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Butler Herald
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT IS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS
VOLUME 70
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1945
NUMBER 6
MR. W.J. WILLIS
DIES FRIDAY AT
HIS HOME HERE
Was Stricken 111 While at Work
Thursday; Funeral at Wesley
Church Sunday.
MAN FATALLY BURNED
AFTER AUTO WRECK
NEAR BUTLER SATURDAY
CiAS POLKING FROM WRECKED
CAR IGNITED WHEN MATCH WAS
STRUCK TO INVESTIGATE DAM
AGES DONE BY IMPACT.
Mr. Tom Coulter was fatally
. burned Saturday night following
Mr. Walter Joseph Willis, o ! an automobile accident five miles
years of age died of a heait a -; west 0 j Rutk?r on t be Macon-Co-
tack at his home in this city Fn- | lumbus highvvay .
day evening at eight o clock. e | According to witnesses the car
was taken ill while at work Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr. Willis was born in Taylor
MISS GILL DIES
AT HOME, AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Funeral Services Held for Deceased
At Mt. Nebo Church Near
Charing Friday.
in which Mr. Coulter was riding
collided with an automobile driv
en by Jewel Ray Mauldin, of
arrangements.
Farmers Are Interested
In Growth, Development
Of Towns in This County
and Preston
county May 7, 1889 the son of , Thomaston and occupied by sev-
late Mr. Zan and Mrs. Bett.e era j 0 ^ ber i ad ies. Mr. Coulter was
Amos Willis. He spent his entire thrown from the car and knocked
life in this county. j unconscious by the impact. In an
In early young manhood Mr. e ff 0ld to investigate the damage
Willis was married to Miss Clara, caused by the accident someone
Belle Wilson also of ^this county, struck a match which instantly
who survives him. He was a mem- g a soline pouring from "one
ber of Wesley Methodist church, j tbe au tomobiles and which had
Funeral services were held for sa t ura ted Mr. Coulter’s clothing
Mr. Willis at Wesley church bun- wb ji e be j ay near the wreck. The
day mornifig at 11 o clock. Rev. C. jj arnes covered Mr. Coulter and
L. Glenn, Rev. J. H. Stanford and burned b j m fatally before mem-
Rev. E. H. Dunn took part m e bers tbe p ar t y could extinguish
services. Burial was in Wesley l tbe blaze
cemetery. Funeral services for Mr. Coulter
Pall bearers were Messrs- Luther I were he , d Monday afternoon.
Clyde, Grady, and Tom Wilson, B., deceased is survived by a
H. Bazemore and A. L. Waters. | w j L j e and severa i children.
Besides his wife the deceased is:
survived by three daughters, Mrs., ' n n n. i
John Parker, Mrs. Oilie Bazemore HOIlOr ftOll 5l 11(16111$
of Butler and Mrs. J. B. Russell of
Columbus; also four grand chil- Kilt 0r HlOll ScHOOl
dren and a number of other near *
relatives nad friends * FOI* SeCOHO 6>WeeXS
J. W. Edwards II, of Edwards
Funeral Home was in charge of i
Those appearing on the Honor
Roll of the local school for the
second six-weeks period of the
current school year are as fol
lows:
Third Grade
Jesse Bone, Lee Corbin, Ernes
tine Davis, Ruth Kendrick, Max-
lyn Miller, Helen Rustin, Lexie
„ , , I Mae Gragg, Elizabeth Hammock,
* In iasfwSk^Issu; of the ***%
aid i tried to point put the di:6ct ^ Montgomery and tredy Coul-
advantages of building a better. ' - ,
and bigger towm and county, and I .. _
pointed out that every inducement; _ E ™ ily , A1Ia ”- ^ommy Theus,
consistent with progressive and, Sandra Colq J| 1 f S. a " d Aubrey Bush ’
proper efforts should be made to! * 121 Grade
get some of the manufacturing in- ■ ® ie Burns
dustries to come within our bor- ' s ‘
ders while such industries were 1 Sixth Gr<adie
looking around for favorable loca-1 B° bbl ° Sue Colquitt,
tions from the largest cities. I . Eighth Grade
Henceforth town and country peo-1 Minnie Lou Cromer, Mary Jo
pie, farmers and merchants, Bar y ey ’ Carolyn Jinks, Hazel
must, as never before, see that Wisham, D o r o t h,y Windham
they have a financial and mutual Catherine Davis, Catherine Chil-
interest in one another. Farmers dr ^ e> Norma Hester and Bobby
are looking fo rbigger and better SpMers.
markets. Ninth Grade
If the county towns are indus- j Bernice Waller, Phyllis Dunn
trially built up and expanded, ai and Louise Payne,
better and broader market is, Tenth Grade
awaiting farm products with a ^ Barbara Allen Marilyn Bussey,
home demand with ready custom- ^ ara Fsye Mott and Lorenzo Doyel
ers fo rthem at higher prices. In- [ Eleventh Grade
stead of having a home market Marjorie Brown, Estelle Chil-
with only a few hundred buyers dres » Annie Wisham, J. W. Mott,
and consumers, they will have a Nora Dent, Elizabeth Massey,
much larger town population for Bobby Locke and Lamar Alm-
their food products, the steady 2 ren -
all the year around demand will — —
t b im£ cr oler? d and multlpUed many Important Notice to
The hearty cooperation of every
forward looking and progressive
farmer in the present time with [I C y.jl Corviro
the merchants and business men *^*011 JvlYilC
of the townswill be rewarded with 1
a larger, better and more profit-' It is the urgent request of all
able market for everything he postoffice employees, and this in
produces on his farm. eludes R. F. D. carriers, that mail-
I am sure that every man by ers of Christmas cards attach to
the use of his common sense, and same the proper amount of post-
ihat is the kind of sense 1 am age before mailing. It is further
trying to appeal to, will readily requested that in affixing Red
see this mutual cooperative ad- Cross stamps to letters and
vantage to both farmer and mer- Christmas cards inclosed in en
chant. | velopes they be affixed to the
Let’s at once strike to do away back of envelope and never on
with this largely imaginary line face of the envelope. By following
between town and country folks, these instructions you will confer
and all hands commence now with a great favor upon these em-
our No. one resolution to pull ployees, as well as probable delay
together for the building up in of mails during the rush of the
every constructive way, our town Christmas season. And, please,
and county.Ail of us can within don’t forget to do your Christmas
the sphere of our own interests pull mailing early.
together, regardless of imaginry ,
lines and by helping others we y^|| Cfoftfog fo
The Herald went to press last
week before news of the death of
Miss Georgie Gill was made pub
lic. Miss Gill died at her home in
this city about six o’clock Wed
nesday evening, Nov. 28. Her
death was attributed to a stroke
of paralysis, however she had
been in ill health for the past
year and a half.
“Miss Georgie” as she was
known by most of her friends, was
born in Marion county March 3,
1877, the daughter of the late Mr.
Z. D. Gill and Mrs. Elizabeth Gill.
She moved to Butler with her
parents approximately 40 years
ago, and had made her home here
since that time.
Funeral services were held for
her at Mt. Nebo church Friday
morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. C. L.
Glenn, pastor of the Butler
Methodist church and Rev. B. T.
Gill of Thomaston. officiated at
the funeral. Burial was in Blood-
worth cemetery.
Miss Gill is survived by her
mother, two brothers, Mr. A. J.
Gill of Butler and Dr. Clark D.
Gill of Detroit, Mich.; four sis
ters, Mrs. Eli Garrett, of Butler;
Mrs. Alma Stripling of Cordele;
Mrs. Gordon Jinks of East Point
and Mrs. Jewel Long of Ameri-
cus.
Active pall bearers included:
23 MORE MEN
RETURN.HOME
WITH DISCHARGE
Ten Negro Youths Selected to
Report to Ft. Bemning for Pre-
Induction Examination.
•OPEN HOUSE'DISPLAYING MRS. J. J. GREENE
AUTO FARM EQUIPMENT CALLED TO HER
HELD BY W^A. PAYNE REWARD FRIDAY
PAYNE MOTOR COMPANY’S MOD-)
ern new I OKI) BUILDING and Beautiful Life Ended with Passing
AUTO REPAIR
COMPLETION.
SHOP HERE NEARS
Of Wife of
Butler Schools.
Superintendent
operation. The new Ford was also! loved ones and friends kept care-
.11 i i f,,l a l _ j it _ •
on display.
ful vigilance at her bedside min-
These exhibits, displays and i isjering to ber every need and
demonstrations afforded insight I w sfl with the hope that the
into the future of farming on a ' mean f being applied would check
Acuve pan uearers included: , ’
Dr. Paul Gill, Messrs Dudley, negroes Wl11 lcave . for Ft. Benning
Leon, Cecil and Earl Gill and Em-l where they wil1 receive Pre-induc-
Mr. W. A. Payne’s new Ford | Taylor county lost one of its
place, just completed with the most beloved citizens when Mrs.
_ „ . largest floor space of any building Sara White Greene, wife of Prof.
Twenty-three more Taylor coun- j n this section, was formally j Judson J. Greene, superintendent
ty men have returned home and opened to the public Thursday of Butler schools, took her flight
received discharges from the night with more than one hun-, to reign with the Heavenly host,
armed forces recently. Most of dred Taylor county farmers pres- ; The date and hour of her passing
these men have been in service 'ent. | was that of Friday, November 30,
service several years and have A n educational program, in- 1 1945, 9 a. m., at the Montgomery
spent many months overseas. eluding screen pictures showing. hospital.
Each of these men are receiving all modem farm machinery and! For nine long weeks members of
a cordial welcome back into ci- implements, Ford tractors, etc. in I ber family, skilled physicians,
vilian life. — — - - - !l — J *
Those discharged include
Philips R. Bryan, Dr.
J. Douglas Purvis
Geo. D. Youngblood
Lewis Coulter
Walton T. Neisler
Julian H. Mott
John Robert Parks
J. Leroy Stringfield
Cecil M. Cullifer
James E. lx>ng
Lewi* E. Cosey
O. Windell Windham
Fred McElmurray
Charlie J. Bickley
Leo Gray Mclnvale
Edmond P. Jenkins
Colored
Charlie B. Knowlton
Cicero Lockhart
Clay Hoi lie McCrary
Jamie Russell
Lucius Turner
Sampson Milcher
Calvin Russaw
On Wednesday, Dec.
larger scale and at minimum i the disease but to no avail. Pneu-
amount of labor.
Out-of-town speakers
of the
monia developed last week that
hastened the end.
.. m T t-* .i Mrs. Greene was born in Harris
vening were. Mr. T J. King, of June 3j 1898( the
sr"vrir r lr o °» “ s M ^r m wM * and
E it
gu on Co., Dearborn, Mich. ( From that time to the present she
Delightful refreshments were moved from city to city where Mr.
served during the evening by Greene as head of the schools in
Misses Cathryn and Christine these respective communities and
Payne and Mrs. H. H. Payne. ,at the same time filling places
—— | herself of prominence and useful-
Butler Garden Club Ladies J cial, civic, business as well as in
Will CnAM#AH Da.aa. fraternal organizations in these
If III sponsor DaZcai Of ! communities. She and Prof. Greene
A, . ti A i ii ■ u, I | had been residents of Butler for
New Hotel Next Week - only ° n ° year and a haif but
| which time, so long as her health
». . „ , .permitted, she labored zealously
of the R local and faithfully in t he various or-
lu will sponsor a Bazaar in the gan izations in which she previous-
mett Long. Honorary escort:! ,loa pnysicai examina n°ns. , dining room the the new Dean ly had been engaged in other
1 Those selected to fill this call hotel beginning Tuesday, Dec. 111 communities Genial of disnositiom
•e fniinv.i:• and continuing through &tiirrtav.'. T , . . ^ n1 ?' 01 “sposmon,
12, ten
.. : tion physical examinations.
Messrs W. G. Hill, B. H. Bazemore
T. B. Joiner and O. E. Cox.
J. W. Edwards II, of Edwards
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Receipts at the Local
Post Office Substantially
Gain During November
! are as follow:
Charlie Dugger, Jr.
Jamie Lee Carson
Eddie D. Sanders
- John M. Gipson
G. B. Towns
Otis Howell
James Riley Hodo
Clyde Clifton Towns
Gilbert McCrary
Otis Jas. Brantley
and continuing through Saturday ' and of ick and tender ^ ym £
December 15. The price of each, thy> she
was the friend of every-
p , f e c \. D ! body. Her advice was sought by
all classes, particularly by thoi
fundi 1 ? y ^i 1 " trouble, and her wise council
Menus for each day Is as follows: “^' y She'wa?TmcmS
Menu for Tuesday I of the Baptist church and Sun-
Vegetable soup, baked ham,'day school where her light shone
cranberry sauce, string beans, the brightest.
beets, candid sweet potatoes, green { Mrs. Greene graduated with an
salad, dessert, apple pie; sand-1 A. B. degree in the field of edu-
wiches and drinks served. [cation from Oglethorpe University,
Menu for Wednesday Atlanta, and taught high school
Tomato juice, baked chicken English for sixteen years in vari-
and dressing, cranberry sauce, °, us communities in the state. For
I English peas, mashed potatoes, s * x y ears she was State President
! peach pickle, pear salad, ginger the Woodmen Circle and its
I bread and lemon sauce, coffee or nat Ional representative. V/ h i 1 e
tea. 'postmaster at Junction City for 11
Menu for Thursday years she organized a chapter of
bvubfubiuui, ua. u . e uue 10 a ran- Williams, formerly resident of | Vegetable soup, beef roast, rice, : tbe East «;? Star and of which
ing off of overseas mail by the ! Baylor county and Thomaston who butter beans, sweet potato soufla, f % w ^ s Matron. She was
returning of members of U. S. * n Orlando, Fla., were held at sliced tomatoes and asparagus a ^ unda y School teacher for 22
armed forces serving in foreign ^ P’ m ' Monday at the home of salad, mince meat pie, coffee or, years and president of the Wcm-
'his sister, Mrs. Hoodman Parks, of tea. an s Missinnarvr tinaia+i, »,—
Roswell Williams, Former
Suddenly in Florida
Funeral services for Roswell
It is gratifying to learn
receipts of the Butler post office
for November show a substantial ' I ftf a | p A€ ; f | An 4' flloc
gain over receipts’for November, nCSIUCIII, UlCi
1944 indicating a fine growth in
the business affairs of our city.
Postal receipts in many Georgia
cities and towns, according to
published reports, are showing
considerable decline due to a fall-
soil.
In spite of these conditions re- ! F e y n °I ds - Burial was in Hillcrcst
ceipts of the Butler post office cemeter y
an’s Missionary Society during her
Menu for Fririev ^residence at Junction City, Shiloh
^ .. . . f . , . . ^ . . i and Geneva, organizer and direc-
Fruit juice, fried chicken, black- ff>r vrnirify .
, ’ ’ : tor oi young people s work in
’Pfl npflfi nr hnanc proamorl i . - .. o r ^ u 114
* u UAI*v.t null JUH.L, ixlLU LillCKcIl, DldCK" fnr ryf vniivtfr n/\nr\lo*o i •
have shown an increase for the I Members of the family said Wil- eyed peas or beans, creamed po-P^P 1 ^ w 011 * in
three past quarters of 1945 and ‘‘ams went to Orlando three tatoes, baked asparagus, con- dea V h thlSfJL c ° mrnunit,es - J er
for practically every month of wa t*k.s ago, after spending more gealed fruit salad, cucumber tinct ’ ln „ tn If. dU '
each quarter. than a month with his father at. mv-n* ni„ , tinct loss to not only this com-
All Patrons of the
Relative of Butler Lady
Dies at Orlando, Fla.
Relatives learned Saturday,
than a month with his father at pickle, pecan pie. Imimitv hut th~ „t * " ♦ r
Reynolds, Mr. A. G. Williams, and i Menu L Soturdov \ i J, State 3t larEe '
Mrs Parks. They said they were Y f «» r Saturday | Surviving Mrs. Greene besides
notified o? hif^h by y OrlandoL r ^f cISL'’I W eS“ U JS and *!f aV “ y CrUShCd
officials, who said his body had £3 Sd slaw banaS 2’ Sthv eh" 6 ., f MrS *
been found and identified bv a ^ ' SlaW ’ banana PUd ‘I ? or .°. thy Church, wife of Lieut
been found and identified by a d i ng
letter from his sister in a pocket. |
The family said they txad no in
Nov. 17, of the death of Mrs. G.F\ | dications his health was bad, and J. C. Bloodworth Killed
McCain at her home in Orlando, j tbat bis death was unexpected. 1 ^
Fla. Mrs. McCain was the former! He is survived by two daugh- gy FdllillQ Tree MOfld^y
C. H. Church Jr., Marine Corps
Pilot, stationed at San Diego,
j Calif.; one son, Lieut. Vincent M.
| Greene, stationed at Pearl Harbor,
instructor and pilot of naval air
transport planes; and one grand
son, Michael V. Greene, fourteen
| months of age who lives with his
i mother at Alameda, Calif.
C. Bloodworth, 45-year-old ! ™ e . fl °;' al . tribut f ' vece . man F
,nrkpr nnnWnntnllu 30(1 ^Utlful, but beautiful 3S
to*-
I Miss Jewel Weldon of Columbus. rers > Misses Geraldine and Frieda
'A graduate of the Columbus, Williams of Thomaston; his father AftPCIUtAIl RpvnrJfSc
School of Nureing, she was sta- A - Gus Williams, Reynolds; six ICIIIwOll nCal IICjTIOlUd
tioned during the war at' Finley listers, Mrs. R. H. Parks, Reynolds;!
General hospital, Thomasville, Mrs - Clara Eden, Atlanta; Mrs. - --— “-“and beautiful but beautiful a
Ga., as an Army nurse. (Beulah McGinty, Junction City; umber worker, was accidentally th th ‘y were not so beau
| She is survived by her husband Mrs - Nettie Lee Jones, Atlanta; killed near Reynolds Monday, tlfu y as th y . f “•«, that
George Franklin McCain, a broth- Mrs - Alma Farrar, Pahokee, Fla.; ; when a tree being cut by a log- Were , id tl> e __ k ' L 'thl
er, Dewey Weldon; two aunts, Mrs. I Mis s Lucile Williams, Pahokee, dng crew fell on him and crushed 0 ff iciatincr 'mirier ac
Ida Bazemore, Columbus, Mrs. J 1 1 - «'» bis ° rninKlter ’ as ho P a,d
F. Posey, Butler; two nieces, Mrs
; Robert Peed and Miss Betty Wei
don; two nephews, Dewey Wei
j don Jr., who is in the armed serv
'ices overseas, and Chester Weldon
Funeral services were held in
Orlando, Fla.
can ’assuredly help ourselves. The
united effectual efforts of many U flA J„ DaakIa » C
can accomplish many things.WTiiie Needy IvOpie HI tlirOpe
a few men without cooperation!
can accomplish but little if any;
line of worthy endeavor.
Sincerely yours,
W. E. STEED
The W. S. C. S. of Butler Meth-
i odist church will send a box of
'clothing to needy prsons in
Europe.
All desiring to give clothing to
FOB SALE this worthy cause will please
Complete grocery and general send packages to Mrs. Sara
merchandise stock, electric meat Cross’ Shop not later than Dec. 12.
market, cases, cooler and sausage Woolen clothing is preferred,
grinder. For details write or see, Mre. W. F. Gray,
Mrs. T. J. Johnson, Ideal, Ga. Chairman of Supplies.
^Bloodworth had tried to get out q ; ,aUtie ‘ s in
4 114 her lite and her faithfulness in
t e path of the falling tree, ^ serv j ccs D f ber Lord
a " f ° 0t 'l Funoral services, attended by
g in the swamp mud. 'one of the largest assemblages of
Funeral services were held at friends ever witnessed here 8 were
11 a. m. Tuesday in the Turners conducted at the Butler Baptist
Ch Ri Pt H cen J atery " . church Sunday afternoon at three
Bloodworth wa sa resident of O 'ci ock( the SGrvices bein con .
Crawford county, and had moved ductcd by Rev . E . H . Dunn Bap-
to Reynolds recently to work in an tist minister, assited by Rev. C. L.
Would appreciate it very much | T expanding lumber project He is Glenn, pastor of the local Metho-
if the party who borrowed the ! Detroit, Dec., 1—Malcolm Me- survived by his wife, three chil- d j s t church followed by interment
block and tackle out of the back Ueod, 18-year-old runaway son of drn . ° n e brother, C. B. Bloodworth i n the City cemetery. Pall bearers
of my car would return it home, former Rep. C. J. McLeod, was re- of Roberta, and two sisters, Mrs. active: Mack Turner, H. B. Walker
as I need these articles very leased from police custody Satur- Isabel Cochran and Mrs. Beulah E. Ii. Bazemore, Horace Lumpkin
rn,,f>h 'day after his father declined to,Wilson, both residents of Roberta. G. D. Locke and Charles Benns;
KIfvn o rvinrmlnint />ViQrrrmrr him ■■ ■■■ ■ Vir\nnnn«.> t n «* *
PLEASE RETURN
! Fla.; and two brothers, L. E. Wil
! liams, Macon; and James Wil
liams, Albany.
| :
Runaways Arrested at
.Columbus with Big Roll
[Forgiven by Their Parents
T. C. Boswell, Butler, Ga.
FOR SALE
Home known as the
Wallace
sign a complaint charging him
with theft of $20,000 in cash from
their Detroit home.
The elder McLeod said the
FARM FOR RENT
honorary escorts: J. E. Matnis, J.
E. Tillman, Mercer Cooke, Gordon
Cooke, Howard Mott, Hugh Gee,
44w.nc niiuwji an uie wanace me ciuci iuuueuu saiu me i Two-horse farm, known a3 the W. C. Jordan, Leonard Morgan, Dr.
residence. For further information youth will probably be sent north Chap Youngblood Place in Potter- Lewis Beason, R. P. McGuffin,
write (125) for a rest. McLeod, with two ville district. Located on school Mack Mathews, P. B. Childs, W.'
MRS. G. F. OLIPHANT, young girl companions, was ap- bus route. (126’2tp) A. Moore, J. R. Cooper and C. s!
696 Ingleside Ave, Macon, Ga. prehended in Columbus, Ga. I E .A .Hollis, Reynolds, Ga. Price.