Heard County GaArchives News.....Heard Co Newspaper Articles March 1940 March 25 1940 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 September 17, 2004, 10:30 pm News and Banner, Heard Co GA Miscellaneous Newspaper Notices from "The News and Banner", Franklin, Heard County, Georgia for MARCH 1940 NEWSPAPER Issue of March 1, 1940 LUM WILDER PASSES AFTER 80 YEARS After a long period of feeble health, due to a weak heart, Mr. L.C. Wilder died at his home in West Franklin rather suddenly Thursday of last week. He was 80 on Feb 5th and had led a clean life, holding the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. The funeral was conducted at Olive Branch Saturday by Rev. J.C. Adams, with interment in the churchyard. Mr. Wilder is survived by two daughters and one son: Mrs. Odessa Thesing, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Imogene McClintock, Orlando, Fla, and Ben C. Wilder, Birmingham, Ala. There are 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Viola Bevis, Franklin; Mrs. Stella Strickland, Jasper, Ala., adn W.W. WIlder, Trussville, Ala. ___ GLENN Community News Lane Adamson remains quite ill at a hospital in Roanoke, after a fall from a road machine. __ Jim Whitley fell from a truck, breaking two ribs, he will be confined to his bed several days. __ Jim Jackson has pneumonia. __ Mrs. Cephus Adams is sick at her mother's at Bacon Level, Ala. ___ TEXAS Community News E.J. Mulkey and family have moved into the big house known as the Roof Jones house at Texas community. __ Mrs. John Mulkey of LaGrange is visiting relatives here this week. ___ Gordon and Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Keeble spent Sunday with L.L. and Mrs. Cook. Also Catherine Turner spent the weekend with Mrs. Cook. __ Mrs. Carey Brannon and daughter Edna, of LaGrange, spent Saturday with her parents. Mrs. Mickle returned home with her to spend a few days while doing nicely after an operation in January. ___ Miss Kattie Hill of Atlanta, visited her sister Mrs. Hammond Kirby on Sunday. ___ Mrs. Luther O'Neal is improving, after having been sick all this year. ___ Cutting wood and making fires is the order of the day. Can't do much else. ___ MIDDLEBROOK'S X-ROADS Community News John D. and Mrs. Arrington of Hogansville spent Sunday with H.H. and Mrs. Arrington. ___ Miss Annie Middlebrooks visited her sister, Mrs. Henry Hendon of Mongtomery, Ala., last weekend. ___ John Tom Bartlett and family of LaGrange, spent the weekend with Mrs. E.O. Kitchens, Sr. ___ Mrs. Luther Walston is visiting J.H. and Mrs. Kitchens. ___ HOME NEWS, SUGGESTIONS, GOSSIP Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Awbrey announce the birth of a daughter Sunday last, name Susanne. ___ Col. Luther Wyatt was in the city a day the past week attending to legal business. __ Mrs. H.J. Mickle is spending a while in Wrightsville with her sister, Mrs. I.Q. Martin, who has been ill. ___ Mr. Hugh Goodson, chief of county road forces, has been confined to his room by illness for a week or more. ___ Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Lipford spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Cone Jr., at Statesboro, greatly enjoying the trip into southeast Georgia and seeing their daughter, Mrs. Cone. ___ Our splendid young friend, J.W. Ridley, pleased us greatly by the present of a fine rabbit, part of his catch of a few days ago in a hunt. ___ Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Stallings of Cedartown, spent the first of the week among their Heard County relatives. ___ The many friends of Mrs. Josie Hendrick will regret to learn that her condition does not improve. The beloved aged Atlantan and former Franklinian is quite feeble. ____ NEWSPAPER Issue of March 8, 1940 FROLONA Community News Fred Gore and family of LaGrange, spent the weekend with their parents, J.W. and Mrs. Gore. ___ J.H. and Mrs. Bowen and W.S. and Mrs. Norwood of LaGrange spent the weekend with G. A. and Mrs. Noles. __ Mrs. Guy Foster visited relatives in Birmingham, Ala., Sunday last. ___ GLENN Community News James Jackson continues seriously ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jess Smedley at LaGrange. __ Mrs. Jim B. Crockett is confined to her bed with a sprained knee. __ Mrs. Doyle Sheppard spent last week at Lanett with her sister, Mrs. Charlie Russell, returning Saturday. ___ Mrs. Ida Williams is visiting her daughter, Mrs. L.J. Green, of Hogansville. ___ Miss Lucrete O'Neal and Ralph Golden gave the old folks the dodge Sunday afternoon and were married by Justice Milton Lee of Waresville. ___ WARESVILLE Community News Walter Stephens is real sick. ___ Jesse and Mrs. O'Neal have been real sick with flu but are better. ___ Jeff Williams and family of Hogasnville spent Sunday with J.L.and Mrs. Pritchett. ___ Dorsey and Mrs. Skelton, Jim and Mrs. Pooge, from LaGrange, spent Sunday with Doc and Mrs. Pooge. ___ R.E. and Mrs. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson of Roanoke, visited Emmett and Mrs. Taylor, Sunday. ___ Mr. Elton Moore is real feeble. ___ Brown McDowell, our school bus driver, has the mumps. __ Mrs. Ida Stitt, sister of Turner Holder, died in Atlanta one day last week. ___ WOODLAWN Farm Community news We regret the death of Mr. A.B. Hyde. Our sympathy is with his wife and the seven children. ___ MIDDLEBROOK's X-ROADS Community News Mickle and Robert Wingo of LaGrange spent the weekend with their parents. ___ Miss Tennie Almon returned home Saturday after a three weeks visit with Mrs. Corry Evans of Milner. ___ W.Y. Wood of Roanoke, Ala, visited Posey Wingo and family, Sunday. ___ HOME NEWS, SUGGESTIONS, GOSSIP The Davis-Striplin Quartet advises its presence at Franklin Methodist Church Sunday at 11 o'clock service and at Wesley Chapel in the afternoon service. ___ For Sale - - 40 acres northern part lot 280 Ninth District Heard County, with improvements thereon, known as the Harper Place. Hammett and Groover, LaGrange, GA ____ Mr. Earl Adams of near Centralhatchee was severely burned Saturday night when he was filling his car tank with gasoline and it ignited. ___ Mrs. E.E. Lewis is improving much to the delight of her many friends, after a stubborn illness. ___ Mrs. M.T. Kelley, Atlanta is out of the hospital and is recuperating while visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Whitaker. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, March 15, 1940 GLENN Community News Mrs. Ora Harry an Mrs. Ole Sheppard entertained at a shower Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry in honor of Lottie Adamson, a recent bride. Many useful and beautiful gifts were received. ___ Charlie Stitt, formerly of this community, living at Bowdon for several years, was buried at Bowdon Saturday. He had been sick for some time. Surviving him are his wife, one brother and two sisters. ___ NEWS of F.H.S. Lillie Newman, a member of the 9th grade, married Durward Nelms. Her classmates wish her much success. ___ TEXAS Community News Grover and Mrs. White visited relatives and friends here one day recently. We are always glad for old friends to come back. ___ Mose Drummond's children gave him a birthday dinner last Sunday. Hope he will enjoy many more happy birthdays. ___ Jimmie and Mrs. Gore of LaGrange, visited L.L. and Mrs. Cook last Sunday. __ Lewis and Mrs. Golden visited their parents in Alabama, Sunday. ___ E.J. Mulkey and family and Mrs. Berta Cook attended the birthday dinner of Mrs. Bob Littlefield near Armstrong Mill last Sunday. All the children and grandchildren and alot of friends were there to enjoy the big dinner spread out in the yard and to wish her to live to have a lot more birthday reunions. ___ HOME NEWS, SUGGESTIONS, GOSSIP Mr. and Mrs. Mike O'Kelley, of Grantville, announce the birth of a daughter Monday last. Mrs. O'Kelley was formerly Miss Sara Holle, and for several years a teacher in Franklin High School. ___ Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Simonton, formerly of Heard County, but now of Preston, GA, announce the engagement of their daughter Willie to Mr. J.E. Watts, of Franklin, the wedding to be solemnized later in the spring. ___ Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hopson have moved from Elery back to Franklin. Mr. Hopson expects to go into his former work as a garageman. ___ The Davis-Striplin Quartet furnished a delightful program of songs at the Methodist Church Sunday last. It is composed of Homer Davis, Hugh Striplin, Miss Averil Striplin, Sam Davis, with Miss Katie Lou Gordon as pianist. They were to sing at Wesley Chapel in the afternoon but were called to Carroll county to sing at a funeral. ___ Mr. Alonza Adams was hurried to a hospital in Newnan Thursday last for an emergency appendectomy. He is doing fine and expects to be back home and in better health within a few days. He was not doing so well yesterday. ___ Mrs. A.J. Lane spent several days the past week with her parents in Austell. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of March 29, 1940 WARESVILLE Community News Floyd and Mrs. McCullough of Miama, Fla., are visiting his parents for a few days. All the other children were there Sunday. ___ Bob and Mrs. Boggus, Cullen and wife from Fitzgerald were visitors in Waresville Sunday, coming up to the funeral of Mr. Jim Jackson of Glenn, who was buried Sunday. ___ Winfred and Mrs. Houze from Rock Mills spent Sunday with M.F. and Mrs. Lee. ___ Mr. Elton Moore continues quite feeble. ___ A good many attended the shower given at Mrs. Luke ALmon's Saturday for Lillian, who was married a few months ago. ___ Buck and Mrs. Golden have a little boy at their house. ___ Milton Barrett was seriously burned a few days ago with gasoline. ___ Mrs. Elton Middlebrooks has sold 775 lbs of country hams in the last two weeks. ___ The children of John and Mrs. Lucas attended a birthday dinner at their house Sunday. ___ Marshall and Mrs. McConnell will soon move to Montgomery, Ala. ___ A Mr. Lovelace from LaFayette, Ala., spent Sunday with Searcy and Mrs. Arnett. ___ Grady and Mrs. Arnett from Montgomery, spent last weekend with E.S. Arnett. ___ HOME NEWS, SUGGESTIONS, GOSSIP Mr. and Mrs. William Neal of Atlanta, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Denney. ___ Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Daniel spent Sunday in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hayes. __ Mrs. F.M. Dennis, Jacksonville, Fla., is spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Owensby. Miss Mozelle Owensby, Atlanta, spent the weekend. ___ Lieut. Chas. C. McCutchen, commander of the CCC camp near Moulton, Ala., spent the weekend in the old home town. ___ Mrs. R.L. Cone, Jr., Statesboro, is spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Lipford. ___ Misses Martha Bartlett, Hazel Wilson, Ina Twedell and Julia Freeman recently visited the famous Silver Springs, Fla. It is one of the underwater wonders of the world. ___ DENVER Community News We are sorry to say Mrs. M.O. Lester has been very ill for several days. __ Bradley and Mrs. Barber of LaGrange, spent the weekend with parents, Oscar and Mrs. Barber. ___ Mrs. Davis McClain lost a fine milk cow last week. ___ Mrs. J. Gilliland, Roanoke, Ala., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Stanton Adams, while receovering from a recent severe attack of flu. ___ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/heard/newspapers/gnw274heardcon.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 11.7 Kb