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BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1945
NUMBER 9
23 MORE MEN
RETURN HOME
WITH DISCHARGE
Three Local Military Officers
Are Placed on Inactive Duty
List.
BRIG. 6EN. L. H. SIMS
APPRECIATES MESSAGE
FROM SOLDIER'S FATHER
INVALID FATHER IS GRATEFUl
FOR SON’S RETURN AND MONTH
LY ALLOTMENT CHECKS FROM
GOVERNMENT.
One of the nicest Christmas
greetings received by Brig. Gen.
Leonard H. Sims, USA, Director of
days 1 the Office of Dependency Bene-
rae n j fits in Newark, N. J., was a letter
have i from the invalid father of a sol-
either been released from active I dier who is home at last,
duty or given discharges from the I Grateful for the regulai month
armed service. 1 ly family allowance checks which
Officers who have been placed | meant food and medicine, anu
During the past several
twenty-three Taylor county
have returned home and
TO OUR READERS
and FRIENDS
§ MRS. BEELAND'S BROTHER
SUCCUMBS AT HIS HOME
IN ATLANTA SUNDAY A. M.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. D. F.
CARTER WERE HELD IN FORT
VALLEY TUESDAY WITH BURIAL
IN FT. VALLEY CEMETERY.
on inactive duty include:
Capt. S. T. Borom
Lieutenant Harold Posey
Lieutenant (j.g) Cecil W. Butt
Enlisted men receiving dis
charges are:
White Men
Charles L. Lail
Jason O. Albritton
O. C. Keen Jr.
Tellie W. Taunton (navy)
Grady Trussell
Wanza W. Moore
James D. Fouche
William A. Harris (navy)
James E. Webb
Stokey A. Joiner
Guy E. Calhoun (marine)
Felton C. Bloodworth
Dewey L. Weldon Jr.
-Ddwc.rd L. Spillers
W. H. Stalnaker
Colored Men
Clifford Hill Jr.
Johnnie J. Heath
Belmon Monfort
O. W. Carter
F. M. Coleman
Farmers Asked to Report
Conservation Practices
Before Jan. 15,1946
The 1945 AAA Conservation Pro
gram will end on December 31 and
Taylor county farmers are request
ed to file a report of the practices
they have carried out on their
farms during 1945, according to
Roy F Jones, County Administra
tive Officer. The closing date for
reporting 1945 soil building prac
tices is Jan. 15, 1946.
Mr. Jones states that the purpose
of conservation payments is to en
courage farmers to adopt con
servation practices that will im
prove their farms. The payments
as a rule amount to approximately
80 pe rcent of completing the
above all, freedom from the fear
of being in want,” this father
sent a message from Fresno, Cali
fornia, "To the Director and his
Staff” which is guaranteed to
make their Christmas holidays
much hppier.
General Sims, who, with Mrs.
I Sims, is visiting Mrs. Cims’ sis
ters, Mrs. Henry McLean and
Mrs. Helen Dunwody in Butler,
made known the contents today
because of their unusually touch
ing and inspiring character. The
soldier’s folks wrote:
Greetings:
Our son is home from war and
we have received our last allow
ance check. I suppose we should I
thank a kindly Government and
we do, but a Government seems
vague, ponderous' and without'
form, while your office seems a
very real place—it’s where the
checks come from.
You have asked that we, the
dependents, write no unnecessary
letters; if this be one, forgive me
—to me it seems necessary that
we express our thanks and appre
ciation.
To me, an invalid, 68 years of
age, and to my wife, the sure
knowledge that the check would
come each month was a great
comfort; it meant food and medi
cine and above all, freedom from
the fear of being in want.
When we asked for a change
in classification because of need
and believing a mistake had been
made, your office investigated
and granted the request prompt
ly; when your field investigator
called my wife for an interview,
she met a courteous and under
standing woman.
In your files we are No
2 dependents and you probably
grind those chesks out with a
machine. But my wife and I will
always think of your office as a
busy place where many helping
hands reach out to millions all
over the U. S.
To all of you: A Merry Christ-
practice.
Soil building practices for which m ” and rna y“ happiness "and'“good
payment was provided under the
1945 program included applying
limestone, superphosphate, basic
slag, or potash; establishing lespe-
deza, crotalaria, kudzu, sericea, or
vegetative waterways; construct
ing terraces, or ditches; clearing,
seeding, mowing, or renovating
pastures; harvesting blue lupine,
vetch, crotalaria, or kobe lespede-
za seed.
Mr. Jones states that he is anx
ious that every farmer carrying out
one or more of the practices out
lined above file a report and sign
an application for payment as
soon as convenient.
Announcement For Mayor
City of Reynolds
I hereby announce my candida
cy for Mayor of the City of Rey
nolds for the term beginning Jan.
1, 1946 and ending Dee. 31, 1947
subject to the rules and regula
tions of the City Ordinance gov
erning such elections.
The election will be held Tues
day, Jan. 1, 1946.
Will appreciate your support.
Respectfully,
R. L. SWEARINGEN.
fortune attend you.
In releasing the above letter. I
General Sims pointed out that >
more than two thirds of all ODB
disbursements are from the mili
tary pay of Army personnel; the
remaining is contributed by the
Government. The ODB has acted
as the fiscal agent of millions of
soldiers and their families
throughout the war, and continues
to serve those who remain in the'
Army.
The New Year is the traditional sea
son of hope. Hope for a lasting peace.
Hope for a speedy reunion with loved ones
far distant. Hope for happiness and hope
for health.
Each of has a stake in this harvest of
hope. How we reap will depend on how we
cultivate the opportunities that lie ahead.
Just as a merchant takes stosk at the
beginning of a New Year and closes his
books on the Old, so we at this season
ought to take mental i inventory and do
some spiritual bookkeeping. The past is
good only as its achievements strengthen
us for the tasks of the future-only as its
mistakes teaclj us for the improye-
ment of tomorrow'
The road of the past was paved with
injustice, discontent and tyranny. We
must pave the road of the future with
hope, confidence, understanding and
neighborliness.
The world is no better or no worse
than we ourselves make it. It is the sum of
thousands of communities like our own,
all added together. We each have re
sponsibilities as individuals and cit
izens to make it better.
With th coming of 1946 let us resolve
to work and live so that peace on earth
may be a reality rather than a dream. Then
the horrors of battle will not be visited on
the next generation and the sons of tomor
row will not have to go forth to war.
The future offei*s challenging oppor
tunities. Strngthened by our nation’s
achievements in the past four years, we can
meet these opportunities with confidence.
So it is with a spirit of hope, fortified
by a feeling of thankfulness that The
Heerald wishes for every one of you
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The many friends of M»s. Homer
Reeland of Reynolds regret to
learn of the death of her brother,
Mr. Daniel Franklin Carter which
occurred at his home in Atlanta
Sunday morning.
Funeral services for Mi. Carter
were held at the Webb Funeral
home in Ft. Valley Tuesday
morning. Burial was also in that
city.
Surviving Mr. Carter is a daugh
ter Mrs. Peter Lauriola of New
York; two sons Messrs Wm. F.
Carter of Atlanta, and Pfc. Robert
F. Carter U. S. Army overseas; a
sister, Mrs. Beeland; and three
brothers, Messrs A. M. Carter of
Reynolds, G. P. Carter of Dallas,
Texas, and R. F. Carter of Atlan
ta.
MR- A. E. GUINN
DIES AT HOME
THURSDAY NIGHT
Funeral Services to be Held at
Baptist Church Here Sunday at
3 p. m.
District Superintendent
Announces Dates for
Quarterly Coferences
Rev. A. W. Reese, District Super
intendent of Columbus District
Methodist Churches, nnounces that
the Quarterly Conferences will be
held at the following churches on
dates indicated:
Buena Vista. Ian. 18, P. M.
Butler, Jan 11, A. M.
Cussot.i, Jan 13, A. M.
Cuthbert, Jan. 28, P. M.
Geneva, Box Springs, Jan. 29.
Mai ion, Brantley, Jan. 19, A.M.
Talbotton, Jan. 11, P. M.
Talbot Circuit, Centerville, Jan.
12, A. M.
Cairo Woman Ends Life
By Holding Head in
Tub of Water
all
Cairo, Ga., De£. 20—Mrs. A. Jack
McClelland, wife of a well known
farmer residing 13 miles north of
Cairo, deliberately ended her life
by holding her head in a tub of
water, accroding to a coroner’s
jury.
Evidence at the inquest indicat
ed, according to Grady county
Coroner P. H. Blackman, that Mrs.
McClelland, after retiring Tuesday
night with her young daughter,
while her husband and yoiyig son
slept in another room, arose,
slipped out to the back yard, lay
on a bench and hung her head
into the tub. She had been dead
several hours when found by her
husband.
Circumstances surrounding the
suicide were investigated thor
oughly, the coroner said, but no
satisfactory reason could be
ascribed for her act. She left un
der the body a long rambling note
about her children, but it threw
no real light on her motive. A
family physician testified themost
logical explanation was a tempor
ary men Lai upset.
Mr. Austin Edgar Guinn, owner
of the famous Peach Valley Egg
Farm, died at his home near But
ler at 10:15 o’clock Thursday
night. He had been in ill health
for several years, having suffered
a stroke of paralysis in Septem
ber, 1940.
Mr. Guinn was born at Kittyton,
Tenn., on May 15, 1888, the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Guinn.
He was married in early young
manhood to Miss Hilda Voegler
who survives him. He was a vet
eran of World War One, having
served 30 years in the U. S. Navy.
He arid Mrs. Guinn moved to
Taylor county in 1922 at which
time they established the Peach
Valley Egg Farm. This poultry
farm began on a small scale but
grew rapidly and during the past
several years has won national
fame on many occasions. Today
the Peach Valley Egg Farm is one
of the largest poultry farms in
the South.
Funeral services for Mr. Guinn
will be held at the local Baptist
list ehureli with-Bev. »E. H. Dunn
officiating at 3 o’clock Sunday
afternoon. Interment will be in
the City cemetery.
Surviving Mr. GuinU besides his
wife are two sons Austin E. Guinn
Jr., of the Merchant Marines and
Albert F. Guinn of Butler, and
two daughters Mrs. Ben Neisler
and Miss Ann Guinn of Butler;
two brothers Messrs J. D. Guinn
of Camden, S. C., and Earl Guinn
of the U. S. Navy; three sisters
Mrs. Ben Kelley and Mrs.
H. O. Burns, of Camden, S. C.
and Mrs. Ida Mae Jones of Spar
tanburg; also one granddaughter
Wilhelmina Neisler.
Mr. J. W. Edwards II, of Ed
wards Brother Funeral Home will
be in charge of funeral arrange
ments.
Dean Theatre Plans
Midnight Show on
New Year's Eve
Services at Baptist
Church Next Sunday
There will be preaching at the
local Baptist church next Sunday
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. This is
an extra service in the month be
cause of a fifth Sunday occurring
in December.
Our Lord says "neglect not the
assembling of yourselves to
gether,” Hebrews.
Local Pastor to Preach
At Hie Local Methodist
Church Next Sunday
Regular Fifth Sunday services
will be held at the local Metho
dist church Sunday. Sunday
school at 10 a. m., and preaching
at 11 a. m. Young people’s service
at 6:45 p. m. and evening worship
at 7:30.
"House on Ninety-Second Street”
starring Lloyd Nolan and Gene
Lockhart will be shown at the
Dean Theatre on New Year’s Eve
night.
The show wil begin promptly
at 12 o'clock midnight.
Dr. L. R. Dean, manager of the
theater, states that prpceeds from
this show will be given to the
Community House fund.
Dr. Dean also announces that
the winner of the G-E Refrigerator
which is being given away by the
local Garden Club will be an
nounced in the Herald at an
early date.
Girl's Aiholetic Club
To Sponsor Dance
The Butler Girls’ Athletic Club
is sponsoring a New Year's Eve
dance at the new Dean Hotel.
Admission: Couple, 50c; stags,
40c; time 7:30; all proceeds will
go to the Community House.
A. C. L. Authorized
To Purchase A. B. & C.
Railway Property
Washington, Dec.—The Atlantic!
Coast Line Railroad has been au
thorized by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to purchase the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast
Railroad Company.
The A. B. & C. operates 637
miles of trackage in Georgia and
Alabama. The Coast Line acquired
all its common stock in 1926.
Preferred stock of the A B. &
C. will be redeemed and can
celled as of Jan. 1, 1946, under
terms of the purchase agreement,
the line’s properties transferred to
the Coast Line as of Dec. 31, 1945
and the corporation dissolved.
The preferred stock will be re
deemed by the Coast Line for an
estimated $2,574,381.
Special Watch-Night
Service Will Be Held
A special Watch-Night program
has been prepared for next Mon
day night beginning at 10 o’clock
at the Butler Methodist church.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend this special service.
Lost in Butler: Identification
Bracelet with "Madyne” on front,
“Mildred” on back. Finder write:
Virgil Harbuck, Box 455, Thomas-
ton, Ga
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