Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for NOV. 1940 November 1940 ************************************************ 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 March 20, 2007, 2:04 pm The Cleburne News November 1940 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1940 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 7, 1940 CARD OF THANKS We want to thank each and every one of our many good friends who were so kind and good to us during the illness and death of our daughter and sister, Mrs. Vida Taylor. May God's richest blessings be with you all, is our prayer. J.M. Waits and family -------- CHULAFINNEE News Nov. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Faulkner of North Carolina visited the former's mother Mrs. J.W. Owens last week. ------ Mrs. J.W. Owens and Mrs. Davis Faulkner spent the weekend with relatives in Choccolocco Valley. ---- CONSCRIPTION TO TAKE 13,711 MEN BY JULY Montgomery, Ala. Approximately 13,1711 men will be drafted into the Army before June 1941, Washington officials have announced. That figure is Alabama's tentative quota, assigned to the state as a result of the registration on Oct. 16 of all men between the ages of 21 and 35. Approximately one half of that number will be called by March and the remainder by June, selective service officials say. ------- DEATHS MRS. PEARSON Anniston, Ala. Oct. 29 Funeral services were conducted this morning from the Pine Grove church near Heflin, for Mrs. Lenora M. Pearson, age 75, who died at her home at Blue Mountain early yesterday morning following an illness of several months. The Rev. W.M. Barr officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery with Usrey directing. Mrs. Pearson was a native of Cleburne county and a member of the Ai Church. She moved to Blue Mountain 12 years ago. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. T.W. Chaney of Waco, Ga., Mrs. J.C. Vaughn of Heflin; Mrs. G.W. Hubbard, Miss Naomi Pearson and Miss Missouri Pearson, all of Blue Mountain; a son, J.T. Pearson of Blue Mountain; two brothers, C.E. Garner of Hopewell and J.C. Garner of Chatham, La., a sister, Mrs. Dora Benford of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Grady Chaney and 10 other grandchildren and two great grandchildren. ------- LOCAL News Miss Ellen Gibbs of Gold Ridge is visiting her sister Mrs. Hershell Green at Portersville. ---- Ray Otwell of Fort Benning, Georgia spent the weekend with home folks in east Cleburne. ---- Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Sherill of Alabama CIty visited their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Crumpton last weekend. ---- Judge A.J. Haley is visiting his daughter Mrs. E.H. Ector and Mr. Ector in West Point, Ga. for several weeks. Judge Haley is in his 91st year and gets about lively for his age. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 14, 1940 MURDER SUSPECT CAUGHT IN IDAHO Roanoke, Ala. Officers in Caldwell, Idaho report the arrest there of Ralph and Ray Williams, sought by local officers for the murder of Guy Yates, Roanoke taxi operator, on the night of July 20, about two miles west of Roanoke. Officers state that Ralph, under the alias of Jerry Keeble, was arrested on a minor charge but was later identified by finger prints as one of the wanted youths. His brother Ray was arrested Thursday night in a neighboring town. Idaho officers reported a confession from Ralph. Randolph county Sheriff Grover B. Payne and Roanoke Policeman Frank Satterwhite left for Montgomery on Friday to secure requisition papers and from there will go to Idaho to return the prisoners for action by Randolph county courts. The finding of the body of Yates just before midnight on July 20 shocked this section, as he was well liked. He is survived by his widow and a small son. The disappearance of the Williams twins at the same time caused suspicion to be directed toward them and officers have continued a search for them ever since. ------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, NOVEMBER 28, 1940 BEASON BOY DIES; STRUCK BY TRUCK NEAR HEFLIN James Albert Beason, age 15 of near Ai, died about 11 o'clock Monday night of last week in an Anniston hospital from head injuries suffered when struck by a truck while walking along the Heflin - Bell Mills road early Monday morning. A fractured skull was said to have been the cause of death. Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Ai church with the Rev. Pete Johnson officiating. Intermenet was in the church cemetery with Jones in charge. Young Beason and his brother Jefferson were walking along the road together. The truck that struck them was passing another truck at the time. The older brother suffered minor cuts and bruises. Surviving are the mother, four brothers, John of Munford; Chester, Edward and Jefferson, all of near Ai, and two sisters, Mrs. C.L. Walker of Piedmont and Mrs. Charles Clay of Choccolocco. ------- MRS. NANCY BATES IS LAID TO REST Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy Bates, age 76, who died at Tuscaloosa on Monday of last week, were conducted at Usrey's Chapel at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20 by the Rev. John Lott. Interment was in Bethlehem Cemetery in Cleburne county. Mrs. Bates is survived by one brother John Rogers of Clay county and several nieces and nephews. ----- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Beecher Stedham and Gene of Anniston; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Crumpton, Geraldine and John of Fairfield; Mr. and Mrs. Grady Price; Mrs. Arnold Sherrill of Gadsden and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Crumpton spent Thanksgiving day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Lambert. ----- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Fred McMurray and Louise were called to Roanoke on Sunday on account of the sudden death of Mrs. McMurray's brother-in-law, Mr. Ken Owens. ----- Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Kitchens and baby spent last weekend with his mother Mrs. John W. Kitchens. ---- Heflin friends of James R. Little of Atlanta will be delighted to know he is recovering from a serious illness at his home in Atlanta. ---- Mrs. Ernest Owens and children were here for several days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Kitchens. ----- Homer L. Jacobs of Greensboro visited his parents near Lebanon last week. ---- FOR RENT - - 2 horse crop with 14 acre cotton allotment or 1 horse crop with 5 acres allotment. See H.L. Huey of Pesnell Roads, Edwardsville, Route 1. ----- FOR SALE - - 100 acres unimproved land for sale, 1 mile from Bankhead Highway. Write to B.F. Sasnett, Jacksonville, Ala. ----- STATUE TO JEFFERSON DAVIS DEDICATED IN MONTGOMERY Montgomery, Ala. Nov. 20 A new statue of Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, today stands on the Capitol lawn overlooking broad Dexter avenue, the avenue up which Davis once rode to be inaugurated head of a new born republic. The statue was dedicated and unveiled Wednesday afternoon by Jefferson Haynes Davis, a great -grandson of President Davis. The unveiling took place during ceremonies started by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the organization that sponsored the statue and raised $20,000 to pay for its making. The dedicatory speech was made by Dr. Francis P. Gaines, president of Washington and Lee University. He described the erection of the monument as symbolizing the accomplishment through peaceful means, even during current times, of the ideals of justice for the South for which the Confederacy had fought. He said this was a realization of a dream of General Robert E. 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