Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, March 08, 1934, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextBY ThOVSAI®* ' OF PEOPLK , Profr***^' vollme civ lllui on-Ilccother A BALDWIN COUNTY 6 INSTITUTION * >, Ga., March 8, 1934 CoMolidatad ia 1S7* NUMBER 29 Board of Education to Hold Additional Session at Early Date nm t» Fm r?*. c ~- li, nt Opertti** •* ■» \)acBaea. Xk, bom* Of EdMltioi mlim- ti ,f«r . iriof .e-ion Tu«*T. ri, routine matter, non. tandled, „ ho ld mother -e—Ion it in onriy .he* plan, win k« “continue the -hoot, » oponUon dtcr M.rch 23rd. c n pt Bivins — Instructed to eon- dn. Ms efforts to s«u- CWA funds in order ttaf the Khooh „ continued. The boird wm told by 1 superintendent tint oU school. Zl d hsve to cloee ifter Kirch sjrd unless some meins of flmne. a, rould he provided. An effortto ■ct CWA funds hes been underwiy J^reml seeks but the nefotiltlons kite not beon succe—fnl. The dute of the edjouraed meet- in- of the bonrd hie not been in- nouneed. but It will be oome time kefore Mareh 23rd. CITY COUNCIL WOULD MAKE KIHXKnr.EVn.LE BRD SANCTUARY Bu»i i Diipoted of. legion auxiliary to BROADCAST OVER RADIO NEXT TUESDAY AT 3:15 BirtMar off Lagio. u> B« Obaarvad Witfc SrkuI Program o» Station W. M. A. Z. Tn* Legion Auxiliary will join in a nation vide program March lSth ia celebration of the fifteenth annU veriary of the organisation of the Legion -with a program that will he broadcasted over the rajJio from atation W. M. A. Z. in Macon at three-fifteen. The program is under the diree tion of Mrs. Jere Moore, chairman of publicity for the Auxiliary. Those taking part will be Mr*. George Fovler, Mrs. R. L. Nelson, Katherine Carpenter and others. The program promises to be most inter esting snd entertaining and the peo ple here are invited to tune in Cooking School Opens Today 3:15 P.M., GMC Grade Building TWO YOUNG MEN ARRESTED FOR MOTOR THEFT Charles Baugh tad leas Caaght iu Macau With AuteHohile of Mrs. Robert Lawson. Thr fitv Council in session Mon- dav irrlit rn«sed a resolution offer ed by Alderman Stewsrt Wootten nm>" that Milledgeville be made B Bird Sanctuary and citizens throw evMT protection around the birds that come to the city. The council session was devoted principally to routine matteers. no important business Jcomlng beforte Th» re-icnation of Mias Sara Faye R*id wa« accepted »ith regret. A wolntion was adopted expressing to M’ss Reid the appreciaton of the efy for her splendid service and praising her for the manner in which she fulfilled her job. Mrs. Pearson Bert/ was placed in the office of Mr. Lamar Ha*m as assist ant clerk and treasurer temporarily. Mr. J. F. Bell, Jr., completed his work as special tax collector and wa.« relieved of his duties by the council with a resolution of thanks and commendation. Mr. Bell has ac certed the neoncy for the New York Life Insurance Co. here. Mr. Wooticn stated in h ? s resolu tion that mnnv different birds came to Milledieville each year and a number of citizens had already takf-n precautions to protect -hem and he urged that every citizen pro vide baths and feeding places for b : rds and that harm to them be dis counted. The resolution was passed unanimously. Monday afternoon a warrant was sworn out against Charley Baugh. Alias Charley Brookins, and Lonnie Sanders, two young white men of this city, charging them with auto mobile theft. The young men Sundny night took the Sport Model Chevrolet automo bile of Mrs. Robert Lawson in this city, and started to Macon. The car was wrecked a few m : Ies this side of Macon. A radio broadcast was made in that city that the automobile had been stolen. Police officers heard that a ear had been wrecked, and made an investigation. They found that Baugh and Sanders had order ed the machine towered to a garage. Sanders was arrested in the machine while Baugh attempted to. run away, hut was caught after a chase. The automob : le was taken in charge and the officers here notifi ed. Sheriff Haynic has brought Baugh and Sanders from Macon, and locked them up in the county jail. SIXTY TWO STUDENTS ENROLLED RECEIVING C. W. A. AID HERE Sixty-two students are now ®p- ‘Ued at G. S. C. W. who arc re ding aid from the fund provided ' th»* federal government to provide ’ f»r students desiring to com- education. The college ’ 1 i been set at 103 and np • admission to the sprng '•ith hegins March 21‘* ded thi* number. 1 " ‘b" plan .students arc given • inuloyment on the cam- - nr. ! receive their compensation • r\YA fund, and *ith this bey pay the necessary ex ’ > attend the college. APPLir AT i ONS for SEED loans are being taken p a*" ■, Agent Langley is receiving tb* name of fanners intersted in ^coring seed loans and is complet n t’ nil plans to begin filling out applications as soon as the necessary 1*1" r and details are received. Ae«-r.t Langley said the applic t ' H Hanks are expected within the Bext *" n days. Farmers who have their names to Mr. Langley ^'1 I.'* notified by mail when the ;,r - ’•'•ach here. Farmers who are rV to< * nro re< l ueste d *° 8ee SPI,,N G HOLIDAYS BEGIN AT c S. c. W. MARCH 1STH ^ ■ b r ng holidays begin at G. 8- C- ‘‘ f ' b 15th, and continue through th. The students will he al- ' ' ,r> go to their homes for the day holiday. DR. E. A. TIGNF.R NOMINATION AS POSTMASTER WITHDRAWN The daily papers of Thursday morning of last week carried the announcement that at the request of Congressman Vinson, the nomina tion of Dr. E. A. Tigner as Post master of Milledgeville had •been withdrawn from the Senate. This action was taken after Sen ator Russell had stated to President Roosevelt in an interview that he would not withdraw hia objection to the confirmation of Dr. Tigner. Dr. Tigner is no* acting post master and will remain in that ca pacity until his successor is named nd qualified. j. F. BELL, JR-. NAMED NEW YORK LIFE REPRESENTATIVE Mr. J. F. Bell. Jr-, ha* been named •ent for the New York Life In surance Co., in this city and ha^ taken over his new duties this week after tendering h's re-ignation to the city as special tax roll ^ tor ’ . Mr. Bell is one of Milledgoville best known young men. After re turning from the war where he won distinction as a soldier and was on several occasion decorated for **ra\ erv. he became associated with hi* father in the grocery business. About a ye»r ho * # take over .pooial » , ° rk for th ” c S. NOW York nf.i.ouootbo^ lino iu.ur.noo omupamo.. Mr. Bel t Mend. «i«i> W» muc “ 5UC " M hi. now work. “ eth “SS^v,ces Rev. Horace S. Smith partor of the Methodist church, ha. an- kiounccd Prc-Eartor com- mencimr the week of March 19 cottaue prayer moetmp. will hi h»ld at 10:30 o’clock each morning with the exception of Saturday. During the following week, March 26lh. service, will he held at the church »t 10:30 o'clock In the mom- ,nd at 7:30 o’clock in the even- T he public is cordially invited RED CROSS ASKS AID FOR NEEDY Lm*I Ckipter ti Rum $ZM f«r IMy m TmbU* Stricku Am of Nuth Ci mu. An appeal has been iaraed by Mr. George Tunnel], chaiiman ef the local chapter of the American Bed Crocs, for funds to aid the strick en in the tornado swept area of Carroll, Henry and Stewart coun ties, where considerable u done a week ago. Plans have been formulated by the executive committee in Marion Tuesday to stage a tag day Satur day and Monday to assist in miring the needed funds. Donations can bo sent to the local Red Ctom office, Miss Emmy Riley, secretary or U Mr. L. C. Hall, treasurer, at the Merchants A Farmers Bank. The following telegrams were re* ceived by Mr. Tunnell from Nation al, and State Headquarters: ’Latest reports from our disaster trepdcsenfcstive* in CaiToll, Henry and Stewart counties indicate de struction caused by tornado much widespread than firat indicat ed. Bowden very badly hit, over two hundred homes destroyed or damag ed, two people killed and between sixty and seventy injured. These people ned help, all Georgia com munities being requested to raise relief funds, quota of two hundred and fifty dollars assigned your chap ter, impress upon your people through newspaper, radio and or ganized personal appeal that they should heed this call of distress in same generous spirit as they would w'sh their neighboring chapters to show if next tornado should strike your community.” JAMES L. FIESER, Vice Chairman ‘‘The victims of tornado disaster of February 25th in Georgia and the Red Cross which is giving aid to the needy 'families would deeply appreciate your assistance in nection with your local Red Cross chapters program to raise funds to give aid to the needy families af fected by the tornado. The tornado disa’ter covered wide area in Geor gia with greatest damaged in Bow don community m Carrt>ll county out of two hundred and twenty- four houses in Bowdon only forty five were left undamaged over fifty homes totally blown away, town al most completely demolished. Total estimated damage for Bowon alone ever three hundred and fifty thou: and dollars.” STONE J. CRANE Everything is ready for the firzt' session of The Union-Recorder's an nus! cooking school which will open Thuradoy afternoon at three-fifteen in the auditoiinm of the grade building at G. M. C., under the di rection of Miss Gladys Baker, noted food economist and cooking expert, of the Universal Range Co. Miss Baker has announced a most interesting program |for the first day’s session. Many new recipes will be given and a complete meal in cluding three new demrta will be prepared during the first afternoons On Friday most of the pro gram wil )be devoted to cakes and desertu, although another meal will be prepared. Miss Baker, who is a native of Hancock coifnty, has a wide reputation as an authority on foods and the preparation of them. From every section The Union-Re corder has heard the highest praise of Miss Baker and her work. The merchants who are co-operat ing in the school join The Union- Recorder in extending an invitation to every woman in the city county, as well as those in adjoin ing counties to attenl. Ample seat ing arrangements have been made, The classes will begin at three-fif teen each afternoon and every min ute will be interciting. At elusion of the school a fashion show ill be held and a group of young ladies will model the latest spring creations from the stocks of several FARM HOME PLAN HEAVY RAIN URGED BY AGENT SWELLS RIVER attend tho.e KrvicM. COMMANDER Y TO BE DOFECTED TUESDAY fSGHT J. Pail Sluin', ol Aitart., Will laWMtil, Office, Udi*. «• B. CmU it Diicr. J. Paul Stephens, Augusta attor ney and Grand Sword Bearer of the Grand Commandery. will make the annual inspection of Plantagenet Commandery NO. 12 on next Tues day night, Emmlnent Commander J. T. McMullen ha* announced. A dinner will he served in honor of the inspecting officer in the Mn- fonic club a* 7:30 and the wives of the commandery member* will be specially inv’ted guests. After the dinner the inspection will he held. All members of the commandery are urged to be present. Sir Knight Stephens is prominent in profe-wional and fraternal af fairs of Georgia and he will be g.ven a codial welcome to Milledireville. LEVIN SMITH PAINFULLY HURT IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT Mr. Levin Smith is absent from his duties at the Culver &■ Kidd Drug Co., this week on account of injuries received i«i u motorcycle accident Sunday evening. Mr. Smith was riding the motor cycle with Homer Albert as his companion, and was si* or s even miles from the city on the Macon highway, when the tire bursted. He ww thrown forward, Ftirlrng the pavement in a way as to injure thrf ankle* of both leg* and the wrist* of both arms. He was also badly shocked by the falL He did not rea lize he was so painfully injured un til some time after the accident, and he was carried to his home. Young Albert escaped with only a few minor bruises. MiUedgeviUe merchants. Thi# will added feature that promises to be of unusual interest. Members of the Parent-Teachers Association-will be present to assist in ushering and seeing that every comfort is provided the Indie* who attend the sehooL We call special attention to advertisement elsewhere annooi ing the school and lifting the me. chants co-operating. We also urgt attention to the advertisMwnts in this edition. Thej represent to the ladies unusual buying opportunities and we suggest that every ad throughout the paper be read eare- fally. The Union-Recorder is happy to present this week as a supplement their first annual Cook Book. R«- ccipes of Hilledgevttle housewives are published in this book and we are sure every housekeeper will find it interesting and worth pre serving for reference frequently. We had hoped that we could have a recipe from every woman in the city, hut realizing that th ! s was impos sible, we compiled as many as we could. The Union-Rfecordcr looks for ward to the school Thursday and Friday with much pleasure. We feel sure that each afternoon will be profitably spent by those who attend and we hope every woman will be present to enjoy this occasion. CWA WORKERS CUT T0350 HERE 1M fn.Ra.UMFH- A»r- fii*« Cm FjywiW Tb VmIi IMw FIh to Star CWA. Th* number of workers on CWA' rolls in Baldwin county dropped to 850 this week when 106 names wart ent off by orders from Atlanta on laat Friday. £ Tim man now in the employ of Urn £*r# bo given jobs and work being rushed to finish projects / in the process of completion. , irthe- redaction in the number . WA employees will probably bo m. O this week, Mr. Harry Kennedy, dia ; frtireefers mid Wednesday. Plans to discontinue CWA work throughout the nation are being rapidly carried forward. April 1st ha* boon set a* th* final data for cities above 5-000 and it is probable that the reduction from week to week for the remainder of this month wil! be a large percent Plans are being worked out by Miss Helseth, head of the relief ad ministration at d the Red Cross to provide for the CWA workers who cannot secure employment. Many of the workers are returning to the farms but a number are left with out jobs and means of support. The direct relief work will be strengthen ed and every effort will be made to care for these people. Under the new set up when the CWA ’s discon tinued the city, county and relief units will provide job* through gov ernment direction it is understood. Hope for the approval of addition al jobs in this county h. ve been practically abandoned. “Fin Hone Cnftol FU.” Will Be Worked Oat ia Co-ty. Gray Meetiaf to Be HeM. To aid farm fanrlie* in Baldwin county in arriving at a cropping program that will supply the farm and family requirements for Hving- at-home, L. R. Langley, county farm agent, is lntroduc ! ng a “Farm and Home Cropping Plan” sheet. It is probable that the plan will be demonstrated soon at a group meeting to be attended by farm men women and young people. It is an | attempt to focus the interest of th? farm family in doing definite plan ning for a Live-at-Home program Hnce “experience in the AAA pro grams has shown the importance of farm and home records”, the agent says. The sheet, prepared by the Agri cultural Extension service of the University of Georgia, was written to aid in forming cropping programs tender individual (conditions. It is *1oo hoped that it will supply re- q menU for living-at-home and assist in meeting provisions of the AAA programs. MR. W. G. JOHNSON OF MANCHESTER PURCHASES THE MILLEDGEV1LLE TIMES Mr. W G. Johnson, publisher of the Manchester Metcurv at Manchester, Ga.. has purchased The* Mil1e.igev : lle Times and as sumed it rmnnagement. He has mad*- nn entire change in both the edi torial and mechanical assistant* a*, the office. ■Mr. Johnson hats published the Mercury for a number of years, and is an experienced newspaper The Union-Recorder fclcomes hir to i rty. REV. HARRIS CONTINUES TO IMPROVE The many friends of Rev. A. G Harris are glad to know that hi.-- condition continues to improve. Rev. Mr. Harris has been in the hospital several weeks, and bL friends throughout the eitv have been much concerned about his condition. He has not yet been nertnitted to have visitor*. Rev. R. C. Rhea, pastor of the Milledgeville Circuit will preach at Hopewell next Sunday morning. An Epworth League meeting will he held at Matilda Chapel Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock, and an inter esting program rendered. The peo ple of thit section are invited. Deh|c SttoHiy uA SaaAty Scad Strew fnre Bulu ul Dun- ift Law LaaAt ia TW» Stctiaa. Two and a half inches of rain Saturday f-Ilowed by more than inch Sunday sent the Oconee river and its tributaries out of their hanks into the low lands to do con siderable damage in this section. The down pour started shortly after noon Saturday and continued through the night. 2.52 inches of had fallen within the sixteen hour period, according to the record- 1 kept by Mrs. W. G. Lockhart. Thr i-ain continued Sunday and Sunday night, akhough a let-up came dur ing the middle of the day, and 1 03 inches wore rec*>r<|ed for the 24 hour peri ' Clearing sk ! es came Mondnv and spring like weather has prevailed. The river began a steady rise Saturday and (Sunday morning measured 18 feet at the bridge. Monday morning the reading show ed 26 feet. Fishing Creek was also out of it* banks. The work on the new bridge to span the Oconee was stopped and every effort was made to get the •material out of the low lands. Lum ber and creosoted post* to be used in the bridg" construction were lost in the rush ng waters despite th? efforts to get them to higher Inn** The new fill wh’ch represent* mnny. many tons of dirt was damnped from the washing rains Roads throughout the county were badly wn^h^d and dnmng*-*! Slight damage was done to one or two bridg**.'*, but the greatest loss was to the Cornell-Young Co., wh > have the construction of the Oconee bridge in charge. PLANS TO OPEN NUISERY SCHOOL ARE BEING HADE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOLD ROUTINE SESSION TUESDAY The County Commissioner-, in regular session Tuesday disposed of a number of routine matters, devot ing the majority of the time to the discussion of the collection of past due taxes. All members of the board were present. T. H. RENTZ NAMED CHAIRMAN OF DEACONS A meeting of the officers of the Presbyterian church was held Thur. - day night to make plans for the new year commencing April l*t. Major T. H. Rent* was made chair man of the Board of Deacons; Mr. W B. McKinnon, was re-elected Secretary. »*>d Mr. W. H. Herndon was named Treasurer. O-Iy CkiUraw of CWA Rails to Bt AAmiuW Dwr- iag First Qurttr. Plans are being made to open the Nursery School at G. S. C. W. Imme diately on the approval of the ap propriation from CWA authorities, was announced this week. The school will be started as a CWA project entirely and will be maintained and the operating perso- nclle will be furnished by the CWA Only children of unemployed and persons on the CWA rolls will bo admitted to the school. The houso recently purchased by the college on Montgomery street is being repaired and made ready for the school. Plans for the school were discuss ed with MisS Clara Haaalock the past week-end by Misa Martha Mc- Alpin of the State Department of Education. She expressed *ho be lief that approval would be given of the school by CWA authorities at an early date. It is the hope of college authori ties that the Nursery School will be made n permanent department of the college next fall and will bo opened for admission to all children of the nursery age. DR. J. B GREEN WILL PREACH AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY Dr. J. B. Green, a member of the Faculty of Columhia Theolog'cal Seminary, will preach at the Presby terian church at th** morning and evening services Sunday. During the illness of Rev. A G. Harris, the pastor, the Presbyterians are fortunate in having the.“e scholarly and learned minister*, willing to lend their assistance by filling their pulpits for them. Dr. Green is recognized as one of tha leading ministers of the Southern Presbytery. Rev. Horace S. Smith, pastor of the Milledgeville Methodift church has announced pre-Easter Serv ce*. During the week commencing March 19th. cottage prayer meetings will be held each evening, with the ex ception of Wednesday evening when the regular prayer meeting services will be held at the church. Com mencing the 26th, evening service* will be held at the church. The places and time of holding the cottage prayer meetings will be announced later.

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Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, March 08, 1934, Image 1