing's done,
And you're sick of standing around
in a line,
You're sick, you say? Well that's
fine.
So am I sick of the sun and the
heat,
And I have the feeling of being
fed up,
And I‘m sick of the mud and
jungle flies,
And I'm sick of the stench when
the night winds rise.
And I’m sick of the siren's wailing
shriek,
And I’m sick of the groans of the
wounded and weak,
And I'm sick of the bomber's
dive,
I’m sick of the roar and the noise
and the din,
I’m sick of the taste or food from
a tin,
And I'm sick of slaughter—I'm
sick to my soul,
I’m sick of playing a killer's role,
And I'm sick of the blood, and of
death, and the smell,
And I'm sick of myself as well.
But I'm sicker still of a tyrant's
rule,
And conquered lands where the
wild beasts drool.
And I'm cured d when I think
of the day *
When all this h will be out of
the way.
When none of this mess will have
been born in vain,
And the lights of the world will
bless again,
And things will be as they were
before,
And kids will laugh in the
streets once more.
And the Axis flags will be dipped
and furled,
And God looks down on a peaceful
world.
'correct and their spelling unim-
Wright's letter 1 peachable.
poem written ] Twenty-four years ago, Joiner's
Kentucky father informed him:
“Gene, I saw an advertisement in
the paper for a teacher at Rey
nolds, Ga. I wrote to them and
they have accepted you. Pack
your bag.”
Young Gene's youthful confi
dence was somewhat shaken when
he found no Reynolds on the map
and was told that the railroad
could sell him a ticket no further
than Ft. Valley. But he set forth
valiantly and alighting in Ft. Val
ley, purchased a ticket for Rey
nolds.
“What you going to do in Rey
nolds, bub?” inquired a station
hanger-on. To his reply that he
had been engaged to teach in the
school, his first Georgia acquaint
ance rolled his eyes in horrified
(Turn to Page 8; No. 3)
Food Preservation Class
Will Be Taught This Year
By Home Ec. Teacher
A course on “Planning the Food
Supply for Home Use”, stressing
food planning, production and con
servation—will be taught in the
Home Ec. Department by Miss Ma
bel Sanders so that the canning
plant will be open this summer.
It is particularly important It we
expect to get an O. S. Y. A. work
er. This help WILL NOT BE
AVAILABLE unless these food
planning and production classes
are taught. As there is no Voca
tional Agriculture teacher here
this year, the responsibility of
teaching these classes falls upon
the Vocational Home Making
teacher, and Miss Sanders urges
all those in the Butler community
who can or expect to can in the
local plant or at home, to come
to the meeting scheduled for Fri
day at 4 p. m. at the local Home
Economics room. At this meeting
the class will be organized.