Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for NOVEMBER 1938 November 1938 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net February 25, 2007, 9:44 pm The Cleburne News November 1938 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1938 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 3, 1938 MRS. THROWER BETTER Mrs. Ab Thrower of Heflin is "getting along fine" following injuries received in an automobile accident last week. ----- YOUNG DELTA GIRL IS DEATH VICTIM Delta, Ala. Oct. 29 Funeral services for Mildred Dean McCollough, age 13, who died at her home here following a brief illness, were conducted by the Rev. T.F. Ingram and interment was in Delta Cemetery. The young girl's four brothers, S.O., S.J., Webster and Sterling McCollough served as pallbearers. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. S.D. McCullough. ------ ED W. BEASON LAID TO REST E.W. Beason, age 60, died at his home here last Tuesday night, after being in ill health about three years. He was well known in Heflin and south Cleburne, where he was raised. He had lived in Heflin for 19 years and was engaged in the grocery business for some time. Funeral services were conducted from Cedar Creek Baptist church Thursday afternoon with burial in the family (Beason's) Cemetery near Beason Mills. Surviving are the widow and three daughters, Mrs. Steve Wade, Mrs. Arlin White and Mrs. W.B. Rigsby, and a son Maurice Beason. The Cleburne News extends condolence to the bereaved. ------- COFIELD DIES AT HIS RESIDENCE W.E. Cofield, 83, died late Saturday afternoon at his home at Newell after a brief illness. Burial was in Harmony Church cemetery with Brown-Service directing. He was well known in the Newell section of Randolph county as well as in south Cleburne county. Survivors are the widow; four sons, C.C. of Cleburne county; L.W. of Gadsden; W.M. and Thomas of Randolph county; four daughters, Mrs. Annie McCord of Heflin; Mrs. Minnie Moncus of Clay county; Mrs. Ethel Skinner of Heflin; and Miss Cain (Carrie) Cofield of Newell. The Masons officiated at the graveside services. -------- NEWS ABOUT TOWN Last week after the passing of Mr. Ed Beason, two ladies were discussing his obliging manner and his kindness of heart. One told of how he had greatly put himself out to help in an hour of real need and another spoke of his having come to her rescue when her husband lay ill and she was in need of ice for high fevers; this of course was before the advent of electric and gas refrigeration. Her relief was great when Mr. Beason took it upon himself to see that she had all the ice she needed. Soon these two were joined by a young woman who told of being on the highway and having car trouble. She was wholly unprepared for such an emergency but along came Mr. Beason and got help and stayed with her until her car would run. She wanted to pay him but he refused any compensation for his trouble and delay. It seems that Mr. Beason was always accomodating to those in a "jam." It is these such things that mean so much to all on life's journey. The time here for us all is short and we never have too much time to gladden the hearts of fellow travelers. It is comforting to recall the lovely traits in friends who have left us. We should all be more swift to love and make greater haste to be kind. Those who have that graciousness of spirit throw much happiness onto the lives of others. We just cannot keep books on the other person and his life, and those who really enjoy helping usually do a wealth of good deeds, even though they may be so small that they soon forget them and go on to others. It too, is comforting to know that it is the Father above who keeps the accounts and passes the final judgments. Mr. Beason will be greatly missed. --------- MRS. HAMRICK PASSES Tallapoosa, Ga., Oct. 27 Mrs. Charlotte Vasti Hamrick, 87, died at her home near Mars Hill last Monday night, after a long illness. She was a well known citizen of that section and was active in church affairs for several years. Funeral services were held at Mars Hill church last Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Ira Patty officiating. She was laid to rest beside her husband in Mars Hill cemetery. She is survived by several sons and daughters and other relatives. ------- FIDDLER'S CONVENTION There will be an old time fiddler's convention at the Ranburne High school auditorium Saturday night, Nov. 12 at 7:30 o'clock. So tune up your fiddle, banjo, guitar or what have you, and come. Twenty-five dollars in cash plus other valuable prizes will be given to the best fiddler, banjo and guitar player and string bands. Proceeds go to Ranburne F.F.A. Chapter. ------ LOCAL News Miss Mary Vise spent the latter part of last week with her sister Mrs. Lawrence McDowell of Anniston. ---- HEPSIZAH News Nov. 1 Mrs. Eula Morrison and son from Tennessee have been visiting her sister Mrs. Jesse Phillips. ---- Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Cofield were called to the bedside of their father near Newell who was seriously ill. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 10, 1938 A TRIP TO MISSISSIPPI On Friday, Oct. 28, Mr. and Mrs. W.I. Edwards and son Charles Irwin, Mrs. Rhoda Edwards and daughters Mrs. Virgie Norton, Mrs. Elzie White and Mrs. Pearl Kennedy went to visit J.L. Edwards and family near Louisville, Miss. They also vistied several of their cousins, Uncle Bill Tolleson's boys and Uncle Silas Edwards' boys. They found all well except Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Edwards and Mrs. Enoch Tolleson. They came to Bessemer Monday and spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Edwards and returned home Nov. 1, reporting a nice trip. ------ BROTHER OF HEFLIN RESIDENT PASSES AWAY IN GEORGIA Bowdon, Ga., Nov. 3 Funeral services for John W. McIntire of Kansas (district) who was 65 years of age were conducted Wednesday at one o'clock noon at Bethelem Old Camp Ground near Graham, Ala. Rev. A.G. Styles, Rev. Ed Caldwell and Rev. Higgins officiated and burial was at the Camp Ground. Mr. McIntire became ill Saturday night at his home and died Tuesday morning at 6:40. Survivors include five sons and three daughters; R.C. McIntire of Carrollton; C.T. of Whitesburg; J.A. of Kansas district; W.T. of San Francisco, Calif., R.D. of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Boyd Higgins of Graham, Ala., Miss Jessie Lou McIntire of Atlanta; Mrs. Melvin Robinson of Carrollton; two brothers, M.L. McIntire of Heflin, Ala., Gaines McIntire of San Francisco, Calif., one sister, Mrs. Bill Cantrell of Columbus, Ga.; one half brother, several half sisters, four stepsons and a stepmother, Mrs. Columbus McIntire of Fruithurst, Ala. ------ KNIGHTON DIES AT BORDEN SPRINGS Jacksonville, Ala., Nov. 4 William Andrew Knighton, age 67, died Saturday morning at his home at Borden Springs after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at New Bethel church at Borden Springs, the Rev. L.H. Levis officiating. Interment was in the churchyard cemetery. Surviving are the widow, four daughters, Misses Dorothy and Bobbie Knighton and Mrs. W.C. Pollard, all of Borden Springs and Mrs. C.J. Buttram of Oak Level; a son Frank and a brother R.E. Knighton, both of Borden Springs. Mr. Knighton had resided practically all of his life in the community of Borden Springs. ------ JONES FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY Asburry M. Jones, age 73, died suddenly at his home at Fruithurst on Friday morning at 8:45 o'clock. The body was brought to Heflin and remained at Brown - Service Funeral Parlor until the funeral, which was held from the Heflin Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, the Rev. H.R. Carter of Heflin officiating. Interment was in Old Davistown cemetery, directed by Brown of Heflin. Mr. Jones, a railway mail clerk and telegraph operator of 50 years service, was raised in the Bell Mills community. He retired from the mail service Oct. 1, 1937 and came to Cleburne county this year to make his home at Fruithurst. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Ada Jones; seven daughters, Mrs. J.O. Baggett of Port St. Joe, Fla., Mrs. Potter C. Palmer of Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Tabitha Hopkins of Columbus, Ga., Mrs. Richard Horn of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Walter Wben (?) of Orlando, Fla., Misses Mary Joyce and Kathleen Jones of Miami, Fla.; four sons, Ben of Jacksonville, Fla., Carey and Oed (?) of Columbus, Ga., and John of Albany, Ga., a brother John G. Jones of Heflin and a sister Mrs. M.T. Brannon of Iron City. Pallbearers were M.P. Clay, Morgan Brannon, Wallace Brannon, J.D. Sprayberry, Austin Jones and Arthur Norton. --------- BENTLEY FAMILY REUNION ENJOYABLE AFFAIR An enjoyable and happy affair at a recent date was when Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Bentley of Muscadine had all their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren at their home. They began arriving at about 9 o'clock and kept on until noon. We spread dinner in the yard on a long table and had plenty of food. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Kilgore and children, Leo, FLoyd, Florence, Corene, Norma, Lucille, Frankie and Gary Nell all of Muscadine Mr. and Mrs. Ola Laminack and children, Truman, Eunice, Helen and Phillis of Randlett, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bentley and children, Ralph, Billie and Blanche of Muscadine Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Bentley and baby Berta Jean Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Laminack and children, Jerry and Geraldine, all of Muscadine Mr. and Mrs. John West and children, J.E., Russell, Virginia and Helen of Atlanta Mr. and Mrs. Emory Bentley and children, Betty Ruth and Jewell of Devoe, Okla. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Laminack of Wichita Falls, Texas Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Owens and baby Mary Jo Will Bentley and daughter Bernice of Muscadine Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Godwin and children, Pauline and Shirley Jo Eunice and Euell Moore Mr. and Mrs. William Albright and children, Christeen and Clolon of Muscadine Mr. and Mrs. O.E. Cook Mr. and Mrs. Alton Pollard and baby Wayne Mr. and Mrs. I.M. Pollard and baby Jimmie of Ranburne Grady Pollard of Gadsden ------- DEATH CLAIMS MR. OLLIE DANIEL Roanoke, Ala., Oct. 29 After an illness of two weeks, Ollie Daniel, 66, of Woodland, died in a local hospital early Wednesday night. Funeral services were conducted Friday morning at Prospect church by the Rev. J. Henderson with burial in Prospect cemetery. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Lula Daniel; two sons, J.O. of Live Oak, Fla., and W.M. of Woodland; two daughters, Mrs. John Pilgrim of Woodland; and Mrs. Alvin Mitchell of Roanoke; two brothers, Monroe Daniel of Atlanta and A.A. Daniel of Fyffe. ------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 17, 1938 FINAL RITES HELD FOR MRS. McELROY Anniston, Ala., Nov. 14 Mrs. L.H. McElroy, age 38, died at her home at Oxford at 3:30 o'clock this morning following an illness of about a week. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Chulafinnee. Interment will be in the Chulafinnee cemetery with Usrey in charge. Mrs. McElroy is survived by her husband, a son Edward; three daughters, Ruthie, Irene and Sarah and her mother Mrs. Susie Clark; two sisters, Mrs. Eunice Browning and Mrs. Eula Phillips, and a brother William Clark, all of Oxford. ------ FORMER CITIZEN DIES IN ROME Tallapoosa, Ga., Nov. 10 R.J. Williams, an old resident of Tallapoosa, died at his son's home in Rome on Monday night at 12 o'clock. He was a member of the Baptist church here and he moved to Eden, Ala. several years ago, and had retired from the railroad service several years ago. He will be brought here for burial. Services will be a tthe Baptist church here at 11 o'clock Wednesday, by Rev. Ralph Crosby and Rev. J.C. Calloway. He leaves his widow, three daughters and one son, and a sister and a host of relatives and friends. ------ G.W. GIBBS PAID LAST RITES G.W. Gibbs, age 63 of Ranburne died at Woodlawn Hospital in Birmingham at 4:17 p.m. Sunday after an illness of three weeks. Mr. Gibbs was born and reared in Cleburne county. He was an Odd Fellow and a member of the Lost Creek Baptist church. The body arrived here from Birmingham on Monday. Funeral services were held at Lost Creek church at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Caldwell. Interment was in the church cemetery, directed by Brown Service. Mr. Gibbs is survived by his widow, six sons, John, Doc, Jeff, Luther, Walter and Lewis Gibbs; three daughters, Mrs. Lena Austin; Mrs. Gladys Ferguson and Mrs. Bertie Holley, all of the Ranburne community; a step mother of Hightower, Mrs. M.E. Gibbs; seven brothers, C.G. H., W.C. of Holly Pond; Sam, Henry, Eddie, Major and Claude of Ranburne; three sisters, Mrs. Lovie Weir of Hightower; Mrs. George McMahan of Hopewell and Mrs. Annie Smith of Holly Pond. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 24, 1938 MRS. BLAIR DIES AT MACEDONIA Bowdon, Ga., Nov. 17 Funeral services for Mrs. Leola Langley Blair were conducted at Macedonia on Thursday. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were her nephews, Garland, Lenard, Olin and J.D. Langley; Buren Smith and Hugh Stogner. Survivors are in infant daughter, and her husband Clyde Blair; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Langley of Macedonia; four brothers, E.L. Langley of Cedartown; W.V. and F.C. Langley of Macedonia and L.E. Langley; two sisters Mrs. N. Smith of Macedonia and Mrs. Horace Huey of Farmer's High. ----- MRS. DODSON AND DAUGHTER RECEIVE BURNS THURSDAY Troy, Ala., Nov. 18 Mrs. Marvin N. Dodson and daughter Elizabeth are in a local hospital suffering from severe burns received about nine o'clock Thursday night when their clothing became ignited following an explosion, supposedly caused from an accumulation of gas in the basement of their home on Pine street. Mrs. Dodson had gone into the basement to determine why the hot water system was not functioning, struck a match, and the exposion followed. The accumulation of the gas in the basement was caused, it is thought, from the fact that gas had been temporarily shut off from the main and when turned on again, gas accumulated in the basement through an open jet attached to an automatic burner control, for several hours, undetected by odor or otherwise. Mrs. Dodson was followed into the basement by Elizabeth, 8 years of age, who was already in her sleeping wear. Flames resulting from the explosion set fire to the child's clothing, searing her entire body. Mrs. Dodson, shocked from the side affects of the explosion, was severely burned about the arms and hands in an effort to extinguish the flames, which spread to a box containing toys and other inflammable articles. From contact with the burning box and the child's clothing, Mrs. Dodson also received burns on the lower limbs. Mr. and Mrs. Travis Sellers, who have an apartment in the Dodson home, went to Mrs. Dodson's rescue and hurried Elizabeth to the hospital, Mrs. Dodson following minutes later after she had called the Fire Department. Mr. Dodson was attending an annual barbecue supper of the American Legion at their Club house on Montgomery Highway, at the time. BLAST VICTIM BURIED SUNDAY AT TROY Troy, Ala. Nov. 20 Funeral services for Sara Elizabeth Dodson, 8 year old daughter of M.N. Dodson, editor and publisher of the Troy Messenger, who died late Saturday of burns suffered in an explosion which occurred as her mother attempted to light gas water heater, were held Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Dodson was severely burned herself when she attempted to extinguish the flames that enveloped the child after the explosion, which occurred Thursday night in the basement of the Dodson home. She was reported in a serious condition on Sunday. Members of the family said gas from the heater system apparently had escaped and filled the basement and that the explosion occurred when Mrs. Dodson lighted a match. Sara Elizabeth had accompanied her mother to the basement. The home was damaged only slightly by the blast. ------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1375gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 16.5 Kb