Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for AUG. 1941 August 1941 ************************************************ 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 Teal Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net May 8, 2007, 10:00 pm The Cleburne News August 1941 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for AUGUST 1941 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 7, 1941 CELEBRATES BIRTHDAYS A happy birthday occurred for Farnie Rooks and Harrison Green who celebrated their 55th birthday at Farnie's home, Sunday, Aug. 3. A delicious dinner was enjoyed which was served in the yard under a big oak tree with plenty of iced tea and lemonade. Good music and singing was in the afternoon, also a watermelon and cantelope cutting. Those present were: Mrs. J.R. Rooks S.H. Green and family Amos Rooks and family Charlie Rooks and family John Young and wife Louise Rooks Young Jack Dennis and family Mettie Merriee and children, Mettie Lee and Martha Ed Rooks and family J.D. Rooks and family Loucille Blanton and children Carilla Kent and children Myrtie Ellison and family ------- LIST OF SELECTED MEN FROM CLEBURNE COUNTY The following named men have been selected for induction by Cleburne county board and shall report at Heflin at 8 a.m. August 12, whereupon they shall be sent to an induction station at Fort McClellan, Anniston: Hoyt McKinley Cash John Franklin Davenport Georgia Lee Gay Carr Walter Lewis White James Thomas Pilgrim Thos. Clifford Peoples Cranston Beam William Russell Henry Buford Lindsey Wise Arrie Pruitt ------- GEORGE A. TODD DIES AT HOME IN ANNISTON George A. Todd, 80, died at 11:55 o'clock Wednesday night of last week at his home in Anniston, 1911 Noble Street. Mr. Todd, a retired sawmill operator, served two terms as county commissioner of Cleburne county. He was a member of the Hopewell Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges and of the Heflin Methodist church. Born in Georgia, he came to Alabama when he was a young man. He was married in 1885 and moved to Anniston from Heflin in 1924. Funeral services were conducted Thursday, July 31 at 3 p.m. by the Rev. C.R. Bell Jr. and the Rev. Herman Moore from the Parker Memorial Baptist church. Burial was in Edgemont Cemetery. Mr. Todd's six grandsons acted as pallbearers. Mr. Todd is survived by his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Todd; four daughters, Mrs. W.L. Lasseter and Miss Bessie Todd of Anniston; Mrs. H.L. Smith of Tifton, Ga., and Mrs. W.T. Dillard of Charleston, S.C.; three sons, A.G. Todd of Plainview; J.R. Todd of Hopewell and G.R. Todd of Birmingham; two half- brothers, Ruben Williamson of Carrollton, Ga., and T.C. Williamson of Roanoke; six grandsons and several other grandchildren. ------ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. R.A. York and family of Monroeville visited relatives in Cleburne county recently. Mr. York is with the State Highway Patrol. ---- ANNUAL FOX HUNT The annual fox hunt will be given at John Nunnelley's farm on August 18th. Supper at 6 p.m. followed by talks and speakers and election of officers. Then the dogs to be turned loose, the race beginning. This is to be in memory of John Nunnelley, Uncle John McClendon and Jim Cosper. All hunters and their families are invited to come and bring lunches and good fox dogs and enjoy the evening together. D.R. Nunnelley ------ BENTLEY REUNION The Bentley family reunion will be held at Riverside church near old Bentley's Mill on the old highway, 1 mile from the mill, on August 24. Every Bentley by name invited to attend, also relatives and friends. Bring lunch. We are expecting an enjoyable day. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 14, 1941 FIVE GENERATIONS (Photo) W.F. Jacobs, great grandfather, Plainview Mrs. Z.T. Stamps, great grandmother, Carrollton, Ga. Mrs. H.G. Gaines, grandmother C.H. Gaines, father Berndren Gaines of Heflin (NOTE: no article is included with the photo. On the microfilm roll the photo is nearly impossible to see the faces of the people. The photo is on the front page of the newspaper) LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beason have moved to Panama City, Florida where Mr. Beason has accepted a position. ---- Mr. and Mrs. Cheter Barr spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Chappell. ---- Mr. and Mrs. John Robert Kitchens and little son John William are spending their vacation with his mother Mrs. J.W. Kitchens. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 21, 1941 MRS. M.A. ROEBUCK HONORED AT REUNION ON BIRTHDAY Mrs. Martha Ann Roebuck celebrated her 83rd birthday recently when a family reunion was held at the home of H.H. Roebuck in Boaz. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Claud Roebuck Mrs. Clarence Brown and children, Bobby, Billy and Patsey Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Roebuck and son Bobby Mr. and Mrs. PReston O'Neal of Gadsden Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Beggs and family of Attalla Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roebuck Mr. and Mrs. King Wilson and children, Sarah and Tilman of Newnan, Ga. Bert Roebuck of Thomaston, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Rydee Mr. and Mrs. WInford Pruitt of Buford, Ga. Mr. and Mar. Jack Roebuck of Burnswick, Ga. Dr. W.D. Patton and Mr. and Mrs. M.T. Patton of Trenton, Ga. Mrs. Dam D. Goodlit and Willard Bathune of Chttanooga, Tenn Mr. and Mrs. Duston Warren and daughters, Betrty and Glenda Mr. and Mrs. Grady Warren and sons Bobby and Billy of Rome, Ga. Mrs. Buck Bone Mrs. J.T. Shirey and children, Bennie and Rita Sue Sam Wright and son Joe Donald Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butler and son Alvin Miss Mary Lou Butler and Louise Croft of Fort Payne Ernest adn Norman Patton of Henegar Miss Inez Roebuck of Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs. Vertis Brown Mrs. Carrie Huffsticker Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Roebuck and son Homer Mr. and Mrs. Morris Wiggins Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Hagood and children, Lillie Mae and Lucille Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Williams and family Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Roebuck and Mrs. M.A. Roebuck of Boaz Roy and Nelson Williams of Anniston ------ DEATH OF A.J. HURST Funeral services for Altheus J. Hurst, 60, reitred Alabama and Georgia printer, who died in St. Louis, Mo. on Tuesday of last week, were held here Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. Hurst was well known in this section, having worked on newspapers in Heflin and Piedmont before his retirement seven years ago. Since that time he has been in the hospital at the Union Printers Home at Colorado Springs, Colo. He died while enroute to Bremen, Ga. to visit his mother, Mrs. A.A. Hurst, widow of the late Judge Hurst of Edwardsville. He had also planned to attend the Tolleson family reunion at Oxford Lake. Besides his mother, Mr. Hurst is survived by five children, Mrs. J.W. Glass of Ashland; Mrs. Charlie Stroud of Tuscaloosa; Miss Louise Hurst and Fowler Hurst of Atlanta, Ga. and Gus Hurst of Hightower, Ala.; three brothers, Leroy and Hugh Hurst of Atlanta and Gus Hurst of Bremen; four sisters, Mrs. Gussie Bennett and Mrs. G.F. Fowler of Atlanta; Mrs. Russell McGukin and Mrs. Grace Williams of Bremen; and four grandchildren. ----- DAVIS H. VAUGHN OF HEFLIN IS PROMOTED TO CORPORAL Fort Benning, Ga. Pvt. Davis H. Vaughn, Co. C, 502nd Parachute Battalion, Fort Benning, has been promoted to the rank of Corporal according to orders announced by Battalion Headquarters. Corporal Vaughn gave his home as Heflin, Ala. at the time he joined the Army on March 22, 1940. The 502nd Parachute Battalion was activated at Fort Benning on July 1 and is one of four battalions of "birdmen" that will be in active training by Dec. 1. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 28, 1941 TEXAS RELATIVES HERE Mrs. Joe Hull and daughter Bonnie Jean Hull of east Texas are visiting relatives in Cleburne. They are now visiting Mrs. Jim Hilly, a cousin. Mrs. Hull's father, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riddle, left 38 years ago and took his family to east Texas which they have made their home. It is a great pleasure for Mrs. Hull to get back to Cleburne to see relatives and friends of her dear father, who passed two years after their going to Texas. Mrs. Hull, Bonnie Jean, Mrs. Jim Hilly and Earl spent the day Wednesday of last week with Mrs. Dewey Sprayberry and family. Mrs. Sprayberry is Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Hilly's aunt. Mrs. Sprayberry and her little daughter returned to Trickem Valley with them on a visit. Mrs. Hull is the first of Mr. Riddle's children to be back in Cleburne since their departure. Mrs. Hull and Bonnie are returning to Texas about the 5th Saturday in August. We wish them success and many happy visits back to Cleburne. ----- LANDERS REUNION HELD AT ANCESTRAL HOME AT CORINTH In the summer of 1853, Humphrey Davis Landers and Wealthy Fowler Landers, his bride of two years, came from Gwinnett county, Georgia where they left their infant son, Miles Pinkney, buried in Sweet Water church graveyard, and settled in Corinth community of Randolph county, Ala. Each brought a sterling character; thrift, determination and a will to work. Wealthy was the more serious minded of the two. Davis had red hair and Irish wit. They rented land a few years then entered a tract and built a log smoke house in which they lived one year, cooking on a furnace built under the shelter extension in front of the smoke house. After making the first crop, a large log bedroom was built. Within the next few years, more was added to the house from time to time, until there were two large bedrooms and a porch on each side. This was called "the big house." The kitchen was a large log room a few years behind the "big house." By the year 1880, Davis and Wealthy had six sons and two daughters living. Although two of the sons had married and established homes of their own, the old house was getting a little crowded. So the father and sons began to build a new house two or three hundred yards over the hill from the old one. Trees were cut and hauled to and from the saw mill in wagons. Lumber for floors, ceilings, and joints were dressed with a hard plane. Rocks for chimneys and pilars were hauled. Nearly all of this work and the actual building was done by the father and his sons themselves, between crops and other work. At least five years went by during the preparation and building. January 18, 1885 was mid- winter, but a glad day for Humphrey Davis Landers, Wealthy and their four sons and two daughters, for that was the day they moved into their new home. Only one son, Tyree Isud Landers of Bowdon, Ga. and one daughter Eliza Landers Ayers of Route 1, Wedowee, of this large family, are living today. But there are many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Mrs. Jerusha Landers Braden, granddaughter of Humphrey Davis Landers, daughter of Humphrey Davis Landers II and sister of Humphrey Davis Landers III now lives in this Landers ancestral home. It was here that the Landers descendants and friends met on Sunday, August 3, 1941 for their annual reunion. The morning was spent exchanging greetings and in a general get together. At noon a picnic lunch was spread under a long table near the century old oaks which shade the spacious grounds. Those present were: Mrs. J.R. Braden Mr. and Mrs. Grady Braswell and children Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Braden and children H.O. Braden Mr. and Mrs. Idus Landers Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Ayers From Wedowee: Mr. and Mrs. I.G. Hendon and daughters From Delta: Dr. and Mrs. M.R. Poland; Mr. and MRs. Sylvian Traylor and children; Mrs. Carrie Sellers; Mrs. Mary Bunn and son Harlin From Roanoke: The Rev. O.H. Stephens and daughter Elva; Mr. and Mrs. Gay Braden From Woodland: Mr. Isaac Landers; Mrs. A.E. McCarley and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Landers McCarley and son From Newell: J.F. Landers and grandson Landers Sewell From Talladera: Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Stephens From Cullman: Miss Caroline F. Braden From Lineville: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Landers and children From Heflin: Mrs. Lanie Ayres; Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Williams From Oxford: Mrs. Vera L. Cooper From Bessemer: Miss Mary Smith; Mr. Virgil Landers From Jacksonville: Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Landers and children; Mr. and Mrs. Pate Landers and daughter From Bowdon: Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Landers and son Charles; Mr. and Mrs. T.I. Landers Jr.; Messrs. James and Wilburn Landers -------- DEATHS W.N. BENNETT William N. Bennett, age 72, died suddenly at his home on Edwardsville, Route 1 on Sunday morning at 6 o'clock, August 10. Funeral services were held at Upper Cane Creek church on Wednesday at 2 p.m., Aug. 13 with Elder T.R. Robinson and Rev. A.G. Styles officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Bennett, who had made his home near Abernathy for the past 35 years, leaves a host of relatives and friends to mourn his passing. He is survived by his wife; five sons, Reece Bennett of Muscadine; Lee Bennett of Tallapoosa, Ga., Claude Bennett of Atlanta, Ga., Spencer Bennett of Hopewell; Houston Bennett of Tucson, Arizona; and five daughters, Miss Dossie Bennett of Bremen, Ga., Mrs. Ethel Owen of Heflin; Miss Hessie Bennett of Edwardsville; Mrs. Lucille Smith of Rome, Ga., Mrs. Mildred McMahan of Edwardsville; and 12 grandchildren. -------- R.A. STORY Anniston, Ala. Aug. 26 Funeral services were held for R.A. Story, age 67, of Blue Mountain, this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Blue Mountain Baptist church. Mr. Story, a former resident of Cleburne county, passed away at his Blue Mountain home at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. He had been ill for only two days. Interment was in the Edgemont cemetery with the Rev. Will Shedd, the Revs. G.D. Waits and A.A. Williamson officiating. The deceased is survived by his wife and son Grady of Blue Mountain; two daughters, Mrs. B.F. Hulsey of Blue Mountain and Mrs. S.E. Fields of Heflin; a brother, Tillery Story of Heflin; four sisters, Mrs. Mary E. Smith and Mrs. W.L. Daugherty of Anniston; Mrs. J.G. Coleman of Alabama City and Mrs. C.E. Barker of Fruithurst; 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. ---- LOCAL News Mrs. Ernest Owen and children of Anniston are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kitchens. ---- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1438gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 14.6 Kb