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THE BULLETIN
Volume 53
Salem Community
News
By Mrs. Wavy Lewis
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Maybe by the time this goes to
press the weather will have made
a change and will be fair and
nice for a while. This Fall has
been the rainest 1 have ever
seen, before Christmas. And
lots of older people says the
same.
There were some visitors for
Christmas in spite of the bad
weather — Mr and Mrs John
Fincher and son, Johnny, of At
lanta and Douglasville visited us
during the week end. We were
very proud that Mr. Fincher has
almost regained the use of his
legs after being in an Atlanta
hospital for several months from
the result of getting both legs
broken in an accident
Gladys (Mrs Fincher), Mrs.
Grover Lewis and myself drove
over to the church last Saturday
to visit the cemeteiy and found
Mrs. Hortense Rowe in the church
cleaning up and putting up some
pretty Christmas decorations.
We helped her finish the church
work and made the cemetery
look like Christmas—placing hol
ly in many places Westopped
by with Mrs Rowe and Miss
Nora Wynn for the rest of the
afternoon, find Braswell and
Kenneth Wynn hone for the!
holidays. The boys seemed joily
and pleased to gbe home from
college. Our men folks told us on
arriving that they were just
starting to go get us out of the
ditch. Everybody knows. '‘A wo
man seldom ever lets a car go in
the ditch”. Our children left for
home in the rain. Sgt- Grover
Lewis and wife will be with us
until after Christmas, after
which he will be stationed at
Paris Island and Atlanta. It is so
nice to have our children with us
at Christmas time.
We regret because of heavy
rains, we could not have our reg
ular third Sunday iLOo services
at Salem. We look forward to
these meetings
We extend to every reader a
happy and prosperous New Year
to every one. We get out of life,
just what we put in it, so let’s
put forth our best for the coming
year, That our homes, our com
munity. and our churches will be
better and mean more by our
very own efforts. Our work, time
presents and most of all our
prayers for a better nation and
world.
Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia
Gifts Donated To I
Naval Hospital ,
In response, to a request from!
American Red Cross and the hospital
authorities, Wilkinson County donat
ed 100 ChriStmss stockings for the ;
patients in U. S. Naval Hospital,'
Dublin.
These stockings contained candy,
nuts, raisins, stationary, Bibles,books
games, toilet articles, etc , and were
filled by Church, school, and com
munity groups, and with the help of
generous donations all over the coun
ty.
An album or records was donated
by Mrs. Tom Falk nor of Mclntyre,
and Miss Essie Deason, also of Mcln
tyre, who is employed in the office at
the hospbal. very kindly consented
to carry the gifts to Dublin.
The Red Gross Field Director at
the hospital said the distribution of
stockings and gifts did much to
brighten the day for the patients, and
! she promised acknowledgment by let
ter which will be published later.
[ Mrs. John Scott, Chairman,
Wilkinson County Chapter.
! American Red Cross.
Street of Irwinton
Mary Tigner
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We had store-bought hen for
Christmas, although we had ful
ly made up our mind to cook the
| fattest ot our three hens Having ,
bought eggs aid chicken feed 1
all Fall, we intended to start J
1948 with a clean sweep and less
overhead.
Overhead! It is remarkable
how a supposedly bird witted hen
can distance and roost just one
fingertip out of reach. That■
night, while I was hunting some ;
thing to stand on to catch the 1
old sister, she kept up a rapid- :
fire conversation. She said, , (in .
effect): ‘‘Hello, Mamie, what you
doing out here, groping around
in the dark? Want to come up .
and roost with us? Move over,
gals, there’s room on this fig,
limb for one more old hen, but
whether it will hold you up or
not is another matter. I was tell
ing the gals today that if you
didn’t let up on meat-eating you
would get too, too hefty. No of
fense, of course. You know we
all love you so much we’ll eat out ’
of your hand. Come on up and •
take a wing!”
Oh well! Maybe she ll Ly me
one egg next spring, or at least
sing me a song.
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Let us do your Job Printing for
1948. >
iFunck’s Entertain
। T’sboro Friends
Toomsboro, Ga , January 1. On
.Christmas Morning at ten o’clock,
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Funck en
tertained Mr. and M^g Bartley Burke,
'Mr. and Mrs James Meeks and Son
ny, at a breakfast of beauty and ele
gance-
Covers were laid for Seven on the
beautifully decorated dining table
The center piece was a miniature
Yule Lig holding lighted candles,and
surrounded by tiny ( hristmas trees.
When (he guests were seated, the
seasons good wishes were expressed
and much delicious food were ser
ved. w
Although the day of this occasion
was gloomy outside, only warmth,
cheer and merriment prevailed inside
this lovely apartment,
Last Saturday Mr and Mrs Funck
moved away to their lovely new
home which they recently purchased
| in Macon
In Toomsboro, (his charming young
cOup'e leaves a host of friends, who
deeply regret their going away, while
here, they manifested sincerity, kind
ness and friendship in their daily
living, and were enthusiastic partici
pants in all church and social activi
ties.
Church Bulletin
SUNDAY IN OUR CHURCHES
I.
Irwinton, Ga,
Methodist:
10:00 a. m. Sunday School at Church.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship on First
and Third Sundays.
. 7:00 p. m. Youth Fellowship each Sun-
। day.
7:30 Evening-Service.
Rev. R H. Moreland, Pastor
. Baptist:
I 10:00 a. m. Sunday School at Court
j house.
11:00 a. in. Morning Worship on 2nd
and -Ith Sundays.
7:30 p, m. Evening Service.
' Rev. Henry J. Durham, Pastor |
Union Prayer Meeting: 7:30 p. m. on
Wednesdays.
Hospitalized Vets
Gets Break
Georgia veterans, hospitalized for
the treatment of any service-connect
'ed disability for more than 30 days,
• will automatically be awarded a 100
per cent disability and will receive
$l3O a month until released C.Arthur
Cheatham, director of the State Dept.
|of Veterans Service, announcing this
I new ruling of the Veterans Admini
stration, hailed it as a “humane im
Friday, January 2, i94sNo. s1
, W.M.S. Os Liberty
Is Honored
One of the most enjoyable oc
casions of the-holiday season was
the reception given by Mr. and
Mrs. 0. Minor Shepherd and Mr
: and Mrs Otis Smith at the coun-
I try home ot Mr. and Mrs. Shep
herd, on Saturday evening, Dec.
27, in honor of the WMS, the va
rious organizations, and the Sun
day School of the Liberty Bap
tist church This was also a fare
well party fprMr. and Mrs. Smith
(Mr. Smith having been Sunday
School Supt.) who are going to
move to Savannah in the near fu
ture where Mr. smith has accept
ed a position with the Union Bag
Corp. There were approximately
60 guests present.
As you turned into the lane of
this ancestral home .you greeted
by the lights of a large 1 hrist
mas tree on the porch and the in
house the traditionnl Christmas
decorations were carried out.
The spacious home afforded ac
comodations separately for each
age group entertainment Mrs.
Frances Brady .was in charge of
the young people, Mrs, Ellen (J.
Smith, the WMS, and Mr. Smith
the Brotherhood.
Many Christmas Carols were
sung by the young people and
numerous games were enjoyed,
one of which Was an old fashion
ed Spelling Bee between the
WMS and the Brotherhood. Mr.
Wibie Bentley having won the
the prize as the best speller
Delicious refreshments were
served banquet style from the
table which was beautifully de
corated with Yule logs and small
Santa Claus’.
This pleasant occasion will
long be remembered by those
present.
Half the misery in the world
j comes of want of courage to
| speak and to hear the truth, and
! in a spirit of love.
—H. B. Stowe
provsment” in regulations and stated
that hundreds of veterans in Georgia
hospitals, by direction of the VA,
would be affected.
“After discharge from the hospi
tai,” Cheatham declared, “the veter
an’s c»se will be re adjusted and re
rated in accordance with the find
ings.”
He cautioned that this regulation
covered veterans receiving hospital
treatment for a specific service-con
Dected disability by direction of the
VA.